Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Charlie R. Pate.

   Ch. 801 · 45 Stat. 1983 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Thomas Purdell.

   Ch. 802 · 45 Stat. 1984 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Mary McCormick.

   Ch. 803 · 45 Stat. 1984 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Ralph Ole Wright and Varina Belle Wright.

   Ch. 804 · 45 Stat. 1984 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of John Hervey.

   Ch. 805 · 45 Stat. 1985 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of John M. Brown.

   Ch. 806 · 45 Stat. 1985 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Elbert L. Cox.

   Ch. 807 · 45 Stat. 1985 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Thomas Huggins.

   Ch. 808 · 45 Stat. 1985 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Carl C. Back.

   Ch. 809 · 45 Stat. 1986 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution For the relief of Mary M. Tilghman, former widow of Sergeant Frederick Coleman, deceased, United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 810 · 45 Stat. 1986 · May 26, 1928 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the leasing or sale of lands reserved for agency, schools, and other purposes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 811 · 45 Stat. 774 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

12. An Act Granting to the State of New Mexico certain lands for reimbursement of the counties of Grant, Luna, Hidalgo, and Santa Fe for interest paid on railroad-aid bonds, and for the payment of the principal of railroad-aid bonds issued by the town of Silver City and to reimburse said town for interest paid on said bonds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 812 · 45 Stat. 775 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the Los Olmos International Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Weslaco, Texas.

    Ch. 813 · 45 Stat. 776 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

14. An Act To amend the salary rates contained in the compensation schedules of the Act of March 4, 1923, entitled “An Act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services.”

    Ch. 814 · 45 Stat. 776 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

15. An Act Extending the time of construction payments on the Rio Grande Federal irrigation project, New Mexico-Texas.

    Ch. 815 · 45 Stat. 785 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the National Defense Act.

    Ch. 816 · 45 Stat. 786 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the acquisition of certain patented land adjoining the Yosemite National Park boundary by exchange, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 817 · 45 Stat. 787 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the town of Springdale, Utah.

    Ch. 818 · 45 Stat. 787 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended.

    Ch. 819 · 45 Stat. 788 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for the appointment of midshipmen at large by the Vice President of the United States.

    Ch. 820 · 45 Stat. 788 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to begin October 20, 1928.

    Ch. 821 · 45 Stat. 788 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Amending the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes,” approved June 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 461), as amended by the joint resolution approved March 3, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1405).

    Ch. 822 · 45 Stat. 789 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to negotiate with the nations with which there is no such agreement treaties for the protection of American citizens of foreign birth, or parentage, from liability to military service in such nations.

    Ch. 823 · 45 Stat. 789 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To amend sections 1 and 2 of the Act of March 3, 1891.

    Ch. 824 · 45 Stat. 789 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Tendering the thanks of Congress to Commander Albert Cushing Read, United States Navy, for his achievement in completing the first trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight, and providing for his advancement on the list of commanders of the Navy.

    Ch. 825 · 45 Stat. 790 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to lease to the New Orleans Association of Commerce New Orleans Quartermaster Intermediate Depot Unit Numbered 2.

    Ch. 826 · 45 Stat. 790 · May 28, 1928 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Frank Hartman.

    Ch. 827 · 45 Stat. 1986 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of T. Abraham Hetrick.

    Ch. 828 · 45 Stat. 1986 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Joseph Cunningham.

    Ch. 829 · 45 Stat. 1987 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of William M. Sherman.

    Ch. 830 · 45 Stat. 1987 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of the Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Virginia.

    Ch. 831 · 45 Stat. 1987 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Michael Ilitz.

    Ch. 832 · 45 Stat. 1987 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Edmund F. Hubbard.

    Ch. 833 · 45 Stat. 1988 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

34. 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. 834 · 45 Stat. 1988 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the owner of the Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4.

    Ch. 835 · 45 Stat. 1997 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of F. L. Campbell.

    Ch. 836 · 45 Stat. 1997 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Charles Thomas Wooten, United States Navy.

    Ch. 837 · 45 Stat. 1997 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To correct the naval record John Lewis Burns.

    Ch. 838 · 45 Stat. 1998 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of James M. E. Brown.

    Ch. 839 · 45 Stat. 1998 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Albert Wood.

    Ch. 840 · 45 Stat. 1998 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Edward I. Gallagher, of New York, administrator of the estate of Charles Gallagher, deceased.

    Ch. 841 · 45 Stat. 1998 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company.

    Ch. 842 · 45 Stat. 1999 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of William. R. Boyce and Son.

    Ch. 843 · 45 Stat. 1999 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To provide for the advancement on the retired list of the Navy of Lloyd Lafot.

    Ch. 844 · 45 Stat. 1999 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of George B. Booker Company.

    Ch. 845 · 45 Stat. 1999 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Harry M. King.

    Ch. 846 · 45 Stat. 2000 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To provide for the reinterment of bodies now interred in the grounds of Saint Francis de Sales Church in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 847 · 45 Stat. 2000 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to make a readjustment of pay to Gunner W. H. Anthony, junior, United States Navy (retired).

    Ch. 848 · 45 Stat. 2000 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas, for use by the Young Men’s Christian Association of Arkansas.

    Ch. 849 · 45 Stat. 2000 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of John L. Alcock.

    Ch. 850 · 45 Stat. 2001 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Concerning lands and property devised to the Government of the United States of America by Wesley Jordan, deceased, late of the township of Richland, county of Fairfield and State of Ohio.

    Ch. 851 · 45 Stat. 2001 · May 28, 1928 · Private law · Original text

52. Revenue Act of 1928

    An Act To reduce and equalize taxation, provide revenue, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 852 · 45 Stat. 791 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

53. Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 853 · 45 Stat. 883 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

54. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to execute an agreement or agreements with drainage district or districts providing for drainage, and reclamation of Kootenai Indian allotments in Idaho within the exterior boundaries of such district or districts that may be benefited by the drainage and reclamation work, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 854 · 45 Stat. 938 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and erect a monument on the site of the battle between the Sioux and Pawnee Indian Tribes in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, fought in the year 1873.

    Ch. 855 · 45 Stat. 939 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

56. An Act To amend Title II of an Act approved February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1066, United States Code, title 39), regulating postal rates, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 856 · 45 Stat. 940 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing an advancement of certain funds standing to the credit of the Creek Nation in the Treasury of the United States to be paid to the attorneys for the Creek Nation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 857 · 45 Stat. 944 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

58. An Act To change the name of Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum and amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate Saint Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,’ approved February 25, 1831.”

    Ch. 858 · 45 Stat. 945 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

59. An Act Providing for the meeting of electors of President and Vice President and for the issuance and transmission of the certificates of their selection and of the result of their determination, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 859 · 45 Stat. 945 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

60. An Act To amend the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended.

    Ch. 860 · 45 Stat. 947 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

61. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the examination and registration of architects and to regulate the practice of architecture in the District of Columbia,” approved December 13, 1924, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 861 · 45 Stat. 950 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

62. An Act Regulating juvenile insurance by fraternal beneficial associations in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 862 · 45 Stat. 953 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for notice to owners of land assessed for benefits by the verdict of condemnation juries in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 863 · 45 Stat. 953 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

64. An Act To amend section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917.

    Ch. 864 · 45 Stat. 954 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

65. An Act To adjust the compensation of certain employees in the customs service.

    Ch. 865 · 45 Stat. 955 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing conveyance to the city of Hartford, Connecticut, of title to site and building of the present Federal building in that city.

    Ch. 866 · 45 Stat. 955 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to grant certain land to the city of Saint Paul, State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 867 · 45 Stat. 956 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

68. An Act To conserve the water resources and to encourage reforestation of the watersheds of Los Angeles County by the withdrawal of certain public lands included within the Angeles National Forest from location and entry under the mining laws.

    Ch. 868 · 45 Stat. 956 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 869 · 45 Stat. 959 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, all of lot numbered 3 in block numbered 115 in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    Ch. 870 · 45 Stat. 959 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of a certain lighthouse reservation and to acquire certain land for lighthouse purposes.

    Ch. 871 · 45 Stat. 959 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the Uvalda Booster Club, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Altamaha River at or near Towns Bluff Ferry, connecting Montgomery and Jeff Davis Counties, Georgia.

    Ch. 872 · 45 Stat. 960 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of certain privately owned lands within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 873 · 45 Stat. 962 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing J. H. Haley, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River near a point where Olive Street Road, Saint Louis County, Missouri, if extended west would intersect the Missouri River.

    Ch. 874 · 45 Stat. 962 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924.

    Ch. 875 · 45 Stat. 964 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926.

    Ch. 876 · 45 Stat. 971 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

77. An Act Repealing existing law requiring the Postmaster General to report action taken on claims of postmasters.

    Ch. 877 · 45 Stat. 971 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

78. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State highway commission of Arkansas to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across White River at or near Clarendon, Arkansas.

    Ch. 878 · 45 Stat. 972 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

79. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to land in the claim of Seth Dean, situate in the county of Washington, State of Alabama.

    Ch. 879 · 45 Stat. 972 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of two bridges on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, in Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 880 · 45 Stat. 973 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company.

    Ch. 881 · 45 Stat. 973 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing the filling of a vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for the northern district of Illinois created by the Act entitled “An Act for the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the fourth judicial circuit, for the appointment of additional district judges for certain districts, providing for an annual conference of certain judges, and for other purposes,” approved September 14, 1922.

    Ch. 882 · 45 Stat. 974 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

83. An Act Declaring certain designated purposes with respect to certain parts of Santa Rosa Island in Florida to be “public purposes” within the meaning of the proviso in section 7 of the Act approved March 12, 1926, 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. 883 · 45 Stat. 974 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

84. An Act To amend the third paragraph of section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act.

    Ch. 884 · 45 Stat. 975 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 12 of the Act approved June 10, 1922, entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” as amended by the Act of June 1, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 680), so as to authorize an allowance of 3 cents per mile, in lieu of transportation in kind, for persons using privately owned conveyances while traveling under competent orders.

    Ch. 885 · 45 Stat. 975 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

86. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the board of supervisors of Leake County, Mississippi, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pearl River at or near Edinburg, Leake County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 886 · 45 Stat. 975 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the American group of the Interparliamentary Union.

    Ch. 887 · 45 Stat. 976 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing the State of Louisiana and the State of Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River at or near Burr Ferry, Louisiana.

    Ch. 888 · 45 Stat. 976 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Alabama to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Choctawhatchee River in Dale County on the highway now under construction from Dothan to Enterprise.

    Ch. 889 · 45 Stat. 977 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to sell at private sale a portion of the Pointe Aux Herbes Lighthouse Reservation, Louisiana.

    Ch. 890 · 45 Stat. 977 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress, as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1924.

    Ch. 891 · 45 Stat. 978 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain a dairy and livestock experiment and demonstration station for the South at or near Lewisburg, Tennessee.

    Ch. 892 · 45 Stat. 981 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the Baltimore Gas Engineering Corporation, a Maryland corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Kanawha River at or near Dunbar, West Virginia.

    Ch. 893 · 45 Stat. 981 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Vai Verde County Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Langtry, Texas.

    Ch. 894 · 45 Stat. 983 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize an increase in the limit of cost of one fleet submarine.

    Ch. 895 · 45 Stat. 984 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

96. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the State of Alabama the silver service presented to the United States for the battleship Alabama.

    Ch. 896 · 45 Stat. 984 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

97. 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 Newport.

    Ch. 897 · 45 Stat. 984 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 898 · 45 Stat. 985 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

99. An Act To enable the Postmaster General to purchase and erect community mail boxes on rural routes and to rent compartments of such boxes to patrons of rural delivery.

    Ch. 899 · 45 Stat. 985 · May 29, 1928 · Original text

100. An Act To require certain contracts entered into by the Secretary of War, or by officers authorized by him to make them, to be in writing, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 900 · 45 Stat. 985 · May 29, 1928 · Original text