Every law Congress has passed

594 laws of the 66th Congress, 1919–1921

1. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct an error in an Indian allotment.

   Ch. 180 · 41 Stat. 1469 · May 10, 1920 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To grant certain lands to the city of Pocatello, State of Idaho, for conserving and protecting the source of its water supply.

   Ch. 181 · 41 Stat. 596 · May 12, 1920 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims.

   Ch. 182 · 41 Stat. 597 · May 12, 1920 · Original text

4. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Sid Smith, of Bonham, Texas, for the construction of a bridge across the Red River between the counties of Fannin, Texas, and Bryan, Oklahoma.

   Ch. 183 · 41 Stat. 597 · May 13, 1920 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Sabine River at or near Orange, Texas.

   Ch. 184 · 41 Stat. 598 · May 13, 1920 · Original text

6. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Education Association of the United States” by adding thereto an additional section.

   Ch. 185 · 41 Stat. 598 · May 13, 1920 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation for the participation of the United States in the observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Provincetown and Plymouth, Massachusetts.

   Ch. 186 · 41 Stat. 598 · May 13, 1920 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the disposition of certain grazing lands in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 187 · 41 Stat. 599 · May 14, 1920 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for an examination and report on the condition and possible irrigation development of the Imperial Valley in California.

   Ch. 188 · 41 Stat. 600 · May 18, 1920 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept on behalf of the United States the donation by Sedgwick Post Numbered Ten, Grand Army of the Republic, of its memorial hall property in Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, for Federal building purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 41 Stat. 601 · May 18, 1920 · Original text

11. An Act To increase the efficiency of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.

    Ch. 190 · 41 Stat. 601 · May 18, 1920 · Original text

12. An Act To enlarge the boundaries of the Oregon National Forest.

    Ch. 191 · 41 Stat. 605 · May 20, 1920 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for the disposition of public lands withdrawn and improved under the provisions of the reclamation laws, and which are no longer needed in connection with said laws.

    Ch. 192 · 41 Stat. 605 · May 20, 1920 · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of certain officers of the United States Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 193 · 41 Stat. 606 · May 21, 1920 · Original text

15. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 194 · 41 Stat. 607 · May 21, 1920 · Original text

16. An Act For the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 41 Stat. 614 · May 22, 1920 · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 217 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March 4, 1909.

    Ch. 196 · 41 Stat. 620 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing certain railroad companies, or their successors in interest, to convey for public-road purposes certain parts of their rights of way.

    Ch. 197 · 41 Stat. 621 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the purchase by the city of Myrtle Point, Oregon, of certain lands formerly embraced in the grant to the Oregon and California Railroad Company and revested in the United States by the Act approved June 9, 1916.

    Ch. 198 · 41 Stat. 621 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

20. An Act Authorizing the issuance of patent to Johnson County, Wyoming, of lands for poor-farm purposes.

    Ch. 199 · 41 Stat. 622 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of at public sale certain isolated and fractional tracts of lands formerly embraced in the grant to the Oregon and California Railroad Company.

    Ch. 200 · 41 Stat. 622 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to the Postmaster General without charge therefor a certain building, or buildings, now located at Watertown, New York.

    Ch. 201 · 41 Stat. 623 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to Paul E. Slocumb Post, Numbered Eighty-five, Grand Army of the Republic, Bloomington, Indiana, necessary tents and cots for use at the State encampment to be held at said city May 25, 26, and 27, 1920.

    Ch. 202 · 41 Stat. 623 · May 25, 1920 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing certain tribes of Indians to submit claims to the Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 203 · 41 Stat. 623 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

25. An Act To amend an 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, 1914,” approved June 30, 1913.

    Ch. 204 · 41 Stat. 625 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

26. An Act To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 205 · 41 Stat. 625 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

27. An Act To amend section 8 of an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October 15, 1914, as amended May 15, 1916.

    Ch. 206 · 41 Stat. 626 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the accounting officers of the Treasury to allow credit to the disbursing clerk of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in certain cases.

    Ch. 207 · 41 Stat. 627 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of an Act amending section 32 of the Federal Farm Loan Act approved July 17, 1916, to June 30, 1921.

    Ch. 208 · 41 Stat. 627 · May 26, 1920 · Original text

30. An Act To restore to the public domain certain lands heretofore reserved for a bird reservation in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, California, and Klamath County, Oregon, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 209 · 41 Stat. 627 · May 27, 1920 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Muskogee County, Oklahoma, to construct a bridge across the Arkansas River, between sections sixteen and twenty-one, township fifteen north, range nineteen east, in the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 210 · 41 Stat. 629 · May 27, 1920 · Original text

32. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Muskogee County, Oklahoma, to construct a bridge across the Arkansas River, in section eighteen, township twelve north, range twenty-one east, in the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 211 · 41 Stat. 629 · May 27, 1920 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for the punishment of officers of United States courts wrongfully converting moneys coming into their possession, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 212 · 41 Stat. 630 · May 29, 1920 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of certain persons to whom, or their predecessors, patents were issued to public lands along the Snake River in the State of Idaho under an erroneous survey made in 1883.

    Ch. 213 · 41 Stat. 630 · May 29, 1920 · Original text

35. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 214 · 41 Stat. 631 · May 29, 1920 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 16 of the Act of Congress approved July 17, 1916, known as the Federal Farm Loan Act.

    Ch. 215 · 41 Stat. 691 · May 29, 1920 · Original text

37. An Act To incorporate the Roosevelt Memorial Association.

    Ch. 216 · 41 Stat. 691 · May 31, 1920 · Original text

38. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921.

    Ch. 217 · 41 Stat. 694 · May 31, 1920 · Original text

39. An Act To accept the cession by the State of California of exclusive jurisdiction of the lands embraced within the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and General Grant National Park, respectively, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 218 · 41 Stat. 731 · June 2, 1920 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment.

    Ch. 219 · 41 Stat. 735 · June 2, 1920 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921,” approved May 31, 1920.

    Ch. 220 · 41 Stat. 738 · June 2, 1920 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution Authorizing use of Army transports by teams, individuals, and their equipment representing the United States in Olympic games and international competitions.

    Ch. 221 · 41 Stat. 738 · June 2, 1920 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing the Sioux Tribe of Indians to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 222 · 41 Stat. 738 · June 3, 1920 · Original text

44. An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921.

    Ch. 223 · 41 Stat. 739 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the allotment of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 224 · 41 Stat. 751 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

46. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to John Zimmerman for certain lands in the Colorado National Forest upon the surrender of other lands of an equal acreage also located in the Colorado National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 225 · 41 Stat. 757 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

47. An Act Regulating the disposition of lands formerly embraced in the grants to the Oregon and California Railroad Company and Coos Bay Wagon Road Company.

    Ch. 226 · 41 Stat. 758 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

48. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1916, and to establish military justice.

    Ch. 227 · 41 Stat. 759 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

49. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 41 Stat. 812 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

50. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 229 · 41 Stat. 837 · June 4, 1920 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of John A. Gauley.

    Ch. 230 · 41 Stat. 1470 · June 4, 1920 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of legal representative of George E. Payne, deceased.

    Ch. 231 · 41 Stat. 1470 · June 4, 1920 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Edward A. Purdy, postmaster of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for postage stamps, postal-savings stamps, war-savings stamps, war-tax revenue stamps, and cash from money orders stolen from the branch post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, commonly known and described as the traffic station and located at numbers six hundred and twenty-one and six hundred and twenty-three First Avenue north, in said city.

    Ch. 232 · 41 Stat. 1470 · June 4, 1920 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Harvey R. Butcher.

    Ch. 233 · 41 Stat. 1471 · June 4, 1920 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 41 Stat. 837 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

56. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 41 Stat. 874 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the State of New Mexico to apply the proceeds of the grant to said State of one million acres of land made by section 7 of the Enabling Act, June 20, 1910, for the reimbursement of Grant County, Luna County, Hidalgo County, Santa Fe County, and the town of Silver City, New Mexico.

    Ch. 236 · 41 Stat. 947 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

58. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Pembina, North Dakota, and Kittson, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North at or near the city of Pembina, North Dakota.

    Ch. 237 · 41 Stat. 947 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Rock River, in Lee County, State of Illinois, at or near the city of Dixon, in said county.

    Ch. 238 · 41 Stat. 948 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

60. An Act To remove a certain tract or lots of land in Cristobal, Canal Zone, from the operation and effect of the Executive order of the President of December 5, 1912, pursuant to the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes, chapter 390, page 565).

    Ch. 239 · 41 Stat. 948 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

61. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 240 · 41 Stat. 948 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 9 of an Act entitled “An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes,” approved October 6, 1917, as amended.

    Ch. 241 · 41 Stat. 977 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

63. An Act For the consolidation of forest lands in the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 242 · 41 Stat. 980 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States,” approved February 5, 1917.

    Ch. 243 · 41 Stat. 981 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

65. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the incorporated town of Petersburg, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $75,000 for the purpose of constructing and installing a municipal electric light and power plant and for the construction of a public-school building,” approved September 29, 1919.

    Ch. 244 · 41 Stat. 981 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

66. An Act To pension soldiers and sailors of the War with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, and the China relief expedition.

    Ch. 245 · 41 Stat. 982 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

67. An Act Amending an Act entitled “An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Los Angeles, California, certain public lands in California; and granting rights in, over, and through the Sierra Forest Reserve, the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve, and the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve, California, to the city of Los Angeles, California,” approved June 30, 1906.

    Ch. 246 · 41 Stat. 983 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

68. An Act For the creation of the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 247 · 41 Stat. 986 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

69. An Act To establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women’s Bureau.

    Ch. 248 · 41 Stat. 987 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

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

    Ch. 249 · 41 Stat. 987 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulation, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 41 Stat. 988 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to exclude and expel from the United States aliens who are members of the anarchistic and similar classes, approved October 16, 1918.

    Ch. 251 · 41 Stat. 1008 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

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

    Ch. 252 · 41 Stat. 1009 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

74. Third Deficiency 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. 253 · 41 Stat. 1015 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

75. An Act To reclassify postmasters and employees of the Postal Service and readjust their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis.

    Ch. 254 · 41 Stat. 1045 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to R. L. Credille, mayor of the village of Bonita, Louisiana, in trust, for certain purposes.

    Ch. 255 · 41 Stat. 1053 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine claims for damages occasioned by acts for which said survey is responsible in certain cases.

    Ch. 256 · 41 Stat. 1054 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Garden City (Kansas) Water Users’ Association, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 257 · 41 Stat. 1054 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey to construct a bridge across the waters of the Delaware River, between the city of Easton, in the State of Pennsylvania, and the city of Phillipsburg, in the State of New Jersey.

    Ch. 258 · 41 Stat. 1055 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing Troup County, Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Chattahoochee River near West Point, Georgia.

    Ch. 259 · 41 Stat. 1055 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Columbus, in the State of Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Chattahoochee River.

    Ch. 260 · 41 Stat. 1055 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize officers of the naval service to accept offices with compensation and emoluments from Governments of the Republics of South America.

    Ch. 261 · 41 Stat. 1056 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Caribou National Forest.

    Ch. 262 · 41 Stat. 1056 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing and directing the Director of the Census to collect and publish monthly statistics concerning hides, skins, and leather.

    Ch. 263 · 41 Stat. 1057 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 264 · 41 Stat. 1057 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

86. An Act To provide for the abolition of the eighty-rod reserved shore spaces between claims on shore waters in Alaska.

    Ch. 265 · 41 Stat. 1059 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the construction of flood control and improvement works in Boise de Sioux River, the Red River of the North, and Lake Traverse, between the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

    Ch. 266 · 41 Stat. 1059 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

88. An Act To amend paragraph (e) of section 7 of the Act approved March 3, 1919, entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines.”

    Ch. 267 · 41 Stat. 1060 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

89. An Act To amend the penal laws of the United States.

    Ch. 268 · 41 Stat. 1060 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To authorize the operation of Government owned radio stations for the use of the general public, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 41 Stat. 1061 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Numbered Eighteen hundred and twenty, Fort Worth, Texas, one hundred tents and cots for the use of Confederate Veterans at the reunion of said Camp June 24 to 27, inclusive, 1920.

    Ch. 270 · 41 Stat. 1061 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the American Legion Post Numbered Seventy-three, Vincennes, Indiana, necessary cots for use at the State encampment of the American Legion to be held at Vincennes, Indiana, on June 28 and 29, 1920.

    Ch. 271 · 41 Stat. 1062 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a monument marking the starting point of the motor convoy from Washington to San Francisco.

    Ch. 272 · 41 Stat. 1062 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of the compensation of session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives for the month of June, 1920, on the 5th day of said month.

    Ch. 273 · 41 Stat. 1063 · June 5, 1920 · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Perry L. Haynes.

    Ch. 274 · 41 Stat. 1471 · June 5, 1920 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Carolyn Wheeler Kobbe.

    Ch. 275 · 41 Stat. 1471 · June 5, 1920 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing payment of compensation for Swanhild Sims for personal injuries.

    Ch. 276 · 41 Stat. 1471 · June 5, 1920 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Catherina Rea, administratrix of the estate of John Rea.

    Ch. 277 · 41 Stat. 1472 · June 5, 1920 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of the Woodford Bank and Trust Company, of Versailles, Kentucky.

    Ch. 278 · 41 Stat. 1472 · June 5, 1920 · 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 of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

     Ch. 279 · 41 Stat. 1472 · June 5, 1920 · Private law · Original text