Every law Congress has passed

684 laws of the 64th Congress, 1915–1917

1. An Act Authorizing transfer of certain retired Army officers to the active list.

   Ch. 116 · 39 Stat. 937 · February 23, 1917 · Original text

2. An Act Authorizing a further extension of time to purchasers of land in the former Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Reservation, Oklahoma, within which to make payment.

   Ch. 117 · 39 Stat. 937 · February 23, 1917 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Antoine Bayard.

   Ch. 118 · 39 Stat. 1490 · February 23, 1917 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To declare Ollala Slough in Lincoln County, Oregon, non-navigable.

   Ch. 119 · 39 Stat. 937 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

5. An Act To provide for an additional judge in the State of Texas.

   Ch. 120 · 39 Stat. 938 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

6. An Act To establish the Mount McKinley National Park, in the Territory of Alaska.

   Ch. 121 · 39 Stat. 938 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

7. An Act To create a new division of the northern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for terms of court at Wichita Falls, Texas, and for a clerk for said court, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 122 · 39 Stat. 939 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and convey to the Great Northern Railway Company certain lands in the State of Montana for division terminal yards and other railway purposes, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 123 · 39 Stat. 940 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

9. An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act.

   Ch. 124 · 39 Stat. 941 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the first and seventh paragraphs of section forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of April ninth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 125 · 39 Stat. 941 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the reunion of the Confederate Veterans’ Association, to be held in the District of Columbia in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.

    Ch. 126 · 39 Stat. 942 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Authorizing the removal of the statue of Admiral Dupont in Dupont Circle in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and the erection of a memorial to Admiral Dupont in place thereof.

    Ch. 127 · 39 Stat. 944 · February 26, 1917 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 128 · 39 Stat. 1491 · February 26, 1917 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of sundry building and loan associations.

    Ch. 129 · 39 Stat. 1491 · February 26, 1917 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Providing for the refund of certain duties illegally levied and collected on acetate of lime.

    Ch. 130 · 39 Stat. 1495 · February 26, 1917 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Meredith G. Corlett, a citizen and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 131 · 39 Stat. 1495 · February 26, 1917 · Private law · Original text

17. Joint Resolution To grant citizenship to Joseph Beech.

    Ch. 132 · 39 Stat. 1495 · February 26, 1917 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To authorize agricultural entries on surplus coal lands in Indian reservations.

    Ch. 133 · 39 Stat. 944 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

19. An Act Relating to desert-land entries.

    Ch. 134 · 39 Stat. 946 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of settlers on unsurveyed railroad lands.

    Ch. 135 · 39 Stat. 946 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the change of name of the steamer Charles L. Hutchinson to Fayette Brown.

    Ch. 136 · 39 Stat. 946 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section six of the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the American National Red Cross,” approved January fifth, nineteen hundred and five.

    Ch. 137 · 39 Stat. 946 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Parkin, Arkansas.

    Ch. 138 · 39 Stat. 947 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

24. An Act Permitting the building of a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Bemidji, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 139 · 39 Stat. 947 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the public-building Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, authorizing the acquisition of a suitable site for a public building at Pittston, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 140 · 39 Stat. 947 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

26. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the County of Pearl River, Mississippi, and the fourth ward of the Parish of Washington, Louisiana, to construct a bridge across Pearl River, between Pearl River County, Mississippi, and Washington Parish, Louisiana.

    Ch. 141 · 39 Stat. 948 · February 27, 1917 · Original text

27. 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. 142 · 39 Stat. 1495 · February 27, 1917 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Riverside Military Academy.

    Ch. 143 · 39 Stat. 1497 · February 27, 1917 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 144 · 39 Stat. 948 · March 1, 1917 · Original text

30. An Act To provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 145 · 39 Stat. 951 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

31. An Act Making appropriations for the 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, nineteen hundred and eighteen.

    Ch. 146 · 39 Stat. 969 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Belton, Montana, for hotel purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 39 Stat. 994 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

33. An Act Providing additional time for the payment of purchase money under homestead entries of lands within the former Fort Peck Indian Reservation Montana.

    Ch. 148 · 39 Stat. 994 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

34. An Act To validate a patent to certain lands heretofore issued to the State of Florida, to allow the said State to claim certain other lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 149 · 39 Stat. 995 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section six of an Act to expedite the settlement of title to lands in the State of California.

    Ch. 150 · 39 Stat. 995 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Fort Atkinson, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, for the construction of a bridge across the Rock River.

    Ch. 151 · 39 Stat. 996 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

37. An Act To establish a national military park at the battle field of Guilford Courthouse.

    Ch. 152 · 39 Stat. 996 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section seventeen of the United States bankruptcy law of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and amendments thereto of February fifth, nineteen hundred and three.

    Ch. 153 · 39 Stat. 999 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Requesting the President of the United States to designate and appoint a day on which funds may be raised for the relief of the Ruthenians (Ukrainians).

    Ch. 154 · 39 Stat. 999 · March 2, 1917 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Caleb T. Holland.

    Ch. 155 · 39 Stat. 1498 · March 2, 1917 · Private law · Original text

41. 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. 156 · 39 Stat. 1498 · March 2, 1917 · Private law · Original text

42. 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. 157 · 39 Stat. 1513 · March 2, 1917 · Private law · Original text

43. 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. 158 · 39 Stat. 1529 · March 2, 1917 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To provide increased revenue to defray the expenses of the increased appropriations for the Army and Navy and the extensions of fortifications, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 159 · 39 Stat. 1000 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

45. 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 eighteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 160 · 39 Stat. 1004 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

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

    Ch. 161 · 39 Stat. 1047 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

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

    Ch. 162 · 39 Stat. 1058 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

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

    Ch. 163 · 39 Stat. 1070 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands with owners of private holdings within the Glacier National Park.

    Ch. 164 · 39 Stat. 1122 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

50. An Act To prevent the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 165 · 39 Stat. 1123 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the granting of patent to certain lands adjacent to the agricultural experimental station at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to the regents of the University of the State of Nebraska for dry-land agricultural experimental purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 39 Stat. 1130 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Legislature of Alaska to establish and maintain schools, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 39 Stat. 1131 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

53. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the disposal of certain lands in the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota,” approved August third, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 168 · 39 Stat. 1131 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

54. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War-Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department,” approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. 169 · 39 Stat. 1131 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

55. 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 eighteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 170 · 39 Stat. 1132 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

56. An Act To provide a temporary government for the West Indian Islands acquired by the United States from Denmark by the convention entered into between said countries on the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and ratified by the Senate of the United States on the seventh day of September, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 39 Stat. 1132 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the Tenth International Congress of the World’s Purity Federation, to be held in the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, November eighth to fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 172 · 39 Stat. 1132 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution For the appointment of four members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Ch. 173 · 39 Stat. 1132 · March 3, 1917 · Original text

59. 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. 174 · 39 Stat. 1549 · March 3, 1917 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Hays Gaskill.

    Ch. 175 · 39 Stat. 1557 · March 3, 1917 · Private law · Original text

61. 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. 176 · 39 Stat. 1558 · March 3, 1917 · Private law · Original text

62. 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. 177 · 39 Stat. 1573 · March 3, 1917 · Private law · Original text

63. 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. 178 · 39 Stat. 1580 · March 3, 1917 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 179 · 39 Stat. 1134 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

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

    Ch. 180 · 39 Stat. 1168 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

66. An Act For the restoration of annuities to the Medawakanton and Wahpakoota (Santee) Sioux Indians, declared forfeited by the Act of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

    Ch. 181 · 39 Stat. 1195 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

67. An Act For a public building at Paris, Texas.

    Ch. 182 · 39 Stat. 1196 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

68. An Act For the enlargement of the post-office building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 183 · 39 Stat. 1197 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the irrigation Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, page one thousand and ninety-five), section eighteen, and to amend section two of the Act of May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and four).

    Ch. 184 · 39 Stat. 1197 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to transfer and convey to the commissioners of Lincoln Park, of Chicago, Illinois, the riparian rights of the United States, as the owner of land fronting on Lake Michigan and occupied as the site of the United States marine hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. 185 · 39 Stat. 1198 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the commissioners of the Red River Bridge District to construct a bridge across the Red River at or near Index, Texas.

    Ch. 186 · 39 Stat. 1198 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the change of name of the steamer Fred G. Hartwell to Harry W. Croft.

    Ch. 187 · 39 Stat. 1199 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the change of name of the steamer Harry A. Berwind to Harvey H. Brown.

    Ch. 188 · 39 Stat. 1199 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

74. An Act To pension the survivors of certain Indian wars from January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, to January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 39 Stat. 1199 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Extending until January eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the effective date of section ten of the 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. 190 · 39 Stat. 1201 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To expedite the delivery of materials, equipment, and munitions, and to secure more expeditious construction of ships.

    Ch. 191 · 39 Stat. 1201 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Providing that section five of an Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall not be in effect until July first, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. 192 · 39 Stat. 1202 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the construction and operation of railroads in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 193 · 39 Stat. 1202 · March 4, 1917 · Original text

79. An Act Providing for the refund of duties collected on flax-preparatory machines, parts, and accessories imported subsequently to August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, and prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eleven.

    Ch. 194 · 39 Stat. 1587 · March 4, 1917 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Guy A. Richards, Jesse L. Robbins, Isaac M. C. Grimes, William L. Irvine, and David Cox.

    Ch. 195 · 39 Stat. 1587 · March 4, 1917 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Marguerite Mathilde Slidell d’Erlanger.

    Ch. 196 · 39 Stat. 1588 · March 4, 1917 · Private law · Original text

82. 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. 197 · 39 Stat. 1588 · March 4, 1917 · 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 of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 198 · 39 Stat. 1594 · March 4, 1917 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Edith Blankart Funston, widow of the late Major General Frederick Funston.

    Ch. 199 · 39 Stat. 1596 · March 4, 1917 · Private law · Original text