Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To establish load lines for American vessels, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 508 · 45 Stat. 1492 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the repatriation of certain insane American citizens.

   Ch. 509 · 45 Stat. 1495 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

3. An Act To include henceforth, under the designation “storekeeper- gaugers,” all positions which have heretofore been designated as those of storekeepers, gaugers, and storekeeper-gaugers; to make storekeeper-gaugers fulltime employees, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 510 · 45 Stat. 1496 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing an appropriation of Crow tribal funds for payment of council and delegate expenses, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 511 · 45 Stat. 1496 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

5. An Act Directing that copies of certain patent specifications and drawings be supplied to the public library of the City of Los Angeles at the regular annual rate.

   Ch. 512 · 45 Stat. 1497 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing L. L. Thompson, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Red River at or near Montgomery, Louisiana.

   Ch. 513 · 45 Stat. 1497 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

7. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chattanooga and the county of Hamilton, Tennessee, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River, at or near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

   Ch. 514 · 45 Stat. 1499 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

8. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Center Point, in Monroe County, Kentucky.

   Ch. 515 · 45 Stat. 1500 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

9. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Smithland, Kentucky.

   Ch. 516 · 45 Stat. 1501 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Canton, Kentucky.

    Ch. 517 · 45 Stat. 1501 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 518 · 45 Stat. 1501 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to accept title to a certain tract of land adjacent to the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal at East Chicago, Indiana.

    Ch. 519 · 45 Stat. 1501 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

13. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Colorado and New Mexico with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, San Juan, and Las Animas Rivers and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 520 · 45 Stat. 1502 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

14. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 521 · 45 Stat. 1502 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

15. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico and Oklahoma with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Cimarron River and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 522 · 45 Stat. 1503 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

16. An Act To amend subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia relating to degree-conferring institutions.

    Ch. 523 · 45 Stat. 1503 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of soldiers who were discharged from the Army during the World War because of misrepresentation of age.

    Ch. 524 · 45 Stat. 1505 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing Jed P. Ladd, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Lake Champlain from East Alburg, Vermont, to West Swanton, Vermont.

    Ch. 525 · 45 Stat. 1506 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

19. An Act To enable the mothers and widows of the deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines of the American forces now interred in the cemeteries of Europe to make a pilgrimage to these cemeteries.

    Ch. 526 · 45 Stat. 1508 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

20. An Act Relating to the construction of a chapel at the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, West Virginia.

    Ch. 527 · 45 Stat. 1509 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act, chapter 254, approved March 2, 1927, entitled “An Act authorizing the county of Escambia, Florida, and/or the county of Baldwin, Alabama, and/or the State of Florida, and/or the State of Alabama to acquire all the rights and privileges granted to the Perdido Bay Bridge and Ferry Company by chapter 168, approved June 22, 1916, for the construction of a bridge across Perdido Bay from Lillian, Alabama, to Cummings Point, Florida.”

    Ch. 528 · 45 Stat. 1510 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

22. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River at or near Ashland Avenue, in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 529 · 45 Stat. 1510 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

23. An Act Extending the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Arkansas City, Arkansas.

    Ch. 530 · 45 Stat. 1511 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River near Arrow Rock, Missouri.

    Ch. 531 · 45 Stat. 1511 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River near Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 532 · 45 Stat. 1511 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 533 · 45 Stat. 1511 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

27. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, State of Iowa.

    Ch. 534 · 45 Stat. 1512 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

28. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Kentucky and Ohio Terminal Company its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Ch. 535 · 45 Stat. 1512 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 536 · 45 Stat. 1512 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico and Arizona with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 537 · 45 Stat. 1517 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Arkansas River and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

    Ch. 538 · 45 Stat. 1517 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 101 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 539 · 45 Stat. 1518 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Act of February 9, 1907, entitled “An Act to define the term ‘registered nurse’ and to provide for the registration of nurses in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 540 · 45 Stat. 1519 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 541 · 45 Stat. 1522 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

35. An Act To enable the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, established by Act of March 4, 1913, to make slight changes in the boundaries of said parkway by excluding therefrom certain small areas, and including other limited areas, the net cost not to exceed the total sum already authorized for the entire project.

    Ch. 542 · 45 Stat. 1523 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 543 · 45 Stat. 1523 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Iuka, Kentucky.

    Ch. 544 · 45 Stat. 1523 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

38. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Eggners Ferry, Kentucky.

    Ch. 545 · 45 Stat. 1524 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

39. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the mouth of Clarks River.

    Ch. 546 · 45 Stat. 1524 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

40. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Sabine at or near Port Arthur, Texas.

    Ch. 547 · 45 Stat. 1524 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 548 · 45 Stat. 1524 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 549 · 45 Stat. 1525 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

43. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near the mouth of Indian Creek in Russell County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 550 · 45 Stat. 1525 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

44. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River between Henderson and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 551 · 45 Stat. 1525 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

45. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River between Henderson and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 552 · 45 Stat. 1525 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

46. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the county of Etowah, State of Alabama, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Coosa River at or near Gilberts Ferry.

    Ch. 553 · 45 Stat. 1526 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 554 · 45 Stat. 1526 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the village of Clearwater, Minnesota.

    Ch. 555 · 45 Stat. 1527 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

49. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 556 · 45 Stat. 1527 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

50. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Golconda, Illinois.

    Ch. 557 · 45 Stat. 1527 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 558 · 45 Stat. 1527 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

52. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Creelsboro, in Russell County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 559 · 45 Stat. 1528 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

53. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Neelys Ferry, in Cumberland County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 560 · 45 Stat. 1528 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

54. An Act Extending the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 561 · 45 Stat. 1528 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

55. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Randolph County, Illinois.

    Ch. 562 · 45 Stat. 1529 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

56. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Mound City, Illinois.

    Ch. 563 · 45 Stat. 1529 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 564 · 45 Stat. 1529 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

58. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas.

    Ch. 565 · 45 Stat. 1529 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

59. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Wellsburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 566 · 45 Stat. 1530 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

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

    Ch. 567 · 45 Stat. 1530 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

61. An Act To provide for investigation of sites suitable for the establishment of a naval airship base.

    Ch. 568 · 45 Stat. 1530 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

62. An Act Authorizing J. E. Robinson, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tombigbee River at or near Coffeeville, Alabama.

    Ch. 569 · 45 Stat. 1530 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

63. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Hickman, Kentucky.

    Ch. 570 · 45 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

64. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near Rouses Point, New York.

    Ch. 571 · 45 Stat. 1532 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

65. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near East Alburg, Vermont.

    Ch. 572 · 45 Stat. 1533 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

66. An Act Granting a part of the Federal building site at Savannah, Georgia, to the city of Savannah for street purposes.

    Ch. 573 · 45 Stat. 1533 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

67. An Act To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 574 · 45 Stat. 1533 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 575 · 45 Stat. 1534 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

69. An Act To repeal the provision in the Act of April 30, 1908, and other legislation limiting the annual per capita cost in Indian schools.

    Ch. 576 · 45 Stat. 1534 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Croton, Iowa.

    Ch. 577 · 45 Stat. 1535 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

71. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mahoning River at or near Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

    Ch. 578 · 45 Stat. 1535 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

72. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio.

    Ch. 579 · 45 Stat. 1535 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois.

    Ch. 580 · 45 Stat. 1535 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

74. An Act To exempt joint-stock land banks from the provisions of section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes,” approved October 15, 1914, as amended.

    Ch. 581 · 45 Stat. 1536 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

75. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri.

    Ch. 582 · 45 Stat. 1536 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

76. An Act To accept the cession by the State of Colorado of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 583 · 45 Stat. 1536 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution Authorizing an investigation and survey for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability and the approximate cost of constructing and maintaining additional locks and other facilities at the Panama Canal, and for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability and probable cost of constructing and maintaining an interoceanic ship canal across the Republic of Nicaragua.

    Ch. 584 · 45 Stat. 1539 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the District of Columbia of a monument or memorial to Oscar S. Straus.

    Ch. 585 · 45 Stat. 1540 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Providing more economical and improved methods for the publication and distribution of the Code of Laws of the United States and of the District of Columbia, and supplements.

    Ch. 586 · 45 Stat. 1540 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation of Grover M. Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York.

    Ch. 587 · 45 Stat. 1542 · March 2, 1929 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Robert C. Osborne.

    Ch. 588 · 45 Stat. 2346 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To carry into effect the findings of the Court of Claims in favor of Myron C. Bond, Guy M. Claflin, and Edwin A. Wells.

    Ch. 589 · 45 Stat. 2346 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of James P. Cornes.

    Ch. 590 · 45 Stat. 2347 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Roland M. Baker.

    Ch. 591 · 45 Stat. 2347 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting compensation to the daughters of James P. Gallivan.

    Ch. 592 · 45 Stat. 2347 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of W. L. Inabnit.

    Ch. 593 · 45 Stat. 2347 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Arthur E. Rump.

    Ch. 594 · 45 Stat. 2348 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of John Wesley Clark.

    Ch. 595 · 45 Stat. 2348 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the Meadow Brook Club.

    Ch. 596 · 45 Stat. 2348 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Leo Byrne.

    Ch. 597 · 45 Stat. 2348 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Matthias R. Munson.

    Ch. 598 · 45 Stat. 2349 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Captain William Cassidy.

    Ch. 599 · 45 Stat. 2349 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of lieutenant John J. Powers, Quartermaster Corps.

    Ch. 600 · 45 Stat. 2349 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Philip V. Sullivan.

    Ch. 601 · 45 Stat. 2349 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Frederick O. Goldsmith.

    Ch. 602 · 45 Stat. 2350 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Major Arthur A. Padmore.

    Ch. 603 · 45 Stat. 2350 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Charles Silverman.

    Ch. 604 · 45 Stat. 2350 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of T. P. Byram.

    Ch. 605 · 45 Stat. 2350 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Frans Jan Wouters, of Antwerp, Belgium.

    Ch. 606 · 45 Stat. 2351 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the steamship W. I. Radcliffe against the United States, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 607 · 45 Stat. 2351 · March 2, 1929 · Private law · Original text