Every law Congress has passed

621 laws of the 60th Congress, 1907–1909

1. An Act To complete the naval record of John Shaughnessy.

   Ch. 174 · 35 Stat. 1324 · May 18, 1908 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Relating to unpaid Hawaiian Postal Savings Bankdeposito.

   Ch. 175 · 35 Stat. 165 · May 19, 1908 · Original text

3. An Act Providing for the resurvey of certain public lands in the State of Nebraska.

   Ch. 176 · 35 Stat. 165 · May 19, 1908 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church for certain lands in the State of Idaho.

   Ch. 177 · 35 Stat. 166 · May 19, 1908 · Original text

5. An Act Granting land to Anna Johnson.

   Ch. 178 · 35 Stat. 1324 · May 19, 1908 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Captain Charles E. Morton, Sixteenth United States Infantry.

   Ch. 179 · 35 Stat. 1324 · May 19, 1908 · Private law · Original text

7. For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

   Public Resolution 24 · May 20, 1908

8. An Act Authorizing the construction of bridges across navigable waters, and to extend the time for the construction of bridgea across navigable waters, and to legalize the construction of bridges across navigable waters.

   Ch. 180 · 35 Stat. 166 · May 20, 1908 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the drainage of certain lands in the Slate of Minnesota.

   Ch. 181 · 35 Stat. 169 · May 20, 1908 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept and care for gifts presented to vessels of the Navy of the United States.

    Ch. 182 · 35 Stat. 171 · May 20, 1908 · Original text

11. An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending.June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 183 · 35 Stat. 171 · May 21, 1908 · Original text

12. To amend an Act authorizing the construction of bridges across navigable waters, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 25 · May 22, 1908

13. Authorizing the transfer of the statue of President Washington, now located in the Capitol grounds, to the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 26 · May 22, 1908

14. An Act To establish a United States court at. Jackson, in the eastern district of Kentucky,

    Ch. 184 · 35 Stat. 182 · May 22, 1908 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for participation by the United States in an international exposition to be held at Tokyo, Japan, in nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 185 · 35 Stat. 183 · May 22, 1908 · Original text

16. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 186 · 35 Stat. 184 · May 22, 1908 · Original text

17. Providing for the printing of the Special Report on the Diseases or Cattle.

    Public Resolution 27 · May 23, 1908

18. An Act To make Monterey and Port Harford, in the State of California, subports of entry, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 35 Stat. 245 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 188 · 35 Stat. 245 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and eighty-five of the Reused Statutes.

    Ch. 189 · 35 Stat. 246 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

21. An Act Authorizing certain extensions to be made of the lines of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, the City and Suburban Railway of Washington, and the Capital Traction Company, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 190 · 35 Stat. 246 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

22. An Act To reimburse certain Departments of the Government for expenses incurred incident to the recent fire in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 35 Stat. 251 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

23. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 192 · 35 Stat. 251 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

24. An Act Amending the Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 193 · 35 Stat. 268 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

25. An Act Extending the time for the construction of a dam across Rainy River.

    Ch. 194 · 35 Stat. 273 · May 23, 1908 · Original text

26. An Act Granting an annuity to Jennie Carroll and to Mabel H. Lazear.

    Ch. 195 · 35 Stat. 1325 · May 23, 1908 · Private law · Original text

27. Providing for additional lands for Idaho under the provisions of the Carey Act.

    Public Resolution 28 · May 25, 1908

28. To provide for the remission of a portion of the Chinese indemnity.

    Public Resolution 29 · May 25, 1908

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

    Ch. 196 · 35 Stat. 1325 · May 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 197 · 35 Stat. 1375 · May 25, 1908 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 198 · 35 Stat. 274 · May 26, 1908 · Original text

32. An Act Fer the removal of restrictions from part of the lands of allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 199 · 35 Stat. 312 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

33. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 200 · 35 Stat. 317 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

34. An Act Fixing the status of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry.

    Ch. 201 · 35 Stat. 392 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

35. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 202 · 35 Stat. 392 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the construction of a railroad siding to the United States navy-yard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 203 · 35 Stat. 397 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

37. An Act To further amend the Act entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three.

    Ch. 204 · 35 Stat. 399 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

38. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to provide revenues for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States,” approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

    Ch. 205 · 35 Stat. 403 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

39. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 206 · 35 Stat. 406 · May 27, 1908 · Original text

40. An Act Granting pension and increase of pension to certain soldiers and sailors of the war with Spain and other wars, and to the widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 207 · 35 Stat. 1389 · May 27, 1908 · Private law · Original text

41. Relating to the assignment of space in the Howse Office Building.

    Public Resolution 30 · May 28, 1908

42. An Act Making appropriations fortlie payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 208 · 35 Stat. 418 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

43. An Act To regulate the employment of child labor in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 209 · 35 Stat. 420 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

44. An Act Granting title to a parcel of land in the city of Dubuque, Iowa, heretofore known as Saint Raphael’s Cemetery, to the archbishop of Dubuque and his successors in office, and Confirmingand establishing title thereto accordingly.

    Ch. 210 · 35 Stat. 423 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

45. An Act To encourage the development of coal deposits in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 211 · 35 Stat. 424 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

46. An Act To amend the laws relating to navigation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 212 · 35 Stat. 424 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to remove certain obstructions to navigation from the main ship channel, Key West Harbor, Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 213 · 35 Stat. 429 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

48. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 214 · 35 Stat. 430 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

49. An Act Granting condemned ordnance to certain institutions.

    Ch. 215 · 35 Stat. 442 · May 28, 1908 · Original text

50. Directing the selection of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of John Witherspoon.

    Public Resolution 31 · May 29, 1908

51. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to purchasers of Indian lands under any law now existing or hereafter enacted, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 216 · 35 Stat. 444 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell and dispose of the surplus unallotted agricultural lands of the Spokane Indian Reservation, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 217 · 35 Stat. 458 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the sale and disposition of a portion of the surplus and unallotted lands in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect.

    Ch. 218 · 35 Stat. 460 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

54. An Act To extend the time within which the Washington and Western Maryland Railroad Company shall be required to complete the road of said company under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by an Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 219 · 35 Stat. 464 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing a resurvey of certain townships in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 220 · 35 Stat. 465 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

56. An Act Granting certain rights of way and providing for certain exchanges of the same.

    Ch. 221 · 35 Stat. 472 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

57. An Act To amend an Act to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia, approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 222 · 35 Stat. 472 · May 29, 1908 · Original text

58. Authorizing the employment of clerical services in the Department of Justice.

    Public Resolution 32 · May 30, 1908

59. An Act To establish an assay office at Salt Lake City, State of Utah.

    Ch. 223 · 35 Stat. 474 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

60. An Act For the incorporation of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew.

    Ch. 224 · 35 Stat. 475 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

61. An Act To promote the safety of employees on railroads.

    Ch. 225 · 35 Stat. 476 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

62. An Act To incorporate the Congressional Club.

    Ch. 226 · 35 Stat. 476 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

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

    Ch. 227 · 35 Stat. 478 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

64. An Act To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 35 Stat. 520 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the national banking laws.

    Ch. 229 · 35 Stat. 546 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

66. An Act Pensioning the surviving officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers emploved in the defense of the frontier of that State against Mexican marauders and Indian depredations from eighteen hundred and fifty-five to eighteen hundred and sixty, inclusive, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 230 · 35 Stat. 553 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing certain life-saving apparatus to be placed at the Farallone Islands, off the coast of California.

    Ch. 231 · 35 Stat. 553 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

68. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate The Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 232 · 35 Stat. 554 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

69. An Act To amend an Act approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled “An Act to provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves.”

    Ch. 233 · 35 Stat. 554 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

70. An Act To promote the safe transportation in interstate commerce of explosives and other dangerous articles, and to provide penalties for its violation.

    Ch. 234 · 35 Stat. 554 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

71. An Act To amend section fifty-four hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 235 · 35 Stat. 555 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

72. An Act Grant ing to certain employees of the United States the right to receive from it compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their employment.

    Ch. 236 · 35 Stat. 556 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

73. An Act For the survey and allotment of lands now embraced within the limits of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, and the sale and disposal of all the surplus lands after allotment.

    Ch. 237 · 35 Stat. 558 · May 30, 1908 · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Byron C. Mitchell, Calvin P. Lynn, and Harry S. Lee, formerly Albert Lee Alleman.

    Ch. 238 · 35 Stat. 1398 · May 30, 1908 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the transfer of books from the Treasury Department library to life-saving stations of the United States.

    Ch. 1 · 35 Stat. 581 · December 11, 1908 · Original text

76. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the extension of New Hampshire avenue, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 2 · 35 Stat. 581 · December 18, 1908 · Original text

77. An Act To change the name of V street, from Florida avenue to Nineteenth street northwest, to California street.

    Ch. 3 · 35 Stat. 582 · December 18, 1908 · Original text

78. An Act To amend section four hundred and ninety-one n of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 4 · 35 Stat. 582 · December 18, 1908 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the Saint Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    Ch. 5 · 35 Stat. 582 · December 18, 1908 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section one of the passenger Act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 6 · 35 Stat. 583 · December 19, 1908 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of citizens of Italy.

    Ch. 7 · 35 Stat. 584 · January 5, 1909 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of William Parker Sedgwick.

    Ch. 8 · 35 Stat. 585 · January 5, 1909 · Original text

83. An Act To correct the naval record of Alfred Burgess.

    Ch. 9 · 35 Stat. 1399 · January 5, 1909 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Jabez Burchard.

    Ch. 10 · 35 Stat. 1399 · January 5, 1909 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To reimburse George W. Young, postmaster at Wanship, Utah, for loss of postage stamps.

    Ch. 11 · 35 Stat. 1399 · January 6, 1909 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Phillip Hague, administrator of the estate of Joseph Hague, deceased.

    Ch. 12 · 35 Stat. 1400 · January 7, 1909 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a right of way to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company across the Fort Mason Military Reservation in California.

    Ch. 13 · 35 Stat. 585 · January 8, 1909 · Original text

88. An Act To correct the military record of William A. Hinsch.

    Ch. 14 · 35 Stat. 1400 · January 8, 1909 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Dewitt Eastman.

    Ch. 15 · 35 Stat. 1400 · January 8, 1909 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend 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 January twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight.

    Ch. 14 · 35 Stat. 585 · January 9, 1909 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of William Radcliffe.

    Ch. 17 · 35 Stat. 1400 · January 9, 1909 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Providing for the hearing of eases upon appeal from the district court for the district of Alaska in the circuit court of appeals for the ninth circuit.

    Ch. 15 · 35 Stat. 585 · January 11, 1909 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Alice M. Stafford, administratrix of the estate of Captain Stephen R. Stafford.

    Ch. 19 · 35 Stat. 1401 · January 11, 1909 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana.

    Ch. 20 · 35 Stat. 1401 · January 12, 1909 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company and the Lackawanna Railroad Company of New Jersey to construct and maintain a bridge across the Delaware River from a point near the village of Columbia, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, to the village of Slateford, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 21 · 35 Stat. 586 · January 14, 1909 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to lease San Clemente Island, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 22 · 35 Stat. 586 · January 15, 1909 · Original text

97. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the confitruction of a bridge between Fort Snelling Reservation and Saint Paul, Minnesota,” approved March seventeenth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 23 · 35 Stat. 588 · January 18, 1909 · Original text

98. An Act To correct the naval record of Edward T. Lincoln.

    Ch. 24 · 35 Stat. 1401 · January 20, 1909 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To correct the naval record of Randolph W. Campbell.

    Ch. 25 · 35 Stat. 1401 · January 20, 1909 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting to the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company a right to change the location of its right of way across the Niobrara Military Reservation.

     Ch. 27 · 35 Stat. 588 · January 21, 1909 · Original text