Every law Congress has passed

717 laws of the 62nd Congress, 1911–1913

1. An Act For the relief of the American Surety Company of New York.

   Ch. 202 · 37 Stat. 1240 · July 3, 1912 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Albert S. Henderer.

   Ch. 203 · 37 Stat. 1241 · July 3, 1912 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing the Choctawhatchee River Light and Power Company to erect a dam across the Choctawhatchee River in Dale County, Alabama.

   Ch. 204 · 37 Stat. 188 · July 5, 1912 · Original text

4. 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. 205 · 37 Stat. 1241 · July 5, 1912 · Private law · Original text

5. 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. 206 · 37 Stat. 1242 · July 5, 1912 · Private law · Original text

6. 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 of such soldiers and sailors.

   Ch. 207 · 37 Stat. 1243 · July 5, 1912 · Private law · Original text

7. 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 of such soldiers and sailors.

   Ch. 208 · 37 Stat. 1243 · July 5, 1912 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the transfer of the so-called Olmstead lands, in the State of North Carolina, from the Solicitor of the Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture.

   Ch. 209 · 37 Stat. 189 · July 6, 1912 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To convey the thanks of Congress to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, and through him to the officers and crew of the steamship Carpathia of the Cunard Line, for the prompt and heroic service rendered by them in rescuing seven hundred and four lives from the wreck of the steamship Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.

   Public Resolution 32 · 37 Stat. 639 · July 6, 1912 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Alfred L. Dutton.

    Ch. 210 · 37 Stat. 1244 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Herbert Thompson.

    Ch. 211 · 37 Stat. 1245 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of William F. McKim.

    Ch. 212 · 37 Stat. 1245 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Preston.

    Ch. 213 · 37 Stat. 1245 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the issuance of patent to James W. Chrisman for the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirteen, and the north half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township twenty-nine north, range one hundred and thirteen west of the sixth principal meridian.

    Ch. 214 · 37 Stat. 1245 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to adjust and settle the claims of the attorney of record involving certain Indian allotments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 37 Stat. 1246 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Charley Clark, a homestead settler on certain lands therein described.

    Ch. 216 · 37 Stat. 1246 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

17. 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. 217 · 37 Stat. 1246 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

18. 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. 218 · 37 Stat. 1254 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

19. 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. 219 · 37 Stat. 1259 · July 6, 1912 · Private law · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Appropriating one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for encampment and maneuvers for the Organized Militia.

    Public Resolution 33 · 37 Stat. 628 · July 8, 1912 · Original text

21. An Act Concerning unrigged vessels.

    Ch. 220 · 37 Stat. 189 · July 9, 1912 · Original text

22. An Act To correct an error in the record of the supplemental treaty of September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty, made with the Choctaw Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 221 · 37 Stat. 189 · July 9, 1912 · Original text

23. An Act To fix the terms of the District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

    Ch. 222 · 37 Stat. 190 · July 9, 1912 · Original text

24. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to certain property in the city and county of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 223 · 37 Stat. 190 · July 9, 1912 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River near the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 224 · 37 Stat. 190 · July 9, 1912 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the Turner Hardware Company.

    Ch. 225 · 37 Stat. 1260 · July 9, 1912 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Kate Ferrell.

    Ch. 226 · 37 Stat. 1261 · July 9, 1912 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey to the board of education of New Hanover County, North Carolina, portion of marine-hospital reservation not needed for marine-hospital purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 37 Stat. 191 · July 10, 1912 · Original text

29. An Act To amend section eleven of an Act entitled “An Act to grant additional authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out certain provisions of the public building Acts, and for other purposes,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 228 · 37 Stat. 191 · July 10, 1912 · Original text

30. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands in the Flathead Indian Reservation to the town of Ronan, State of Montana, for the purposes of a public park and public-school site.

    Ch. 229 · 37 Stat. 192 · July 10, 1912 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Alessandro Comba.

    Ch. 230 · 37 Stat. 1261 · July 10, 1912 · Private law · Original text

32. 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. 231 · 37 Stat. 1261 · July 10, 1912 · Private law · Original text

33. 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. 232 · 37 Stat. 1270 · July 10, 1912 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to appoint Robert H. Peck a captain in the Army.

    Ch. 233 · 37 Stat. 192 · July 12, 1912 · Original text

35. An Act To allow an exchange of certain lands in the Harney National Forest.

    Ch. 234 · 37 Stat. 192 · July 15, 1912 · Original text

36. An Act To confer concurrent jurisdiction on the police court of the District of Columbia in certain cases.

    Ch. 235 · 37 Stat. 192 · July 16, 1912 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to pay a cash reward for suggestions submitted by employees of certain establishments of the Ordnance Department for improvement or economy in manufacturing processes or plant.

    Ch. 236 · 37 Stat. 193 · July 17, 1912 · Original text

38. An Act To provide American registry for the steamer Damara.

    Ch. 237 · 37 Stat. 193 · July 17, 1912 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the extension of Underwood Street northwest.

    Ch. 238 · 37 Stat. 194 · July 17, 1912 · Original text

40. 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. 239 · 37 Stat. 1275 · July 18, 1912 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the payment of drainage assessments on Indian lands in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 240 · 37 Stat. 194 · July 19, 1912 · Original text

42. An Act Providing for the sale of the Lemhi School and Agency plant and lands on the former Lemhi Reservation in the State of Idaho.

    Ch. 241 · 37 Stat. 195 · July 19, 1912 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 242 · 37 Stat. 195 · July 20, 1912 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange the site heretofore acquired for a United States immigration station at Baltimore, Maryland, for another suitable site, and to pay, if necessary, out of the appropriation heretofore made for said immigration station an additional sum in accomplishing such exchange; or to sell the present site, the money procured from such sale to revert to the appropriation made for said immigration station, and to purchase another site in lieu thereof.

    Ch. 243 · 37 Stat. 196 · July 20, 1912 · Original text

45. An Act To provide an extension of time for submission of proof by homesteaders on the Uintah Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 244 · 37 Stat. 196 · July 20, 1912 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to Salt Lake City, Utah, a right of way over certain public lands for reservoir purposes.

    Ch. 245 · 37 Stat. 197 · July 20, 1912 · Original text

47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Bradford Crowninshield.

    Ch. 246 · 37 Stat. 1276 · July 20, 1912 · Private law · Original text

48. 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. 247 · 37 Stat. 1276 · July 20, 1912 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands in the Colville Indian Reservation to the town of Okanogan, State of Washington, for public park purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 37 Stat. 197 · July 22, 1912 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of cotton.

    Ch. 249 · 37 Stat. 198 · July 22, 1912 · Original text

51. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers,” approved June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and ten.

    Ch. 250 · 37 Stat. 199 · July 23, 1912 · Original text

52. An Act Relating to partial assignments of desert-land entries within reclamation projects made since March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eight.

    Ch. 251 · 37 Stat. 200 · July 24, 1912 · Original text

53. An Act To consolidate certain forest lands in the Paulina (Oregon) National Forest.

    Ch. 252 · 37 Stat. 200 · July 25, 1912 · Original text

54. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 253 · 37 Stat. 201 · July 25, 1912 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing John T. McCrosson and associates to construct an irrigation ditch on the Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 254 · 37 Stat. 234 · July 27, 1912 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize additional aids to navigation in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 255 · 37 Stat. 238 · July 27, 1912 · Original text

57. An Act Extending the time for the repayment of certain war-revenue taxes erroneously collected.

    Ch. 256 · 37 Stat. 240 · July 27, 1912 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mary E. Quinn.

    Ch. 257 · 37 Stat. 1281 · July 27, 1912 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes, to provide a compensation for superintendents of national cemeteries.

    Ch. 258 · 37 Stat. 240 · July 30, 1912 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Making appropriation to be used in exterminating the army worm.

    Public Resolution 35 · 37 Stat. 640 · July 30, 1912 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Theodore Salus.

    Ch. 259 · 37 Stat. 1282 · July 30, 1912 · Private law · Original text

62. 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. 260 · 37 Stat. 1282 · July 30, 1912 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 261 · 37 Stat. 1283 · July 30, 1912 · Private law · Original text

64. 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 of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 262 · 37 Stat. 1284 · July 30, 1912 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To prohibit the importation and the interstate transportation of films or other pictorial representations of prize fights, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 263 · 37 Stat. 240 · July 31, 1912 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands with the State of Michigan.

    Ch. 264 · 37 Stat. 241 · July 31, 1912 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Jesus Silva, junior.

    Ch. 265 · 37 Stat. 242 · July 31, 1912 · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing Daniel W. Abbott to make homestead entry.

    Ch. 266 · 37 Stat. 1285 · July 31, 1912 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the Delaware Transportation Company, owner of the American steamer Dorothy.

    Ch. 267 · 37 Stat. 1285 · July 31, 1912 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To harmonize the national law of salvage with the provisions of the international convention for the unification of certain rules with respect to assistance and salvage at sea, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 37 Stat. 242 · August 1, 1912 · Original text

71. An Act To modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 37 Stat. 242 · August 1, 1912 · Original text

72. An Act Granting a franchise for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a street railway system in the district of South Hilo, county of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 270 · 37 Stat. 243 · August 1, 1912 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of the expenses of the Senate in the impeachment trial of Robert W. Archbald.

    Public Resolution 36 · 37 Stat. 640 · August 1, 1912 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “Joint resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies.”

    Public Resolution 37 · 37 Stat. 640 · August 1, 1912 · Original text

75. An Act Granting a pension to Cornelia C. Bragg.

    Ch. 271 · 37 Stat. 1285 · August 1, 1912 · Private law · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to supply tents and rations to American citizens compelled to leave Mexico.

    Public Resolution 39 · 37 Stat. 640 · August 2, 1912 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of the Fifth-Third National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Ch. 272 · 37 Stat. 1286 · August 2, 1912 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of J. M. H. Mellon, administrator, James A. Mellon, Thomas D. Mellon, Mrs. E. L. Siverd, J. M. H. Mellon, Bessie Blue, Mrs. Simpson, Annie Turley, C. B. Eyler, Luella C. Pearce, John McCracken, A. J. Mellon, J. J. Martin, Eugene Richmond, Springdale Methodist Episcopal Church, Heidekamp Mirror Company, James P. Confer, junior, W. P. Bigley, W. J. Bole, and S. A. Moyer, all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 273 · 37 Stat. 1286 · August 2, 1912 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To establish a standard barrel and standard grades for apples when packed in barrels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 273 · 37 Stat. 250 · August 3, 1912 · Original text

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

    Ch. 275 · 37 Stat. 251 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

81. An Act Granting to the Washington-Oregon Corporation a right for an electric railroad, and for telephone, telegraph, and electric-transmission lines across the Vancouver Military Reservation, in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 276 · 37 Stat. 264 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section ninety-six of the “Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 277 · 37 Stat. 265 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

83. An Act Providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 278 · 37 Stat. 265 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a sewer pipe upon and across the Fort Rodman Military Reservation at New Bedford, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 279 · 37 Stat. 267 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section three of the Act of Congress approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty (Twenty-first Statutes at Large, page one hundred and forty).

    Ch. 280 · 37 Stat. 267 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

86. An Act To permit the construction of a subway and the maintenance of a railroad under the post-office building at or near Park Place, in the city of New York.

    Ch. 281 · 37 Stat. 268 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

87. An Act Providing for the sale of the United States unused post-office site at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

    Ch. 282 · 37 Stat. 269 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claims of American citizens for damages suffered within American territory and growing out of the late insurrection in Mexico.

    Public Resolution 40 · 37 Stat. 641 · August 9, 1912 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of James S. Baer.

    Ch. 283 · 37 Stat. 1287 · August 9, 1912 · Private law · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To correct an error in an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war,” approved June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Public Resolution 41 · 37 Stat. 1347 · August 9, 1912 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 284 · 37 Stat. 269 · August 10, 1912 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Great Northern Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 285 · 37 Stat. 302 · August 10, 1912 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the State of Arizona to select lands within the former Fort Grant Military Reservation and outside of the Crook National Forest in partial satisfaction of its grant for State charitable, penal, and reformatory institutions.

    Ch. 286 · 37 Stat. 302 · August 13, 1912 · Original text

94. An Act To regulate radio communication.

    Ch. 287 · 37 Stat. 302 · August 13, 1912 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To authorize the loan of obsolete Springfield rifles, and so forth, to the Historical Pageant Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Public Resolution 43 · 37 Stat. 641 · August 13, 1912 · Original text

96. An Act To change the name of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service to the Public Health Service, to increase the pay of officers of said service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 288 · 37 Stat. 309 · August 14, 1912 · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the county of Hill, in the State of Montana, the jail building and fixtures now upon the abandoned Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation, in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 289 · 37 Stat. 309 · August 14, 1912 · Original text

98. An Act To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 290 · 37 Stat. 310 · August 14, 1912 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the Moline-Bettendorf Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River between Moline, Illinois, and Bettendorf, Iowa.

    Ch. 291 · 37 Stat. 310 · August 14, 1912 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of G. A. Embry.

     Ch. 292 · 37 Stat. 1287 · August 14, 1912 · Private law · Original text