Every law Congress has passed

861 laws of the 72nd Congress, 1931–1933

1. An Act For the relief of James E. Fraser.

   Ch. 483 · 47 Stat. 1708 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Malcolm Allen.

   Ch. 484 · 47 Stat. 1708 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 485 · 47 Stat. 1709 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Caughman-Kaminer Company.

   Ch. 486 · 47 Stat. 1709 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of David C. Jeffcoat.

   Ch. 487 · 47 Stat. 1709 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Raymond D. Woods.

   Ch. 488 · 47 Stat. 1709 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Samuel B. Inman.

   Ch. 489 · 47 Stat. 1710 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Hilda Barnard.

   Ch. 490 · 47 Stat. 1710 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Frank R. Scott.

   Ch. 491 · 47 Stat. 1710 · July 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To establish, a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 492 · 47 Stat. 696 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the charter of the Firemen’s Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 493 · 47 Stat. 699 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Wellsburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 494 · 47 Stat. 699 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 2 of an Act approved February 25, 1929 (45 Stat. 1303), to complete the acquisition of land adjacent to Bolling Field, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 495 · 47 Stat. 699 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution To authorize the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service to make a survey as to the existing facilities for the protection of the public health in the care and treatment of leprous persons in the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 496 · 47 Stat. 700 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution To amend the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution making an appropriation to provide transportation to their homes for veterans of the World War temporarily quartered in the District of Columbia,” approved July 8, 1932.

    Ch. 497 · 47 Stat. 701 · July 15, 1932 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to promote the production of sulphur upon the public domain within the State of Louisiana,” approved April 17, 1926.

    Ch. 498 · 47 Stat. 701 · July 16, 1932 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution Making available as of July 1, 1932, the appropriations contained in the regular annual appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1933 for the Departments of Agriculture, Post Office, Treasury, and War, and ratifying obligations incurred in anticipation thereof.

    Ch. 499 · 47 Stat. 702 · July 16, 1932 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the payment of pages for the Senate and House of Representatives from July 16 to July 25, 1932.

    Ch. 500 · 47 Stat. 702 · July 16, 1932 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of William Dalton.

    Ch. 501 · 47 Stat. 1711 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Claude E. Dove.

    Ch. 502 · 47 Stat. 1711 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Elsie M. Sears.

    Ch. 503 · 47 Stat. 1711 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Eva May Peed, widow of George M. Peed, deceased.

    Ch. 504 · 47 Stat. 1712 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Frank Martin.

    Ch. 505 · 47 Stat. 1712 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of May Weaver.

    Ch. 506 · 47 Stat. 1713 · July 16, 1932 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the conveyance to the State of Tennessee of certain land deeded to the United States for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and not needed therefor.

    Ch. 507 · 47 Stat. 702 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

26. An Act To extend the provisions of the National Bank Act to the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 508 · 47 Stat. 703 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

27. An Act To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at A Century of Progress (Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration), to be held at Chicago. Illinois, in 1933.

    Ch. 509 · 47 Stat. 703 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks to employ landscape architects, architects, engineers, artists, or other expert consultants.

    Ch. 510 · 47 Stat. 705 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the entry under bond of exhibits of arts, sciences, and industries, and products of the soil, mine, and sea.

    Ch. 511 · 47 Stat. 705 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the South Fork, Forked Deer River on the Milan-Brownsville Road, State highway numbered 76, near the Haywood- Crockett County line, Tennessee.

    Ch. 512 · 47 Stat. 706 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

31. An Act To encourage the mining of coal adjacent to the Alaska Railroad in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 513 · 47 Stat. 707 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands no longer required for public purposes in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 514 · 47 Stat. 707 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Making available to the Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate certain information in the possession of the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

    Ch. 515 · 47 Stat. 708 · July 19, 1932 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Sophia A. Beers.

    Ch. 516 · 47 Stat. 1713 · July 19, 1932 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the estate of Annie Lee Edgecumbe, deceased.

    Ch. 517 · 47 Stat. 1714 · July 19, 1932 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To fix the fees to be charged for the issue of domestic money orders.

    Ch. 518 · 47 Stat. 708 · July 21, 1932 · Original text

37. An Act To provide a postage charge on notices to publishers regarding undeliverable second-class matter.

    Ch. 519 · 47 Stat. 709 · July 21, 1932 · Original text

38. Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932

    An Act To relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program.

    Ch. 520 · 47 Stat. 709 · July 21, 1932 · Original text

39. An Act Relating to loans to veterans on their adjusted-service certificates.

    Ch. 521 · 47 Stat. 724 · July 21, 1932 · Original text

40. Federal Home Loan Bank Act

    An Act To create Federal Home Loan Banks, to provide for the supervision thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 522 · 47 Stat. 725 · July 22, 1932 · Original text

41. An Act Making an appropriation for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933.

    Ch. 523 · 47 Stat. 741 · July 22, 1932 · Original text

42. An Act To repeal an Act entitled “An Act to legalize the incorporation of National Trades Unions,” approved June 29, 1886.

    Ch. 524 · 47 Stat. 741 · July 22, 1932 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution Making appropriations to enable the Federal Farm Board to distribute Government- owned wheat and cotton to the American National Red Cross and other organizations for relief of distress.

    Ch. 525 · 47 Stat. 741 · July 22, 1932 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for December, 1932, on the 20th day of that month.

    Ch. 1 · 47 Stat. 747 · December 13, 1932 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of John S. Shaw.

    Ch. 2 · 47 Stat. 1715 · December 13, 1932 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the restitution of employees of the post office at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 3 · 47 Stat. 1715 · December 14, 1932 · Private law · Original text

47. The Street Readjustment Act of the District of Columbia

    An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to readjust and close streets, roads, highways, or alleys in the District of Columbia rendered useless or unnecessary, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 4 · 47 Stat. 747 · December 15, 1932 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Traffic Acts, as amended.

    Ch. 5 · 47 Stat. 750 · December 19, 1932 · Original text

49. An Act Providing for the closing of barber shops one day in every seven in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 6 · 47 Stat. 750 · December 19, 1932 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize and direct the transfer of Widow’s Island, Maine, by the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as a migratory-bird refuge.

    Ch. 7 · 47 Stat. 751 · December 22, 1932 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell obsolete and surplus clothing at nominal prices for distribution to the needy.

    Ch. 8 · 47 Stat. 751 · December 23, 1932 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Extending the time for filing the report of the joint committee to investigate the operation of the laws and regulations relating to the relief of veterans.

    Ch. 9 · 47 Stat. 752 · January 3, 1933 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To authorize the merger of street-railway corporations operating in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 47 Stat. 752 · January 14, 1933 · Original text

54. An Act To enable the people of the Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution and form a government for the Philippine Islands, to provide for the independence of the same, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 11 · 47 Stat. 761 · January 17, 1933 · Original text

55. An Act To amend the United States mining laws applicable to the city of Prescott municipal watershed in the Prescott National Forest within the State of Arizona.

    Ch. 12 · 47 Stat. 771 · January 19, 1933 · Original text

56. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of County Commissioners of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River between the city of Pittsburgh and the borough of Homestead, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 13 · 47 Stat. 772 · January 19, 1933 · Original text

57. 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. 14 · 47 Stat. 772 · January 19, 1933 · Original text

58. An Act Providing for payment of $25 to each enrolled Chippewa Indian of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 15 · 47 Stat. 773 · January 20, 1933 · Original text

59. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to punish, the unlawful breaking of seals of railroad cars containing interstate or foreign shipments, the unlawful entering of such cars, the stealing of freight and express packages or baggage or articles in process of transportation in interstate shipment, and the felonious asportation of such freight or express packages or baggage or articles therefrom into another district of the United States, and the felonious possession or reception of the same,” approved February 13, 1913, as amended (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 409–411), by extending its provisions to provide for the punishment of stealing or otherwise unlawful taking of property from passenger cars, sleeping cars, or dining cars, or from passengers on such cars, while such cars are parts of interstate trains, and authorizing prosecution therefor in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the property stolen or otherwise unlawfully taken.

    Ch. 16 · 47 Stat. 773 · January 21, 1933 · Original text

60. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near Rouses Point, New York, and a point at or near Alburgh, Vermont.

    Ch. 17 · 47 Stat. 775 · January 24, 1933 · Original text

61. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of Supervisors of Marion County, Mississippi, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Pearl River at or near Columbia, Mississippi.

    Ch. 18 · 47 Stat. 775 · January 24, 1933 · Original text

62. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Tombigbee River at or near Old Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi.

    Ch. 19 · 47 Stat. 775 · January 24, 1933 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To exempt from the tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the committee on inaugural ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President elect in March, 1933.

    Ch. 20 · 47 Stat. 776 · January 24, 1933 · Original text

64. An Act Relating to the deferment and adjustment of construction charges for the years 1931 and 1932 on Indian irrigation projects.

    Ch. 21 · 47 Stat. 776 · January 26, 1933 · Original text

65. An Act To restore to their former retired status in the Regular Army of the United States persons who resigned such status to accept the benefits of the Act of May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 22 · 47 Stat. 776 · January 26, 1933 · Original text

66. An Act Relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma

    Ch. 23 · 47 Stat. 777 · January 27, 1933 · Original text

67. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana.

    Ch. 24 · 47 Stat. 779 · January 27, 1933 · Original text

68. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 25 · 47 Stat. 779 · January 27, 1933 · Original text

69. First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933

    An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 26 · 47 Stat. 780 · January 30, 1933 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies.

    Ch. 27 · 47 Stat. 792 · January 30, 1933 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of permits to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President elect in March, 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 28 · 47 Stat. 793 · January 31, 1933 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Messieurs Short, Ross, Shaw, and Mayhood.

    Ch. 29 · 47 Stat. 1715 · January 31, 1933 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Kenneth Carpenter.

    Ch. 30 · 47 Stat. 1716 · February 1, 1933 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claims of Orem Wheatley, Kenneth Blaine, and Joseph R. Ball.

    Ch. 31 · 47 Stat. 1716 · February 1, 1933 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of George T. Johnson and Sons.

    Ch. 32 · 47 Stat. 1716 · February 1, 1933 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Johnson and Higgins.

    Ch. 33 · 47 Stat. 1717 · February 2, 1933 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To extend the time during which certain provisions of the Act of February 27, 1932, relating to improving the facilities of the Federal reserve system to meet the needs of member banks in exceptional circumstances, shall be effective.

    Ch. 34 · 47 Stat. 794 · February 3, 1933 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 47 Stat. 795 · February 4, 1933 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize the posthumous award of a distinguished-flying cross to Eugene B. Ely.

    Ch. 36 · 47 Stat. 1717 · February 6, 1933 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of William C. Rives.

    Ch. 37 · 47 Stat. 1717 · February 6, 1933 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Authorizing the President to transfer and appoint Lieutenant Morris Smellow, United States Navy, to the grade of passed assistant paymaster, with the rank of lieutenant, in the Supply Corps of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 38 · 47 Stat. 1717 · February 6, 1933 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Fairbanks, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $100,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a public-school building in the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 47 Stat. 796 · February 7, 1933 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of William B. Thompson.

    Ch. 40 · 47 Stat. 1718 · February 7, 1933 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of J. G. Seupelt.

    Ch. 41 · 47 Stat. 1718 · February 7, 1933 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Anna Pokorny.

    Ch. 42 · 47 Stat. 1718 · February 7, 1933 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the distribution of Government-owned cotton to the American National Red Cross and other organizations for relief of distress.

    Ch. 43 · 47 Stat. 797 · February 8, 1933 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of S. F. Stacher.

    Ch. 44 · 47 Stat. 1719 · February 8, 1933 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To further amend the Act approved February 25, 1920, entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain.”

    Ch. 45 · 47 Stat. 798 · February 9, 1933 · Original text

89. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at or near Astoria, Oregon.

    Ch. 46 · 47 Stat. 799 · February 9, 1933 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the presentation of a medal of honor, posthumously, to the late Henry Clay Drexler and the late George Robert Cholister.

    Ch. 47 · 47 Stat. 1719 · February 9, 1933 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To change the name of “Roosevelt Island” to “Theodore Roosevelt Island.”

    Ch. 48 · 47 Stat. 799 · February 11, 1933 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution To provide appropriations to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the distribution of Government-owned cotton to the American National Red Cross and other organizations for relief of distress,” approved February 8, 1933.

    Ch. 49 · 47 Stat. 799 · February 11, 1933 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the presidential inaugural ceremonies in 1933.

    Ch. 50 · 47 Stat. 800 · February 13, 1933 · Original text

94. An Act To remove existing discriminations incident to certain land grants and to subject them to the same conditions that govern other land grants of their class.

    Ch. 51 · 47 Stat. 800 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

95. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Campus Martius Memorial Museum, of the city of Marietta, Ohio, the silver service presented to the United States for the gunboat Marietta.

    Ch. 52 · 47 Stat. 801 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 24 of the Act approved February 28, 1925, entitled “An Act to provide for the creation, organization, administration, and maintenance of a Naval Reserve and a Marine Corps Reserve,” as amended by the Act of March 2, 1929.

    Ch. 53 · 47 Stat. 801 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

97. An Act For estimates necessary for the proper maintenance of the flood-control works at Lowell Creek, Seward, Alaska.

    Ch. 54 · 47 Stat. 802 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

98. An Act Authorizing Roy H. Campbell, Charles H. Brown, G. H. Wilsey, and Doctor H. O. Strosnider, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri.

    Ch. 55 · 47 Stat. 802 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

99. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Pee Dee River and a bridge across the Waccamaw River, both at or near Georgetown, South Carolina.

    Ch. 56 · 47 Stat. 804 · February 14, 1933 · Original text

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

     Ch. 57 · 47 Stat. 804 · February 14, 1933 · Original text