Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To relieve restricted Indians in the Five Civilized Tribes whose non taxable lands are required for State, county, or municipal improvements or sold to other persons or for other purposes.

   Ch. 374 · 46 Stat. 1471 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

2. An Act For the retirement of employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, on the Isthmus of Panama, who are citizens of the United States.

   Ch. 375 · 46 Stat. 1471 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

3. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning River near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

   Ch. 376 · 46 Stat. 1480 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the distribution of the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims to the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota.

   Ch. 377 · 46 Stat. 1481 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution To print annually as separate House documents the proceedings of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the American Legion, and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War.

   Ch. 378 · 46 Stat. 1481 · March 2, 1931 · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Franz J. Jonitz, first lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army.

   Ch. 379 · 46 Stat. 2128 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Mary Altieri.

   Ch. 380 · 46 Stat. 2129 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Gabriel Roth.

   Ch. 381 · 46 Stat. 2129 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the Ayer and Lord Tie Company (Incorporated).

   Ch. 382 · 46 Stat. 2129 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the Lakeside Country Club.

    Ch. 383 · 46 Stat. 2130 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of McIlwraith McEacharn’s Line, Proprietary (Limited).

    Ch. 384 · 46 Stat. 2130 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Northern Trust Company, the trustee in bankruptcy of the Northwest Farmers Cooperative Dairy and Produce Company, a corporation, bankrupt.

    Ch. 385 · 46 Stat. 2131 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Alfred Chapleau.

    Ch. 386 · 46 Stat. 2131 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of John S. Conkright.

    Ch. 387 · 46 Stat. 2131 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Wesley B. Johnson.

    Ch. 388 · 46 Stat. 2131 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Thomas Barrett.

    Ch. 389 · 46 Stat. 2132 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Norman Dombris.

    Ch. 390 · 46 Stat. 2132 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Vincent Baranasies.

    Ch. 391 · 46 Stat. 2132 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Sylvester S. Thompson.

    Ch. 392 · 46 Stat. 2133 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of David F. Richards, otherwise known as David Richards.

    Ch. 393 · 46 Stat. 2133 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of John F. Williams and Anderson Tyler.

    Ch. 394 · 46 Stat. 2133 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Thomas W. Bath.

    Ch. 395 · 46 Stat. 2133 · March 2, 1931 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Providing for Saturday half holidays for certain Government employees.

    Ch. 396 · 46 Stat. 1482 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

24. An Act To regulate the distribution and promotion of commissioned officers of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 397 · 46 Stat. 1482 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the city of Fernandina, Florida, under certain conditions, to dispose of a portion of the Amelia Island Lighthouse Reservation.

    Ch. 398 · 46 Stat. 1485 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

26. An Act To regulate the erection, hanging, placing, painting, display, and maintenance of outdoor signs and other forms of exterior advertising within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 399 · 46 Stat. 1486 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

27. An Act To provide books for the adult blind.

    Ch. 400 · 46 Stat. 1487 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the Pillager Bands of Chippewa Indians, residing in the State of Minnesota, to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 401 · 46 Stat. 1487 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

29. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey the Fort Griswold tract to the State of Connecticut.

    Ch. 402 · 46 Stat. 1488 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

30. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey certain land to the city of Asheville, North Carolina, for park and street purposes.

    Ch. 403 · 46 Stat. 1489 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

31. An Act To extend the provisions of certain laws relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation to Porto Rico.

    Ch. 404 · 46 Stat. 1489 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

32. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.” approved July 3, 1930.

    Ch. 405 · 46 Stat. 1490 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

33. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, and a point opposite thereto in Union County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 406 · 46 Stat. 1490 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the attendance of personnel and animals of the Regular Army as participants in the Tenth Olympic Games.

    Ch. 407 · 46 Stat. 1490 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the acquisition for military purposes of land in Orange County, New York, for use as an addition to the West Point Military Reservation.

    Ch. 408 · 46 Stat. 1491 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize twenty-four-hour quarantine inspection service in certain ports of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 409 · 46 Stat. 1491 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

37. An Act Granting to The Commissioners of Lincoln Park the right to erect a breakwater in the navigable waters of Lake Michigan, and transferring jurisdiction over certain navigable waters of Lake Michigan to The Commissioners of Lincoln Park.

    Ch. 410 · 46 Stat. 1493 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

38. An Act Relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed on public buildings of the United States and the District of Columbia by contractors and subcontractors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 411 · 46 Stat. 1494 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Army Band at the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Des Moines, Iowa.

    Ch. 412 · 46 Stat. 1494 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

40. An Act Relating to the adoption of minors by the Crow Indiana of Montana.

    Ch. 413 · 46 Stat. 1494 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to change the classification of Crow Indians.

    Ch. 414 · 46 Stat. 1495 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

42. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Richland Parish, Louisiana, or the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Boeuf River at or near Buckner, Richland Parish, Louisiana.

    Ch. 415 · 46 Stat. 1495 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

43. An Act For the enrollment of children born after December 30, 1919, whose parents, or either of them, are members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 46 Stat. 1495 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

44. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 417 · 46 Stat. 1496 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

45. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Cook, State of Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Little Calumet River on Cottage Grove Avenue near One hundred and forty-eighth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 418 · 46 Stat. 1496 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

46. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Francis River one-fourth mile south of Greenville, Wayne County, Missouri.

    Ch. 419 · 46 Stat. 1497 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

47. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Francis River four miles west of Kennett, Missouri, joining Dunklin County, Missouri, and Clay County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 420 · 46 Stat. 1497 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

48. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Eleven Points River at or near Thomasville, Oregon County, Missouri.

    Ch. 421 · 46 Stat. 1497 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

49. An Act To legalize a bridge across the James River at Galena, Stone County, Missouri.

    Ch. 422 · 46 Stat. 1498 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

50. An Act To legalize a bridge across the White River approximately eleven miles south of Reed Springs, Stone County, Missouri.

    Ch. 423 · 46 Stat. 1498 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

51. An Act To legalize a bridge across the White River at Forsyth, Taney County, Missouri.

    Ch. 424 · 46 Stat. 1498 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

52. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State High-way Commission of Missouri to construct, maintain, and operate a, highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Weldon Springs, Missouri.

    Ch. 425 · 46 Stat. 1498 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

53. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the White River at Branson, Taney County, Missouri.

    Ch. 426 · 46 Stat. 1499 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

54. An Act Authorizing the State of West Virginia by and through the State Bridge Commission of West Virginia, or the successors of said commission, to acquire, purchase, construct, improve, maintain, and operate bridges across the streams and rivers within said State and/or across boundary line streams or rivers of said State.

    Ch. 427 · 46 Stat. 1499 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

55. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Savannah River at or near Augusta, Georgia.

    Ch. 428 · 46 Stat. 1502 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act approved June 20, 1930, entitled “An Act to provide for the retirement of disabled nurses of the Army and the Navy.”

    Ch. 429 · 46 Stat. 1502 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

57. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pennsylvania, either jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River, at or near Fayette City, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 430 · 46 Stat. 1503 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing D. S. Prentiss, R. A. Salladay, Syl F. Histed, William M. Turner, and John H. Rahilly, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of New Boston, Illinois.

    Ch. 431 · 46 Stat. 1503 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the Spanish-American War veterans’ convention at New Orleans.

    Ch. 432 · 46 Stat. 1505 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 1 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended.

    Ch. 433 · 46 Stat. 1506 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the University of Oregon certain lands forming a part of the Coos Head River and Harbor Reservation.

    Ch. 434 · 46 Stat. 1506 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize advances to the reclamation fund, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 435 · 46 Stat. 1507 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

63. An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America.

    Ch. 436 · 46 Stat. 1508 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

64. An Act To establish a national military park to commemorate the Battle of Kings Mountain.

    Ch. 437 · 46 Stat. 1508 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize a survey of certain lands claimed by the Zuni Pueblo Indians, New Mexico, and the issuance of patent therefor.

    Ch. 438 · 46 Stat. 1509 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

66. An Act For the transfer of jurisdiction over Sullys Hill National Park from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture, to be maintained as the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 439 · 46 Stat. 1509 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. 440 · 46 Stat. 1510 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of May 12, 1900 (chapter 393, Thirty-first Statutes, page 177), as amended (United States Code, section 1174, chapter 21, title 26).

    Ch. 441 · 46 Stat. 1510 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the naturalization laws in respect of posting notices of petitions for citizenship, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 442 · 46 Stat. 1511 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate certain bronze cannon to the Maryland Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, for use at Fort Frederick, Maryland.

    Ch. 443 · 46 Stat. 1512 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

71. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Panola-Quitman drainage district to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in Tallahatchie River.

    Ch. 444 · 46 Stat. 1512 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

72. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the county of Norman, and the town and village of Halstad, in said county, in the State of Minnesota, and the county of Traill and the town of Herberg, in said county, in the State of North Dakota, to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North on the boundary line between said States,” approved July 1, 1922.

    Ch. 445 · 46 Stat. 1513 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

73. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Madison, Arkansas, on State Highway Numbered 70.

    Ch. 446 · 46 Stat. 1513 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

74. An Act To legalize a quay in Milburn Creek at Baldwin Harbor, New York.

    Ch. 447 · 46 Stat. 1514 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Isle Royale National Park, in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 448 · 46 Stat. 1514 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

76. 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 President, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 449 · 46 Stat. 1515 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Relating to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a contract with the Rio Grande project.

    Ch. 450 · 46 Stat. 1515 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To provide for the erection of a suitable memorial to the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

    Ch. 451 · 46 Stat. 1515 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of sections 1,2,6, and 7 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor.” to the Territory of Porto Rico.

    Ch. 452 · 46 Stat. 1516 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of participation by the United States in the Conference on, the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs to be held at Geneva, Switzerland, on May 27, 1931.

    Ch. 453 · 46 Stat. 1516 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution To amend section 302 of the Revenue Act of 1926.

    Ch. 454 · 46 Stat. 1516 · March 3, 1931 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Arthur J. Robinson.

    Ch. 455 · 46 Stat. 2134 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Rebecca Green.

    Ch. 456 · 46 Stat. 2134 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, adjudicate, and render judgment on the claim of Hazel L. Fauber, as administratrix, C. T. A., under the last will and testament of William Harrison Fauber, deceased, against the United States, for the use or manufacture of inventions of William Harrison Fauber, deceased.

    Ch. 457 · 46 Stat. 2134 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Georgia A. Muirhead.

    Ch. 458 · 46 Stat. 2135 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Harris Smith.

    Ch. 459 · 46 Stat. 2135 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of John T. Doyle.

    Ch. 460 · 46 Stat. 2135 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Alexander H. Bright.

    Ch. 461 · 46 Stat. 2136 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the Federal Real Estate and Storage Company.

    Ch. 462 · 46 Stat. 2136 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of H. L. Todd.

    Ch. 463 · 46 Stat. 2136 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of E. G. Mason.

    Ch. 464 · 46 Stat. 2136 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of United States Marshal George B. McLeod.

    Ch. 465 · 46 Stat. 2137 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Frank D. Peck.

    Ch. 466 · 46 Stat. 2137 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Frank C. Russell.

    Ch. 467 · 46 Stat. 2137 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Josiah J. Hostetler.

    Ch. 468 · 46 Stat. 2137 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To authorize an appropriation to cover damages to an automobile of William H. Baldwin.

    Ch. 469 · 46 Stat. 2138 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Arthur Moffatt, deceased.

    Ch. 470 · 46 Stat. 2138 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Mabel L. Brown.

    Ch. 471 · 46 Stat. 2138 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of John T. O’Neil.

    Ch. 472 · 46 Stat. 2138 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of A. S. Phipps.

     Ch. 473 · 46 Stat. 2139 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text