Every law Congress has passed

717 laws of the 62nd Congress, 1911–1913

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

   Ch. 389 · 37 Stat. 539 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone.

   Ch. 390 · 37 Stat. 560 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

3. An Act Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 391 · 37 Stat. 569 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Appropriating money for the payment of certain claims on account of labor, supplies, materials, and cash furnished in the construction of the Corbett tunnel.

   Public Resolution 49 · 37 Stat. 643 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Ada, Oklahoma, in September, nineteen hundred and twelve.

   Public Resolution 50 · 37 Stat. 644 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution Amending the Army Appropriation Bill.

   Public Resolution 53 · 37 Stat. 645 · August 24, 1912 · Original text

7. An Act Granting a pension to Catherine Wise.

   Ch. 392 · 37 Stat. 1325 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

8. 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.

   Ch. 393 · 37 Stat. 1325 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Ferdinand Tobe.

   Ch. 394 · 37 Stat. 1337 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and to certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers or sailors.

    Ch. 395 · 37 Stat. 1337 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

11. 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. 396 · 37 Stat. 1338 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of James E. C. Covel.

    Ch. 397 · 37 Stat. 1340 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Patrick Howe.

    Ch. 398 · 37 Stat. 1340 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of the West Kentucky Coal Company.

    Ch. 399 · 37 Stat. 1340 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey by deed to D. B. Loveman, and D. B. Loveman, president of Bragg Hill Land Company, of Hamilton County, a certain strip or parcel of land in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 400 · 37 Stat. 1340 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Frank D. Courtade.

    Ch. 401 · 37 Stat. 1341 · August 24, 1912 · 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 certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 402 · 37 Stat. 1341 · August 24, 1912 · 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 certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 403 · 37 Stat. 1342 · August 24, 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. 404 · 37 Stat. 1343 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

20. 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. 405 · 37 Stat. 1344 · August 24, 1912 · 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. 406 · 37 Stat. 1345 · August 24, 1912 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To amend an Act entitled “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,” approved July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 407 · 37 Stat. 594 · August 26, 1912 · Original text

23. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 408 · 37 Stat. 595 · August 26, 1912 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section five of the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate file American Red Cross,” approved January fifth, nineteen hundred and five.

    Ch. 1 · 37 Stat. 647 · December 10, 1912 · Original text

25. An Act Granting to Phillips County, Arkansas, certain lots in the city of Helena for a site for a county courthouse.

    Ch. 2 · 37 Stat. 647 · December 19, 1912 · Original text

26. An Act To increase the limit of cost of the United States public building at Denver, Colorado.

    Ch. 3 · 37 Stat. 647 · December 19, 1912 · Original text

27. An Act Increasing the cost of erecting a public building at Olympia, Washington.

    Ch. 4 · 37 Stat. 648 · December 19, 1912 · Original text

28. An Act Increasing the limit of cost for the erection and completion of a public building in the city of Richford, State of Vermont.

    Ch. 5 · 37 Stat. 648 · December 19, 1912 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for holding the district court of the United States for Porto Rico during the absence from the island of the United States district judge and for the trial of cases in the event of the disqualification of or inability to act by the said judge.

    Ch. 6 · 37 Stat. 648 · January 7, 1913 · Original text

30. An Act Amending an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations or among the several States or with the Indian tribes, and to protect the same.”

    Ch. 7 · 37 Stat. 649 · January 8, 1913 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Joseph W. McCall.

    Ch. 8 · 37 Stat. 1349 · January 21, 1913 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To amend “An Act to parole United States prisoners, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten.

    Ch. 9 · 37 Stat. 650 · January 23, 1913 · Original text

33. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the carrying of dangerous articles on passenger steamers.

    Ch. 10 · 37 Stat. 650 · January 24, 1913 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Theodore N. Gates.

    Ch. 11 · 37 Stat. 1349 · January 24, 1913 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To refund to the National Cartage and Warehouse Company, of New York City, New York, excess duty.

    Ch. 12 · 37 Stat. 1349 · January 24, 1913 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Illinois River near Havana, Illinois.

    Ch. 13 · 37 Stat. 650 · January 25, 1913 · Original text

37. An Act To subject lands of former Fort Niobrara Military Reservation and other lands to homestead entry.

    Ch. 14 · 37 Stat. 651 · January 27, 1913 · Original text

38. An Act Granting certain lands for a cemetery to the Fort Bidwell People’s Church Association, of the town of Fort Bidwell, State of California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 15 · 37 Stat. 652 · January 27, 1913 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Joshua H. Hutchinson.

    Ch. 16 · 37 Stat. 1350 · January 27, 1913 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to give certain old Government documents to the Old Newbury Historical Society, of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

    Private Resolution 4 · 37 Stat. 1450 · January 27, 1913 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Affecting the town sites of Timber Lake and Dupree in South Dakota.

    Ch. 17 · 37 Stat. 653 · January 28, 1913 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Anna M. Toreson, deceased.

    Ch. 18 · 37 Stat. 1350 · January 28, 1913 · Private law · 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 children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 19 · 37 Stat. 1350 · January 28, 1913 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To amend the license law, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for hire.

    Ch. 20 · 37 Stat. 653 · January 29, 1913 · Original text

45. An Act To incorporate the American Hospital of Paris.

    Ch. 21 · 37 Stat. 654 · January 30, 1913 · Original text

46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William P. Clark.

    Ch. 22 · 37 Stat. 1360 · January 30, 1913 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To amend subchapter two of chapter nineteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 23 · 37 Stat. 656 · February 3, 1913 · Original text

48. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to reincorporate and preserve all the corporate franchises and properly rights of the de facto corporation known as the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 24 · 37 Stat. 656 · February 3, 1913 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section eight hundred and ninety-five of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 25 · 37 Stat. 656 · February 3, 1913 · Original text

50. An Act To regulate the business of loaning money on security of any kind by persons, firms, and corporations other than national banks, licensed bankers, trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, and real-estate brokers in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 26 · 37 Stat. 657 · February 4, 1913 · Original text

51. An Act Incorporating the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

    Ch. 27 · 37 Stat. 660 · February 4, 1913 · Original text

52. An Act To create a new division of the western judicial district of Texas and to provide for terms of court at Pecos, Texas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 28 · 37 Stat. 663 · February 5, 1913 · Original text

53. An Act To refund duties collected on lace-making and other machines and parts or accessories thereof imported subsequently to August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, and prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 29 · 37 Stat. 663 · February 7, 1913 · Original text

54. An Act Providing for the taking over by the United States Government of the Confederate cemetery at Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 30 · 37 Stat. 663 · February 7, 1913 · Original text

55. An Act To pay certain employees of the Government for injuries received while in the discharge of their duties.

    Ch. 31 · 37 Stat. 1361 · February 7, 1913 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To refund certain tonnage taxes and light dues.

    Ch. 32 · 37 Stat. 1362 · February 7, 1913 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To reimburse Charles S. Jackson.

    Ch. 33 · 37 Stat. 1362 · February 7, 1913 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Amending section thirty-three hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by section thirty-two of the Act of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 34 · 37 Stat. 664 · February 10, 1913 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the construction or purchase of motor boat for customs service.

    Ch. 35 · 37 Stat. 665 · February 10, 1913 · Original text

60. An Act Granting an extension of time to construct a bridge across Rock River at or near Colona Ferry, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 36 · 37 Stat. 665 · February 10, 1913 · Original text

61. An Act Providing when patents shall issue to the purchaser or heirs of certain lands in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 37 · 37 Stat. 665 · February 11, 1913 · Original text

62. An Act Providing for the adjustment of the grant of lands in aid of the construction of the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay military wagon road, and of conflicting claims to lands within the limits of said grant.

    Ch. 38 · 37 Stat. 666 · February 11, 1913 · Original text

63. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for an enlarged homestead.”

    Ch. 39 · 37 Stat. 666 · February 11, 1913 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section seventy-three and section seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 40 · 37 Stat. 667 · February 12, 1913 · Original text

65. 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. 41 · 37 Stat. 1363 · February 12, 1913 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 42 · 37 Stat. 1364 · February 12, 1913 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Schiffer.

    Ch. 43 · 37 Stat. 1371 · February 12, 1913 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Repealing the provision of the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, authorizing the sale of a tract of land reserved for a burial ground for the Wyandotte Tribe of Indians in Kansas City, Kansas.

    Ch. 44 · 37 Stat. 668 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

69. An Act Providing authority for the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River in section thirty-six, township one hundred and thirty-four north, range seventy-nine west, in the State of North Dakota.

    Ch. 45 · 37 Stat. 668 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 46 · 37 Stat. 669 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

71. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River, at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 47 · 37 Stat. 669 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

72. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 48 · 37 Stat. 669 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 49 · 37 Stat. 670 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

74. An Act To punish the unlawful breaking of seals of railroad cars containing interstate or foreign shipments, the unlawful entering of such cars, the stealing of freight and express packages or baggage or articles in process of transportation in interstate shipment, and the felonious asportation of such freight or express packages or baggage or articles therefrom into another district of the United States, and the felonious possession or reception of the same.

    Ch. 50 · 37 Stat. 670 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

75. 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. 51 · 37 Stat. 671 · February 13, 1913 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Frederick H. Ferris.

    Ch. 52 · 37 Stat. 1371 · February 13, 1913 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To amend section ninety-six, chapter five, of the Act of Congress of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled “The Judicial Code.”

    Ch. 53 · 37 Stat. 674 · February 14, 1913 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the sale and disposition of the surplus and unallotted lands in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, in the States of South Dakota and North Dakota, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect.

    Ch. 54 · 37 Stat. 675 · February 14, 1913 · Original text

79. An Act Regulating Indian allotments disposed of by will.

    Ch. 55 · 37 Stat. 678 · February 14, 1913 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Harry S. Wade.

    Ch. 56 · 37 Stat. 1372 · February 14, 1913 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Simon Nager.

    Ch. 57 · 37 Stat. 1372 · February 14, 1913 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To pay certain employees of the Government for injuries received while in the discharge of their duties, and other claims.

    Ch. 58 · 37 Stat. 1372 · February 18, 1913 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To increase the pensions of surviving soldiers of Indian wars in certain cases.

    Ch. 59 · 37 Stat. 679 · February 19, 1913 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Carl Krueger.

    Ch. 60 · 37 Stat. 1373 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Francis Grinstead, alias Francis M. Grinstead.

    Ch. 61 · 37 Stat. 1373 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Lewis F. Walsh.

    Ch. 62 · 37 Stat. 1374 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Sylvester W. Barnes.

    Ch. 63 · 37 Stat. 1374 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Sylvester G. Parker.

    Ch. 64 · 37 Stat. 1374 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 65 · 37 Stat. 1374 · February 20, 1913 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Christian Hedges.

    Ch. 66 · 37 Stat. 1376 · February 21, 1913 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of John K. Wren.

    Ch. 67 · 37 Stat. 1376 · February 21, 1913 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of the estate of Almon P. Frederick.

    Ch. 68 · 37 Stat. 1376 · February 24, 1913 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act To authorize and require an extension of the street railway lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 69 · 37 Stat. 679 · February 25, 1913 · Original text

94. An Act Permitting the building of a railroad bridge across the Yellowstone River from a point on the east bank in section fifteen to a point on the west bank in section sixteen, township one hundred and fifty-one north of range one hundred and four west of the fifth principal meridian, in McKenzie County, North Dakota.

    Ch. 70 · 37 Stat. 680 · February 25, 1913 · Original text

95. An Act Permitting the building of a railroad bridge across the Missouri River from a point on the east bank in section fourteen, Mountrail County, North Dakota, to a point on the west bank of said river in section fifteen, in McKenzie County, North Dakota, in township one hundred and fifty-two north, range ninety-three west, of the fifth principal meridian.

    Ch. 71 · 37 Stat. 681 · February 25, 1913 · Original text

96. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Mines,” approved May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and ten.

    Ch. 72 · 37 Stat. 681 · February 25, 1913 · Original text

97. An Act To extend the power of the Commissioner General of Immigration, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

    Ch. 73 · 37 Stat. 682 · February 25, 1913 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the exchange of conveyances between the Florida East Coast Railway Company and the United States.

    Ch. 74 · 37 Stat. 1377 · February 25, 1913 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of William Hommelsberg.

    Ch. 75 · 37 Stat. 1377 · February 25, 1913 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Isaac Thompson.

     Ch. 76 · 37 Stat. 1377 · February 25, 1913 · Private law · Original text