Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title.

   Ch. 501 · 44 Stat. 709 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

2. An Act To amend and supplement the naturalization laws, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 502 · 44 Stat. 709 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

3. An Act Relating to patents issued pursuant to decrees of the Court of Private Land Claims.

   Ch. 503 · 44 Stat. 710 · June 8, 1926 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of John A. Douglas.

   Ch. 504 · 44 Stat. 1494 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of R. Clyde Bennett.

   Ch. 505 · 44 Stat. 1495 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Alonzo C. Shekell.

   Ch. 506 · 44 Stat. 1495 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Francis Forbes.

   Ch. 507 · 44 Stat. 1495 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Choate.

   Ch. 508 · 44 Stat. 1495 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Ulric O. Thynne.

   Ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1496 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Wade W. Barber.

    Ch. 510 · 44 Stat. 1496 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Andrew Cullin.

    Ch. 511 · 44 Stat. 1496 · June 8, 1926 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To amend so much of section 55 of the Hawaiian Organic Act as amended by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, approved July 9, 1921.

    Ch. 512 · 44 Stat. 710 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

13. 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 28, 1916.

    Ch. 513 · 44 Stat. 711 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to McLennan County, in the State of Texas, the sum of $9,403.42 compensation for the appropriation and destruction of an improved public road passing through the military camp at Waco, Texas, in said county by the Government of the United States.

    Ch. 514 · 44 Stat. 711 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

15. An Act To eliminate certain privately owned lands from the Rocky Mountain National Park and to transfer certain other lands from the Rocky Mountain National Park to the Colorado National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 515 · 44 Stat. 712 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the inspection of the battle field of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

    Ch. 516 · 44 Stat. 715 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Giving and granting consent to an amendment to the constitution of the State of New Mexico providing that the moneys derived from the lands heretofore granted or confirmed to that State by Congress may be apportioned to the several objects for which said lands were granted or confirmed in proportion to the number of acres granted for each object, and to the enactment of such laws and regulations as may be necessary to carry the same into effect.

    Ch. 517 · 44 Stat. 715 · June 9, 1926 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of John H. Barrett and Ada H. Barrett.

    Ch. 518 · 44 Stat. 1496 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of F. Joseph Chatterton.

    Ch. 519 · 44 Stat. 1497 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of J. M. Holladay.

    Ch. 520 · 44 Stat. 1497 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Sophie J. Rice.

    Ch. 521 · 44 Stat. 1497 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Moran Towing and Transportation Company.

    Ch. 522 · 44 Stat. 1497 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Ruphina M. Armentrout.

    Ch. 523 · 44 Stat. 1498 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Walter Kent, junior.

    Ch. 524 · 44 Stat. 1498 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of John G. Hohl.

    Ch. 525 · 44 Stat. 1498 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To reopen, allow, and credit $1,545 in the accounts of Major Harry L. Pettus, Quartermaster Corps (now deceased), for memorial tablet in the Army War College, as authorized by the Act of March 4, 1923, and certify the same to Congress, and to reimburse the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company the amount paid by that surety company to the Government to settle said accounts.

    Ch. 526 · 44 Stat. 1498 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Sherman Miles.

    Ch. 527 · 44 Stat. 1499 · June 9, 1926 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon or willfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or his or her minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances,” approved March 23, 1906.

    Ch. 528 · 44 Stat. 716 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the equalization of promotion of officers of the staff corps of the Navy with officers of the line.

    Ch. 529 · 44 Stat. 716 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

30. An Act To establish the warrant grade of pay clerk and the commissioned warrant grades of chief marine gunner, chief quartermaster clerk, and chief pay clerk in the United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 530 · 44 Stat. 725 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the construction of ten vessels for the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 531 · 44 Stat. 725 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of a site and the construction and equipment of a building thereon for use as a master track scale and test car depot, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 532 · 44 Stat. 725 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the payment of an indemnity to Great Britain on account of the death of Daniel Shaw Williamson, a British subject, who was killed at East Saint Louis, Illinois, on July 1, 1921.

    Ch. 533 · 44 Stat. 726 · June 10, 1926 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the owners of the barge McIlvaine Numbered 1.

    Ch. 534 · 44 Stat. 1499 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of L. W. Burford.

    Ch. 535 · 44 Stat. 1499 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Annie H. Martin.

    Ch. 536 · 44 Stat. 1499 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Captain George G. Seibels, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

    Ch. 537 · 44 Stat. 1500 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of John Milton Pew.

    Ch. 538 · 44 Stat. 1500 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Simon R. Curtis.

    Ch. 539 · 44 Stat. 1500 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the widow of W. J. S. Stewart.

    Ch. 540 · 44 Stat. 1500 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Harry McNeil.

    Ch. 541 · 44 Stat. 1501 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Mr. Gustavo Tegera Guevara, a citizen of Venezuela.

    Ch. 542 · 44 Stat. 1501 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of T. Luther Pinder.

    Ch. 543 · 44 Stat. 1501 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To correct the Marine Corps record of Roy W. Saam.

    Ch. 544 · 44 Stat. 1501 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To authorize Captain F. A. Traut, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Denmark known as the “Order of Dannebrog.”

    Ch. 545 · 44 Stat. 1502 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Hewson L. Peeke.

    Ch. 546 · 44 Stat. 1502 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of B. Jackson.

    Ch. 547 · 44 Stat. 1502 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Fries, deceased.

    Ch. 548 · 44 Stat. 1503 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the estate of James H. Graham.

    Ch. 549 · 44 Stat. 1503 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of J. Walter Payne.

    Ch. 550 · 44 Stat. 1503 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of H. H. Hinton.

    Ch. 551 · 44 Stat. 1503 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Cyrus Durey.

    Ch. 552 · 44 Stat. 1503 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Granting permission to Walter Stanley Haas, lieutenant commander, United States Navy, to accept a decoration bestowed upon him by the Government of Ecuador.

    Ch. 553 · 44 Stat. 1504 · June 10, 1926 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To convey to the city of Lakeland, Florida, certain Government property.

    Ch. 554 · 44 Stat. 726 · June 11, 1926 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the study and investigation of battle fields in the United States for commemorative purposes.

    Ch. 555 · 44 Stat. 731 · June 11, 1926 · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia,” approved January 15, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 556 · 44 Stat. 731 · June 11, 1926 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Joint Committee on the Library to procure an oil portrait of the late President Warren G. Harding.

    Ch. 557 · 44 Stat. 731 · June 11, 1926 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of B. G. Oosterbaan.

    Ch. 558 · 44 Stat. 1504 · June 11, 1926 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Louis A. Hogue.

    Ch. 559 · 44 Stat. 1504 · June 11, 1926 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of William J. Nagel.

    Ch. 560 · 44 Stat. 1505 · June 11, 1926 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the payment of claims for damages to and loss of property, personal injuries, and for other purposes incident to the operation of the Army.

    Ch. 561 · 44 Stat. 1505 · June 11, 1926 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Ohio River between Vanderburg County, Indiana, and Henderson County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 562 · 44 Stat. 731 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

63. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct a bridge across the Allegheny River.

    Ch. 563 · 44 Stat. 732 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

64. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

    Ch. 564 · 44 Stat. 732 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

65. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Grandfield Bridge Company, a corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Red River and the surrounding and adjoining public lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 565 · 44 Stat. 733 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

66. An Act To amend section 98 of the Judicial Code as amended.

    Ch. 566 · 44 Stat. 734 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana.

    Ch. 567 · 44 Stat. 735 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the distribution of the Supreme Court Reports and amending section 227 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 568 · 44 Stat. 735 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

69. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Lake Washington Corporation to construct a bridge across Lake Washington, in King County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 569 · 44 Stat. 738 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

70. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Kansas-Nebraska-Dakota Highway Association to construct a bridge across the Missouri River between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota.

    Ch. 570 · 44 Stat. 739 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Chaplain A. E. Stone, United States Navy.

    Ch. 571 · 44 Stat. 740 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to establish a trust fund for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians in Oklahoma and making provision for the same.

    Ch. 572 · 44 Stat. 740 · June 12, 1926 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Gershon Brothers Company.

    Ch. 573 · 44 Stat. 1505 · June 12, 1926 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Captain Murray A. Cobb.

    Ch. 574 · 44 Stat. 1506 · June 12, 1926 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Harry Ross Hubbard.

    Ch. 575 · 44 Stat. 1506 · June 12, 1926 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the expenditure of tribal funds of the Klamath Indiana to pay actual expenses of delegate to Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 576 · 44 Stat. 741 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 204 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 577 · 44 Stat. 741 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize acquisition or use of public lands by States, counties, or municipalities for recreational purposes.

    Ch. 578 · 44 Stat. 741 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

79. An Act To add certain public lands to the Washakie National Forest, Wyoming.

    Ch. 579 · 44 Stat. 742 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

80. An Act Granting consent of Congress to Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas.

    Ch. 580 · 44 Stat. 743 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Lee Highway at Loudon, in Loudon County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 581 · 44 Stat. 743 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

82. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to W. E. Buell, of Seattle, Washington, to construct a bridge across Port Washington Narrows within the city of Bremerton in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 582 · 44 Stat. 744 · June 14, 1926 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. G. A. Guenther, mother of the late Gordon Guenther, ensign United States Naval Reserve.

    Ch. 583 · 44 Stat. 1506 · June 14, 1926 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Comptroller General of the United States to relieve Fred A. Gosnell, former disbursing clerk, Bureau of the Census, and the estate of Richard C. Lappin, former supervisor of the Fourteenth Decennial Census for the Territory of Hawaii and special disbursing agent, in the settlement of certain accounts.

    Ch. 584 · 44 Stat. 1506 · June 14, 1926 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Paymaster Herbert Elliott Stevens, United States Navy.

    Ch. 585 · 44 Stat. 1507 · June 14, 1926 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the purchase by the city of Yamhill, Oregon, of certain lands formerly embraced in the grant to the Oregon and California Railroad Company and revested in the United States by the Act approved June 9, 1916.

    Ch. 586 · 44 Stat. 745 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

87. An Act Limiting the creation or extension of forest reserves in New Mexico and Arizona.

    Ch. 587 · 44 Stat. 745 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of certain settlers on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, State of Montana.

    Ch. 588 · 44 Stat. 746 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

89. An Act Authorizing expenditure of tribal funds of Indians of the Tongue River Indian Reservation, Montana, for expenses of delegates to Washington.

    Ch. 589 · 44 Stat. 746 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

90. An Act To amend an Act approved June 20, 1910, entitled “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.”

    Ch. 590 · 44 Stat. 746 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

91. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Company to construct a bridge across Peart River in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 591 · 44 Stat. 748 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

92. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the White River near Augusta, Arkansas.

    Ch. 592 · 44 Stat. 749 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 593 · 44 Stat. 750 · June 15, 1926 · Original text

94. An Act To grant certain lands situated in the State of Arizona to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

    Ch. 594 · 44 Stat. 1507 · June 15, 1926 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited.

    Ch. 595 · 44 Stat. 1507 · June 15, 1926 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Adaline White.

    Ch. 596 · 44 Stat. 1508 · June 15, 1926 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Belle H. Walker, widow of Frank H. Walker, deceased, and Frank E. Smith.

    Ch. 597 · 44 Stat. 1509 · June 15, 1926 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the American Social Science Association, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 598 · 44 Stat. 751 · June 16, 1926 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the removal of the remains of the late Daniel F. Crump within Glenwood Cemetery.

    Ch. 599 · 44 Stat. 1509 · June 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Helen M. Peck.

     Ch. 600 · 44 Stat. 1509 · June 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text