Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Authorizing the Great Falls Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Potomac River at or near the Great Falls.

   Ch. 401 · 45 Stat. 442 · April 21, 1928 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Dennis W. Scott.

   Ch. 402 · 45 Stat. 1722 · April 21, 1928 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of George H. Gilbert.

   Ch. 403 · 45 Stat. 1723 · April 21, 1928 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 404 · 45 Stat. 1723 · April 21, 1928 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of William G. Beaty, deceased.

   Ch. 405 · 45 Stat. 1723 · April 21, 1928 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of William F. Wheeler.

   Ch. 406 · 45 Stat. 1723 · April 21, 1928 · Private law · Original text

7. 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 Nebraska City, Nebraska.

   Ch. 407 · 45 Stat. 444 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

8. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Telfair and Coffee to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Ocmulgee River at or near the present Jacksonville ferry in Telfair and Coffee Counties, Georgia.

   Ch. 408 · 45 Stat. 446 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at the Pacific Branch, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles County, California, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 409 · 45 Stat. 447 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the payment of certain taxes to Okanogan County, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 410 · 45 Stat. 447 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of certain Porto Rican taxpayers.

    Ch. 411 · 45 Stat. 447 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the use of certain public lands by the town of Parco, Wyoming, for a public aviation field.

    Ch. 412 · 45 Stat. 448 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

13. An Act To establish the Bear River Migratory-Bird Refuge.

    Ch. 413 · 45 Stat. 448 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, approved March 20, 1922 (Forty-second Statutes, page 465), to the Crater National Forest, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 414 · 45 Stat. 450 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

15. An Act To enlarge the boundaries of the Crater National Forest.

    Ch. 415 · 45 Stat. 450 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

16. An Act To add certain lands to the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 416 · 45 Stat. 451 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

17. An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Mendon, Utah, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city.

    Ch. 417 · 45 Stat. 451 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

18. An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Bountiful, Utah, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city.

    Ch. 418 · 45 Stat. 452 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize an appropriation to complete construction at Fort Wadsworth, New York.

    Ch. 419 · 45 Stat. 453 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

20. An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Centerville, Utah, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city.

    Ch. 420 · 45 Stat. 453 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To grant permission for the erection of a memorial statue of Cardinal Gibbons.

    Ch. 421 · 45 Stat. 453 · April 23, 1928 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Louis H. Harmon.

    Ch. 422 · 45 Stat. 1724 · April 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the Farmers National Bank of Danville, Kentucky.

    Ch. 423 · 45 Stat. 1724 · April 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing the issuance of a certain patent.

    Ch. 424 · 45 Stat. 1724 · April 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Lynn W. Franklin.

    Ch. 425 · 45 Stat. 1724 · April 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of James A. DeLoach.

    Ch. 426 · 45 Stat. 1725 · April 23, 1928 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the Port Huron, Sarnia, Point Edward International Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 427 · 45 Stat. 454 · April 24, 1928 · Original text

28. An Act To extend the provisions of section 2455, United States Revised Statutes, to certain public lands in the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 428 · 45 Stat. 457 · April 24, 1928 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Wilford W. Caldwell.

    Ch. 429 · 45 Stat. 1725 · April 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Peter S. Kelly.

    Ch. 430 · 45 Stat. 1725 · April 24, 1928 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing acceptance from Peter G. Gerry of the gift of the law library of the late Elbridge T. Gerry.

    Ch. 431 · 45 Stat. 457 · April 25, 1928 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 98 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to provide for terms of court at Bryson City, North Carolina.

    Ch. 432 · 45 Stat. 457 · April 25, 1928 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to exchange with the pennsylvania Railroad Company certain tracts of land situate in the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 433 · 45 Stat. 458 · April 25, 1928 · Original text

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

    Ch. 434 · 45 Stat. 458 · April 25, 1928 · Original text

35. An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands.

    Ch. 435 · 45 Stat. 1725 · April 25, 1928 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 6, Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, so as to better provide for care and treatment of members of the civilian components of the Army who suffer personal injury in line of duty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 436 · 45 Stat. 461 · April 26, 1928 · Original text

37. An Act For the validation of the acquisition of Canadian properties by the War Department and for the relief of certain disbursing officers for payments made thereon.

    Ch. 437 · 45 Stat. 462 · April 26, 1928 · Original text

38. An Act To accept the cession by the State of California of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Lassen Volcanic National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 438 · 45 Stat. 463 · April 26, 1928 · Original text

39. An Act To add certain lands to the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the State of California.

    Ch. 439 · 45 Stat. 466 · April 26, 1928 · Original text

40. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act in reference to writs of error,” approved January 31, 1928, Public, Numbered 10, Seventieth Congress.

    Ch. 440 · 45 Stat. 466 · April 26, 1928 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Charles Caudwell.

    Ch. 441 · 45 Stat. 1728 · April 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claim of Mary Clerkin.

    Ch. 442 · 45 Stat. 1728 · April 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Frank Hanley.

    Ch. 443 · 45 Stat. 1729 · April 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Henry C. Weber, Medical Corps, United States Navy.

    Ch. 444 · 45 Stat. 1729 · April 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Robert Stanley Robertson, junior, United States Navy.

    Ch. 445 · 45 Stat. 1729 · April 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting double pension in all cases to widows and dependents when an officer or enlisted man of the Navy dies from an injury in line of duty as the result of a submarine accident.

    Ch. 446 · 45 Stat. 466 · April 27, 1928 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of David J. Williams.

    Ch. 447 · 45 Stat. 1729 · April 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Fred A. Knauf.

    Ch. 448 · 45 Stat. 1730 · April 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Joe W. Williams.

    Ch. 449 · 45 Stat. 1730 · April 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of the parents of Wyman Henry Beckstead.

    Ch. 450 · 45 Stat. 1730 · April 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Frank Dixon.

    Ch. 451 · 45 Stat. 1730 · April 27, 1928 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To authorize a per capita payment to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians of Wyoming from funds held in trust for them by the United States.

    Ch. 452 · 45 Stat. 467 · April 28, 1928 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Authorizing a modification of the adopted project for Oakland Harbor, California.

    Ch. 453 · 45 Stat. 467 · April 28, 1928 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of the Eagle Transport Company (Limited) and the West of England Steamship Owners' Protection and Indemnity Association (Limited).

    Ch. 454 · 45 Stat. 1731 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the owners of the British steamship Larchgrove.

    Ch. 455 · 45 Stat. 1731 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the health officer of the District of Columbia to issue a permit for the opening of the grave containing the remains of the Nellie Richards.

    Ch. 456 · 45 Stat. 1732 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of R. Bluestein.

    Ch. 457 · 45 Stat. 1732 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To provide for compensation for Ona Harrington for injuries received in an airplane accident.

    Ch. 458 · 45 Stat. 1732 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the Old Dominion Land Company.

    Ch. 459 · 45 Stat. 1732 · April 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for fiscal year ending June 30, 1884,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. 460 · 45 Stat. 467 · April 30, 1928 · Original text

61. An Act Authorizing an appropriation to be expended under the provisions of section 7 of the Act of March 1, 1911, entitled “An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers,” as amended.

    Ch. 461 · 45 Stat. 468 · April 30, 1928 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act, approved August 20, 1912.

    Ch. 462 · 45 Stat. 468 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing the Postmaster General to establish a uniform system of registration of mail matter, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 463 · 45 Stat. 469 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

64. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Arkansas to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the White River at or near Cotter, Arkansas.

    Ch. 464 · 45 Stat. 470 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

65. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana, Valley County, Montana, and Garfield County, Montana, or to any or either of them, jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Glasgow, Montana.

    Ch. 465 · 45 Stat. 470 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

66. 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 Weslaco, Texas.

    Ch. 466 · 45 Stat. 471 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

67. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of North Dakota and Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 467 · 45 Stat. 472 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at or near Rockport, Indiana.

    Ch. 468 · 45 Stat. 472 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the board of county commissioners of Itasca County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the road between the villages of Cohasset and Deer River, Minnesota.

    Ch. 469 · 45 Stat. 473 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the Saint Albans Nitro Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 470 · 45 Stat. 473 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing the Cabin Creek Kanawha Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Cabin Creek, West Virginia.

    Ch. 471 · 45 Stat. 475 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing Paul Leupp, his heirs, legal representatives, or assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Stanton, North Dakota.

    Ch. 472 · 45 Stat. 476 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the conservation of fish, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 473 · 45 Stat. 478 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing J. L. Rowan, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Illinois.

    Ch. 474 · 45 Stat. 478 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

75. An Act Authorizing Roy Clippinger, Ulys Pyle, Edgar Leathers, Groves K. Flescher, Carmen Flescher, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Wabash River at or near McGregors Ferry in White County, Illinois.

    Ch. 475 · 45 Stat. 480 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to extend invitations to foreign governments to be represented by delegates at the International Congress of Entomology to be held in the United States in 1928.

    Ch. 476 · 45 Stat. 482 · May 1, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to Katie Cassiday for a certain tract of land.

    Ch. 477 · 45 Stat. 1733 · May 1, 1928 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Majestic Hotel, Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of Lieutenant R. T. Cronau, United States Army.

    Ch. 478 · 45 Stat. 1733 · May 1, 1928 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To extend the benefits of the Employees’ Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, to Martha A. Hauch.

    Ch. 479 · 45 Stat. 1733 · May 1, 1928 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the President to present the distinguished flying cross to Colonel Francesco de Pinedo, Dieudonne Costes, Joseph LeBrix-Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld, James C. Fitz Maurice, and Hermann Koehl.

    Ch. 480 · 45 Stat. 482 · May 2, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act To amend an Act to allot lands to children on the Crow Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 481 · 45 Stat. 482 · May 2, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Marine Band at the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion at Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 482 · 45 Stat. 483 · May 2, 1928 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a monument in memory of Peter Muhlenberg.

    Ch. 483 · 45 Stat. 483 · May 2, 1928 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the payment of an indemnity to the British Government on account of the death of Reginald Ethelbert Myrie, alleged to have been killed in the Panama Canal Zone on February 5, 1921, by a United States Army motor truck.

    Ch. 484 · 45 Stat. 483 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of the Government of Great Britain on account of certain sums expended by the British chaplain in Moscow, the Reverend F. North, for the relief of American nationals in Russia in 1920.

    Ch. 485 · 45 Stat. 484 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize appropriations for the construction of roads at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 486 · 45 Stat. 484 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate, hear, and determine the claims of individual members of the Sioux Tribe of Indians against tribal funds or against the United States.

    Ch. 487 · 45 Stat. 484 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

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

    Ch. 488 · 45 Stat. 485 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution To provide for the membership of the United States in the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood.

    Ch. 489 · 45 Stat. 487 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to extend to the Republics of America an invitation to attend a Conference of Conciliation and Arbitration to be held at Washington during 1928 or 1929.

    Ch. 490 · 45 Stat. 487 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of an indemnity to the Chinese Government for the death of Chang Lin and Tong Huan Yah, alleged to have been killed by members of the armed forces of the United States.

    Ch. 491 · 45 Stat. 488 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of an indemnity to the Dominican Republic for the death of Juan Soriano, who was killed by the landing of an airplane belonging to the United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 492 · 45 Stat. 488 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To provide for payment of the claim of the Government of China for compensation of Sun Jui-chin for injuries resulting from an assault on him by a private in the United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 493 · 45 Stat. 488 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of an indemnity to the British Government to compensate the dependents of Edwin Tucker, a British subject, alleged to have been killed by a United States Army ambulance in Colon, Panama.

    Ch. 494 · 45 Stat. 489 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of an indemnity to the Government of the Netherlands for compensation for personal injuries sustained by two Netherlands subjects, Arend Kamp and Francis Gort, while the United States ship Canibas was loading on May 1, 1919, at Rotterdam.

    Ch. 495 · 45 Stat. 489 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the compensation of William Wiseman.

    Ch. 496 · 45 Stat. 489 · May 3, 1928 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Anton Anderson.

    Ch. 497 · 45 Stat. 1734 · May 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States or the district courts of the United States to hear, adjudicate, and enter judgment on the claim of A. Roy Knabenshue against the United States for the use or manufacture of an invention of A. Roy Knabenshue, covered by Letters Patent Numbered 858875, issued by the Patent Office of the United States under date of July 2, 1907.

    Ch. 498 · 45 Stat. 1734 · May 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To adjudicate the claims of homestead settlers on the drained Mud Lake bottom, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 499 · 45 Stat. 1734 · May 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

     Ch. 500 · 45 Stat. 1735 · May 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text