Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution For the relief of the estate of the late Max Kirjassoff.

   Ch. 501 · 45 Stat. 1827 · May 3, 1928 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

   Ch. 502 · 45 Stat. 490 · May 4, 1928 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To provide for the coinage of a medal in commemoration of the achievements of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.

   Ch. 503 · 45 Stat. 490 · May 4, 1928 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing assistance in the construction of an inter-American highway on the Western Hemisphere.

   Ch. 504 · 45 Stat. 490 · May 4, 1928 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize a permanent annual appropriation for the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory.

   Ch. 505 · 45 Stat. 491 · May 7, 1928 · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the appropriation of $2,500 for the erection of a tablet or marker at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to commemorate the holding of the Indian peace council, at which treaties were made with the Plains Indians in October, 1867.

   Ch. 506 · 45 Stat. 492 · May 7, 1928 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act.

   Ch. 507 · 45 Stat. 492 · May 7, 1928 · Original text

8. An Act For the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the sixth judicial circuit.

   Ch. 508 · 45 Stat. 492 · May 8, 1928 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the refund of certain taxes on distilled spirits.

   Ch. 509 · 45 Stat. 492 · May 8, 1928 · Original text

10. An Act To amend the proviso of the Act approved August 24, 1912, with reference to educational leave to employees of the Indian Service.

    Ch. 510 · 45 Stat. 493 · May 8, 1928 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Margaret T. Head, administratrix.

    Ch. 511 · 45 Stat. 1827 · May 8, 1928 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To provide for the paving of the Government road known as the La Fayette Extension Road, commencing at Lee and Gordon’s mill, near Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and extending to La Fayette, Georgia, constituting an approach road to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.

    Ch. 512 · 45 Stat. 493 · May 9, 1928 · Original text

13. An Act To aid the Grand Army of the Republic in its Memorial Day services, May 30, 1928.

    Ch. 513 · 45 Stat. 494 · May 9, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Anita W. Dyer.

    Ch. 514 · 45 Stat. 1827 · May 9, 1928 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the burial grounds containing the remains of Zachary Taylor, former President of the United States, and the memorial shaft erected to his memory, and for other purposes,” approved February 24, 1925.

    Ch. 515 · 45 Stat. 494 · May 10, 1928 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the times and places for holding court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

    Ch. 516 · 45 Stat. 495 · May 10, 1928 · Original text

17. An Act To extend the period of restriction in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 517 · 45 Stat. 495 · May 10, 1928 · Original text

18. An Act Donating Revolutionary cannon to the New York State Conservation Department.

    Ch. 518 · 45 Stat. 497 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing a per capita payment to the Rosebud Sioux Indians, South Dakota.

    Ch. 519 · 45 Stat. 497 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, a certain bronze cannon.

    Ch. 520 · 45 Stat. 497 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

21. An Act To abolish the office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in the Library of Congress and to reassign the duties thereof.

    Ch. 521 · 45 Stat. 497 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers.

    Ch. 522 · 45 Stat. 498 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty.

    Ch. 523 · 45 Stat. 498 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for date of precedence of certain offiers of the staff corps of the Navy.

    Ch. 524 · 45 Stat. 498 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the appraisal of certain Government property, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 525 · 45 Stat. 499 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a flagstaff at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 526 · 45 Stat. 499 · May 11, 1928 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of William Childers.

    Ch. 527 · 45 Stat. 1828 · May 11, 1928 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To provide for the gratuitous issue of service medals and similar devices, for the replacement of the same, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 528 · 45 Stat. 500 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

29. An Act To amend section 110 of the National Defense Act by repealing and striking therefrom certain provisions prescribing additional qualifications for National Guard State staff officers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 529 · 45 Stat. 500 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

30. An Act To enable members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who have interrupted the course of training prescribed in the Act of June 4, 1920, to resume such training and amending accordingly section 47c of that Act

    Ch. 530 · 45 Stat. 501 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize an appropriation for a road on the Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico.

    Ch. 531 · 45 Stat. 501 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

32. An Act Granting to the State of South Dakota for park purposes the public lands within the Custer State Park, South Dakota.

    Ch. 532 · 45 Stat. 501 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

33. An Act To correct the descriptions of land comprising the Bryce Canyon National Park as contained in the Act approved June 7, 1924, entitled “An Act to establish the Utah National Park in the State of Utah,” and the Act approved February 25, 1928, entitled “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. 533 · 45 Stat. 502 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To amend section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish the upper Mississippi River wild life and fish refuge,” approved June 7, 1924.

    Ch. 534 · 45 Stat. 502 · May 12, 1928 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Lois Wilson.

    Ch. 535 · 45 Stat. 1828 · May 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Thomas Edwin Huffman.

    Ch. 536 · 45 Stat. 1828 · May 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Ensign Jacob E. DeGarmo, United States Navy.

    Ch. 537 · 45 Stat. 1829 · May 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of William H. Dotson.

    Ch. 538 · 45 Stat. 1829 · May 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Vern E. Townsend.

    Ch. 539 · 45 Stat. 1829 · May 12, 1928 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the J. K. Mahone Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Wellsburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 540 · 45 Stat. 503 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

41. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county court of Roane County, Tennessee, to construct a bridge across the Emery River at Suddaths Ferry, in Roane County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 541 · 45 Stat. 505 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

42. An Act Authorizing Dupo Bridge Company, a Missouri corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a combined highway and railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Missouri.

    Ch. 542 · 45 Stat. 505 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing J. T. Burnett, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tiptonville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 543 · 45 Stat. 507 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize mapping agencies of the Government to assist in preparation of military maps.

    Ch. 544 · 45 Stat. 509 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

45. An Act Concerning liability for participation in breaches of fiduciary obligations and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.

    Ch. 545 · 45 Stat. 509 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the payment of an indemnity to the Government of France on account of losses sustained by the owners of the French steamship Madeleine as a result of a collision between it and the United States steamship Kerwood.

    Ch. 546 · 45 Stat. 512 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the Gulf Coast Properties, Inc., its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near Rouses Point, New York.

    Ch. 547 · 45 Stat. 512 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

48. An Act Authorizing the Gulf Coast Properties, Inc., a Florida corporation, of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Lake Champlain at or near East Alburg, Vermont.

    Ch. 548 · 45 Stat. 514 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

49. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Columbus County, State of North Carolina, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Waccamaw River at or near Reeves Ferry, Columbus County, North Carolina.

    Ch. 549 · 45 Stat. 516 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

50. 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 Biggers, Arkansas.

    Ch. 550 · 45 Stat. 516 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

51. An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 551 · 45 Stat. 517 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

52. An Act To cancel certain notes of the Panama Railroad Company held by the Treasurer of the United States.

    Ch. 552 · 45 Stat. 532 · May 14, 1928 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of William Thurman Enoch.

    Ch. 553 · 45 Stat. 1829 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Byron Brown Ralston.

    Ch. 554 · 45 Stat. 1830 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Providing for sundry matters affecting the naval service.

    Ch. 555 · 45 Stat. 1830 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Charles R. Wareham.

    Ch. 556 · 45 Stat. 1831 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of William V. Tynes.

    Ch. 557 · 45 Stat. 1831 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mary E. O’Connor.

    Ch. 558 · 45 Stat. 1831 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of John M. Savery.

    Ch. 559 · 45 Stat. 1831 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of M. M. Edwards.

    Ch. 560 · 45 Stat. 1831 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Clifford J. Sanghove.

    Ch. 561 · 45 Stat. 1832 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Finch R. Archer.

    Ch. 562 · 45 Stat. 1832 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of the heirs of John Elmer.

    Ch. 563 · 45 Stat. 1832 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of George M. Browder and F. N. Browder.

    Ch. 564 · 45 Stat. 1832 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Clarence Cleghorn.

    Ch. 565 · 45 Stat. 1833 · May 14, 1928 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the removal of the Confederate monument and tablets from Greenlawn Cemetery to Garfield Park.

    Ch. 566 · 45 Stat. 533 · May 15, 1928 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept a franchise from the government of the city of New York to change the routing of the pneumatic-tube service between the customhouse and the present appraisers’stores building, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 567 · 45 Stat. 533 · May 15, 1928 · Original text

68. An Act Relating to the payment or delivery by banks or other persons or institutions in the District of Columbia of deposits of money and property held in the names of two or more persons, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 568 · 45 Stat. 533 · May 15, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act For the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 569 · 45 Stat. 534 · May 15, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Jennie Wyant and others.

    Ch. 570 · 45 Stat. 1833 · May 15, 1928 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and so forth, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 571 · 45 Stat. 1833 · May 15, 1928 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 572 · 45 Stat. 539 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

73. An Act Allowing the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, to the medical officer assigned to duty as personal physician to the President.

    Ch. 573 · 45 Stat. 570 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

74. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Howard Seabury to construct, maintain, and operate a dam to retain tidal waters in an unnamed cove which is situated and extends from Cases Inlet into section 28, township 21 north, range 1 west, Willamette meridian, in Pierce County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 574 · 45 Stat. 571 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

75. An Act To extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 575 · 45 Stat. 571 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate certain buildings to the city of Tucson, Arizona.

    Ch. 576 · 45 Stat. 572 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of land at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

    Ch. 577 · 45 Stat. 572 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize the purchase of real estate by the War Department.

    Ch. 578 · 45 Stat. 572 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

79. An Act To fix the pay and allowances of chaplain at the United States Military Academy.

    Ch. 579 · 45 Stat. 573 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

80. Independent Offices Act, 1929

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 580 · 45 Stat. 573 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing the paving of the Federal strip known as International Street, adjacent to Nogales, Arizona.

    Ch. 581 · 45 Stat. 589 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act To authorize an appropriation to pay half the cost of a bridge and road on the Hoopa Valley Reservation, California.

    Ch. 582 · 45 Stat. 589 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

83. An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the repair and resurfacing of roads on the Fort Baker Military Reservation, California.

    Ch. 583 · 45 Stat. 590 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the erection for the sole use of the Pan American Union of an office building on the square of land lying between Eighteenth Street, C Street, and Virginia Avenue northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 584 · 45 Stat. 590 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

85. An Act For the lease of land and the erection of a post office at Philippi, West Virginia, and for other purposes. Philippi, W. Va.

    Ch. 585 · 45 Stat. 590 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize an appropriation to complete the purchase of real estate in Hawaii.

    Ch. 586 · 45 Stat. 591 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution Authorizing the United States Bureau of Public Roads to make a survey of the uncompleted bridges of the Oversea Highway from Key West to the mainland, in the State of Florida, with a view of ascertaining the cost of the construction of said bridges, and report their findings to Congress.

    Ch. 587 · 45 Stat. 591 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution Making an emergency appropriation for flood protection on White River, Arkansas.

    Ch. 588 · 45 Stat. 592 · May 16, 1928 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the heirs of the late Doctor Thomas C. Longino.

    Ch. 589 · 45 Stat. 1849 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Giles Gordon.

    Ch. 590 · 45 Stat. 1849 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of William R. Connolly.

    Ch. 591 · 45 Stat. 1849 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Jesse R. Shivers.

    Ch. 592 · 45 Stat. 1849 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the Smith Tablet Company, of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 593 · 45 Stat. 1850 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of D. George Shorten.

    Ch. 594 · 45 Stat. 1850 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of E. A. Clatterbuck.

    Ch. 595 · 45 Stat. 1850 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Christine Brenzinger.

    Ch. 596 · 45 Stat. 1850 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the McAteer Shipbuilding Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 597 · 45 Stat. 1851 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of John L. Nightingale.

    Ch. 598 · 45 Stat. 1851 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Marion Banta.

    Ch. 599 · 45 Stat. 1851 · May 16, 1928 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To amend section 1, rule 2, rule 3, subdivision (e), and rule 9 of an Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes, and their connecting and tributary waters, enacted February 8, 1895 (chapter 64, Twenty-eighth Statutes at Large, section 645).

     Ch. 600 · 45 Stat. 592 · May 17, 1928 · Original text