Every law Congress has passed

975 laws of the 73rd Congress, 1933–1935

1. An Act For the relief of Scott C. White,

   Ch. 296 · 48 Stat. 1355 · May 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of C. J. Holliday.

   Ch. 297 · 48 Stat. 1355 · May 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of J. B. Trotter.

   Ch. 298 · 48 Stat. 1356 · May 17, 1934 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To provide punishment for killing or assaulting Federal officers.

   Ch. 299 · 48 Stat. 780 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

5. An Act Applying the powers of the Federal Government, under the commerce clause of the Constitution, to extortion by means of telephone, telegraph, radio, oral message, or otherwise.

   Ch. 300 · 48 Stat. 781 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Act forbidding the transportation of kidnaped persons in interstate commerce.

   Ch. 301 · 48 Stat. 781 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

7. An Act Making it unlawful for any person to flee from one State to another for the purpose of avoiding prosecution or the giving of testimony in certain cases.

   Ch. 302 · 48 Stat. 782 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

8. An Act To define certain crimes against the United States in connection with the administration of Federal penal and correctional institutions and to fix the punishment therefor.

   Ch. 303 · 48 Stat. 782 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

9. An Act To provide punishment for certain offenses committed against banks organized or operating under laws of the United States or any member of the Federal Reserve System.

   Ch. 304 · 48 Stat. 783 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize the donation of certain land to the town of Bourne, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 305 · 48 Stat. 783 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1934, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 306 · 48 Stat. 784 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution Requesting the President of the United States of America to proclaim May 20, 1934, General Lafayette Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the death of General Lafayette.

    Ch. 307 · 48 Stat. 784 · May 18, 1934 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize Frank W. Mahin, retired American Foreign Service officer, to accept from Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands the brevet and insignia of the Royal Netherland Order of Orange Nassau.

    Ch. 308 · 48 Stat. 1356 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Jacob Durrenberger.

    Ch. 309 · 48 Stat. 1357 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Robert Turner.

    Ch. 310 · 48 Stat. 1357 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Frederick W. Peter.

    Ch. 311 · 48 Stat. 1358 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To place Jesse C. Harmon on the retired list of the United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 312 · 48 Stat. 1358 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Enoch Graf.

    Ch. 313 · 48 Stat. 1358 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of certain newspapers for advertising services rendered the Public Health Service of the Treasury Department.

    Ch. 314 · 48 Stat. 1359 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the Palmetto Cotton Company.

    Ch. 315 · 48 Stat. 1359 · May 18, 1934 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the participation of the United States in A Century of Progress (the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration) to be held at Chicago, Illinois, in 1933, authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes”, approved February 8, 1932, to provide for participation in A Century of Progress in 1934, to authorize an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 316 · 48 Stat. 785 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

22. An Act To add certain lands to the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon

    Ch. 317 · 48 Stat. 785 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

23. An Act To provide for the selection of certain lands in the State of Arizona for the use of the University of Arizona.

    Ch. 318 · 48 Stat. 786 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

24. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 319 · 48 Stat. 786 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

25. An Act Granting a leave of absence to settlers of homestead lands during the years 1932, 1933, and 1934.

    Ch. 320 · 48 Stat. 787 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

26. An Act Repealing certain sections of the Revised Code of Laws of the United States relating to the Indians.

    Ch. 321 · 48 Stat. 787 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey by appropriate deed of conveyance certain lands in the District of Ewa, island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 322 · 48 Stat. 787 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

28. An Act To provide for an appropriation of $50,000 with which to make a survey of the Old Indian Trail known as the “Natchez Trace”, with a view of constructing a national road on this route to be known as the “Natchez Trace Parkway.”

    Ch. 323 · 48 Stat. 791 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

29. An Act To provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories.

    Ch. 324 · 48 Stat. 792 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 325 · 48 Stat. 793 · May 21, 1934 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Mucia Alger.

    Ch. 326 · 48 Stat. 1360 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To compensate Harriet C. Holaday.

    Ch. 327 · 48 Stat. 1360 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Homer C. Chapin.

    Ch. 328 · 48 Stat. 1360 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Peter Guilday.

    Ch. 329 · 48 Stat. 1360 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Frank Ferst.

    Ch. 330 · 48 Stat. 1361 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Arabella E. Bodkin.

    Ch. 331 · 48 Stat. 1361 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of the Playa de Flor Land and Improvement Company.

    Ch. 332 · 48 Stat. 1361 · May 21, 1934 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To extend the provisions of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act to other stolen property.

    Ch. 333 · 48 Stat. 794 · May 22, 1934 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of G. T. Fleming.

    Ch. 334 · 48 Stat. 1361 · May 22, 1934 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Irene Brand Alper.

    Ch. 335 · 48 Stat. 1362 · May 22, 1934 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Charles A. Brown.

    Ch. 336 · 48 Stat. 1362 · May 22, 1934 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the exchange of Indian and privately owned lands, Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, Arizona.

    Ch. 337 · 48 Stat. 795 · May 23, 1934 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the exploitation for oil, gas, and other minerals on the lands comprising Fort Morgan Military Reservation, Alabama.

    Ch. 338 · 48 Stat. 796 · May 23, 1934 · Original text

44. An Act To provide, in case of the disability of senior circuit judges, for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their duties by the other circuit judges.

    Ch. 339 · 48 Stat. 796 · May 23, 1934 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Kathryn Thurston.

    Ch. 340 · 48 Stat. 1363 · May 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of H. Forsell.

    Ch. 341 · 48 Stat. 1363 · May 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Nicola Valerio.

    Ch. 342 · 48 Stat. 1364 · May 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of B. Edward Westwood.

    Ch. 343 · 48 Stat. 1364 · May 23, 1934 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To amend the law relative to citizenship and naturalization, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 344 · 48 Stat. 797 · May 24, 1934 · Original text

50. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 345 · 48 Stat. 798 · May 24, 1934 · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of John A. Rapelye.

    Ch. 346 · 48 Stat. 1364 · May 24, 1934 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend to the housing 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 canvas cots; twenty field ranges, numbered 1; ten field bake ovens, to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in June 1934.

    Ch. 347 · 48 Stat. 803 · May 25, 1934 · Original text

53. 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 certain proceedings against the Electro Metallurgical Company, New-Kanawha Power Company, and the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.

    Ch. 348 · 48 Stat. 804 · May 25, 1934 · Original text

54. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of certain bridges in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 349 · 48 Stat. 804 · May 25, 1934 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Federal Radio Commission to purchase and enclose additional land at the radio station near Grand Island, Nebraska.

    Ch. 350 · 48 Stat. 805 · May 25, 1934 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To provide funds to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of the Acts approved April 21, 1934, and April 7, 1934, relating, respectively, to cotton and to cattle and dairy products, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 351 · 48 Stat. 805 · May 25, 1934 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the widow of D. W. Tanner for expense of purchasing an artificial limb.

    Ch. 352 · 48 Stat. 1365 · May 25, 1934 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To establish a department of physics at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

    Ch. 353 · 48 Stat. 806 · May 26, 1934 · Original text

59. An Act To amend the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act with respect to rates of compensation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 354 · 48 Stat. 806 · May 26, 1934 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone.

    Ch. 355 · 48 Stat. 807 · May 26, 1934 · Original text

61. An Act For the protection of the municipal water supply of the city of Salt Lake City, State of Utah.

    Ch. 356 · 48 Stat. 808 · May 26, 1934 · Original text

62. An Act To amend section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for right-of-way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved May 14, 1898, as amended.

    Ch. 357 · 48 Stat. 809 · May 26, 1934 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of E. W. Gillespie.

    Ch. 358 · 48 Stat. 1365 · May 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of C. A. Dickson.

    Ch. 359 · 48 Stat. 1365 · May 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Glenna F. Kelley.

    Ch. 360 · 48 Stat. 1366 · May 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of R. Gilbertsen.

    Ch. 361 · 48 Stat. 1366 · May 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Marie Toenberg.

    Ch. 362 · 48 Stat. 1366 · May 26, 1934 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Pierce, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Puget Sound, State of Washington, at or near a point commonly known as “The Narrows”.

    Ch. 363 · 48 Stat. 810 · May 28, 1934 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for lots to Indians within the Indian village of Taholah, on the Quinaielt Indian Reservation, Washington.

    Ch. 364 · 48 Stat. 811 · May 28, 1934 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution To prohibit the sale of arms or munitions of war in the United States under certain conditions.

    Ch. 365 · 48 Stat. 811 · May 28, 1934 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Wallace E. Ordway.

    Ch. 366 · 48 Stat. 1366 · May 28, 1934 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To regulate the distribution, promotion, retirement, and discharge of commissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 367 · 48 Stat. 811 · May 29, 1934 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for promotion by selection in the line of the Navy in the grades of lieutenant commander and lieutenant; to authorize appointment as ensigns in the line of the Navy all midshipmen who hereafter graduate from the Naval Academy; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 368 · 48 Stat. 814 · May 29, 1934 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the donation of certain Army equipment to posts of the American Legion.

    Ch. 369 · 48 Stat. 815 · May 29, 1934 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the laws relating to the length of tours of duty in the Tropics and certain foreign stations in the case of officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 370 · 48 Stat. 815 · May 29, 1934 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Everglades National Park in the State of Florida and for other purposes.

    Ch. 371 · 48 Stat. 816 · May 30, 1934 · Original text

77. Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1935

    An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 372 · 48 Stat. 817 · May 30, 1934 · Original text

78. An Act Respecting contracts of industrial life insurance in the District of Columbia;

    Ch. 373 · 48 Stat. 834 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

79. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 374 · 48 Stat. 835 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States, to make equitable adjustments of conflicting claims between the United States and other claimants of lands along the shores of the Potomac River, Anacostia River, and Rock Creek in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 375 · 48 Stat. 836 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

81. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 376 · 48 Stat. 836 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

82. An Act To change the designation of Four-and-a-half Street southwest to Fourth Street.

    Ch. 377 · 48 Stat. 836 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

83. An Act To dissolve the Ellen Wilson Memorial Homes.

    Ch. 378 · 48 Stat. 837 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the construction and operation of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 379 · 48 Stat. 837 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

85. 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. 380 · 48 Stat. 838 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

86. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Wabash River, at or near Delphi, Indiana.

    Ch. 381 · 48 Stat. 839 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing the city of Shawneetown, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at or near a point between Washington Avenue and Monroe Street in said city of Shawneetown and a point opposite thereto in the county of Union and State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 382 · 48 Stat. 839 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

88. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near Holtwood, Lancaster County.

    Ch. 383 · 48 Stat. 840 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

89. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Connecticut River at Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 384 · 48 Stat. 841 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

90. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near Bainbridge, Lancaster County, and Manchester, York County.

    Ch. 385 · 48 Stat. 841 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

91. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Susquehanna River at or near Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 386 · 48 Stat. 842 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

92. An Act Authorizing the State Highway Departments of the States of Minnesota and North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate certain free highway bridges across the Red River from Moorhead, Minnesota, to Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 387 · 48 Stat. 842 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

93. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to require the erection of fire escapes in certain buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved March 19, 1900, as amended.

    Ch. 388 · 48 Stat. 843 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

94. An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935 and for other purposes.

    Ch. 389 · 48 Stat. 846 · June 4, 1934 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for changing the time of the meeting of Congress, the beginning of the terms of Members of Congress, and the time when the electoral votes shall be counted, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 390 · 48 Stat. 879 · June 5, 1934 · Original text

96. An Act To amend an Act entitled “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”, approved July 15, 1932.

    Ch. 391 · 48 Stat. 880 · June 5, 1934 · Original text

97. An Act To fix the rates of postage on certain periodicals exceeding eight ounces in weight.

    Ch. 392 · 48 Stat. 880 · June 5, 1934 · Original text

98. An Act To remove inequities in the law governing eligibility for promotion to the position of chief clerk in the Railway Mail Service.

    Ch. 393 · 48 Stat. 880 · June 5, 1934 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved June 7, 1924, commonly called the “San Carlos Act”, and Acts supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 394 · 48 Stat. 881 · June 5, 1934 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Annie I. Hissey.

     Ch. 395 · 48 Stat. 1367 · June 5, 1934 · Private law · Original text