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Soliciting Increase in Pay or Influencing Legislation by Employees of the United States January 31, 1902 24 164: Amending Civil Service Rules Allowing Transfers of Certain Personnel in Treasury Department February 4, 1902 25 165: John P. Green, Classified as Postage Stamp Agent Without Examination or Certification in Regard to Civil Service Rules
With the inclusion of the Allison amendment, the Senate passed the Hepburn Bill in a 71-to-3 vote. [50] After both houses of Congress passed a uniform law, Roosevelt signed the Hepburn Act into law on June 29, 1906.
The Immigration Act of 1907 was a piece of federal United States immigration legislation passed by the 59th Congress and signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 20, 1907. [2] The Act was part of a series of reforms aimed at restricting the increasing number and groups of immigrants coming into the U.S. before World War I ...
Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 3, 1903 The Immigration Act of 1903 , also called the Anarchist Exclusion Act , was a law of the United States regulating immigration . It codified previous immigration law, and added four inadmissible classes: anarchists , people with epilepsy , beggars , and importers of prostitutes .
Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 26, 1907 The Tillman Act of 1907 (34 Stat. 864) was the first campaign finance law in the United States . The Act prohibited monetary contributions to federal candidates by corporations and nationally chartered (interstate) banks.
The Naturalization Act of 1906 was an act of the United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt that revised the Naturalization Act of 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. The bill was passed on June 29, 1906, and took effect September 27, 1906.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Legislation was passed which specified that meat had to be processed safely with proper sanitation. Foodstuffs and drugs could no longer be mislabeled, nor could consumers be deliberately misled. Roosevelt gave high priority to environmental conservation, and safeguarded millions of acres of wilderness from commercial exploitation. [22]