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Indian depredations to the Court of Claims, to refer,
848

Instruct the jury in writing, to require U.S. Circuit and
District judges to, 614

Judges, retirement pay for police and municipal courts
of District of Columbia, 1686

Judiciary Act of 1789, amendment to, 78

Judiciary Act of 1911, amendment to section 108, 1045
Judicial Code, provide for intervention by States and
direct appeals to Supreme Court of United States,

1623
Judicial expenses, making appropriations for, 191
Jurors in the District of Columbia, to provide for the
selection of grand and petit, 151

Laws of the United States over certain unorganized
territory south of the State of Kansas, 372

Miami, Fla., to provide for sittings of the U.S. Circuit

and District Courts of southern district of, 905
Mississippi City, Miss., to provide for holding terms of
U.S. Courts at, 402

New trials in the Court of Claims, 118

Police court of the District of Columbia, to provide for
trial by jury, 599

Preemptory challenges in civil cases in District Court,
2145

Probation system in the United States, 1008

Scranton, Miss., to provide for a special term for U.S.
Circuit, 184

Settlement of disputes with United States more expe-
diously, 1609

Shorthand reporters in the U.S. Courts in California,
to provide for appointment of, 182

South Carolina, provide for the appointment of a dis-
trict judge for the western judicial of, 892

Texas, to create a new division of the judicial district
of, and provide for the holding of terms of court
and appointment of clerk, at:

Beaumont, 769, 786

Del Rio, 904

Trials in the District Courts, disposition in case of ab-
sence of judges thereof, 5

United States, jurisdiction of, 660

Washington State, to amend an act relating to times and
places to hold terms of, 696

Writs of error in criminal cases, hearings, and habeas
corpus, provision for, 147

Court of Claims, new trials in, 118

Cowan, Roy, relief of, 2090

Cowan and Dickinson, relief of, 121

Cowden Mfg. Co., relief of, 1785

Cowlitz Tribe of Indians:

Amendment of act of February 12, 1925 permitting
filing of suits in Court of Claims, 1072

Cox Brothers, relief of, 1806

Cox, Bruce G., relief of, 1420

Coyne, Thomas A., relief of, 1282

Crain, R.R., relief of, 1260

Cramer, Jacob, relief of the heirs of, 378

Crawford, Richard B., pension to, 110

Crawford, Weir, remove desertion charge from the military

record of, 737

Cressy, Ferne and Frank, validate mining claim, 2097

Crisler, Julius, relief of estate of, 1290

Crook, Charles E., relief of, 1895

Cross, Ella D., pension to, 766

Crossman, John C., relief of, 1672

Crow Creek Indian Agency, S. Dakota, sale of allotted land, 957

Crow Indian Tribe, right of way payment for Yellowtail Dam and Reservoir, 2086

Crowley, Helen M., pension to, 1582

Crown lands, conference with the Dominion Government relative to claims of American interests, 1026

Cuba Memorial Hospital, relief of, 1654

Cuban-American Sugar Co., determine claim, 2013, 2060 Culver, Catherine, relief of the heirs, 709

Cumberland Female College of McMinnville, Tennessee, relief of, 664

Cumberland Road, preservation and repair, 10
Cummings, Ruth Lois, relief of, 1819
Cunningham, Harry F., relief of, 2029
Cunningham, Maria, pension to, 284
Curry, James and Annie, relief of, 1892
Curtin, Mary, pension to, 444

Curtis, Clayton W., relief of, 1643

Custer County, Mont., convey lands to Miles City for industrial site, 1943

Customs Service, adjust compensation of employees, 1244
Custom Field Service, promotion of employees, 1410
Customhouse, U.S., Detroit, Michigan, sale of, 1639

Cutler, George W., pension to, 269
Cutters and steamers, revenue, 32

D

D'Agostino, Mary, relief of, 2168
Dakota:

Yankton and Missouri River R.R., granting a right of
way, 553

Aberdeen, Bismark and Northwestern R.R., granting a right of way across Sioux Reservation, 554

Danehower, Wm., carry into effect the findings of Court of Claims, 1277

Darling, James H., pension to, 312

Darr, James W., relief of, 1330

Daughters of 1812, National Society, 1007

Dauper, John, pension to, 529

Davidson, Francis, relief of, 886

Davis, Harold Joe, relief of, 2028

Davis, Hezekiah, correct military record of, 911

Davis, J. V., relief of, 859

Davis, Reuben, to remove political disabilities, 167

Davis Grocery Co., relief of, 1967

Dawson Springs Construction Co., determine claim of,

1570

Day, Henry Big, issuance of patent in fee, 1854
Day-light savings law, repeal of, 1017
Day's Sportswear, Inc., relief of, 2359
Dayton, Elizabeth, B., relief of, 1105
Deal, Charles, relief of, 741

Dean, John, pension to, 527

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Deaver, Louis H., relief of, 1898

Debt, Public, directing payment of the surplus in the Treasury on, 332

Deck, Amanda F., pension to, 417

Deeds, mortgages, and other conveyances, affecting real estate in the District of Columbia, providing for the recording of, 164

Defense:

Anniston, Ala., establishment of permanent military camp at, 989

Defense Act of 1940, amendment to, 1716

Military installations, construction at, 2092, 2237, 2350 Muscle Shoals, Ala., creation of corporation to operate the government properties, 1107

National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, amendment to, 1010, 1068, 1077, 1333, 1593

Secure the National, 1858

Special Committee to Investigate National Defense, 1850

Defense Department:

Claims approved, settlement of, 1116

Record and pension office in the War Department, establishment of, 646

Reserve supplies held by the War Department, limit issuance of, 1075

de Kilpatrick, Louisa V., pension to, 592 De Leon, Agnes and Maria, relief of, 864

De Leon, Edwin, relief of the legal representative, 863 De Long, James, relief of, 115

Delph, Larkin, pension to, 388

Deming, Francis, pension to, 263

Denninger, Mary Beaton, relief of, 2059

Denniston, Wm. H., relief of, 138

Denny, Alfred, pension to, 225

Denver, Colo., relief of, 2030

Deportation of aliens, criminals and undesirables, 1614 de Provost, Teresa, relief of the estate of, 1283

Deputy U.S. Marshals, increase pay of, 1370, 2279, 2297 Dermody, Wm., pension to, 254

De Russy, Helen A., pension to, 808

Desertion, remove the charge from soldiers of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, 126

Des Moines Rapids, Miss. River, continuing the improvement of, 45

Des Moines River, to quiet title of settlers on lands of, 210, 569

De Soto Exposition Commission, creation of, 1633

Dessez, Lester A., relief of, 1834

Detroit Automotive Products Co., relief of, 2018

De Witt, Hannah C., pension to, 462

De Witt Veeder, Ten Eyk, relief of, 966

Dickens, William, pension to, 344

Dickinson and Cowan, relief of, 121

Disabled American Veterans of WWI, payments to, 1383 Diseases, prevention of introduction of infectious, 835 District of Columbia:

Bank notes less than five dollars, prohibition of circulation within, 53

Beer, prohibition of purchase on credit by retailers, 1489

Blind persons, provision for, 1200

Board of Commissioners, improvements to business properties, 2102

Bookmaking and pool selling, to prohibit, 626

Brightwood Railway Co., to amend the charter of, 722
Cemeteries, regulation of, 823

Commissioners, to settle claims and suits, 1491
Corporations, amendment of section 553 of the Revised
Statutes relating to the organization of, 672

Deeds, mortgages, and other conveyances affecting
real estate, providing for the recording of, 164
District of Columbia Hospital Center, appropriations,
2212

Election of delegates to national political conventions, 2034

Elective franchise, to regulate, 68

Equal rights, security of, 76, 83

Fire Department and Metropolitan Police Force, equal-
ize total disability retirement benefits, 2266
Firemen, shorter hours of duty, 1486

First Presbyterian Church, to incorporate, 88
Improvements to property, 2024

Indecent publications, 2218

Jurors, to provide for the selection of grand and petit, 151
Lightning, Piney Branch Road, 991

Metropolitan Police Force and Fire Department, equal-
ize total disability retirement benefits, 2266
Metropolitan Washington Commission, establishment of,
2064

National Capital, ornamentation of, 768

Obscene, lewd, indecent or vulgar pictures in public places of amusement, prevention of exhibition, 992 Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Maine Avenues, designation of, 1397

Parking meters on streets, 1519

Parole commission, provide for, 1059

Pennsylvania Avenue, repavement, 166
Physicians, regulate the compensation, 405
Police Court:

Establishment of, 1387

To provide for a trial by jury in, 599

Police Department, to abolish the Board of Commissioners from, 173

Protestant Episcopal Church, town of Alexandria, incorporate, 3

Recorder of deeds in, 85

Schools, bequest of Peter Von Essen for the use of the

public white, 788

Smoke, prevention of, 899

Street-railway franchises, publish laws relating to, 671

Suburban Railway Co., to amend the charter of, 734
Taxes, reassessment of water-main, 834

Trustees in schools in Washington and Georgetown,
transferring duties of, 80

Water, furnishing to charitable institutions free of charge, 1568

Washington, erection of a monument, 768

Washington Airport, enlargement of, 1395

Washington and Glen Echo R.R. Co., right of way and construct tracks, 827

Dixie Margarine Co., relief of, 1961

Dixie Power Co., construction of a dam across White River at Cotter, Ark., 985

Doane, Russell L., pension to, 474

Dodge, Gardner, remove the charge of desertion against, 652 Domestic Minerals Program Extension Act of 1953, amendment to, 2081

Domestic Tungsten, Asbestos, Fluorspar, and ColumbiumTantalum Production and Purchase Act of 1956, extend for 1 year, 2123

Dougherty, Mary Ann, pension to, 433

Dow, Jennette, pension to, 268

Doyle, Jack, relief of, 1272

Drago, Dr. Francesco, relief of, 1982

Drake, Alphonzo O., pension to, 818

Drake, Mary I., pension to, 578

Dubiske, Harry W., relief of, 1378

Dubonnet, Ruth Obre, relief of, 1999

Dubuque Bridge Commission, creation of, 1428

Duff, Harry N., relief of, 2142

Duffy, John, pension to, 367

Duke, Ellis (Elias), relief of, 1306

Dukes, W.P., postmaster at Rowesville, S.C., relief of, 937 Dull, John C., to correct the naval record of, 698

Duncan, Blanton, relief of, 90

Dunlap, Margaret, pension to, 341

Dunlap, Robert H., U.S. Marine Corps, Congressional Medal of Honor, 1142

Dunn, Margaret, relief of, 1835

Dupree, Jerome, relief of, 1260

Dyersburg and Mississippi River Railway & Improvement Co., to bridge the Obion River, Tenn., 746

Dykes, A.W., relief of, 1260

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Eagle Packet Co., determine claim, 1794
Eason, Bessie, relief of, 1752

East Coast Ship & Yacht Corp., Noank, Conn., relief of, 1917
Easterling, Albert, relief of, 1260

Eastern Coal & Mining Co., exchange of lands with the

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Coal Co, 972

Eastern Contracting Co, 1786, 1836

Eastman, Dewitt, relief of, 950

East Tennessee University, relief of 117

Eaton, Lydia A., pension to, 472

Eber Brothers Wine and Liquor Corp., relief of, 2164

Eberhart Steel Products Co., relief of, 1293, 1545, 1566 Eberle, Kate, relief of, 742

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