Laws of the 68th Congress

Public Law 68-1 · January 25, 1924 · H.R. 185 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. Public Law 68-2 · January 30, 1924 · S. 484 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 Orego… Public Law 68-3 · January 30, 1924 · S. 801 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 R… Public Law 68-4 · January 30, 1924 · S. 1367 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. Public Law 68-5 · January 30, 1924 · S. 1368 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. Public Law 68-6 · January 30, 1924 · S. 627 An Act To authorize the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 to place a bronze tablet on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Public Law 68-7 · February 1, 1924 · H.R. 5196 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande. Public Law 68-8 · February 1, 1924 · S. 160 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. Public Law 68-9 · February 2, 1924 · H.R. 3679 An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. Public Law 68-10 · February 2, 1924 · H.R. 3680 An Act Authorizing the building of a bridge across Kingston Lake at Conway, South Carolina. Public Law 68-11 · February 2, 1924 · H.R. 3770 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. Public Law 68-12 · February 11, 1924 · S. 794 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. Public Law 68-13 · February 13, 1924 · H.R. 486 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. Public Law 68-14 · February 13, 1924 · H.R. 657 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. Public Law 68-15 · February 14, 1924 · H.R. 4796 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. Public Law 68-16 · February 16, 1924 · S. 152 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 o… Public Law 68-17 · February 16, 1924 · S. 384 An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across Waccamaw River in South Carolina near the North Carolina State line. Public Law 68-18 · February 16, 1924 · S. 602 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. Public Law 68-19 · February 16, 1924 · S. 604 An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Saint Francis River near Saint Francis, Arkansas. Public Law 68-20 · February 16, 1924 · S. 643 An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Pamunkey River, in Virginia. Public Law 68-21 · February 16, 1924 · S. 733 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York. Public Law 68-22 · February 16, 1924 · S. 1170 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. Public Law 68-23 · February 16, 1924 · S. 1374 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, an… Public Law 68-24 · February 16, 1924 · S. 1539 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 struc… Public Law 68-25 · February 16, 1924 · S. 1540 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. Public Law 68-26 · February 16, 1924 · S. 1634 An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Lumber River in South Carolina, between Marion and Horry Counties. Public Law 68-27 · February 16, 1924 · H.R. 4366 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. Public Law 68-28 · February 16, 1924 · H.R. 4498 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. Public Law 68-29 · February 16, 1924 · H.R. 4499 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, t… Public Law 68-30 · February 16, 1924 · H.R. 5273 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. Public Law 68-31 · February 20, 1924 · S. 2249 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. Public Law 68-32 · February 20, 1924 · H.R. 4817 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 … Public Law 68-33 · February 27, 1924 · H.R. 3198 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 Coun… Public Law 68-34 · February 28, 1924 · S. 2189 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. Public Law 68-35 · March 10, 1924 · H.R. 4121 An Act To extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii. Public Law 68-36 · March 11, 1924 · H.R. 584 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 S… Public Law 68-37 · March 11, 1924 · H.R. 3265 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge between the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in the city and State of New York. Public Law 68-38 · March 11, 1924 · H.R. 3681 An Act To authorize the building of a bridge across the Waccamaw River in South Carolina. Public Law 68-39 · March 11, 1924 · H.R. 4807 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. Public Law 68-40 · March 11, 1924 · H.R. 4808 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. Public Law 68-41 · March 12, 1924 · H.R. 5557 An Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Finland to the United States of America. Public Law 68-42 · March 13, 1924 · H.R. 3444 An Act For the relief of certain nations or tribes of Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Public Law 68-43 · March 13, 1924 · H.R. 6901 An Act To amend section 252 of the Revenue Act of 1921 in respect of credits and refunds. Public Law 68-44 · March 14, 1924 · S. 2014 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. Public Law 68-45 · March 14, 1924 · H.R. 4577 An Act Providing for the examination and survey of Mill Cut and Clubfoot Creek, North Carolina. Public Law 68-46 · March 17, 1924 · S. 684 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 … Public Law 68-47 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 7039 An Act To amend section 72 of chapter 23, Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895, relative to the allotment of public documents. Public Law 68-48 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 2818 An Act To grant the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate a dam and spillway across the Waccamaw River, in North Carolina. Public Law 68-49 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 3845 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little Calumet River at Riverdale, Illinois. Public Law 68-50 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 4120 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Greater Wenatchee Irrigation District to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River. Public Law 68-51 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 4182 An Act Authorizing the city of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan, to construct a bridge across an arm of Pere Marquette Lake. Public Law 68-52 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 4187 An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Louis River in Carlton County, State of Minnesota. Public Law 68-53 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 4984 An Act To authorize the Clay County bridge district, in the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge over Current River. Public Law 68-54 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 5337 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to construct a bridge over the Saint Croix River between Vanceboro, Maine, and Saint Croix, New Brunswick. Public Law 68-55 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 5348 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. Public Law 68-56 · March 18, 1924 · H.R. 5624 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. Public Law 68-57 · March 19, 1924 · H.R. 4457 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. Public Law 68-58 · March 21, 1924 · H.R. 5633 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. Public Law 68-59 · March 21, 1924 · H.R. 5737 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… Public Law 68-60 · March 21, 1924 · H.R. 6420 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. Public Law 68-61 · March 21, 1924 · H.R. 6925 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. Public Law 68-62 · March 27, 1924 · S. 2420 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. Public Law 68-63 · March 27, 1924 · S. 2446 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. Public Law 68-64 · March 28, 1924 · S. 1982 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 northeasterl… Public Law 68-65 · April 2, 1924 · S. 2113 An Act Authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of cotton. Public Law 68-66 · April 2, 1924 · H.R. 7449 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, … Public Law 68-67 · April 3, 1924 · S. 2625 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. Public Law 68-68 · April 4, 1924 · H.R. 6349 An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-69 · April 7, 1924 · H.R. 6623 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. Public Law 68-70 · April 9, 1924 · H.R. 3682 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. Public Law 68-71 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 4439 An Act To amend section 71 of the Judicial Code as amended. Public Law 68-72 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 472 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. Public Law 68-73 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 2812 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands not longer needed for the Rapid City Indian School. Public Law 68-74 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 2877 An Act Providing for the reservation of certain lands in New Mexico for the Indians of the Zia Pueblo. Public Law 68-75 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 2883 An Act To validate certain allotments of land made to Indians on the Lac Courte Oreille Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. Public Law 68-76 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 4117 An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the construction of a road within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-77 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 4803 An Act To authorize the sale of lands and plants not longer needed for Indian administrative or allotment purposes. Public Law 68-78 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 4804 An Act To authorize the allotment of certain lands within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-79 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 6483 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. Public Law 68-80 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 6724 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Sibley and Scott, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Minnesota River. Public Law 68-81 · April 12, 1924 · H.R. 6943 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. Public Law 68-82 · April 14, 1924 · H.R. 2876 An Act To provide for the payment of claims of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota for back annuities. Public Law 68-83 · April 14, 1924 · S. 1339 An Act To authorize the widening of Georgia Avenue between Fairmont Street and Gresham Place northwest. Public Law 68-84 · April 15, 1924 · S. 2686 An Act To authorize the Federal Power Commission to amend permit numbered 1, project numbered 1, issued to the Dixie Power Company. Public Law 68-85 · April 15, 1924 · S. 303 An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain land to the city of Miles City, State of Montana, for park purposes. Public Law 68-86 · April 15, 1924 · S. 306 An Act Granting to the county of Custer, State of Montana, certain land in said county for use as a fair ground. Public Law 68-87 · April 15, 1924 · S. 2146 An Act To amend section 84 of the Penal Code of the United States. Public Law 68-88 · April 15, 1924 · S. 2147 An Act To complete the construction of the Willow Creek Ranger Station, Montana. Public Law 68-89 · April 15, 1924 · S. 2164 An Act To repeal that part of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912," approved March 4, 1911, relating to the admission of tick-infested… Public Law 68-90 · April 15, 1924 · S. 2690 An Act To transfer jurisdiction over a portion of the Fort Keogh Military Reservation, Montana, from the Department of the Interior to the United States Department of Agriculture for experiments in stock raising and gro… Public Law 68-91 · April 16, 1924 · H.R. 593 An Act Authorizing the issuance of service medals to officers and enlisted men of the two brigades of Texas cavalry organized under authority from the War Department under date of December 8, 1917, and authorizing an ap… Public Law 68-92 · April 17, 1924 · S. 514 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way over the Government levee at Yuma, Arizona. Public Law 68-93 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2332 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Hughes County and Stanley County, South Dakota. Public Law 68-94 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2436 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of Supervisors of Leake County, Mississippi, to construct a bridge across the Pearl River in the State of Mississippi. Public Law 68-95 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2437 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of Supervisors of Leake County, Mississippi, to construct a bridge across the Pearl River in the state of Mississippi. Public Law 68-96 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2488 An Act To authorize the City of Minneapolis, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River in said city. Public Law 68-97 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2538 An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the counties of Aiken, South Carolina, and Richmond, Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Savannah River at or near Augusta, Georgia," approved Augu… Public Law 68-98 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2656 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River near and above the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Public Law 68-99 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2825 An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Detroit River within or near the city limits of Detroit, Michigan. Public Law 68-100 · April 17, 1924 · S. 2914 An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana.