Every law Congress has passed

975 laws of the 73rd Congress, 1933–1935

1. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 101 · 48 Stat. 283 · June 16, 1933 · Original text

2. An Act To remove the limitation on the filling of the vacancy in the office of senior circuit judge for the ninth judicial circuit.

   Ch. 102 · 48 Stat. 310 · June 16, 1933 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the survival of certain actions in favor of the United States.

   Ch. 103 · 48 Stat. 311 · June 16, 1933 · Original text

4. An Act To amend Public Act Numbered 435 of the Seventy-second Congress, relating to sales of timber on Indian land.

   Ch. 104 · 48 Stat. 311 · June 16, 1933 · Original text

5. An Act To legalize the manufacture, sale, or possession of 3.2 per centum beer in the State of Oklahoma when and if the same is legalized by a majority vote of the people of Oklahoma or by act of the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma.

   Ch. 105 · 48 Stat. 311 · June 16, 1933 · Original text

6. Liquor Taxing Act of 1934

   An Act To raise revenue by taxing certain intoxicating liquors, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 1 · 48 Stat. 313 · January 11, 1934 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To provide for certain expenses incident to the second session of the Seventy-third Congress.

   Ch. 2 · 48 Stat. 318 · January 18, 1934 · Original text

8. An Act To continue the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, to provide additional funds for the Corporation, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 3 · 48 Stat. 318 · January 20, 1934 · Original text

9. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

   An Act To control the manufacture, transportation, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 4 · 48 Stat. 319 · January 24, 1934 · Original text

10. An Act Relating to contracts and agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

    Ch. 5 · 48 Stat. 337 · January 25, 1934 · Original text

11. An Act To protect the currency system of the United States, to provide for the better use of the monetary gold stock of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 6 · 48 Stat. 337 · January 30, 1934 · Original text

12. Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act

    An Act To provide for the establishment of a corporation to aid in the refinancing of farm debts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 7 · 48 Stat. 344 · January 31, 1934 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution To provide appropriations to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act to control the manufacture, transportation, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia”, approved January 24, 1934.

    Ch. 8 · 48 Stat. 349 · February 2, 1934 · Original text

14. An Act To amend an Act approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1548), entitled “An Act to supplement the last three paragraphs of section 5 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1161), as amended by the Act of March 21, 1918 (40 Stat. 458).”

    Ch. 9 · 48 Stat. 349 · February 14, 1934 · Original text

15. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to School District Numbered 28, Deschutes County, Oregon.

    Ch. 10 · 48 Stat. 350 · February 14, 1934 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for extension of time for making deferred payments on homestead entries in the abandoned Fort Lowell Military Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 11 · 48 Stat. 350 · February 14, 1934 · Original text

17. An Act To amend section 5 of the Act approved July 10, 1890 (28 Stat. 664 1 ), relating to the admission into the Union of the State of Wyoming.

    Ch. 12 · 48 Stat. 350 · February 15, 1934 · Original text

18. An Act Making an additional appropriation to carry out the purposes of the Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933, for continuation of the Civil-Works program, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 13 · 48 Stat. 351 · February 15, 1934 · Original text

19. An Act To amend the Act of March 4, 1933, relating to the regulation of banking in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 14 · 48 Stat. 352 · February 16, 1934 · Original text

20. An Act Granting certain property to the State of Michigan for institutional purposes.

    Ch. 15 · 48 Stat. 353 · February 19, 1934 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize an increase in the number of directors of the Washington Home for Foundlings.

    Ch. 16 · 48 Stat. 353 · February 20, 1934 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Rolando B. Moffett.

    Ch. 17 · 48 Stat. 1301 · February 20, 1934 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Samson Davis.

    Ch. 18 · 48 Stat. 1301 · February 20, 1934 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Francis N. Dominick.

    Ch. 19 · 48 Stat. 1301 · February 20, 1934 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Captain L. P. Worrall, Finance Department, United States Army.

    Ch. 20 · 48 Stat. 1302 · February 20, 1934 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Charles C. Bennett.

    Ch. 21 · 48 Stat. 1302 · February 20, 1934 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of George W. Edgerly.

    Ch. 22 · 48 Stat. 1303 · February 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1934, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 23 · 48 Stat. 354 · February 23, 1934 · Original text

29. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River near Trenton, New Jersey.

    Ch. 24 · 48 Stat. 355 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

30. An Act To declare Noxubee River in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to be a nonnavigable stream.

    Ch. 25 · 48 Stat. 356 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

31. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Oregon to maintain a bridge already constructed across Youngs Bay near the city of Astoria, Oregon.

    Ch. 26 · 48 Stat. 356 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

32. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 27 · 48 Stat. 356 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing the State of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Delaware River at a point between Easton, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

    Ch. 28 · 48 Stat. 356 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

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

    Ch. 29 · 48 Stat. 357 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

35. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri.

    Ch. 30 · 48 Stat. 358 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

36. An Act Authorizing the City of Hannibal, Missouri, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the City of Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.

    Ch. 31 · 48 Stat. 358 · February 24, 1934 · Original text

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

    Ch. 32 · 48 Stat. 360 · February 26, 1934 · Original text

38. An Act To amend subsection (b) of section 12 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a corporation to aid in the refinancing of farm debts, and for other purposes”, approved January 31, 1934.

    Ch. 33 · 48 Stat. 360 · February 26, 1934 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Henry M. Burns.

    Ch. 34 · 48 Stat. 1303 · February 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the settlement, allowance, and payment of certain claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 48 Stat. 1303 · February 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of Guillermo Medina, hydrographic surveyor, for the value of personal effects lost in the capsizing of a Navy whaleboat off Galera Island, Gulf of Panama.

    Ch. 36 · 48 Stat. 1305 · February 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To repeal Federal liquor prohibition laws to the extent they are in force in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 37 · 48 Stat. 361 · March 2, 1934 · Original text

43. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 38 · 48 Stat. 362 · March 2, 1934 · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of William C. Campbell.

    Ch. 39 · 48 Stat. 1305 · March 2, 1934 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the care and transportation of seamen from shipwrecked fishing and whaling vessels.

    Ch. 40 · 48 Stat. 395 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 41 · 48 Stat. 395 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

47. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana.

    Ch. 42 · 48 Stat. 396 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

48. An Act To repeal certain specific Acts of Congress and an amendment thereto enacted to regulate the manufacture, sale, or possession of intoxicating liquors in the Indian Territory, now a part of the State of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 43 · 48 Stat. 396 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

49. An Act To award the Distinguished Service Cross to former holders of the certificate of merit, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 44 · 48 Stat. 396 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

50. 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 be held May 12 to May 19, 1934, inclusive.

    Ch. 45 · 48 Stat. 397 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution To amend Public Act Numbered 81 of the Seventy-third Congress, relating to the sale of timber on Indian land.

    Ch. 46 · 48 Stat. 397 · March 5, 1934 · Original text

52. An Act To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes.

    Ch. 47 · 48 Stat. 398 · March 6, 1934 · Original text

53. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Mill Four Drainage District in Lincoln County, Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate dams and dikes to prevent the flow of waters of Yaquina Bay and River into Nutes Slough, Boones Slough, and sloughs connected therewith”, approved June 17, 1930.

    Ch. 48 · 48 Stat. 398 · March 8, 1934 · Original text

54. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to give the Supreme Court of the United States authority to prescribe rules of practice and procedure with respect to proceedings in criminal cases after verdict.”

    Ch. 49 · 48 Stat. 399 · March 8, 1934 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the Lebanon Equity Exchange, of Lebanon, Nebraska.

    Ch. 50 · 48 Stat. 1305 · March 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to refund to the Farmers’ Grain Company of Omaha, Nebraska, income taxes illegally paid to the United States Treasurer.

    Ch. 51 · 48 Stat. 1305 · March 9, 1934 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Plattsburgh National Bank and Trust Company a tract of land comprising part of the Plattsburgh Barracks Military Reservation, New York.

    Ch. 52 · 48 Stat. 399 · March 10, 1934 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the Department of Agriculture to issue a duplicate check in favor of Department of Forests and Waters, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the original check having been lost.

    Ch. 53 · 48 Stat. 400 · March 10, 1934 · Original text

59. An Act To establish fish and game sanctuaries in the national forests.

    Ch. 54 · 48 Stat. 400 · March 10, 1934 · Original text

60. An Act To promote the conservation of wild life, fish, and game, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 55 · 48 Stat. 401 · March 10, 1934 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To provide an appropriation to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act to provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1934, and for other purposes”, approved February 23, 1934.

    Ch. 56 · 48 Stat. 402 · March 10, 1934 · Original text

62. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Potomac Electric Power Company of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 57 · 48 Stat. 1306 · March 12, 1934 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of C. M. Williamson; Mrs. Tura Liljenquist, administratrix of C. E. Liljenquist, deceased; Lottie Redman; and H. N. Smith.

    Ch. 58 · 48 Stat. 1306 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Warren J. Clear.

    Ch. 59 · 48 Stat. 1307 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company.

    Ch. 60 · 48 Stat. 1307 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claims of John T. Lennon and George T. Flora.

    Ch. 61 · 48 Stat. 1308 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of William T. Stiles.

    Ch. 62 · 48 Stat. 1308 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Little Rock College, Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 63 · 48 Stat. 1308 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the estate of Benjamin Braznell.

    Ch. 64 · 48 Stat. 1308 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Nannie Swearingen.

    Ch. 65 · 48 Stat. 1309 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of the B. and O. Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 66 · 48 Stat. 1309 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of the Neill Grocery Company.

    Ch. 67 · 48 Stat. 1310 · March 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Willie B. Cleverly.

    Ch. 68 · 48 Stat. 1310 · March 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 69 · 48 Stat. 403 · March 15, 1934 · Original text

75. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes

    Ch. 70 · 48 Stat. 425 · March 15, 1934 · Original text

76. An Act To supplement and support the Migratory Bird Conservation Act by providing funds for the acquisition of areas for use as migratory-bird sanctuaries, refuges, and breeding grounds, for developing and administering such areas, for the protection of certain migratory birds, for the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and regulations thereunder, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 71 · 48 Stat. 451 · March 16, 1934 · Original text

77. An Act To provide for the appointment of a commission to establish the boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

    Ch. 72 · 48 Stat. 453 · March 21, 1934 · Original text

78. An Act To provide for the removal of American citizens and nationals accused of crime to and from the jurisdiction of any officer or representative of the United States vested with judicial authority in any country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction.

    Ch. 73 · 48 Stat. 454 · March 22, 1934 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of the Great American Indemnity Company of New York.

    Ch. 74 · 48 Stat. 1311 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Albert N. Eichenlaub, alias Albert N. Oakleaf.

    Ch. 75 · 48 Stat. 1311 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Frank D. Whitfield.

    Ch. 76 · 48 Stat. 1311 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Leonard L. Dilger.

    Ch. 77 · 48 Stat. 1312 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of James Wallace.

    Ch. 78 · 48 Stat. 1312 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of William M. Stoddard.

    Ch. 79 · 48 Stat. 1312 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Seth B. Simmons.

    Ch. 80 · 48 Stat. 1313 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of William Herod.

    Ch. 81 · 48 Stat. 1313 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Calvin M. Head.

    Ch. 82 · 48 Stat. 1313 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the estate of Victor L. Berger, deceased.

    Ch. 83 · 48 Stat. 1314 · March 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 84 · 48 Stat. 456 · March 24, 1934 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Pinkie Osborne.

    Ch. 85 · 48 Stat. 1314 · March 25, 1934 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Fixing the date for holding elections of a Delegate from Alaska to the House of Representatives and of members of the Legislature of Alaska; fixing the date on which the Legislature of Alaska shall hereafter meet; prescribing the personnel of the territorial canvassing board, defining its duties, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 86 · 48 Stat. 465 · March 26, 1934 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize annual appropriations to meet losses sustained by officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 87 · 48 Stat. 466 · March 26, 1934 · Original text

93. An Act To repeal Federal liquor prohibition laws to the extent they are in force in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 88 · 48 Stat. 467 · March 26, 1934 · Original text

94. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 89 · 48 Stat. 467 · March 26, 1934 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Requiring agricultural or other products to be shipped in vessels of the United States where the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any other instrumentality of the Government finances the exporting of such products.

    Ch. 90 · 48 Stat. 500 · March 26, 1934 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the payment of hospital and other expenses arising from an injury to Florence Glass.

    Ch. 91 · 48 Stat. 1315 · March 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To further extend the operation of the Act entitled “An Act for the temporary relief of water users on irrigation projects constructed and operated under the reclamation law” approved April 1, 1932.

    Ch. 92 · 48 Stat. 500 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to place with the Oklahoma Historical Society, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as custodian for the United States, certain records of the Five Civilized Tribes, and of other Indian tribes in the State of Oklahoma, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him.

    Ch. 93 · 48 Stat. 501 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

99. An Act Granting abandoned public buildings and grounds at Sitka, Alaska, to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 48 Stat. 502 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

100. An Act To establish the composition of the United States Navy with respect to the categories of vessels limited by the treaties signed at Washington, February 6, 1922, and at London, April 22, 1930, at the limits prescribed by those treaties; to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels; and for other purposes.

     Ch. 95 · 48 Stat. 503 · March 27, 1934 · Original text