Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Harold M. Reed.

   Ch. 474 · 46 Stat. 2139 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Milton Lockhart.

   Ch. 475 · 46 Stat. 2139 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of J. Walter Smith.

   Ch. 476 · 46 Stat. 2139 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Joseph C. Looney.

   Ch. 477 · 46 Stat. 2140 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Mrs. L. E. Burton.

   Ch. 478 · 46 Stat. 2140 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of H. L. Lambert.

   Ch. 479 · 46 Stat. 2140 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of George W. McPherson.

   Ch. 480 · 46 Stat. 2140 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of William Fisher.

   Ch. 481 · 46 Stat. 2141 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Uriel Sliter.

   Ch. 482 · 46 Stat. 2141 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Henry I. Power.

    Ch. 483 · 46 Stat. 2141 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Barnet Albert.

    Ch. 484 · 46 Stat. 2141 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Frank J. Spencer.

    Ch. 485 · 46 Stat. 2142 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to credit the account of Postmaster A. E. White, at Payette, Idaho, with certain funds.

    Ch. 486 · 46 Stat. 2142 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Daisy Ballard.

    Ch. 487 · 46 Stat. 2142 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To provide an appropriation for payment to the widow of Henry Allen Cooper, late a Representative from the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 488 · 46 Stat. 2142 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

16. Joint Resolution Concerning a bequest made to the Government of the United States by S. A. Long, late of Shinnston, West Virginia.

    Ch. 489 · 46 Stat. 2143 · March 3, 1931 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the collection of annual statistics relating to crime and to the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes.

    Ch. 490 · 46 Stat. 1517 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

18. An Act To permit the county of Solano in the State of California to lay, construct, install, and maintain sewer outlets over and across the Navy longitudinal dike and accretions thereto, in Mare Island Straits, California.

    Ch. 491 · 46 Stat. 1517 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia, the bowl and ladle formerly in use on the United States ship Princeton.

    Ch. 492 · 46 Stat. 1517 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize an appropriation of tribal funds to purchase certain privately owned lands within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 493 · 46 Stat. 1517 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act of June 4, 1924, providing for a final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

    Ch. 494 · 46 Stat. 1518 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a mining experiment station of the Bureau of Mines at College Park, Maryland.

    Ch. 495 · 46 Stat. 1518 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

23. An Act To extend the boundaries of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.

    Ch. 496 · 46 Stat. 1518 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

24. An Act To cancel certain reimbursable charges against certain lands within the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 1519 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize an additional appropriation of $7,500 for the completion of the acquisition of land in the vicinity of and for use as a target range in connection with Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.

    Ch. 498 · 46 Stat. 1520 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

26. An Act To coordinate the agricultural experiment-station work and to extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Porto Rico.

    Ch. 499 · 46 Stat. 1520 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the entertainment of members and delegates to the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the French Veterans of the World War, to be held in the District of Columbia in September, 1932.

    Ch. 500 · 46 Stat. 1521 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

28. An Act To add certain public lands to the Washakie National Forest, Wyoming.

    Ch. 501 · 46 Stat. 1521 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the acquisition of additional land for enlarging the Capitol Grounds.

    Ch. 502 · 46 Stat. 1522 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain land in California for addition to the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, and issuance of a patent to the band of Indians therefor.

    Ch. 503 · 46 Stat. 1522 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 504 · 46 Stat. 1522 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize a change in the design of the quarter dollar to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

    Ch. 505 · 46 Stat. 1523 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

33. An Act To amend sections 17 and 27 of the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; U. S. C., title 30, secs. 184 and 226), as amended.

    Ch. 506 · 46 Stat. 1523 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

34. An Act To provide for distribution of tribal funds of the Puyallup Indians of the State of Washington.

    Ch. 507 · 46 Stat. 1526 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Moundsville, West Virginia.

    Ch. 508 · 46 Stat. 1526 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

36. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Elbowoods, North Dakota.

    Ch. 509 · 46 Stat. 1526 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

37. 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. 510 · 46 Stat. 1527 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

38. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Star City, West Virginia.

    Ch. 511 · 46 Stat. 1527 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

39. An Act To amend Public Act Numbered 624, Seventy-first Congress.

    Ch. 512 · 46 Stat. 1527 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

40. An Act Relating to the tenure of Congressional Members of the George Washington Bi-centennial Commission.

    Ch. 513 · 46 Stat. 1528 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize a suitable memorial in connection with the park and playground system of the National Capital or the George Washington Parkway, to the late Stephen T. Mather.

    Ch. 514 · 46 Stat. 1528 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

42. An Act To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in certain cases.

    Ch. 515 · 46 Stat. 1528 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

43. An Act To fix the annual compensations of the secretary and the Governor of the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 516 · 46 Stat. 1530 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

44. An Act Withdrawing certain public lands from settlement, location, filing, entry, or disposal under the land laws of the United States for the protection of the watershed supplying water to the city of Los Angeles and other cities and towns in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 517 · 46 Stat. 1530 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 16 of the Federal Farm Loan Act.

    Ch. 518 · 46 Stat. 1548 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease to the city of Little Rock portions of the Little Rock air depot, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 519 · 46 Stat. 1549 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August 2, 1886, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 520 · 46 Stat. 1549 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize an appropriation to provide additional hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 521 · 46 Stat. 1550 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

49. Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1931

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1931, and June 30, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 522 · 46 Stat. 1552 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution To provide for the relocation of the statue of Major General John A. Rawlins.

    Ch. 523 · 46 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim October 11, 1931, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 524 · 46 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To amend Public Resolution Numbered 80, Seventieth Congress, second session, relating to payment of certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms.

    Ch. 525 · 46 Stat. 1627 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to provide books for the adult blind.

    Ch. 526 · 46 Stat. 1628 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs.

    Ch. 527 · 46 Stat. 1628 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds at Fort Hamilton Park, Brooklyn, New York, of a memorial to the Dover Patrol in the World War.

    Ch. 528 · 46 Stat. 1628 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To provide an additional appropriation for hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for the Veterans’ Administration.

    Ch. 529 · 46 Stat. 1629 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of the United States Marine Band in attending the national convention of the United Spanish-American War Veterans in New Orleans, Louisiana, in September, 1931.

    Ch. 530 · 46 Stat. 1629 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the attendance of the Army Band at the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Des Moines, Iowa.

    Ch. 531 · 46 Stat. 1629 · March 4, 1931 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of James W. Nugent.

    Ch. 532 · 46 Stat. 2143 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of W. W. Payne.

    Ch. 533 · 46 Stat. 2143 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Jesse J. Britton.

    Ch. 534 · 46 Stat. 2143 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John Donahue.

    Ch. 535 · 46 Stat. 2144 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To pay the Pioneer Steamship Company the sum of $3,100.50, money paid as duty for repairs in foreign ports.

    Ch. 536 · 46 Stat. 2144 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Captain Christian Damson.

    Ch. 537 · 46 Stat. 2144 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Rose Fefferman, as administratis of the estate of Adolph Fefferman, deceased, and the United Mercantile Distributing Company, a partnership.

    Ch. 538 · 46 Stat. 2144 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Stanislaus Siemek.

    Ch. 539 · 46 Stat. 2145 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Edith Barber.

    Ch. 540 · 46 Stat. 2145 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of John E. Ross.

    Ch. 541 · 46 Stat. 2145 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Lester L. Wilson.

    Ch. 542 · 46 Stat. 2146 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of John Baba.

    Ch. 543 · 46 Stat. 2146 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of G. Elias and Brother (Incorporated).

    Ch. 544 · 46 Stat. 2146 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of James Williamson and those claiming under or through him.

    Ch. 545 · 46 Stat. 2147 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Thomas G. Hayes.

    Ch. 546 · 46 Stat. 2147 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of the Corporation C. P. Jensen.

    Ch. 547 · 46 Stat. 2147 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of the Seward City Mills (Incorporated).

    Ch. 548 · 46 Stat. 2148 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Thomas Doyle.

    Ch. 549 · 46 Stat. 2148 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of certain settlers and claimants within the limits of the grant of land to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 550 · 46 Stat. 2148 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mildred N. O’Lone.

    Ch. 551 · 46 Stat. 2149 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Howard Dimick.

    Ch. 552 · 46 Stat. 2149 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of T. Morris White.

    Ch. 553 · 46 Stat. 2149 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Leslie W. Morse.

    Ch. 554 · 46 Stat. 2150 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the National Dry Dock and Repair Company (Incorporated).

    Ch. 555 · 46 Stat. 2150 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of C. O. Smith.

    Ch. 556 · 46 Stat. 2150 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Myers.

    Ch. 557 · 46 Stat. 2151 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To amend an Act for the relief of Augusta Cornog, approved May 29, 1928.

    Ch. 558 · 46 Stat. 2151 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of C. H. Price.

    Ch. 559 · 46 Stat. 2152 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jessie R. Greene.

    Ch. 560 · 46 Stat. 2152 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of John Maika.

    Ch. 561 · 46 Stat. 2152 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Regine Forges Zimmerman.

    Ch. 562 · 46 Stat. 2153 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Thomas Murphy.

    Ch. 563 · 46 Stat. 2153 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Paymaster Charles Robert O’Leary, United States Navy.

    Ch. 564 · 46 Stat. 2153 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of R. P. Biddle.

    Ch. 565 · 46 Stat. 2154 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Louis Czike.

    Ch. 566 · 46 Stat. 2154 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Lynn.

    Ch. 567 · 46 Stat. 2154 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the Board of Underwriters of New York.

    Ch. 568 · 46 Stat. 2154 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Charles S. Gawler.

    Ch. 569 · 46 Stat. 2155 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Walter L. Turner.

    Ch. 570 · 46 Stat. 2155 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Okaw Dairy Company.

    Ch. 571 · 46 Stat. 2155 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of the New York Marine Company.

    Ch. 572 · 46 Stat. 2156 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of the widow of John Curtis Staton.

     Ch. 573 · 46 Stat. 2156 · March 4, 1931 · Private law · Original text