Every law Congress has passed

700 laws of the 63rd Congress, 1913–1915

1. An Act To reinstate Francis Graves Bonham as a cadet at the United States Military Academy.

   Ch. 126 · 38 Stat. 1295 · June 24, 1914 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of the widow of Thomas B. McClintic, deceased.

   Ch. 127 · 38 Stat. 1295 · June 25, 1914 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John Q. Adams.

   Ch. 128 · 38 Stat. 1296 · June 25, 1914 · Private law · Original text

4. 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. 129 · 38 Stat. 388 · June 27, 1914 · Original text

5. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 130 · 38 Stat. 392 · June 30, 1914 · Original text

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

   Ch. 131 · 38 Stat. 415 · June 30, 1914 · Original text

7. An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.

   Ch. 132 · 38 Stat. 442 · June 30, 1914 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government and of the District of Columbia under certain contingencies.

   Public Resolution 22 · 38 Stat. 773 · June 30, 1914 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Thomas G. Prioleau, widow of Thomas G. Prioleau.

   Ch. 133 · 38 Stat. 1296 · June 30, 1914 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Extending to the port of Providence, Rhode Island, the privileges of section one of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.

    Ch. 134 · 38 Stat. 453 · July 1, 1914 · Original text

11. 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. 135 · 38 Stat. 1296 · July 1, 1914 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To repeal section thirty-four hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 136 · 38 Stat. 454 · July 6, 1914 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Pete Jelovac.

    Ch. 137 · 38 Stat. 1302 · July 7, 1914 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Providing for the issuance of patents to transferees of town lots purchased from the United States at public sale in certain cases.

    Ch. 138 · 38 Stat. 454 · July 9, 1914 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the issuance of patent to Rachel E. Dangerfield Boast for the southeast quarter of section twenty-one and the northeast quarter of section twenty-eight, township one south, range fifty-seven west of the sixth principal meridian.

    Ch. 139 · 38 Stat. 1302 · July 9, 1914 · Private law · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To amend 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 May second, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Public Resolution 23 · 38 Stat. 1464 · July 11, 1914 · Private law · Original text

17. A Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to accept an invitation to participate in the Sixth International Dental Congress.

    Public Resolution 24 · 38 Stat. 774 · July 13, 1914 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Ernest O. Stahl.

    Ch. 140 · 38 Stat. 1303 · July 14, 1914 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 141 · 38 Stat. 454 · July 16, 1914 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled “Joint resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government and of the District of Columbia under certain contingencies.”

    Public Resolution 25 · 38 Stat. 774 · July 16, 1914 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals.

    Ch. 142 · 38 Stat. 509 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

22. An Act To extend the provisions of the Act of June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page five hundred and ninety-two), authorizing assignment of reclamation homestead entries, and of the Act of August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page two hundred and sixty-five), authorizing the issuance of patents on reclamation homestead entries, to lands in the Flathead irrigation project, Montana.

    Ch. 143 · 38 Stat. 510 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

23. An Act For the purchase of a building and lot as a mine rescue station at McAlester, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 144 · 38 Stat. 510 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the appointment of John W. Hyatt to the grade of second lieutenant in the Army.

    Ch. 145 · 38 Stat. 511 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

25. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 146 · 38 Stat. 511 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

26. An Act Granting to the people of the State of California the right of way upon and across the United States fish reservation at Baird, Shasta County California.

    Ch. 147 · 38 Stat. 511 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

27. An Act To increase the limit of cost of the public building at Smyrna, Delaware.

    Ch. 148 · 38 Stat. 512 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

28. An Act To permit sales by the supply departments of the Army to certain military schools and colleges.

    Ch. 149 · 38 Stat. 512 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

29. An Act To restore First Lieutenant James P. Barney, retired, to the active list of the Army.

    Ch. 150 · 38 Stat. 512 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

30. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the erection and completion of the United States post-office building at Mandan, North Dakota.

    Ch. 151 · 38 Stat. 513 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

31. An Act To increase the appropriation for the erection of an immigration station at Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 152 · 38 Stat. 513 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

32. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the purchase of a site and the construction of a public building in Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 153 · 38 Stat. 513 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

33. An Act To increase the limit of cost of Federal building at Pendleton, Oregon.

    Ch. 154 · 38 Stat. 513 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

34. An Act For the retirement of H. R. Drake.

    Ch. 155 · 38 Stat. 514 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 156 · 38 Stat. 514 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to extend invitations to other nations to send representatives to the International Dry-Farming Congress, to be held at Wichita, Kansas, October seventh to seventeenth, inclusive, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Public Resolution 27 · 38 Stat. 773 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint a member of the New Jersey and New York Joint Harbor Line Commission.

    Public Resolution 28 · 38 Stat. 773 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Requesting the President of the United States to invite foreign Governments to participate in the International Congress on Education.

    Public Resolution 26 · 38 Stat. 775 · July 17, 1914 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Ella O. Richardson.

    Ch. 157 · 38 Stat. 1303 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Judd McKelvey.

    Ch. 158 · 38 Stat. 1303 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent to James Gunning for lot two, section thirty-two, township twenty-nine north, range thirty-nine east, Montana.

    Ch. 159 · 38 Stat. 1304 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Andrew Riganopolous.

    Ch. 160 · 38 Stat. 1304 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Helen Wakefield.

    Ch. 161 · 38 Stat. 1304 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of George Gardells.

    Ch. 162 · 38 Stat. 1304 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the Pennsylvania Engineering Company, of the city of Philadelphia.

    Ch. 163 · 38 Stat. 1304 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of John Streckfus.

    Ch. 164 · 38 Stat. 1305 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the estate of Philip Felix Herwig, deceased.

    Ch. 165 · 38 Stat. 1305 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To carry into effect findings of the Court of Claims in the cases of Charles A. Davidson and Charles M. Campbell.

    Ch. 166 · 38 Stat. 1305 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mary Abel.

    Ch. 167 · 38 Stat. 1306 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Marcus L. Pelham.

    Ch. 168 · 38 Stat. 1306 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mary E. Goodley.

    Ch. 169 · 38 Stat. 1306 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Hosea Stone.

    Ch. 170 · 38 Stat. 1306 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Hill.

    Ch. 171 · 38 Stat. 1307 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Stanley J. Morrow.

    Ch. 172 · 38 Stat. 1307 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of John T. Glynn.

    Ch. 173 · 38 Stat. 1307 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of C. M. Hammond.

    Ch. 174 · 38 Stat. 1307 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Muhleman, widow of Samuel A. Muhleman, deceased.

    Ch. 175 · 38 Stat. 1308 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of W. D. Stoyer, administrator of the estate of Henry S. Stoyer.

    Ch. 176 · 38 Stat. 1308 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Henry La Roque.

    Ch. 177 · 38 Stat. 1308 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

    Ch. 178 · 38 Stat. 1308 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To authorize Louis Eder to enter lands under the homestead laws.

    Ch. 179 · 38 Stat. 1309 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John D. Baldwin.

    Ch. 180 · 38 Stat. 1309 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of John R. Norris.

    Ch. 181 · 38 Stat. 1309 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of William P. Havenor.

    Ch. 182 · 38 Stat. 1309 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Hyacinthe Villeneuve.

    Ch. 183 · 38 Stat. 1310 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Charles R. Grant.

    Ch. 184 · 38 Stat. 1310 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To quiet title to lot five, section thirty-three, township fourteen, range eighteen east, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 185 · 38 Stat. 1310 · July 17, 1914 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To increase the efficiency of the aviation service of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 186 · 38 Stat. 514 · July 18, 1914 · Original text

69. An Act To levy and collect an income tax on railroads in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 38 Stat. 517 · July 18, 1914 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of George W. Cary.

    Ch. 188 · 38 Stat. 1311 · July 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Serapio Romero, late postmaster at Las Vegas, New Mexico.

    Ch. 189 · 38 Stat. 1311 · July 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of the estate of T. J. Semmes, deceased.

    Ch. 190 · 38 Stat. 1311 · July 18, 1914 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 38 Stat. 517 · July 21, 1914 · Original text

74. An Act For the approving and payment of the drainage assessments on Indian lands in Salt Creek drainage district numbered two, in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 192 · 38 Stat. 553 · July 21, 1914 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain saddles and bridles for the use of the national encampment, Knights of Pythias, to be held at Terre Haute, Indiana, in July, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Public Resolution 29 · 38 Stat. 776 · July 21, 1914 · 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 children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 193 · 38 Stat. 1312 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

77. 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. 194 · 38 Stat. 1326 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

78. 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. 195 · 38 Stat. 1329 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

79. 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. 196 · 38 Stat. 1337 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

80. 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. 197 · 38 Stat. 1338 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

81. 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. 198 · 38 Stat. 1350 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

82. 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. 199 · 38 Stat. 1353 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

83. 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. 200 · 38 Stat. 1360 · July 21, 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 certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 201 · 38 Stat. 1361 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting pensions and increases 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. 202 · 38 Stat. 1362 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the disposal of a portion of the Fort Bidwell Indian School, California.

    Ch. 203 · 38 Stat. 1374 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Jennie S. Sherman or her heirs.

    Ch. 204 · 38 Stat. 1374 · July 21, 1914 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To increase the limit of cost of the United States post-office building at Newcastle, Indiana.

    Ch. 205 · 38 Stat. 554 · July 22, 1914 · Original text

89. An Act To amend an Act approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to set apart certain tracts of land in the State of California as forest reservations.”

    Ch. 206 · 38 Stat. 554 · July 23, 1914 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of R. B. Whitacre and Company.

    Ch. 207 · 38 Stat. 1374 · July 23, 1914 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To amend section four of an Act entitled “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,” approved August first, nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 208 · 38 Stat. 555 · July 25, 1914 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to disregard section thirty-three of the public buildings Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, as to site at Owego, New York.

    Ch. 209 · 38 Stat. 555 · July 25, 1914 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the county of Barry, State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the White River in Barry County, Missouri, at or near a point known as Goldens Ferry.

    Ch. 210 · 38 Stat. 555 · July 27, 1914 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company to construct a bridge across the Sabine River in the States of Louisiana and Texas, about two miles west of Hunter, Louisiana.

    Ch. 211 · 38 Stat. 556 · July 27, 1914 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the exchange of certain lands within the Fishlake National Forest, Utah.

    Ch. 212 · 38 Stat. 556 · July 28, 1914 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the survey and sale of certain lands in Coconino County, Arizona, to the occupants thereof.

    Ch. 213 · 38 Stat. 558 · July 28, 1914 · Original text

97. An Act To relinquish, release, and quitclaim all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to certain lands in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 214 · 38 Stat. 1375 · July 28, 1914 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 215 · 38 Stat. 559 · July 29, 1914 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section one of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 216 · 38 Stat. 580 · July 30, 1914 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Saint John River at Fort Kent, Maine.

     Ch. 217 · 38 Stat. 581 · July 30, 1914 · Original text