Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the tenth national convention of the American Legion.

   Ch. 301 · 45 Stat. 397 · March 30, 1928 · Original text

2. An Act To extend the time for the refunding of certain legacy taxes erroneously collected.

   Ch. 302 · 45 Stat. 398 · March 30, 1928 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to compromise and settle certain suits at law resulting from the subsidence of First Street east, in the District of Columbia, occasioned by the construction of a railroad tunnel under said street.

   Ch. 303 · 45 Stat. 398 · March 30, 1928 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

   Ch. 304 · 45 Stat. 399 · March 30, 1928 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Act of April 25, 1922, as amended, entitled “An Act authorizing extensions of time for the payment of purchase money due under certain homestead entries and Government-land purchases within the former Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations, North Dakota and South Dakota.“

   Ch. 305 · 45 Stat. 400 · March 31, 1928 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To amend subdivisions (b) and (e) of section 11 of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended.

   Ch. 306 · 45 Stat. 400 · March 31, 1928 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the construction of a dormitory at Riverside Indian School at Anadarko, Oklahoma.

   Ch. 307 · 45 Stat. 401 · April 2, 1928 · Original text

8. An Act To exempt American Indians born in Canada from the operation of the Immigration Act of 1924.

   Ch. 308 · 45 Stat. 401 · April 2, 1928 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Authorizing certain customs officials to administer oaths.

   Ch. 309 · 45 Stat. 401 · April 2, 1928 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution To make immediately available the appropriation for a road across the Kaibab Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 310 · 45 Stat. 401 · April 2, 1928 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Providing for the remission of duties on certain cattle which have crossed the boundary line into foreign countries.

    Ch. 311 · 45 Stat. 401 · April 2, 1928 · Original text

12. An Act Supplementary to, and amendatory of, the incorporation of the Catholic University of America, organized under and by virtue of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to class 1, chapter 18, of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 312 · 45 Stat. 402 · April 3, 1928 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Second Pan American Conference on Highways at Rio de Janeiro.

    Ch. 313 · 45 Stat. 403 · April 3, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing J. E. Turner, his heirs, legal representatives, or assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ocmulgee River at or near Fitzgerald, Georgia.

    Ch. 314 · 45 Stat. 403 · April 4, 1928 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the War Finance Corporation Act, approved April 5, 1918, as amended.

    Ch. 315 · 45 Stat. 405 · April 4, 1928 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Daniel F. Roberts.

    Ch. 316 · 45 Stat. 1716 · April 4, 1928 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Thomas Johnsen.

    Ch. 317 · 45 Stat. 1716 · April 4, 1928 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Frederick N. Carr.

    Ch. 318 · 45 Stat. 1716 · April 4, 1928 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing Herman Simmonds, junior, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Tampa Bay from Pinellas Point, Pinellas County, to Piney Point, Manatee County, Florida.

    Ch. 319 · 45 Stat. 405 · April 5, 1928 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Leonidas L. Cochran and Rosalie Cochran Brink.

    Ch. 320 · 45 Stat. 1717 · April 5, 1928 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend the second paragraph of section 67, National Defense Act, as amended.

    Ch. 321 · 45 Stat. 406 · April 6, 1928 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 110, National Defense Act, so as to provide better administrative procedure in the disbursements for pay of National Guard officers and enlisted men.

    Ch. 322 · 45 Stat. 407 · April 6, 1928 · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing Point Pleasant and Henderson Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

    Ch. 323 · 45 Stat. 408 · April 6, 1928 · Original text

24. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of South Dakota and Nebraska to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebraska.

    Ch. 324 · 45 Stat. 409 · April 6, 1928 · Original text

25. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 325 · 45 Stat. 410 · April 6, 1928 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Clifford D. Ham, collector general of customs, administrator of Corinto Wharf, Republic of Nicaragua.

    Ch. 326 · 45 Stat. 1717 · April 6, 1928 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide additional pay for personnel of the United States Navy assigned to duty on submarines and to diving duty.

    Ch. 327 · 45 Stat. 412 · April 9, 1928 · Original text

28. An Act To grant to the town of Cicero, Cook County, Illinois, an easement over certain Government property.

    Ch. 328 · 45 Stat. 412 · April 9, 1928 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the inspection of the battle field of Kings Mountain, South Carolina.

    Ch. 329 · 45 Stat. 412 · April 9, 1928 · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Harriet K. Carey.

    Ch. 330 · 45 Stat. 1717 · April 9, 1928 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Winfield Scott.

    Ch. 331 · 45 Stat. 1717 · April 9, 1928 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of W. Laurence Hazard.

    Ch. 332 · 45 Stat. 1717 · April 9, 1928 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of George W. Boyer.

    Ch. 333 · 45 Stat. 1718 · April 9, 1928 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Authorizing the reporting to the Congress of certain claims and demands asserted against the United States.

    Ch. 334 · 45 Stat. 413 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

35. An Act To provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing ethnological researches on the American Indians.

    Ch. 335 · 45 Stat. 413 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

36. An Act Providing for payment to the German Government of $461.59 in behalf of the heirs or representatives of the German nationals, John Adolf, Hermann Pegel, Franz Lipfert, Albert Wittenburg, Karl Behr, and Hans Dechantsreiter.

    Ch. 336 · 45 Stat. 414 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

37. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay, and to fix the location of said bridge.

    Ch. 337 · 45 Stat. 414 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

38. An Act To add certain lands to the Idaho National Forest, Idaho.

    Ch. 338 · 45 Stat. 415 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

39. An Act To add certain lands to the Challis and Sawtooth National Forests, Idaho.

    Ch. 339 · 45 Stat. 415 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for addition of certain land to the Challis National Forest.

    Ch. 340 · 45 Stat. 415 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

41. 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 projected State highway between Lebanon and Hartsville and Gallatin near Hunters Point, in Wilson and Trousdale Counties, Tennessee.

    Ch. 341 · 45 Stat. 416 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in the State of Wisconsin for State park purposes.

    Ch. 342 · 45 Stat. 417 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

43. 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 Jasper-Chattanooga Road in Marion County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 343 · 45 Stat. 417 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

44. 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 Knoxville-Maryville Road in Knox County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 344 · 45 Stat. 418 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

45. 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 Paris-Dover Road in Henry and Stewart Counties, Tennessee.

    Ch. 345 · 45 Stat. 418 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

46. 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 Dover-Clarksville Road in Stewart County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 346 · 45 Stat. 419 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept a gift of certain lands in Clayton County, Iowa, for the purposes of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act.

    Ch. 347 · 45 Stat. 420 · April 10, 1928 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Niehaus.

    Ch. 348 · 45 Stat. 1718 · April 10, 1928 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of George A. Winslow.

    Ch. 349 · 45 Stat. 1718 · April 10, 1928 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To create a commission to be known as the Commission for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 350 · 45 Stat. 420 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the construction of a temporary railroad bridge across Pearl River at a point in or near section 35, township 10 north, range 6 east, Leake County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 351 · 45 Stat. 421 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the construction of a temporary railroad bridge across Pearl River in Rankin County, Mississippi, and between Madison and Rankin Counties, Mississippi.

    Ch. 352 · 45 Stat. 421 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

53. An Act To relieve the Territory of Alaska from the necessity of filing bonds or security in legal proceedings in which such Territory is interested.

    Ch. 353 · 45 Stat. 422 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

54. An Act To amend section 128, subdivision (b), paragraph 1, of the Judicial Code as amended February 13, 1925, relating to appeals from district courts.

    Ch. 354 · 45 Stat. 422 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the presentation of the iron gates in West Executive Avenue between the grounds of the State, War, and Navy Building and the White House to the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society for the memorial gateways into the Spiegel Grove State Park.

    Ch. 355 · 45 Stat. 422 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands in Louisiana and Mississippi.

    Ch. 356 · 45 Stat. 422 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

57. An Act Amending an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Court of Claims.”

    Ch. 357 · 45 Stat. 423 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 224 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 358 · 45 Stat. 424 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

59. An Act To revise the boundary of a portion of the Hawaii National Park on the island of Hawaii in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 359 · 45 Stat. 424 · April 11, 1928 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the Sanitarium Company, of Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 360 · 45 Stat. 1719 · April 11, 1928 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of W. J. Bryson.

    Ch. 361 · 45 Stat. 1719 · April 11, 1928 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Relating to investigation of new uses of cotton.

    Ch. 362 · 45 Stat. 426 · April 12, 1928 · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to sell certain public squares situated therein.

    Ch. 363 · 45 Stat. 427 · April 12, 1928 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to dispose of real property, located in Hernando County, Florida, known as the Brooksville Plant Introduction Garden, no longer required for plant-introduction purposes.

    Ch. 364 · 45 Stat. 427 · April 12, 1928 · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands near Seward, Alaska, for use in connection with the Jesse Lee Home.

    Ch. 365 · 45 Stat. 1719 · April 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Holger M. Trandum.

    Ch. 366 · 45 Stat. 1720 · April 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Clifford J. Turner.

    Ch. 367 · 45 Stat. 1720 · April 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting certain lands to the State of California.

    Ch. 368 · 45 Stat. 428 · April 13, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act Relating to the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.

    Ch. 369 · 45 Stat. 429 · April 13, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act Extending the provisions of the Recreational Act of June 14, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 741), to former Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 370 · 45 Stat. 429 · April 13, 1928 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of William C. Braasch.

    Ch. 371 · 45 Stat. 1720 · April 13, 1928 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Arthur C. Lueder.

    Ch. 372 · 45 Stat. 1720 · April 13, 1928 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Charles A. Black, alias Angus Black.

    Ch. 373 · 45 Stat. 1721 · April 13, 1928 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To authorize an appropriation from tribal funds to pay part of the cost of the construction of a road on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 374 · 45 Stat. 429 · April 14, 1928 · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the paving of the Government road extending from Saint Elmo, Tennessee, to Rossville, Georgia.

    Ch. 375 · 45 Stat. 430 · April 16, 1928 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction of culverts and trestles in connection with the camp railroad at Camp McClellan, Alabama.

    Ch. 376 · 45 Stat. 430 · April 16, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act Providing for horticultural experiment and demonstration work in the southern Great Plains area.

    Ch. 377 · 45 Stat. 430 · April 16, 1928 · Original text

78. An Act To extend the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 20, 1922, entitled “An Act to consolidate national forest lands.”

    Ch. 378 · 45 Stat. 431 · April 16, 1928 · Original text

79. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February, 1925,” approved May 22, 1926.

    Ch. 379 · 45 Stat. 431 · April 18, 1928 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land in Cook County, Illinois, to the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, under certain conditions.

    Ch. 380 · 45 Stat. 432 · April 19, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act To credit retired commissioned officers of the Coast Guard with active duty during the World War performed since retirement.

    Ch. 381 · 45 Stat. 433 · April 19, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the granting of leave to veterans of the Spanish-American War to attend the annual convention of the United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliary in Havana, Cuba, in 1928.

    Ch. 382 · 45 Stat. 433 · April 19, 1928 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Benjamin S. McHenry, alias Henry Benjamin.

    Ch. 383 · 45 Stat. 1721 · April 19, 1928 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant and convey to the county of Warren a perpetual easement for public highway purposes over and upon a portion of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 384 · 45 Stat. 434 · April 20, 1928 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Captain George E. Kraul a captain of Infantry, with rank from July 1, 1920.

    Ch. 385 · 45 Stat. 434 · April 20, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public lands to the Cabazon Water Company, issue patent therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 386 · 45 Stat. 435 · April 20, 1928 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing J. C. Norris, as mayor of the city of Augusta, Kentucky, his successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at Augusta, Kentucky.

    Ch. 387 · 45 Stat. 435 · April 20, 1928 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Edward S. Lathrop.

    Ch. 388 · 45 Stat. 1721 · April 20, 1928 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of C. S. Winans.

    Ch. 389 · 45 Stat. 1721 · April 20, 1928 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the widows of certain Foreign Service officers.

    Ch. 390 · 45 Stat. 1722 · April 20, 1928 · Private law · Original text

91. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to award a duplicate Congressional Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel William J. Sperry.

    Ch. 391 · 45 Stat. 1722 · April 20, 1928 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the unauthorized wearing, manufacture, or sale of medals and badges awarded by the War Department,” approved February 24, 1923.

    Ch. 392 · 45 Stat. 437 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 80 of the Judicial Code to create a new judicial district in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 393 · 45 Stat. 437 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

94. An Act To permit taxation of lands of homestead and desert-land entrymen under the Reclamation Act.

    Ch. 394 · 45 Stat. 439 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

95. An Act To detach Okfuskee County from the northern judicial district of the State of Oklahoma and attach the same to the eastern judicial district of the said State.

    Ch. 395 · 45 Stat. 440 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River near Trenton, New Jersey.

    Ch. 396 · 45 Stat. 440 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

97. An Act To amend section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended, so as to authorize employment of additional civilian caretakers for National Guard organizations, under certain circumstances, in lieu of enlisted caretakers heretofore authorized.

    Ch. 397 · 45 Stat. 440 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the detention of fugitives apprehended in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 398 · 45 Stat. 440 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

99. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Francis River at Marked Tree, in the county of Poinsett, Arkansas.

    Ch. 399 · 45 Stat. 442 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for the acquisition of rights of way through the lands of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.

     Ch. 400 · 45 Stat. 442 · April 21, 1928 · Original text