Every law Congress has passed

1,722 laws of the 70th Congress, 1927–1929

1. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Monongahela River.

   Ch. 208 · 45 Stat. 1180 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

2. An Act To permit certain warrant officers to count all active service rendered under temporary appointments as warrant or commissioned officers in the regular Navy, or as warrant or commissioned officers in the United States Naval Reserve Force, for purpose of promotion to chief warrant rank.

   Ch. 209 · 45 Stat. 1180 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of Naval Post 110 of the American Legion the bell of the battleship Connecticut.

   Ch. 210 · 45 Stat. 1181 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Rio Grande del Norte Investment Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near San Benito, Texas.

   Ch. 211 · 45 Stat. 1181 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Maysville, Kentucky, and Aberdeen, Ohio.

   Ch. 212 · 45 Stat. 1182 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the Donna Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Donna, Texas.

   Ch. 213 · 45 Stat. 1182 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing the Los Indios Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Los Indios, Texas.

   Ch. 214 · 45 Stat. 1183 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the Rio Grande City-Camargo Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas.

   Ch. 215 · 45 Stat. 1184 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing representatives of the several States to make certain inspections and to investigate State sanitary and health regulations and school attendance on Indian reservations, Indian tribal lands, and Indian allotments.

   Ch. 216 · 45 Stat. 1185 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 217 · 45 Stat. 1185 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase land for the Alabama and Coushatta Indians of Texas, subject to certain mineral and timber interests.

    Ch. 218 · 45 Stat. 1186 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To authorize the exchange of certain public lands in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 219 · 45 Stat. 1186 · February 15, 1929 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the promotion on the retired list of the Navy of Herschel Paul Cook, lieutenant, junior grade.

    Ch. 220 · 45 Stat. 2255 · February 15, 1929 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended.

    Ch. 221 · 45 Stat. 1186 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

15. An Act To quiet title and possess with respect to certain lands in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 222 · 45 Stat. 1187 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

16. An Act Granting all right, title, and interest of the United States to the piece or parcel of land known as the Cuartel lot to the city of Monterey, California.

    Ch. 223 · 45 Stat. 1188 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lands held under color of title.

    Ch. 224 · 45 Stat. 1188 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the exchange of eighteen sections of Government land for an equal value of State land located in Box Elder County, Utah, for experiments in sheep growing, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 225 · 45 Stat. 1188 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for the acquisition of a site and the construction thereon and equipment of buildings and appurtenances for the Coast Guard Academy.

    Ch. 226 · 45 Stat. 1189 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

20. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 45 Stat. 1189 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To extend the period of time in which the Secretary of the Interior shall withhold his approval of the adjustment of Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 45 Stat. 1221 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Providing for the observance and commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, and establishing a commission to be known as the United States Pulaski Sesquicentennial Commission.

    Ch. 229 · 45 Stat. 1222 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution For the contribution of the United States in the plans of the organization of the International Society for the Exploration of the Arctic Regions by Means of the Airship.

    Ch. 230 · 45 Stat. 1222 · February 16, 1929 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the further carrying out of the award of the National War Labor Board, of July 31, 1918, in favor of certain employees of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 231 · 45 Stat. 2256 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of James M. Thomas.

    Ch. 232 · 45 Stat. 2256 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the family of Wang Erh-Ko.

    Ch. 233 · 45 Stat. 2256 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Florence P. Hampton.

    Ch. 234 · 45 Stat. 2257 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Mackenzie Memorial Hospital and German-American Hospital and Lau Ye Kun, all of Tientsin, China.

    Ch. 235 · 45 Stat. 2257 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To compensate Talbird and Jenkins for balance due on contracts with Navy Department dated March 20 and October 9, 1919.

    Ch. 236 · 45 Stat. 2257 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of George J. Illichevsky.

    Ch. 237 · 45 Stat. 2258 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To extend the benefits of the United States Employees’ Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, to John L. Jenifer, a former employee of the Government Printing Office, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 238 · 45 Stat. 2258 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Frank F. Moore.

    Ch. 239 · 45 Stat. 2258 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the C. Tisdall Company, Herbert W. Smith, Newman Brothers, Thomas J. Murphy Company, formerly Edward A. Brown Company, and Giles P. Dunn, junior.

    Ch. 240 · 45 Stat. 2258 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the next of kin of Edgar C. Bryon.

    Ch. 241 · 45 Stat. 2259 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To authorize credit in the disbursing accounts of certain officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 242 · 45 Stat. 2259 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Ernest J. Hiscock.

    Ch. 243 · 45 Stat. 2260 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers of the Army of the United States on account of refunds made to purchasers of surplus war supplies.

    Ch. 244 · 45 Stat. 2260 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of John I. Fitzgerald.

    Ch. 245 · 45 Stat. 2261 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of John J. Campbell.

    Ch. 246 · 45 Stat. 2261 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of James O. Williams.

    Ch. 247 · 45 Stat. 2261 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To allow credit in the accounts of William A. Schoenfeld.

    Ch. 248 · 45 Stat. 2262 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Sawyer Motor Company.

    Ch. 249 · 45 Stat. 2262 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William J. Casey.

    Ch. 250 · 45 Stat. 2262 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Katherina Kautz and Fred G. Kautz, heirs of the estate of Christian F. Kautz, deceased.

    Ch. 251 · 45 Stat. 2262 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Egan.

    Ch. 252 · 45 Stat. 2263 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of certain members of a trail crew employed by the Forest Service.

    Ch. 253 · 45 Stat. 2263 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of the Rocky Ford National Bank, Rocky Ford, Colorado.

    Ch. 254 · 45 Stat. 2263 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of William D. Ghrist.

    Ch. 255 · 45 Stat. 2264 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Winston W. Davis.

    Ch. 256 · 45 Stat. 2264 · February 16, 1929 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To more effectively meet the obligations of the United States under the migratory bird treaty with Great Britain by lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from drainage and other causes, by the acquisition of areas of land and of water to furnish in perpetuity reservations for the adequate protection of such birds; and authorizing appropriations for the establishment of such areas, their maintenance and improvement, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 257 · 45 Stat. 1222 · February 18, 1929 · Original text

51. An Act To amend section 7 (a) of the Act of March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1119), as amended by section 2 of the Act of July 3, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 812), so as to provide operators’ permits free of cost to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard operating Government-owned vehicles in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 258 · 45 Stat. 1226 · February 18, 1929 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the laws relating to assessment and collection of taxes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 259 · 45 Stat. 1226 · February 18, 1929 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the payment of certain salaries or compensation to Federal officials and employees by the treasurer of the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 260 · 45 Stat. 1228 · February 18, 1929 · Original text

54. An Act For recognition of meritorious service performed by Lieutenant Commander Edward Ellsberg, Lieutenant Henry Hartley, and Boatswain Richard E. Hawes.

    Ch. 261 · 45 Stat. 1228 · February 18, 1929 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Doctor Stanley R. Teachout.

    Ch. 262 · 45 Stat. 2265 · February 18, 1929 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Salley.

    Ch. 263 · 45 Stat. 2265 · February 18, 1929 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of H. A. Russell.

    Ch. 264 · 45 Stat. 2265 · February 18, 1929 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To authorize a preliminary survey of Mud Creek in Kentucky with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 265 · 45 Stat. 1228 · February 19, 1929 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana.

    Ch. 266 · 45 Stat. 1229 · February 19, 1929 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize an appropriation to pay half the cost of a bridge near the Soboba Indian Reservation, California.

    Ch. 267 · 45 Stat. 1229 · February 19, 1929 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Authorizing an extension of time within which suits may be instituted on behalf of the Cherokee Indians, the Seminole Indians, the Creek Indians, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians to June 30, 1930, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 268 · 45 Stat. 1229 · February 19, 1929 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Charles J. Hunt.

    Ch. 269 · 45 Stat. 2265 · February 19, 1929 · Private law · Original text

63. Independent Offices Act, 1930

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 45 Stat. 1230 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

64. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes,” approved July 3, 1926.

    Ch. 271 · 45 Stat. 1248 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing the erection of a sanitary fireproof hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio.

    Ch. 272 · 45 Stat. 1248 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for development of potash jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce by improved methods of recovering potash from deposits in the United States.

    Ch. 273 · 45 Stat. 1248 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

67. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes,” approved July 12, 1921.

    Ch. 274 · 45 Stat. 1249 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians.

    Ch. 275 · 45 Stat. 1249 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

69. An Act To provide for the promotion of clerks and general mechanics in the motor-vehicle service.

    Ch. 276 · 45 Stat. 1251 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the promotion of clerks, general mechanics, driver mechanics, and garagemen drivers in the motor-vehicle service.

    Ch. 277 · 45 Stat. 1251 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to hire vehicles from letter carriers for use in service.

    Ch. 278 · 45 Stat. 1252 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to settle claims by agreement arising under operation of Indian irrigation projects.

    Ch. 279 · 45 Stat. 1252 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

73. An Act Making an additional grant of lands for miners’ hospitals for disabled miners of the States of Utah and Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 45 Stat. 1252 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution To provide for accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of certain islands of the Samoan group to the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 45 Stat. 1253 · February 20, 1929 · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of James W. Bass, collector of internal revenue, Austin, Texas.

    Ch. 282 · 45 Stat. 2266 · February 20, 1929 · Private law · Original text

76. 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. 283 · 45 Stat. 2266 · February 20, 1929 · Private law · Original text

77. 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. 284 · 45 Stat. 2309 · February 20, 1929 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the benefit of Morris Fox Cherry.

    Ch. 285 · 45 Stat. 2322 · February 20, 1929 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Augusta, Kentucky.

    Ch. 286 · 45 Stat. 1253 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

80. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Allegheny River at Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 287 · 45 Stat. 1254 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

81. An Act To define the terms “child” and “children” as used in the Acts of May 18, 1920, and June 10, 1922.

    Ch. 288 · 45 Stat. 1254 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the commemoration of the battles of Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi, and Tupelo, Mississippi.

    Ch. 289 · 45 Stat. 1254 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of a site, and the construction and equipment of a building thereon, for use as a constant frequency monitoring radio station, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 290 · 45 Stat. 1255 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the Trading with the Enemy Act so as to extend the time within which claims may be filed with the Alien Property Custodian.

    Ch. 291 · 45 Stat. 1255 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

85. An Act Extending the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Saint Francis, Arkansas.

    Ch. 292 · 45 Stat. 1255 · February 21, 1929 · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Mary L. Roebken and Esther M. Roebken.

    Ch. 293 · 45 Stat. 2323 · February 21, 1929 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Frederick D. Swank.

    Ch. 294 · 45 Stat. 2323 · February 21, 1929 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Grover Ashley.

    Ch. 295 · 45 Stat. 2324 · February 21, 1929 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Arthur Waldenmeyer.

    Ch. 296 · 45 Stat. 2324 · February 21, 1929 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Captain Will H. Gordon.

    Ch. 297 · 45 Stat. 2324 · February 21, 1929 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To equalize the rank of officers in positions of great responsibility in the Army and Navy.

    Ch. 298 · 45 Stat. 1255 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

92. An Act To extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 299 · 45 Stat. 1256 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the Coos (Kowes) Bay, Lower Umpqua (Kalawatset), and Siuslaw Tribes of Indians of the State of Oregon to present their claims to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 300 · 45 Stat. 1256 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

    Ch. 301 · 45 Stat. 1258 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

95. An Act To amend and further extend the benefits of the Act approved March 3, 1925, entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any and all claims, of whatever nature, which the Kansas or Kaw Tribe of Indians may have or claim to have against the United States, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 302 · 45 Stat. 1258 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 303 · 45 Stat. 1260 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To provide for extending the time in which the United States Supreme Court Building Commission shall report to Congress.

    Ch. 304 · 45 Stat. 1261 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies.

    Ch. 305 · 45 Stat. 1261 · February 23, 1929 · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Montana State College.

    Ch. 306 · 45 Stat. 2324 · February 23, 1929 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in a certain case.

     Ch. 307 · 45 Stat. 2325 · February 23, 1929 · Private law · Original text