Every law Congress has passed

975 laws of the 73rd Congress, 1933–1935

1. An Act To amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D.C. Code, title 5, ch. 3), relating to building and loan associations.

   Ch. 96 · 48 Stat. 506 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

2. An Act To authorize steam railroads to electrify their lines within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 97 · 48 Stat. 506 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

3. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

   Ch. 98 · 48 Stat. 507 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

4. An Act To prevent the loss of the title of the United States to lands in the territories or territorial possessions through adverse possession or prescription.

   Ch. 99 · 48 Stat. 507 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to accept and use equipment, landing fields, men, and material of the War Department, for carrying the mails by air, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 100 · 48 Stat. 508 · March 27, 1934 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize full settlement for professional services rendered to an officer of the United States Army.

   Ch. 101 · 48 Stat. 1315 · March 27, 1934 · Private law · Original text

7. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 102 · 48 Stat. 509 · March 28, 1934 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act so as to include cattle and other products as basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 103 · 48 Stat. 528 · April 7, 1934 · Original text

9. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 104 · 48 Stat. 529 · April 7, 1934 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section 3702, Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 105 · 48 Stat. 571 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

11. 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. 106 · 48 Stat. 572 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

12. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota, and Scott County and Carver County, in the State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Minnesota River at or near Jordan, Minnesota.

    Ch. 107 · 48 Stat. 572 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

13. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Louis River at or near Cloquet, Minnesota.

    Ch. 108 · 48 Stat. 573 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

14. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the southerly end of Lake Bemidji, Minnesota.

    Ch. 109 · 48 Stat. 573 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

15. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 110 · 48 Stat. 573 · April 9, 1934 · Original text

16. An Act To change the name of B Street southwest in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 111 · 48 Stat. 574 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

17. An Act To prohibit financial transactions with any foreign government in default on its obligations to the United States.

    Ch. 112 · 48 Stat. 574 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

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

    Ch. 113 · 48 Stat. 574 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

19. An Act To readjust the boundaries of Whitehaven Parkway at Huidekoper Place in the District of Columbia, provide for an exchange of land, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 48 Stat. 575 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

20. 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. 115 · 48 Stat. 576 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

21. An Act Granting an easement over certain lands to the Springfield Special Road District in the county of Greene, State of Missouri, for road purposes.

    Ch. 116 · 48 Stat. 576 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

22. An Act Creating the Cairo Bridge Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois.

    Ch. 117 · 48 Stat. 577 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Department of Labor to make special statistical studies upon payment of the cost thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 118 · 48 Stat. 582 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

24. An Act To repeal an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to prohibit the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquors in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved February 14, 1917, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 119 · 48 Stat. 583 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

25. An Act To amend the Act known as the “Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930”, approved June 10, 1930.

    Ch. 120 · 48 Stat. 584 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

26. An Act Authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to nonprofit corporations for the repair of damages caused by floods or other catastrophes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 121 · 48 Stat. 589 · April 13, 1934 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Manuel Merritt.

    Ch. 122 · 48 Stat. 1315 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Della D. Ledendecker.

    Ch. 123 · 48 Stat. 1316 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the Noank Shipyard, Incorporated.

    Ch. 124 · 48 Stat. 1316 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Ernest B. Butte.

    Ch. 125 · 48 Stat. 1316 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Lucy Murphy.

    Ch. 126 · 48 Stat. 1317 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Primo Tiburzio.

    Ch. 127 · 48 Stat. 1317 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of David I. Brown.

    Ch. 128 · 48 Stat. 1318 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Lota Tidwell, the widow of Chambliss L. Tidwell.

    Ch. 129 · 48 Stat. 1318 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of John Newman.

    Ch. 130 · 48 Stat. 1318 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Charles J. Eisenhauer.

    Ch. 131 · 48 Stat. 1319 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of George G. Slonaker.

    Ch. 132 · 48 Stat. 1319 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Erney S. Blazer.

    Ch. 133 · 48 Stat. 1319 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Emma F. Taber.

    Ch. 134 · 48 Stat. 1320 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Mary Elizabeth O’Brien.

    Ch. 135 · 48 Stat. 1320 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Lissie Maud Green.

    Ch. 136 · 48 Stat. 1320 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Warren F. Avery.

    Ch. 137 · 48 Stat. 1321 · April 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To authorize the revision of the boundaries of the Fremont National Forest in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 138 · 48 Stat. 590 · April 14, 1934 · Original text

44. An Act Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to counsel in the case of United States of America against Weirton Steel Company and other cases.

    Ch. 139 · 48 Stat. 590 · April 14, 1934 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Authorizing necessary funds to conduct investigation regarding rates charged for electrical energy and to prepare report thereon.

    Ch. 140 · 48 Stat. 591 · April 14, 1934 · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Joe Setton.

    Ch. 141 · 48 Stat. 1321 · April 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Lottie W. McCaskill.

    Ch. 142 · 48 Stat. 1322 · April 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To amend section 586c of the Act entitled “An Act to amend subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia relating to degree-conferring institutions”, approved March 2, 1929.

    Ch. 143 · 48 Stat. 592 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 144 · 48 Stat. 592 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

50. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia”, as amended.

    Ch. 145 · 48 Stat. 593 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

51. An Act To amend sections 3 and 4 of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska”, approved June 26, 1906, as amended by the Act of Congress approved June 6, 1924, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 146 · 48 Stat. 594 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with States or Territories for the education, medical attention, relief of distress, and social welfare of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 48 Stat. 596 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Extending to the whaling and fishing industries certain benefits granted under section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended.

    Ch. 148 · 48 Stat. 596 · April 16, 1934 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Captain Guy M. Kinman.

    Ch. 149 · 48 Stat. 1322 · April 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, consider, and render judgment on the claims of Edward F. Goltra against the United States arising out of the taking of certain vessels and unloading apparatus.

    Ch. 150 · 48 Stat. 1322 · April 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the settlement of damage claims arising from the construction of the Petrolia-Fort Worth gas-pipe line.

    Ch. 151 · 48 Stat. 1323 · April 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the four-masted auxiliary bark Quevilly against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 152 · 48 Stat. 1323 · April 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To amend the Act of March 2, 1929, conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts of the United States to hear and determine the claim by the owner of the steamship W. I. Radcliffe against the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 153 · 48 Stat. 1324 · April 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To reduce certain fees in naturalization proceedings, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 154 · 48 Stat. 597 · April 19, 1934 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Walter Thomas Foreman.

    Ch. 155 · 48 Stat. 1324 · April 19, 1934 · Private law · Original text

61. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of John C. Merriam as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 156 · 48 Stat. 598 · April 20, 1934 · Original text

62. An Act To place the cotton industry on a sound commercial basis, to prevent unfair competition and practices in putting cotton into the channels of interstate and foreign commerce, to provide funds for paying additional benefits under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 48 Stat. 598 · April 21, 1934 · Original text

63. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to Meridian and Bigbee River Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tombigbee River at or near Naheola, Alabama”, approved January 15, 1927.

    Ch. 158 · 48 Stat. 607 · April 23, 1934 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize payment for the purchase of, or to reimburse States or local levee districts for the cost of, levee rights-of-way for flood-control work in the Mississippi Valley, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 159 · 48 Stat. 607 · April 23, 1934 · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Franklin Surety Company.

    Ch. 160 · 48 Stat. 1324 · April 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To authorize boxing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 161 · 48 Stat. 608 · April 24, 1934 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the incorporated city of Juneau, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, including regrading and paving of streets and sidewalks, installation of sewer and water pipes, bridge construction and replacement, construction of concrete bulkheads, and construction of refuse incinerator, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $103,000.

    Ch. 162 · 48 Stat. 609 · April 25, 1934 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the incorporated city of Skagway, Alaska, to construct, reconstruct, replace, and install a water-distribution system and for such purpose to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $40,000.

    Ch. 163 · 48 Stat. 611 · April 25, 1934 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Wrangell, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, including construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, and improvements of its water-supply system; construction of a retaining wall and to back-fill behind same to make a permanent street; and construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, and improvements to sewers, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $51,000.

    Ch. 164 · 48 Stat. 612 · April 25, 1934 · Original text

70. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 165 · 48 Stat. 614 · April 26, 1934 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the waiver or remission of certain coal-lease rentals, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 48 Stat. 1325 · April 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Granting and confirming to the East Bay Municipal Utility District, a municipal utility district of the State of California and a body corporate and politic, of said State, and a political subdivision thereof, certain lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 48 Stat. 642 · April 27, 1934 · Original text

73. An Act To guarantee the bonds of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, to amend the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 48 Stat. 643 · April 27, 1934 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for determining the heirs of the deceased Indians, for the disposition and sale of allotments of deceased Indians, for the leasing of allotments, and for other purposes”, approved June 25, 1910, as amended.

    Ch. 169 · 48 Stat. 647 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

75. An Act Regulating procedure in criminal cases in the courts of the United States.

    Ch. 170 · 48 Stat. 648 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

76. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon.

    Ch. 171 · 48 Stat. 649 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

77. An Act For the inclusion of certain lands in the national forests in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 172 · 48 Stat. 649 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

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

    Ch. 173 · 48 Stat. 650 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

79. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Iowa State Highway Commission and the Missouri Highway Department to maintain a free bridge already constructed across the Des Moines River near the city of Keokuk, Iowa.

    Ch. 174 · 48 Stat. 651 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

80. An Act To legalize a bridge across Black River at or near Pocahontas, Arkansas.

    Ch. 175 · 48 Stat. 651 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

81. An Act To legalize a bridge across Saint Francis River at or near Lake City, Arkansas.

    Ch. 176 · 48 Stat. 651 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

82. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at a point in Sullivan County, Indiana, to a point opposite on the Illinois shore.

    Ch. 180 · 48 Stat. 651 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

83. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing D. S. Prentiss, R. A. Salladay, Syl F. Histed, William M. Turner, and John H. Rahilly, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of New Boston, Illinois”, approved March 3, 1931.

    Ch. 177 · 48 Stat. 652 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the State Road Commission of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Potomac River at or near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.

    Ch. 178 · 48 Stat. 652 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

85. An Act Authorizing the owners of Cut-Off Island, Posey County, Indiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge or causeway across the old channel of the Wabash River.

    Ch. 179 · 48 Stat. 653 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

86. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act by amending sections 11, 22, 23, and 24.

    Ch. 181 · 48 Stat. 654 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

87. An Act Providing for settlement of claims of officers and enlisted men for extra pay provided by Act of January 12, 1899.

    Ch. 182 · 48 Stat. 656 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to acquire a site for a lighthouse depot at New Orleans, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 183 · 48 Stat. 657 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to proclaim October 12 as Columbus Day for the observance of the anniversary of the discovery of America.

    Ch. 184 · 48 Stat. 657 · April 30, 1934 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Anna Marie Sanford.

    Ch. 185 · 48 Stat. 1325 · April 30, 1934 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Charles W. Dworack.

    Ch. 186 · 48 Stat. 1326 · April 30, 1934 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Lewis E. Green.

    Ch. 187 · 48 Stat. 1326 · April 30, 1934 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of John Moore.

    Ch. 188 · 48 Stat. 1326 · April 30, 1934 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of T. Perry Higgins.

    Ch. 189 · 48 Stat. 1327 · May 1, 1934 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of D. F. Phillips.

    Ch. 190 · 48 Stat. 1327 · May 1, 1934 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act To add certain lands to the Pike National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 191 · 48 Stat. 657 · May 3, 1934 · Original text

97. An Act To add certain lands to the Cochetopa National Forest in the State of Colorado.

    Ch. 192 · 48 Stat. 658 · May 3, 1934 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the sale of land and houses at Anchorage, Alaska.

    Ch. 193 · 48 Stat. 660 · May 3, 1934 · Original text

99. An Act Authorizing the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near a point between Morgan and Wash Streets in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto in the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois.

    Ch. 194 · 48 Stat. 661 · May 3, 1934 · Original text

100. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Mississippi Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Pearl River in the State of Mississippi.

     Ch. 195 · 48 Stat. 662 · May 3, 1934 · Original text