Every law Congress has passed

700 laws of the 63rd Congress, 1913–1915

1. An Act For the relief of the Southern Transportation Company.

   Ch. 40 · 38 Stat. 1474 · February 17, 1915 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Isaac Bethurum.

   Ch. 41 · 38 Stat. 1474 · February 17, 1915 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing the Department of State to deliver to Captain P. H. Uberroth, United States Revenue-Cutter Service, and Gunner Carl Johannson, United States Revenue-Cutter Service, watches tendered to them by the Canadian Government.

   Ch. 42 · 38 Stat. 1475 · February 18, 1915 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Colonel Richard H. Wilson, United States Army.

   Ch. 43 · 38 Stat. 1475 · February 18, 1915 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To make Pembina, North Dakota, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.

   Ch. 44 · 38 Stat. 811 · February 23, 1915 · Original text

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

   Ch. 6 · 38 Stat. 1222 · February 23, 1915 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Sarah A. Clinton and Marie Steinberg.

   Ch. 45 · 38 Stat. 1475 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company.

   Ch. 46 · 38 Stat. 1475 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Chester D. Swift.

   Ch. 47 · 38 Stat. 1476 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Admitting to citizenship and fully naturalizing George Edward Lerrigo, of the city of Topeka, in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 48 · 38 Stat. 1476 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Teresa Girolami.

    Ch. 49 · 38 Stat. 1476 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Charles A. Spotts.

    Ch. 50 · 38 Stat. 1476 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to sell and convey a certain tract of land to the Mandan Town and Country Club.

    Ch. 51 · 38 Stat. 1477 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the issuance of patent to Arthur J. Floyd for section thirty-one, township twenty-two north, range twenty-two west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 52 · 38 Stat. 1477 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the sale and issuance of patent for certain land to William G. Kerckhoff.

    Ch. 53 · 38 Stat. 1477 · February 23, 1915 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To regulate details of majors in the Ordnance Department.

    Ch. 54 · 38 Stat. 812 · February 24, 1915 · Original text

17. An Act To make Nyando, New York, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.

    Ch. 55 · 38 Stat. 812 · February 24, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 56 · 38 Stat. 812 · February 24, 1915 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the register and enrollment of vessels built in foreign countries when such vessels have been wrecked on the coasts of the United States or her possessions or adjacent waters and salved by American citizens and repaired in American shipyards.

    Ch. 57 · 38 Stat. 812 · February 24, 1915 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to postpone the sale of furseal skins now in the possession of the Government until such time as in his discretion he may deem such sale advisable.

    Ch. 7 · 38 Stat. 1222 · February 24, 1915 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of S. W. Langhorne and the legal representatives of H. S. Howell.

    Ch. 58 · 38 Stat. 1478 · February 24, 1915 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting certain lands to school district numbered forty-four, Chelan County, Washington.

    Ch. 59 · 38 Stat. 1478 · February 24, 1915 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of certain persons who made entry under the provisions of section six, Act of May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight.

    Ch. 60 · 38 Stat. 813 · February 25, 1915 · Original text

24. An Act Confirming patents heretofore issued to certain Indians in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 61 · 38 Stat. 1478 · February 25, 1915 · Private law · Original text

25. 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. 62 · 38 Stat. 1479 · February 25, 1915 · Private law · Original text

26. 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. 63 · 38 Stat. 1499 · February 25, 1915 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting to the town of Nevadaville, Colorado, the right to purchase certain lands for the protection of water supply.

    Ch. 64 · 38 Stat. 813 · February 27, 1915 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Great Northern Railway Company to revise the location of its right of way, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 65 · 38 Stat. 814 · February 27, 1915 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the North Alabama Traction Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Decatur, Alabama.

    Ch. 66 · 38 Stat. 815 · February 27, 1915 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Interstate Bridge and Terminal Company, of Muscatine, Iowa, to build a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 67 · 38 Stat. 816 · February 27, 1915 · Original text

31. An Act In relation to the location of a navigable channel of the Calumet River in Illinois.

    Ch. 68 · 38 Stat. 816 · February 27, 1915 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of John Burrows.

    Ch. 66 · 38 Stat. 1512 · February 27, 1915 · Private law · Original text

33. 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 sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 38 Stat. 817 · March 1, 1915 · 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 relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 68 · 38 Stat. 1512 · March 1, 1915 · Private law · Original text

35. 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. 72 · 38 Stat. 1520 · March 2, 1915 · Private law · Original text

36. 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. 73 · 38 Stat. 1531 · March 2, 1915 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poison in the consular districts of the United States in China.

    Ch. 74 · 38 Stat. 817 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 75 · 38 Stat. 822 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

39. 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. 76 · 38 Stat. 887 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

40. An Act To amend existing legislation providing for the acquisition, of a site and the construction of a building thereon for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, customhouse, and other governmental offices at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 77 · 38 Stat. 892 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section thirty-two hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by section five of the Act of March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

    Ch. 78 · 38 Stat. 893 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

42. An Act To better regulate the serving of licensed officers in the merchant marine of the United States and to promote safety at sea.

    Ch. 79 · 38 Stat. 893 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

43. 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 sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 80 · 38 Stat. 894 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 81 · 38 Stat. 926 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the establishment of a life-saving station in the vicinity of Duxbury Reef, California.

    Ch. 82 · 38 Stat. 928 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 83 · 38 Stat. 928 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for an enlarged homestead,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, to the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 84 · 38 Stat. 953 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Suwanee River in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 85 · 38 Stat. 953 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize Parkersburg-Ohio Bridge Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia, its successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Ohio River from the city of Parkersburg, State of West Virginia, to the town of Belpre, State of Ohio.

    Ch. 86 · 38 Stat. 954 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the Texarkana Board of Trade to construct a bridge across the Red River between Fulton, Arkansas, and Index, Texas.

    Ch. 87 · 38 Stat. 954 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

51. An Act To incorporate the Ellen Wilson Memorial Homes.

    Ch. 88 · 38 Stat. 954 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

52. An Act To amend section two of an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.”

    Ch. 89 · 38 Stat. 955 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 90 · 38 Stat. 956 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 91 · 38 Stat. 956 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the establishment and maintenance of mining experiment and mine safety stations for making investigations and disseminating information among employees in mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 95 · 38 Stat. 957 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

56. An Act Providing for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 96 · 38 Stat. 957 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Thirty-seven United States Statutes, page eight hundred and seventy-two), so as to provide that in the construction of the public building at Roseburg, Oregon, provision shall be made for the accomodation therein of the United States post office and other governmental offices.

    Ch. 92 · 38 Stat. 958 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

58. An Act Proposing an amendment to the Federal reserve Act relative to acceptances, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 38 Stat. 958 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

59. An Act To amend sections forty-eight hundred and eighty-eight and forty-eight hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to patents.

    Ch. 94 · 38 Stat. 958 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

60. An Act To grant certain lands to the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, for the protection of its water supply.

    Ch. 97 · 38 Stat. 960 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

61. An Act To place Barrow County, Georgia, in the eastern division of the northern district of Georgia.

    Ch. 98 · 38 Stat. 960 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

62. An Act To place Candler, Jenkins, and Evans Counties, Georgia, in the eastern division of the southern district of Georgia, and to place Bacon and Thomas Counties, Georgia, in the south western division of the southern district of Georgia.

    Ch. 99 · 38 Stat. 960 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for the appointment of a district judge, district attorney, and marshal for the western district of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 100 · 38 Stat. 961 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the forty-ninth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the months of September and October, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.

    Ch. 8 · 38 Stat. 1222 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to use any allotment made under the provisions of an Act approved October second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, ” for the improvement of East River and Hell Gate, New York.

    Ch. 9 · 38 Stat. 1224 · March 3, 1915 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Anna Miller.

    Ch. 101 · 38 Stat. 1540 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To reimburse Henry Weaver, postmaster at Delmar, Alabama, for money and stamps stolen from said post office at Delmar, and repaid by him to the Post Office Department.

    Ch. 102 · 38 Stat. 1540 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To reimburse Epps Danley for property lost by him while light keeper at East Pascagoula River (Mississippi) Light Station.

    Ch. 103 · 38 Stat. 1541 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Hunton Allen.

    Ch. 104 · 38 Stat. 1541 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the sale of certain land in Alabama to Walter Dean.

    Ch. 105 · 38 Stat. 1541 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of William H. Shannon.

    Ch. 106 · 38 Stat. 1541 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Alonzo D. Cadwallader.

    Ch. 107 · 38 Stat. 1541 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Parker S. Rouse, deceased.

    Ch. 108 · 38 Stat. 1542 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Drenzy A. Jones and John G. Hopper, joint contractors, for surveying Yosemite Park boundary.

    Ch. 109 · 38 Stat. 1542 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Directing the accounting officers of the Treasury to credit and settle an account of Major George H. Penrose.

    Ch. 110 · 38 Stat. 1542 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Max S. Retter.

    Ch. 111 · 38 Stat. 1542 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Francis Tomlinson.

    Ch. 112 · 38 Stat. 1543 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To reimburse Le Grand C. Cramer for amount of damages to his motor launch Winninish by the United States launch Gunedmertrix at Morris Heights, New York, on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 113 · 38 Stat. 1543 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Peter Scott.

    Ch. 114 · 38 Stat. 1543 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Daniel J. Ryan.

    Ch. 115 · 38 Stat. 1544 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Fred A. Emerson.

    Ch. 116 · 38 Stat. 1544 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Sandy Crawford.

    Ch. 117 · 38 Stat. 1544 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Clyde Odum.

    Ch. 118 · 38 Stat. 1544 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of H. S. Hathaway.

    Ch. 119 · 38 Stat. 1545 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To reimburse the Port Angeles City Dock Company for damage done to the dock of that company by the United States revenue cutter Snohomish.

    Ch. 120 · 38 Stat. 1545 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of John M. Gray.

    Ch. 121 · 38 Stat. 1545 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of F. W. Theodore Schroeter.

    Ch. 122 · 38 Stat. 1545 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Hannah Waldo.

    Ch. 123 · 38 Stat. 1546 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of L. V. Thomas.

    Ch. 124 · 38 Stat. 1546 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Theodore Dehon.

    Ch. 125 · 38 Stat. 1546 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Edward Whiteside

    Ch. 126 · 38 Stat. 1546 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Powers.

    Ch. 127 · 38 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of William A. Wallace.

    Ch. 128 · 38 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To provide for the payment of the claim of J. O. Modisette for services performed for the Chickasaw Indians of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 129 · 38 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of James W. McGreevey.

    Ch. 130 · 38 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Rayfield, alias Charles H. Czarnowsky.

    Ch. 131 · 38 Stat. 1547 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of James S. Clark, deceased.

    Ch. 132 · 38 Stat. 1548 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of William A. Howard.

    Ch. 133 · 38 Stat. 1548 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Emily J. Byrd.

    Ch. 134 · 38 Stat. 1548 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Miles A. Hughes.

     Ch. 135 · 38 Stat. 1548 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text