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THE

STATUTES AT LARGE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FROM

DECEMBER, 1915, TO MARCH. 1917

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

AND

RECENT TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE
PROCLAMATIONS

EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

VOL. XXXIX

IN TWO PARTS

PART 1-Public Acts and Resolutions

PART 2-Private Acts and Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions,
Treaties, and Proclamations

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WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1917

REPRINTED IN TAIWAN

PUBLIC LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PASSED BY THE

SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

1915-1917

LIST

OF THE

PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS

CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

LAWS OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

STATUTE I.-1915-1916.

Bridge, Columbia River. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Citizens' Bridge Com-
pany to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Burlington, Iowa. Decem-
ber 17, 1915.....
Bridge, Saint Francis River. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Saint
Francis River at or near Saint Francis, Arkansas. December 17, 1915..
Panama-California Exposition. Joint Resolution To transfer the Government exhibit from the
Panama Pacific International Exposition to the Panama-California Exposition, and for
other purposes. December 17, 1915.

Emergency internal revenue taxes. Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of the Act entitled
"An Act to increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes," approved October
twenty-second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and sixteen. December 17, 1915.............

Appropriations, urgent deficiencies. Joint Resolution Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen. December 17, 1915...

Congressional employees, December, 1915, salaries. Joint Resolution Authorizing payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for December, nineteen hundred and fifteen. December 17, 1915...

Bridge, Allegheny River. An Act Authorizing the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River at Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. December 18, 1915...

District of Columbia, fiscal relations. Joint Resolution Extending the time for filing the report
of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia
and the United States. December 18, 1915.....

Bridge, Arkansas River. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas
River at or near Tulsa, Oklahoma. January 12, 1916...

Bridge, Rock River. An Act Granting an extension of time to construct a bridge across Rock River
at or near Colona Ferry, in the State of Illinois. January 14, 1916..

Bridge, Black River. An Act To authorize Butler County, Missouri, to construct a bridge across
Black River. January 14, 1916....

Bridge, Ohio River. 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. January
17, 1916...

Bridge, Fox River. An Act To authorize the construction of bridges across the Fox River at Aurora,
Illinois. January 18, 1916....

Bridge, Pend Oreille River. An Act To authorize the county of Bonner, Idaho, to construct a
bridge across Pend Oreille River. January 24, 1916....

Bridge, Chattahoochee River. 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. January 24, 1916...

Bridge, Back River. 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 Jasper County, South Carolina, and Chatham County, Georgia. January 26, 1916....

Bridge, Tug Fork, Big Sandy River. 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 Vir-
ginia. January 28, 1916...

Bridge, Saint Francis River. An Act To authorize Dunklin County, Missouri, and Clay County,
Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Saint Francis River. January 28, 1916...
Bridge, Saint Francis River. An Act To authorize Butler and Dunklin Counties, Missouri, to
construct a bridge across Saint Francis River. January 28, 1916.....

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