Every law Congress has passed

861 laws of the 72nd Congress, 1931–1933

1. An Act Granting compensation to Harriet M. MacDonald.

   Ch. 83 · 47 Stat. 1659 · March 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To provide for the extension of improvements on the west side of Georgia Avenue, north of Princeton Place, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 84 · 47 Stat. 66 · March 17, 1932 · Original text

3. An Act To clarify the application of the contract labor provisions of the immigration laws to instrumental musicians.

   Ch. 85 · 47 Stat. 67 · March 17, 1932 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the construction of a dam across Des Lacs Lake, North Dakota.

   Ch. 86 · 47 Stat. 67 · March 18, 1932 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of participation by the United States Government in the Second Polar Year Program, August 1, 1932, to August 31, 1933.

   Ch. 87 · 47 Stat. 68 · March 18, 1932 · Original text

6. An Act To revise the boundary of the Mount McKinley National Park, in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 88 · 47 Stat. 68 · March 19, 1932 · Original text

7. An Act To amend the authorization contained in the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1929, for the acquisition of site and construction of building in Jackson, Mississippi.

   Ch. 89 · 47 Stat. 69 · March 19, 1932 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Judicial Code and to define and limit the jurisdiction of courts sitting in equity, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 90 · 47 Stat. 70 · March 23, 1932 · Original text

9. An Act To legalize a bridge across the Mississippi River at Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

   Ch. 91 · 47 Stat. 74 · March 25, 1932 · Original text

10. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Bay of San Francisco from the Rincon Hill district in San Francisco by way of Goat Island to Oakland.

    Ch. 92 · 47 Stat. 74 · March 26, 1932 · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain unused Indian cemetery reserves on the Wichita Indian Reservation in Oklahoma to provide funds for purchase of other suitable burial sites for the Wichita Indians and affiliated bands.

    Ch. 93 · 47 Stat. 74 · March 28, 1932 · Original text

12. An Act Granting certain public lands to the State of New Mexico for the use and benefit of the Eastern New Mexico Normal School, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 47 Stat. 75 · March 31, 1932 · Original text

13. An Act For the temporary relief of water users on irrigation projects constructed and operated under the reclamation law.

    Ch. 95 · 47 Stat. 75 · April 1, 1932 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the construction of a temporary railroad bridge across Pearl River at a point in or near the northeast quarter section 11, township 10 north, range 8 east, Leake County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 96 · 47 Stat. 78 · April 8, 1932 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution For the improvement of Chevy Chase Circle with a fountain and appropriate landscape treatment.

    Ch. 97 · 47 Stat. 78 · April 8, 1932 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize pay patients to be admitted to the contagious-disease ward of the Gallinger Municipal Hospital.

    Ch. 98 · 47 Stat. 79 · April 14, 1932 · Original text

17. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 99 · 47 Stat. 79 · April 14, 1932 · Original text

18. An Act To amend an Act approved March 3, 1917, known as the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the year ending June 30, 1918.

    Ch. 100 · 47 Stat. 79 · April 14, 1932 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution To provide for the naming of Montgomery Blair Portal.

    Ch. 101 · 47 Stat. 81 · April 14, 1932 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Act of March 2, 1897, authorizing the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.

    Ch. 102 · 47 Stat. 81 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

21. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri.

    Ch. 103 · 47 Stat. 82 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

22. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 104 · 47 Stat. 82 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

23. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Rock River at or near Prophetstown, Illinois.

    Ch. 105 · 47 Stat. 82 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

24. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mahoning River at New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 106 · 47 Stat. 82 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

25. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York.

    Ch. 107 · 47 Stat. 83 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

26. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Madison, Arkansas, on State Highway Numbered 70.

    Ch. 108 · 47 Stat. 83 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

27. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Lake City, Arkansas.

    Ch. 109 · 47 Stat. 83 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

28. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Flint River, Alabama and Tennessee, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 110 · 47 Stat. 84 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

29. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Flint Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 111 · 47 Stat. 84 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

30. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Cataco Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 112 · 47 Stat. 84 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pennsylvania, either jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 113 · 47 Stat. 85 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

32. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson River at or near Catskill, Greene County, New York.

    Ch. 114 · 47 Stat. 86 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

33. An Act Extending the limit of time within which Parramore Post Numbered 57, American Legion, may construct its memorial building, and correcting street location.

    Ch. 115 · 47 Stat. 86 · April 15, 1932 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Dock Leach.

    Ch. 116 · 47 Stat. 1659 · April 15, 1932 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Moncravie.

    Ch. 117 · 47 Stat. 1659 · April 15, 1932 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To amend an Act approved February 20, 1896, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,’ approved May 11, 1892.”

    Ch. 118 · 47 Stat. 86 · April 16, 1932 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to erect one marker for the graves of fifteen Confederate soldiers killed in action and buried in the La Fayette Cemetery at La Fayette, Georgia, in lieu of separate markers as now authorized by law.

    Ch. 119 · 47 Stat. 87 · April 16, 1932 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Melissa Isabel Fairchild.

    Ch. 120 · 47 Stat. 1659 · April 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend section 600 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1284; D. C. Code, title 5, sec. 122).

    Ch. 121 · 47 Stat. 87 · April 20, 1932 · Original text

40. An Act Amending the Act of Congress entitled “An Act authorizing the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in Oklahoma to submit claims to the Court of Claims,” approved June 4, 1924.

    Ch. 122 · 47 Stat. 87 · April 21, 1932 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Act of May 27, 1930, authorizing an appropriation for the reconstruction and improvement of a road on the Shoshone Indian Reservation, Wyoming.

    Ch. 123 · 47 Stat. 88 · April 21, 1932 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the leasing of the segregated coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Nations, in Oklahoma, and for an extension of time within which purchasers of such deposits may complete payments.

    Ch. 124 · 47 Stat. 88 · April 21, 1932 · Original text

43. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 125 · 47 Stat. 91 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

44. An Act To amend section 5 of the Criminal Code.

    Ch. 126 · 47 Stat. 132 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

45. An Act Granting certain lands to the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district in the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, for levee and street purposes.

    Ch. 127 · 47 Stat. 133 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, Iowa.

    Ch. 128 · 47 Stat. 133 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Elbowoods, North Dakota.

    Ch. 129 · 47 Stat. 134 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Black River at or near Pocahontas, Arkansas.

    Ch. 130 · 47 Stat. 134 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

49. An Act To authorize appointment of public-school employees between meetings of the Board of Education.

    Ch. 131 · 47 Stat. 134 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

50. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the South Carolina and the Georgia Highway Departments to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Savannah River at or near Burtons Ferry, near Sylvania, Georgia,” approved May 26, 1928.

    Ch. 132 · 47 Stat. 135 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the extension and widening of Michigan Avenue in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 133 · 47 Stat. 135 · April 22, 1932 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to vacate withdrawals of public lands under the reclamation law, with reservation of rights, ways, and easements.

    Ch. 134 · 47 Stat. 136 · April 23, 1932 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Frank Bayer.

    Ch. 135 · 47 Stat. 1660 · April 23, 1932 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine certain claims of the Eastern or Emigrant and the Western or Old Settler Cherokee Indians against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 136 · 47 Stat. 137 · April 25, 1932 · Original text

55. An Act Relating to the construction of a Federal building at Ponca City, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 137 · 47 Stat. 138 · April 25, 1932 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillowcases; five thousand canvas cots; five thousand cotton pillows; five thousand bed sacks; ten thousand bed sheets; twenty field ranges, numbered 1; ten field bake ovens; fifty water bags (for ice water); to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Richmond. Virginia, in June, 1932.

    Ch. 138 · 47 Stat. 139 · April 25, 1932 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the granting by the Secretary of War of a right of way to the Georgia Highway Department.

    Ch. 139 · 47 Stat. 139 · April 25, 1932 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of G. W. Wall.

    Ch. 140 · 47 Stat. 1660 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Lehde and Schoenhut.

    Ch. 141 · 47 Stat. 1660 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of the State National Bank of Wills Point, Texas.

    Ch. 142 · 47 Stat. 1661 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 143 · 47 Stat. 1661 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.

    Ch. 144 · 47 Stat. 1662 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Helen Patricia Sullivan.

    Ch. 145 · 47 Stat. 1662 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Alton B. Platner.

    Ch. 146 · 47 Stat. 1662 · April 25, 1932 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Francis Engler.

    Ch. 147 · 47 Stat. 1663 · April 26, 1932 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Steve Fekete.

    Ch. 148 · 47 Stat. 1663 · April 26, 1932 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To require the approval of the General Council of the Seminole Tribe or Nation in case of the disposal of any tribal land.

    Ch. 149 · 47 Stat. 140 · April 27, 1932 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To provide additional appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932.

    Ch. 150 · 47 Stat. 140 · April 29, 1932 · Original text

69. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act confirming in States and Territories title to land granted by the United States in the aid of common or public schools,” approved January 25, 1927.

    Ch. 151 · 47 Stat. 140 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

70. An Act To grant certain lands to the State of Colorado for the benefit of the Colorado School of Mines.

    Ch. 152 · 47 Stat. 141 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the State of Minnesota of lot 4, section 18, township 131 north, range 29 west, in the county of Morrison, Minnesota.

    Ch. 153 · 47 Stat. 141 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

72. An Act For the protection of the northern Pacific halibut fishery.

    Ch. 154 · 47 Stat. 142 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

73. An Act To accept the grant by the State of Montana of concurrent police jurisdiction over the rights of way of the Blackfeet Highway, and over the rights of way of its connections with the Glacier National Park road system on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 155 · 47 Stat. 144 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize expenditures for the enforcement of the contract-labor provisions of the immigration law.

    Ch. 156 · 47 Stat. 145 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

75. An Act For establishment of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

    Ch. 157 · 47 Stat. 145 · May 2, 1932 · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Jeff Davis Caperton and Lucy Virginia Caperton.

    Ch. 158 · 47 Stat. 1663 · May 2, 1932 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of J. J. Bradshaw and Addie C. Bradshaw.

    Ch. 159 · 47 Stat. 1664 · May 2, 1932 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Alvina Hollis.

    Ch. 160 · 47 Stat. 1664 · May 2, 1932 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Clara E. Wight.

    Ch. 161 · 47 Stat. 1664 · May 2, 1932 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the modification of the boundary line between the Panama Canal Zone and the Republic of Panama, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 47 Stat. 145 · May 3, 1932 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Grina Brothers.

    Ch. 163 · 47 Stat. 1665 · May 3, 1932 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Extending the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories,” approved March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 377), and Acts amendatory thereof, to ceded lands of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 164 · 47 Stat. 146 · May 4, 1932 · Original text

83. An Act Amending an Act of Congress approved February 28, 1919 (40 Stat. L. 1206), granting the city of San Diego certain lands in the Cleveland National Forest and the Capitan Grande Indian Reservation for dam and reservoir purposes for the conservation of water, and for other purposes, so as to include additional lands.

    Ch. 165 · 47 Stat. 146 · May 4, 1932 · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Daniel S. Schaffer Company (Incorporated).

    Ch. 166 · 47 Stat. 1665 · May 4, 1932 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Senelma Wirkkula, also known as Selma Wirkkula; Alice Marie Wirkkula; and Bernice Elaine Wirkkula.

    Ch. 167 · 47 Stat. 1666 · May 4, 1932 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Historical Society of Montana, for preservation and exhibition, the silver service which was in use on the gunboat, Numbered 9, Helena.

    Ch. 168 · 47 Stat. 149 · May 6, 1932 · Original text

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

    Ch. 169 · 47 Stat. 149 · May 6, 1932 · Original text

88. An Act Providing for the appointment as ensigns in the line of the Navy of all midshipmen who graduate from the Naval Academy in 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 170 · 47 Stat. 149 · May 6, 1932 · Original text

89. An Act To give war-time commissioned rank to retired warrant officers and enlisted men.

    Ch. 171 · 47 Stat. 150 · May 7, 1932 · Original text

90. An Act To amend section 11 of the Act approved February 22, 1889 (25 Stat. 676), relating to the admission into the Union of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington.

    Ch. 172 · 47 Stat. 150 · May 7, 1932 · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the confirmation of a selection of certain lands by the State of Arizona for the benefit of the University of Arizona.

    Ch. 173 · 47 Stat. 151 · May 7, 1932 · Original text

92. An Act To amend the Act approved February 7, 1927, entitled “An Act to promote the mining of potash on the public domain.”

    Ch. 174 · 47 Stat. 151 · May 7, 1932 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters,” approved February 8, 1895.

    Ch. 175 · 47 Stat. 152 · May 9, 1932 · Original text

94. An Act To provide for conveyance of a certain strip of land on Fenwick Island, Sussex County, State of Delaware, for roadway purposes.

    Ch. 176 · 47 Stat. 152 · May 11, 1932 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the sale, on competitive bids, of unallotted lands on the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, in Wisconsin, not needed for allotment, tribal, or administrative purposes.

    Ch. 177 · 47 Stat. 153 · May 13, 1932 · Original text

96. An Act To extend the period of time during which final proof may be offered by homestead entrymen.

    Ch. 178 · 47 Stat. 153 · May 13, 1932 · Original text

97. An Act To transfer Lincoln County from the Columbia division to the Winchester division of the middle Tennessee judicial district.

    Ch. 179 · 47 Stat. 153 · May 13, 1932 · Original text

98. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close upper Water Street between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets.

    Ch. 180 · 47 Stat. 154 · May 13, 1932 · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of C. B. Bellows.

    Ch. 181 · 47 Stat. 1666 · May 13, 1932 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of G. Carroll Ross.

     Ch. 182 · 47 Stat. 1666 · May 13, 1932 · Private law · Original text