Every law Congress has passed

975 laws of the 73rd Congress, 1933–1935

1. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Lewis River and its tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of its floods.

   Ch. 496 · 48 Stat. 954 · June 13, 1934 · Original text

2. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Columbia River and its tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of its flood waters.

   Ch. 497 · 48 Stat. 954 · June 13, 1934 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933, approved June 16, 1933.

   Ch. 498 · 48 Stat. 954 · June 13, 1934 · Original text

4. An Act Conferring Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, consider, and render judgment on certain claims of George A. Carden and Anderson T. Herd against the United States.

   Ch. 499 · 48 Stat. 1386 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Estelle Johnson.

   Ch. 500 · 48 Stat. 1386 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Claude A. Brown and Ruth McCurry Brown, natural guardians of Mamie Ruth Brown.

   Ch. 501 · 48 Stat. 1387 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Martin Henry Waterman, deceased.

   Ch. 502 · 48 Stat. 1387 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Lula A. Densmore.

   Ch. 503 · 48 Stat. 1387 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of A. C. Francis.

   Ch. 504 · 48 Stat. 1388 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of George Dacas.

    Ch. 505 · 48 Stat. 1388 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Judd W. Hulbert.

    Ch. 506 · 48 Stat. 1388 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Jose Ramon Cordova.

    Ch. 507 · 48 Stat. 1389 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Oscar P. Cox.

    Ch. 508 · 48 Stat. 1389 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Pleasant Lawrence Parr.

    Ch. 509 · 48 Stat. 1390 · June 13, 1934 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of land in Wyoming for use as rifle ranges for the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 510 · 48 Stat. 955 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

16. An Act To facilitate purchases of forest lands under the Act approved March 1, 1911.

    Ch. 511 · 48 Stat. 955 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

17. An Act To amend the Judicial Code by adding a new section to be numbered 274D.

    Ch. 512 · 48 Stat. 955 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

18. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Green River, Washington, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 513 · 48 Stat. 956 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

19. An Act To afford permanent protection to the watershed and water supply of the city of Coquille, Coos County, Oregon.

    Ch. 514 · 48 Stat. 956 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the purchase by the city of McMinnville, Oregon, of certain tracts of public lands and certain tracts revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218).

    Ch. 515 · 48 Stat. 957 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

21. An Act Providing for the acquisition of additional lands for the naval air station at Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia.

    Ch. 516 · 48 Stat. 957 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the purchase by the city of Forest Grove, Oregon, of certain tracts of public lands and certain tracts revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218).

    Ch. 517 · 48 Stat. 958 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

23. An Act To provide hourly rates of pay for substitute laborers in the Railway Mail Service and time credits when appointed as regular laborer.

    Ch. 518 · 48 Stat. 958 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the establishment of the Ocmulgee National Monument in Bibb County, Georgia.

    Ch. 519 · 48 Stat. 958 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust claims to so-called “Olmstead lands” in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 520 · 48 Stat. 959 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

26. An Act To define the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 521 · 48 Stat. 960 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

27. An Act To reclassify terminal railway post offices.

    Ch. 522 · 48 Stat. 962 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution To harmonize the treaties and statutes of the United States with reference to American Samoa.

    Ch. 523 · 48 Stat. 963 · June 14, 1934 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of L. R. Smith.

    Ch. 524 · 48 Stat. 1390 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For relief of M. M. Twichel.

    Ch. 525 · 48 Stat. 1391 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Marion Von Bruning (nee Marion Hubbard Treat).

    Ch. 526 · 48 Stat. 1391 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of N. Lester Troast.

    Ch. 527 · 48 Stat. 1391 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Warren Burke.

    Ch. 528 · 48 Stat. 1392 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Sue Hall Erwin.

    Ch. 529 · 48 Stat. 1392 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Benjamin Wright, deceased.

    Ch. 530 · 48 Stat. 1392 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of C. A. Betz.

    Ch. 531 · 48 Stat. 1393 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Joseph B. Lynch.

    Ch. 532 · 48 Stat. 1393 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant H. W. Taylor, United States Navy.

    Ch. 533 · 48 Stat. 1393 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Joseph Roncoli.

    Ch. 534 · 48 Stat. 1394 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Sarah Smolen.

    Ch. 535 · 48 Stat. 1394 · June 14, 1934 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act To amend section 895 of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 536 · 48 Stat. 963 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

42. An Act To authorize the acknowledgment of oaths by post-office inspectors and by chief clerks of the Railway Mail Service.

    Ch. 537 · 48 Stat. 963 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

43. An Act To establish a minimum area for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 538 · 48 Stat. 964 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

44. An Act To amend the law relating to timber operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.

    Ch. 539 · 48 Stat. 964 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the enrollment of members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 540 · 48 Stat. 965 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to sell the old Tenley School to the duly authorized representative of Saint Ann’s Church of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 541 · 48 Stat. 967 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

47. An Act To change the name of the retail liquor dealers’ stamp tax in the case of retail drug stores or pharmacies.

    Ch. 542 · 48 Stat. 967 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution

    Ch. 543 · 48 Stat. 967 · June 15, 1934 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the Yosemite Lumber Company.

    Ch. 544 · 48 Stat. 1395 · June 15, 1934 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Providing for the issuance of patents upon certain conditions to lands and accretions thereto determined to be within the State of New Mexico in accordance with the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States entered April 9, 1928.

    Ch. 554 · 48 Stat. 795 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Inland Waterways Corporation Act, approved June 3, 1924, as amended.

    Ch. 545 · 48 Stat. 968 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

52. An Act To amend section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act so as to extend for one year the temporary plan for deposit insurance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 546 · 48 Stat. 969 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

53. An Act To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

    Ch. 547 · 48 Stat. 972 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize payment of expenses of formulating claims of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians of Oklahoma against the United States, and for Other purposes.

    Ch. 548 · 48 Stat. 972 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing and directing the Court of Claims, in the event of judgment or judgments in favor of the Cherokee Indians, or any of them, in suits by them against the United States under the Acts of March 19, 1924, and April 25, 1932, to include in its decrees allowances to Frank J. Boudinot, not exceeding 5 per centum of such recoveries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 549 · 48 Stat. 972 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

56. An Act To compensate the Post Office Department for the extra work caused by the payment of money orders at offices other than those on which the orders are drawn.

    Ch. 550 · 48 Stat. 973 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

57. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes”, approved May 12, 1933.

    Ch. 551 · 48 Stat. 973 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

58. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to permit the issuance of retailers’ licenses of class B in residential districts.

    Ch. 552 · 48 Stat. 974 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

59. An Act To provide relief to Government contractors whose costs of performance were increased as a result of compliance with the Act approved June 16, 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 553 · 48 Stat. 974 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize appropriations to pay the annual share of the United States as an adhering member of the International Council of Scientific Unions and associated unions.

    Ch. 555 · 48 Stat. 976 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

61. An Act To repeal certain laws providing for the protection of sea lions in Alaska waters.

    Ch. 556 · 48 Stat. 976 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 with reference to oil- or gas- prospecting permits and leases.

    Ch. 557 · 48 Stat. 977 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Authorizing suitable memorials in honor of James Wilson and Seaman A. Knapp.

    Ch. 558 · 48 Stat. 977 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to return the mace of the Parliament of upper Canada to the Canadian Government.

    Ch. 559 · 48 Stat. 978 · June 16, 1934 · Original text

65. An Act Granting a franking privilege to Grace G. Coolidge.

    Ch. 560 · 48 Stat. 1395 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Gladding, McBean and Company.

    Ch. 561 · 48 Stat. 1395 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Annie Moran.

    Ch. 562 · 48 Stat. 1396 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To provide for the payment of compensation to George E. Q. Johnson.

    Ch. 563 · 48 Stat. 1396 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Jeannette S. Jewell.

    Ch. 564 · 48 Stat. 1396 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Alice M. A. Damm.

    Ch. 565 · 48 Stat. 1397 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Rosemund Pauline Lowry.

    Ch. 566 · 48 Stat. 1397 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of William Chinsky.

    Ch. 612 · 48 Stat. 1397 · June 16, 1934 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act To amend section 24 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended.

    Ch. 567 · 48 Stat. 978 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

74. An Act To amend an Act approved May 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 555), entitled “An Act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Court of Claims.”

    Ch. 568 · 48 Stat. 979 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

75. An Act To protect trade and commerce against interference by violence, threats coercion, or intimidation.

    Ch. 569 · 48 Stat. 979 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the Act approved June 28, 1932 (47 Stat.L. 337).

    Ch. 570 · 48 Stat. 980 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

77. An Act To convey to the King Hill Irrigation District, State of Idaho, all the interest of the United States in the King Hill Federal Reclamation Project, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 571 · 48 Stat. 980 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

78. An Act Creating the Florence Bridge Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Florence, Nebraska.

    Ch. 572 · 48 Stat. 981 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

79. An Act To provide for the creation of the Pioneer National Monument in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 573 · 48 Stat. 982 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

80. An Act To authorize production credit associations to make loans to oyster planters.

    Ch. 574 · 48 Stat. 983 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

81. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 575 · 48 Stat. 983 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

82. An Act To conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organizations; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 576 · 48 Stat. 984 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

83. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Board of Public Works of the State of Vermont to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Lake Champlain at or near West Swanton, Vermont.

    Ch. 577 · 48 Stat. 988 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

84. An Act To enable the Postmaster General to withhold commissions on false returns made by postmasters.

    Ch. 578 · 48 Stat. 989 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

85. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to adjust certain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire, or other unavoidable casualty”, approved March 17, 1882, as amended.

    Ch. 579 · 48 Stat. 990 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 4 of “An Aet 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 supplementarv thereto” approved June 7, 1934.

    Ch. 580 · 48 Stat. 991 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

87. An Act Authorizing the control of floods in the Salmon River, Alaska.

    Ch. 581 · 48 Stat. 991 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

88. An Act Authorizing the city of Atchison, Kansas, and the county of Buchanan, Missouri, or either of them, or the States of Kansas anil Missouri, or either of them, or the highway departments of such States, acting jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Atchison, Kansas.

    Ch. 582 · 48 Stat. 991 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

89. An Act To remove the limitation upon the extension of star routes.

    Ch. 583 · 48 Stat. 992 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to charge an additional fee for effecting delivery of domestic registered, insured, or collect-on-delivery mail, the delivery of which is restricted to the addressee only, or to the addressee or order.

    Ch. 584 · 48 Stat. 992 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

91. An Act Making receivers appointed by any United States courts and authorized to conduct any business, or conducting any business, subject to taxes levied by the State the same as if such business were conducted by private individuals or corporations.

    Ch. 585 · 48 Stat. 993 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

92. An Act To increase employment by authorizing an appropriation to provide for emergency construction of public highways and related projects, and to amend the Federal Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 586 · 48 Stat. 993 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section 35 of the Criminal Code of the United States.

    Ch. 587 · 48 Stat. 996 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

94. An Act To amend section 11 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

    Ch. 588 · 48 Stat. 997 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section 601 (c) (2) of the Revenue Act of 1932.

    Ch. 589 · 48 Stat. 998 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 590 · 48 Stat. 998 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

97. 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 York Furnace, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 591 · 48 Stat. 1003 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Douglas City, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, including construction reconstruction, enlargement, extension, and improvements of its water-supply system; and construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, and improvements to sewers, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $40,000.

    Ch. 592 · 48 Stat. 1004 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

99. 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 Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 593 · 48 Stat. 1005 · June 18, 1934 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Fairbanks, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, including construction, reconstruction, and extension of sidewalks; construction, reconstruction, and extension of sewers, and construction of a combined city hall and fire-department building, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $50,000.

     Ch. 594 · 48 Stat. 1006 · June 18, 1934 · Original text