Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, relative to the appointment of pay clerks and acting pay clerks.

   Ch. 456 · 46 Stat. 554 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize the Department of Agriculture to issue two duplicate checks in favor of Utah State treasurer where the originals have been lost.

   Ch. 457 · 46 Stat. 555 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

3. An Act Donating trophy guns to Varina Davis Chapter Numbered 1980, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Macclenny, Florida.

   Ch. 458 · 46 Stat. 555 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant to the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, a perpetual right of way over such land of the Fort Banks Military Reservation as is necessary for the purpose of widening Revere Street to a width of fifty feet.

   Ch. 459 · 46 Stat. 555 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Jefferson Memorial Association of Saint Louis, Missouri, the ship’s bell, builder’s label plate, a record of war services, letters forming ship’s name, and silver service of the cruiser Saint Louis that is now or may be in his custody.

   Ch. 460 · 46 Stat. 556 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

6. An Act To provide for the modernization of the United States Naval Observatory at Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 461 · 46 Stat. 556 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

7. An Act Providing for hospitalization and medical treatment of transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve in Government hospitals without expense to the reservist.

   Ch. 462 · 46 Stat. 556 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

8. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 463 · 46 Stat. 556 · June 11, 1930 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of James P. Sloan.

   Ch. 464 · 46 Stat. 1883 · June 11, 1930 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of George Joseph Boydell.

    Ch. 465 · 46 Stat. 1883 · June 11, 1930 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Frank J. Hale.

    Ch. 466 · 46 Stat. 1884 · June 11, 1930 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of William H. Behling.

    Ch. 467 · 46 Stat. 1884 · June 11, 1930 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of John C. Warren, alias John Stevens.

    Ch. 468 · 46 Stat. 1884 · June 11, 1930 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a migratory bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas.

    Ch. 469 · 46 Stat. 579 · June 12, 1930 · Original text

15. An Act Providing that subscription charges for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals, for official use may be paid for in advance.

    Ch. 470 · 46 Stat. 580 · June 12, 1930 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To amend a joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution giving to discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines a preferred right of homestead entry,” approved February 14, 1920, as amended January 21, 1922, and as extended December 28, 1922.

    Ch. 471 · 46 Stat. 580 · June 12, 1930 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Arch L. Gregg.

    Ch. 472 · 46 Stat. 1884 · June 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Gertrude Lustig.

    Ch. 473 · 46 Stat. 1885 · June 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to settle the claims of the owners of the French steamships P. L. M. 4 and P. L. M. 7 for damages sustained as the result of collisions between such vessels and the United States ships Henderson and Lake Charlotte, and to settle the claim of the United States against the owners of the French steamship P. L. M. 7 for damages sustained by the United States ship Pennsylvanian in a collision with the P. L. M. 7.

    Ch. 474 · 46 Stat. 1885 · June 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Charles J. Ferris, major, United States Army, retired.

    Ch. 475 · 46 Stat. 1886 · June 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To admit to the United States Chinese wives of certain American citizens.

    Ch. 476 · 46 Stat. 581 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to permit taxation of lands of homestead and desert-land entrymen under the Reclamation Act,” approved April 21, 1928, so as to include ceded lands under Indian irrigation projects.

    Ch. 477 · 46 Stat. 581 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the use of a right of way by the United States Indian Service through the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in connection with the San Carlos irrigation project.

    Ch. 478 · 46 Stat. 582 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

24. An Act To add certain lands to the Zion National Park in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 479 · 46 Stat. 582 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 480 · 46 Stat. 582 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

26. An Act To exempt the Custer National Forest from the operation of the forest homestead law, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 481 · 46 Stat. 583 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the construction and equipment of an annex to the Library of Congress.

    Ch. 482 · 46 Stat. 583 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Act approved February 12, 1929, authorizing the payment of interest on certain funds held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes.

    Ch. 483 · 46 Stat. 584 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the participation of the Government in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at Lima, Peru, July, 1930.

    Ch. 484 · 46 Stat. 584 · June 13, 1930 · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of George W. Posey.

    Ch. 485 · 46 Stat. 1886 · June 13, 1930 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and so forth, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 486 · 46 Stat. 1886 · June 13, 1930 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the revision and printing of the index to the Federal Statutes,” approved March 3, 1927.

    Ch. 487 · 46 Stat. 585 · June 14, 1930 · Original text

33. An Act To create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 488 · 46 Stat. 585 · June 14, 1930 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Upper Mississippi National Park in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

    Ch. 489 · 46 Stat. 588 · June 14, 1930 · Original text

35. An Act To enable the Postmaster General to authorize the establishment of temporary or emergency star-route service from a date earlier than the date of the order requiring such service.

    Ch. 490 · 46 Stat. 588 · June 14, 1930 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution To provide for the naming of a prominent mountain or peak within the boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, in honor of Carl Ben Eielson.

    Ch. 491 · 46 Stat. 588 · June 14, 1930 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of John Golombiewski.

    Ch. 492 · 46 Stat. 1905 · June 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a franking privilege to Helen H. Taft.

    Ch. 493 · 46 Stat. 1906 · June 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend section 305, chapter 8, title 28 of the United States Code relative to the compilation and printing of the opinions of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

    Ch. 494 · 46 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1930 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution Extending the time for the assessment, refund, and credit of income taxes for 1927 and 1928 in the case of married individuals having community income.

    Ch. 495 · 46 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1930 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Frank Storms.

    Ch. 496 · 46 Stat. 1906 · June 16, 1930 · Private law · Original text

42. Tariff Act of 1930

    An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 497 · 46 Stat. 590 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

43. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of land adjoining Fort Bliss, Texas.

    Ch. 498 · 46 Stat. 764 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

44. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Niagara Frontier Bridge Commission, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the east branch of the Niagara River at or near the city of Niagara Falls, New York.

    Ch. 499 · 46 Stat. 764 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

45. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Niagara Frontier Bridge Commission, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the east branch of the Niagara River at or near the city of Tonawanda, New York.

    Ch. 500 · 46 Stat. 765 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Evansville, Indiana.

    Ch. 501 · 46 Stat. 766 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

47. An Act To legalize the water pipe line constructed by the Searcy Water Company under the Little Red River near the town of Searcy, Arkansas.

    Ch. 502 · 46 Stat. 766 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

48. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Lamar Lumber Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the West Pearl River at or near Talisheek, Louisiana.

    Ch. 503 · 46 Stat. 766 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

49. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Mill Four Drainage District, in Lincoln County, Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate dams and dikes to prevent the flow of waters of Yaquina Bay and River into Nutes Slough, Boones Slough, and sloughs connected therewith.

    Ch. 504 · 46 Stat. 767 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

50. An Act To legalize a bridge across Duck River, on the Nashville-Centerville Road, near Centerville in Hickman County, Tennessee, and approximately one thousand feet upstream from the existing steel bridge on the Centerville-Dickson Road.

    Ch. 505 · 46 Stat. 767 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

51. An Act Giving the consent and approval of Congress to the Rio Grande compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 12, 1929.

    Ch. 506 · 46 Stat. 767 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement to the Wabash Railway Company over the Saint Charles Rifle Range, Saint Louis County, Missouri.

    Ch. 507 · 46 Stat. 774 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

53. An Act Authorizing the erection, maintenance, and use of a banking house upon the United States military reservation at Fort Lewis, Washington.

    Ch. 508 · 46 Stat. 774 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

54. An Act To amend section 118 of the Judicial Code to provide for the appointment of law clerks to United States circuit judges.

    Ch. 509 · 46 Stat. 774 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate a bronze cannon to the city of Martins Ferry, Ohio.

    Ch. 510 · 46 Stat. 775 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the partial payment of the expenses of foreign delegates to the eleventh annual convention of the Federation Interalliee Des Anciens Combattants, to be held in the District of Columbia in September, 1930.

    Ch. 511 · 46 Stat. 775 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

57. An Act Providing certain exemptions from taxation for Treasury bills.

    Ch. 512 · 46 Stat. 775 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

58. 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 appropriation to be used in connection with such celebration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 513 · 46 Stat. 776 · June 17, 1930 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Homer C. Ray hill.

    Ch. 514 · 46 Stat. 1906 · June 17, 1930 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of George F. Newhart, Clyde Hahn, and David McCormick.

    Ch. 515 · 46 Stat. 1906 · June 17, 1930 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Henry Spight.

    Ch. 516 · 46 Stat. 1906 · June 17, 1930 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John W. Bates.

    Ch. 517 · 46 Stat. 1907 · June 17, 1930 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Vincennes, Indiana.

    Ch. 518 · 46 Stat. 777 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the State of Florida.

    Ch. 519 · 46 Stat. 777 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the commemoration of the termination of the War between the States at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

    Ch. 520 · 46 Stat. 777 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

66. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 521 · 46 Stat. 778 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Saint Francis River in Craighead County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 522 · 46 Stat. 778 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by and through the State Highway Commission of Kentucky or the successors of said Commission, to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate bridges within Kentucky and/or across boundary line streams of Kentucky.

    Ch. 523 · 46 Stat. 778 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the State of Florida, through its highway department, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Choctawhatchee River, near Freeport, Florida.

    Ch. 524 · 46 Stat. 781 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the reconstruction of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    Ch. 525 · 46 Stat. 781 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to hire vehicles from village delivery carriers.

    Ch. 526 · 46 Stat. 782 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 389, par. 7, 37 Stat. 556; U. S. C., title 39, sec. 631), making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913.

    Ch. 527 · 46 Stat. 782 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Croton, Iowa.

    Ch. 528 · 46 Stat. 782 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for acquiring and disposition of certain properties for use or formerly used by the Lighthouse Service.

    Ch. 529 · 46 Stat. 782 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to William Jennings Bryan.

    Ch. 530 · 46 Stat. 783 · June 18, 1930 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Ella E. Horner.

    Ch. 531 · 46 Stat. 1907 · June 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of C. O. Crosby.

    Ch. 532 · 46 Stat. 1907 · June 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Second Lieutenant Burgo D. Gill.

    Ch. 533 · 46 Stat. 1908 · June 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Robert R. Strehlow.

    Ch. 534 · 46 Stat. 1908 · June 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Edward R. Egan.

    Ch. 535 · 46 Stat. 1908 · June 18, 1930 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To quitclaim certain lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

    Ch. 536 · 46 Stat. 784 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 537 · 46 Stat. 785 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the appointment of two additional justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 538 · 46 Stat. 785 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to extend the Natural History Building and authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 539 · 46 Stat. 785 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

85. An Act Ratifying and confirming the title of the State of Minnesota and its grantees to certain lands patented to it by the United States of America.

    Ch. 540 · 46 Stat. 785 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the city of Salina and the town of Red mond, State of Utah, to secure adequate supplies of water for municipal and domestic purposes through the development of subterranean water on certain public lands within said State.

    Ch. 541 · 46 Stat. 786 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 7 of Public Act Numbered 391, Seventieth Congress, approved May 15, 1928.

    Ch. 542 · 46 Stat. 787 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the successors of Luther Burbank.

    Ch. 543 · 46 Stat. 787 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

89. An Act To confer full rights of citizenship upon the Cherokee Indians resident in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 544 · 46 Stat. 787 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

90. An Act Providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 545 · 46 Stat. 788 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

91. An Act To amend section 91 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900, as amended.

    Ch. 546 · 46 Stat. 789 · June 19, 1930 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Edna B. Erskine.

    Ch. 547 · 46 Stat. 1908 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Hannah Odekirk.

    Ch. 548 · 46 Stat. 1909 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Byron, alias Charles E. Marble.

    Ch. 549 · 46 Stat. 1909 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Pasquale Iannacone.

    Ch. 550 · 46 Stat. 1909 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of John Marks, alias John Bell.

    Ch. 551 · 46 Stat. 1910 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Joseph N. Marin.

    Ch. 552 · 46 Stat. 1910 · June 19, 1930 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River opposite to or within the corporate limits of Nebraska City, Nebraska,” approved June 4, 1872.

    Ch. 553 · 46 Stat. 789 · June 20, 1930 · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the retirement of disabled nurses of the Army and the Navy.

    Ch. 554 · 46 Stat. 790 · June 20, 1930 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To authorize participation by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union.

     Ch. 555 · 46 Stat. 790 · June 20, 1930 · Original text