Every law Congress has passed

700 laws of the 63rd Congress, 1913–1915

1. Joint Resolution To convey the thanks of Congress to the captain of the American steamer Kroonland, of the Red Star Line, and through him to the officers and crew of said steamer, for the prompt and heroic service rendered by them in rescuing eighty-nine lives from the burning steamer Volturno, in the north Atlantic Ocean.

   Public Resolution 8 · 38 Stat. 769 · March 19, 1914 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution For the appointment of a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Public Resolution 9 · 38 Stat. 769 · March 20, 1914 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Captain Frank Parker.

   Ch. 40 · 38 Stat. 1244 · March 20, 1914 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the Tug River and Kentucky Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near the mouth of Blackberry Creek, in Pike County, Kentucky.

   Ch. 41 · 38 Stat. 308 · March 24, 1914 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the Government of Porto Rico to construct two bridges across the Arecibo River near the city of Arecibo, Porto Rico.

   Ch. 42 · 38 Stat. 309 · March 24, 1914 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the county commissioners of Skagit County, Washington, to construct a bridge across Swinomish Slough opposite the town of La Conner.

   Ch. 43 · 38 Stat. 309 · March 26, 1914 · Original text

7. An Act Extending the provisions of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River near Weldon Springs Landing, Missouri.

   Ch. 44 · 38 Stat. 309 · March 26, 1914 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain land to the county of San Diego, State of California, for public watering purposes.

   Ch. 45 · 38 Stat. 310 · March 27, 1914 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for drainage of Indian allotments of the Five Civilized Tribes.

   Ch. 46 · 38 Stat. 310 · March 27, 1914 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section twelve of the Act entitled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 47 · 38 Stat. 311 · March 28, 1914 · Original text

11. An Act To appropriate $5,000 to erect a suitable monument on the battle grounds at the Horse Shoe, on the Tallapoosa River, in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 48 · 38 Stat. 311 · April 2, 1914 · Original text

12. An Act To increase the limit of cost for increased quarantine facilities at the port of Portland, Maine.

    Ch. 49 · 38 Stat. 312 · April 3, 1914 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to relinquish the rights of the United States in and to a part of a certain alley in the city of Marshalltown, Iowa.

    Ch. 50 · 38 Stat. 1244 · April 3, 1914 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Providing that the marriage of a homestead entryman to a homestead entry woman shall not impair the right of either to a patent, after compliance with the law a year, to apply to existing entries.

    Ch. 51 · 38 Stat. 312 · April 6, 1914 · Original text

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

    Ch. 52 · 38 Stat. 312 · April 6, 1914 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Hugh P. Strong.

    Ch. 53 · 38 Stat. 1245 · April 6, 1914 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing J. A. Matheny, of Colony, Wyoming, to make homestead entry.

    Ch. 54 · 38 Stat. 1245 · April 6, 1914 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the issuance of unqualified patents to public lands in certain cases.

    Ch. 55 · 38 Stat. 335 · April 14, 1914 · Original text

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

    Ch. 56 · 38 Stat. 336 · April 15, 1914 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Bellevadorah Steele.

    Ch. 57 · 38 Stat. 1245 · April 15, 1914 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend section one of an Act of Congress approved April ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page eighty), entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to secure for the United States title to patented lands in the Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 58 · 38 Stat. 345 · April 16, 1914 · Original text

22. An Act Providing for an additional appropriation for a public building in the city of Monroe, North Carolina.

    Ch. 59 · 38 Stat. 346 · April 16, 1914 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Severin and Berthe L. Evensen, dependent parents of Sigurd Evensen.

    Ch. 60 · 38 Stat. 1246 · April 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Phoebe W. Chase.

    Ch. 61 · 38 Stat. 1246 · April 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of George W. Hoyt.

    Ch. 62 · 38 Stat. 1246 · April 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To reserve certain lands and to incorporate the same and make them a part of the Caribou National Forest Reserve.

    Ch. 63 · 38 Stat. 346 · April 18, 1914 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Theresa A. Murray.

    Ch. 64 · 38 Stat. 1246 · April 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Lawson Reno, collector second district of Kentucky.

    Ch. 65 · 38 Stat. 1247 · April 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of C. E. Moore.

    Ch. 66 · 38 Stat. 1247 · April 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of W. D. McLean, alias Donald McLean.

    Ch. 67 · 38 Stat. 1247 · April 20, 1914 · Private law · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Justifying the employment by the President of the armed forces of the United States.

    Public Resolution 10 · 38 Stat. 770 · April 22, 1914 · Original text

32. An Act Providing an appropriation for the relief and transportation of American citizens in Mexico.

    Ch. 68 · 38 Stat. 346 · April 24, 1914 · Original text

33. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes,” approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 69 · 38 Stat. 346 · April 24, 1914 · Original text

34. 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. 68 · 38 Stat. 1247 · April 24, 1914 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To provide for raising the volunteer forces of the United States in time of actual or threatened war.

    Ch. 71 · 38 Stat. 347 · April 25, 1914 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Reappropriating certain funds for expenditure at the Naval Station at New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Public Resolution 11 · 38 Stat. 770 · April 25, 1914 · Original text

37. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.

    Ch. 72 · 38 Stat. 351 · April 27, 1914 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to make exhibits at Forest Products Expositions to be held in Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.

    Public Resolution 12 · 38 Stat. 770 · April 29, 1914 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize an additional appropriation for the erection of the United States appraisers’ stores building at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 73 · 38 Stat. 371 · April 30, 1914 · Original text

40. An Act To abolish the office of receiver of public moneys at Springfield, Missouri, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 74 · 38 Stat. 371 · May 2, 1914 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the State of California to select public lands in lieu of certain lands granted to it in Imperial County, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 75 · 38 Stat. 371 · May 2, 1914 · Original text

42. An Act Granting to the trustees of the diocese of Montana of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for the benefit of “Christ Church On-the-Hill,” at Poplar, Montana, lots five, six, and seven, in block thirty, town site of Poplar, State of Montana.

    Ch. 76 · 38 Stat. 1256 · May 2, 1914 · 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. 77 · 38 Stat. 1256 · May 2, 1914 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the heira of the late Samuel H. Donaldson.

    Ch. 78 · 38 Stat. 1267 · May 7, 1914 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Authorizing the State of California to select public lands in lieu of certain lands granted to it in Imperial County, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 79 · 38 Stat. 372 · May 8, 1914 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 13 · 38 Stat. 770 · May 8, 1914 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Vocational Education Commission to employ such stenographic and clerical assistants as may be necessary, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 14 · 38 Stat. 771 · May 8, 1914 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to loan equipment, for the purpose of instruction and training, to sanitary organizations of the American National Red Cross.

    Public Resolution 15 · 38 Stat. 771 · May 8, 1914 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Allen Edward O’Toole and others, who sustained damage by reason of accident at Rock Island Arsenal.

    Ch. 80 · 38 Stat. 1267 · May 8, 1914 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Joseph L. Donovan.

    Ch. 81 · 38 Stat. 375 · May 9, 1914 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the city of Montrose, Colorado, to purchase certain public lands for public park purposes.

    Ch. 82 · 38 Stat. 375 · May 9, 1914 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to extend invitations to foreign Governments to participate in the International Congress of Americanists.

    Public Resolution 16 · 38 Stat. 772 · May 9, 1914 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Margaret McQuade.

    Ch. 83 · 38 Stat. 1267 · May 9, 1914 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To waive for one year the age limit for the appointment as assistant paymaster in the United States Navy in the case of Landsman for Electrician Richard C. Reed. United States Navy.

    Ch. 84 · 38 Stat. 1267 · May 9, 1914 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Gordon W. Nelson.

    Ch. 85 · 38 Stat. 1268 · May 9, 1914 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the extension, remodeling, and improvement of the Pensacola, Florida, post office and courthouse, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 86 · 38 Stat. 376 · May 12, 1914 · Original text

57. An Act Quieting the title to lot forty-four in square one hundred and seventy-two in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 87 · 38 Stat. 1268 · May 12, 1914 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To consolidate certain forest lands in the Sierra National Forest, and Yosemite National Park, California.

    Ch. 88 · 38 Stat. 376 · May 13, 1914 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to detail Lieutenant Frederick Meara to service in connection with proposed Alaskan railroad.

    Public Resolution 17 · 38 Stat. 772 · May 13, 1914 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Joseph Hodges.

    Ch. 89 · 38 Stat. 377 · May 14, 1914 · Original text

61. An Act To reduce the fire limit required by the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, in respect to the proposed Federal building at Salisbury, Maryland.

    Ch. 90 · 38 Stat. 378 · May 15, 1914 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the appointment of an ambassador to Argentina.

    Ch. 91 · 38 Stat. 378 · May 16, 1914 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an ambassador to the Republic of Chile.

    Ch. 92 · 38 Stat. 378 · May 16, 1914 · Original text

64. An Act To reinstate Frank Ellsworth McCorkle as a cadet at United States Military Academy.

    Ch. 93 · 38 Stat. 1268 · May 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Gordon W. Nelson,” approved May ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 94 · 38 Stat. 1268 · May 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To increase the authorization for a public building at Osage City, Kansas.

    Ch. 95 · 38 Stat. 378 · May 22, 1914 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to grant leave of absence to an officer of the Corps of Engineers for the purpose of accepting an appointment under the Government of China on works of conservation and public improvement.

    Public Resolution 18 · 38 Stat. 772 · May 22, 1914 · Original text

68. An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 96 · 38 Stat. 379 · May 25, 1914 · Original text

69. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing that the State of Wyoming be permitted to relinquish to the United States certain lands heretofore selected and to select other lands from the public domain in lieu thereof,” approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred and ten.

    Ch. 97 · 38 Stat. 381 · May 25, 1914 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for warning signals on vessels working on wrecks or engaged in dredging or other submarine work, and to amend section two of the Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States.”

    Ch. 98 · 38 Stat. 381 · May 25, 1914 · Original text

71. An Act Directing the issuance of patent to John Russell.

    Ch. 99 · 38 Stat. 1269 · May 25, 1914 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of the Fort McHenry Military Reservation, in the State of Maryland, to the mayor and city council of Baltimore, a municipal corporation of the State of Maryland, making certain provisions in connection therewith, providing access to and from the site of the new immigration station heretofore set aside.

    Ch. 100 · 38 Stat. 382 · May 26, 1914 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act authorizing the National Academy of Sciences to receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of science, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 101 · 38 Stat. 383 · May 27, 1914 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of settlers on the Fort Berthold, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Rosebud, and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations, in the States of North and South Dakota.

    Ch. 102 · 38 Stat. 383 · May 28, 1914 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to accept an invitation to participate in the Sixth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations.

    Public Resolution 19 · 38 Stat. 773 · May 28, 1914 · Original text

76. An Act Providing a temporary method of conducting the nomination and election of United States Senators.

    Ch. 103 · 38 Stat. 384 · June 4, 1914 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section one hundred and three of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

    Ch. 104 · 38 Stat. 385 · June 6, 1914 · Original text

78. An Act Authorizing the quitclaiming of the interest of the United States in certain land situated in Hampden County, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 105 · 38 Stat. 1269 · June 10, 1914 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend section five of “An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,” approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 106 · 38 Stat. 385 · June 15, 1914 · Original text

80. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the erection and completion of the United States Federal building at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 107 · 38 Stat. 386 · June 15, 1914 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to extend invitations to foreign Governments to participate, through their accredited diplomatic agents to the United States, in the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration.

    Public Resolution 20 · 38 Stat. 773 · June 15, 1914 · Original text

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

    Ch. 108 · 38 Stat. 1269 · June 15, 1914 · Private law · Original text

83. 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. 109 · 38 Stat. 1271 · June 15, 1914 · Private law · Original text

84. 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. 110 · 38 Stat. 1278 · June 15, 1914 · Private law · Original text

85. 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. 111 · 38 Stat. 1279 · June 15, 1914 · Private law · Original text

86. 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. 112 · 38 Stat. 1280 · June 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

87. 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. 113 · 38 Stat. 1286 · June 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

88. 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. 114 · 38 Stat. 1288 · June 16, 1914 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River near Kansas City.

    Ch. 115 · 38 Stat. 386 · June 17, 1914 · Original text

90. An Act To reimburse Charles C. Crowell for two months' extra pay in lieu of traveling expenses.

    Ch. 116 · 38 Stat. 1293 · June 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of James Harvey Dennis.

    Ch. 117 · 38 Stat. 1294 · June 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Daniel Hampton.

    Ch. 118 · 38 Stat. 1294 · June 19, 1914 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the reimbursement of Jacob Wirth for two horses lost while hired by the United States Geological Survey.

    Ch. 119 · 38 Stat. 1294 · June 19, 1914 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Joel J. Parker.

    Ch. 120 · 38 Stat. 1295 · June 19, 1914 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 121 · 38 Stat. 387 · June 20, 1914 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.

    Ch. 122 · 38 Stat. 1295 · June 22, 1914 · Private law · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Providing for the procurement of title to land at Cape Henry, in the State of Virginia, for works for fortification and coast defense purposes.

    Public Resolution 21 · 38 Stat. 773 · June 23, 1914 · Original text

98. An Act To consolidate certain forest lands in the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.

    Ch. 123 · 38 Stat. 387 · June 24, 1914 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the construction of two revenue cutters.

    Ch. 124 · 38 Stat. 387 · June 24, 1914 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize and direct Colonel George W. Goethals, Governor of the Canal Zone, and formerly chairman and chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, to investigate certain claims of the McClintic-Marshall Construction Company.

     Ch. 125 · 38 Stat. 388 · June 24, 1914 · Original text