LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. IX Page. Bridge, Rio Grande. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of El Paso, Texas, to construct a bridge across the R10 Grande River within or near the city limits of E1 Paso, Texas, such construction to be made with the consent and cooperation of the Republic of Mexico. October 6, 1917 ... . . . 396 Army, Medical and Dental Corps, etc, An Act To provide for the promotion of iirst lieutenants in the Regular Army and National Guard to the §rade of captain, and respecting the Dental Corps of the Army and medical and dental stu ents, and for other purposes. October 6, 1917. . 397 Navy ratam. An Act To amend section fifteen hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States.` October 6, 1917 397 Navy, ratings, arnjicer branch. An Act To establish certain new ratings in the United States Navy, and for other p es. October 6, 1917 ... : 397 Army, rmvzlrional use 0} Cavalry. An Act To authorize the President to organize provisionally as gield Artillery or Infantry and to use as Field Artillery or Infantry during the existing emergency such regiments of Cavalix as hemay designate. October 6, 1917 .. 398 War Risk Insunmoc, Army and Navy. An ct To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Instuance in the Treasury Department," approved September second, nineteen lumdred and fourteen, and for other purposes. October 6, 1917. 398 Trading with due enemy. An Act To define, rgulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes. October 6, 1917 . . . 411 Irrigation, Rio Grande project, M Mez. and Tm:. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Interior to expend funds in New Mexico and Texas for drainage October 6, 1917. . 426 Oustmns, distilled aphiu imports. Joint Resolution Authorizing an directing the Secretary of the Treasury to tpsrrnit the entry of distilled spirits into bonded Warehouses underbond, conditioned for e export of such distilled spirits to some foreign country within one year from the date of entrly; into the United States. October 6, 1917 .. . . 427 Army, lands Q; Ordname apartment. Joint Resolution Authorizing the expenditure of money upon ds purchased for use of the Ordnance Department of the Army without reference to section three hundred and fifty-Eve of the Revised Statutes. October 6, 1917. . 427
STATUTE II.—1917—1918.
Wu with Au.stria·Hunya3;. Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the
Imperial and Roy Austro-Hungarian Government and the Government and the people of
the United States, and making gnavision to prosecute the mme. December 7, 1917 ... 429
Appropnhtiom, An Act king appropriations to sudpply deiciencies in appropriations for the fiscal y:r ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun red and eighteen, and for other
purposes. Decem 15, 1917 .. , . - . 429
mployuf salaries December, 1917. Joint Resolution Authorizing the (payment of
salaries of officers and employees of Congress for December, nineteen hundred an seventeen. December 18 1917 430 Naval Academy, mizishipmen. An Act To increase the number of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. December 20, 1917 ... 430 Public lands, hmneatead settler:. An Act To authorize absence by homestead settlers and entrymen, and for other {purpose. December 20, 1917 ... . .. 430 Pneumatic-tube mai investigation. Joint Resolution Extending the comminiun grtgjvided forin the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post ce Department for the fiscal year ending June t nrtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes," approved March third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, with the same authorities, Bowers and provisions until on or before March first, nineteen hundred and eighteen. ecember 26, 1917 431 Antitrust Act, 1914, ojcers of oorporatziona, etc. Joint Resolution Extendiniuntil Januarxnhrst, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the effective date of section ten of the ct entitled “Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purmses, a proved October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. January 12, 1918 431 Farm n An Act Amendigg section thirty-two, Federal Farm Loan Act, approved July seventeenth, nineteen hundr and sixteen. January 18, 1918 ..., 431 Bridge, Monongahela River. An Act Extendin§ the time for the construction of a bridge acrom the Mononghela River at or near the city 0 Fairmont, West Virginia. January 26, 1918 .. 432 Philippine Is nds,mHi¢121, etc. An Act To authorize the calling into the service of the United States the and other locally created armed forces in the Philippine Islands, and for otheiipurposes. January 26, 1918 .- . 432 Choctaw a Chickasaw, coal and asphalt deposits. An Act Providing for the sale of the coal and aspllgagt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, 0 oma. February 8, 1918 ... 438 "Garabcd.’* Joint Resolution For the Surpose of promoting efficiency, for the utilization of the resources and industries of the 'nited States, for lessening the expenses of the war, and restoring the los caused by the war by providing for the employment of a discovery or igxwgntiongcagg the "Garabed," claiming to make possible the utilization of free energy. 435 . ° .’ wu. Y a . ·························· : ·········•······· 2 ············· : ······· :··· Bhdgc, Mummppz Rwer. An Act To extend the time for the completion of the mumcipal budge gpgrqsches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of Saint Louis, within the States and Mimouri. February 11, 1918 - . 436
