Every law Congress has passed

594 laws of the 66th Congress, 1919–1921

1. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War in his discretion to turn over to the State of Kansas, emergency hospital equipment to be used temporarily in emergency hospitals to be established in that State, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 80 · 41 Stat. 436 · February 18, 1920 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Carlow Avellina.

   Ch. 81 · 41 Stat. 1461 · February 18, 1920 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing Gordon N. Peay, junior, his heirs and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the White River.

   Ch. 82 · 41 Stat. 436 · February 19, 1920 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of Navigation to change the names of vessels.

   Ch. 83 · 41 Stat. 436 · February 19, 1920 · Original text

5. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Alfords Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Savannah River.

   Ch. 84 · 41 Stat. 437 · February 21, 1920 · Original text

6. An Act To promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain.

   Ch. 85 · 41 Stat. 437 · February 25, 1920 · Original text

7. An Act For furnishing water supply for miscellaneous purposes in connection with reclamation projects.

   Ch. 86 · 41 Stat. 451 · February 25, 1920 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of certain members of the Flathead Nation of Indians, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 87 · 41 Stat. 452 · February 25, 1920 · Original text

9. An Act Granting leave of absence to officers of the Coast Guard and for other purposes.

   Ch. 88 · 41 Stat. 452 · February 27, 1920 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the governor of the Territory of Hawaii to acquire privately owned lands and rights of way within the boundaries of the Hawaii National Park.

    Ch. 89 · 41 Stat. 452 · February 27, 1920 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Army Appropriation Act for 1920, and for the purchase of land and to provide for construction work at certain military posts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 90 · 41 Stat. 453 · February 28, 1920 · Original text

12. Transportation Act, 1920

    An Act To provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 91 · 41 Stat. 456 · February 28, 1920 · Original text

13. An Act To regulate the height, area, and use of buildings in the District of Columbia and to create a Zoning Commission, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 92 · 41 Stat. 500 · March 1, 1920 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Roanoke River in Halifax County, North Carolina.

    Ch. 93 · 41 Stat. 502 · March 4, 1920 · Original text

15. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and prior fiscal years, and. for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 41 Stat. 503 · March 6, 1920 · Original text

16. An Act Authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty, suits for salvage services, and providing for the release of merchant vessels belonging to the United States from arrest and attachment in foreign jurisdictions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 95 · 41 Stat. 525 · March 9, 1920 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to bring back on Army transports from Danzig, Poland, residents of the United States of Polish origin who were engaged in the war on the side of the allied and associated powers.

    Ch. 96 · 41 Stat. 528 · March 10, 1920 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across Red River at a point a little east of north of Nocona in Montague County, Texas.

    Ch. 97 · 41 Stat. 529 · March 12, 1920 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Connecticut River between Springfield and West Springfield, in Hampden County, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 98 · 41 Stat. 529 · March 12, 1920 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution To amend a certain paragraph of the Act entitled “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 30, 1921,” approved February 14, 1920.

    Ch. 99 · 41 Stat. 529 · March 12, 1920 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to transfer certain surplus motor-propelled vehicles and motor equipment and road-making material to various services and departments of the Government, and for the use of the States.

    Ch. 100 · 41 Stat. 530 · March 15, 1920 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 98 of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911, as amended.

    Ch. 101 · 41 Stat. 531 · March 17, 1920 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across the Columbia River, between the towns of Pasco and Kennewick, in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 102 · 41 Stat. 533 · March 17, 1920 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing F. R. Beals to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Nestucca River, in Tillamook County, Oregon.

    Ch. 103 · 41 Stat. 533 · March 17, 1920 · Original text

25. An Act To give effect to certain provisions of the convention for the protection of trade-marks and commercial names, made and signed in the city of Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic, August 20, 1910, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 104 · 41 Stat. 533 · March 19, 1920 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Amending joint resolution extending the time for payment of purchase money on homestead entries in the former Colville Indian Reservation, Washington.

    Ch. 105 · 41 Stat. 535 · March 19, 1920 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Extending the term of the National Screw Thread Commission for a period of two years from March 21, 1920.

    Ch. 106 · 41 Stat. 536 · March 23, 1920 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to fix compensation of certain laborers in the Customs Service.

    Ch. 107 · 41 Stat. 536 · March 24, 1920 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the New Jersey Shipbuilding and Dredging Company, of Bayonne, New Jersey.

    Ch. 108 · 41 Stat. 1461 · March 27, 1920 · Private law · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Relating to supervision of the Lincoln Memorial.

    Ch. 109 · 41 Stat. 537 · March 29, 1920 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Ellen Agnes Monogue.

    Ch. 110 · 41 Stat. 1461 · March 29, 1920 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Relating to the maintenance of actions for death on the high seas and other navigable waters.

    Ch. 111 · 41 Stat. 537 · March 30, 1920 · Original text

33. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 112 · 41 Stat. 538 · March 30, 1920 · Original text

34. An Act Providing for the relief of populations in Europe and in countries contiguous thereto suffering for want of food.

    Ch. 113 · 41 Stat. 548 · March 30, 1920 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the Eastern Transportation Company.

    Ch. 114 · 41 Stat. 1461 · March 30, 1920 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of James A. Showen.

    Ch. 115 · 41 Stat. 1462 · March 30, 1920 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Robert T. Legge.

    Ch. 116 · 41 Stat. 1462 · March 30, 1920 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Frank S. Bowker.

    Ch. 117 · 41 Stat. 1462 · March 31, 1920 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of George B. Hughes.

    Ch. 118 · 41 Stat. 1463 · March 31, 1920 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain Indian lands necessary for reservoir purposes in connection with the Blackfeet Indian reclamation project.

    Ch. 119 · 41 Stat. 549 · April 1, 1920 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to School District Numbered eight, Sheridan County, Montana, for block one, in Wakea town site, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, and to set aside one block in each town site on said reservation for school purposes.

    Ch. 120 · 41 Stat. 549 · April 1, 1920 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the estate of John M. Lea, deceased.

    Ch. 121 · 41 Stat. 1463 · April 7, 1920 · Private law · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Department of Commerce to participate in the National Marine Exposition to be held in New York in April, 1920.

    Ch. 122 · 41 Stat. 550 · April 8, 1920 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Captain Frederick B. Shaw.

    Ch. 123 · 41 Stat. 1463 · April 8, 1920 · Private law · Original text

45. Joint Resolution To readmit Augusta Louise de Haven-Alten to the status and privileges of a citizen of the United States.

    Ch. 124 · 41 Stat. 1463 · April 8, 1920 · Private law · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Ch. 125 · 41 Stat. 550 · April 10, 1920 · Original text

47. An Act To correct the military record of Edward Sigerfoos.

    Ch. 126 · 41 Stat. 1464 · April 12, 1920 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of William S. Britton, formerly second lieutenant of Infantry, who has been erroneously dropped from the rolls of the United States Army.

    Ch. 127 · 41 Stat. 1464 · April 12, 1920 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act approved December 23, 1913, known as the Federal Reserve Act.

    Ch. 128 · 41 Stat. 550 · April 13, 1920 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the York County Savings Bank, of Biddeford, Maine.

    Ch. 129 · 41 Stat. 1464 · April 13, 1920 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To dispose of a certain strip of public land in Waterville, Maine.

    Ch. 130 · 41 Stat. 1465 · April 13, 1920 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Albert C. Burgess.

    Ch. 131 · 41 Stat. 1465 · April 13, 1920 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Frank S. Ingalls.

    Ch. 132 · 41 Stat. 1465 · April 14, 1920 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Frank Pinkley.

    Ch. 133 · 41 Stat. 1465 · April 14, 1920 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of W. L. Rose.

    Ch. 134 · 41 Stat. 1466 · April 14, 1920 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting the sum of $549.12 to Clara Kane, dependent parent, by reason of the death of William A. Yenser, late civil employee, killed as a result of an accident at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

    Ch. 135 · 41 Stat. 1466 · April 14, 1920 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the sale of lands in Gregory County, South Dakota.

    Ch. 136 · 41 Stat. 550 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the construction of flood control and improvement works in Minnesota River and Big Stone Lake between the States of Minnesota and South Dakota.

    Ch. 137 · 41 Stat. 551 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Ozark Forest road improvement district of Baxter County, Arkansas, to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, near Norfork, Arkansas.

    Ch. 138 · 41 Stat. 551 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain, between the towns of Shoreham, Vermont, and Ticonderoga, New York.

    Ch. 139 · 41 Stat. 551 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 4878 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March 3, 1897.

    Ch. 140 · 41 Stat. 552 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent in fee simple to the county of Huron, in the State of Michigan, for a certain-described tract of land for public-park purposes.

    Ch. 141 · 41 Stat. 552 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of occupants and claimants of unsurveyed public land in township eight north of range two west of Salt Lake meridian, Utah.

    Ch. 142 · 41 Stat. 553 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

64. An Act Authorizing and directing the transfer approximately of ten acres of land to Rural High School District Numbered One, Lapwai, Idaho.

    Ch. 143 · 41 Stat. 553 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

65. An Act For the public sale of customhouse building and site at Kennebunkport, Maine.

    Ch. 144 · 41 Stat. 554 · April 15, 1920 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands to school district numbered twenty-one, of Fremont County, Wyoming.

    Ch. 145 · 41 Stat. 1466 · April 15, 1920 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Providing for service of process in causes removed from a State or other court to a United States court.

    Ch. 146 · 41 Stat. 554 · April 16, 1920 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Emma J. Spear.

    Ch. 147 · 41 Stat. 1466 · April 16, 1920 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the King Coal Company, of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 148 · 41 Stat. 1467 · April 16, 1920 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Lawrence Bendich and Anthony Vezich.

    Ch. 149 · 41 Stat. 1467 · April 16, 1920 · Private law · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to dispose of surplus dental outfits.

    Ch. 150 · 41 Stat. 554 · April 17, 1920 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of O. W. Lindsley.

    Ch. 151 · 41 Stat. 1468 · April 17, 1920 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of E. Willard.

    Ch. 152 · 41 Stat. 1468 · April 17, 1920 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901,” and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 153 · 41 Stat. 555 · April 19, 1920 · Original text

75. An Act To amend certain sections of the Federal Farm Loan Act, approved July 17, 1916.

    Ch. 154 · 41 Stat. 570 · April 20, 1920 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Madison and Rankin Counties, in the State of Mississippi, to construct a bridge across the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin Counties.

    Ch. 155 · 41 Stat. 572 · April 21, 1920 · Original text

77. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Youngstown, Ohio, to construct a bridge across the Mahoning River, at or near Division Street, in the city of Youngstown, Ohio.

    Ch. 156 · 41 Stat. 572 · April 21, 1920 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Arthur Wendle Englert.

    Ch. 153 · 41 Stat. 1468 · April 21, 1920 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend section 600 of the Act approved September 8, 1916, entitled “An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 158 · 41 Stat. 573 · April 23, 1920 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to agricultural fertilizer distributors or users a supply of nitrate of soda.

    Ch. 159 · 41 Stat. 573 · April 23, 1920 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River near Kansas City.

    Ch. 160 · 41 Stat. 574 · April 24, 1920 · Original text

82. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 161 · 41 Stat. 574 · April 24, 1920 · Original text

83. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the village and township of Shelly, Norman County, Minnesota, and the township of Caledonia, Traill County, North Dakota, and their successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North on the boundary line between the said States.

    Ch. 162 · 41 Stat. 584 · April 24, 1920 · Original text

84. An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment in claims of the Iowa Tribe of Indians against the United States.

    Ch. 163 · 41 Stat. 585 · April 28, 1920 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the trustees of the Yankton Agency Presbyterian Church, by patent in fee, certain land within the Yankton Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 164 · 41 Stat. 1468 · April 29, 1920 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To revise and equalize rates of pension to certain soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Civil War and the War with Mexico, to certain widows, including widows of the War of 1812, former widows, dependent parents, and children of such soldiers, sailors, and marines, and to certain Army nurses, and granting pensions and increase of pensions in certain cases.

    Ch. 165 · 41 Stat. 585 · May 1, 1920 · Original text

87. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 166 · 41 Stat. 588 · May 3, 1920 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of War to grant revocable licenses for the removal of sand and gravel from the Fort Douglas Military Reservation for industrial purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 41 Stat. 588 · May 5, 1920 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Lake Superior, in Cook County, Minnesota.

    Ch. 168 · 41 Stat. 588 · May 6, 1920 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company.

    Ch. 169 · 41 Stat. 1469 · May 6, 1920 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Extending the time for constructing a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 170 · 41 Stat. 589 · May 7, 1920 · Original text

92. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Elmer Red River Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Red River.

    Ch. 171 · 41 Stat. 589 · May 7, 1920 · Original text

93. An Act Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the Federal control of transportation systems and to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 172 · 41 Stat. 589 · May 8, 1920 · Original text

94. An Act For the construction of a bridge across the Pentwater River or Pentwater Lake, Michigan.

    Ch. 173 · 41 Stat. 593 · May 8, 1920 · Original text

95. An Act To deport certain undesirable aliens and to deny readmission to those deported.

    Ch. 174 · 41 Stat. 593 · May 10, 1920 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for the training of officers of the Army in aeronautic engineering.

    Ch. 175 · 41 Stat. 594 · May 10, 1920 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Maine into the Union.

    Ch. 176 · 41 Stat. 595 · May 10, 1920 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Alabama into the Union.

    Ch. 177 · 41 Stat. 595 · May 10, 1920 · Original text

99. An Act For the sale of isolated tracts in the former Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota.

    Ch. 178 · 41 Stat. 595 · May 10, 1920 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To correct an error in the wording of the appropriation of $71,000 made in the Act approved July 9, 1918, and to authorize the Secretary of War to pay said sum to respective parties entitled thereto.

     Ch. 179 · 41 Stat. 596 · May 10, 1920 · Original text