Every law Congress has passed

684 laws of the 64th Congress, 1915–1917

1. An Act To authorize the county of Wabash, in the State of Indiana, to construct a bridge across the Wabash River, at the city of Wabash, Indiana.

   Ch. 201 · 39 Stat. 251 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the board of commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet River, in the State of Indiana.

   Ch. 202 · 39 Stat. 251 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the board of commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet River, in the State of Indiana.

   Ch. 203 · 39 Stat. 251 · June 30, 1916 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands to the city of Lemmon, South Dakota.

   Ch. 204 · 39 Stat. 1320 · June 30, 1916 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of the Maine Central Railroad Company.

   Ch. 205 · 39 Stat. 1320 · June 30, 1916 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to abrogate a contract lease of land and water power on the Muskingum River, Ohio.

   Ch. 206 · 39 Stat. 1320 · June 30, 1916 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of D. A. Barbour and Andrew P. Gladden.

   Ch. 207 · 39 Stat. 1321 · June 30, 1916 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 208 · 39 Stat. 252 · July 1, 1916 · Original text

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

   Ch. 209 · 39 Stat. 262 · July 1, 1916 · Original text

10. An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the Military and Naval Establishments for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 210 · 39 Stat. 337 · July 1, 1916 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to draft members of the National Guard and of the Organized Militia of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia and members of the National Guard and Militia Reserves into the military service of the United States under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 211 · 39 Stat. 339 · July 1, 1916 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of John L. Sevy.

    Ch. 212 · 39 Stat. 340 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

13. An Act Providing for patents to homesteads on the ceded portion of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

    Ch. 213 · 39 Stat. 341 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing leave of absence to homestead settlers upon unsurveyed lands.

    Ch. 214 · 39 Stat. 341 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of certain homestead entrymen for land within the limits of the Glacier National Park.

    Ch. 215 · 39 Stat. 342 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

16. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Court of Private Land Claims and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the Acts amendatory thereto, approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and nine.

    Ch. 216 · 39 Stat. 342 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

17. An Act Providing for the sale of certain lands in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 217 · 39 Stat. 342 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

18. An Act To consolidate certain forest lands in the Florida National Forest.

    Ch. 218 · 39 Stat. 343 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands with the State of North Dakota for promotion of experiments in dry-land agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 219 · 39 Stat. 343 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

20. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for an enlarged homestead,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, by adding a new section to be known as section seven.

    Ch. 220 · 39 Stat. 343 · July 3, 1916 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Daniel M. Frost.

    Ch. 221 · 39 Stat. 1321 · July 3, 1916 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Releasing the claim of the United States Government to lot numbered three hundred and six in the old city of Pensacola, Florida.

    Ch. 222 · 39 Stat. 1321 · July 3, 1916 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to that portion of land, being a fractional block, bounded on the north and east by Bayou Cadet, on the west by Cevallos Street, and on the south by Intendencia Street, in the old city of Pensacola, in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 223 · 39 Stat. 1322 · July 3, 1916 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the issuance of a patent for certain Government land to Benjamin F. Robinson and John Dows.

    Ch. 224 · 39 Stat. 1322 · July 3, 1916 · Private law · Original text

25. 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. 225 · 39 Stat. 345 · July 6, 1916 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to furnish hot water from the hot springs on the Hot Springs Reservation for drinking and bathing purposes free of cost to the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Association.

    Ch. 226 · 39 Stat. 351 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain right of way near Engle, New Mexico.

    Ch. 227 · 39 Stat. 351 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the United States homestead law in its application to Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 39 Stat. 352 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across Little River at a point where the line between townships twelve and thirteen north, range eight east, crosses said river.

    Ch. 229 · 39 Stat. 352 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

30. An Act To reimburse certain Indians for labor done in building a schoolhouse at Queets River, Quiniault Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 230 · 39 Stat. 353 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Ashley County, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew.

    Ch. 231 · 39 Stat. 353 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing Ashley County, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew.

    Ch. 232 · 39 Stat. 353 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

33. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Dallas and Southwestern Motorway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 233 · 39 Stat. 354 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

34. An Act For the establishment of Northport, Chopaka, and Laurier, in the State of Washington, as ports of entry for immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 234 · 39 Stat. 354 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

35. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to C. M. Simpson, Z. T. Hedges, J. C. Hackney, and Mark Brown to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew, Ashley County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 235 · 39 Stat. 354 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

36. An Act To amend existing laws relating to the use of alcohol, free of tax, by scientific institutions or colleges of learning.

    Ch. 236 · 39 Stat. 354 · July 8, 1916 · Original text

37. An Act Providing for the refund of duties collected on certain tobacco cuttings.

    Ch. 237 · 39 Stat. 1322 · July 8, 1916 · Private law · 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 children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 238 · 39 Stat. 1322 · July 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To quiet title in certain citizens to certain lands lying within the meander line on the Saint Francis River, and being parts of lots and tracts of land lying in Craighead County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 239 · 39 Stat. 1335 · July 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to adjudicate the claims of the State of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 240 · 39 Stat. 355 · July 11, 1916 · Original text

41. An Act To provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 241 · 39 Stat. 355 · July 11, 1916 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution Permitting the use of certain hospital facilities belonging to the United States.

    Ch. 242 · 39 Stat. 359 · July 11, 1916 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William Foglio.

    Ch. 243 · 39 Stat. 1336 · July 11, 1916 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Making an appropriation for the relief and transportation of destitute American citizens in Mexico.

    Ch. 244 · 39 Stat. 359 · July 14, 1916 · Original text

45. An Act To provide capital for agricultural development, to create standard forms of investment based upon farm mortgage, to equalize rates of interest upon farm loans, to furnish a market for United States bonds, to create Government depositaries and financial agents for the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 245 · 39 Stat. 360 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

46. An Act To establish a term of the United States circuit court of appeals at Asheville, North Carolina.

    Ch. 246 · 39 Stat. 385 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

47. An Act To accept a deed of gift or conveyance from the Lincoln Farm Association, a corporation, to the United States of America, of land near the town of Hodgenville, county of Larue, State of Kentucky, embracing the homestead of Abraham Lincoln and the log cabin in which he was born, together with the memorial hall inclosing the same; and further, to accept an assignment or transfer of an endowment fund of $50,000 in relation thereto.

    Ch. 247 · 39 Stat. 385 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

48. An Act To amend section ninety-nine of the Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary.

    Ch. 248 · 39 Stat. 386 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

49. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Sumter, or to the county of Dooly, both of the State of Georgia, acting jointly or separately, and their successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Flint River.

    Ch. 249 · 39 Stat. 387 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Julian B. McCurry, A. G. McCurry, P. W. Walton, and J. J. Fretwell to construct a bridge across the Savannah River.

    Ch. 250 · 39 Stat. 387 · July 17, 1916 · Original text

51. 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. 251 · 39 Stat. 1336 · July 17, 1916 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Creating a joint subcommittee from the membership of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to investigate the conditions relating to interstate and foreign commerce, and the necessity of further legislation relating thereto, and defining the powers and duties of such subcommittee.

    Ch. 252 · 39 Stat. 387 · July 20, 1916 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept from the city of Pittsburgh certain lands in exchange for other lands of equal area.

    Ch. 253 · 39 Stat. 388 · July 21, 1916 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain lands to the town of Myton, Utah.

    Ch. 254 · 39 Stat. 389 · July 26, 1916 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent for certain lands to the town of Duchesne, Utah.

    Ch. 255 · 39 Stat. 389 · July 26, 1916 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the sale of the marine-hospital reservation in Cleveland, Ohio.

    Ch. 256 · 39 Stat. 390 · July 26, 1916 · Original text

57. An Act To amend section fourteen of the reclamation extension Act approved August thirteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 257 · 39 Stat. 390 · July 26, 1916 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mary S. Corbin.

    Ch. 258 · 39 Stat. 1346 · July 26, 1916 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Mrs. C. D. Corbin.

    Ch. 259 · 39 Stat. 1346 · July 26, 1916 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 260 · 39 Stat. 391 · July 27, 1916 · Original text

61. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 261 · 39 Stat. 412 · July 28, 1916 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance of the gift of the Berkshire Trout Hatchery, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 262 · 39 Stat. 431 · July 28, 1916 · Original text

63. An Act Further extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government and of the District of Columbia under certain contingencies.

    Ch. 263 · 39 Stat. 431 · July 31, 1916 · Original text

64. An Act To establish a national park in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 264 · 39 Stat. 432 · August 1, 1916 · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Julia R. Goodloe.

    Ch. 265 · 39 Stat. 1346 · August 1, 1916 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Hundley V. Fowler, deceased.

    Ch. 266 · 39 Stat. 1346 · August 1, 1916 · Private law · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Appropriating $540,000 for the relief of flood sufferers in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 39 Stat. 434 · August 3, 1916 · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to subdivide a part of the town site of Plummer, Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 39 Stat. 435 · August 4, 1916 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Buckholdt.

    Ch. 269 · 39 Stat. 1347 · August 4, 1916 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the establishment of Noyes, in the State of Minnesota, as a port of entry and delivery for immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 270 · 39 Stat. 435 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the counties of Nassau, Florida, and Chariton, Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Saint Marys River between Florida and Georgia.

    Ch. 271 · 39 Stat. 436 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the changing of the name of the steamship Aroline.

    Ch. 272 · 39 Stat. 436 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the county of Saint Louis to construct a bridge across the Saint Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 273 · 39 Stat. 436 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of cotton seed and cottonseed products, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 274 · 39 Stat. 436 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

75. An Act To amend 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, as amended by an Act approved July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 275 · 39 Stat. 438 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

76. An Act Making additional appropriations for the Public Health Service for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 276 · 39 Stat. 440 · August 7, 1916 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of George W. Trahey.

    Ch. 277 · 39 Stat. 1347 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Providing for the refund of certain additional duties collected on pineapples.

    Ch. 278 · 39 Stat. 1347 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Joseph Cameron.

    Ch. 279 · 39 Stat. 1347 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth M. Dodge.

    Ch. 280 · 39 Stat. 1348 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Collector of Internal Revenue A. S. Walker.

    Ch. 281 · 39 Stat. 1348 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Frank P. Sammons.

    Ch. 282 · 39 Stat. 1348 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Cyntha Ramey.

    Ch. 283 · 39 Stat. 1348 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Ella Slone.

    Ch. 284 · 39 Stat. 1349 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Louis Jones.

    Ch. 285 · 39 Stat. 1349 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of William A. Hutson.

    Ch. 286 · 39 Stat. 1349 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Martha A. Moffitt.

    Ch. 287 · 39 Stat. 1349 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Bye.

    Ch. 288 · 39 Stat. 1349 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Mathilda Hesterman.

    Ch. 289 · 39 Stat. 1350 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Samuel D. Kingsbury.

    Ch. 290 · 39 Stat. 1350 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Wallace L. Bell.

    Ch. 291 · 39 Stat. 1350 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to credit the stamp account of Isaac R. Strouse, collector for the seventh internal-revenue district, in the sum of $14,570.42.

    Ch. 292 · 39 Stat. 1351 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the J. L. da Roza Estate, Incorporated, of Elk Grove, California.

    Ch. 293 · 39 Stat. 1351 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to credit the stamp account of Joseph J. Scott, as collector of internal revenue of the first collection district of California, in the sum of $300, being the representative value of certain internal-revenue special-tax stamps which were lost from the office of the said collector.

    Ch. 294 · 39 Stat. 1351 · August 7, 1916 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To repeal section four of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, known as the forest homestead Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 295 · 39 Stat. 440 · August 8, 1916 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Black River at or near Bennetts Ferry, Arkansas.

    Ch. 296 · 39 Stat. 440 · August 8, 1916 · Original text

97. An Act To give the consent of the Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River near and above the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 297 · 39 Stat. 441 · August 8, 1916 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of James Houyde.

    Ch. 298 · 39 Stat. 1351 · August 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Olaf Nelson.

    Ch. 299 · 39 Stat. 1352 · August 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Borden H. Mills.

     Ch. 300 · 39 Stat. 1352 · August 8, 1916 · Private law · Original text