Every law Congress has passed

881 laws of the 61st Congress, 1909–1911

1. An Act To amend section thirty-nine hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes to provide for receipts for registered mail, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 255 · 36 Stat. 416 · May 23, 1910 · Original text

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

   Ch. 256 · 36 Stat. 416 · May 26, 1910 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the sale and disposition of the surplus and unallotted lands in Bennett County, in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, and making appropriation to carry the same into effect.

   Ch. 257 · 36 Stat. 440 · May 27, 1910 · Original text

4. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

   Ch. 258 · 36 Stat. 443 · May 27, 1910 · Original text

5. An Act To grant title to certain public land to the city of Santa Cruz, in the State of California, to be used for street purposes.

   Ch. 259 · 36 Stat. 448 · May 27, 1910 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the sale and disposition of a portion of the surplus and unallotted lands in Mellette and Washabaugh counties in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in the State of South Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect.

   Ch. 260 · 36 Stat. 448 · May 30, 1910 · Original text

7. An Act Granting certain lands in the Coconino National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory purposes.

   Ch. 261 · 36 Stat. 452 · May 30, 1910 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Thomas Cluney.

   Ch. 262 · 36 Stat. 1750 · May 31, 1910 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 263 · 36 Stat. 452 · June 1, 1910 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the survey and allotment of lands embraced within the limits of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, in the State of North Dakota, and the sale and disposition of a portion of the surplus lands after allotment, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect.

    Ch. 264 · 36 Stat. 455 · June 1, 1910 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.

    Public Resolution 30 · 36 Stat. 881 · June 6, 1910 · Original text

12. An Act Extending the time in which to file adverse claims and institute adverse suits against mineral entries in the district of Alaska.

    Ch. 265 · 36 Stat. 459 · June 7, 1910 · Original text

13. An Act To extend the time for construction and beginning of construction of its line of railway in Alaska by the Alaska Short Line Railway and Navigation Company.

    Ch. 266 · 36 Stat. 459 · June 7, 1910 · Original text

14. An Act Granting public lands to certain cities and towns in the State of Colorado for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 36 Stat. 459 · June 7, 1910 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To enable the States of Missouri and Kansas to agree upon a boundary line and to determine the jurisdiction of crimes committed on the Missouri River and adjacent territories.

    Public Resolution 31 · 36 Stat. 881 · June 7, 1910 · Original text

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

    Ch. 268 · 36 Stat. 1751 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular army and navy and wars other than the civil war, and to certain widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 269 · 36 Stat. 1752 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 270 · 36 Stat. 1753 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 271 · 36 Stat. 1753 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the estate of John H. McBrayer.

    Ch. 272 · 36 Stat. 1757 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

21. 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. 273 · 36 Stat. 1758 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

22. 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. 274 · 36 Stat. 1760 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

23. 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. 275 · 36 Stat. 1762 · June 7, 1910 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels and to regulate equipment of certain motor boats on the navigable waters of the United States.

    Ch. 268 · 36 Stat. 462 · June 9, 1910 · Original text

25. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 277 · 36 Stat. 464 · June 9, 1910 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Moline, Illinois, and Bettendorf, Iowa.

    Ch. 278 · 36 Stat. 464 · June 9, 1910 · Original text

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

    Ch. 279 · 36 Stat. 1766 · June 9, 1910 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Charles Kehoe.

    Ch. 280 · 36 Stat. 1767 · June 9, 1910 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of James K. P. Wayman.

    Ch. 281 · 36 Stat. 1767 · June 9, 1910 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To require that all inmates of the workhouse and reformatory for the District of Columbia shall be returned to and released in said District.

    Ch. 282 · 36 Stat. 464 · June 10, 1910 · Original text

31. An Act To license custom-house brokers.

    Ch. 283 · 36 Stat. 464 · June 10, 1910 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To enable the States of Oregon and Washington to agree upon a boundary line between said States where the Columbia River forms said boundary.

    Public Resolution 32 · 36 Stat. 881 · June 10, 1910 · Original text

33. An Act Providing for the reappraisement of unsold lots in town sites on reclamation projects, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 36 Stat. 465 · June 11, 1910 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the widening of First street northeast in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 285 · 36 Stat. 466 · June 11, 1910 · Original text

35. An Act To change and fix the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the district of Delaware.

    Ch. 286 · 36 Stat. 466 · June 11, 1910 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Making the 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,” apply to the confederate mound in Oakwood Cemetery, at Chicago.

    Public Resolution 33 · 36 Stat. 882 · June 11, 1910 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the estate of Frederick P. Gray.

    Ch. 287 · 36 Stat. 1768 · June 11, 1910 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the heirs of the estate of J. Calvin Kinney, deceased.

    Ch. 288 · 36 Stat. 1768 · June 11, 1910 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Establishing Eastport, Idaho, a subport of entry in the customs-collection district of Montana and Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 289 · 36 Stat. 467 · June 13, 1910 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the President to convey to the people of Porto Rico certain lands and buildings not needed for purposes of the United States.

    Ch. 290 · 36 Stat. 467 · June 14, 1910 · Original text

41. An Act Providing for the quadrennial election of members of the Philippine legislature and Resident Commissioners to the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 291 · 36 Stat. 467 · June 14, 1910 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the Gary Land Company to construct two bridges across the Grand Calumet River in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 292 · 36 Stat. 468 · June 16, 1910 · Original text

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

    Ch. 293 · 36 Stat. 1769 · June 16, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 294 · 36 Stat. 1775 · June 16, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 295 · 36 Stat. 1784 · June 16, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 296 · 36 Stat. 1794 · June 16, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 297 · 36 Stat. 468 · June 17, 1910 · Original text

48. An Act To provide for an enlarged homestead.

    Ch. 298 · 36 Stat. 531 · June 17, 1910 · Original text

49. An Act To open to settlement and entry under the general provisions of the homestead laws of the United States certain lands in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 299 · 36 Stat. 533 · June 17, 1910 · Original text

50. An Act Granting permission to the city and county of San Francisco, California, to operate a pumping station on the Fort Mason Military Reservation, in California.

    Ch. 300 · 36 Stat. 534 · June 17, 1910 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize additional aids to navigation in the Light-House Establishment, and to provide for a Bureau of Light-Houses in the Department of Commerce and Labor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 301 · 36 Stat. 534 · June 17, 1910 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth G. Martin.

    Ch. 302 · 36 Stat. 1805 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

53. 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 certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 303 · 36 Stat. 1805 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

54. 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. 304 · 36 Stat. 1806 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

55. 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. 305 · 36 Stat. 1807 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of George Harraldson.

    Ch. 306 · 36 Stat. 1808 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Demon S. Decker.

    Ch. 307 · 36 Stat. 1809 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for Fenton T. Ross, of Loudoun County, Virginia, whose horse was permanently injured by employees of the Agricultural Department in making experiments authorized by law.

    Ch. 308 · 36 Stat. 1809 · June 17, 1910 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To create a commerce court, and to amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as heretofore amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 309 · 36 Stat. 539 · June 18, 1910 · Original text

60. An Act To enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

    Ch. 310 · 36 Stat. 557 · June 20, 1910 · Original text

61. An Act To amend sections twenty-five hundred and eighty-six and twenty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Acts of April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, relating to collection districts in Oregon.

    Ch. 311 · 36 Stat. 579 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

62. An Act Providing for the retirement of certain medical officers of army.

    Ch. 312 · 36 Stat. 580 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the Omaha tribe of Indians to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 313 · 36 Stat. 580 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of William Frye White, owner of lots one hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five, and one hundred and six, square seven hundred and fifty-four, Washington, District of Columbia, with regard to assessment and payment of damages on account of changes of grade due to construction of the Union Station, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 314 · 36 Stat. 581 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

65. An Act To pay funeral and transportation expenses of certain Bois Fort Indians.

    Ch. 315 · 36 Stat. 582 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

66. An Act Granting to the Siletz Power and Manufacturing Company a right of way for a water ditch or canal through the Siletz Indian Reservation, in Oregon.

    Ch. 316 · 36 Stat. 582 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

67. An Act Granting certain land to the town of Yuma, in the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 317 · 36 Stat. 583 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for agricultural entries on coal lands.

    Ch. 318 · 36 Stat. 583 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the extension of Massachusetts avenue northwest from Wisconsin avenue to the District line.

    Ch. 319 · 36 Stat. 584 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

70. An Act To create an additional land district in the Territory of New Mexico, to be known as the “Fort Sumner land district.”

    Ch. 320 · 36 Stat. 585 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for sittings of the United States circuit and district courts of the eastern division of the eastern district of Missouri at the city of Rolla, in said district.

    Ch. 321 · 36 Stat. 585 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

72. An Act To give a legal status to the lead of wires of the Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 322 · 36 Stat. 586 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for sittings of the United States circuit and district courts of the western division of the western district of Missouri at the city of Chillicothe, in said district.

    Ch. 323 · 36 Stat. 587 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the Indiana Steel Company to construct two bridges across the Grand Calumet River in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 324 · 36 Stat. 587 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the Rockport and Aransas Pass Railway Company to construct a bridge.

    Ch. 325 · 36 Stat. 588 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

76. An Act To extend the time for Clay county, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Black River at or near Bennetts Ferry, in said county and State.

    Ch. 326 · 36 Stat. 588 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Lawton and Fort Sill Electric Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the public lands reserved for Indian school purposes, of township two north, range eleven west, Indian meridian, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 327 · 36 Stat. 588 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

78. An Act Establishing regular terms of the United States circuit and district courts of the northern district of California at Sacramento, California, and of the southern division of the southern district of California at San Diego, California.

    Ch. 328 · 36 Stat. 589 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

79. An Act To amend paragraph two of section thirty-two hundred and sixty-four, Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by section five of the Act of March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and section thirty-two hundred and eighty-five, Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by section three of the Act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 329 · 36 Stat. 590 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

80. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.

    Ch. 330 · 36 Stat. 590 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

81. An Act To repeal a portion of sections four hundred and twenty-nine and thirty-seven hundred and twenty of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 331 · 36 Stat. 591 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To enable the States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan to determine the jurisdiction of crimes committed on Lake Michigan.

    Public Resolution 34 · 36 Stat. 882 · June 22, 1910 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Benjamin Hyde.

    Ch. 332 · 36 Stat. 1809 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Rasmus K. Hafsos.

    Ch. 333 · 36 Stat. 1809 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of the First National Bank of Minden, Nebraska

    Ch. 334 · 36 Stat. 1810 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 335 · 36 Stat. 1810 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Garland and Bergh.

    Ch. 336 · 36 Stat. 1811 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Harry W. Krumm, postmaster at Columbus, Ohio.

    Ch. 337 · 36 Stat. 1811 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of R. Q. Merrick.

    Ch. 338 · 36 Stat. 1811 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Joseph Dobson.

    Ch. 339 · 36 Stat. 1812 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of James T. Caswell, postmaster at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 340 · 36 Stat. 1812 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Jesse Skaggs and J. S. Scarborough.

    Ch. 341 · 36 Stat. 1812 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of George W. Spencer.

    Ch. 342 · 36 Stat. 1812 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To approve the final proof of Edward J. Balch.

    Ch. 343 · 36 Stat. 1813 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

95. 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. 344 · 36 Stat. 1813 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

96. 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 the widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 345 · 36 Stat. 1815 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

97. 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. 346 · 36 Stat. 1816 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To relieve George West and Son (Incorporated), of Stockton, California, from an internal-revenue tax on brandy destroyed by accidental fire.

    Ch. 347 · 36 Stat. 1817 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

99. 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. 348 · 36 Stat. 1818 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text

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

     Ch. 349 · 36 Stat. 1819 · June 22, 1910 · Private law · Original text