Every law Congress has passed

7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907

1. An Act Granting a pension to Cornelius Sullivan.

   Ch. 3475 · 34 Stat. 2145 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb T. Bowen.

   Ch. 3476 · 34 Stat. 2145 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orlando H. Langley.

   Ch. 3477 · 34 Stat. 2145 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George L. Wakefield.

   Ch. 3478 · 34 Stat. 2145 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo W. Smith.

   Ch. 3479 · 34 Stat. 2146 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jessie E. Foster.

   Ch. 3480 · 34 Stat. 2146 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George H. Rodeheaver.

   Ch. 3481 · 34 Stat. 2146 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bridget Quinn.

   Ch. 3482 · 34 Stat. 2146 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Erastus C. Clark.

   Ch. 3483 · 34 Stat. 2146 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Obadiah Derr.

    Ch. 3484 · 34 Stat. 2147 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Morehead.

    Ch. 3485 · 34 Stat. 2147 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry S. Bennett.

    Ch. 3486 · 34 Stat. 2147 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David McCredie.

    Ch. 3487 · 34 Stat. 2147 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rebecca A. Alexander.

    Ch. 3488 · 34 Stat. 2148 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abner R. Barnes.

    Ch. 3489 · 34 Stat. 2148 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin K. Lamson.

    Ch. 3490 · 34 Stat. 2148 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Moody.

    Ch. 3491 · 34 Stat. 2148 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rufus M. Ashley.

    Ch. 3492 · 34 Stat. 2148 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Workman.

    Ch. 3493 · 34 Stat. 2149 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Ickes.

    Ch. 3494 · 34 Stat. 2149 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Richards.

    Ch. 3495 · 34 Stat. 2149 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mildred McCorkle.

    Ch. 3496 · 34 Stat. 2149 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Van Dusen.

    Ch. 3497 · 34 Stat. 2150 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney H. Cook.

    Ch. 3498 · 34 Stat. 2150 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank N. Nichols.

    Ch. 3499 · 34 Stat. 2150 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas W. Carter.

    Ch. 3500 · 34 Stat. 2150 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oliver H. Hibben.

    Ch. 3501 · 34 Stat. 2150 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William A. Humrich.

    Ch. 3502 · 34 Stat. 2151 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Almond Greeley.

    Ch. 3503 · 34 Stat. 2151 · June 20, 1906 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.

    Ch. 3504 · 34 Stat. 325 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

31. An Act Providing for the establishment of a uniform building line on streets in the District of Columbia less than ninety feet in width.

    Ch. 3505 · 34 Stat. 384 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

32. An Act To amend an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 3506 · 34 Stat. 385 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

33. An Act Changing the name of Douglas street to Clifton street.

    Ch. 3507 · 34 Stat. 385 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

34. An Act To regulate the construction of dams across navigable waters.

    Ch. 3508 · 34 Stat. 386 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

35. An Act To amend the internal-revenue laws so as to provide for furnishing certified copies of certain records.

    Ch. 3509 · 34 Stat. 387 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing a license and permit to the Corinth and Shiloh Electric Railway Company to construct a track or tracks through the Shiloh National Park, and to operate electric cars thereon.

    Ch. 3510 · 34 Stat. 388 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the county court of Gasconade County, Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Gasconade River at or near Fredericksburg, Missouri.

    Ch. 3511 · 34 Stat. 388 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Chattanooga Northern Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

    Ch. 3512 · 34 Stat. 388 · June 21, 1906 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Judd O. Hartzell.

    Ch. 3513 · 34 Stat. 2151 · June 21, 1906 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3514 · 34 Stat. 389 · June 22, 1906 · Original text

41. An Act To increase the efficiency of the militia and promote rifle practice.

    Ch. 3515 · 34 Stat. 449 · June 22, 1906 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section fifty-two hundred, Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to national banks.

    Ch. 3516 · 34 Stat. 451 · June 22, 1906 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of F. V. Walker.

    Ch. 3517 · 34 Stat. 451 · June 22, 1906 · Original text

44. An Act Providing for the retirement of petty officers and enlisted men of the Navy.

    Ch. 3518 · 34 Stat. 451 · June 22, 1906 · Original text

45. An Act To amend an act entitled “An act to establish a port of delivery at Salt Lake City, Utah.”

    Ch. 3519 · 34 Stat. 452 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

46. An Act To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.

    Ch. 3520 · 34 Stat. 452 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

47. An Act To amend an act approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled “An act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands.”

    Ch. 3521 · 34 Stat. 453 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

48. An Act Ratifying and approving an act to appropriate money for the purpose of building additional buildings for the Northwestern Normal School at Alva, in Oklahoma Territory, passed by the legislative assembly of Oklahoma Territory, and approved the fifteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and five.

    Ch. 3522 · 34 Stat. 454 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for the traveling expenses of the President of the United States.

    Ch. 3523 · 34 Stat. 454 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution Granting condemned cannon for a statue to Governor Stevens T. Mason, of Michigan.

    Public Resolution 32 · 34 Stat. 834 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Mr. José Martin Calvo, of Costa Rica.

    Public Resolution 33 · 34 Stat. 834 · June 23, 1906 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Edward King, of Niagara Falls, in the State of New York.

    Ch. 3524 · 34 Stat. 2151 · June 23, 1906 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Confirming to certain claimants thereto portions of lands known as “Fort Clinch Reservation,” in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 3525 · 34 Stat. 454 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

54. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Ordnance Department of the United States Army.

    Ch. 3526 · 34 Stat. 455 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

55. An Act Providing for a public highway on the east side of the Fort Sherman abandoned military reservation, Idaho.

    Ch. 3527 · 34 Stat. 456 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

56. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department.

    Ch. 3528 · 34 Stat. 456 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in Broadwater and Gallatin counties, Montana.

    Ch. 3529 · 34 Stat. 456 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for a commission to examine and report concerning the use by the United States of the waters of the Mississippi River flowing over the dams between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 3530 · 34 Stat. 456 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company of Montana to construct a bridge across the Missouri River in Lewis and Clarke County, Montana.

    Ch. 3531 · 34 Stat. 457 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

60. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to acquire, for fortification purposes, certain tracts of land on Deer Island, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 3532 · 34 Stat. 457 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

61. An Act To amend sections seven hundred and thirteen and seven hundred and fourteen of “An act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, as amended by the acts approved January thirty-first and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3533 · 34 Stat. 458 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

62. An Act Providing for the resurvey of certain townships of land in the county of Baca, Colorado.

    Ch. 3534 · 34 Stat. 459 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

63. An Act Granting to the town of Mancos, Colorado, the right to enter certain lands.

    Ch. 3535 · 34 Stat. 459 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

64. An Act To modify the requirements of the act entitled “An act to promote the education of the blind,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

    Ch. 3536 · 34 Stat. 460 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

65. An Act To amend section ten of an act of Congress approved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to make certain grants of land to the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3537 · 34 Stat. 460 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

66. An Act To grant a certain parcel of land, part of the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, Nebraska, to the village of Crawford, Nebraska, for park purposes.

    Ch. 3538 · 34 Stat. 461 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the city of Saint Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 3539 · 34 Stat. 461 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

68. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3540 · 34 Stat. 462 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

69. An Act To amend section one of the act approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3541 · 34 Stat. 466 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

70. An Act Defining the qualifications of jurors for service in the United States district court in Porto Rico.

    Ch. 3542 · 34 Stat. 466 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Back River Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the west or smaller division of the Ohio River from Wheeling Island, West Virginia to the Ohio shore.

    Ch. 3543 · 34 Stat. 466 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the village of Oslo, Marshall County, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North.

    Ch. 3544 · 34 Stat. 467 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the board of trustees of Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, such obsolete arms and other military equipments now in possession of said university, to be used in military instruction.

    Public Resolution 34 · 34 Stat. 834 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution Providing for the purchase of material and equipment for use in the construction of the Panama Canal.

    Public Resolution 35 · 34 Stat. 835 · June 25, 1906 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of John W. Williams.

    Ch. 3545 · 34 Stat. 2152 · June 25, 1906 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3546 · 34 Stat. 467 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

77. An Act For the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska.

    Ch. 3547 · 34 Stat. 478 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

78. An Act To confirm the right of way of railroads now constructed and in operation in the Territories of Oklahoma and Arizona.

    Ch. 3548 · 34 Stat. 481 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

79. An Act Authorizing Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen to act as master of an American vessel.

    Ch. 3549 · 34 Stat. 481 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

80. 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 public lands of the United States.”

    Ch. 3550 · 34 Stat. 482 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Expressing the sympathy of the people of the United States with the Hebrews on account of the massacres of members of their race in Russia.

    Public Resolution 36 · 34 Stat. 835 · June 26, 1906 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Blank and Parks, of Waxahachie, Texas.

    Ch. 3551 · 34 Stat. 2152 · June 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ora P. Howland.

    Ch. 3552 · 34 Stat. 2152 · June 26, 1906 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3553 · 34 Stat. 482 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

85. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States,” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

    Ch. 3554 · 34 Stat. 517 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

86. An Act Granting lands to the State of Wisconsin for forestry purposes.

    Ch. 3555 · 34 Stat. 517 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands to the city of Mena, in the county of Polk, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 3556 · 34 Stat. 518 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

88. An Act Granting to the State of California five per centum of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public lands in said State.

    Ch. 3557 · 34 Stat. 518 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

89. An Act For the resurvey of certain townships in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 3558 · 34 Stat. 518 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

90. An Act Providing for the subdivision of lands entered under the reclamation Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3559 · 34 Stat. 519 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to permit the extension and construction of railroad sidings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3560 · 34 Stat. 521 · June 27, 1906 · Original text

92. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3561 · 34 Stat. 521 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the city of Buffalo, New York, to construct a tunnel under Lake Erie and Niagara River, to erect and maintain an inlet pier therefrom, and to construct and maintain filter beds for the purpose of supplying the city of Buffalo with pure water.

    Ch. 3562 · 34 Stat. 532 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

94. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Western Maryland Railroad Company.”

    Ch. 3563 · 34 Stat. 532 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

95. An Act Granting to the Batesville Power Company right to erect and construct canal and power stations at Lock and Dam Numbered One, upper White River, Arkansas.

    Ch. 3564 · 34 Stat. 536 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

96. An Act To protect birds and their eggs in game and bird preserves.

    Ch. 3565 · 34 Stat. 536 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

97. An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River between the counties of Stearns and Sherburne, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 3566 · 34 Stat. 537 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Coraopolis and Osborne Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Ohio River.

    Ch. 3567 · 34 Stat. 538 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

99. An Act Directing the Secretary of War to cause an examination and survey to be made of Coney Island channel.

    Ch. 3568 · 34 Stat. 538 · June 28, 1906 · Original text

100. An Act To amend section twenty-eight hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide for an authentication of invoices of merchandise shipped to the United States from the Philippine Islands.

     Ch. 3569 · 34 Stat. 539 · June 28, 1906 · Original text