Every law Congress has passed

700 laws of the 63rd Congress, 1913–1915

1. An Act For the relief of Arthur Brose.

   Ch. 136 · 38 Stat. 1549 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of David Mowen.

   Ch. 137 · 38 Stat. 1549 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of George Richardson.

   Ch. 138 · 38 Stat. 1549 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

4. 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. 139 · 38 Stat. 1549 · March 3, 1915 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Making appropriation for payment of certain claims in accordance with findings of the Court of Claims, reported under the provisions of the Acts approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and commonly known as the Bowman and the Tucker Acts, and under the provisions of section numbered one hundred and fifty-one of the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, commonly known as the Judicial Code.

   Ch. 140 · 38 Stat. 962 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

   Ch. 141 · 38 Stat. 997 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

   Ch. 142 · 38 Stat. 1049 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

   Ch. 143 · 38 Stat. 1062 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

   Ch. 144 · 38 Stat. 1086 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 145 · 38 Stat. 1116 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 146 · 38 Stat. 1128 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

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

    Ch. 147 · 38 Stat. 1138 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

13. An Act To validate certain homestead entries.

    Ch. 148 · 38 Stat. 1162 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

14. An Act To validate title to certain town sites in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 149 · 38 Stat. 1162 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

15. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for an enlarged homestead,” and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

    Ch. 150 · 38 Stat. 1162 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

16. An Act Providing for the expenditure of part of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $10,000 made by the urgent deficiency bill of October twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirteen, for the completion of the post-office building at Hanover, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 151 · 38 Stat. 1163 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

17. 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 Huntingdon, Tennessee.

    Ch. 152 · 38 Stat. 1163 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

18. An Act To promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea.

    Ch. 153 · 38 Stat. 1164 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the President to reinstate Joseph Eliot Austin as an ensign in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 154 · 38 Stat. 1185 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

20. 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 Vineland, New Jersey.

    Ch. 155 · 38 Stat. 1185 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

21. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Missouri River near Kansas City, Missouri, authorized by an Act approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 156 · 38 Stat. 1186 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

22. An Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of immediate-transportation Act to Bay City, Michigan.

    Ch. 157 · 38 Stat. 1186 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

23. An Act To fix the standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities.

    Ch. 158 · 38 Stat. 1186 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section one hundred 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. 159 · 38 Stat. 1187 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon.

    Ch. 160 · 38 Stat. 1188 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the laying out and opening of public roads on the Winnebago, Omaha, Ponca, and Santee Sioux Indian Reservations in Nebraska and on Indian reservations in Montana.

    Ch. 161 · 38 Stat. 1188 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the sale of lands in Lyman County, South Dakota.

    Ch. 162 · 38 Stat. 1189 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

28. An Act Providing for the purchase of a site for a public building at Binghamton, New York.

    Ch. 163 · 38 Stat. 1189 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the allowance of drawback of tax on articles shipped to the island of Porto Rico or to the Philippine Islands.

    Ch. 164 · 38 Stat. 1189 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

30. An Act To regulate the use of public school buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 165 · 38 Stat. 1190 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to adjust and settle the shortages in certain accounts of said District, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 38 Stat. 1190 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for recognizing the services of certain officers of the Army, Navy, and Public Health Service for their services in connection with the construction of the Panama Canal, to extend to certain of such officers the thanks of Congress, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 38 Stat. 1190 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the payment of certain moneys to school districts in Oklahoma.

    Ch. 168 · 38 Stat. 1192 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

34. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” approved February seventeenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 169 · 38 Stat. 1192 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

35. An Act To transfer certain counties in the several judicial districts in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 170 · 38 Stat. 1193 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

36. An Act To repeal penalties on foreign-built vessels owned by Americans.

    Ch. 171 · 38 Stat. 1193 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

37. An Act To provide for provisional certificates of registry of vessels abroad, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 172 · 38 Stat. 1193 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

38. An Act To reserve certain lands and to incorporate the same and make them a part of the Pike National Forest.

    Ch. 173 · 38 Stat. 1194 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

39. An Act Granting the El Paso and Rock Island Railway Company a right of way for its pipe lines and reservoir upon the Lincoln National Forest for the carrying and storage of water for railroad purposes.

    Ch. 174 · 38 Stat. 1195 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries, to make a survey of natural oyster beds, bars and rocks, and barren bottoms contiguous thereto in waters along the coast of and within the State of Texas.

    Ch. 175 · 38 Stat. 1196 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

41. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce,’ approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission,” approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 176 · 38 Stat. 1196 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

42. An Act Legalizing certain conveyances heretofore made by the Central Pacific Railroad Company and others within the State of Nevada.

    Ch. 177 · 38 Stat. 1198 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to make certain donations of condemned cannon and cannon balls.

    Ch. 178 · 38 Stat. 1198 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

44. An Act To increase the limit of cost of the United States post-office building at Garden City, Kansas.

    Ch. 179 · 38 Stat. 1212 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

45. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to patent certain lands to the State of Utah and to accept relinquishment from the State of Utah of certain other lands in lieu thereof.

    Ch. 180 · 38 Stat. 1212 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

46. An Act To reserve lands to the Territory of Alaska for educational uses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 181 · 38 Stat. 1214 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of homestead entrymen under the reclamation projects of the United States.

    Ch. 182 · 38 Stat. 1215 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

48. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Cleveland Yacht Club Company to construct a bridge across the west arm of Rocky River, Ohio.

    Ch. 183 · 38 Stat. 1216 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

49. An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and twenty-one, forty-four hundred and twenty-two, forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty-four, and forty-four hundred and ninety-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and section twelve of the Act of May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eight, relating to certificates of inspection of steam vessels.

    Ch. 184 · 38 Stat. 1216 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

50. An Act To increase the appropriation for a public building at Elkins, West Virginia.

    Ch. 185 · 38 Stat. 1218 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

51. An Act To construct a public building for a post office at the city of Forsyth, Georgia.

    Ch. 186 · 38 Stat. 1218 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

52. An Act To make Van Buren, Maine, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.

    Ch. 187 · 38 Stat. 1219 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

53. An Act To increase the limit of cost of the United States post-office building and site at Cohoes, New York.

    Ch. 188 · 38 Stat. 1219 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

54. An Act To validate certain homestead entries.

    Ch. 189 · 38 Stat. 1219 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

55. An Act Quieting title to a certain tract of land located in the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 190 · 38 Stat. 1219 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Pearl River at or near the city of Bogalusa, Louisiana.

    Ch. 191 · 38 Stat. 1220 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

57. An Act To change the name of the old post-office building at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 192 · 38 Stat. 1220 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

58. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa.

    Ch. 193 · 38 Stat. 1220 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To refund under certain conditions a portion of the offers in compromise for failure to make the return required under the Act of October third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, said offers in compromise having been covered into the Treasury, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 38 Stat. 1225 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution Providing that the Congress of the United States shall participate in the celebration of the opening of The Dalles-Celilo Canal.

    Ch. 11 · 38 Stat. 1225 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Sergeant at Arms to refund to Members of the House of Representatives amounts of money deducted from their salaries.

    Ch. 12 · 38 Stat. 1226 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Concerning estimates and expenditures for the Reclamation Service.

    Ch. 13 · 38 Stat. 1226 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To empower the President to better enforce and maintain the neutrality of the United States.

    Ch. 14 · 38 Stat. 1226 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 15 · 38 Stat. 1227 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine-teen hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. 16 · 38 Stat. 1228 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To convey appreciation of Congress to their excellencies Señor Domicio da Gama, Señor Rómulo S. Naón, and Señor Eduardo Suârez for their generous and distinguished services as mediators in the controversy between the Government of the United States and the leaders of the warring parties in Mexico.

    Ch. 17 · 38 Stat. 1228 · March 4, 1915 · Original text

67. 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. 194 · 38 Stat. 1569 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

68. 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. 195 · 38 Stat. 1571 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

69. 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. 196 · 38 Stat. 1573 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

70. 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. 197 · 38 Stat. 1575 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

71. 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. 198 · 38 Stat. 1580 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

72. 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. 199 · 38 Stat. 1582 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For payment to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company the $4,583.67 improperly collected under the Act of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 200 · 38 Stat. 1588 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Making an appropriation to M. C. Burke for tax liens held by him on property acquired by the United States.

    Ch. 201 · 38 Stat. 1588 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Andrew J. Lawrence.

    Ch. 202 · 38 Stat. 1588 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Lottie Rapp.

    Ch. 203 · 38 Stat. 1589 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Victoria Coffman.

    Ch. 204 · 38 Stat. 1589 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of James Easson.

    Ch. 205 · 38 Stat. 1589 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting patent to certain lands to the legal heirs of W. F. Nichols.

    Ch. 206 · 38 Stat. 1590 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To execute the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Sarah B. Hatch, widow of Davis W. Hatch.

    Ch. 207 · 38 Stat. 1590 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To credit Samuel M. Fitch, collector of internal revenue, first district of Illinois, on the books of the Treasury Department with the sum of $1,500 for cigar stamps lost or stolen in transit.

    Ch. 208 · 38 Stat. 1590 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting relief to Jacob Barger.

    Ch. 209 · 38 Stat. 1590 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of William Ham.

    Ch. 210 · 38 Stat. 1591 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of James Grady.

    Ch. 211 · 38 Stat. 1591 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of John P. Ehrmann.

    Ch. 212 · 38 Stat. 1591 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Augustus Dudley Hubbell.

    Ch. 213 · 38 Stat. 1591 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Mrs. H. G. Lamar.

    Ch. 214 · 38 Stat. 1592 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Amato Castellano, Libero Baranello, and Michele Baranello.

    Ch. 215 · 38 Stat. 1592 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To pay the claim of the American Towing and Lightering Company for damages to its tug Buccaneer.

    Ch. 216 · 38 Stat. 1592 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Pritchard.

    Ch. 217 · 38 Stat. 1592 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Fred Graff.

    Ch. 218 · 38 Stat. 1593 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey by quitclaim deed certain lands in the city of Akron, State of Ohio.

    Ch. 219 · 38 Stat. 1593 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the Virginia Military Institute, of Lexington, Virginia.

    Ch. 220 · 38 Stat. 1593 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To award the medal of honor to Major John O. Skinner, surgeon, United States Army, retired.

    Ch. 221 · 38 Stat. 1593 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Mary L. Rogers, widow of Frank Henry Rogers.

    Ch. 222 · 38 Stat. 1594 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

96. 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. 223 · 38 Stat. 1594 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Robert Caldwell Culbertson from Woodlawn Cemetery, District of Columbia, to Rocky Spring Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 224 · 38 Stat. 1600 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of W. F. Crawford.

    Ch. 225 · 38 Stat. 1600 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

99. 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. 226 · 38 Stat. 1600 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text

100. 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. 227 · 38 Stat. 1605 · March 4, 1915 · Private law · Original text