Legislation

Clause three of the proposed New York Senate bill 444 pertaining to party enrollment and qualifications.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-03-09

The bill calls for the creation of the Sherman Law Commission with nine commissioners who will oversee the licensure of those engaging in trade and commerce worth over $10,000 in a day and ensure such organizations are not participating in restraint of trade. The commission will also set prices of goods bought and sold by licensees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

This legislation permits the exchange of certain privately held lands within Grand Canyon National Park for other government-held lands, with the provision that the privately held lands become part of the national park.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1926-05-10

Legislation abolishing the former Mount Olympus National Monument and establishing a newly designated Olympic National Park. A map outlining the boundaries of the park accompanies the legislation

Collection

Olympic National Park

Creation Date

1938-06-29

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $22,500 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1923-12-05

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $20,000 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1921-04-30

This bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Raker, repeals section 5 of the act establishing Lassen Volcanic National Park, which restricted the amount of money able to be appropriated for the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-02-21

This act, introduced in the United States Senate, repeals section 5 of the act establishing the Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-03-07

This bill proposes to appropriate $5,000 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park, directs that all revenue connected with the park should be used for its administration and improvement, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or property for park purposes.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1921-04-18

As an addendum to Senate Bill 3899, Senator Perkins submits two letters from Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte to Senator Eugene Hale. Bonaparte’s letters discuss amendments to the pending legislation, as well as the necessity of passing the legislation granting the Secretary of the Navy the authority to dismiss midshipmen at any time if he deems it in the best interest of the Navy. Such actions will allow the Secretary of the Navy to better address problems like hazing, which otherwise require a longer process of court-martial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-30

Edward Lazansky reiterates the existing law entitled “An act providing for the punishment of crime, constituting chapter forty of the consolidated laws” that prohibits the sale and carrying of weapons, before providing a recently passed amendment requiring a register of gun purchases and proof of permits.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-25

A draft of a bill that would implement policy changes on fire protection standards in government buildings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-17

The Richmond City Council, with the Board of Aldermen, resolved to appoint a joint committee to investigate and report on what action to take to relieve the congested condition of the city’s “colored population” to facilitate housing segregation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-26

Legislation regulating interstate commerce in items produced by convict labor. Such goods which are transported into any state or territory are subject to the same laws as other goods produced in the area.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-04

Several Oklahoma legislators submit a bill to provide for a state board of education, enumerating its powers, and declaring an emergency in the state. The bill sets out the terms of board members, their compensation, and their duties. A state of emergency is additionally declared, necessitating that the act take effect and be in force immediately after its passage and approval.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-11

A proposed act in the New York State Assembly would require people wishing to get married to obtain a physician’s certificate attesting that they are “not afflicted with any contagious, infectious or transmissible disease,” and sets out penalties for fraudulently obtaining such a certificate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-01

A bill introduced in the California Senate that would allow for the appointment of a ship subsidy commission. Sections three and four, which outline the duties and responsibilities of the commission, are highlighted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-10

Text of a proposed amendment to H. R. 12684. The bill makes appropriations for the Indian Department and the amendment allows Delaware Indians who have settled and improved land in the Cherokee Nation to first select from these lands for their allotments. This copy includes minor handwritten edits, seemingly in President Roosevelt’s hand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-08

This amendment first re-establishes the fact that the federal government has the ability to regulate interstate trade, and that such regulation may be delegated to commissions. “Due process of law,” in reference to these commissions, does not necessarily mean that the actions of the commissions must be reviewed by courts, except where such actions may conflict with the constitutional right to property. If every action of a commission to regulate railroad rates needed to be evaluated by the courts, it would, for all practical purposes, destroy the ability of the commission to operate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-28

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1892-08-01

Creator(s)

United States. Congress. House

Language

English