Laws of the 68th Congress

Public Law 68-101 · April 18, 1924 · S. 2597 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Fox River in Saint Charles Township, Kane County, Illinois. Public Law 68-102 · April 19, 1924 · S. 1724 An Act To amend section 4414 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act approved July 2, 1918, to abolish the inspection districts of Apalachicola, Florida, and Burlington, Vermont, Steamboat In… Public Law 68-103 · April 21, 1924 · H.R. 6815 An Act To authorize a temporary increase of the Coast Guard for law enforcement. Public Law 68-104 · April 23, 1924 · H.R. 655 An Act To provide for a tax on motor-vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-105 · April 28, 1924 · S. 1704 An Act For the relief of dispossessed allotted Indians of the Nisqually Reservation, Washington. Public Law 68-106 · April 28, 1924 · S. 2798 An Act To authorize the leasing for mining purposes of unallotted lands in the Kaw Reservation in the State of Oklahoma. Public Law 68-107 · April 29, 1924 · S. 431 An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Public Law 68-108 · April 29, 1924 · S. 2108 An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Southern Railway Company to maintain a bridge across the Tennessee River, at Knoxville, in the county of Knox, State of Tennessee. Public Law 68-109 · April 29, 1924 · S. 2736 An Act Authorizing use of Government buildings at Fort Crockett, Texas, for occupancy during State convention of Texas Shriners. Public Law 68-110 · April 30, 1924 · S. 1609 An Act To fix the time for the terms of the United States District Courts in the Western District of Virginia. Public Law 68-111 · May 1, 1924 · S. 2821 An Act To amend section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association," approved March 4, 1911. Public Law 68-112 · May 2, 1924 · H.R. 1831 An Act To loan to the College of William and Mary in Virginia two of the cannon surrendered by the British at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. Public Law 68-113 · May 3, 1924 · S. 1932 An Act To change the name of Thirty-seventh Street between Chevy Chase Circle and Reno Road. Public Law 68-114 · May 3, 1924 · S. 2112 An Act Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to issue semimonthly cotton crop reports and providing for their publication simultaneously with the ginning reports of the Department of Commerce. Public Law 68-115 · May 9, 1924 · S. 1631 An Act To authorize the deferring of payments of reclamation charges. Public Law 68-116 · May 9, 1924 · S. 2902 An Act Authorizing the acquiring of Indian lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in Idaho, for reservoir purposes in connection with the Minidoka irrigation project. Public Law 68-117 · May 13, 1924 · S. 2392 An Act Authorizing an appropriation to indemnify damages caused by the search for the body of Admiral John Paul Jones. Public Law 68-118 · May 13, 1924 · S. 2998 An Act Providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in cooperation with the United States of Mexico. Public Law 68-119 · May 17, 1924 · H.R. 7962 An Act To extend for the period of one year the provisions of Title II of the Food Control and the District of Columbia Rents Act, approved October 22, 1919, as amended. Public Law 68-120 · May 19, 1924 · H.R. 7959 An Act To provide adjusted compensation for veterans of the World War, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-121 · May 19, 1924 · H.R. 3684 An Act For the enrollment and allotment of members of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas, in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-122 · May 20, 1924 · H.R. 2878 An Act To authorize the sale of lands allotted to Indians under the Moses agreement of July 7, 1883. Public Law 68-123 · May 20, 1924 · H.R. 4161 An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to acquire necessary rights of way across private lands, by purchase or condemnation proceedings, needed in constructing a spillway and drainage ditch to lower and m… Public Law 68-124 · May 20, 1924 · H.R. 5799 An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Seminole Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-125 · May 21, 1924 · H.R. 837 An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, District of Columbia. Public Law 68-126 · May 22, 1924 · H.R. 4200 An Act To provide for the cleaning of the exterior of the post-office building at Cincinnati, Ohio. Public Law 68-127 · May 22, 1924 · H.R. 6059 An Act Authorizing the conveyance to the city of Washington, Missouri, of ten feet of the Federal building site in said city for the extension of the existing public alley through the entire block from Oak to Lafayette … Public Law 68-128 · May 23, 1924 · H.R. 8905 An Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of Hungary to the United States of America. Public Law 68-129 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 694 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River Band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes," approved June 25, 1910. Public Law 68-130 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 3800 An Act To cancel an allotment of land made to Mary Crane or Ho-tah-kah-win-kaw, a deceased Indian, embracing land within the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Nebraska. Public Law 68-131 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 3900 An Act To cancel two allotments made to Richard Bell, deceased, embracing land within the Round Valley Indian Reservation in California. Public Law 68-132 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 4462 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the payment of the Choctaw and Chickasaw town-site fund, and for other purposes." Public Law 68-133 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 4494 An Act Authorizing extensions of time for the payment of purchase money due under certain homestead entries and Government land purchases within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota. Public Law 68-134 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 7913 An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Creek Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-135 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 6357 An Act For the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-136 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 8262 An Act To fix the compensation of officers and employees of the Legislative Branch of the Government. Public Law 68-137 · May 24, 1924 · S. 2922 An Act To authorize the President to reconsider the case of Frederic K. Long and to reappoint him a captain in the Regular Army. Public Law 68-138 · May 24, 1924 · H.R. 4122 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to revive, with amendments, an Act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia," approved July 7, 1838, as amended. Public Law 68-139 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 7995 An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United States, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-140 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 9192 An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-141 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 6012 An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to ascertain the cost to the Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, and the amounts expended by it from December 1, 1906, to November 30, 1907, in closing and con… Public Law 68-142 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 2665 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chicago to construct a bridge across the Calumet River in the vicinity of One hundred and thirty-fourth Street, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Ill… Public Law 68-143 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 6810 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Millersburg and Liverpool Bridge Corporation, and its successors, to construct a bridge across the Susquehanna River, at Millersburg, Pennsylvania. Public Law 68-144 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 7063 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 Carroll, Illinois, and the county … Public Law 68-145 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 7846 An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the North Branch of the Susquehanna River from the city of Wilkes-Barre to the borough of Dorranceton, Pennsylvania. Public Law 68-146 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 8229 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River. Public Law 68-147 · May 26, 1924 · H.R. 8304 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chicago to construct a bridge across the Calumet River at or near One hundredth Street, in the city of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois. Public Law 68-148 · May 27, 1924 · H.R. 5855 An Act To fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force, the United States park police force, and the fire department of the District of Columbia. Public Law 68-149 · May 27, 1924 · H.R. 2887 An Act To authorize the extension of the period of restriction against alienation on the homestead allotments made to members of the Kansas or Kaw Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. Public Law 68-150 · May 27, 1924 · H.R. 6628 An Act To change the name of Jewett Street west of Wisconsin Avenue to Cathedral Avenue. Public Law 68-151 · May 28, 1924 · H.R. 3236 An Act To regulate the practice of optometry in the District of Columbia. Public Law 68-152 · May 28, 1924 · H.R. 6820 An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-153 · May 28, 1924 · H.R. 8350 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 Public Law 68-154 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 498 An Act Providing for a recreational area within the Crook National Forest, Arizona. Public Law 68-155 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 498 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. Public Law 68-156 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 7113 An Act To establish a Dairy Bureau in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-157 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 169 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. Public Law 68-158 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 6298 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. Public Law 68-159 · May 29, 1924 · H.R. 8050 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 Stat… Public Law 68-160 · May 31, 1924 · S. 2431 An Act Conveying to the State of Delaware certain land in the county of Sussex, in that State. Public Law 68-161 · May 31, 1924 · S. 2450 An Act To amend section 2 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved July 31, 1894. Public Law 68-162 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 2875 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. Public Law 68-163 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 2882 An Act To provide for the reservation of certain land in Utah as a school site for Ute Indians. Public Law 68-164 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 2884 An Act Providing for the reservation of certain lands in Utah for certain bands of Paiute Indians. Public Law 68-165 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 4437 An Act To quiet titles to land in the municipality of Flomaton, State of Alabama. Public Law 68-166 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 5218 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 si… Public Law 68-167 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 5416 An Act To authorize the setting aside of certain tribal lands within the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in Washington, for lighthouse purposes. Public Law 68-168 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 6207 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 f… Public Law 68-169 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 7500 An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Adger, Ada County, Idaho, for railroad purposes. Public Law 68-170 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 8070 An Act Authorizing preliminary examinations and surveys of sundry streams with a view to the control of their floods. Public Law 68-171 · May 31, 1924 · H.R. 4820 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,"… Public Law 68-172 · June 2, 1924 · H.R. 2713 An Act To transfer certain lands of the United States from the Rocky Mountain National Park to the Colorado National Forest, Colorado. Public Law 68-173 · June 2, 1924 · H.R. 2879 An Act To provide for the disposal of homestead allotments of deceased allottees within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana. Public Law 68-174 · June 2, 1924 · H.R. 6857 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. Public Law 68-175 · June 2, 1924 · H.R. 6355 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians. Public Law 68-176 · June 2, 1924 · H.R. 6715 An Act To reduce and equalize taxation, to provide revenue, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-177 · June 3, 1924 · S. 3249 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River and Black Rock Canal. Public Law 68-178 · June 3, 1924 · S. 3272 An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Panola-Quitman Drainage District to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in Taliahatchie River. Public Law 68-179 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 6482 An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to contract for mail messenger service. Public Law 68-180 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 656 An Act To add certain lands to the Plumas and to the Lassen National Forests in California. Public Law 68-181 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 4460 An Act Authorizing payment to certain Red Lake Indians, out of the tribal trust funds, for garden plats surrendered for school-farm use. Public Law 68-182 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 7109 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. Public Law 68-183 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 4481 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. Public Law 68-184 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 1869 An Act For the incorporation of the Grand Army of the Republic. Public Law 68-185 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 8209 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. Public Law 68-186 · June 3, 1924 · H.R. 8886 An Act Providing for sundry matters affecting the Military Establishment. Public Law 68-187 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 731 An Act Authorizing the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in Oklahoma to submit claims to the Court of Claims. Public Law 68-188 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 6721 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… Public Law 68-189 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 1018 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 t… Public Law 68-190 · June 4, 1924 · S. 3395 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. Public Law 68-191 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 3852 An Act Providing for the final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. Public Law 68-192 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 5573 An Act Granting certain public lands to the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, for reservoir purposes. Public Law 68-193 · June 4, 1924 · H.R. 9124 An Act Authorizing the sale of real property no longer required for military purposes. Public Law 68-194 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 714 An Act To amend section 101 of the Judicial Code. Public Law 68-195 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 4445 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." Public Law 68-196 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 7041 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. Public Law 68-197 · June 5, 1924 · S. 3181 An Act To authorize an appropriation to enable the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau to provide additional hospital facilities. Public Law 68-198 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 4985 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. Public Law 68-199 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 5078 An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Public Law 68-200 · June 5, 1924 · H.R. 5478 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."