Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved May 27, 1935 (Public, Numbered 73, Seventy-fourth Congress), authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the city of Grand Haven, Michigan, certain portions of the Grand Haven Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan.

   Ch. 761 · 49 Stat. 1911 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act and the Farm Credit Act of 1935, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 762 · 49 Stat. 1912 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to apply such methods of control of grasshoppers as in his judgment may be necessary.

   Ch. 763 · 49 Stat. 1912 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Providing for the establishment of a game management supply depot and laboratory, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 764 · 49 Stat. 1913 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the city and county of San Francisco to construct a causeway and highways on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 765 · 49 Stat. 1913 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To investigate corporations engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of agricultural implements and machinery.

   Ch. 766 · 49 Stat. 1914 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Amending section 11 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.

   Ch. 767 · 49 Stat. 1915 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide for the participation of the United States in the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam.

   Ch. 768 · 49 Stat. 1916 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution For the establishment of a commission in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1938.

   Ch. 769 · 49 Stat. 1916 · June 24, 1936 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Beatrice I. Manges.

    Ch. 770 · 49 Stat. 2347 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of James W. Grist.

    Ch. 771 · 49 Stat. 2347 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Francisco M. Acayan.

    Ch. 772 · 49 Stat. 2348 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Emanuel Bratses.

    Ch. 773 · 49 Stat. 2348 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Andrew Johnson.

    Ch. 774 · 49 Stat. 2348 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charles F. Eikenberg.

    Ch. 775 · 49 Stat. 2349 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of May Wynne Lamb.

    Ch. 776 · 49 Stat. 2349 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Emma M. Pearson.

    Ch. 777 · 49 Stat. 2350 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Daniel J. Hagerty.

    Ch. 778 · 49 Stat. 2350 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. English.

    Ch. 779 · 49 Stat. 2351 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the estate of Frank W. Trick.

    Ch. 780 · 49 Stat. 2351 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Caroline M. Hyde.

    Ch. 781 · 49 Stat. 2351 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of C. E. Rightor.

    Ch. 782 · 49 Stat. 2352 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of James Fitzgerald.

    Ch. 783 · 49 Stat. 2352 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Theresa Link, Wencel Link, Edward Block, and John Meyers.

    Ch. 784 · 49 Stat. 2353 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Elsie O’Brine.

    Ch. 785 · 49 Stat. 2353 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daley.

    Ch. 786 · 49 Stat. 2354 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Grace Schultz.

    Ch. 787 · 49 Stat. 2354 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Louis Manzumin.

    Ch. 788 · 49 Stat. 2355 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of John N. Hunter, Edmund M. Cook, Fred C. Putnam, Merchants National Bank of South Bend, Indiana, and Saint Joseph Loan and Trust Company, of South Bend, Indiana.

    Ch. 789 · 49 Stat. 2355 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Estelle Mary MacDonald and Marilyn MacDonald.

    Ch. 790 · 49 Stat. 2356 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the estate of Hans Ditmanson, deceased.

    Ch. 791 · 49 Stat. 2357 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the estate of Henry Copple, deceased.

    Ch. 792 · 49 Stat. 2357 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the estate of Fred Wilkins, deceased.

    Ch. 793 · 49 Stat. 2357 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Fernand H. Gouaux.

    Ch. 794 · 49 Stat. 2358 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Arch A. Gary.

    Ch. 795 · 49 Stat. 2358 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of W. D. Lovell.

    Ch. 796 · 49 Stat. 2358 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of John B. Ricketts.

    Ch. 797 · 49 Stat. 2359 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Harris Brothers Plumbing Company.

    Ch. 798 · 49 Stat. 2359 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of William H. Milton.

    Ch. 799 · 49 Stat. 2360 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of L. A. Peveler.

    Ch. 800 · 49 Stat. 2360 · June 24, 1936 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To repatriate native-born women who have heretofore lost their citizenship by marriage to an alien, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 801 · 49 Stat. 1917 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

42. Boiler Inspection Act of the District of Columbia

    An Act To provide for the inspection, control, and regulation of steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 802 · 49 Stat. 1917 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the entry under bond of exhibits of arts, sciences, and industries, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, and all other exhibits for exposition purposes.

    Ch. 803 · 49 Stat. 1920 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

44. An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, entitled “An Act to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 804 · 49 Stat. 1921 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

45. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission, of Maryland, for park, parkway, and playground purposes.

    Ch. 805 · 49 Stat. 1921 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend and renew for the term of ten years a lease to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company of a tract of land in the United States Department of Agriculture Range Livestock Experiment Station, in the State of Montana, and for a right-of-way to said tract, for the removal of gravel and ballast material, executed under the authority of the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1926.

    Ch. 806 · 49 Stat. 1922 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

47. An Act To promote safety at sea in the neighborhood of ice and derelicts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 807 · 49 Stat. 1922 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

48. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes”, approved January 12, 1923.

    Ch. 808 · 49 Stat. 1924 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

49. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Lawrence County, Alabama.

    Ch. 809 · 49 Stat. 1924 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make such adjustments and revisions found to be due on contracts entered into by the Government with crop producers under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

    Ch. 810 · 49 Stat. 1925 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the naturalization laws in respect of residence requirements, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 811 · 49 Stat. 1925 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

52. An Act To amend section 3 (b) of an Act entitled “An Act to establish the composition of the United States Navy with respect to the categories of vessels limited by the treaties signed at Washington, February 6, 1922, and at London, April 22, 1930, at the limits prescribed by those treaties; to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels; and for other purposes”, approved March 27, 1934.

    Ch. 812 · 49 Stat. 1926 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the striking of an appropriate medal in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, and the opening of the Red River of the West to navigation.

    Ch. 813 · 49 Stat. 1927 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

54. An Act To modify section 20 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, with reference to individual Indian money.

    Ch. 814 · 49 Stat. 1928 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

55. Liquor Enforcement Act of 1936

    An Act To enforce the twenty-first amendment.

    Ch. 815 · 49 Stat. 1928 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section 13 of the Act of March 4, 1915, entitled “An Act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea”; to maintain discipline on shipboard; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 816 · 49 Stat. 1930 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the sale and conveyance by the Department of the Interior to the State of Minnesota of the southwest quarter northwest quarter section 3, township 159 north, range 35 west, fifth principal meridian, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 817 · 49 Stat. 1937 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Lackawanna River with a view to the control of its flood.

    Ch. 818 · 49 Stat. 1937 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

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

    Ch. 819 · 49 Stat. 1937 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Androscoggin River, in Maine and New Hampshire, and its tributaries, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 820 · 49 Stat. 1938 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River in the vicinity of the Breaks of Sandy.

    Ch. 821 · 49 Stat. 1938 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

62. An Act To provide more adequate protection to workmen and laborers on projects, buildings, constructions, improvements, and property wherever situated, belonging to the United States of America, by granting to the several States jurisdiction and authority to apply their State workmen’s compensation laws on all property and premises belonging to the United States of America.

    Ch. 822 · 49 Stat. 1938 · June 25, 1936 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Cora Akins.

    Ch. 823 · 49 Stat. 2361 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of S. John Hegstad.

    Ch. 824 · 49 Stat. 2361 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of George B. Marx, Incorporated.

    Ch. 825 · 49 Stat. 2362 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Edward P. Oldham, Junior.

    Ch. 826 · 49 Stat. 2362 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Bertha W. Lamphear.

    Ch. 827 · 49 Stat. 2363 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of dependents of James B. Kiley.

    Ch. 828 · 49 Stat. 2363 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the Federal Enameling and Stamping Company.

    Ch. 829 · 49 Stat. 2364 · June 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

70. Liquor Tax Administration Act

    An Act To insure the collection of the revenue on distilled spirits, wines, and malt liquors, to provide for the more efficient and economical administration and enforcement of the laws relating to the taxation of distilled spirits, wines, and malt liquors, to amend the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 830 · 49 Stat. 1939 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

71. An Act To promote the general welfare of the Indians of the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 831 · 49 Stat. 1967 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

72. An Act To amend section 23 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935.

    Ch. 832 · 49 Stat. 1969 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 833 · 49 Stat. 1969 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the sale of a certain isolated tract of the public domain in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 834 · 49 Stat. 1972 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in celebration of the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

    Ch. 835 · 49 Stat. 1972 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the payment of certain salaries and expenses of employees of the General Land Office.

    Ch. 836 · 49 Stat. 1973 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of York County, Maine.

    Ch. 837 · 49 Stat. 1973 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the striking of an appropriate medal in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the original Norfolk (Virginia) land grant and the two-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, as a borough.

    Ch. 838 · 49 Stat. 1974 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

79. An Act To provide a commissioned strength for the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for the efficient performance of military and other statutory duties assigned to that corps.

    Ch. 839 · 49 Stat. 1974 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, in the State of South Carolina.

    Ch. 840 · 49 Stat. 1975 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

81. An Act To provide for an investigation to determine whether the water rights of the United States have been violated in the Clear Lake Watershed, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 841 · 49 Stat. 1975 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes”, approved June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269).

    Ch. 842 · 49 Stat. 1976 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

83. An Act Increasing the penalty for making false oaths for the purpose of bathing at the Government free bathhouse at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    Ch. 843 · 49 Stat. 1979 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

84. An Act To extend the boundaries of the Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 844 · 49 Stat. 1979 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the striking of an appropriate medal in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in the Walla Walla Valley, Washington, and the founding of the Waiilatpu Mission.

    Ch. 845 · 49 Stat. 1980 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

86. An Act Providing for a change in the design of the 50-cent pieces authorized to be coined in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union.

    Ch. 846 · 49 Stat. 1981 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Intracoastal Waterway throughout Broward County, Florida.

    Ch. 847 · 49 Stat. 1981 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

88. An Act To eliminate unnecessary expense in the administration of estates of deceased and incompetent veterans, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 848 · 49 Stat. 1982 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

89. An Act For the improvement and protection of the beaches along the shores of the United States.

    Ch. 849 · 49 Stat. 1982 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution To provide for an inquiry by the Court of Claims with respect to losses sustained by cooperative marketing associations in connection with stabilization activities in grain.

    Ch. 850 · 49 Stat. 1983 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To define the term of certain contracts with Indian tribes.

    Ch. 851 · 49 Stat. 1984 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Extending for two years the time within which American claimants may make application for payment, under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, of awards of the Mixed Claims Commission and the Tripartite Claims Commission, and extending until March 10, 1938, the time within which Hungarian claimants may make application for payment, under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, of awards of the War Claims Arbiter.

    Ch. 852 · 49 Stat. 1984 · June 26, 1936 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Michael Dalton;

    Ch. 853 · 49 Stat. 2364 · June 26, 1936 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Bausch and Lomb Optical Company.

    Ch. 854 · 49 Stat. 2365 · June 26, 1936 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of R. D. Stephens and Vera Stephens.

    Ch. 855 · 49 Stat. 2365 · June 26, 1936 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of F. W. Elmer.

    Ch. 856 · 49 Stat. 2366 · June 26, 1936 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Evanell Durrance.

    Ch. 857 · 49 Stat. 2366 · June 26, 1936 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced American merchant marine, to promote the commerce of the United States, to aid in the national defense, to repeal certain former legislation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 858 · 49 Stat. 1985 · June 29, 1936 · Original text

99. An Act For the retirement of employees of the Alaska Railroad, Territory of Alaska, who are citizens of the United States.

    Ch. 859 · 49 Stat. 2017 · June 29, 1936 · Original text

100. An Act To waive any exclusive jurisdiction over premises of Public Works Administration slum-clearance and low-cost housing projects, to authorize payments to States and political subdivisions in lieu of taxes on such premises, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 860 · 49 Stat. 2025 · June 29, 1936 · Original text