Every law Congress has passed

881 laws of the 61st Congress, 1909–1911

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

   Ch. 241 · 36 Stat. 1327 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

2. 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. 242 · 36 Stat. 1341 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John B. Lord, owner of lot eighty-six, square seven hundred and twenty-three, 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. 243 · 36 Stat. 1344 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

4. An Act For the erection of a monument over the grave of President John Tyler.

   Ch. 244 · 36 Stat. 1345 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

5. An Act To place David Robertson on the retired list of the United States Army.

   Ch. 245 · 36 Stat. 1345 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for allotments to certain members of the Hoh, Quileute, and Ozette tribes of Indians in the State of Washington.

   Ch. 246 · 36 Stat. 1345 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

7. An Act Providing for the promotion of Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary, United States Navy, and tendering to him the thanks of Congress.

   Ch. 247 · 36 Stat. 1346 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Margaretha Weideman, Clarence C. Weideman, and Auguerite E. Weideman, owners of lots numbered one, two, and three, square numbered four hundred and thirty-four, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

   Ch. 248 · 36 Stat. 1346 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the extension of Seventeenth Street northeast.

   Ch. 249 · 36 Stat. 1347 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

10. An Act To change the name of Messmore place to Mozart place.

    Ch. 250 · 36 Stat. 1347 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Nahant and Lynn Street Railway Company a portion of the United States coast defense military reservation at Nahant, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 251 · 36 Stat. 1348 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

12. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the retirement of certain medical officers of the Army,” approved June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and ten.

    Ch. 252 · 36 Stat. 1348 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize construction of the Broadway Bridge across the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 253 · 36 Stat. 1348 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to David Eddington covering homestead entry.

    Ch. 254 · 36 Stat. 1349 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

15. An Act To grant certain lands to the city of Trinidad, Colorado.

    Ch. 255 · 36 Stat. 1349 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell certain lands owned by the United States and situated on Dauphin Island, in Mobile County, Alabama.

    Ch. 256 · 36 Stat. 1350 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

17. An Act Granting public lands to the town of Omak, State of Washington, for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 257 · 36 Stat. 1350 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

18. 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. 258 · 36 Stat. 1351 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

19. An Act To give the consent of Congress to the building of a bridge by the city of Northport, Washington, over the Columbia River at Northport.

    Ch. 259 · 36 Stat. 1351 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Canyon Snake River Wagon Bridge Commission to construct a bridge across the Snake River at or near the town of Payette Idaho.

    Ch. 260 · 36 Stat. 1351 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of registers and former registers of the United States land offices.

    Ch. 261 · 36 Stat. 1351 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

22. An Act Providing for the erection of a joint monument to the memory of General James Screven and General Daniel Stewart, two distinguished officers of the American Army.

    Ch. 262 · 36 Stat. 1352 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the expenditure of the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars as a part contribution toward the erection of a monument at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in commemoration of the founding of the first permanent German settlement in America.

    Ch. 263 · 36 Stat. 1352 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department to reopen pay accounts of certain officers of the navy.

    Ch. 264 · 36 Stat. 1353 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

25. An Act For the establishment of marine schools, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 265 · 36 Stat. 1353 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize commissions to issue in the cases of officers retired or advanced on the retired list with increased rank.

    Ch. 266 · 36 Stat. 1354 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

27. An Act To amend section thirty-five hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the weighing of silver coins.

    Ch. 267 · 36 Stat. 1354 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

28. An Act To amend sections thirty-five hundred and forty-eight and thirty-five hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to the standards for coinage.

    Ch. 268 · 36 Stat. 1354 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

29. An Act To amend section eleven, Act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 269 · 36 Stat. 1355 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

30. An Act To provide punishment for the falsification of accounts and the making of false reports by persons in the employ of the United States.

    Ch. 270 · 36 Stat. 1355 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster-General to advertise for the construction of pneumatic tubes in the city of Cincinnati, State of Ohio.

    Ch. 271 · 36 Stat. 1356 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

32. An Act Relating to homestead entries in the former Siletz Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 272 · 36 Stat. 1356 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain desert lands for lands within national forests in Oregon.

    Ch. 273 · 36 Stat. 1357 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

34. An Act To provide for the entry under bond of exhibits of arts, sciences, and industries.

    Ch. 274 · 36 Stat. 1357 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Central Vermont Railway Company to construct a bridge across the arm of Lake Champlain between the towns of Alburg and Swanton, Vermont.

    Ch. 275 · 36 Stat. 1358 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing the sale of portions of the allotments of Nekquel-e-kin, or Wapato John, and Que-til-qua-soon, or Peter, Moses agreement allottees.

    Ch. 276 · 36 Stat. 1358 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a dam authorized by the Act entitled “An Act permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River in the county of Morrison, State of Minnesota,” approved June fourth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 277 · 36 Stat. 1359 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

38. An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Morris and Cummings Channel, at a point near Aransas Pass, Texas, by the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company.

    Ch. 278 · 36 Stat. 1359 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

39. An Act Placing M. H. Plunkett, assistant engineer, United States Navy, on the retired list with an advanced rank.

    Ch. 279 · 36 Stat. 1360 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

40. An Act For the protection of game in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 280 · 36 Stat. 1360 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Controller Railway and Navigation Company to construct two bridges across the Bering River, in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 36 Stat. 1360 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

42. An Act To incorporate the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association.

    Ch. 282 · 36 Stat. 1361 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to construct a bridge across the Piscataqua River.

    Ch. 283 · 36 Stat. 1362 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the Manhattan City and Interurban Railway Company to construct and operate an electric railway line on the Fort Riley Military Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 36 Stat. 1363 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

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

    Ch. 285 · 36 Stat. 1363 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Providing for commission to investigate cost of transporting and handling second class mail.

    Public Resolution 16 · 36 Stat. 1458 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of one hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse.

    Public Resolution 17 · 36 Stat. 1459 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of one hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle.

    Public Resolution 18 · 36 Stat. 1459 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution For the appointment of members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Public Resolution 19 · 36 Stat. 1459 · March 4, 1911 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Jaji Bin Ydris.

    Ch. 286 · 36 Stat. 2022 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Arthur G. Fisk.

    Ch. 287 · 36 Stat. 2023 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Frank W. Hutchins.

    Ch. 288 · 36 Stat. 2023 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Alexander Wilkie.

    Ch. 289 · 36 Stat. 2023 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To refund to the Gate of Heaven Church, South Boston, Massachusetts, duty collected on stained-glass windows.

    Ch. 290 · 36 Stat. 2024 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Lincoln C. Andrews.

    Ch. 291 · 36 Stat. 2024 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Directing the Secretary of War to convey the outstanding legal title of the United States to lot numbered twenty, square numbered two hundred and fifty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 292 · 36 Stat. 2024 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of David F. Wallace.

    Ch. 293 · 36 Stat. 2024 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Valentine Fraker.

    Ch. 294 · 36 Stat. 2025 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Hansell Hatfield, of McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 295 · 36 Stat. 2025 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Aaron Wakefield.

    Ch. 296 · 36 Stat. 2025 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of R. J. Warren.

    Ch. 297 · 36 Stat. 2025 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John J. Adams.

    Ch. 298 · 36 Stat. 2026 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of H. M. Dickson, William T. Mason, the Dickson-Mason Lumber Company, and D. L. Boyd.

    Ch. 299 · 36 Stat. 2026 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

    Ch. 300 · 36 Stat. 2026 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To compensate William P. Williams for losses sustained by him while assistant treasurer of the United States at Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. 301 · 36 Stat. 2026 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Elmer P. Kerr.

    Ch. 302 · 36 Stat. 2027 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of John Lee, alias James Riley.

    Ch. 303 · 36 Stat. 2027 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

68. 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. 304 · 36 Stat. 2027 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Eli Helton.

    Ch. 305 · 36 Stat. 2045 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

70. 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. 306 · 36 Stat. 2046 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

71. 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. 307 · 36 Stat. 2063 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Frances Coburn, Charles Coburn, and the heirs of Mary Morrisette, deceased.

    Ch. 308 · 36 Stat. 2064 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

73. 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. 309 · 36 Stat. 2065 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

74. 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. 310 · 36 Stat. 2082 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

75. 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. 311 · 36 Stat. 2099 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

76. 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. 312 · 36 Stat. 2103 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To remove the charge of desertion against David R. Lane.

    Ch. 313 · 36 Stat. 2123 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Edward Swainor.

    Ch. 314 · 36 Stat. 2123 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Helen S. Hogan.

    Ch. 315 · 36 Stat. 2123 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Edward F. Kearns.

    Ch. 316 · 36 Stat. 2124 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Amos M. Barbin.

    Ch. 317 · 36 Stat. 2124 · March 4, 1911 · Private law · Original text