Every law Congress has passed

1,506 laws of the 71st Congress, 1929–1931

1. An Act For the relief of Alma Rawson.

   Ch. 274 · 46 Stat. 2119 · February 21, 1931 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To authorize issuance of a patent for certain lands to J. R. Murphy.

   Ch. 275 · 46 Stat. 2119 · February 21, 1931 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the grading and classification of clerks in the Foreign Service of the United States of America, and providing compensation therefor.

   Ch. 276 · 46 Stat. 1207 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

4. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 277 · 46 Stat. 1217 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

5. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 278 · 46 Stat. 1242 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

6. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 279 · 46 Stat. 1277 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

7. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 280 · 46 Stat. 1309 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

8. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 281 · 46 Stat. 1355 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

9. An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 282 · 46 Stat. 1376 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924.

    Ch. 283 · 46 Stat. 1415 · February 23, 1931 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Joseph Pulitzer.

    Ch. 284 · 46 Stat. 2119 · February 23, 1931 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Jessie Axton.

    Ch. 285 · 46 Stat. 2120 · February 23, 1931 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of John A. Arnold.

    Ch. 286 · 46 Stat. 2120 · February 23, 1931 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To provide against the withholding of pay when employees are removed for breach of contract to render faithful service.

    Ch. 287 · 46 Stat. 1415 · February 24, 1931 · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the State of Louisiana and the State of Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 7 meets Texas Highway Numbered 87.

    Ch. 288 · 46 Stat. 1416 · February 24, 1931 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize an appropriation of funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia for the use of the District of Columbia Commission for the George Washington Bicentennial.

    Ch. 289 · 46 Stat. 1416 · February 24, 1931 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the payment of an indemnity to the British Government on account of losses sustained by H. W. Bennett, a British subject, in connection with the rescue of survivors of the United States ship Cherokee.

    Ch. 290 · 46 Stat. 1416 · February 24, 1931 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries to be held at Paris, France, in 1931.

    Ch. 291 · 46 Stat. 1417 · February 24, 1931 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of James Earl Brigman.

    Ch. 292 · 46 Stat. 2120 · February 24, 1931 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Patrick P. Riley.

    Ch. 293 · 46 Stat. 2121 · February 24, 1931 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of the widow of Robert Graham Moss.

    Ch. 294 · 46 Stat. 2121 · February 24, 1931 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Mary L. Dickson.

    Ch. 295 · 46 Stat. 2121 · February 24, 1931 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional district judges for the northern district of Illinois.

    Ch. 296 · 46 Stat. 1417 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section 284 of the Judicial Code of the United States.

    Ch. 297 · 46 Stat. 1417 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

25. An Act To legalize bridgea across the Staunton River at Brookneal, Route Numbered 18, Campbell County, and at Clover, Halifax County, Route Numbered 12, State of Virginia.

    Ch. 298 · 46 Stat. 1418 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

26. An Act to extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay.

    Ch. 299 · 46 Stat. 1418 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

27. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Pigeon River at or near Mineral Center, Minnesota.

    Ch. 300 · 46 Stat. 1418 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with certain public works at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 301 · 46 Stat. 1419 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the transportation of school children in the District of Columbia at a reduced fare.

    Ch. 302 · 46 Stat. 1419 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To change the name of B Street northwest, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 303 · 46 Stat. 1419 · February 25, 1931 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Agnes Loupinas.

    Ch. 304 · 46 Stat. 2121 · February 25, 1931 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 305 · 46 Stat. 1420 · February 26, 1931 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the system of pay and allowances, and so forth, for officers and men on vessels of the Department of Commerce in operation as of July 1, 1929.

    Ch. 306 · 46 Stat. 1421 · February 26, 1931 · Original text

34. An Act To expedite the construction of public buildings and works outside of the District of Columbia by enabling possession and title of sites to be taken in advance of final judgment in proceedings for the acquisition thereof under the power of eminent domain.

    Ch. 307 · 46 Stat. 1421 · February 26, 1931 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 308 · 46 Stat. 1422 · February 26, 1931 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Nick Rizou Theodore.

    Ch. 309 · 46 Stat. 2122 · February 26, 1931 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Irma Upp Miles, the widow, and Meredeth Miles, the child, of Meredith L. Miles, deceased.

    Ch. 310 · 46 Stat. 2122 · February 26, 1931 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Lowela Hanlin.

    Ch. 311 · 46 Stat. 2122 · February 26, 1931 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Catherine Panturis.

    Ch. 312 · 46 Stat. 2123 · February 26, 1931 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the paving of the Government road across Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Military Reservation.

    Ch. 313 · 46 Stat. 1423 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize and direct a preliminary examination of the Hocking River for the distance it flows through Athens County, Ohio.

    Ch. 314 · 46 Stat. 1423 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for a survey of the Mouse River, North Dakota, with a view to the prevention and control of its floods.

    Ch. 315 · 46 Stat. 1424 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the construction of vessels for the Coast Guard for rescue and assistance work on Lake Erie.

    Ch. 316 · 46 Stat. 1424 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Acts approved March 3, 1925, and July 3, 1926, known as the District of Columbia Traffic Acts, and so forth.

    Ch. 317 · 46 Stat. 1424 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

45. Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931

    An Act To increase the loan basis of adjusted service certificates.

    Ch. 318 · 46 Stat. 1429 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

46. An Act Authorizing the purchase of the State laboratory at Hamilton, Montana, constructed for the prevention, eradication, and cure of spotted fever.

    Ch. 319 · 46 Stat. 1430 · February 27, 1931 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of William K. Kennedy.

    Ch. 320 · 46 Stat. 2123 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of S. Vaughan Furniture Company, Florence, South Carolina.

    Ch. 321 · 46 Stat. 2123 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the estate of Moses M. Bane.

    Ch. 322 · 46 Stat. 2124 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Walter P. Crowley.

    Ch. 323 · 46 Stat. 2124 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of R. A. Ogee, senior.

    Ch. 324 · 46 Stat. 2124 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To correct the naval record of Edward Earle.

    Ch. 325 · 46 Stat. 2125 · February 27, 1931 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 326 · 46 Stat. 1431 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize alterations and repairs to certain naval vessels.

    Ch. 327 · 46 Stat. 1453 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

55. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes,” approved December 29, 1916.

    Ch. 328 · 46 Stat. 1454 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize appropriations for the construction of a sea wall and quartermaster’s warehouse at Selfridge Field, Michigan, and to construct a water main to Selfridge Field, Michigan.

    Ch. 329 · 46 Stat. 1454 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

57. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February, 1925,” approved May 22, 1926, as amended.

    Ch. 330 · 46 Stat. 1455 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at Tucson Field, Tucson, Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 331 · 46 Stat. 1455 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to transfer to the trustees of Howard University title to certain property in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 332 · 46 Stat. 1455 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

60. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Brainerd, Minnesota.

    Ch. 333 · 46 Stat. 1455 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mahoning River at Edinburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 334 · 46 Stat. 1456 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

62. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri.

    Ch. 335 · 46 Stat. 1456 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

63. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Fox River east of Serena in La Salle County, Illinois, between sections 20 and 29, township 35 north, range 5 east, third principal meridian.

    Ch. 336 · 46 Stat. 1456 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

64. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Lansing, Iowa.

    Ch. 337 · 46 Stat. 1457 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

65. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 338 · 46 Stat. 1457 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

66. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Rulo, Nebraska.

    Ch. 339 · 46 Stat. 1457 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

67. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Hastings, Minnesota.

    Ch. 340 · 46 Stat. 1457 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize an investigation with respect to the Construction of a dam or dams across the Owyhee River or other streams within or adjacent to the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Nevada, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 341 · 46 Stat. 1458 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 342 · 46 Stat. 1458 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

70. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Connecticut River at or near Erving, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 343 · 46 Stat. 1458 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

71. An Act Permitting the laying of a conduit across E and F Streets southwest, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 344 · 46 Stat. 1459 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the joint resolution establishing the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission, approved May 23, 1928.

    Ch. 345 · 46 Stat. 1459 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to reconvey to the State of New York a portion of the land comprising the Fort Ontario Military Reservation, New York.

    Ch. 346 · 46 Stat. 1460 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 347 · 46 Stat. 1460 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To correct section 6 of the Act of August 30, 1890, as amended by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1926.

    Ch. 348 · 46 Stat. 1460 · February 28, 1931 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Helen F. Griffin and Ada W. Allen.

    Ch. 349 · 46 Stat. 2125 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of E. F. Zanetta.

    Ch. 350 · 46 Stat. 2125 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Doctor B. T. Williamson, of GreenWood, Mississippi.

    Ch. 351 · 46 Stat. 2125 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Andrew Kline.

    Ch. 352 · 46 Stat. 2126 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Andrew Markhus.

    Ch. 353 · 46 Stat. 2126 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Davis, Howe and Company.

    Ch. 354 · 46 Stat. 2126 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company.

    Ch. 355 · 46 Stat. 2127 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of William S. Murray.

    Ch. 356 · 46 Stat. 2127 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Louis J. Stroud.

    Ch. 357 · 46 Stat. 2127 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of George Curren.

    Ch. 358 · 46 Stat. 2127 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Alfred W. Mayfield.

    Ch. 359 · 46 Stat. 2128 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To provide an appropriation for the payment of claims of persons who suffered property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosion at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926.

    Ch. 360 · 46 Stat. 2128 · February 28, 1931 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 12 of the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended.

    Ch. 361 · 46 Stat. 1461 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with certain public works at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 362 · 46 Stat. 1461 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

90. An Act Amending section 1 of Public Resolution Numbered 89 Seventy-first Congress, approved June 17, 1930, entitled “Joint resolution providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on October 19, 1781, and authorizing an appropria tion to be used in connection with such celebration, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 363 · 46 Stat. 1462 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

91. An Act To authorize the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Association to mortgage its property in Hot Springs National Park.

    Ch. 364 · 46 Stat. 1462 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

92. An Act To regulate the prescribing and use of waters from the Hot Springs National Park at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 365 · 46 Stat. 1462 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

93. An Act To amend sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25, 29, and 30 of the United States Warehouse Act, approved August 11, 1916, as amended.

    Ch. 366 · 46 Stat. 1463 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey a certain portion of the military reservation at Fort McArthur, California, to the city of Los Angeles, California, for street purposes and to amend an Act to authorize the acquisition for military purposes of land in the county of Montgomery, State of Alabama, for use as an addition to Maxwell Field, approved July 1, 1930.

    Ch. 367 · 46 Stat. 1466 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

95. An Act To provide extra compensation for overtime service performed by immigrant inspectors and other employees of the Immigration Service.

    Ch. 368 · 46 Stat. 1467 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the Menominee Tribe of Indians to employ general attorneys.

    Ch. 389 · 46 Stat. 1468 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out his ten-year cooperative program for the eradication, suppression, or bringing under control of predatory and other wild animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wild game, and other interests, and for the suppression of rabies and tularemia in predatory or other wild animals, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 370 · 46 Stat. 1468 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

98. An Act To amend an Act to parole United States prisoners, and for other purposes, approved June 25, 1910.

    Ch. 371 · 46 Stat. 1469 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the special delivery and the special handling of mail matter.

    Ch. 372 · 46 Stat. 1469 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

100. An Act To permit the development of certain valuable mineral resources in certain lands of the United States.

     Ch. 373 · 46 Stat. 1470 · March 2, 1931 · Original text