Laws of the 64th Congress

Public Law 64-1 · December 17, 1915 · H.R. 663 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Citizens' Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Burlington, Iowa. Public Law 64-2 · December 17, 1915 · H.R. 3638 An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Saint Francis, Arkansas. Public Law 64-3 · December 18, 1915 · S. 696 An Act Authorizing the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River at Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Public Law 64-4 · January 12, 1916 · H.R. 3681 An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at or near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Public Law 64-5 · January 14, 1916 · H.R. 136 An Act Granting an extension of time to construct a bridge across Rock River at or near Colona Ferry, in the State of Illinois. Public Law 64-6 · January 14, 1916 · H.R. 4717 An Act To authorize Butler County, Missouri, to construct a bridge across Black River. Public Law 64-7 · January 17, 1916 · S. 2409 An Act To authorize the Ohio-West Virginia Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Ohio River at the city of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. Public Law 64-8 · January 18, 1916 · S. 1230 An Act To authorize the construction of bridges across the Fox River at Aurora, Illinois. Public Law 64-9 · January 24, 1916 · H.R. 320 An Act To authorize the county of Bonner, Idaho, to construct a bridge across Pend Oreille River. Public Law 64-10 · January 24, 1916 · H.R. 775 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to J. P. Jones and others to construct one or more bridges across the Chattahoochee River between the counties of Coweta and Carroll, in the State of Georgia. Public Law 64-11 · January 26, 1916 · H.R. 7611 An Act Authorizing the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, a corporation, to construct and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across what is known as "Back River," a part of the Savannah River, at a point between … Public Law 64-12 · January 28, 1916 · S. 1773 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Warfield, Kentucky, and Kermit, West Virginia. Public Law 64-13 · January 28, 1916 · H.R. 4716 An Act To authorize Dunklin County, Missouri, and Clay County, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Saint Francis River. Public Law 64-14 · January 28, 1916 · H.R. 6448 An Act To authorize Butler and Dunklin Counties, Missouri, to construct a bridge across Saint Francis River. Public Law 64-15 · February 7, 1916 · H.R. 8235 An Act To provide for the maintenance of the United States Section of the International High Commission. Public Law 64-16 · February 15, 1916 · S. 900 An Act Amending sections four hundred and seventy-six, four hundred and seventy-seven, and four hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Public Law 64-17 · February 15, 1916 · H.R. 8233 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Republic Iron and Steel Company to construct a bridge across the Mahoning River, in the State of Ohio. Public Law 64-18 · February 15, 1916 · H.R. 9224 An Act Providing for an increase in number of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. Public Law 64-19 · February 17, 1916 · H.R. 9213 An Act To authorize the Gary Land Company to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet River in the State of Indiana. Public Law 64-20 · February 23, 1916 · H.R. 2 An Act For the coinage of a McKinley souvenir gold dollar, in commemoration of the erection of a memorial to William McKinley, late President of the United States. Public Law 64-21 · February 23, 1916 · H.R. 73 An Act To amend chapter two hundred and thirty-one, known as the Judicial Code, Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, volume thirty-six, United States Statutes at Large, section eighty-one, page eleven hundre… Public Law 64-22 · February 23, 1916 · H.R. 322 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to sell the old post office and site thereof in the city of Dayton, Ohio. Public Law 64-23 · February 25, 1916 · H.R. 8810 An Act To amend an Act relating to the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Public Law 64-24 · February 26, 1916 · S. 4308 An Act To purchase a site and erect thereon a suitable building for post office and other governmental offices at Sandusky, Ohio, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-25 · February 28, 1916 · H.R. 6854 An Act Permitting the Wolf Point Bridge and Development Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River in the State of Montana. Public Law 64-26 · February 28, 1916 · H.R. 9416 An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior years, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-27 · March 1, 1916 · S. 2497 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Anoka and Hennepin Counties, in the State of Minnesota. Public Law 64-28 · March 1, 1916 · H.R. 157 An Act To extend the time for the completion of dams across the Savannah River by authority granted to Twin City Power Company by an Act approved February twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by Act appr… Public Law 64-29 · March 13, 1916 · S. 3144 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Pend Oreille River, between the towns of Metaline and Metaline Falls, in the State of Washington. Public Law 64-30 · March 13, 1916 · S. 3873 An Act To authorize the Counties of Minidoka and Cassia, State of Idaho, to construct a bridge across Snake River. Public Law 64-32 · March 16, 1916 · H.R. 9225 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Georgia Lumber Company to construct a bridge across Flint River, Georgia, between Dooly and Sumter Counties. Public Law 64-33 · March 20, 1916 · H.R. 10032 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River from a point on its banks in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at or near the locality known as Woods Run, to a point on the opposite shore of s… Public Law 64-34 · March 20, 1916 · H.R. 10238 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Interstate Bridge Company to construct a bridge across Mississippi River. Public Law 64-35 · March 20, 1916 · H.R. 10487 An Act Reserving or excepting all ores or minerals on the lands, with the right of mining the same, on the site of the proposed post-office building at Calumet, Michigan. Public Law 64-36 · March 20, 1916 · H.R. 11628 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Lowell, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, to construct a bridge across the Merrimack River. Public Law 64-37 · March 21, 1916 · H.R. 3636 An Act To amend section thirty-six hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States as reenacted and amended by Act of February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and nine. Public Law 64-38 · March 28, 1916 · H.R. 65 An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii relating to certain gas, electric light and power, telephone, railroad, and street railway companies and franchise… Public Law 64-39 · March 28, 1916 · H.R. 3042 An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm sections one, two, and three of an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii relating to the board of harbor commissioners of the Territory, as herein amended,… Public Law 64-40 · March 31, 1916 · H.R. 13043 An Act Making appropriations to supply further additional urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen and prior fiscal years. Public Law 64-41 · March 31, 1916 · H.R. 13768 An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen. Public Law 64-42 · April 5, 1916 · S. 4657 An Act To authorize the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company to rebuild and reconstruct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, in Hamilton County, in the State … Public Law 64-43 · April 11, 1916 · S. 585 An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment in claims of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians against the United States. Public Law 64-44 · April 11, 1916 · S. 1809 An Act To create an additional judge in the district of New Jersey. Public Law 64-45 · April 11, 1916 · S. 3391 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of Indiana occupying railroad lands in Arizona, New Mexico, or California," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Public Law 64-46 · April 11, 1916 · S. 3977 An Act To authorize the Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg Railroad Company, its lessees, successors, and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Susquehanna River from the borough of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Penn… Public Law 64-47 · April 11, 1916 · S. 3978 An Act To authorize the Catawissa Railroad Company, its lessees, successors, and assigns to construct a bridge across the west branch of the Susquehanna River from the Borough of Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylva… Public Law 64-48 · April 11, 1916 · S. 4190 An Act Authorizing the Yankton County Bridge Company, a corporation, to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at a point between Yankton County, South Dakota, and Ce… Public Law 64-49 · April 11, 1916 · S. 4671 An Act To exempt from cancellation certain desert-land entries in Riverside County, California. Public Law 64-50 · April 11, 1916 · H.R. 13769 An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to supply tents for temporary use of the sufferers from the recent conflagration in Paris, Texas, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-51 · April 13, 1916 · S. 5016 An Act To authorize the reconstruction of an existing bridge across the Wabash River at Silverwood, in the State of Indiana. Public Law 64-52 · April 17, 1916 · S. 1424 An Act Incorporating the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Public Law 64-53 · April 17, 1916 · H.R. 9923 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Mitchell, or to the county of Baker, both of the State of Georgia, acting jointly or separately, and their successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across th… Public Law 64-54 · April 17, 1916 · H.R. 10139 An Act To authorize the city of Fairmont to construct and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the city of Fairmont, in the State of West Virginia. Public Law 64-55 · April 21, 1916 · S. 5229 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county commissioners of Warren County, Pennsylvania, to construct a bridge across the Allegheny River in the borough or Warren, county of Warren, in the State of Pennsylvan… Public Law 64-56 · April 27, 1916 · H.R. 4701 An Act To establish in the War Department and in the Navy Department, respectively, a roll, designated as "the Army and Navy medal of honor roll," and for other purposes. Public Law 64-57 · April 27, 1916 · S. 683 An Act Prohibiting the use of the name of any Member of either House of Congress or of any officer of the Government by any person, firm, or corporation practicing before any department or office of the Government. Public Law 64-58 · April 27, 1916 · S. 1294 An Act To amend section eighty-one of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven. Public Law 64-59 · April 27, 1916 · S. 4480 An Act Providing for the establishment of two additional terms of the district court for the eastern district of North Carolina at Raleigh, North Carolina. Public Law 64-60 · April 27, 1916 · H.R. 9803 An Act To emancipate from certain disabilities children who have judgments of conviction for crime of record against them in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Public Law 64-61 · April 27, 1916 · H.R. 11471 An Act To amend paragraphs one hundred and seventy-seven and one hundred and seventy-eight of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, " approved… Public Law 64-62 · April 28, 1916 · H.R. 6241 An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an Act amending the franchise granted to H. P. Baldwin, R. A. Wadsworth, J. N. S. Williams, D. C. Lindsay, C. D. Lufkin, James L. Coke, and W. T. Robinson, and now held under assig… Public Law 64-63 · April 28, 1916 · H.R. 9909 An Act To authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Missouri River. Public Law 64-64 · April 28, 1916 · H.R. 11320 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Twin Falls and Minidoka, State of Idaho, to construct a bridge across Snake River. Public Law 64-65 · May 1, 1916 · S. 5415 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Fox River at Geneva, Illinois. Public Law 64-66 · May 1, 1916 · H.R. 6442 An Act To provide for the exchange of the present Federal building site in Newark, Delaware. Public Law 64-67 · May 3, 1916 · H.R. 4746 An Act Granting the city of Portland, Oregon, the right to purchase certain lands for public park purposes. Public Law 64-68 · May 4, 1916 · S. 3769 An Act To amend section three of an Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employees thereon," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred an… Public Law 64-69 · May 4, 1916 · S. 4876 An Act To provide for an increase in the number of cadets at the United States Military Academy. Public Law 64-70 · May 8, 1916 · H.R. 28 An Act To amend, an Act entitled "An Act granting to the city of Durango, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described for water reservoirs," approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven. Public Law 64-71 · May 8, 1916 · H.R. 177 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the relinquishment of the State of Wyoming to certain lands heretofore certified to said State, and the State of Wyoming to select other lands in lieu of the la… Public Law 64-72 · May 8, 1916 · H.R. 384 An Act To amend the Act of June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, entitled "An Act providing that entrymen for homesteads within the reclamation projects may assign their entries upon satisfactory proof of residen… Public Law 64-73 · May 10, 1916 · H.R. 12207 An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-74 · May 10, 1916 · H.R. 10750 An Act Permitting the Mondak Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River in the State of Montana. Public Law 64-75 · May 15, 1916 · S. 4432 An Act To amend section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes," approved October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. Public Law 64-76 · May 15, 1916 · H.R. 3575 An Act To amend section fifty-two hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States so as to permit the Comptroller of the Currency to deposit upon interest the assets of insolvent national banks in o… Public Law 64-77 · May 16, 1916 · H.R. 6099 An Act To amend section seventy-two of an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven. Public Law 64-78 · May 18, 1916 · S. 4603 An Act To authorize the Jackson Highway Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tombigbee River at Princes Lower Landing, near Jackson, Alabama. Public Law 64-79 · May 18, 1916 · S. 4726 An Act To permit issue by the supply departments of the Army to certain military schools and colleges. Public Law 64-80 · May 18, 1916 · H.R. 10385 An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indians Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending Ju… Public Law 64-81 · May 18, 1916 · H.R. 562 An Act To amend the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, authorizing the postal savings system, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-82 · May 18, 1916 · H.R. 759 An Act To provide for the removal of what is now known as the Aqueduct Bridge, across the Potomac River, and for the building of a bridge in place thereof. Public Law 64-83 · May 29, 1916 · H.R. 10490 An Act To prevent fraudulent advertising in the District of Columbia. Public Law 64-84 · May 29, 1916 · H.R. 14771 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to commissioners of Charlton County, Georgia, and Nassau County, Florida, to construct a bridge across the Saint Marys River. Public Law 64-85 · June 3, 1916 · H.R. 12766 An Act For making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-86 · June 9, 1916 · H.R. 14864 An Act To alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon," approved July twent… Public Law 64-87 · June 12, 1916 · S. 6073 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to George Fabyan to construct a bridge across the Fox River. Public Law 64-88 · June 12, 1916 · H.R. 12835 An Act To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve under the Government of the Republic of Haiti, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-89 · June 12, 1916 · H.R. 13112 An Act To amend section fourteen of the seamen's Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Public Law 64-90 · June 12, 1916 · H.R. 13474 An Act To amend section six of an Act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes, appro… Public Law 64-91 · June 12, 1916 · H.R. 13765 An Act To amend section seventy-three of an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-92 · June 12, 1916 · H.R. 15005 An Act To appropriate $200,000 for training the Organized Militia or National Guard of any State, Territory, or of the District of Columbia. Public Law 64-93 · June 15, 1916 · H.R. 529 An Act Creating an additional land district in the State of California, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-94 · June 15, 1916 · H.R. 755 An Act To incorporate the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. Public Law 64-95 · June 16, 1916 · S. 4506 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes, " approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Law 64-96 · June 16, 1916 · S. 5274 An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) by extending it to include all of the islan… Public Law 64-97 · June 16, 1916 · S. 5685 An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Honolulu Gas Company, Limited, by extending it to include all of the island of … Public Law 64-98 · June 16, 1916 · S. 5708 An Act For the establishment of Winston-Salem, in the State of North Carolina, as a port of delivery under the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation without appraisement … Public Law 64-99 · June 16, 1916 · S. 5776 An Act To amend certain public-utility company franchises in the Territory of Hawaii. Public Law 64-100 · June 21, 1916 · S. 4401 An Act To conduct investigations and experiments for ameliorating the damage wrought to the fisheries by predacious fishes and aquatic animals. Public Law 64-101 · June 22, 1916 · S. 377 An Act Providing for the establishment of a term of the district court for the middle district of Tennessee at Winchester, Tennessee.