Every law Congress has passed

1,506 laws of the 71st Congress, 1929–1931

1. An Act To enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans.

   Ch. 56 · 46 Stat. 71 · February 21, 1930 · Original text

2. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, or the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate free highway bridges across Bayou Bartholomew at or near each of the following named points in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: Cory Bluffs, Knox Ferry, Bonners Ferry, and Parkers Ferry.

   Ch. 57 · 46 Stat. 73 · February 21, 1930 · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing receivers of national banking associations to compromise shareholders’ liability.

   Ch. 58 · 46 Stat. 74 · February 25, 1930 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Grand Island, Michigan.

   Ch. 59 · 46 Stat. 74 · February 26, 1930 · Original text

5. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River between Hartford and Bellwood, Alabama.

   Ch. 60 · 46 Stat. 74 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebraska.

   Ch. 61 · 46 Stat. 74 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing Oscar Baertch, Christ Buhmann, Fred Reiter, and John W. Shaffer, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Alma, Wisconsin.

   Ch. 62 · 46 Stat. 75 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

8. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at Presidio, Texas.

   Ch. 63 · 46 Stat. 77 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

9. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana or the county of Richland, or both of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Yellowstone River at or near Sidney, Montana.

   Ch. 64 · 46 Stat. 77 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

10. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, a corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Intracoastal Canal.

    Ch. 65 · 46 Stat. 77 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

11. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the cities of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana.

    Ch. 66 · 46 Stat. 78 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Decatur, Nebraska.

    Ch. 67 · 46 Stat. 78 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers in the storm, flood, and/or drought stricken areas of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, and Missouri.

    Ch. 68 · 46 Stat. 78 · March 3, 1930 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing C. N. Jenks, F. J. Stransky, L. H. Miles, John Grandy, and Bruce Machen, their heirs, legal representatives and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Savanna, Illinois.

    Ch. 69 · 46 Stat. 79 · March 4, 1930 · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the erection of a building for use as a residence for the Protestant chaplain at the National Leper Home at Carville, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 46 Stat. 81 · March 7, 1930 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the State of Michigan for park purposes the Cheboygan Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan.

    Ch. 71 · 46 Stat. 82 · March 8, 1930 · Original text

17. An Act Granting the Consent of Congress to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Missouri River at Boonville, Missouri, in substitution for and in lieu of an existing bridge constructed under the authority of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Boonville, Missouri,” approved May 11, 1872.

    Ch. 72 · 46 Stat. 82 · March 10, 1930 · Original text

18. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act entitled ‘An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,’ approved July 2, 1862, and all Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,” approved May 22, 1928.

    Ch. 73 · 46 Stat. 83 · March 10, 1930 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the State Roads Commission of Maryland to construct a highway bridge across the Nanticoke River at Vienna in Dorchester County, Maryland.

    Ch. 74 · 46 Stat. 83 · March 10, 1930 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution Extending for two years the time within which American claimants may make application for payment, under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, of awards of the Mixed Claims Commission and of the Tripartite Claims Commission, and for one year the time within which claims may be filed with the Alien Property Custodian.

    Ch. 75 · 46 Stat. 84 · March 10, 1930 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of official delegates to the fourth World’s Poultry Congress, to be held in England in 1930.

    Ch. 76 · 46 Stat. 84 · March 10, 1930 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the State of Alabama for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929.

    Ch. 77 · 46 Stat. 84 · March 12, 1930 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Conference for the Codification of International Law in 1930.

    Ch. 78 · 46 Stat. 85 · March 15, 1930 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize sale of iron pier in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware.

    Ch. 79 · 46 Stat. 85 · March 17, 1930 · Original text

25. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the French Broad River on Tennessee Highway Numbered 9 near the town of Bridgeport in Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 80 · 46 Stat. 85 · March 17, 1930 · Original text

26. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Virginia to maintain a bridge already constructed across the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Virginia, United States route numbered 50.

    Ch. 81 · 46 Stat. 86 · March 17, 1930 · Original text

27. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Roanoke River at Weldon, North Carolina.

    Ch. 82 · 46 Stat. 86 · March 17, 1930 · Original text

28. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota, or any political subdivision thereof, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Topeka, Minnesota.

    Ch. 83 · 46 Stat. 86 · March 21, 1930 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Fur Trade Exhibition and Congress to be held in Germany in 1930.

    Ch. 84 · 46 Stat. 87 · March 21, 1930 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Bey Mario Arosemena, a citizen of Panama.

    Ch. 85 · 46 Stat. 87 · March 21, 1930 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Authorizing the use of tribal moneys belonging to the Fort Berthold Indians of North Dakota for certain purposes.

    Ch. 86 · 46 Stat. 88 · March 22, 1930 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing a per capita payment to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians.

    Ch. 87 · 46 Stat. 88 · March 24, 1930 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive, for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Edmundo Valdez Murillo, a citizen of Ecuador.

    Ch. 88 · 46 Stat. 88 · March 24, 1930 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point two citizens of Honduras, namely, Vicente Mejia and Antonio Inestroza.

    Ch. 89 · 46 Stat. 89 · March 24, 1930 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive, for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Godofredo Arrieta A., junior, a citizen of Salvador.

    Ch. 90 · 46 Stat. 89 · March 24, 1930 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive, for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Senor Guillermo Gomez, a citizen of Colombia.

    Ch. 91 · 46 Stat. 90 · March 24, 1930 · Original text

37. First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, and June 30, 1931, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 92 · 46 Stat. 90 · March 26, 1930 · Original text

38. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rock River at or near Prophetstown, Illinois.

    Ch. 93 · 46 Stat. 134 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

39. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Pecatonica River at Freeport, Illinois.

    Ch. 94 · 46 Stat. 134 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

40. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River on Ashland Avenue near One hundred and thirty-fourth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 95 · 46 Stat. 135 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

41. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to widen, maintain, and operate the existing bridge across the Little Calumet River on Halsted Street near One hundred and forty-fifth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 96 · 46 Stat. 135 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

42. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct a bridge across the Little Calumet River on Ashland Avenue near One hundred and thirty-fourth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. 97 · 46 Stat. 135 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

43. An Act To increase the appropriation for the acquisition of a site for the new House Office Building.

    Ch. 98 · 46 Stat. 136 · March 28, 1930 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes, approved May 25, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 630); the Act entitled “An Act to amend section 5 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes,’ approved May 25, 1926,” dated February 24, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, page 137); and the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire certain land within the District of Columbia to be used as space for publie buildings,” approved January 13, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, page 51).

    Ch. 99 · 46 Stat. 136 · March 31, 1930 · Original text

45. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Custer County, Nebraska.

    Ch. 100 · 46 Stat. 137 · March 31, 1930 · Original text

46. An Act To amend section 88 of the Judicial Code, as amended.

    Ch. 101 · 46 Stat. 138 · March 31, 1930 · Original text

47. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize and direct the survey, construction, and maintenance of a memorial highway to connect Mount Vernon, in the State of Virginia, with the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington,” by adding thereto two new sections, to be numbered sections 8 and 9.

    Ch. 102 · 46 Stat. 139 · April 3, 1930 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to complete the restoration of the frigate Constitution.

    Ch. 103 · 46 Stat. 140 · April 3, 1930 · Original text

49. An Act Allowing the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, or of a captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy, to any medical officer below such rank assigned to duty as physician to the White House.

    Ch. 104 · 46 Stat. 140 · April 4, 1930 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 105 · 46 Stat. 141 · April 4, 1930 · Original text

51. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Arkansas River at or near the city of Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 106 · 46 Stat. 142 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

52. An Act To abolish the Papago Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, to provide for the disposition of certain lands therein for park and recreational uses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 46 Stat. 142 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

53. An Act To allow credit to homestead settlers and entrymen for military service in certain Indian wars.

    Ch. 108 · 46 Stat. 144 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

54. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the township of Aurora, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Fox River at or near the village of North Aurora, Illinois.

    Ch. 109 · 46 Stat. 145 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

55. An Act To change the limit of cost for the construction of the Coast Guard Academy.

    Ch. 110 · 46 Stat. 145 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for participation by the United States in the International Fur Trade Exhibition and Congress to be held in Leipzig, Germany, in 1930.

    Ch. 111 · 46 Stat. 145 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for participation by the United States in the International Conference for the Codification of International Law to be held at The Hague in 1930.

    Ch. 112 · 46 Stat. 146 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for certain expenses under the Department of Justice for the remainder of the fiscal year 1930.

    Ch. 113 · 46 Stat. 146 · April 7, 1930 · Original text

59. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Fort Yates, North Dakota.

    Ch. 114 · 46 Stat. 146 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the recording of the Indian sign language through the instrumentality of Major General Hugh L. Scott, retired, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 115 · 46 Stat. 147 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

61. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to George H. Glover to construct a private highway bridge across Flanders Bay, Hancock County, Maine, from the mainland at Sorrento to Soward Island.

    Ch. 116 · 46 Stat. 147 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

62. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the Hatchie River on the Bolivar-Jackson Road near the town of Bolivar, in Hardeman County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 117 · 46 Stat. 147 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

63. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Massachusetts to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Merrimack River at or near Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 118 · 46 Stat. 148 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

64. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the Holston River on projected Tennessee Highway Numbered 9 in Knox County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 119 · 46 Stat. 148 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing the county of Lee in the State of Iowa, and Wayland Special Road District in the county of Clark and State of Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri.

    Ch. 120 · 46 Stat. 148 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

66. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Great Southern Lumber Company, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Bogue Chitto River in or near township 3 south, range 11 east, in the Parish of Washington, State of Louisiana.

    Ch. 121 · 46 Stat. 149 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the issuance of a fee patent for block 23 within the town of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, in favor of the local public-school authorities.

    Ch. 122 · 46 Stat. 149 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

68. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New York to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Delaware River at or near Beerston, New York.

    Ch. 123 · 46 Stat. 150 · April 8, 1930 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Frank Yarlott.

    Ch. 124 · 46 Stat. 1633 · April 8, 1930 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To provide for the coordination of the public-health activities of the Government, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 125 · 46 Stat. 150 · April 9, 1930 · Original text

71. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 21053 relating to the badge of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

    Ch. 126 · 46 Stat. 1633 · April 9, 1930 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint a commission to study and report on the conservation and administration of the public domain.

    Ch. 127 · 46 Stat. 153 · April 10, 1930 · Original text

73. An Act Granting a right of way across the land of the United States for bridge purposes over the Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway.

    Ch. 128 · 46 Stat. 153 · April 10, 1930 · Original text

74. An Act That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, upon request from the Governor of the State of North Carolina, to deliver to such governor as custodian for such State the silver service presented to the United States for the United States ship North Carolina (now the United States ship Charlotte, but out of commission).

    Ch. 129 · 46 Stat. 153 · April 10, 1930 · Original text

75. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to agreements or compacts between the States of Oklahoma and Texas for the purchase, construction, and maintenance of highway bridges over the Red River, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 130 · 46 Stat. 154 · April 10, 1930 · Original text

76. An Act To discontinue the coinage of the two and one-half dollar gold piece.

    Ch. 131 · 46 Stat. 154 · April 11, 1930 · Original text

77. An Act To amend sections 476, 482, and 4934 of the Revised Statutes, sections 1 and 14 of the Trade-Mark Act of February 20, 1905, as amended, and section 1 (b) of the Trade-Mark Act of March 19, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 132 · 46 Stat. 155 · April 11, 1930 · Original text

78. An Act Authorizing the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the counties of Douglas, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Iowa, to construct, maintain, and operate one or more but not to exceed three toll or free bridges across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 133 · 46 Stat. 156 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

79. An Act To approve act numbered 55 of the session laws of 1929 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within the district of Hamakua, island and county of Hawaii.”

    Ch. 134 · 46 Stat. 158 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize fraternal and benevolent corporations heretofore created by special Act of Congress to divide and separate the insurance activities from the fraternal activities by an act of its supreme legislative body, subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Insurance of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 135 · 46 Stat. 158 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900.

    Ch. 136 · 46 Stat. 160 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

82. An Act To approve act numbered 29 of the session laws of 1929 of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled “An act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric current for light and power within Hanalei, in the District of Hanalei, island and county of Kauai.”

    Ch. 137 · 46 Stat. 161 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Cordova, Alaska, to issue bonds for the construction of a trunk-sewer system and a bulkhead or retaining wall, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 138 · 46 Stat. 161 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

84. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Black River at or near Pocahontas, Arkansas.

    Ch. 139 · 46 Stat. 162 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the fourth paragraph of section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Ch. 140 · 46 Stat. 162 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

86. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New York to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Red House, New York.

    Ch. 141 · 46 Stat. 163 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce, a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1927.

    Ch. 142 · 46 Stat. 163 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deliver water during the irrigation season of 1930 on the Uncompahgre project, Colorado.

    Ch. 143 · 46 Stat. 163 · April 12, 1930 · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Josephine Laforge (Sage Woman).

    Ch. 144 · 46 Stat. 1634 · April 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Clarence L. Stevens.

    Ch. 145 · 46 Stat. 1634 · April 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Carl Stanley Sloan, minor Flathead allottee.

    Ch. 146 · 46 Stat. 1634 · April 12, 1930 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act of February 21, 1929, entitled “An Act to authorize the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of a site, and the construction and equipment of a building thereon, for use as a constant frequency monitoring radio station, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 147 · 46 Stat. 164 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

93. An Act Providing for retired pay for certain members of the former Life Saving Service, equivalent to compensation granted to members of the Coast Guard.

    Ch. 148 · 46 Stat. 164 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes, pages 67, 68), entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii.”

    Ch. 149 · 46 Stat. 165 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to invite representatives of the Governments of the countries members of the Pan American Union to attend an Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, Forestry, and Animal Industry, and providing for the expenses of such meeting.

    Ch. 150 · 46 Stat. 166 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize the purchase of a motor lifeboat, with its equipment and necessary spare parts, from foreign life-saving services.

    Ch. 151 · 46 Stat. 166 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a Federal reserve branch building in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 152 · 46 Stat. 166 · April 14, 1930 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Leonard T. Newton.

    Ch. 153 · 46 Stat. 1634 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Captain George G. Seibels, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

    Ch. 154 · 46 Stat. 1635 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Captain Chester G. Mayo, Supply Corps, United States Navy.

     Ch. 155 · 46 Stat. 1635 · April 14, 1930 · Private law · Original text