Every law Congress has passed

1,423 laws of the 69th Congress, 1925–1927

1. An Act To require the filing of an affidavit by certain officers of the United States.

   Ch. 4 · 44 Stat. 918 · December 11, 1926 · Original text

2. An Act To amend section 8 of the Act approved March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 961), entitled “An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers.”

   Ch. 5 · 44 Stat. 919 · December 11, 1926 · Original text

3. An Act To fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States.

   Ch. 6 · 44 Stat. 919 · December 13, 1926 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Edward C. Roser.

   Ch. 7 · 44 Stat. 1761 · December 14, 1926 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To alter the personnel of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 8 · 44 Stat. 920 · December 15, 1926 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing an expenditure of tribal funds of the Crow Indians of Montana to employ counsel to represent them in their claims against the United States.

   Ch. 9 · 44 Stat. 922 · December 15, 1926 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Relieving posts or camps of organizations composed of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines from liability on account of loss or destruction of obsolete rifles loaned by the War Department.

   Ch. 10 · 44 Stat. 922 · December 15, 1926 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Isaac A. Chandler.

   Ch. 11 · 44 Stat. 1761 · December 15, 1926 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 26 of the Act of June 30, 1919, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920.”

   Ch. 12 · 44 Stat. 922 · December 16, 1926 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of A. S. Rosenthal Company.

    Ch. 13 · 44 Stat. 1761 · December 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the Broad Brook Bank and Trust Company.

    Ch. 14 · 44 Stat. 1762 · December 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Authorizing payment of salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for December, 1926, on the 20th day of that month.

    Ch. 15 · 44 Stat. 923 · December 18, 1926 · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Cyrus S. Andrews.

    Ch. 16 · 44 Stat. 1762 · December 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to turn over the gunboat Wolverine to the municipality of Erie, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 17 · 44 Stat. 923 · December 21, 1926 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Gallia County Ohio River Bridge Company and its successors and assigns to construct a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Gallipolis, Ohio,” approved May 13, 1926.

    Ch. 18 · 44 Stat. 924 · December 23, 1926 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Panama Canal Act and other laws applicable to the Canal Zone, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 44 Stat. 924 · December 29, 1926 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for enlarging and relocating the United States Botanic Garden, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 20 · 44 Stat. 931 · January 5, 1927 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of soldiers who were discharged from the Army during the Spanish-American War, the Philippine insurrection, and the Boxer uprising because of misrepresentation of age.

    Ch. 21 · 44 Stat. 932 · January 5, 1927 · Original text

19. An Act To grant to the State of New York and the Seneca Nation of Indians jurisdiction over the taking of fish and game within the Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Oil Spring Indian Reservations.

    Ch. 22 · 44 Stat. 932 · January 5, 1927 · Original text

20. An Act Providing for the promotion of Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, United States Navy, retired, and awarding to him a congressional medal of honor.

    Ch. 23 · 44 Stat. 933 · January 5, 1927 · Original text

21. An Act Providing for the promotion of Floyd Bennett, aviation pilot, United States Navy, and awarding to him a congressional medal of honor.

    Ch. 24 · 44 Stat. 933 · January 5, 1927 · Original text

22. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.

    Ch. 25 · 44 Stat. 933 · January 8, 1927 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Authorizing the selection of a site and the erection of a pedestal for the Albert Gallatin statue in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 26 · 44 Stat. 934 · January 11, 1927 · Original text

24. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 27 · 44 Stat. 934 · January 12, 1927 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the construction of a nurses’ home for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.

    Ch. 28 · 44 Stat. 971 · January 13, 1927 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the opening of a street from Georgia Avenue to Ninth Street northwest, through squares 2875 and 2877, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 29 · 44 Stat. 972 · January 13, 1927 · Original text

27. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Wabash River.

    Ch. 30 · 44 Stat. 973 · January 14, 1927 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the city of Minneapolis the silver service set in use on the cruiser Minneapolis.

    Ch. 31 · 44 Stat. 974 · January 14, 1927 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to enable the trustees of Howard University to develop an athletic field and gymnasium project, and for other purposes,” approved June 7, 1924.

    Ch. 32 · 44 Stat. 974 · January 14, 1927 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commissioners of Fayette and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, to reconstruct the bridge across the Monongahela River at Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 33 · 44 Stat. 974 · January 14, 1927 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution To correct a misnomer contained in the Act to fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States.

    Ch. 34 · 44 Stat. 975 · January 14, 1927 · Original text

32. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Waccamaw River in South Carolina.

    Ch. 35 · 44 Stat. 975 · January 15, 1927 · Original text

33. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Meridian and Bigbee River Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tombigbee River at or near Naheola, Alabama.

    Ch. 36 · 44 Stat. 975 · January 15, 1927 · Original text

34. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana, or Roosevelt County, or McCone County, in the State of Montana, or either or several of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Wolf Point, Montana.

    Ch. 37 · 44 Stat. 976 · January 15, 1927 · Original text

35. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chicago to construct a bridge across the Calumet River at or near One hundred and sixth Street, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 38 · 44 Stat. 976 · January 15, 1927 · Original text

36. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 44 Stat. 976 · January 18, 1927 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the sale of land at margin of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway for construction of a church and provision for proper ingress and egress to said church building.

    Ch. 40 · 44 Stat. 1007 · January 20, 1927 · Original text

38. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls, Fayette County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 41 · 44 Stat. 1008 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

39. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Warrior River.

    Ch. 42 · 44 Stat. 1008 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

40. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Minnesota River.

    Ch. 43 · 44 Stat. 1008 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

41. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of Davidson County, of the State of Tennessee, to construct a bridge across Cumberland River at a point near Andersons Bluff, connecting Old Hickory or Jacksonville, Tennessee, by way of the Gallatin Pike, with Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 44 · 44 Stat. 1009 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

42. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Fox River in Algonquin Township, McHenry County, Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 45 · 44 Stat. 1009 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

43. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to construct a bridge across Red River at or near Boyce, Louisiana.

    Ch. 46 · 44 Stat. 1010 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

44. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 47 · 44 Stat. 1010 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

45. An Act Setting aside certain land in Douglas County, Oregon, as a summer camp for Boy Scouts.

    Ch. 48 · 44 Stat. 1022 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

46. An Act Extending to lands released from withdrawal under the Carey Act the right of the State of Montana to secure indemnity for losses to its school grant in the Fort Belknap Reservation.

    Ch. 49 · 44 Stat. 1022 · January 21, 1927 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act of February 11, 1925, entitled “An Act to provide fees to be charged by clerks of the district courts of the United States.”

    Ch. 50 · 44 Stat. 1022 · January 22, 1927 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Narcotic Act of Congress, approved December 17, 1914, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 51 · 44 Stat. 1023 · January 22, 1927 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Panama Canal Act and other laws applicable to the Canal Zone, and for other purposes,” approved December 29, 1926.

    Ch. 52 · 44 Stat. 1023 · January 22, 1927 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, appropriations for carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy, and for other purposes,” approved November 23, 1921, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 53 · 44 Stat. 1024 · January 22, 1927 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the purchase of land for use in connection with Camp Marfa, Texas.

    Ch. 54 · 44 Stat. 1024 · January 22, 1927 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the payment of indemnity to the Government of Great Britain on account of losses sustained by the owners of the British steamship Mavisbrook as a result of collision between it and the United States transport Carolinian.

    Ch. 55 · 44 Stat. 1024 · January 25, 1927 · Original text

53. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Delaware River at Palmyra, New Jersey.

    Ch. 56 · 44 Stat. 1024 · January 25, 1927 · Original text

54. An Act Confirming in States and Territories title to lands granted by the United States in the aid of common or public schools.

    Ch. 57 · 44 Stat. 1026 · January 25, 1927 · Original text

55. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 58 · 44 Stat. 1027 · January 26, 1927 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of Saint Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri,” approved February 13, 1924.

    Ch. 59 · 44 Stat. 1052 · January 26, 1927 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across Red River at Fulton, Arkansas.

    Ch. 60 · 44 Stat. 1052 · January 27, 1927 · Original text

58. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to W. D. Comer and Wesley Vandercook to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon.

    Ch. 61 · 44 Stat. 1053 · January 28, 1927 · Original text

59. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to certify certain findings of fact, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 62 · 44 Stat. 1054 · January 29, 1927 · Original text

60. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Quincy, State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 63 · 44 Stat. 1055 · February 1, 1927 · Original text

61. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Michigan and Berrien County, or either of them, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Joseph River.

    Ch. 64 · 44 Stat. 1056 · February 1, 1927 · Original text

62. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and, use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and its products.

    Ch. 65 · 44 Stat. 1056 · February 5, 1927 · Original text

63. An Act To promote the mining of potash on the public domain.

    Ch. 66 · 44 Stat. 1057 · February 7, 1927 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 4900 of the United States Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 67 · 44 Stat. 1058 · February 7, 1927 · Original text

65. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the ParagouldHopkins Bridge road improvement district of Greene County, Arkansas, to construct a bridge across the Saint Francis River.

    Ch. 68 · 44 Stat. 1059 · February 7, 1927 · Original text

66. An Act To correct the military record of Daniel C. Darroch.

    Ch. 69 · 44 Stat. 1762 · February 7, 1927 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Levi Wright.

    Ch. 70 · 44 Stat. 1763 · February 7, 1927 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from and correct the naval record of Louis Nemec, otherwise known as Louis Nemeck.

    Ch. 71 · 44 Stat. 1763 · February 7, 1927 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Alexander Edward Meta.

    Ch. 72 · 44 Stat. 1763 · February 7, 1927 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To authorize Lieutenant Commander Lucius C. Dunn, United States Navy, to accept from the King of Denmark a decoration known as a “Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.”

    Ch. 73 · 44 Stat. 1764 · February 7, 1927 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Agricultural Credits Act of 1923.

    Ch. 74 · 44 Stat. 1059 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

72. An Act Declaring pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person nonmailable and providing penalty.

    Ch. 75 · 44 Stat. 1059 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act providing additional aid for the American Printing House for the Blind.

    Ch. 76 · 44 Stat. 1060 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the village of Decatur, in the State of Nebraska, to construct a bridge across the Missouri River between the States of Nebraska and Iowa.

    Ch. 77 · 44 Stat. 1060 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize reimposition and extension of the trust period on lands held for the use and benefit of the Capitan Grande Band of Indians in California.

    Ch. 78 · 44 Stat. 1061 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Acts of June 7, 1924, and March 3, 1925, granting certain public lands to the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

    Ch. 79 · 44 Stat. 1061 · February 8, 1927 · Original text

77. An Act For the reimbursement of Emma E. L. Pulliam.

    Ch. 80 · 44 Stat. 1764 · February 8, 1927 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Ella Miller.

    Ch. 81 · 44 Stat. 1764 · February 8, 1927 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Bertha M. Leville.

    Ch. 82 · 44 Stat. 1764 · February 8, 1927 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Celestina Mateos.

    Ch. 83 · 44 Stat. 1765 · February 8, 1927 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $30,000 for the purpose of improving the town’s waterworks system.

    Ch. 84 · 44 Stat. 1061 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Fairbanks, Alaska, to issue bonds for the purchasing, construction, and maintenance of an electric light and power plant, telephone system, pumping station, and repairs to the water front, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 85 · 44 Stat. 1062 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $50,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a public-school building in the town of Wrangell, Alaska.

    Ch. 86 · 44 Stat. 1063 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

84. An Act To amend section 8 of the Act of September 1, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 716), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 87 · 44 Stat. 1064 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of certain citizens of Eagle Pass, Texas.

    Ch. 88 · 44 Stat. 1064 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of sufferers from floods in the vicinity of Fabens and El Paso, Texas, in September, 1925.

    Ch. 89 · 44 Stat. 1065 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

87. An Act To provide for the eradication or control of the European corn borer.

    Ch. 90 · 44 Stat. 1065 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

88. An Act Relating to the transfusion of blood by members of the Military Establishment.

    Ch. 91 · 44 Stat. 1066 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of War to expend not exceed $125,000 for the protection of Government property adjacent to Lowell Creek, Alaska.

    Ch. 92 · 44 Stat. 1066 · February 9, 1927 · Original text

90. An Act To reimburse or compensate James E. Parker for money, clothing, and other property misplaced or appropriated by United States authorities during the World War.

    Ch. 93 · 44 Stat. 1765 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Fannie B. Armstrong.

    Ch. 94 · 44 Stat. 1765 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To ratify the action of a local board of sales control in respect of a contract between the United States and Max Hagedorn, of La Grange, Georgia.

    Ch. 95 · 44 Stat. 1765 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Sheffield Company, a corporation of Americus, Georgia.

    Ch. 96 · 44 Stat. 1766 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Harry J. Dabel.

    Ch. 97 · 44 Stat. 1766 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Agnes W. Wilcox.

    Ch. 98 · 44 Stat. 1766 · February 9, 1927 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Providing for the preparation of a biennial index to State legislation.

    Ch. 99 · 44 Stat. 1066 · February 10, 1927 · Original text

97. An Act To amend section 115b of subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of the District of Columbia Code.

    Ch. 100 · 44 Stat. 1067 · February 10, 1927 · Original text

98. An Act To amend section 1135, chapter 31, of the District of Columbia Code.

    Ch. 101 · 44 Stat. 1067 · February 10, 1927 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the designation of an ex officio Commission for Alaska for each of the executive departments of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 102 · 44 Stat. 1068 · February 10, 1927 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River at or near Burlington, New Jersey,” approved May 21, 1926.

     Ch. 103 · 44 Stat. 1069 · February 10, 1927 · Original text