Every law Congress has passed

996 laws of the 68th Congress, 1923–1925

1. Joint Resolution Authorizing payment of the salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for December, 1923, on the 20th day of that month.

   Ch. 1 · 43 Stat. 1 · December 18, 1923 · Original text

2. An Act Providing for a per capita payment of $100 to each enrolled member of the Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

   Ch. 2 · 43 Stat. 1 · January 25, 1924 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Extending the time during which certain domestic animals which have crossed the boundary line into foreign countries may be returned duty free.

   Ch. 3 · 43 Stat. 2 · January 25, 1924 · Original text

4. An Act Granting a franking privilege to Florence Kling Harding.

   Ch. 4 · 43 Stat. 1359 · January 25, 1924 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To extend the time for the completion of the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River between the States of Oregon and Washington at or within two miles westerly from Cascade Locks in the State of Oregon.

   Ch. 5 · 43 Stat. 2 · January 30, 1924 · Original text

6. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction, maintenance, and operation by the Valley Transfer Railway Company, its successors and assigns, of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, Minnesota.

   Ch. 6 · 43 Stat. 2 · January 30, 1924 · Original text

7. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Brule County and Lyman County, South Dakota.

   Ch. 7 · 43 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1924 · Original text

8. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Walworth County and Corson County, South Dakota.

   Ch. 8 · 43 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1924 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 to place a bronze tablet on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

   Ch. 9 · 43 Stat. 3 · January 30, 1924 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Extending the time for the final report of the joint congressional committee created by the Agricultural Credits Act of 1923.

    Ch. 10 · 43 Stat. 4 · January 31, 1924 · Original text

11. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande.

    Ch. 11 · 43 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1924 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the State of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Chattahoochee River, between the States of Georgia and Alabama, at or near Fort Gaines, Georgia.

    Ch. 12 · 43 Stat. 4 · February 1, 1924 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Pee Dee River in South Carolina.

    Ch. 13 · 43 Stat. 4 · February 2, 1924 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the building of a bridge across Kingston Lake at Conway, South Carolina.

    Ch. 14 · 43 Stat. 5 · February 2, 1924 · Original text

15. An Act For the examination and survey of Dog River, Alabama, from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bridge to the mouth of said river including a connection with the Mobile Bay Ship Channel.

    Ch. 15 · 43 Stat. 5 · February 2, 1924 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Directing the President to institute and prosecute suits to cancel certain leases of oil lands and incidental contracts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 16 · 43 Stat. 5 · February 8, 1924 · Original text

17. An Act To equip the United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, for the manufacture of supplies for the use of the Government, for the compensation of prisoners for their labor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 17 · 43 Stat. 6 · February 11, 1924 · Original text

18. An Act To extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of Saint Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri.

    Ch. 18 · 43 Stat. 7 · February 13, 1924 · Original text

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

    Ch. 19 · 43 Stat. 8 · February 13, 1924 · Original text

20. An Act To extend the time of the Hudson River Connecting Railroad Corporation for the completion of its bridge across the Hudson River, the State of New York.

    Ch. 20 · 43 Stat. 8 · February 14, 1924 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the county of Multnomah, Oregon, to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River in the city of Portland, Oregon, to replace the present Burnside Street Bridge in said city of Portland; and also to authorize said county of Multnomah to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River in said city of Portland in the vicinity of Ross Island.

    Ch. 21 · 43 Stat. 9 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across Waccamaw River in South Carolina near the North Carolina State line.

    Ch. 22 · 43 Stat. 9 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

23. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River between the cities of Little Rock and Argenta, Arkansas.

    Ch. 23 · 43 Stat. 9 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

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

    Ch. 24 · 43 Stat. 10 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

25. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Pamunkey River, in Virginia.

    Ch. 25 · 43 Stat. 10 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

26. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York.

    Ch. 26 · 43 Stat. 10 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Highway Commission of the State of Montana to construct and maintain a bridge across the Yellowstone River at or near the city of Glendive, Montana.

    Ch. 27 · 43 Stat. 11 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Norfolk and Western Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near a point about a mile and a half west of Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia, and near the mouth of Turkey Creek, Pike County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 28 · 43 Stat. 11 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

29. An Act Extending the time for the construction of a bridge across Fox River by the city of Aurora, Illinois, and granting the consent of Congress to the removal of an existing dam and to its replacement with a new structure.

    Ch. 29 · 43 Stat. 11 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, a municipal corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate certain bridges across Fox River.

    Ch. 30 · 43 Stat. 12 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Lumber River in South Carolina, between Marion and Horry Counties.

    Ch. 31 · 43 Stat. 12 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

32. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation, to maintain and operate or reconstruct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 32 · 43 Stat. 13 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Fox River in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois.

    Ch. 33 · 43 Stat. 13 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

34. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rock River, in the county of Winnebago, State of Illinois, in section 24, township 46 north, range 1 east, of the third principal meridian.

    Ch. 34 · 43 Stat. 13 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

35. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 35 · 43 Stat. 14 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to the Navy and marine services, to be known as Navy and Marine Memorial Dedicated to Americans Lost at Sea.

    Ch. 36 · 43 Stat. 14 · February 16, 1924 · Original text

37. An Act To extend for nine months the power of the War Finance Corporation to make advances under the provisions of the War Finance Corporation Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 37 · 43 Stat. 14 · February 20, 1924 · Original text

38. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois and the State of Iowa, or either of them, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River connecting the county of Whiteside, Illinois, and the county of Clinton, Iowa.

    Ch. 38 · 43 Stat. 15 · February 20, 1924 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute proceedings touching sections 16 and 36, township 30 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian.

    Ch. 39 · 43 Stat. 15 · February 21, 1924 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the States of Alabama and Georgia, through their respective highway departments, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near Eufaula, Alabama, connecting Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, Georgia.

    Ch. 40 · 43 Stat. 16 · February 27, 1924 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Making appropriation for contingent expenses of the United States Senate, fiscal year 1924.

    Ch. 41 · 43 Stat. 16 · February 27, 1924 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To provide an appropriation for the prosecution of suits to cancel certain leases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 42 · 43 Stat. 16 · February 27, 1924 · Original text

43. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of North Carolina to construct a bridge across the Pedee River in North Carolina between Anson and Richmond Counties.

    Ch. 43 · 43 Stat. 17 · February 29, 1924 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution For the appointment of one member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Ch. 44 · 43 Stat. 17 · February 29, 1924 · Original text

45. An Act Granting a franking privilege to Edith Bolling Wilson.

    Ch. 45 · 43 Stat. 1359 · March 4, 1924 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 46 · 43 Stat. 17 · March 10, 1924 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the county of Multnomah, Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River, in the city of Portland, Oregon, in the vicinity of present site of Sellwood Ferry.

    Ch. 47 · 43 Stat. 18 · March 11, 1924 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge between the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in the city and State of New York.

    Ch. 48 · 43 Stat. 18 · March 11, 1924 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Waccamaw River in South Carolina.

    Ch. 49 · 43 Stat. 19 · March 11, 1924 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across West Pearl River in the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. 50 · 43 Stat. 19 · March 11, 1924 · Original text

51. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Pearl River between Saint Tammany Parish in Louisiana and Hancock County in Mississippi.

    Ch. 51 · 43 Stat. 19 · March 11, 1924 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Finland to the United States of America.

    Ch. 52 · 43 Stat. 20 · March 12, 1924 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the District of Columbia of a statue by Jose Clara personifying “Serenity.”

    Ch. 53 · 43 Stat. 21 · March 12, 1924 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of certain nations or tribes of Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington.

    Ch. 54 · 43 Stat. 21 · March 13, 1924 · Original text

55. An Act To amend section 252 of the Revenue Act of 1921 in respect of credits and refunds.

    Ch. 55 · 43 Stat. 22 · March 13, 1924 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the Park-Wood Lumber Company to construct two bridges across the United States Canal which connects Apalachicola River and Saint Andrews Bay, Florida.

    Ch. 56 · 43 Stat. 22 · March 14, 1924 · Original text

57. An Act Providing for the examination and survey of Mill Cut and Clubfoot Creek, North Carolina.

    Ch. 57 · 43 Stat. 23 · March 14, 1924 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the commencement on June 18, 1923, of the work of carving on Stone Mountain, in the State of Georgia, a monument to the valor of the soldiers of the South, which was the inspiration of their sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters in the Spanish-American and World Wars, and in memory of Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, in whose administration the work was begun.

    Ch. 58 · 43 Stat. 23 · March 17, 1924 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution To authorize the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 to place a marble tablet on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

    Ch. 59 · 43 Stat. 24 · March 17, 1924 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 72 of chapter 23, Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, relative to the allotment of public documents.

    Ch. 60 · 43 Stat. 24 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

61. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate a dam and spillway across the Waccamaw River, in North Carolina.

    Ch. 61 · 43 Stat. 24 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little Calumet River at Riverdale, Illinois.

    Ch. 62 · 43 Stat. 25 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

63. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Greater Wenatchee Irrigation District to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River.

    Ch. 63 · 43 Stat. 25 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

64. An Act Authorizing the city of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan, to construct a bridge across an arm of Pere Marquette Lake.

    Ch. 64 · 43 Stat. 25 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

65. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Louis River in Carlton County, State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 65 · 43 Stat. 26 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize the Clay County bridge district, in the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge over Current River.

    Ch. 66 · 43 Stat. 26 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to construct a bridge over the Saint Croix River between Vanceboro, Maine, and Saint Croix, New Brunswick.

    Ch. 67 · 43 Stat. 26 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

68. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Saint John River between Fort Kent, Maine, and Clairs, Province of New Brunswick, Canada.

    Ch. 68 · 43 Stat. 27 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River to connect the city of Benwood, West Virginia, and the city of Bellaire, Ohio.

    Ch. 69 · 43 Stat. 27 · March 18, 1924 · Original text

70. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Cherokee Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 43 Stat. 27 · March 19, 1924 · Original text

71. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the board of supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, to construct a bridge across the Pearl River in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 71 · 43 Stat. 28 · March 21, 1924 · Original text

72. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Kankakee, State of Illinois, and the counties of Lake and Newton, State of Indiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Kankakee River at or near the State line between section 19, township 31 north, range 15 east of the third principal meridian, in the county of Kankakee, State of Illinois, and section 1, township 31 north, range 10 west of the second principal meridian, in the counties of Lake and Newton, State of Indiana.

    Ch. 72 · 43 Stat. 29 · March 21, 1924 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River in section 17, township 28 north, range 23 west of the fourth principal meridian in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 73 · 43 Stat. 29 · March 21, 1924 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chicago to construct a bridge across the Calumet River at or near One hundred and thirtieth Street in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 74 · 43 Stat. 29 · March 21, 1924 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Potter County and Dewey County, South Dakota.

    Ch. 75 · 43 Stat. 30 · March 27, 1924 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Clarks Ferry Bridge Company, and its successors, to construct a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near the railroad station of Clarks Ferry, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 76 · 43 Stat. 30 · March 27, 1924 · Original text

77. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction, maintenance, and operation by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, its successors and assigns, of a line of railroad across the northeasterly portion of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 77 · 43 Stat. 30 · March 28, 1924 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Cleveland State Bank, of Cleveland, Mississippi.

    Ch. 78 · 43 Stat. 1359 · March 31, 1924 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of The Old National Bank of Martinsburg, Martinsburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 79 · 43 Stat. 1360 · April 1, 1924 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of cotton.

    Ch. 80 · 43 Stat. 31 · April 2, 1924 · Original text

81. First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 81 · 43 Stat. 33 · April 2, 1924 · Original text

82. An Act To detach Jim Hogg County from the Corpus Christi division of the southern judicial district of the State of Texas, and attach the same to the Laredo division of the southern judicial district of said State.

    Ch. 82 · 43 Stat. 64 · April 3, 1924 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of William R. Bradley, former acting collector of internal revenue for South Carolina.

    Ch. 83 · 43 Stat. 1360 · April 3, 1924 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 84 · 43 Stat. 64 · April 4, 1924 · Original text

85. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to The Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Mahoning River in the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 85 · 43 Stat. 90 · April 7, 1924 · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the national parks and monuments under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 86 · 43 Stat. 90 · April 9, 1924 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 71 of the Judicial Code as amended.

    Ch. 87 · 43 Stat. 90 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the deposit of certain funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of Navajo Tribe of Indians and to make same available for appropriation for the benefit of said Indians.

    Ch. 88 · 43 Stat. 91 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands not longer needed for the Rapid City Indian School.

    Ch. 89 · 43 Stat. 92 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

90. An Act Providing for the reservation of certain lands in New Mexico for the Indians of the Zia Pueblo.

    Ch. 90 · 43 Stat. 92 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

91. An Act To validate certain allotments of land made to Indians on the Lac Courte Oreille Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.

    Ch. 91 · 43 Stat. 92 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the construction of a road within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 92 · 43 Stat. 93 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the sale of lands and plants not longer needed for Indian administrative or allotment purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 43 Stat. 93 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the allotment of certain lands within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 43 Stat. 94 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

95. An Act Amending an Act entitled “An Act for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma, and for other purposes,” approved June 28, 1906, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

    Ch. 95 · 43 Stat. 94 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

96. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Sibley and Scott, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Minnesota River.

    Ch. 96 · 43 Stat. 94 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the village of Port Chester, New York, and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, or either of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Byram River.

    Ch. 97 · 43 Stat. 95 · April 12, 1924 · Original text

98. An Act To permit the correction of the general account of Charles B. Strecker, former Assistant Treasurer United States.

    Ch. 98 · 43 Stat. 1361 · April 12, 1924 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of William H. Lee.

    Ch. 99 · 43 Stat. 1361 · April 12, 1924 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of the Alaska Commercial Company.

     Ch. 100 · 43 Stat. 1361 · April 12, 1924 · Private law · Original text