Every law Congress has passed

684 laws of the 64th Congress, 1915–1917

1. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to credit the stamp account of Edward B. Craig, as collector of internal revenue for the collection district of Tennessee, in the sum of $2,034.89, being the representative value of certain internal-revenue documentary stamps which were taken from the office of said collector by an act of burglary.

   Ch. 101 · 39 Stat. 1262 · April 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Fox River at Geneva, Illinois.

   Ch. 102 · 39 Stat. 59 · May 1, 1916 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the exchange of the present Federal building site in Newark, Delaware.

   Ch. 103 · 39 Stat. 60 · May 1, 1916 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appointment of a representative of the United States Government to appear at the celebration of the landing of Sir Francis Drake on the coast of California.

   Ch. 104 · 39 Stat. 60 · May 1, 1916 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Philip H. Heberer.

   Ch. 105 · 39 Stat. 1263 · May 1, 1916 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting the city of Portland, Oregon, the right to purchase certain lands for public park purposes.

   Ch. 106 · 39 Stat. 60 · May 3, 1916 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to permit the South Carolina Naval Militia to use the Charleston immigration station and dock connected therewith.

   Ch. 107 · 39 Stat. 61 · May 3, 1916 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the widow and heirs at law of Patrick J. Fitzgerald, deceased.

   Ch. 108 · 39 Stat. 1263 · May 3, 1916 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employees thereon,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven.

   Ch. 109 · 39 Stat. 61 · May 4, 1916 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for an increase in the number of cadets at the United States Military Academy.

    Ch. 110 · 39 Stat. 62 · May 4, 1916 · Original text

11. An Act To reimburse the postmaster at Kegg, Pennsylvania, for money and stamps taken by burglars.

    Ch. 111 · 39 Stat. 1263 · May 4, 1916 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To amend, an Act entitled “An Act granting to the city of Durango, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described for water reservoirs,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 112 · 39 Stat. 62 · May 8, 1916 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the relinquishment of the State of Wyoming to certain lands heretofore certified to said State, and the State of Wyoming to select other lands in lieu of the lands thus relinquished.

    Ch. 113 · 39 Stat. 64 · May 8, 1916 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Act of June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, entitled “An Act providing that entrymen for homesteads within the reclamation projects may assign their entries upon satisfactory proof of residence, improvement, and cultivation for five years, the same as though said entry had been made under the original homestead Act.”

    Ch. 114 · 39 Stat. 65 · May 8, 1916 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial fountain to Alfred Noble.

    Ch. 115 · 39 Stat. 65 · May 8, 1916 · Original text

16. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Elsie McCaulley from Glenwood Cemetery, District of Columbia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 116 · 39 Stat. 1263 · May 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 117 · 39 Stat. 66 · May 10, 1916 · Original text

18. An Act Permitting the Mondak Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 118 · 39 Stat. 120 · May 10, 1916 · Original text

19. An Act To quiet the title to certain lands in the possession of G. B. Dickson, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 119 · 39 Stat. 1264 · May 11, 1916 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To amend section eight of an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 120 · 39 Stat. 120 · May 15, 1916 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section fifty-two hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States so as to permit the Comptroller of the Currency to deposit upon interest the assets of insolvent national banks in other national banks of the same or of an adjacent city or town.

    Ch. 121 · 39 Stat. 120 · May 15, 1916 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section seventy-two 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. 122 · 39 Stat. 122 · May 16, 1916 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Jackson Highway Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tombigbee River at Princes Lower Landing, near Jackson, Alabama.

    Ch. 123 · 39 Stat. 123 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

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

    Ch. 124 · 39 Stat. 123 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

25. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indians Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 125 · 39 Stat. 123 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

26. An Act To amend the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, authorizing the postal savings system, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 126 · 39 Stat. 159 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the removal of what is now known as the Aqueduct Bridge, across the Potomac River, and for the building of a bridge in place thereof.

    Ch. 127 · 39 Stat. 163 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To permit the issuance of medical and other supplies to the American National Red Cross for a temporary period.

    Ch. 128 · 39 Stat. 164 · May 18, 1916 · Original text

29. 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. 129 · 39 Stat. 1264 · May 25, 1916 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To prevent fraudulent advertising in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 130 · 39 Stat. 165 · May 29, 1916 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to commissioners of Charlton County, Georgia, and Nassau County, Florida, to construct a bridge across the Saint Marys River.

    Ch. 131 · 39 Stat. 165 · May 29, 1916 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of E. C. Hornor.

    Ch. 132 · 39 Stat. 1270 · May 29, 1916 · Private law · Original text

33. 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. 133 · 39 Stat. 1270 · May 29, 1916 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 134 · 39 Stat. 166 · June 3, 1916 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution To provide for holding the Texas Bicentennial and Pan American Exposition in nineteen hundred and eighteen.

    Ch. 135 · 39 Stat. 217 · June 5, 1916 · 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 children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 136 · 39 Stat. 1280 · June 5, 1916 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To alter and amend an Act entitled “An Act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon,” approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as amended by the Acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and to alter and amend an Act entitled “An Act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, in the State of Oregon,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 137 · 39 Stat. 218 · June 9, 1916 · Original text

38. 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. 138 · 39 Stat. 1289 · June 9, 1916 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to George Fabyan to construct a bridge across the Fox River.

    Ch. 139 · 39 Stat. 223 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve under the Government of the Republic of Haiti, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 39 Stat. 223 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

41. An Act To amend section fourteen of the seamen’s Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.

    Ch. 141 · 39 Stat. 224 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section six of an Act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes, approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred, as amended by the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 142 · 39 Stat. 225 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section seventy-three of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 143 · 39 Stat. 225 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

44. An Act To appropriate $200,000 for training the Organized Militia or National Guard of any State, Territory, or of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 144 · 39 Stat. 226 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Increasing the number of sheets of customs stamps and of checks, drafts, and miscellaneous work to be executed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. 145 · 39 Stat. 226 · June 12, 1916 · Original text

46. An Act Providing for the payment for certain services arising under the Navy Department.

    Ch. 146 · 39 Stat. 1297 · June 12, 1916 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Creating an additional land district in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 39 Stat. 226 · June 15, 1916 · Original text

48. An Act To incorporate the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 148 · 39 Stat. 227 · June 15, 1916 · Original text

49. An Act To correct title to certain lands in Colorado.

    Ch. 149 · 39 Stat. 1297 · June 15, 1916 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Thomas S. Johnson.

    Ch. 150 · 39 Stat. 1298 · June 15, 1916 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Frances L. Llewellyn.

    Ch. 151 · 39 Stat. 1298 · June 15, 1916 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the issuance of patent to Oscar R. Howard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 152 · 39 Stat. 1298 · June 15, 1916 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To validate the homestead entry of George S. Clark.

    Ch. 153 · 39 Stat. 1299 · June 15, 1916 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 154 · 39 Stat. 229 · June 16, 1916 · Original text

55. An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) by extending it to include all of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 155 · 39 Stat. 229 · June 16, 1916 · Original text

56. An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Honolulu Gas Company, Limited, by extending it to include all of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 156 · 39 Stat. 231 · June 16, 1916 · Original text

57. An Act For the establishment of Winston-Salem, in the State of North Carolina, as a port of delivery under the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 157 · 39 Stat. 232 · June 16, 1916 · Original text

58. An Act To amend certain public-utility company franchises in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 158 · 39 Stat. 232 · June 16, 1916 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the M. A. Sweeney Shipyards and Foundry Company.

    Ch. 159 · 39 Stat. 1299 · June 19, 1916 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To conduct investigations and experiments for ameliorating the damage wrought to the fisheries by predacious fishes and aquatic animals.

    Ch. 160 · 39 Stat. 232 · June 21, 1916 · Original text

61. An Act Providing for the establishment of a term of the district court for the middle district of Tennessee at Winchester, Tennessee.

    Ch. 161 · 39 Stat. 232 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

62. An Act Granting to the State of Kansas title to certain lands in said State for use as a game preserve.

    Ch. 162 · 39 Stat. 233 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

63. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the withdrawal from bond tax free of domestic alcohol when rendered unfit for beverage or liquid medicinal uses when mixed with suitable denaturing materials,’” approved March second, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 163 · 39 Stat. 233 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

64. An Act Granting to the Portland, Vancouver and Northern Railway Company a license to cross the Vancouver Barracks Military Reservation at Vancouver, Washington.

    Ch. 164 · 39 Stat. 233 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the change of name of the steamer Normania to William F. Stifel.

    Ch. 165 · 39 Stat. 235 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the county commissioners of Walla Walla and Franklin Counties, Washington, to construct a bridge across the Snake River between Pasco and Burbank.

    Ch. 166 · 39 Stat. 235 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

67. An Act Permitting the Riverview Ferry Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Yellowstone River in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 167 · 39 Stat. 235 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, to construct a bridge over and across Perdido Bay from Lillian, Baldwin County, Alabama, to Cummings Point, Escambia County, Florida.

    Ch. 168 · 39 Stat. 235 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Virginia.

    Ch. 169 · 39 Stat. 236 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

70. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Jackson County, Mississippi, to construct a bridge across West Pascagoula River, at or near Pascagoula. Mississippi.

    Ch. 170 · 39 Stat. 236 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to sell skins taken from fur seals killed on the Pribilof Islands for food purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 39 Stat. 236 · June 22, 1916 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Mrs. George A. Miller.

    Ch. 172 · 39 Stat. 1299 · June 22, 1916 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Vilhelm Torkildsen.

    Ch. 173 · 39 Stat. 1299 · June 22, 1916 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the construction of a bridge across the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River, near White Eagle Agency, in the Ponca Indian Reservation, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 174 · 39 Stat. 237 · June 26, 1916 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize George H. Hervey, of Pensacola, Florida, to construct and operate an electric railway line on the Fort Barrancas and Fort McRee Military Reservations, Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 175 · 39 Stat. 237 · June 27, 1916 · Original text

76. An Act Amending an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes,” relating to the authorization of fleet submarines.

    Ch. 176 · 39 Stat. 237 · June 27, 1916 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Charles H. Bingham from Congressional Cemetery, District of Columbia, to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 177 · 39 Stat. 1300 · June 27, 1916 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to extend the lease issued under the Act of August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to lease to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Company a tract of land in the Fort Keogh Military Reservation, in the State of Montana, and for a right of way thereto for the removal of gravel and ballast material.”

    Ch. 178 · 39 Stat. 238 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

79. An Act To amend “An Act to protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes,” approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 179 · 39 Stat. 238 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the storing and cleansing of imported Mexican peas, commonly called “garbanzo.”

    Ch. 180 · 39 Stat. 239 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

81. An Act To establish a Coast Guard station on the coast of Louisiana, in the vicinity of Barataria Bay.

    Ch. 181 · 39 Stat. 239 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to exchange the land now occupied by the Schooner Ledge Range Front Light Station at the mouth of Crum Creek, Pennsylvania, for other lands adjacent thereto which are intersected by the axis of the Chester Range Line of the Delaware River, and authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to remove said Schooner Ledge Range Front Light Station after certain conditions have been complied with.

    Ch. 182 · 39 Stat. 239 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

83. An Act To repeal paragraph four of section twenty-one of the public buildings Act, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, providing for the construction of a national archives building.

    Ch. 183 · 39 Stat. 241 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the sale of the lighthouse reservation at Scituate, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 184 · 39 Stat. 241 · June 28, 1916 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing issuance of patent for certain lands to Thomas L. Griffiths.

    Ch. 185 · 39 Stat. 1300 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Permitting H. L. Corbin to purchase certain public lands.

    Ch. 186 · 39 Stat. 1300 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of William G. Williams, senior.

    Ch. 187 · 39 Stat. 1300 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Mathilda P. Hansen.

    Ch. 188 · 39 Stat. 1301 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of John Alexander Besonen.

    Ch. 189 · 39 Stat. 1301 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands.

    Ch. 190 · 39 Stat. 1301 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the exchange of lot ten, section nineteen, township forty-five north, range one hundred and fourteen west, sixth principal meridian, for certain private lands needed in connection with the construction of Jackson Lake Reservoir, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 191 · 39 Stat. 1305 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Edward J. Lynch, collector of internal revenue for the district of Minnesota.

    Ch. 192 · 39 Stat. 1306 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

93. 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. 193 · 39 Stat. 1306 · June 28, 1916 · Private law · Original text

94. 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 seventeen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 194 · 39 Stat. 242 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

95. An Act Extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government and of the District of Columbia and for the payment of pensions under certain contingencies.

    Ch. 193 · 39 Stat. 242 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 196 · 39 Stat. 243 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

97. An Act To accept the cession by the State of Washington of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Mount Rainier National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 197 · 39 Stat. 243 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

98. An Act Extending the time for the commencement and completion of the bridge or bridges authorized by an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act to authorize the Dauphin Island Railway and Harbor Company, its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges, or viaducts, across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, both Little and Big; also to dredge a channel from the deep waters of Mobile Bay into Dauphin Bay; also to construct and maintain docks and wharves along both Little and Big Dauphin Islands,” approved June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 198 · 39 Stat. 246 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

99. An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, as amended by Congress, relating to the granting of a franchise for the purpose of manufacturing, maintaining, distributing, and supplying of electric light and power within the Lihue district and the Koloa, district, county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 199 · 39 Stat. 246 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the Terral Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Red River near Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma.

     Ch. 200 · 39 Stat. 251 · June 30, 1916 · Original text