Laws of the 60th Congress

Public Law 60-201 · February 2, 1909 · H.R. 12899 An Act To provide for a disbursing officer for the Government Hospital for the Insane. Public Law 60-202 · February 3, 1909 · H.R. 26709 An Act To amend an Act to provide for the reorganization of the consular service of the United States. Public Law 60-203 · February 3, 1909 · H.R. 26920 An Act To repeal section twelve of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for a union railroad station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and three, and t… Public Law 60-204 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 6145 An Act To refund to the Territory of Hawaii the amount expended in maintaining light-house service on its coasts from the time of the organization of the Territory until said light-house service was taken over by the Fe… Public Law 60-205 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 22884 An Act To impose a tax upon alcoholic compounds coming from Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-206 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 24151 An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate two condemned brass or bronze cannon or field pieces and cannon balls to the county court of Marshall County, West Virginia. Public Law 60-207 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 24492 An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate one condemned bronze field piece and cannon balls to the county of Orange, State of New York. Public Law 60-208 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 26073 An Act To legalize a bridge across Indian River North, in the State of Florida. Public Law 60-209 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 26606 An Act To authorize the Lewis Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River. Public Law 60-210 · February 4, 1909 · H.R. 4836 An Act Granting to the Norfolk County Water Company the right to lay and maintain a water main through the military reservation on Willoughby Spit, Norfolk County, Virginia. Public Law 60-211 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 17297 An Act Authorizing the extension of New York avenue from its present terminus near Fourth street northeast to the Bladensburg road. Public Law 60-212 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 19095 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell isolated tracts of land within the Nez Perces Indian Reservation. Public Law 60-213 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 26062 An Act Authorizing the creation of a land district in the State of South Dakota, to be known as the Bellefourche land district. Public Law 60-214 · February 6, 1909 · S. 6418 An Act Authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-215 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 7807 An Act To place John Crowley on the retired list of the United States Navy. Public Law 60-216 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 21957 An Act Relating to affairs in the Territories. Public Law 60-217 · February 6, 1909 · S. 8333 An Act To authorize the Edgewater Connecting Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kansas River at or near Kansas City, Kansas, in the county of Wyandotte, State of Kansas. Public Law 60-218 · February 6, 1909 · S. 8460 An Act To provide for the deduction of hatchways and water-ballast space from the gross tonnage of vessels. Public Law 60-219 · February 6, 1909 · S. 8695 An Act Extending the time for the construction by James A. Moore, or his assigns, of a canal along the government right of way connecting the waters of Puget Sound with Lake Washington. Public Law 60-220 · February 6, 1909 · H.R. 23711 An Act To build a bridge across the Santee River, South Carolina. Public Law 60-221 · February 9, 1909 · H.R. 27427 An Act To prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes. Public Law 60-222 · February 9, 1909 · H.R. 26399 An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine. Public Law 60-223 · February 9, 1909 · H.R. 15448 An Act To amend section twelve of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and… Public Law 60-224 · February 11, 1909 · H.R. 27051 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish one condemned brass or bronze "Napoleon" gun, carriage, and cannon balls to the State of Iowa. Public Law 60-225 · February 13, 1909 · H.R. 24635 An Act To create a new division in the middle judicial district of the State of Tennessee. Public Law 60-226 · February 15, 1909 · S. 5330 An Act For the relief of the Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-227 · February 15, 1909 · S. 4535 An Act To amend section seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the resignation of judges of the courts of the United States. Public Law 60-228 · February 16, 1909 · S. 6580 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes," approved January ninth, nineteen hundred and seven. Public Law 60-229 · February 16, 1909 · S. 8540 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee," approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and two, as amended by an Act approved … Public Law 60-230 · February 16, 1909 · H.R. 6252 An Act To promote the administration of justice in the Navy. Public Law 60-231 · February 16, 1909 · H.R. 27970 An Act To amend section eight of the Act approved May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation, and for other purposes." Public Law 60-232 · February 17, 1909 · S. 6359 An Act To change the name and jurisdiction of the inferior court of justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. Public Law 60-233 · February 17, 1909 · S. 8154 An Act To amend section nineteen of the Act granting the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Company rights to construct, equip, maintain, and operate a canal or canals and appurtenant works between the Ohio River in th… Public Law 60-234 · February 17, 1909 · H.R. 27069 An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate two condemned brass or bronze cannon or field pieces and cannon balls to the city of Henderson, Kentucky. Public Law 60-235 · February 17, 1909 · S. 9295 An Act In relation to the salary of the Secretary of State. Public Law 60-236 · February 17, 1909 · H.R. 21458 An Act Authorizing sales of land within the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation to the Northern Idaho Insane Asylum and to the University of Idaho. Public Law 60-237 · February 18, 1909 · S. 1574 An Act To create the Calaveras Bigtree National Forest, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-238 · February 18, 1909 · S. 3969 An Act To amend the laws of the United States relating to the registration of trade-marks. Public Law 60-239 · February 18, 1909 · H.R. 20385 An Act To enable the Omaha and Winnebago Indians to protect from overflow their tribal and allotted lands located within the boundaries of any drainage district in Nebraska. Public Law 60-240 · February 18, 1909 · H.R. 21926 An Act For the organization of the militia in the District of Columbia. Public Law 60-241 · February 18, 1909 · S. 8510 An Act To extend the time of payments on certain homestead entries in Oklahoma. Public Law 60-242 · February 18, 1909 · H.R. 19662 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace." Public Law 60-243 · February 18, 1909 · H.R. 25552 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Liberty Bridge Company," approved March second, nineteen hundred and s… Public Law 60-244 · February 18, 1909 · H.R. 26216 An Act To extend the provisions of section four of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, a… Public Law 60-245 · February 19, 1909 · S. 6155 An Act To provide for an enlarged homestead. Public Law 60-246 · February 19, 1909 · H.R. 16274 An Act To amend section ten of chapter two hundred and fifty-two, volume twenty-nine, of Public Statutes at Large. Public Law 60-247 · February 19, 1909 · H.R. 21560 An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Gadsden, Alabama. Public Law 60-248 · February 20, 1909 · S. 8048 An Act To withdraw from settlement and entry certain lands in the State of California. Public Law 60-249 · February 20, 1909 · H.R. 20247 An Act To amend section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the keeping of employment agencies in the District of Columbia where fees are charged for procuring employment or situations," approved June nineteent… Public Law 60-250 · February 20, 1909 · H.R. 28164 An Act For the investigation, treatment, and prevention of trachoma among the Indians. Public Law 60-251 · February 23, 1909 · S. 8708 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate two condemned cannon to Moores Creek Battle Ground Association. Public Law 60-252 · February 23, 1909 · H.R. 13851 An Act Providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a new immigration station thereon at the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Public Law 60-253 · February 23, 1909 · H.R. 24140 An Act Extending the provisions of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, concerning transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement. Public Law 60-254 · February 23, 1909 · H.R. 25805 An Act To reenact and to amend sections thirty-six hundred and forty-six and thirty-six hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes. Public Law 60-255 · February 24, 1909 · H.R. 19606 An Act To provide for the granting and patenting to the State of Colorado desert lands within the former Ute Indian Reservation in said State. Public Law 60-256 · February 24, 1909 · H.R. 22340 An Act Relating to injured employees on the Isthmian Canal. Public Law 60-257 · February 24, 1909 · H.R. 25396 An Act For relief of applicants for mineral surveys. Public Law 60-258 · February 24, 1909 · H.R. 26734 An Act To permit change of entry in case of mistake of the description of tracts intended to be entered. Public Law 60-259 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 23707 An Act To incorporate the Imperial Palace, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. Public Law 60-260 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 24833 An Act To declare and enforce the forfeiture provided by section four of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the p… Public Law 60-261 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 27311 An Act Amending chapter five hundred and ninety-one of the United States Statutes at Large, Fifty-sixth Congress, approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to provide for the holding of a term of the… Public Law 60-262 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 27894 An Act Amending an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Co… Public Law 60-263 · February 25, 1909 · S. 7829 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg, in the State of Illinois, and to establish it as a post-road," approved April twenty-… Public Law 60-264 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 12678 An Act For the widening of Twentieth street northwest, District of Columbia. Public Law 60-265 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 16747 An Act To amend an Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An Act for the opening of Mills avenue northeast from Rhode Island avenue to Twenty-fourth street." Public Law 60-266 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 23473 An Act Extending the time for final entry of mineral claims within the Shoshone or Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Public Law 60-267 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 23864 An Act Authorizing the widening and extension of Minnesota avenue southeast from its present terminus near Pennsylvania avenue southeast to the Sheriff road. Public Law 60-268 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 24152 An Act For the widening and extension of Massachusetts avenue southeast, from its present terminus near Fortieth street southeast, to Bowen road. Public Law 60-269 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 25139 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, to authorize and provide for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a t… Public Law 60-270 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 25149 An Act To authorize certain changes in the permanent system of highways, District of Columbia. Public Law 60-271 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 26466 An Act To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa. Public Law 60-272 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 26472 An Act To provide for the extension of Rittenhouse street, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-273 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 26482 An Act To authorize the construction of two bridges across Rock River, State of Illinois. Public Law 60-274 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 26829 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Fayette Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, from a point in the borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, to a point in t… Public Law 60-275 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 26838 An Act To authorize Behn Brothers, of San Juan, Porto Rico, to construct a bridge across a portion of the Condado Bay, at the eastern extremity of San Juan Island, Porto Rico. Public Law 60-276 · February 25, 1909 · H.R. 27864 An Act Granting a right of way over a strip of land along the eastern boundary of the Fort McPherson Military Reservation to the commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia, for road purposes. Public Law 60-277 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 15442 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a court of private land claims and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories," approved March third, eighteen hundred and… Public Law 60-278 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 16269 An Act Authorizing the extension of Ninth street northwest. Public Law 60-279 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 17303 An Act Authorizing the extension of Girard street northwest from its western terminus to Fifteenth street northwest. Public Law 60-280 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 26068 An Act Providing for an additional judge for the western district of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-281 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 27139 An Act To provide for the sittings of the United States circuit and district courts of the northern district of Ohio at the city of Youngstown, in said district. Public Law 60-282 · February 26, 1909 · H.R. 27425 An Act To provide for the parole of juvenile offenders committed to the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-283 · February 27, 1909 · H.R. 15230 An Act To amend an Act approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled "An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia." Public Law 60-284 · February 27, 1909 · H.R. 18694 An Act Relating to the use, control, and ownership of lands in the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama. Public Law 60-285 · February 27, 1909 · S. 7378 An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Yankton, South Dakota, by the Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company. Public Law 60-286 · February 27, 1909 · S. 9017 An Act For the establishment of a subport of entry at Ranier, Minnesota. Public Law 60-287 · February 27, 1909 · H.R. 25155 An Act To amend an Act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes." Public Law 60-288 · February 27, 1909 · H.R. 27363 An Act To provide for improving the navigable capacity of the Sabine and Neches rivers, and the canal connecting the Sabine and Neches rivers with the mouth of Taylors Bayou. Public Law 60-289 · February 27, 1909 · H.R. 28104 An Act To amend an Act to authorize a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Council Bluffs, Iowa, approved February first, nineteen hundred and eight. Public Law 60-290 · March 1, 1909 · H.R. 26305 An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-291 · March 1, 1909 · H.R. 20111 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia," relative to gambling, bucket shops, and bucketing. Public Law 60-292 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 27523 An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten. Public Law 60-293 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 24149 An Act Granting to the Montana, Wyoming and Southern Railway Company a right of way across the Fort Keogh Military Reservation, Montana. Public Law 60-294 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 27068 An Act To extend the time for the completion of the Alaska Central Railway, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-295 · March 2, 1909 · S. 8654 An Act For the relief of certain occupants of unsurveyed public lands in Craighead County, Arkansas. Public Law 60-296 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 25823 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for the completion of the Valdez, Marshall Pass and Northern Railroad, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and seven. Public Law 60-297 · March 2, 1909 · S. 6074 An Act To provide for holding sessions of the United States circuit and district courts at Springfield, Massachusetts. Public Law 60-298 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 15939 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to exchange property. Public Law 60-299 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 19655 An Act Providing for an additional judge for the southern district of New York, and for other purposes. Public Law 60-300 · March 2, 1909 · H.R. 27061 An Act To provide for the appointment of one additional district judge in and for the western district of Washington, and one additional district judge in and for the district of Oregon.