Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Authorizing the City of Louisville, Kentucky, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at or near said city.

   Ch. 101 · 45 Stat. 146 · February 25, 1928 · Original text

2. An Act To change the name of the Utah National Park, the establishment of which is provided for by the Act of Congress approved June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 593), to the “Bryce Canyon National Park,” and for other purposes.

   Ch. 102 · 45 Stat. 147 · February 25, 1928 · Original text

3. An Act Granting certain rocks or islands to the State of Oregon for park purposes.

   Ch. 103 · 45 Stat. 148 · February 25, 1928 · Original text

4. An Act To transfer to the Secretary of the Navy jurisdiction over oil and gas leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior on lands in naval petroleum reserves.

   Ch. 104 · 45 Stat. 148 · February 25, 1928 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to accept the invitation of the British Government to appoint delegates to the Eighth International Dairy Congress, to be held in Great Britain during June–July, 1928, and providing for an appropriation of $10,000 for the payment of the expenses of the delegates.

   Ch. 105 · 45 Stat. 148 · February 25, 1928 · Original text

6. An Act To confer authority on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia to permit J. L. Sink, a bankrupt, to file his application for discharge and to authorize and empower the judge of said court to hear and determine the same.

   Ch. 106 · 45 Stat. 1705 · February 25, 1928 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the use by the county of Yuma, Arizona, of certain public lands for a municipal aviation field, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 107 · 45 Stat. 149 · February 27, 1928 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the Hermann Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri.

   Ch. 108 · 45 Stat. 149 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the Washington Missouri River Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Washington, Franklin County, Missouri.

   Ch. 109 · 45 Stat. 151 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Rogers Brothers Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Ashland, Kentucky.

    Ch. 110 · 45 Stat. 152 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing the Centennial Bridge Company of Independence, Missouri, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Liberty Landing, Clay County, Missouri.

    Ch. 111 · 45 Stat. 154 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the erection of a nonsectarian chapel at the Army medical center in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 112 · 45 Stat. 156 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing F. C. Barnhill, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri.

    Ch. 113 · 45 Stat. 156 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing Frank M. Burruss, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Miami, Saline County, Missouri.

    Ch. 114 · 45 Stat. 157 · February 28, 1928 · Original text

15. An Act To remove a cloud on title.

    Ch. 115 · 45 Stat. 1706 · February 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To authorize appropriation of treaty funds due the Wisconsin Pottawatomie Indians.

    Ch. 116 · 45 Stat. 159 · February 29, 1928 · Original text

17. An Act To approve Act Numbered 24 of the Session Laws of 1927 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within Hanapepe, in the district of Waimea, island and county of Kauai.”

    Ch. 117 · 45 Stat. 159 · March 2, 1928 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Augustus C. Turner.

    Ch. 118 · 45 Stat. 1706 · March 2, 1928 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To erect a tablet or marker to the memory of the Federal soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Perryville, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 119 · 45 Stat. 160 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for the withdrawal of certain described lands in the State of Nevada for the use and benefit of the Indians of the Walker River Reservation.

    Ch. 120 · 45 Stat. 160 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the permanent withdrawal of certain lands bordering on and adjacent to Summit Lake, Nevada, for the Paiute, Shoshone, and other Indians.

    Ch. 121 · 45 Stat. 160 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 855), “An Act to provide for determining the heirs of deceased Indians, for the disposition and sale of allotments of deceased Indians, for the leasing of allotments, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 122 · 45 Stat. 161 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

23. An Act To reserve one hundred and twenty acres on the public domain for the use and benefit of the Koosharem Band of Indians residing in the vicinity of Koosharem, Utah.

    Ch. 123 · 45 Stat. 162 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the permanent withdrawal of certain lands in Inyo County, California, for Indian use.

    Ch. 124 · 45 Stat. 162 · March 3, 1928 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of the International Petroleum Company, Limited, of Toronto, Canada.

    Ch. 125 · 45 Stat. 1706 · March 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 126 · 45 Stat. 162 · March 5, 1928 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in the District of Columbia of a stone monument as a memorial to Samuel Gompers.

    Ch. 127 · 45 Stat. 193 · March 5, 1928 · Original text

28. An Act To provide relief for the victims of the airplane accident at Langin Field, Moundsville, West Virginia.

    Ch. 128 · 45 Stat. 1707 · March 5, 1928 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.

    Ch. 129 · 45 Stat. 1707 · March 5, 1928 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To reimburse certain Indians of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, for part or full value of an allotment of land to which they were individually entitled.

    Ch. 130 · 45 Stat. 1708 · March 5, 1928 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 131 · 45 Stat. 193 · March 6, 1928 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the Nebraska-Iowa Bridge Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River between Washington County, Nebraska, and Harrison County, Iowa.

    Ch. 132 · 45 Stat. 194 · March 6, 1928 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the Cairo Association of Commerce, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois.

    Ch. 133 · 45 Stat. 196 · March 6, 1928 · Original text

34. An Act To increase the salary of the Librarian of Congress.

    Ch. 134 · 45 Stat. 197 · March 6, 1928 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, and for the purpose of aiding in establishing a Captain James Cook memorial collection in the archives of the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 135 · 45 Stat. 198 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing J. H. Peacock, F. G. Bell, S. V. Taylor, E. C. Amann, and C. E. Ferris, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 136 · 45 Stat. 198 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

37. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 137 · 45 Stat. 200 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

38. An Act To approve Act 25 of the Session Laws of 1927 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within Waimea and Kekaha, in the District of Waimea, on the island and in the county of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii.”

    Ch. 138 · 45 Stat. 243 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

39. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River at or near Burlington, New Jersey.

    Ch. 139 · 45 Stat. 243 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the Sunbury Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near Bainbridge Street, in the city of Sunbury, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 140 · 45 Stat. 244 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the purchase of horses and mules for the Military Establishment.

    Ch. 141 · 45 Stat. 245 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

42. An Act To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, approved July 9, 1921, as amended by Act of February 3, 1923.

    Ch. 142 · 45 Stat. 246 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the eradication or control of the pink bollworm of cotton.

    Ch. 143 · 45 Stat. 247 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To authorize the President to invite the Government of Great Britain to participate in the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and to provide for the participation of the Government of the United States therein.

    Ch. 144 · 45 Stat. 247 · March 7, 1928 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Joseph F. Ritcherdson.

    Ch. 145 · 45 Stat. 1708 · March 7, 1928 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Fred R. Nugent.

    Ch. 146 · 45 Stat. 1708 · March 7, 1928 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To authorize Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, United States Army Air Corps Reserve, to accept decorations and gifts from foreign governments.

    Ch. 147 · 45 Stat. 1709 · March 7, 1928 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1895.

    Ch. 148 · 45 Stat. 247 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

49. An Act To grant authority to the Postmaster General to enter into contracts for the transportation of mails by air to foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States for periods of not more than ten years, and to pay for such service at fixed rates per pound or per mile, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 149 · 45 Stat. 248 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize an additional appropriation for Fort McHenry, Maryland.

    Ch. 150 · 45 Stat. 248 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the recovery of bodies of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees.

    Ch. 151 · 45 Stat. 248 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the payment of travel expenses from appropriations for investigations and surveys of battle fields.

    Ch. 152 · 45 Stat. 249 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

53. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the payment of six months’ pay to the widow, children, or other designated dependent relative of any officer or enlisted man of the Regular Army whose death results from wounds or disease not the result of his own misconduct,” approved December 17, 1919, so as to include nurses of the Regular Army.

    Ch. 153 · 45 Stat. 249 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

54. An Act Granting a right of way to the county of Imperial, State of California, over certain public lands for highway purposes.

    Ch. 154 · 45 Stat. 249 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Authorizing an additional appropriation to be used for the memorial building provided for by a joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution in relation to a monument to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the District of Columbia in the World War,” approved June 7, 1924.

    Ch. 155 · 45 Stat. 250 · March 8, 1928 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Mary M. Jones.

    Ch. 156 · 45 Stat. 1709 · March 8, 1928 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Frank Stinchcomb.

    Ch. 157 · 45 Stat. 1709 · March 8, 1928 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Act approved June 7, 1924, authorizing the Secretary of War to sell a portion of the Carlisle Barracks Reservation.

    Ch. 158 · 45 Stat. 250 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

59. An Act To grant extensions of time under coal permits.

    Ch. 159 · 45 Stat. 251 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the purchase of land in connection with the Fort Monmouth Military Reservation, New Jersey.

    Ch. 160 · 45 Stat. 251 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

61. An Act To amend section 47d of the National Defense Act, as amended, so as to authorize an allowance of 1 cent a mile for subsistence of candidates in going to and returning from camp.

    Ch. 161 · 45 Stat. 251 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

62. An Act To Authorize appropriations to be made for the disposition of remains of military personnel and civilian employees of the Army.

    Ch. 162 · 45 Stat. 251 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

63. An Act To grant extensions of time of oil and gas permits.

    Ch. 163 · 45 Stat. 252 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 2455 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, relating to isolated tracts of public land.

    Ch. 164 · 45 Stat. 253 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

65. An Act To amend 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. 165 · 45 Stat. 253 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the survey, appraisal, and sale of the undisposed lots in the town site of Saint Marks, Florida.

    Ch. 166 · 45 Stat. 254 · March 9, 1928 · Original text

67. Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928

    An Act To provide for the settlement of certain claims of American nationals against Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and of nationals of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, against the United States, and for the ultimate return of all property held by the Alien Property Custodian.

    Ch. 167 · 45 Stat. 254 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

68. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Atchafalaya River at or near Morgan City, Louisiana.

    Ch. 168 · 45 Stat. 279 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ouachita River at or near Harrisonburg, Louisiana.

    Ch. 169 · 45 Stat. 279 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Company, of Lansing, Iowa, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Lansing, Iowa.

    Ch. 170 · 45 Stat. 280 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the Wabasha Bridge Committee, Wabasha, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Wabasha, Minnesota.

    Ch. 171 · 45 Stat. 282 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing E. H. Wegener, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois.

    Ch. 172 · 45 Stat. 283 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

73. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Oregon-Washington Bridge Company to maintain a bridge already constructed across Columbia River near the city of Hood River, Oregon.

    Ch. 173 · 45 Stat. 285 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

74. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Snake River near Heyburn, Idaho.

    Ch. 174 · 45 Stat. 286 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Guntersville on the Guntersville-Huntsville Road in Marshall County, Alabama.

    Ch. 175 · 45 Stat. 286 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the maintenance and renewal of a timber frame trestle in place of a fixed span at the Wisconsin end of the steel bridge of the Duluth and Superior Bridge Company over the Saint Louis River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

    Ch. 176 · 45 Stat. 286 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Whitesburg Ferry, on the Huntsville-Laceys Spring Road between Madison and Morgan Counties, Alabama.

    Ch. 177 · 45 Stat. 287 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

78. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Scottsboro, on the Scottsboro-Fort Payne Road in Jackson County, Alabama.

    Ch. 178 · 45 Stat. 287 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the maintenance operation of a bridge across the Monongahela River between the borough of Glassport and the city of Clairton, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 179 · 45 Stat. 288 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

80. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Coosa River near Cedar Bluff in Cherokee County, Alabama.

    Ch. 180 · 45 Stat. 288 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Coosa River on the Columbiana-Talladega Road Between Talladega and Shelby Counties, Alabama.

    Ch. 181 · 45 Stat. 288 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing Oscar Baertch, Christ Buhmann, and Fred Reiter, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Alma, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 182 · 45 Stat. 289 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

83. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Cook, State of Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Little Calumet River in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 183 · 45 Stat. 290 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the Dravo Contracting Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Chester, Illinois.

    Ch. 184 · 45 Stat. 291 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

85. 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. 185 · 45 Stat. 293 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River at or near Moncla, Louisiana.

    Ch. 186 · 45 Stat. 293 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing the American Bridge and Ferry Company (Incorporated), its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Cassville, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 187 · 45 Stat. 293 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

88. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Conecuh River on the Brewton-Andalusia Road in Escambia County, Alabama.

    Ch. 188 · 45 Stat. 295 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Coosa River at or near Pell City on the Pell City-Anniston Road between Calhoun and Saint Clair Counties, Alabama.

    Ch. 189 · 45 Stat. 295 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

90. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the highway department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Cumberland River on the Lafayette-Celina Road in Clay County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 190 · 45 Stat. 296 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

91. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Quincy, Illinois.

    Ch. 191 · 45 Stat. 296 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

92. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois and the State of Iowa, or either of them, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River, connecting the county of Carroll, Illinois, and the county of Jackson, Iowa,” approved May 26, 1924.

    Ch. 192 · 45 Stat. 297 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Vermont to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across an arm of Lake Memphremagog at or near Newport, Vermont.

    Ch. 193 · 45 Stat. 297 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

94. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the New Martinsville and Ohio River Bridge Company (Incorporated), to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River, at or near New Martinsville, West Virginia.

    Ch. 194 · 45 Stat. 297 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize appropriations for the completion of the transfer of the experimental and testing plant of the Air Corps to a permanent site at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 45 Stat. 299 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

96. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Indians occupying railroad lands in Arizona, New Mexico, or California,” approved March 4, 1913.

    Ch. 196 · 45 Stat. 299 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

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

    Ch. 197 · 45 Stat. 300 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

98. An Act Providing for the gift of the United States ship Dispatch to the State of Florida.

    Ch. 198 · 45 Stat. 300 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands near Garden City, Kansas.

    Ch. 199 · 45 Stat. 300 · March 10, 1928 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Granting consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the State of Wisconsin and the State of Michigan for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a highway bridge across the Menominee River.

     Ch. 200 · 45 Stat. 300 · March 10, 1928 · Original text