Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of C. J. Colville.

   Ch. 408 · 45 Stat. 2338 · February 28, 1929 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of the Federal Construction Company (Incorporated).

   Ch. 409 · 45 Stat. 2339 · February 28, 1929 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Roy M. Lisso, liquidating trustee of the Pelican Laundry (Limited).

   Ch. 410 · 45 Stat. 2339 · February 28, 1929 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the Gallup Undertaking Company for burial of four Navajo Indians.

   Ch. 411 · 45 Stat. 2339 · February 28, 1929 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of George A. Hormel and Company.

   Ch. 412 · 45 Stat. 2339 · February 28, 1929 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the ninth judicial circuit.

   Ch. 413 · 45 Stat. 1414 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

7. An Act To grant to the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, an easement over certain Government property.

   Ch. 414 · 45 Stat. 1414 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

8. An Act To repeal certain provisions of law relating to the Federal building at Des Moines, Iowa.

   Ch. 415 · 45 Stat. 1415 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia for the use of the United States.

   Ch. 416 · 45 Stat. 1415 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

10. An Act To repeal the provisions of law authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire a site and building for the United States subtreasury and other governmental offices at New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 417 · 45 Stat. 1422 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the appointment of a district judge for the northern district of Mississippi.

    Ch. 418 · 45 Stat. 1422 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section 260 of the Judicial Code, as amended.

    Ch. 419 · 45 Stat. 1422 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 4 of the Act of June 15, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, page 224; section 241, title 22, United States Code).

    Ch. 420 · 45 Stat. 1423 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

14. An Act Amending section 72 of the Judicial Code, as amended (United States Code, title 28, section 145) by changing the boundaries of the divisions of the southern district of California and terms of court for each division.

    Ch. 421 · 45 Stat. 1424 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for the construction of a children’s tuberculosis sanatorium.

    Ch. 422 · 45 Stat. 1425 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of contractors and subcontractors for the post offices and other buildings and work under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and for other purposes,” approved August 25, 1919, as amended.

    Ch. 423 · 45 Stat. 1425 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 424 · 45 Stat. 1425 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

18. An Act To amend the Act of May 17, 1928, entitled “An Act to add certain lands to the Missoula National Forest, Montana.”

    Ch. 425 · 45 Stat. 1426 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

19. An Act Validating certain conveyances heretofore made by Central Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain portions of right of way, in and in the vicinity of the city of Lodi, and near the station of Acampo, all in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, acquired by Central Pacific Railway Company under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862 (volume 12, United States Statutes at Large, page 489), as amended by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1864 (volume 13, United States Statutes at Large, page 356).

    Ch. 426 · 45 Stat. 1428 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

20. 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. 427 · 45 Stat. 1430 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

21. An Act To legalize a trestle, log dump, and boom in Henderson inlet near Chapman Bay, about seven miles northeast of Olympia, Washington.

    Ch. 428 · 45 Stat. 1430 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of material to the sea scout department of the Boy Scouts of America.

    Ch. 429 · 45 Stat. 1430 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands within the State of Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 430 · 45 Stat. 1430 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

24. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, Missouri.

    Ch. 431 · 45 Stat. 1431 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the Hawesville and Cannelton Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 432 · 45 Stat. 1431 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for the payment of rental to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans of the property known as the New Orleans Army Supply Base, New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 433 · 45 Stat. 1433 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

27. An Act To approve, ratify, and confirm an act of the Philippine Legislature entitled “An act amending the corporation law, act numbered 1459, as amended, and for other purposes,” enacted November 8, 1928, approved by the Governor General of the Philippine Islands December 3, 1928.

    Ch. 434 · 45 Stat. 1434 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

28. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Camp Manufacturing Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Chowan River, in Gates and Hertford Counties, North Carolina.

    Ch. 435 · 45 Stat. 1434 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

29. An Act To provide an appropriation for the payment of claims of persons who suffered damages from deaths, personal injuries, or property loss due to an airplane accident at Langin Field, Moundsville, West Virginia, July 10, 1921.

    Ch. 436 · 45 Stat. 1434 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

30. An Act To revise the north, northeast, and east boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park in the States of Montana and Wyoming and for other purposes.

    Ch. 437 · 45 Stat. 1435 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1915, granting double pension for disability from aviation duty, Navy or Marine Corps, by inserting the word “Army”, so as to read: “Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.”

    Ch. 438 · 45 Stat. 1436 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

32. An Act To amend chapter 15 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 439 · 45 Stat. 1437 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the appropriation of tribal funds of Indians residing on the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, to pay expenses of the general council and business committee, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 440 · 45 Stat. 1439 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the Moundsville Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Ohio River at or near the city of Moundsville, West Virginia.

    Ch. 441 · 45 Stat. 1439 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 442 · 45 Stat. 1441 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate a bronze cannon to the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

    Ch. 443 · 45 Stat. 1442 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the War Finance Corporation Act approved April 5, 1918, as amended, to provide for the liquidation of the assets and the winding up of the affairs of the War Finance Corporation after April 4, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 444 · 45 Stat. 1442 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

38. An Act To consolidate or acquire alienated lands in Lassen Volcanic National Park, in the State of California, by exchange.

    Ch. 445 · 45 Stat. 1443 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Tropic Everglades National Park in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 446 · 45 Stat. 1443 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland.

    Ch. 447 · 45 Stat. 1444 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to take steps in an effort to protect citizens of the United States in their equitable titles to land embraced in territory to be transferred from the State of Oklahoma to the State of Texas and from the State of Texas to the State of Oklahoma as per decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Oklahoma against Texas (1926, 272 United States 21, page 38) and from the State of New Mexico to the State of Texas and from the State of Texas to the State of New Mexico as per decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of New Mexico against Texas (volume 276, page 557, United States Supreme Court Reports), and to give the consent of Congress to said States to enter into compacts with each other and with the United States relating to such subject matter.

    Ch. 448 · 45 Stat. 1444 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution To relieve Elizabeth Robins Pennell from necessity of providing a surety on her bond for the benefit of the United States as residuary legatee and remainderman under the will of Joseph Pennell.

    Ch. 449 · 45 Stat. 1445 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Restricting the Federal Power Commission from issuing or approving any permits or licenses affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, except the Gila River.

    Ch. 450 · 45 Stat. 1446 · March 1, 1929 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Robert Michael White.

    Ch. 451 · 45 Stat. 2340 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To relinquish all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain lands in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 452 · 45 Stat. 2340 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of the heirs of William W. Head, deceased.

    Ch. 453 · 45 Stat. 2340 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Alonzo Durward Allen.

    Ch. 456 · 45 Stat. 2340 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Leonidas L. Cochran.

    Ch. 454 · 45 Stat. 2341 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Edwin I. Chatcuff.

    Ch. 455 · 45 Stat. 2341 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of David A. Wright.

    Ch. 457 · 45 Stat. 2341 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mary Martin Harrison.

    Ch. 458 · 45 Stat. 2342 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Andrew Jackson Seward, junior, deceased.

    Ch. 459 · 45 Stat. 2342 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To correct the naval record of William E. Adams.

    Ch. 460 · 45 Stat. 2342 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Authorizing the presentation of the distinguished flying cross to Captain Benjamin Mendez.

    Ch. 461 · 45 Stat. 2342 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Wynona A. Dixon.

    Ch. 462 · 45 Stat. 2343 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Andrew T. Bailey.

    Ch. 463 · 45 Stat. 2343 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of E. Gellerman, doing business under the name of the Lutz-Berg Motor Company at Denver, Colorado.

    Ch. 464 · 45 Stat. 2343 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing the payment of Government life insurance to Etta Pearce Fulper.

    Ch. 465 · 45 Stat. 2343 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Jessie L. Kinsey.

    Ch. 466 · 45 Stat. 2344 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Cary Dawson.

    Ch. 467 · 45 Stat. 2344 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Lewis H. Easterly.

    Ch. 468 · 45 Stat. 2344 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of James L. McCulloch.

    Ch. 469 · 45 Stat. 2345 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the purchase of certain lands by John P. Whiddon.

    Ch. 470 · 45 Stat. 2345 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of certain seamen and any and all persons entitled to receive a part or all of money now held by the Government of the United States on a purchase contract of steamship Orion who are judgment creditors of the Black Star Line (Incorporated) for wages earned.

    Ch. 471 · 45 Stat. 2345 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of James E. Jenkins.

    Ch. 472 · 45 Stat. 2346 · March 1, 1929 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To amend the National Prohibition Act, as amended and supplemented.

    Ch. 473 · 45 Stat. 1446 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

67. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Ch. 474 · 45 Stat. 1446 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing the acceptance by the United States Government, from the Woman’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, of proposed gift of bronze tablets to be placed in Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia.

    Ch. 475 · 45 Stat. 1447 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ocmulgee River at or near Fitzgerald, Georgia.

    Ch. 476 · 45 Stat. 1447 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, a corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Agate Pass connecting Bainbridge Island with the mainland in Kitsap County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 477 · 45 Stat. 1447 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

71. An Act To enable the Postmaster General to make contracts for the transportation of mails by air from possessions or Territories of the United. States to foreign countries and to the United States and between such possessions or Territories, and to authorize him to make contracts with private individuals and corporations for the conveyance of mails by air in foreign countries.

    Ch. 478 · 45 Stat. 1449 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

72. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of dam or dams in Neches River, Texas.

    Ch. 479 · 45 Stat. 1450 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

73. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Camp Manufacturing Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Meherrin River, in Hertford County, North Carolina.

    Ch. 480 · 45 Stat. 1451 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tiptonville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 481 · 45 Stat. 1451 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

75. An Act To increase the membership of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

    Ch. 482 · 45 Stat. 1451 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

76. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 483 · 45 Stat. 1452 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing S. R. Cox, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near New Martinsville, West Virginia.

    Ch. 484 · 45 Stat. 1472 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

78. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Stanton, North Dakota.

    Ch. 485 · 45 Stat. 1475 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of the county of Lake, State of Indiana, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Grand Calumet River, at or near Lake Street, in the city of Gary, county of Lake, Indiana.

    Ch. 486 · 45 Stat. 1475 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

80. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the commissioners of the county of Lake, State of Indiana, to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Grand Calumet River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Cline Avenue, in the cities of East Chicago and Gary, county of Lake, Indiana.

    Ch. 487 · 45 Stat. 1475 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

81. An Act To change the title of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 488 · 45 Stat. 1475 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

82. An Act To amend section 24 of the Act approved February 28, 1925, entitled “An act to provide for the creation, organization, administration, and maintenance of a Naval Reserve and a Marine Corps Reserve.”

    Ch. 489 · 45 Stat. 1476 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Marie Rose Jean Baptiste, Marius Francois, and Regina Lexima, all natives of Haiti.

    Ch. 490 · 45 Stat. 1477 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

84. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Fox River at East Dundee, Illinois.

    Ch. 491 · 45 Stat. 1478 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the American Legion, Department of New Jersey, to erect a memorial chapel at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.

    Ch. 492 · 45 Stat. 1478 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

86. An Act Relating to the tribal and individual affairs of the Osage Indians of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 493 · 45 Stat. 1478 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

87. An Act To amend section 1440 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 494 · 45 Stat. 1482 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing Frank A. Augsbury, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Morristown, New York.

    Ch. 495 · 45 Stat. 1482 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

89. An Act To legalize the sewer outlet in the Allegheny River at Thirty-second Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 496 · 45 Stat. 1483 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing Maynard D. Smith, his heirs, successors, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 497 · 45 Stat. 1483 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the preservation and consolidation of certain timber stands along the western boundary of the Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 498 · 45 Stat. 1486 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

92. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Point Marion, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 499 · 45 Stat. 1486 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the sale of certain buildings at United States Veterans’ Hospital Numbered 42, Perry Point, Maryland.

    Ch. 500 · 45 Stat. 1486 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 501 · 45 Stat. 1487 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize an appropriation to pay one-half the cost of a bridge on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

    Ch. 502 · 45 Stat. 1487 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Burnside, Pulaski County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 503 · 45 Stat. 1488 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

97. An Act To authorize an appropriation to pay half the cost of a bridge across Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

    Ch. 504 · 45 Stat. 1488 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

98. An Act Authorizing the Fayette City Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 505 · 45 Stat. 1488 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing Walter J. Mitchell, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Patuxent River, south of Burch, Calvert County, Maryland.

    Ch. 506 · 45 Stat. 1490 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for the construction of a new bridge across the South Branch of the Mississippi River from Sixteenth Street, Moline, Illinois, to the east end of the island occupied by the Rock Island Arsenal.

     Ch. 507 · 45 Stat. 1492 · March 2, 1929 · Original text