Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 8 of the Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, and for other purposes, approved March 4, 1913.

   Ch. 304 · 44 Stat. 1351 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the elimination of the Michigan Avenue grade crossing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 305 · 44 Stat. 1351 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the elimination of grade crossings of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 306 · 44 Stat. 1352 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

4. An Act To provide American registry for the Norwegian sailing vessel Derwent.

   Ch. 307 · 44 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint Captain Reginald Rowan Belknap, United States Navy, retired, a rear admiral on the retired list of the Navy.

   Ch. 308 · 44 Stat. 1354 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

6. An Act To prevent the destruction or dumping, without good and sufficient cause therefor, of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants and others and to require them truly and correctly to account for all farm produce received by them.

   Ch. 309 · 44 Stat. 1355 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

7. An Act Placing certain noncommissioned officers in the first grade.

   Ch. 310 · 44 Stat. 1356 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to modify agreements heretofore made for the settlement of certain claims in favor of the United States.

   Ch. 311 · 44 Stat. 1356 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries.

   Ch. 312 · 44 Stat. 1357 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

10. An Act To purchase a painting of the several ships of the United States Navy in 1891 and entitled “Peace.”

    Ch. 313 · 44 Stat. 1357 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the last paragraph of an Act entitled “An Act to refer the claims of the Delaware Indians to the Court of Claims, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Ch. 314 · 44 Stat. 1358 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of certain parts of the frigate Constitution, to be used as souvenirs.

    Ch. 315 · 44 Stat. 1358 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the sale of the Buckeye Target Range, Arizona.

    Ch. 316 · 44 Stat. 1359 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

14. An Act To accept the cession by the State of Arkansas of exclusive jurisdiction over a tract of land within the Hot Springs National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 317 · 44 Stat. 1359 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

15. An Act To withdraw certain public lands from settlement and entry.

    Ch. 318 · 44 Stat. 1359 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

16. An Act Granting a right of way to the county of Imperial, State of California, over certain public lands for highway purposes.

    Ch. 319 · 44 Stat. 1361 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

17. An Act Granting pensions to certain soldiers who served in the Indian wars from 1817 to 1898, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 320 · 44 Stat. 1361 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

18. An Act Releasing and granting to the State of Utah and the University of Utah any and all reversionary rights of the United States in and to the grounds now occupied as a campus by the University of Utah.

    Ch. 321 · 44 Stat. 1364 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

19. An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Bountiful, Utah, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city.

    Ch. 322 · 44 Stat. 1364 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

20. An Act To amend section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved May 14, 1898 (Thirtieth Statutes at Large, page 409).

    Ch. 323 · 44 Stat. 1364 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

21. An Act Granting public lands to the city of Golden, Colorado, to secure a supply of water for municipal and domestic purposes.

    Ch. 324 · 44 Stat. 1365 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act approved May 26, 1926, entitled “An Act to amend sections 1, 5, 6, 8, and 18 of an Act approved June 4, 1920, entitled ‘An Act to provide for the allotment of lands of the Crow Tribe, for the distribution of tribal funds, and for other purposes.’ ”

    Ch. 325 · 44 Stat. 1365 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of homestead settlers on the drained Mud Lake bottom in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 326 · 44 Stat. 1366 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

24. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reimbursement of officers, enlisted men, and others in the naval service of the United States for property lost or destroyed in such service, ” approved October 6, 1917.

    Ch. 327 · 44 Stat. 1368 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

25. An Act To provide a water system for the Indians of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada.

    Ch. 328 · 44 Stat. 1369 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize a per capita payment from tribal funds to the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indiana of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 329 · 44 Stat. 1369 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permission to the Port of Portland Commission to close the east channel of Swan Island, Oregon.

    Ch. 330 · 44 Stat. 1369 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

28. An Act Granting permission for the laying of pipes for the transmission of steam along the alley between lots numbered 5 and 32 in square numbered 225.

    Ch. 331 · 44 Stat. 1369 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York.

    Ch. 332 · 44 Stat. 1370 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

30. An Act Directing the resurvey of certain lands.

    Ch. 333 · 44 Stat. 1370 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Poteau River.

    Ch. 334 · 44 Stat. 1370 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange for lands in private ownership in Gunnison County, Colorado, certain public lands in Delta County, Colorado.

    Ch. 335 · 44 Stat. 1371 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the appointment of an additional judge for the district court of the United States for the northern district of California.

    Ch. 336 · 44 Stat. 1372 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton.

    Ch. 337 · 44 Stat. 1372 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York.

    Ch. 338 · 44 Stat. 1374 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, certain parcels of land within the Springfield Armory Military Reservation, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 339 · 44 Stat. 1374 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the adjustment of the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 340 · 44 Stat. 1378 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

38. An Act Transferring a portion of the lands of the military reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco to the Department of the Treasury.

    Ch. 341 · 44 Stat. 1378 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

39. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, and to repeal certain former bridge laws.

    Ch. 342 · 44 Stat. 1379 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

40. An Act To prohibit the sale of black bass in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 343 · 44 Stat. 1379 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for one additional district judge for the eastern district of Michigan.

    Ch. 344 · 44 Stat. 1380 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide more effectively for the national defense by increasing the efficiency of Air Corps of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved July 2, 1926.

    Ch. 345 · 44 Stat. 1380 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

43. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act entitled ‘An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes,’ approved May 22, 1920, and Acts in amendment thereof,” approved July 3» 1926, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 346 · 44 Stat. 1380 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

44. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the construction of a roadway and walk leading to and around the Chalmette Monument, Chalmette, Louisiana.

    Ch. 347 · 44 Stat. 1381 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

45. An Act To create a Bureau of Customs and a Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of the Treasury.

    Ch. 348 · 44 Stat. 1381 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

46. An Act Relating to the appointment of trustees and committees.

    Ch. 349 · 44 Stat. 1383 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

47. An Act Amending sections 1125 and 1127, chapter 31, of the District of Columbia Code.

    Ch. 350 · 44 Stat. 1383 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

48. An Act For the promotion and retirement of William H. Santelmann, leader of the United States Marine Band.

    Ch. 351 · 44 Stat. 1383 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the sale of the new subtreasury building and site in San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 352 · 44 Stat. 1384 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

50. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Indiana Bridge Company to construct, maintain and Operate a bridge across the Ohio River at Evansville, Indiana.

    Ch. 353 · 44 Stat. 1384 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land between the United States and the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 354 · 44 Stat. 1386 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the conservation, production, and exploitation of helium gas, a mineral resource pertaining to the national defense, and to the development of commercial aeronautics, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 355 · 44 Stat. 1387 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing investigations by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to determine the location, extent, and mode of occurrence of potash deposits in the United States, and to conduct laboratory tests.”

    Ch. 356 · 44 Stat. 1388 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the purchase of land for an addition to the United States Indian school farm near Phoenix, Arizona.

    Ch. 357 · 44 Stat. 1389 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize per capita payments to the Indians of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota.

    Ch. 358 · 44 Stat. 1389 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau to make loans to veterans upon the security of adjusted service certificates.

    Ch. 359 · 44 Stat. 1389 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

57. An Act To ratify and confirm Act Numbered 3243 of the Philippine Legislature, approved November 27, 1925.

    Ch. 360 · 44 Stat. 1390 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 361 · 44 Stat. 1390 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

59. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Mount Hope Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Mount Hope Bay between the towns of Bristol and Portsmouth, in Rhode Island.

    Ch. 362 · 44 Stat. 1391 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

60. An Act To prescribe certain of the qualifications of voters in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 363 · 44 Stat. 1392 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

61. An Act Amending section 52 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 364 · 44 Stat. 1394 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

62. An Act To establish in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 365 · 44 Stat. 1394 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the removal of the iron gates in West Executive Avenue between the grounds of the White House and the State, War, and Navy Building

    Ch. 366 · 44 Stat. 1397 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

64. An Act Authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.

    Ch. 367 · 44 Stat. 1397 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize an appropriation to rehabilitate the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.

    Ch. 368 · 44 Stat. 1397 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize a per capita payment from tribal funds to the Fort Hall Indians.

    Ch. 369 · 44 Stat. 1397 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

67. An Act To permit the granting of Federal aid in respect of certain roads and bridges.

    Ch. 370 · 44 Stat. 1398 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

68. An Act For the irrigation of additional lands within the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project in Idaho.

    Ch. 371 · 44 Stat. 1398 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize an appropriation to enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide an adequate water supply for the Sequoyah Orphan Training School near Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 372 · 44 Stat. 1399 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing negotiations for the acquisition of a site for the farmers’ produce market, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 373 · 44 Stat. 1399 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

71. An Act To establish a national military park at the battle field of Stones River, Tennessee.

    Ch. 374 · 44 Stat. 1399 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

72. An Act Providing for the revision and printing of the index to the Federal Statutes.

    Ch. 375 · 44 Stat. 1401 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

73. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the survey and allotment of lands now embraced within the limits of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, and the sale and disposal of all the surplus lands after allotment,” approved May 30, 1908, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 376 · 44 Stat. 1401 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the Wayne County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Detroit, State of Michigan, two obsolete brass cannons.

    Ch. 377 · 44 Stat. 1402 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize reimbursement of the government of the Philippine Islands for maintaining alien crews prior to April 6, 1917.

    Ch. 378 · 44 Stat. 1402 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of delegates of the United States to the Eighth Pan American Sanitary Conference to be held at Lima, Peru.

    Ch. 379 · 44 Stat. 1402 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of the participation of the United States in the work of the economic conference to be held at Geneva, Switzerland.

    Ch. 380 · 44 Stat. 1403 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Amending the Act of May 13, 1924, entitled “An Act providing a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande,” and so forth.

    Ch. 381 · 44 Stat. 1403 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of the Acts of March 4, 1925, and April 13, 1926, relating to a compact between the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana for allocating the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 382 · 44 Stat. 1403 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Providing for the return of funds belonging to World War National Guard organizations that are not reconstituted.

    Ch. 383 · 44 Stat. 1404 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Authorizing the use of a portion of that part of the United States National Cemetery Reservation at Chattanooga, Tennessee, lying outside the cemetery wall, for a city pound, animal shelter, and hospital.

    Ch. 384 · 44 Stat. 1404 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of the participation of the United States in the work of a preparatory commission to consider questions of reduction and limitation of armaments.

    Ch. 385 · 44 Stat. 1404 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Amending the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes,” approved June 5, 1924, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 386 · 44 Stat. 1405 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution For the relief of special disbursing agents of the Alaskan Engineering Commission or of the Alaska Railroad.

    Ch. 387 · 44 Stat. 1405 · March 3, 1927 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of David Barker.

    Ch. 388 · 44 Stat. 1802 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Thomas Maley.

    Ch. 389 · 44 Stat. 1802 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of John G. Pauley.

    Ch. 390 · 44 Stat. 1802 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Thomas P. McSherry.

    Ch. 391 · 44 Stat. 1803 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Theodore W. Goldin.

    Ch. 392 · 44 Stat. 1803 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To correct the military record of William J. Bodiford.

    Ch. 393 · 44 Stat. 1803 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To correct the military record of George W. Kelly.

    Ch. 394 · 44 Stat. 1803 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To correct the military record of Thornton Jackson.

    Ch. 395 · 44 Stat. 1803 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Lawrence F. Nelson.

    Ch. 396 · 44 Stat. 1804 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to Leroy Stafford certain lands situate in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

    Ch. 397 · 44 Stat. 1804 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Andrew McLaughlin.

    Ch. 398 · 44 Stat. 1804 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Robert F. Neeley and Franklin E. Neeley.

    Ch. 399 · 44 Stat. 1804 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting patent to O. E. Moore.

    Ch. 400 · 44 Stat. 1805 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of certain claimants for interest arising from delay in the payment of drafts and cable transfers of the American Embassy at Constantinople between December 23, 1915, and April 21, 1917.

    Ch. 401 · 44 Stat. 1805 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Claude T. Winslow.

    Ch. 402 · 44 Stat. 1805 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To allow credits in the accounts of Harry Caden, special fiscal agent, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

     Ch. 403 · 44 Stat. 1806 · March 3, 1927 · Private law · Original text