Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To extend the time for construction of a bridge across the southern branch of the Elizabeth River, near the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk, State of Virginia.

   Ch. 204 · 44 Stat. 1246 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance of title to certain lands in Teton County, Wyoming, adjacent to the winter elk refuge in said State established in accordance with the Act of Congress of August 10, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 293).

   Ch. 205 · 44 Stat. 1246 · February 25, 1927 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Robert R. Bradford.

   Ch. 206 · 44 Stat. 1790 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To amend the military record of Leo J. Pourciau.

   Ch. 207 · 44 Stat. 1791 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of R. W. Hilderbrand.

   Ch. 208 · 44 Stat. 1791 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Oliver J. Larkin and Lona Larkin.

   Ch. 209 · 44 Stat. 1791 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the Riverside Contracting Company.

   Ch. 210 · 44 Stat. 1791 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Alfred F. Land.

   Ch. 211 · 44 Stat. 1792 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Margaret Richards.

   Ch. 212 · 44 Stat. 1792 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the payment of damages to certain citizens of New Mexico caused by reason of artificial obstructions to the flow of the Rio Grande by an agency of the United States.

    Ch. 213 · 44 Stat. 1792 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of W. Z. Swift.

    Ch. 214 · 44 Stat. 1793 · February 25, 1927 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.

    Ch. 215 · 44 Stat. 1247 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

13. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 216 · 44 Stat. 1247 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

14. An Act To amend paragraph (1) of section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act by providing for the carrying of a blind person, with a guide, for one fare.

    Ch. 217 · 44 Stat. 1247 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

15. An Act Relating to the admission of candidates to the Naval Academy.

    Ch. 218 · 44 Stat. 1248 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

16. An Act To amend and reenact an Act entitled “United States Cotton Futures Act,” approved August 11, 1916, as amended.

    Ch. 219 · 44 Stat. 1248 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Code of Law for the District of Columbia in relation to the qualifications of jurors.

    Ch. 220 · 44 Stat. 1249 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to lend tents and camp equipment for the use of the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Tampa, Florida, in April, 1927.

    Ch. 221 · 44 Stat. 1249 · February 26, 1927 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of the owner of the American steamship Almirante and owners of cargo laden aboard thereof at the time of her collision with the United States steamship Hisko.

    Ch. 222 · 44 Stat. 1793 · February 26, 1927 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of F. G. Proudfoot.

    Ch. 223 · 44 Stat. 1793 · February 26, 1927 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To extend the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, to Daniel S. Glover.

    Ch. 224 · 44 Stat. 1794 · February 26, 1927 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the promotion of certain officers of the United States Army now on the retired list.

    Ch. 225 · 44 Stat. 1249 · February 28, 1927 · Original text

23. First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and prior fiscal years, and to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 226 · 44 Stat. 1250 · February 28, 1927 · Original text

24. An Act Amending section 3 of the Act approved January 12, 1923, entitled “An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 227 · 44 Stat. 1261 · February 28, 1927 · Original text

25. An Act To amend section 129 of the Judicial Code, allowing an appeal in a patent suit from a decree which is final except for the ordering of an accounting.

    Ch. 228 · 44 Stat. 1261 · February 28, 1927 · Original text

26. An Act To amend paragraph (c) of section 4 of the Act en-titled “An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1924.

    Ch. 229 · 44 Stat. 1261 · February 28, 1927 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Carlos Tompkins.

    Ch. 230 · 44 Stat. 1794 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of William H. Grayson.

    Ch. 231 · 44 Stat. 1794 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Eustacio B. Davison.

    Ch. 232 · 44 Stat. 1794 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Patrick C. Wilkes, alias Clebourn P. Wilkes.

    Ch. 233 · 44 Stat. 1795 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Joseph B. Tanner.

    Ch. 234 · 44 Stat. 1795 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of August Michalchuk.

    Ch. 235 · 44 Stat. 1795 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Mary H. Dougherty.

    Ch. 236 · 44 Stat. 1796 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of C. P. Dryden.

    Ch. 237 · 44 Stat. 1796 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Mark J. White.

    Ch. 238 · 44 Stat. 1796 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad Company, the successor in interest of the receiver of the Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railway Company.

    Ch. 239 · 44 Stat. 1796 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Roswell H. Bancroft.

    Ch. 240 · 44 Stat. 1797 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the Citizens' National Bank, of Petty, Texas.

    Ch. 241 · 44 Stat. 1797 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To authorize and direct the Comptroller General to settle and allow the claims of E. A. Goldenweiser, Edith M. Furbush, and Horatio M. Pollock, for services rendered to the Department of Commerce.

    Ch. 242 · 44 Stat. 1797 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of William C. Harllee.

    Ch. 243 · 44 Stat. 1797 · February 28, 1927 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 107 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 244 · 44 Stat. 1262 · March 1, 1927 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the construction of new conservatories and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden.

    Ch. 245 · 44 Stat. 1262 · March 1, 1927 · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Nick Masonich.

    Ch. 246 · 44 Stat. 1798 · March 1, 1927 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of J. W. Neil.

    Ch. 247 · 44 Stat. 1798 · March 1, 1927 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth W. Kieffer.

    Ch. 248 · 44 Stat. 1798 · March 1, 1927 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the selection of certain publicly owned lands by the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 249 · 44 Stat. 1262 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

47. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Assiniboine Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 44 Stat. 1263 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

48. An Act Providing for the erection of a monument on Kill Devil Hill, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, commemorative of the first successful human attempt in history at power-driven airplane flight.

    Ch. 251 · 44 Stat. 1264 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

49. An Act To amend sections 4 and 5 of 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, as amended.

    Ch. 252 · 44 Stat. 1265 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

50. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at the city of Mount Carmel, Illinois.

    Ch. 253 · 44 Stat. 1265 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the county of Escambia, Florida, and/or the county of Baldwin, Alabama, and/or the State of Florida, and/or the State of Alabama to acquire all the rights and privileges granted to the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company by chapter 168, approved June 22, 1916, for the construction of a bridge across Perdido Bay from Lillian, Alabama, to Cummings Point, Florida.

    Ch. 254 · 44 Stat. 1266 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Yell and Pope County Bridge District, Dardanelle and Russellville, Arkansas, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Arkansas River, at or near the city of Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas,” approved March 3, 1925, and to extend the time for the construction of the bridge authorized thereby.

    Ch. 255 · 44 Stat. 1266 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

53. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the County of Barry, State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the White River,” approved March 31, 1926.

    Ch. 256 · 44 Stat. 1267 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

54. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act granting the con-sent of Congress to the County of Barry, State of Missouri, to construct a bridge across the White River,” approved March 31, 1926.

    Ch. 257 · 44 Stat. 1267 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

55. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Henderson Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near the town of Henderson, West Virginia, to a point opposite thereto in or near the city of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 258 · 44 Stat. 1267 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

56. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of the county of Cook, State of Illinois, to reconstruct the bridge across the Grand Calumet River at Burnham Avenue in said county and State.

    Ch. 259 · 44 Stat. 1269 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

57. An Act To extend the time for construction of a bridge across the Susquehanna River, in Northumberland and Snyder Counties, State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 260 · 44 Stat. 1269 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

58. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River between the municipalities of Rochester and Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.”

    Ch. 261 · 44 Stat. 1269 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the times for the construction of bridges across the Mississippi River at Alton, Illinois, and across the Missouri River near Bellefontaine, in Missouri.

    Ch. 262 · 44 Stat. 1270 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

60. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to George A. Hero and Aden S. Hackett, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 263 · 44 Stat. 1270 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

61. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Highways and Public Works of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Clinch River in Hancock County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 264 · 44 Stat. 1271 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

62. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Blair, in the State of Nebraska, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the States of Nebraska and Iowa.

    Ch. 265 · 44 Stat. 1272 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

63. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the South Carolina and Georgia State highway departments, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Savannah River.

    Ch. 266 · 44 Stat. 1273 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

64. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to W. Gilbert Freeman, his successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York.

    Ch. 267 · 44 Stat. 1273 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

65. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Rainy River, approximately midway between the village of Spooner, in the county of Lake of the Woods, State of Minnesota, and the village of Rainy River, Province of Ontario, Canada.

    Ch. 268 · 44 Stat. 1274 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

66. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 269 · 44 Stat. 1275 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

67. An Act Granting certain lands to the State of New Mexico for the use and benefit of New Mexico College of Agriculture anti Mechanic Arts, for the purpose of conducting educational, demonstrative, and experimental development with livestock, grazing methods, and range forage plants.

    Ch. 270 · 44 Stat. 1276 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

68. An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such. District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 271 · 44 Stat. 1297 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

69. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the H. A. Carpenter Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near the town of Saint Marys, Pleasants County, West Virginia, to a point opposite thereto in Washington County, Ohio.

    Ch. 272 · 44 Stat. 1334 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

70. An Act Amending the statutes of the United States as to procedure in the Patent Office and in the courts with regard to the granting of letters patent for inventions and with regard to interfering patents.

    Ch. 273 · 44 Stat. 1335 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

71. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Indiana, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River, and permitting the State of Kentucky to act jointly with the State of Indiana in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge.

    Ch. 274 · 44 Stat. 1337 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

72. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at the city of Mount Carmel, Illinois.

    Ch. 275 · 44 Stat. 1339 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for an additional Federal district for North Carolina.

    Ch. 276 · 44 Stat. 1339 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 277 · 44 Stat. 1340 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Starr County Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande River.

    Ch. 278 · 44 Stat. 1341 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to The Carrollton Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge across the Ohio River between Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky, and a point directly across the river in Switzerland County, Indiana.

    Ch. 279 · 44 Stat. 1342 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize an increase in the limit of cost of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 44 Stat. 1343 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to cancel a certain screen-wagon contract, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 44 Stat. 1344 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Nebraska-Iowa Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 282 · 44 Stat. 1344 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Correcting description of lands granted to the State of New Mexico for the use and benefit of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, by enrolled bill S. 4910, Sixty-ninth Congress.

    Ch. 283 · 44 Stat. 1345 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution To correct an error in Public, Numbered 526, Sixty-ninth Congress.

    Ch. 284 · 44 Stat. 1346 · March 2, 1927 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Samuel S. Archer.

    Ch. 285 · 44 Stat. 1798 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To correct the naval record of John Cronin.

    Ch. 286 · 44 Stat. 1798 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of William W. Green, warrant officer, United States Army.

    Ch. 287 · 44 Stat. 1799 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the return of $5,000 to the New Amsterdam Casualty Company.

    Ch. 288 · 44 Stat. 1799 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To amend the naval record of Frank H. Wilson, alias Henry Wencel.

    Ch. 289 · 44 Stat. 1799 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Farrah Dane Richardson.

    Ch. 290 · 44 Stat. 1800 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide a method for compensating persons who suffered property damage or personal injury due to the explosions at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, Jul 10, 1926.

    Ch. 291 · 44 Stat. 1800 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Samuel J. Leaphart.

    Ch. 292 · 44 Stat. 1800 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain land to the First Baptist Church, of Oxford, North Carolina.

    Ch. 293 · 44 Stat. 1801 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To authorize certain officers of the United States Navy to accept from the Republic of Haiti the Medal of Honor and Merit.

    Ch. 294 · 44 Stat. 1801 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To authorize certain officers of the United States Navy and civilian employees of the Navy Department to accept certain medals tendered them by the Republic of China, and to authorize Captain Walter S. Crosley, United States Navy, to accept a medal of honor and merit and a diploma tendered him by the Republic of Haiti.

    Ch. 295 · 44 Stat. 1801 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing certain officers of the United States Navy to accept from the Republic of Chile the order Al Mérito.

    Ch. 296 · 44 Stat. 1802 · March 2, 1927 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To create an additional judge for the district of Maryland.

    Ch. 297 · 44 Stat. 1346 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 298 · 44 Stat. 1347 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize oil and gas mining leases upon unallotted lands within Executive order Indian reservations.

    Ch. 299 · 44 Stat. 1347 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the district of Connecticut.

    Ch. 300 · 44 Stat. 1348 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the widening of C Street northeast, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 301 · 44 Stat. 1349 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to submit claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 302 · 44 Stat. 1349 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

100. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint and retire certain persons first lieutenants in the Medical Corps, United States Army.

     Ch. 303 · 44 Stat. 1350 · March 3, 1927 · Original text