Every law Congress has passed

861 laws of the 72nd Congress, 1931–1933

1. An Act For the relief of Nelson King.

   Ch. 258 · 47 Stat. 1752 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of William H. Holmes.

   Ch. 259 · 47 Stat. 1753 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Hamilton Grounds.

   Ch. 260 · 47 Stat. 1753 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the addition of the names of certain persons to the final roll of the Indians of the Flathead Indian Reservation Montana, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 261 · 47 Stat. 1753 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 262 · 47 Stat. 1754 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cancel patent in fee issued to Henry J. Kirn and Louise H. Kirn.

   Ch. 263 · 47 Stat. 1754 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To authorize exchange of small tribal acreage on the Fort Hall Indian school reserve in Idaho for adjoining land.

   Ch. 264 · 47 Stat. 1755 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the addition of certain names to the final roll of the Sac and Fox Indians of Oklahoma.

   Ch. 265 · 47 Stat. 1755 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Arthur R. Saffran.

   Ch. 266 · 47 Stat. 1755 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Sadie L. Kirby.

    Ch. 267 · 47 Stat. 1756 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain Government property in Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Ch. 268 · 47 Stat. 1756 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States in and to lands in Rapides Parish, State of Louisiana.

    Ch. 269 · 47 Stat. 1756 · March 3, 1933 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, to permit loans for additional purposes, to extend the powers of Federal land banks in the making of direct loans, to authorize upon certain terms the reamortization of loans by Federal and joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 47 Stat. 1547 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and/or completing the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of the United States.

    Ch. 271 · 47 Stat. 1551 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

15. An Act To add certain lands to the Modoc National Forest, in the State of California.

    Ch. 272 · 47 Stat. 1563 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

16. An Act For the improvement of the inland waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.

    Ch. 273 · 47 Stat. 1564 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

17. An Act To further regulate banking, banks, trust companies, and building and loan associations in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 274 · 47 Stat. 1564 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the terms of existing contracts for the sale of timber on Indian land when it is in the interest of the Indians so to do.

    Ch. 275 · 47 Stat. 1568 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

19. An Act To provide for expenses of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribal Council and authorized delegates of the tribe.

    Ch. 276 · 47 Stat. 1569 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

20. An Act To add certain lands to the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 277 · 47 Stat. 1569 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing any of the minerals subject to disposition under the general leasing law or Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 278 · 47 Stat. 1570 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

22. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”, approved March 3, 1931.

    Ch. 279 · 47 Stat. 1570 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the free importation of certain articles exported temporarily for scientific or educational purposes.

    Ch. 280 · 47 Stat. 1570 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

24. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 281 · 47 Stat. 1571 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

25. Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1933, and June 30, 1934, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 282 · 47 Stat. 1602 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Authorizing the acceptance by the United States of a bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

    Ch. 283 · 47 Stat. 1620 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide additional facilities for the classification of cotton under the United States Cotton Standards Act.

    Ch. 284 · 47 Stat. 1621 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To provide for further investigation of expenditures of the Post Office Department.

    Ch. 285 · 47 Stat. 1621 · March 4, 1933 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Peter Bess.

    Ch. 286 · 47 Stat. 1757 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of John L. Dunn.

    Ch. 287 · 47 Stat. 1757 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Edward J. O’Neil.

    Ch. 288 · 47 Stat. 1758 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of George Beier.

    Ch. 289 · 47 Stat. 1758 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Arthur I. Neville.

    Ch. 290 · 47 Stat. 1759 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the Bethel Cemetery Company, the Presbyterian Church, Harold S. Stubbs, George Morgan, Edward Stapp, William J. Howard, David J. Seacord, Mary L. McIntire, Emma E. Foard, Herbert C. Hannigan, Sisters of Saint Baisi, Edward Bedwell, and Rachel A. Loveless.

    Ch. 291 · 47 Stat. 1759 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of C. A. Cates.

    Ch. 292 · 47 Stat. 1759 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Jack Schneider.

    Ch. 293 · 47 Stat. 1760 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of John S. Stotts, deceased.

    Ch. 294 · 47 Stat. 1760 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Walter Sam Young.

    Ch. 294 · 47 Stat. 1760 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of J. R. Reimer.

    Ch. 296 · 47 Stat. 1761 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of John I. Lowe.

    Ch. 297 · 47 Stat. 1761 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Ada B. (Gould) Gollan.

    Ch. 298 · 47 Stat. 1761 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Withycombe Post Numbered 11, American Legion, Corvallis, Oregon.

    Ch. 299 · 47 Stat. 1762 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To provide an additional appropriation as the result of a reinvestigation, pursuant to the Act of February 2, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 2047, pt. 2), for the payment of claims of persons who suffered property damage, death, or personal injury due to the explosions at the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, July 10, 1926.

    Ch. 300 · 47 Stat. 1762 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Howard McKee.

    Ch. 301 · 47 Stat. 1762 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Escha Whittington Casey.

    Ch. 302 · 47 Stat. 1763 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To authorize amendment of the Act of February 25, 1927, for the payment of damages caused by reason of the overflow of the Rio Grande on August 17, 1921.

    Ch. 303 · 47 Stat. 1763 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Frances Southard.

    Ch. 304 · 47 Stat. 1764 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Sadie Benni.

    Ch. 305 · 47 Stat. 1764 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Della O’Brien.

    Ch. 306 · 47 Stat. 1765 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Stuart L. Ritz.

    Ch. 307 · 47 Stat. 1765 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of James J. Meaney.

    Ch. 308 · 47 Stat. 1765 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Joseph Vigliotti.

    Ch. 309 · 47 Stat. 1766 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of William J. Fleming.

    Ch. 310 · 47 Stat. 1766 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of William N. Fishburn.

    Ch. 311 · 47 Stat. 1766 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the National Bank of Commerce, El Dorado, Arkansas.

    Ch. 312 · 47 Stat. 1767 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the First National Bank, El Dorado, Arkansas.

    Ch. 313 · 47 Stat. 1767 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of George Occhionero.

    Ch. 314 · 47 Stat. 1768 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Joseph T. Ryerson and Son (Incorporated).

    Ch. 315 · 47 Stat. 1768 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Clive Sprouse and Robert F. Moore.

    Ch. 316 · 47 Stat. 1768 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Price Huff.

    Ch. 317 · 47 Stat. 1769 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims in the claim of P. F. Gormley Company.

    Ch. 318 · 47 Stat. 1769 · March 4, 1933 · Private law · Original text