STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1917, AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS, RECENT TREATIES EDITED, PRINTED, and published By AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1917. LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS LAWS OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. STATUTE I.-1917. War with Germany. Joint Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the Government and the people of the United States and making provision to prosecute the same. April 6, 1917..... Appropriations, Congressional. An Act Making appropriations for certain expenses incident to the Liberty bonds, etc. An Act To authorize an issue of bonds to meet expenditures for the national Hydrographic Office. An Act To authorize the detail of additional officers to the Hydrographic Navy, midshipmen. An Act To increase the number of midshipmen at the Naval Academy until District of Columbia, Odd Fellows Hall. An Act To amend an Act approved June twenty-ninth, 1917. Appropriations, Army. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes. May 12, 1917.. Enemy vessels. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to take over for the United States the possession and title of any vessel within its jurisdiction, which at the time of coming therein was owned in whole or in part by any corporation, citizen, or subject of any nation with which the United States may be at war, or was under register of any such nation, and for other purposes. May 12, 1917.... Army emergency increase. An Act To authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States. May 18, 1917... Bridge, Mississippi River. An Act Authorizing the county of Morrison, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River in said county. May 22, 1917.. Bridge, Mississippi River. An Act Authorizing the city of Bemidji, Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near that place. May 22, 1917.. Naval Reserve Force, insular possessions. An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen Bridge, Wabash River. An Act Granting consent to Ernest B. Denison, A. J. Barchfield, and III |