Every law Congress has passed

621 laws of the 60th Congress, 1907–1909

1. To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and seven, on the twenty-first day of said month.

   Public Resolution 1 · December 19, 1907

2. An Act For the relief of P. S. Corbett.

   Ch. 435 · 34 Stat. 2313 · 1907 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melvin L. Le Suer, alias James French.

   Ch. 454 · 34 Stat. 2315 · 1907 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth C. Smith.

   Ch. 2045 · 34 Stat. 2651 · 1907 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William P. Visgar.

   Ch. 2200 · 34 Stat. 2683 · 1907 · Private law · Original text

6. Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds.

   Public Resolution 2 · January 8, 1908

7. Amending an Act relative to the public printing and binding, approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven.

   Public Resolution 3 · January 15, 1908

8. Extending the time allowed the organized militia of the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia to conform to the provisions of section three of the Act approved January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three.

   Public Resolution 4 · January 16, 1908

9. Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Hernan Ulloa, of Costa Rica.

   Public Resolution 5 · January 16, 1908

10. An Act To Authorize the county of Saint Francis, in the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Saint Francis River at or near the town of Madison, in said county and State.

    Ch. 1 · 35 Stat. 1 · January 16, 1908 · Original text

11. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize Washington and Westmoreland counties, in “the State of Pennsylvania, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania,” approved February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three.

    Ch. 2 · 35 Stat. 1 · January 20, 1908 · Original text

12. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the city of Saint Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River,” approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 3 · 35 Stat. 2 · January 23, 1908 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the city of Burlington, Iowa, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 4 · 35 Stat. 2 · January 23, 1908 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the Nashville and Northeastern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across Cumberland River at or near Celina, Tennessee.

    Ch. 5 · 35 Stat. 2 · January 23, 1908 · Original text

15. To amend the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use for rent an increased proportion of the appropriation made by said Act for rent for the Bureau of Forestry.

    Public Resolution 6 · January 31, 1908

16. An Act To provide for the holding of United States district and circuit courts at Salisbury, North Carolina.

    Ch. 6 · 35 Stat. 3 · January 31, 1908 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the construction of a drawbridge over the Black River in Lawrence County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 7 · 35 Stat. 3 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

18. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River near the village of Bemidji, in Beltrami County, Minnesota,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and five.

    Ch. 8 · 35 Stat. 3 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    Ch. 9 · 35 Stat. 3 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Grand Calumet River in the town of Gary, Indiana.

    Ch. 10 · 35 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet River at or near the town of Gary, Indiana.

    Ch. 11 · 35 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Company to construct a bridge across Cache River, in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 12 · 35 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1908 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize Secretary of War to change name of Julius Flemming to his proper name of Jacob John Locher.

    Ch. 13 · 35 Stat. 1171 · February 1, 1908 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the court of county commissioners of Geneva County, Alabama, to construct a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River at or near the Jones Old Ferry, in Geneva County, Alabama.

    Ch. 14 · 35 Stat. 5 · February 4, 1908 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across White River, Arkansas.

    Ch. 15 · 35 Stat. 5 · February 4, 1908 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Arizona and California Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Colorado River at Parker, Arizona Territory.

    Ch. 16 · 35 Stat. 5 · February 6, 1908 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the purchase of ground for and the erection of a public building for an immigration station, on a site to be selected for said station, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 17 · 35 Stat. 6 · February 6, 1908 · Original text

28. An Act To transfer the county of Alachua, in the State of Florida, from the southern to the northern judicial district of that State, and to provide for sittings of the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Florida at the city of Gainesville, in said district.

    Ch. 18 · 35 Stat. 6 · February 6, 1908 · Original text

29. An Act Providing for second homestead entries.

    Ch. 19 · 35 Stat. 6 · February 8, 1908 · Original text

30. An Act To extend to the port of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the privileges of immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.

    Ch. 20 · 35 Stat. 7 · February 11, 1908 · Original text

31. An Act Amending sections twenty-five hundred and thirty-three and twenty-five hundred and thirty-four of Revised Statutes, so as to change the name of the Fairfield collection district.

    Ch. 21 · 35 Stat. 7 · February 11, 1908 · Original text

32. An Act Amending an Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 22 · 35 Stat. 7 · February 11, 1908 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad to construct a bridge across the Pend d’Oreille River in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 23 · 35 Stat. 7 · February 13, 1908 · Original text

34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 24 · 35 Stat. 1171 · February 13, 1908 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To create a new division of the northern judicial district of Texas and to provide for terms of court at Amarillo, Texas, and for a clerk for said court, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 24 · 35 Stat. 8 · February 14, 1908 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Pope and Talbot, of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 26 · 35 Stat. 1176 · February 14, 1908 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 27 · 35 Stat. 8 · February 15, 1908 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet River in the city of Hammond, Indiana.

    Ch. 28 · 35 Stat. 32 · February 20, 1908 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the county of Ashley, State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew, at a point above Morrell, in said county and State, the dividing line between Drew and Ashley counties.

    Ch. 29 · 35 Stat. 33 · February 20, 1908 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize Campbell County, Tennessee, to construct a bridge across Powells River.

    Ch. 30 · 35 Stat. 33 · February 20, 1908 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Interstate Transfer Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

    Ch. 31 · 35 Stat. 33 · February 20, 1908 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of L. K. Scott.

    Ch. 32 · 35 Stat. 1176 · February 20, 1908 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To attach Shelby County, in the State of Texas, to the Beaumont division of the eastern judicial district of said State and to detach it from the Tyler division of said district.

    Ch. 33 · 35 Stat. 34 · February 21, 1908 · Original text

44. An Act To enable the city of Tucson, Arizona, to issue bonds for the extension and repair of its water and sewer system, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 34 · 35 Stat. 34 · February 21, 1908 · Original text

45. Providing for salaries of the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands.

    Public Resolution 7 · February 24, 1908

46. For the appointment of a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 8 · February 24, 1908

47. An Act Amending an Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An Act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 35 · 35 Stat. 35 · February 24, 1908 · Original text

48. An Act To extend immediate transportation privileges to the subport of Alburg, in the customs collection district of Vermont.

    Ch. 36 · 35 Stat. 35 · February 24, 1908 · Original text

49. An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota, by the Yankton, Norfolk and Southern Railway Company.

    Ch. 37 · 35 Stat. 35 · February 25, 1908 · S. 417 · Original text

50. An Act Granting a pension to Alvah Moulton.

    Ch. 38 · 35 Stat. 1177 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Hyatt.

    Ch. 39 · 35 Stat. 1177 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Lowder.

    Ch. 40 · 35 Stat. 1177 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a pension to Emily Ayres.

    Ch. 41 · 35 Stat. 1177 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Kenny.

    Ch. 42 · 35 Stat. 1178 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Sands.

    Ch. 43 · 35 Stat. 1178 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha Stewart.

    Ch. 44 · 35 Stat. 1178 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Lourcey.

    Ch. 45 · 35 Stat. 1178 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. O’Neal.

    Ch. 46 · 35 Stat. 1179 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hester Kite.

    Ch. 47 · 35 Stat. 1179 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Sweat.

    Ch. 48 · 35 Stat. 1179 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nancy Motes.

    Ch. 49 · 35 Stat. 1179 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jane C. Stingley.

    Ch. 50 · 35 Stat. 1179 · February 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

63. To continue in full force and effect an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate army and navy who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes.”

    Public Resolution 9 · February 26, 1908

64. An Act To authorize the War Department to transfer to the State of Kansas certain land now a part of the Fort Riley Military Reservation.

    Ch. 51 · 35 Stat. 36 · February 26, 1908 · Original text

65. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rice, Minnesota.

    Ch. 52 · 35 Stat. 36 · February 26, 1908 · Original text

66. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 53 · 35 Stat. 1180 · February 26, 1908 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of J. A. Gallaher, administrator of the estate of Joseph H. Gallaher, deceased.

    Ch. 54 · 35 Stat. 1188 · February 28, 1908 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Twin City Power Company to build, operate, and maintain three dams across the Savannah River, above the city of Augusta in the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 55 · 35 Stat. 36 · February 29, 1908 · Original text

69. Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish three condemned cannon to the mayor of the city of Detroit, Michigan, to be placed on the base of a statue of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, United States Army.

    Public Resolution 10 · March 5, 1908

70. Authorizing the invitation of governments of other countries to send representatives to the International Congress on tuberculosis.

    Public Resolution 11 · March 6, 1908

71. Authorizing the Secretary of War to apply the unexpended balance of the donation made by the citizens of Dallas, Texas, under the provisions of the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, to work in construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Two in section one of Trinity River.

    Public Resolution 12 · March 6, 1908

72. An Act To provide for a term of the United States circuit and district courts at Lander, Wyoming.

    Ch. 56 · 35 Stat. 37 · March 6, 1908 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the Cahaba Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama, to construct a dam across the Cahaba River, in said State, at or near Centerville, Alabama.

    Ch. 57 · 35 Stat. 37 · March 6, 1908 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the time for building a bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana.

    Ch. 58 · 35 Stat. 37 · March 6, 1908 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the city of Saint Joseph, Michigan, to construct a bridge across the Saint Joseph River at or near its mouth.

    Ch. 59 · 35 Stat. 38 · March 6, 1908 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Dothan, Alabama.

    Ch. 60 · 35 Stat. 38 · March 7, 1908 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the counties of Henry and Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, to construct a bridge across Rock River at or near Colona Ferry, in said State.

    Ch. 61 · 35 Stat. 39 · March 7, 1908 · Original text

78. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Fayette Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, from a point in the borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, to a point in the borough of West Brownsville, Washington County,” approved April twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 62 · 35 Stat. 39 · March 7, 1908 · Original text

79. An Act To confirm homestead entry made by guardian for the benefit of Dorothea Clendenin and Paul Dana Clendenin, minor orphan children of Paul Clendenin, late surgeon major, United States Volunteers.

    Ch. 63 · 35 Stat. 1188 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to Calesta Clark.

    Ch. 64 · 35 Stat. 1189 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting a pension to Agnes Lange Smith.

    Ch. 65 · 35 Stat. 1189 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To confirm an entry made by Gertrude Halverson Aaby, widow of Sigbjorn H. Aaby.

    Ch. 66 · 35 Stat. 1189 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Stene Engeberg.

    Ch. 67 · 35 Stat. 1190 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Elmer Honnyman.

    Ch. 68 · 35 Stat. 1190 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To permit Dollie A. Fountain, of Walworth County, South Dakota, to purchase certain lands.

    Ch. 69 · 35 Stat. 1190 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 70 · 35 Stat. 1190 · March 7, 1908 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act to amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one.

    Ch. 71 · 35 Stat. 39 · March 9, 1908 · Original text

88. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 72 · 35 Stat. 1194 · March 9, 1908 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows and dependent children of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 73 · 35 Stat. 1199 · March 9, 1908 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the civil war, and to widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 74 · 35 Stat. 1204 · March 9, 1908 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to prevent unlawful occupancy of the public lands,” approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

    Ch. 75 · 35 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1908 · Original text

92. An Act Restricting in certain cases the right of appeal to the Supreme Court in habeas corpus proceedings.

    Ch. 76 · 35 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1908 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize A. J. Smith and his associates to erect a dam across the Choctawhatchee River in Dale County, Alabama.

    Ch. 77 · 35 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1908 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the Idaho and Northwestern Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Spokane River near the city of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

    Ch. 78 · 35 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1908 · Original text

95. An Act To extend the time of payments on certain homestead entries in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 79 · 35 Stat. 41 · March 11, 1908 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company.

    Ch. 80 · 35 Stat. 41 · March 11, 1908 · Original text

97. An Act To fix the limitation applicable in certain cases.

    Ch. 81 · 35 Stat. 42 · March 11, 1908 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the county of Elmore, Alabama, to construct a bridge across Coosa River, Alabama.

    Ch. 82 · 35 Stat. 42 · March 12, 1908 · Original text

99. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 83 · 35 Stat. 1205 · March 12, 1908 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Authorizing the exchange of lands for the enlargement of maneuvering grounds.

     Ch. 84 · 35 Stat. 42 · March 13, 1908 · Original text