Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of F. E. Romberg.

   Ch. 601 · 44 Stat. 1510 · June 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Edgar K. Miller.

   Ch. 602 · 44 Stat. 1510 · June 16, 1926 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 603 · 44 Stat. 751 · June 17, 1926 · Original text

4. An Act To appoint Mate John Joseph Bresnahan, United States Navy, a boatswain in the Navy.

   Ch. 604 · 44 Stat. 751 · June 17, 1926 · Original text

5. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

   Ch. 605 · 44 Stat. 1510 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and so forth, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

   Ch. 606 · 44 Stat. 1584 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

   Ch. 607 · 44 Stat. 1593 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the American Transportation Company.

   Ch. 608 · 44 Stat. 1605 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of John O’Brien.

   Ch. 609 · 44 Stat. 1605 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing issuance of patent to Richard Murphy.

    Ch. 610 · 44 Stat. 1605 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Joseph Mayhew.

    Ch. 611 · 44 Stat. 1606 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of James H. Kelly.

    Ch. 612 · 44 Stat. 1606 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company.

    Ch. 613 · 44 Stat. 1606 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Samuel Spaulding.

    Ch. 614 · 44 Stat. 1607 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Orin Thornton.

    Ch. 615 · 44 Stat. 1607 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To correct the naval record of Charles David Guthridge.

    Ch. 616 · 44 Stat. 1607 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To allow credits in the accounts of certain disbursing officers of the Department of the Interior.

    Ch. 617 · 44 Stat. 1607 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Ada Brown-Hopkins.

    Ch. 618 · 44 Stat. 1608 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of the Navy of Milton F. Nicholson.

    Ch. 619 · 44 Stat. 1608 · June 17, 1926 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across that part of the Mississippi River known as Devils Chute, between Picayune Island and Devils Island, Alexander County, Illinois.

    Ch. 620 · 44 Stat. 751 · June 18, 1926 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of Congress of June 6, 1924, entitled “An Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 621 · 44 Stat. 752 · June 18, 1926 · Original text

22. An Act To provide for the storage of the waters of the Pecos River.

    Ch. 622 · 44 Stat. 753 · June 18, 1926 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept membership for the United States in the Permanent Association of the International Road Congresses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 623 · 44 Stat. 754 · June 18, 1926 · Original text

24. An Act To reimburse certain fire insurance companies the amounts paid by them for property destroyed by fire in suppressing bubonic plague in the Territory of Hawaii in the years 1899 and 1900.

    Ch. 624 · 44 Stat. 1608 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of James E. Simpson.

    Ch. 625 · 44 Stat. 1609 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of William J. Murphy.

    Ch. 626 · 44 Stat. 1609 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Harrisburg Real Estate Company, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 627 · 44 Stat. 1609 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Harry P. Creekmore.

    Ch. 628 · 44 Stat. 1609 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Authorizing the enrollment of Martha E. Brace as a Kiowa Indian, and directing issuance of trust patents to her and two others to certain land of the Kiowa Indian Reservation, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 629 · 44 Stat. 1609 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

30. Joint Resolution For the relief of George Horton.

    Ch. 630 · 44 Stat. 1610 · June 18, 1926 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Cass, State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Boy River in said State.

    Ch. 631 · 44 Stat. 754 · June 19, 1926 · Original text

32. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Grand Calumet River.

    Ch. 632 · 44 Stat. 755 · June 19, 1926 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to accept and install a tablet commemorating the designation of May 30 of each year as Memorial Day by General Order Numbered 11, issued by General John A. Logan, as Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.

    Ch. 633 · 44 Stat. 755 · June 19, 1926 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Philip T. Coffey.

    Ch. 634 · 44 Stat. 1610 · June 19, 1926 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of M. Barde and Sons (Incorporated), Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 635 · 44 Stat. 1611 · June 19, 1926 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the Georgia Cotton Company.

    Ch. 636 · 44 Stat. 1611 · June 19, 1926 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Elbert Kelly, Orestes Cleveland, and James Harrison Dickie, second lieutenants in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 637 · 44 Stat. 1611 · June 19, 1926 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 638 · 44 Stat. 755 · June 21, 1926 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of John Plumlee, administrator of the estate of G. W. Plumlee, deceased.

    Ch. 639 · 44 Stat. 1611 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the Andrew Radel Oyster Company.

    Ch. 640 · 44 Stat. 1612 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Waller V. Gibson.

    Ch. 641 · 44 Stat. 1612 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of A. T. Marix.

    Ch. 642 · 44 Stat. 1612 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting and relinquishing title to certain lands in the State of Washington to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 643 · 44 Stat. 1612 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose by sale of certain public land in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 644 · 44 Stat. 1613 · June 21, 1926 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To change the time of holding court at Elizabeth City, and at Wilson, North Carolina.

    Ch. 645 · 44 Stat. 758 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

46. An Act To change the time of holding court at Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Ch. 646 · 44 Stat. 758 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

47. An Act To provide home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 647 · 44 Stat. 758 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 648 · 44 Stat. 760 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

49. An Act To amend that part of the Act approved August 29, 1916, relative to retirement of captains, commanders, and lieutenant commanders of the line of the Navy.

    Ch. 649 · 44 Stat. 761 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the destruction of paid United States checks.

    Ch. 650 · 44 Stat. 761 · June 22, 1926 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Alling R. Maish.

    Ch. 651 · 44 Stat. 1613 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Emily L. Hoffbauer.

    Ch. 652 · 44 Stat. 1613 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the Carib Steamship Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 653 · 44 Stat. 1614 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the office of Superintendent State, War, and Navy Department Buildings.

    Ch. 654 · 44 Stat. 1614 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Perley Morse and Company.

    Ch. 655 · 44 Stat. 1614 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the New Jersey Shipbuilding and Dredging Company.

    Ch. 656 · 44 Stat. 1614 · June 22, 1926 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the erection at Burns, Oregon, of a school for the use of the Piute Indian children.

    Ch. 657 · 44 Stat. 761 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for a monument for Quannah Parker, late chief of the Comanche Indians.

    Ch. 658 · 44 Stat. 762 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

59. An Act For completion of the road from Tucson to Ajo via Indian Oasis, Arizona.

    Ch. 659 · 44 Stat. 762 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

60. An Act For the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds.

    Ch. 660 · 44 Stat. 762 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

61. An Act Setting aside Rice Lake and contiguous lands in Minnesota for the exclusive use and benefit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.

    Ch. 661 · 44 Stat. 763 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

62. An Act To reimburse the State of Montana for expenses incurred by it in suppressing forest fires on Government land during the year 1919.

    Ch. 662 · 44 Stat. 764 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint Cecil Clinton Adell, formerly an ensign, United States Navy, to his former rank as ensign. United States Navy.

    Ch. 663 · 44 Stat. 764 · June 23, 1926 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Franklin Gum.

    Ch. 664 · 44 Stat. 1615 · June 23, 1926 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of James C. Minon.

    Ch. 665 · 44 Stat. 1615 · June 23, 1926 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Willey.

    Ch. 666 · 44 Stat. 1615 · June 23, 1926 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act of June 3, 1920 (Forty-first. Statutes at Large, page 738), so as to permit the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes to file suit in the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 667 · 44 Stat. 764 · June 24, 1926 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the construction and procurement of aircraft and aircraft equipment in the Navy and Marine Corps, and to adjust and define the status of the operating personnel in connection therewith.

    Ch. 668 · 44 Stat. 764 · June 24, 1926 · Original text

69. An Act To provide for the permanent withdrawal of Mernaloose Island in the Columbia River for the use of the Yakima Indians and Confederated Tribes as a burial ground.

    Ch. 669 · 44 Stat. 768 · June 24, 1926 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the owners of the steamship San Lucar and of her cargo.

    Ch. 670 · 44 Stat. 1615 · June 24, 1926 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Th. Michaelsen.

    Ch. 671 · 44 Stat. 1616 · June 24, 1926 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Lawford and McKim, general agents for the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, of London, England.

    Ch. 672 · 44 Stat. 1616 · June 24, 1926 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of certain officers of the Air Service of the United States Army on account of funds expended by them in connection with the American round-the-world flight.

    Ch. 673 · 44 Stat. 1616 · June 24, 1926 · Private law · Original text

74. 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. 674 · 44 Stat. 768 · June 25, 1926 · Original text

75. An Act To transfer jurisdiction over the United States reservation numbered 248 from the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 675 · 44 Stat. 769 · June 25, 1926 · Original text

76. An Act To increase the limit of cost of submarine tender numbered 3, and to authorize repairs and alterations to the United States ship S-48.

    Ch. 676 · 44 Stat. 769 · June 25, 1926 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of the estate of Henry T. Wilcox.

    Ch. 677 · 44 Stat. 1617 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Lilly O. Dyer.

    Ch. 678 · 44 Stat. 1617 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of A. B. Ewing.

    Ch. 679 · 44 Stat. 1617 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Alice M. Durkee.

    Ch. 680 · 44 Stat. 1617 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Yvonne Therrien.

    Ch. 681 · 44 Stat. 1618 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of the Central National Bank, Ellsworth, Kansas.

    Ch. 682 · 44 Stat. 1618 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Swend A. Swendson.

    Ch. 683 · 44 Stat. 1618 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Captain Edward T. Hartmann, United States Army, and others.

    Ch. 684 · 44 Stat. 1618 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Francis Nicholson.

    Ch. 685 · 44 Stat. 1619 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company.

    Ch. 686 · 44 Stat. 1619 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Thomas J. Ryan, United States Navy.

    Ch. 687 · 44 Stat. 1619 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Mrs. M. McCollom, Margaret G. Jackson, and Dorothy M. Murphy.

    Ch. 688 · 44 Stat. 1620 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To confirm the right, title, and interest of the Peoples Investment Company (incorporated), of the State of Louisiana, in certain lands.

    Ch. 689 · 44 Stat. 1620 · June 25, 1926 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Pend d’Oreille River, at or near the Newport-Priest Sliver Road crossing Washington and Idaho.

    Ch. 690 · 44 Stat. 769 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

91. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, or either of them, to construct a bridge across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 691 · 44 Stat. 770 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1913 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 876).

    Ch. 692 · 44 Stat. 771 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State highway department of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Saint Marys River.

    Ch. 693 · 44 Stat. 771 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the cancellation and remittance of construction assessments against allotted Paiute Indian lands irrigated under the Newlands reclamation project in the State of Nevada and to reimburse the Truckee-Carson irrigation district for certain expenditures for the operation and maintenance of drains for said lands.

    Ch. 694 · 44 Stat. 771 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

95. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916, and Acts in amendment thereof.

    Ch. 695 · 44 Stat. 772 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

96. An Act To divide the eastern district of South Carolina into four divisions and the western district into five divisions.

    Ch. 696 · 44 Stat. 773 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

97. An Act Authorizing the construction by this Secretary of Commerce of a power-plant building on the present site of the Bureau of Standards in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 697 · 44 Stat. 773 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the transfer to the jurisdiction of the United States Botanic Garden of a certain portion of the Anacostia Park for use as a tree nursery.

    Ch. 698 · 44 Stat. 774 · June 26, 1926 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize leasing, for the production of oil and gas, certain public lands in Carbon County, Wyoming.

    Ch. 699 · 44 Stat. 1621 · June 26, 1926 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of May 29, 1884, creating the Bureau of Animal Industry, by striking out the proviso in section 6 of said Act.

     Ch. 700 · 44 Stat. 774 · June 28, 1926 · Original text