Every law Congress has passed

996 laws of the 68th Congress, 1923–1925

1. An Act To change the name of Jewett Street west of Wisconsin Avenue to Cathedral Avenue.

   Ch. 201 · 43 Stat. 177 · May 27, 1924 · Original text

2. An Act To regulate the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 202 · 43 Stat. 177 · May 28, 1924 · Original text

3. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 203 · 43 Stat. 182 · May 28, 1924 · Original text

4. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes

   Ch. 204 · 43 Stat. 205 · May 28, 1924 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of James Moran.

   Ch. 205 · 43 Stat. 1368 · May 28, 1924 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Providing for a recreational area within the Crook National Forest, Arizona.

   Ch. 206 · 43 Stat. 242 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant permission to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to widen Haines Street in front of the national cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

   Ch. 207 · 43 Stat. 242 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

8. An Act To establish a Dairy Bureau in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 208 · 43 Stat. 243 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

9. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section 73 of an Act entitled ‘ An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,’ approved June 12, 1916,” and for other purposes.

   Ch. 209 · 43 Stat. 243 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the leasing for oil and gas mining purposes of unallotted lands on Indian reservations affected by the proviso to section 3 of the Act of February 28, 1891.

    Ch. 210 · 43 Stat. 244 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

11. An Act To detach Reagan County, in the State of Texas, from the El Paso division of the western judicial district of Texas and attach said county to the San Angelo division of the northern judicial district of said State.

    Ch. 211 · 43 Stat. 244 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Authorizing and permitting the State of Arkansas to construct, maintain, and use permanent buildings, rifle ranges, and utilities at Camp Pike, Arkansas, as are necessary for the use and benefit of the National Guard of the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 212 · 43 Stat. 244 · May 29, 1924 · Original text

13. An Act Conveying to the State of Delaware certain land in the county of Sussex, in that State.

    Ch. 213 · 43 Stat. 245 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

14. An Act To amend section 2 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved July 31, 1894.

    Ch. 214 · 43 Stat. 245 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the addition of the names of certain persons to the final roll of the Indians of the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 215 · 43 Stat. 246 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the reservation of certain land in Utah as a school site for Ute Indians.

    Ch. 216 · 43 Stat. 246 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

17. An Act Providing for the reservation of certain lands in Utah for certain bands of Paiute Indians.

    Ch. 217 · 43 Stat. 246 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

18. An Act To quiet titles to land in the municipality of Flomaton, State of Alabama.

    Ch. 218 · 43 Stat. 246 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

19. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh Coal, Land and Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork of Big Sandy River at or near Nolan, in Mingo County, West Virginia, to the Kentucky side, in Pike County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 219 · 43 Stat. 247 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the setting aside of certain tribal lands within the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in Washington, for lighthouse purposes.

    Ch. 220 · 43 Stat. 247 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

21. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice all that portion of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation which lies in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 221 · 43 Stat. 248 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Adger, Ada County, Idaho, for railroad purposes.

    Ch. 222 · 43 Stat. 248 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing preliminary examinations and surveys of sundry streams with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 223 · 43 Stat. 249 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922.

    Ch. 224 · 43 Stat. 250 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to detail an officer of the Corps of Engineers as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 225 · 43 Stat. 252 · May 31, 1924 · Original text

26. An Act Authorizing issuance of patent to Charles Swanson.

    Ch. 226 · 43 Stat. 1368 · May 31, 1924 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant a patent to certain lands to Johann Jacob Lutsch.

    Ch. 227 · 43 Stat. 1369 · May 31, 1924 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Luke Ratigan.

    Ch. 228 · 43 Stat. 1369 · May 31, 1924 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Amy L. Fallon, mother of Lieutenant Henry N. Fallon, retired.

    Ch. 229 · 43 Stat. 1369 · May 31, 1924 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To transfer certain lands of the United States from the Rocky Mountain National Park to the Colorado National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 230 · 43 Stat. 252 · June 2, 1924 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the disposal of homestead allotments of deceased allottees within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 231 · 43 Stat. 252 · June 2, 1924 · Original text

32. An Act To provide for the addition of the names of Chester Calf and Crooked Nose Woman to the final roll of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, Seger jurisdiction, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 232 · 43 Stat. 253 · June 2, 1924 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians.

    Ch. 233 · 43 Stat. 253 · June 2, 1924 · Original text

34. Revenue Act of 1924

    An Act To reduce and equalize taxation, to provide revenue, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 43 Stat. 253 · June 2, 1924 · Original text

35. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River and Black Rock Canal.

    Ch. 235 · 43 Stat. 355 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Panola-Quitman Drainage District to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in Taliahatchie River.

    Ch. 236 · 43 Stat. 355 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to contract for mail messenger service.

    Ch. 237 · 43 Stat. 356 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

38. An Act To add certain lands to the Plumas and to the Lassen National Forests in California.

    Ch. 238 · 43 Stat. 356 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing payment to certain Red Lake Indians, out of the tribal trust funds, for garden plats surrendered for school-farm use.

    Ch. 239 · 43 Stat. 357 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize acquisition of unreserved public lands in the Columbia or Moses Reservation, State of Washington, under Acts of March 28, 1912, and March 3, 1877, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 240 · 43 Stat. 357 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to exchange land formerly used as a site for the Point of Woods Range Lights, Michigan, for other lands in the vicinity.

    Ch. 241 · 43 Stat. 357 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

42. An Act For the incorporation of the Grand Army of the Republic.

    Ch. 242 · 43 Stat. 358 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

43. An Act To create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 243 · 43 Stat. 360 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

44. An Act Providing for sundry matters affecting the Military Establishment.

    Ch. 244 · 43 Stat. 363 · June 3, 1924 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of the owners of the steamship Lexington.

    Ch. 245 · 43 Stat. 1369 · June 3, 1924 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of the United Dredging Company.

    Ch. 246 · 43 Stat. 1370 · June 3, 1924 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the Erie Railroad Company.

    Ch. 247 · 43 Stat. 1370 · June 3, 1924 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Eva B. Sharon.

    Ch. 248 · 43 Stat. 1371 · June 3, 1924 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in Oklahoma to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 249 · 43 Stat. 366 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia,” approved June 20, 1906, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 43 Stat. 367 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society of the city of Albany, New York, the silver service which was presented to the United States cruiser Albany by citizens of Albany, New York.

    Ch. 251 · 43 Stat. 375 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

52. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of Fayette and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, to construct a bridge across the Monongahela River near Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 252 · 43 Stat. 376 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

53. An Act Providing for the final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.

    Ch. 253 · 43 Stat. 376 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

54. An Act Granting certain public lands to the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, for reservoir purposes.

    Ch. 254 · 43 Stat. 461 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the sale of real property no longer required for military purposes.

    Ch. 255 · 43 Stat. 461 · June 4, 1924 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Frank Vumbaca.

    Ch. 256 · 43 Stat. 1371 · June 4, 1924 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Harold Kernan.

    Ch. 257 · 43 Stat. 1371 · June 4, 1924 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Ezra S. Pond.

    Ch. 258 · 43 Stat. 1371 · June 4, 1924 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916.

    Ch. 261 · 43 Stat. 389 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize an appropriation to enable the Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau to provide additional hospital facilities.

    Ch. 262 · 43 Stat. 389 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

61. An Act To repeal the first proviso of section 4 of an Act to establish a national park in the Territory of Hawaii, approved August 1, 1916.

    Ch. 263 · 43 Stat. 389 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

62. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 264 · 43 Stat. 390 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

63. An Act To amend sections 1, 3, and 6 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment.”

    Ch. 265 · 43 Stat. 430 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

64. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 266 · 43 Stat. 430 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

65. An Act To amend section 101 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 259 · 43 Stat. 461 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 115 of the Act of March 3, 1911, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary.”

    Ch. 260 · 43 Stat. 461 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 267 · 43 Stat. 461 · June 5, 1924 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Robert J. Kirk.

    Ch. 268 · 43 Stat. 1371 · June 5, 1924 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of F. A. Maron.

    Ch. 269 · 43 Stat. 1372 · June 5, 1924 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Providing for a comprehensive development of the park and playground system of the National Capital.

    Ch. 270 · 43 Stat. 463 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to accept certain land in the District of Columbia dedicated by Charles C. Glover for park purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 43 Stat. 464 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

72. An Act For the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 272 · 43 Stat. 464 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

73. An Act To amend sections 11 and 12 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920.

    Ch. 273 · 43 Stat. 467 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes,” approved December 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 862).

    Ch. 274 · 43 Stat. 469 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

75. An Act To amend in certain particulars the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 275 · 43 Stat. 470 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Georgia and Florida, through their respective highway departments, to construct a bridge across the Saint Marys River at or near Wilds Landing, Florida.

    Ch. 276 · 43 Stat. 472 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To print as a House document the proceedings of the national encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, and the American Legion, for the use of the House and Senate.

    Ch. 277 · 43 Stat. 473 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Providing for the United States Government to have representation at the celebration of the centennial of the first meeting of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida.

    Ch. 278 · 43 Stat. 473 · June 6, 1924 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Bernice Hutcheson.

    Ch. 279 · 43 Stat. 1372 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Gordon G. MacDonald.

    Ch. 280 · 43 Stat. 1372 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ely N. Sonnenstrahl, deceased.

    Ch. 281 · 43 Stat. 1372 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company.

    Ch. 282 · 43 Stat. 1373 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Gerard E. Bess.

    Ch. 283 · 43 Stat. 1373 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Jesse L. Meeks.

    Ch. 284 · 43 Stat. 1373 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of the Eagle Pass Lumber Company, of Eagle Pass, Texas.

    Ch. 285 · 43 Stat. 1374 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Frank Stinchcomb.

    Ch. 286 · 43 Stat. 1374 · June 6, 1924 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the establishment of a Federal Industrial Institution for Women, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 287 · 43 Stat. 473 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

88. An Act For the continuance of construction work on the San Carlos Federal irrigation project in Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 288 · 43 Stat. 475 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

89. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress the facts in regard to the claims of certain members of the Sioux Nation of Indians for damages occasioned by the destruction of their horses.

    Ch. 289 · 43 Stat. 477 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

90. An Act Granting one hundred and sixty acres of land to the Western State College of Colorado at Gunnison, Colorado, for the use of the Rocky Mountain biological station of said college.

    Ch. 290 · 43 Stat. 477 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

91. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 291 · 43 Stat. 477 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

92. An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 292 · 43 Stat. 521 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for a girls’ dormitory at the Fort Lapwai Sanatorium, Lapwai, Idaho.

    Ch. 293 · 43 Stat. 533 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to enter into an arrangement, on behalf of the United States, with the Alexandria Light and Power Company, whereby civilians may obtain electric current from a Government-owned transmission line extending from Alexandria to Fort Humphreys, Virginia.

    Ch. 294 · 43 Stat. 534 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the erection of a sanitary, fireproof hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Santa Monica, California.

    Ch. 295 · 43 Stat. 534 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

96. An Act To incorporate the United States Blind Veterans of the World War.

    Ch. 296 · 43 Stat. 535 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

97. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to permit the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to construct and maintain water mains on and under the National Cemetery Road at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Ch. 297 · 43 Stat. 536 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

98. An Act To pay tuition of Indian children in public schools.

    Ch. 298 · 43 Stat. 536 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands with the State of Washington.

    Ch. 299 · 43 Stat. 537 · June 7, 1924 · Original text

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

     Ch. 300 · 43 Stat. 537 · June 7, 1924 · Original text