Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of James Neal.

   Ch. 201 · 45 Stat. 1709 · March 10, 1928 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Jacob Thomas.

   Ch. 202 · 45 Stat. 1710 · March 10, 1928 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of James W. Kingon.

   Ch. 214 · 45 Stat. 1710 · March 10, 1928 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Authorizing the States of Wisconsin and Michigan to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Menominee River at or near Marinette, Wisconsin.

   Ch. 203 · 45 Stat. 303 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing the Maysville Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Maysville, Kentucky.

   Ch. 204 · 45 Stat. 304 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing Dwight P. Robinson and Company, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Maysville, Kentucky.

   Ch. 205 · 45 Stat. 306 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

7. 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 Tombigbee River at or near Epes, Alabama.

   Ch. 206 · 45 Stat. 308 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

8. 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 Tombigbee River near Gainesville on the Gainesville-Eutaw road between Sumter and Green Counties, Alabama.

   Ch. 207 · 45 Stat. 308 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

9. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Arkansas to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ouachita River at or near Calion, Arkansas.

   Ch. 208 · 45 Stat. 308 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near Alaga, Alabama.

    Ch. 209 · 45 Stat. 309 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

11. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Current River at or near Success, Arkansas.

    Ch. 210 · 45 Stat. 309 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

12. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the board of county commissioners of Trumbull County, Ohio, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning River at or near Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

    Ch. 211 · 45 Stat. 309 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

13. 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 Tombigbee River at or near Aliceville on the Gainesville-Aliceville Road in Pickens County, Alabama.

    Ch. 212 · 45 Stat. 310 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act Relative to the pay of certain retired warrant officers and enlisted men and warrant officers and enlisted men of the reserve forces of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard, fixed under the terms of the Panama Canal Act, as amended.

    Ch. 213 · 45 Stat. 310 · March 12, 1928 · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the Court of Claims to render judgment in favor of the administrator of or collector for the estate of Peter P. Pitchlynn, deceased, instead of the heirs of Peter P. Pitchlynn, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 45 Stat. 1710 · March 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

16. 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 Tennessee River on the Decatur-Kingston Road in Roane County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 216 · 45 Stat. 310 · March 13, 1928 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Weather Bureau station known as Mount Weather, in the counties of Loudoun and Clarke, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. 217 · 45 Stat. 311 · March 13, 1928 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company a tract of land situate in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 218 · 45 Stat. 312 · March 13, 1928 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to execute an agreement with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District providing for conservation, irrigation, drainage, and flood control for the Pueblo Indian lands in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 219 · 45 Stat. 312 · March 13, 1928 · Original text

20. 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 Clinch River on the Sneedville-Rogersville Road in Hancock County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 220 · 45 Stat. 313 · March 14, 1928 · Original text

21. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Kanawha River in or near Henderson, West Virginia, to a point opposite thereto in or near Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 221 · 45 Stat. 314 · March 14, 1928 · Original text

22. An Act Providing for a per capita payment of $25 to each enrolled member of the Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 222 · 45 Stat. 314 · March 15, 1928 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant rights of way to the Vicksburg Bridge and Terminal Company, upon, over, and across the Vicksburg National Military Park at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 223 · 45 Stat. 315 · March 15, 1928 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing B. L. Hendrix, G. C. Trammel, and C. S. Miller, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Mound City, Illinois.

    Ch. 224 · 45 Stat. 316 · March 16, 1928 · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing E. M. Elliott, of Chicago, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Ravenswood, West Virginia.

    Ch. 225 · 45 Stat. 317 · March 16, 1928 · Original text

26. An Act Authorizing C. J. Abbott, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Golconda, Illinois.

    Ch. 226 · 45 Stat. 319 · March 16, 1928 · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing A. Robbins, of Hickman, Kentucky, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 227 · 45 Stat. 321 · March 16, 1928 · Original text

28. An Act Providing for horticultural experiment and demonstration work in the semiarid or dry-land regions of the United States.

    Ch. 228 · 45 Stat. 323 · March 19, 1928 · Original text

29. An Act Providing for turning over to the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society two dedication stones formerly a part of one of the locks of the Ohio and Erie Canal.

    Ch. 229 · 45 Stat. 1711 · March 20, 1928 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, to remove and retain title to the boilers from the Municipal Hospital Building recently conveyed by the city to the United States Veterans’ Bureau Hospital Numbered 90, at Muskogee, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 230 · 45 Stat. 323 · March 21, 1928 · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing E. K. Morse, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Delaware River at or near Burlington, New Jersey.

    Ch. 231 · 45 Stat. 324 · March 22, 1928 · Original text

32. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for other purposes.

    Ch. 232 · 45 Stat. 326 · March 23, 1928 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to pay officers and Filipinos formerly enlisted as members of the National Guard of Hawaii for field and armory training during years 1924 and 1925, and to validate payments for such training heretofore made.

    Ch. 233 · 45 Stat. 365 · March 23, 1928 · Original text

34. An Act Extending and continuing to January 12, 1930, the provisions of “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to determine and confirm by patent in the nature of a deed of quitclaim the title to lots in the city of Pensacola, Florida,” approved January 12, 1925.

    Ch. 234 · 45 Stat. 365 · March 23, 1928 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Fannie M. Hollingsworth.

    Ch. 235 · 45 Stat. 1711 · March 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of John F. White and Mary L. White.

    Ch. 236 · 45 Stat. 1711 · March 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of G. W. Rogers.

    Ch. 237 · 45 Stat. 1711 · March 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of M. Zingarell and wife, Mary Alice Zingarell.

    Ch. 238 · 45 Stat. 1712 · March 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

39. Joint Resolution For the relief of Henry A. Bellows.

    Ch. 239 · 45 Stat. 1712 · March 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution to change the name of the Ancon Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone to the Gorgas Hospital.

    Ch. 240 · 45 Stat. 365 · March 24, 1928 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to execute agreements of indemnity to the Union Trust Company, Providence, Rhode Island, and the National Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 241 · 45 Stat. 1712 · March 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain field guns to the city of Dallas, Texas.

    Ch. 242 · 45 Stat. 1713 · March 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Jacob F. Webb.

    Ch. 243 · 45 Stat. 1713 · March 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Kate Mathews.

    Ch. 244 · 45 Stat. 1713 · March 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To amend the Act of June 7, 1924, prescribing the persons entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the method of their admission thereto.

    Ch. 245 · 45 Stat. 366 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the construction of a road on the Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington.

    Ch. 246 · 45 Stat. 366 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain lands in the city of Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, for Indian school purposes.

    Ch. 247 · 45 Stat. 366 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

48. An Act To establish a national military park at the battle field of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

    Ch. 248 · 45 Stat. 367 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the transfer of a portion of the Hospital Reservation of the United States Veterans’ Hospital Numbered 78, North Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Big Rock Stone and Material Company, and the transfer of certain land from the Big Rock Stone and Material Company to the United States.

    Ch. 249 · 45 Stat. 369 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the Gunnison-Mayfield Land and Grazing Company.

    Ch. 250 · 45 Stat. 370 · March 26, 1928 · Original text

51. An Act To provide further for the disposal of abandoned military reservations in the Territory of Alaska, including Signal Corps stations and rights of way.

    Ch. 251 · 45 Stat. 371 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the naming of a mountain or peak within the boundaries of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, in honor of Honorable John E. Raker, deceased.

    Ch. 252 · 45 Stat. 371 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

53. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1905, entitled “An Act to ratify and amend an agreement with the Indians residing on the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation, in the State of Wyoming, and to make appropriations to carry the same into effect.”

    Ch. 253 · 45 Stat. 371 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

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

    Ch. 254 · 45 Stat. 372 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the protection of the watershed within the Carson National Forest from which water is obtained for the Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.

    Ch. 255 · 45 Stat. 372 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To amend Public Resolution Numbered 65, approved March 3, 1925, authorizing the participation of the United States Government in the International Exposition to be held in Seville, Spain.

    Ch. 256 · 45 Stat. 372 · March 27, 1928 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Frances L. Dickinson.

    Ch. 257 · 45 Stat. 1714 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of A. S. Guffey.

    Ch. 258 · 45 Stat. 1714 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Major F. Ellis Reed.

    Ch. 259 · 45 Stat. 1714 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Willis B. Cross.

    Ch. 260 · 45 Stat. 1714 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Jennie Roll.

    Ch. 261 · 45 Stat. 1715 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John A. Fox.

    Ch. 262 · 45 Stat. 1715 · March 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Continuing for one year the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 263 · 45 Stat. 373 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

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

    Ch. 264 · 45 Stat. 374 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the board of park commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco to construct a recreation pier at the foot of Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 265 · 45 Stat. 374 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for advances of funds by special disbursing agents in connection with the enforcement of Acts relating to narcotic drugs.

    Ch. 266 · 45 Stat. 374 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the construction of a hospital at the Fort Bidwell Indian School, California.

    Ch. 267 · 45 Stat. 375 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the construction of a school building at the Fort Bidwell Indian School, California.

    Ch. 268 · 45 Stat. 375 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Seward, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $50,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a public-school building in the town of Seward, Alaska.

    Ch. 269 · 45 Stat. 375 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Anchorage, Alaska, to issue bonds for the construction and equipment of an additional school building, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 45 Stat. 376 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the survey and investigation of the placing of water on the Michaud division and other lands in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 271 · 45 Stat. 377 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

72. An Act To provide funds for the upkeep of the Puyallup Indian Cemetery at Tacoma, Washington.

    Ch. 272 · 45 Stat. 378 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution To provide that the United States extend to the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses an invitation to hold the sixth session of the association in the United States, and for the expenses thereof.

    Ch. 273 · 45 Stat. 378 · March 28, 1928 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Victorina Mesa, of Cavite, Philippine Islands.

    Ch. 274 · 45 Stat. 1715 · March 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing the city of Atchison, Kansas, and the county of Buchanan, Missouri, or either of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Atchison, Kansas.

    Ch. 275 · 45 Stat. 378 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

76. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission of the State of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Atchafalaya River at or near Melville, Louisiana.

    Ch. 276 · 45 Stat. 379 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the city of Chicago to construct a bridge across the Calumet River at or near One hundred and thirtieth Street in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,” approved March 21, 1924.

    Ch. 277 · 45 Stat. 379 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 278 · 45 Stat. 380 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the cancellation of the balance due on a reimbursable agreement for the sale of cattle to certain Rosebud Indians.

    Ch. 279 · 45 Stat. 380 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of lands within the State of Montana for grazing and range development, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 45 Stat. 380 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing Henry Thane, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Arkansas City, Arkansas.

    Ch. 281 · 45 Stat. 381 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Frank E. Merrill, carrying on business under the name and style of Frank E. Merrill and Company’s Algonquin Shores Realty Trust, to construct, maintain, and operate a footbridge across the Fox River.

    Ch. 282 · 45 Stat. 383 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

83. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Saint Charles, State of Illinois, to widen, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Fox River within the city of Saint Charles, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 283 · 45 Stat. 383 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

84. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 284 · 45 Stat. 384 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

85. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Manufacturers’ Electric Terminal Railway, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River, at or near the mouth of the Big Blue River, in Jackson County, Missouri.

    Ch. 285 · 45 Stat. 384 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Mount Carmel, Illinois.

    Ch. 286 · 45 Stat. 384 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing E. L. Higdon, of Baldwin County, Alabama, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Perdido Bay at or near Bear Point, Baldwin County, Alabama.

    Ch. 287 · 45 Stat. 385 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

88. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Cliff Street, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 288 · 45 Stat. 387 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River at or near Merryville, Louisiana, on the Merryville-Newton Highway.

    Ch. 289 · 45 Stat. 387 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing the B and P Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande River at or near Zapata, Texas.

    Ch. 290 · 45 Stat. 387 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Plattsmouth Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

    Ch. 291 · 45 Stat. 388 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing John C. Mullen, T. L. Davies, John H. Hutchings, and Virgil Falloon, all of Falls City, Nebraska, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Rulo, Nebraska.

    Ch. 292 · 45 Stat. 390 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

93. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Illinois River at or near Peoria, Illinois.

    Ch. 293 · 45 Stat. 392 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Decatur, Nebraska.

    Ch. 294 · 45 Stat. 392 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Miami River between Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, and a point in Hamilton County, Ohio, near Columbia Park, Hamilton County, Ohio.

    Ch. 295 · 45 Stat. 394 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the Point Marion Community Club of Point Marion, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Point Marion, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 296 · 45 Stat. 395 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To provide for the entry under bond of exhibits for display at the Pacific Southwest Exposition to be held in commemoration of the landing of the Spanish Padres in the Pacific Southwest and the opening of the Long Beach, California, world port, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 297 · 45 Stat. 396 · March 29, 1928 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of John Rooks.

    Ch. 298 · 45 Stat. 1715 · March 29, 1928 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions for a certain tract of land on Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico.

    Ch. 299 · 45 Stat. 1716 · March 29, 1928 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To amend section 7 of Public Act Numbered 45, Sixty-ninth Congress, entitled “An Act authorizing the use for permanent construction at military posts of the proceeds from the sale of surplus War Department real property, and authorizing the sale of certain military reservations, and for other purposes.”

     Ch. 300 · 45 Stat. 397 · March 30, 1928 · Original text