Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Reclamation, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 401 · 44 Stat. 657 · May 26, 1926 · Original text

2. An Act to provide for the acquisition of property in Prince William County, Virginia, to be used by the District of Columbia for the reduction of garbage.

   Ch. 402 · 44 Stat. 657 · May 26, 1926 · Original text

3. 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. 403 · 44 Stat. 658 · May 26, 1926 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Treasury Department to participate in the South Jersey Exposition to be held in the city of Camden New Jersey.

   Ch. 404 · 44 Stat. 661 · May 26, 1926 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize certain alterations to the six coal-burning battleships for the purpose of providing better launching and handling arrangements for airplanes.

   Ch. 405 · 44 Stat. 661 · May 27, 1926 · Original text

6. 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. 406 · 44 Stat. 662 · May 27, 1926 · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Arthur F. Swanson, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 407 · 44 Stat. 1482 · May 27, 1926 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Frank A. Bartling.

   Ch. 408 · 44 Stat. 1483 · May 27, 1926 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To amend section 18 of the Irrigation Act of March 3, 1891, as amended by the Act of March 4, 1917.

   Ch. 409 · 44 Stat. 668 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

10. An Act To revise the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 410 · 44 Stat. 668 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

11. An Act To provide the name by which the Board of General Appraisers and members thereof shall hereafter be known.

    Ch. 411 · 44 Stat. 669 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

12. An Act Granting public lands to the county of Kern, California, for public park purposes.

    Ch. 412 · 44 Stat. 670 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the construction of necessary additional buildings at certain naval hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 413 · 44 Stat. 670 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

14. An Act To amend section 77 of the Judicial Code to create a middle district in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 414 · 44 Stat. 670 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the transfer of certain records of the General Land Office to States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 415 · 44 Stat. 672 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the preparation, printing, and distribution of pamphlets containing the Declaration of Independence, with certain biographical sketches and explanatory matter.

    Ch. 416 · 44 Stat. 673 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

17. An Act To amend in certain particulars the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 417 · 44 Stat. 673 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the condemnation of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 418 · 44 Stat. 675 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section 1155 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 419 · 44 Stat. 676 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Authorizing the construction of a Government dock or wharf at Juneau, Alaska.

    Ch. 420 · 44 Stat. 676 · May 28, 1926 · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Nohle-Gilbertson Company, a corporation, of Buford, North Dakota.

    Ch. 421 · 44 Stat. 1483 · May 28, 1926 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To credit the accounts of W. W. House, special disbursing agent, Department of Labor.

    Ch. 422 · 44 Stat. 1483 · May 28, 1926 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing the appropriation of $2,500 for the erection of a tablet or marker at Sir Walter Raleigh Fort on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, to Virginia Dare, the first child of English parentage to be born in America.

    Ch. 423 · 44 Stat. 676 · May 29, 1926 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the exchange of certain public lands and the establishment of an aviation field near Yuma, Arizona.

    Ch. 424 · 44 Stat. 677 · May 29, 1926 · Original text

25. An Act To amend sections 226 and 228 of the Judicial Code, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 425 · 44 Stat. 677 · May 29, 1926 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell a portion of the Fort Ringgold Military Reservation, Texas, to Rio Grande City Railway Company.

    Ch. 426 · 44 Stat. 678 · May 29, 1926 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of O. H. Lipps.

    Ch. 427 · 44 Stat. 1483 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of C. B. Wells.

    Ch. 428 · 44 Stat. 1484 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Mrs. W. H. ReMine.

    Ch. 429 · 44 Stat. 1484 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Washington County, Ohio, S. C. Kile estate, and Malinda Frye estate.

    Ch. 430 · 44 Stat. 1484 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Edward J. O’Rourke, as guardian of Katie I. O’Rourke.

    Ch. 431 · 44 Stat. 1484 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Gagnon and Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 432 · 44 Stat. 1485 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of John T. Wilson.

    Ch. 433 · 44 Stat. 1485 · May 29, 1926 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To provide for the setting apart of certain lands in the State of California as an addition to the Morongo Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 434 · 44 Stat. 679 · June 1, 1926 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to exchange deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition and components, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 435 · 44 Stat. 680 · June 1, 1926 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 12 of the Act approved June 10, 1922, so as to authorize payment of actual expenses for travel under orders in Alaska.

    Ch. 436 · 44 Stat. 680 · June 1, 1926 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Kate T. Riley.

    Ch. 437 · 44 Stat. 1485 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately reconvey to Charles Murray, senior, and Sarah A. Murray, his wife, of De Funiak Springs, Florida, the title to lots 820, 821, and 822, in the town of De Funiak Springs, Florida, according to the map of Lake De Funiak drawn by W. J. Vankirk.

    Ch. 438 · 44 Stat. 1485 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of the devisees of William Rusch, deceased.

    Ch. 439 · 44 Stat. 1486 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), the Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, American and Foreign Insurance Company, Queen Insurance Company of America, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the United States Merchants and Shippers Insurance Company.

    Ch. 440 · 44 Stat. 1486 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Frank Grygla.

    Ch. 441 · 44 Stat. 1486 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the Maryland Casualty Company, the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.

    Ch. 442 · 44 Stat. 1487 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of R. P. Rueth, of Chamita, New Mexico.

    Ch. 443 · 44 Stat. 1487 · June 1, 1926 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the borough of Wilson in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 444 · 44 Stat. 681 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

45. An Act Declaring Eagle Lake, which lies partly within the limits of the State of Mississippi, in Warren County, and partly within the limits of the State of Louisiana, in Madison Parish, to be a nonnavigable stream.

    Ch. 445 · 44 Stat. 681 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

46. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge over the Columbia River at a point within one mile upstream and one mile downstream from the mouth of the Entiat River in Chelan County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 446 · 44 Stat. 682 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

47. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Red River Parish Bridge Company (Incorporated) to construct a bridge across the Red River, at or near the town of Coushatta, in the Parish of Red River, in the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. 447 · 44 Stat. 683 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

48. An Act To establish a national military park at the battle field of Moores Creek, North Carolina.

    Ch. 448 · 44 Stat. 684 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

49. An Act To amend section 301 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924.

    Ch. 449 · 44 Stat. 686 · June 2, 1926 · Original text

50. An Act To correct the military record of George Patterson, deceased.

    Ch. 450 · 44 Stat. 1487 · June 2, 1926 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of all owners of cargo laden aboard the steamship Oconee.

    Ch. 451 · 44 Stat. 1488 · June 2, 1926 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Thomas G. Peyton.

    Ch. 452 · 44 Stat. 1488 · June 2, 1926 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mollie Van Hooser, administratrix of the estate of Myrtle Van Hooser, deceased.

    Ch. 453 · 44 Stat. 1489 · June 2, 1926 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of John E. Luby, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 454 · 44 Stat. 1489 · June 2, 1926 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to rent quarters for postal purposes without formal contract in certain cases.

    Ch. 455 · 44 Stat. 688 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to make monthly payment of rental for terminal railway post-office premises under lease.

    Ch. 456 · 44 Stat. 688 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

57. Subsistence Expense Act of 1926

    An Act To regulate subsistence expenses of civilian officers and employees while absent from their designated posts of duty on official business.

    Ch. 457 · 44 Stat. 688 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain lands in California to be added to the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation and authorizing an appropriation of funds therefor.

    Ch. 458 · 44 Stat. 690 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for allotting in severalty lands within the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 459 · 44 Stat. 690 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 4 of the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, so as to enable the Postmaster General to make contracts for the transmission of mail by aircraft at fixed rates per pound.

    Ch. 460 · 44 Stat. 692 · June 3, 1926 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of all owners of cargo laden aboard the lighter Linwood at the time of her collision with the United States steamship Absecon.

    Ch. 461 · 44 Stat. 1489 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of A. T. Whitworth.

    Ch. 462 · 44 Stat. 1490 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Hilbert Edison and Ralph R. Walton.

    Ch. 463 · 44 Stat. 1490 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Providing reimbursement to J. M. LaCalle for services as instructor at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, from October 1, 1914, to October 19, 1914.

    Ch. 464 · 44 Stat. 1490 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the widow and minor children of Ed Estes, deceased.

    Ch. 465 · 44 Stat. 1490 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of William Alexander; Frank M. Clark; George V. Welch; Grant W. Newton; William T. Hughes; Lucy V. Nelson; Frank A. Gummer; Charles E. Mulliken; Leo M. Rusk; Fred Falkenburg; Meary E. Kelly; William C. Hall; Rufus L. Stewart; Hugo H. Ahlff; Paul J. Linster; Ruida Daniel; Faye F. Mitchell; Dollie Miller; Alfred Anderson; Gustavus M. Rhoden; Marie L. Dumbauld; estate of Fred Moody, deceased.

    Ch. 466 · 44 Stat. 1491 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Leslie Warnick Brennan.

    Ch. 467 · 44 Stat. 1492 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of the Rochester Merchandise Company.

    Ch. 468 · 44 Stat. 1492 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Joseph L. Rahm.

    Ch. 469 · 44 Stat. 1493 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of W. T. Murray, administrator of the estate of Florence Martin, deceased.

    Ch. 470 · 44 Stat. 1493 · June 3, 1926 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Northern Pacific Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at Little Falls, Minnesota.

    Ch. 471 · 44 Stat. 693 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

72. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Minneapolis, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 472 · 44 Stat. 693 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

73. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri State Highway Commission to construct a bridge across Current River.

    Ch. 473 · 44 Stat. 694 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri State Highway Commission to maintain a bridge across Current River.

    Ch. 474 · 44 Stat. 694 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

75. An Act Extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River in the county of Hennepin, Minnesota, by the city of Minneapolis.

    Ch. 475 · 44 Stat. 694 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Act of February 28, 1925, fixing the compensation of fourth-class postmasters.

    Ch. 476 · 44 Stat. 695 · June 4, 1926 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of J. L. Flynn.

    Ch. 477 · 44 Stat. 1493 · June 4, 1926 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of John P. McLaughlin.

    Ch. 478 · 44 Stat. 1493 · June 4, 1926 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, to construct an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio.

    Ch. 479 · 44 Stat. 696 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

80. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the removal of what is now known as the Aqueduct Bridge, across the Potomac River, and for the building of a bridge in place thereof,” approved May 18, 1916, and section 12 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings, and so forth,” approved February 12, 1901, as amended.

    Ch. 480 · 44 Stat. 697 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the widening of Harvard Street in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 481 · 44 Stat. 697 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

82. An Act Permitting the Washington Market Company to lay a conduit across Twelfth Street, southwest.

    Ch. 482 · 44 Stat. 698 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

83. An Act To restore to the public domain certain lands within the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 483 · 44 Stat. 698 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

84. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Wakefield National Memorial Association to build, upon Government-owned land at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia, a replica of the house in which George Washington was born, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 484 · 44 Stat. 699 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey certain portions of the military reservation at Monterey, California, to the city of Monterey, California, for street purposes.

    Ch. 485 · 44 Stat. 699 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the disposition of lands no longer needed for naval purposes.

    Ch. 486 · 44 Stat. 700 · June 7, 1926 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Agnes M. Harrison, postmistress at Wheeler, Mississippi.

    Ch. 487 · 44 Stat. 1494 · June 7, 1926 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Thomas Durnford, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama.

    Ch. 488 · 44 Stat. 1494 · June 7, 1926 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of José Louzau.

    Ch. 489 · 44 Stat. 1494 · June 7, 1926 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept a title to a site for the post office at Donora, Pennsylvania, which excepts and reserves natural gas and oil underlying the land.

    Ch. 490 · 44 Stat. 702 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

91. An Act Providing for the conveyance of certain land to the city of Boise, Idaho, and from the city of Boise, Idaho, to the United States.

    Ch. 491 · 44 Stat. 703 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

92. An Act To establish a department of economics, government, and history at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, and to amend chapter 174 of the Act of Congress of April 19, 1910, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 492 · 44 Stat. 703 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize and empower the Secretary of the Treasury to accept a corrective deed to certain real estate in the city of New York for the use of the new post-office building.

    Ch. 493 · 44 Stat. 704 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

94. An Act To amend section 55 of the National Defense Act, June 3, 1916, as amended, relating to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.

    Ch. 494 · 44 Stat. 704 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

95. An Act To amend the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, so as to permit the Secretary of War to detail enlisted men to educational institutions.

    Ch. 495 · 44 Stat. 705 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

96. An Act To convey to the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, certain Government property.

    Ch. 496 · 44 Stat. 705 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Georgia-Florida Bridge Company, to construct a toll bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near Neals Landing, in Seminole County, Georgia.

    Ch. 497 · 44 Stat. 706 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

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

    Ch. 498 · 44 Stat. 707 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Nevada.

    Ch. 499 · 44 Stat. 708 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

100. An Act Authorizing repayment of excess amounts paid by purchasers of certain lots in the town site of Bowdoin, Montana.

     Ch. 500 · 44 Stat. 708 · June 8, 1926 · Original text