Every law Congress has passed

1,724 laws of the 74th Congress, 1935–1937

1. An Act For the relief of T. H. Wagner.

   Ch. 561 · 49 Stat. 2316 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Vinson and Pringle.

   Ch. 562 · 49 Stat. 2317 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of George E. Wilson.

   Ch. 563 · 49 Stat. 2317 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of E. W. Jermark.

   Ch. 564 · 49 Stat. 2317 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Maud Kelley Thomas.

   Ch. 565 · 49 Stat. 2318 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Foster McLynn.

   Ch. 566 · 49 Stat. 2318 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the Alaska Commercial Company, of San Francisco, California.

   Ch. 567 · 49 Stat. 2318 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of W. D. Gann.

   Ch. 568 · 49 Stat. 2319 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Grant Anderson.

   Ch. 569 · 49 Stat. 2319 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Bernard F. Hickey.

    Ch. 570 · 49 Stat. 2320 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Homer Brett, American Consul at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Ch. 571 · 49 Stat. 2320 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 572 · 49 Stat. 2320 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Harry L. Parker.

    Ch. 573 · 49 Stat. 2321 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of W. D. Reed.

    Ch. 574 · 49 Stat. 2321 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Ruth Edna Reavis (now Horsley).

    Ch. 575 · 49 Stat. 2321 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of the Indiana Limestone Corporation.

    Ch. 576 · 49 Stat. 2321 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Barbara Jaeckel.

    Ch. 577 · 49 Stat. 2322 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claim of the Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corporation.

    Ch. 578 · 49 Stat. 2322 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Validating a town-lot certificate and authorizing and directing issuance of a a patent for the same to Ernest F. Brass.

    Ch. 579 · 49 Stat. 2323 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Authorizing Brigadier General C. E. Nathorst, Philippine Constabulary, retired, to accept such decorations, orders, medals, or presents as have been tendered him by foreign governments.

    Ch. 580 · 49 Stat. 2323 · June 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Amending the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended.

    Ch. 581 · 49 Stat. 1518 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Federal Aid Highway Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 582 · 49 Stat. 1519 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Albany, New York.

    Ch. 583 · 49 Stat. 1522 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Elgin, Illinois, and the erection of a heroic Pioneer Memorial.

    Ch. 584 · 49 Stat. 1523 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 585 · 49 Stat. 1523 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

    Ch. 586 · 49 Stat. 1524 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

27. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Air Corps.

    Ch. 587 · 49 Stat. 1524 · June 16, 1936 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Louis Finger.

    Ch. 588 · 49 Stat. 2323 · June 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of S. C. Eastvold.

    Ch. 589 · 49 Stat. 2324 · June 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To award a special gold medal to Lincoln Ellsworth.

    Ch. 590 · 49 Stat. 2324 · June 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To repeal an Act approved February 17, 1933, entitled “An Act for the relief of Tampico Marine Iron Works”, and to provide for the relief of William Saenger, chairman liquidating committee of the Beaumont Export and Import Company, of Beaumont, Texas.

    Ch. 591 · 49 Stat. 2324 · June 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes”, approved October 15, 1914, as amended (U. S. C., title 15, sec. 13), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 592 · 49 Stat. 1526 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

33. An Act To consolidate the Indian pueblos of Jemez and Pecos, New Mexico.

    Ch. 593 · 49 Stat. 1528 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

34. An Act To effectuate certain provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as revised at The Hague on November 6, 1925.

    Ch. 594 · 49 Stat. 1529 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

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

    Ch. 595 · 49 Stat. 1529 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

36. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between the towns of Decatur, Nebraska, and Onawa, Iowa.

    Ch. 596 · 49 Stat. 1530 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the cities of South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa.

    Ch. 597 · 49 Stat. 1530 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

38. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free or toll highway bridge, or a railway bridge in combination with a free or toll highway bridge, and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 598 · 49 Stat. 1530 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

39. An Act Authorizing the State of Wisconsin to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 599 · 49 Stat. 1531 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Commission of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Delaware River between points in the village of Barryville, Sullivan County, New York, and the village of Shohola, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 600 · 49 Stat. 1531 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Commission of the State of Now York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the West Branch of the Delaware River between a point in the vicinity of the village of Hancock, Delaware County, New York, and a point in the town of Buckingham, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 601 · 49 Stat. 1532 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act known as the “Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930”, approved June 10, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 602 · 49 Stat. 1533 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

43. An Act To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands, so that they may become part of the Umatilla and Whitman National Forests.

    Ch. 603 · 49 Stat. 1534 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the transfer of land from the War Department to the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 604 · 49 Stat. 1535 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

45. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri.

    Ch. 605 · 49 Stat. 1536 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

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

    Ch. 606 · 49 Stat. 1536 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the transfer of a certain piece of land in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, to the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 607 · 49 Stat. 1536 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at or near Burtons Ferry, near Sylvania, Georgia.

    Ch. 608 · 49 Stat. 1537 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the Chesapeake Bay Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Chesapeake Bay, from a point in Baltimore County, Maryland, over Hart Island and Miller’s Island to a point near Tolchester, Kent County, Maryland.

    Ch. 609 · 49 Stat. 1537 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Horry, South Carolina, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Waccamaw River, at or near Red Bluff, South Carolina.

    Ch. 610 · 49 Stat. 1538 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the transportation of bonded merchandise by other than common carriers under certain conditions.

    Ch. 611 · 49 Stat. 1538 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution To modify and extend the Act entitled “An Act to include sugar beets and sugarcane as basic agricultural commodities under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes”, approved May 9, 1934, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 612 · 49 Stat. 1539 · June 19, 1936 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of John Walker.

    Ch. 613 · 49 Stat. 2325 · June 19, 1936 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Juanita Filmore, a minor.

    Ch. 614 · 49 Stat. 2325 · June 19, 1936 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Robert D. Baldwin.

    Ch. 615 · 49 Stat. 2326 · June 19, 1936 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Doctor Harold W. Foght.

    Ch. 616 · 49 Stat. 2326 · June 19, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To effectuate certain provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as revised at The Hague on November 6, 1925.

    Ch. 617 · 49 Stat. 1539 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended.

    Ch. 618 · 49 Stat. 1540 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the Eighteenth National Convention of the American Legion at Cleveland, Ohio, during the month of September 1936.

    Ch. 619 · 49 Stat. 1540 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

60. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 620 · 49 Stat. 1541 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Alabama State Bridge Corporation to construct, maintain, and operate bridges across the Tennessee, Tombigbee, Warrior, Alabama, and Coosa Rivers, within the State of Alabama”, approved May 26, 1928.

    Ch. 621 · 49 Stat. 1542 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

62. An Act To relieve restricted Indians whose lands have been taxed or have been lost by failure to pay taxes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 622 · 49 Stat. 1542 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

63. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana.

    Ch. 623 · 49 Stat. 1542 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

64. An Act To provide for the disposition of tribal funds now on deposit, or later placed to the credit of the Crow Tribe of Indians, Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 624 · 49 Stat. 1543 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

65. An Act To amend the charter of the National Union Insurance Company of Washington in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 625 · 49 Stat. 1543 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

66. An Act To amend the Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935.

    Ch. 626 · 49 Stat. 1543 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

67. An Act To reserve certain public-domain lands in New Mexico as an addition to the school reserve of the Jicarilla Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 627 · 49 Stat. 1544 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

68. An Act To apply laws covering steam vessels to seagoing vessels of three hundred gross tons and over propelled by internal-combustion engines.

    Ch. 628 · 49 Stat. 1544 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes”, approved April 15, 1926, so as to equalize the allowances for quarters and subsistence of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

    Ch. 629 · 49 Stat. 1545 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

70. An Act To amend certain Acts relating to public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents and Acts amendatory thereof.

    Ch. 630 · 49 Stat. 1545 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

71. An Act To extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 631 · 49 Stat. 1553 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

72. An Act To amend section 4b of the National Defense Act, as amended, relating to certain enlisted men of the Army.

    Ch. 632 · 49 Stat. 1554 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the modification of the contract of lease entered into on June 12, 1922, between the United States and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

    Ch. 633 · 49 Stat. 1555 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), to extend and adapt its provisions to the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded at the city of Mexico February 7, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 634 · 49 Stat. 1555 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act To prohibit the commercial use of the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation pursuant to the obligation of the Government of the United States under article 28 of the Red Cross Convention signed at Geneva July 27, 1929.

    Ch. 635 · 49 Stat. 1557 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for the sale of the Port Newark Army Base to the city of Newark, New Jersey, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 636 · 49 Stat. 1557 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

77. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the eastern district of South Carolina into four divisions and the western district into five divisions” by adding a new division to the eastern district and providing for terms of said court to be held at Orangeburg, South Carolina.

    Ch. 637 · 49 Stat. 1558 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 638 · 49 Stat. 1559 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Judicial Code to divide the middle district of Georgia into seven divisions by adding a new division to the middle district, and providing for terms of said court to be held at Thomasville, Georgia.

    Ch. 639 · 49 Stat. 1561 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

80. An Act Relating to the admissibility in evidence of certain writings and records made in the regular course of business.

    Ch. 640 · 49 Stat. 1561 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Kennebec River, Maine, and its tributaries, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 641 · 49 Stat. 1564 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of Six Mile Creek in Logan County, Arkansas, with a view to flood control and to determine the cost of such improvement.

    Ch. 642 · 49 Stat. 1565 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the tributaries, sources, and head-waters of the Allegheny and Susquehanna Rivers in the State of Pennsylvania, where no examination and survey has heretofore been made, with a view to the control of their floods and the regulation and conservation of their waters.

    Ch. 643 · 49 Stat. 1565 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1936, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 644 · 49 Stat. 1565 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution To ratify and confirm the appointment of Isaac Gans as a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 645 · 49 Stat. 1566 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing the Federal Trade Commission to make an investigation with respect to agricultural income and the financial and economic condition of agricultural producers generally”, approved August 27, 1935.

    Ch. 646 · 49 Stat. 1566 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to expend funds of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for participation by the United States in the 1936 Sixth World’s Poultry Congress.

    Ch. 647 · 49 Stat. 1568 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To declare December 26, 1936, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 648 · 49 Stat. 1568 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Authorizing distribution to the Indians of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, of the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in their favor.

    Ch. 649 · 49 Stat. 1568 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Authorizing distribution to the Gros Ventre Indians of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, of the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in their favor.

    Ch. 650 · 49 Stat. 1569 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Veterans’ Administration to prepare and publish a compilation of all Federal laws relating to veterans of wars of the United States.

    Ch. 651 · 49 Stat. 1569 · June 20, 1936 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of William H. Locke.

    Ch. 652 · 49 Stat. 2326 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Julia Miller.

    Ch. 653 · 49 Stat. 2327 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of William H. Hildebrand.

    Ch. 654 · 49 Stat. 2327 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Jessie D. Bowman.

    Ch. 655 · 49 Stat. 2328 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of John J. Ryan.

    Ch. 656 · 49 Stat. 2328 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Lucile Smith.

    Ch. 657 · 49 Stat. 2328 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Estelle M. Gardiner.

    Ch. 658 · 49 Stat. 2329 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of the estate of Jennie Brenner.

    Ch. 659 · 49 Stat. 2329 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of K. S. Szymanski.

     Ch. 660 · 49 Stat. 2330 · June 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text