Every law Congress has passed

1,724 laws of the 74th Congress, 1935–1937

1. Joint Resolution To clarify the definition of disagreement in section 19, World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended.

   Ch. 1 · 49 Stat. 1 · January 28, 1935 · Original text

2. An Act To extend the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for two years, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 2 · 49 Stat. 1 · January 31, 1935 · Original text

3. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936

   An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 3 · 49 Stat. 6 · February 2, 1935 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To prohibit expenditure of any moneys for housing, feeding, or transporting conventions or meetings.

   Ch. 4 · 49 Stat. 19 · February 2, 1935 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 5 · 49 Stat. 20 · February 4, 1935 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution Making additional appropriations for the Federal Communications Commission, the National Mediation Board, and the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 6 · 49 Stat. 22 · February 13, 1935 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To provide for defraying the expenses of the American section, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico.

   Ch. 7 · 49 Stat. 24 · February 13, 1935 · Original text

8. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State highway commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Eleven Points River in section 17, township 23 north, range 2 west, approximately twelve miles east of Alton, on route numbered 42, Oregon County, Missouri.

   Ch. 8 · 49 Stat. 25 · February 18, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Oklahoma to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Arkansas River south of the town of Sallisaw in Sequoyah and Le Flore Counties at a point approximately fifteen miles north of Keota in the State of Oklahoma.

   Ch. 9 · 49 Stat. 25 · February 18, 1935 · Original text

10. An Act Permitting the laying of pipe lines across New York Avenue Northeast, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 10 · 49 Stat. 26 · February 18, 1935 · Original text

11. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Waccamaw River at Conway, South Carolina.

    Ch. 11 · 49 Stat. 26 · February 18, 1935 · Original text

12. An Act To legalize a bridge (known as “Union Street Bridge”) across the Dan River at Danville, Virginia.

    Ch. 12 · 49 Stat. 27 · February 18, 1935 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the States of Washington and Idaho to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.

    Ch. 13 · 49 Stat. 27 · February 19, 1935 · Original text

14. 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. 14 · 49 Stat. 28 · February 20, 1935 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 15 · 49 Stat. 28 · February 20, 1935 · Original text

16. An Act To postpone the effective date of certain restrictions respecting air-mail contracts.

    Ch. 16 · 49 Stat. 30 · February 21, 1935 · Original text

17. An Act To further extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 17 · 49 Stat. 30 · February 21, 1935 · Original text

18. An Act To regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 18 · 49 Stat. 30 · February 22, 1935 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Authorizing the use of public parks, reservations, and other public spaces in the District of Columbia; and the use of tents, cots, hospital appliances, flags, and other decorations, property of the United States, by Washington, D. C., 1935 Shrine Committee, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 49 Stat. 34 · February 28, 1935 · Original text

20. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River between Rockport, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky.

    Ch. 20 · 49 Stat. 36 · March 2, 1935 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize a transfer of forest reservation lands in Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi, to the State of Mississippi, or to the War Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 21 · 49 Stat. 37 · March 2, 1935 · Original text

22. 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 La Fayette, Indiana.

    Ch. 22 · 49 Stat. 37 · March 2, 1935 · Original text

23. An Act To amend section 824 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 23 · 49 Stat. 37 · March 4, 1935 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To provide for the completion of the publication of the writings of George Washington.

    Ch. 24 · 49 Stat. 38 · March 4, 1935 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Dr. Chester C. Groff.

    Ch. 25 · 49 Stat. 2045 · March 4, 1935 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Anna S. Carrigan.

    Ch. 26 · 49 Stat. 2045 · March 4, 1935 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting compensation to George S. Conway, Junior.

    Ch. 27 · 49 Stat. 2045 · March 5, 1935 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To amend certain sections of the code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, relating to descent and distribution.

    Ch. 28 · 49 Stat. 39 · March 6, 1935 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the California Pacific International Exposition to be held at San Diego, California, in 1935 and 1936; authorizing an appropriation therefor; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 29 · 49 Stat. 40 · March 7, 1935 · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Sophie de Soto.

    Ch. 30 · 49 Stat. 2046 · March 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Federal Communications Commission to investigate and report on the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and on all other companies engaged directly or indirectly in telephone communication in interstate commerce, including all companies related to any of these companies through a holding company structure, or otherwise.

    Ch. 31 · 49 Stat. 43 · March 15, 1935 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act with respect to rice, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 49 Stat. 45 · March 18, 1935 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Jacob Santavy.

    Ch. 33 · 49 Stat. 2046 · March 18, 1935 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Fred C. Blenkner.

    Ch. 34 · 49 Stat. 2047 · March 18, 1935 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Authorizing the maintenance and use of a banking house upon the United States military reservation at Fort Lewis, Washington.

    Ch. 35 · 49 Stat. 2047 · March 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

36. First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935

    An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 36 · 49 Stat. 49 · March 21, 1935 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To continue the commission for determining the boundary line between the District of Columbia and the State of Virginia for not to exceed nine additional months, and to authorize not to exceed $10,000 additional funds for its expenses.

    Ch. 37 · 49 Stat. 67 · March 21, 1935 · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing the President of the United States to present in the name of Congress a medal of honor to Major General Adolphus Washington Greely.

    Ch. 38 · 49 Stat. 2048 · March 21, 1935 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 39 · 49 Stat. 67 · March 22, 1935 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Naw to lend Army and Navy equipment for use at the national jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America.

    Ch. 40 · 49 Stat. 105 · April 1, 1935 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1899, entitled “An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous and unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes”, and to further amend said Act by adding at the end thereof new sections numbered 5 and 6.

    Ch. 41 · 49 Stat. 105 · April 5, 1935 · Original text

42. An Act To amend an Act approved May 1, 1906, entitled “An Act to create a board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 42 · 49 Stat. 108 · April 5, 1935 · Original text

43. An Act To change the designation of Leffler Place to Second Place.

    Ch. 43 · 49 Stat. 110 · April 5, 1935 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To authorize the acceptance on behalf of the United States of the bequest of the late Charlotte Taylor of the city of Saint Petersburg, State of Florida, for the benefit of Walter Reed General Hospital.

    Ch. 44 · 49 Stat. 110 · April 5, 1935 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Joe G. Baker.

    Ch. 45 · 49 Stat. 2048 · April 5, 1935 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the conservation and settlement of estates of absentees and absconders in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 46 · 49 Stat. 111 · April 8, 1935 · Original text

47. An Act Relating to the incorporation of Trinity College of Washington, District of Columbia, organized under and by virtue of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to the incorporation laws of the District of Columbia, as provided in subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 47 · 49 Stat. 113 · April 8, 1935 · Original text

48. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for relief purposes.

    Ch. 48 · 49 Stat. 115 · April 8, 1935 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, California, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 49 · 49 Stat. 119 · April 8, 1935 · Original text

50. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Hester Hamilton.

    Ch. 52 · 49 Stat. 945 · April 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Arthur Smith.

    Ch. 50 · 49 Stat. 2048 · April 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Logan Mulvaney.

    Ch. 51 · 49 Stat. 2049 · April 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the estate of R. A. Wallace Treat.

    Ch. 53 · 49 Stat. 2049 · April 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 54 · 49 Stat. 120 · April 9, 1935 · Original text

55. An Act To establish a commission for the settlement of the special claims comprehended within the terms of the convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States concluded April 24, 1934.

    Ch. 55 · 49 Stat. 149 · April 10, 1935 · Original text

56. An Act Authorizing the President to present Distinguished Flying Crosses to Air Marshal Italo Balbo and General Aldo Pellegrini, of the Royal Italian Air Force.

    Ch. 56 · 49 Stat. 152 · April 10, 1935 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia in excess of that required for public projects and improvements, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 57 · 49 Stat. 152 · April 11, 1935 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920.

    Ch. 58 · 49 Stat. 154 · April 11, 1935 · Original text

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

    Ch. 59 · 49 Stat. 154 · April 11, 1935 · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Margaret L. Carleton.

    Ch. 60 · 49 Stat. 2049 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of William Lyons.

    Ch. 61 · 49 Stat. 2050 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Louis Zagata.

    Ch. 62 · 49 Stat. 2050 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Cora A. Snyder.

    Ch. 63 · 49 Stat. 2051 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the dependents of Carl Lindow, known also as Carl Lindo.

    Ch. 64 · 49 Stat. 2051 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Charles E. Dagenett.

    Ch. 65 · 49 Stat. 2051 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Charles L. Reed.

    Ch. 66 · 49 Stat. 2051 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of C. B. Dickinson.

    Ch. 67 · 49 Stat. 2052 · April 11, 1935 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois.

    Ch. 68 · 49 Stat. 155 · April 12, 1935 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Chellis T. Mooers.

    Ch. 69 · 49 Stat. 2052 · April 12, 1935 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 70 · 49 Stat. 155 · April 15, 1935 · Original text

71. An Act To provide for aviation cadets in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve.

    Ch. 71 · 49 Stat. 156 · April 15, 1935 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the adjustment of contracts for the sale of timber on the national forests, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 72 · 49 Stat. 155 · April 17, 1935 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize acquisition of land to provide appropriate means of access to the post-office building at Jonesboro, Arkansas.

    Ch. 73 · 49 Stat. 158 · April 18, 1935 · Original text

74. An Act To amend certain provisions relating to publicity of certain statements of income.

    Ch. 74 · 49 Stat. 158 · April 19, 1935 · Original text

75. An Act AN ACT For the relief of the National Training School for Boys, and others.

    Ch. 75 · 49 Stat. 2053 · April 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of the Yellow Drivurself Company.

    Ch. 76 · 49 Stat. 2053 · April 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the manner in which property shall be sold under orders and decrees of any United States courts”, approved March 3, 1893, as amended.

    Ch. 77 · 49 Stat. 159 · April 24, 1935 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To extend the time within which contracts may be modified or canceled under the provisions of section 5 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934.

    Ch. 78 · 49 Stat. 161 · April 24, 1935 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appropriation of funds for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property during the convention of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine in the District of Columbia June 8, 1935, to June 17, 1935, both inclusive.

    Ch. 79 · 49 Stat. 161 · April 24, 1935 · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Public Service Coordinated Transport of Newark, New Jersey.

    Ch. 80 · 49 Stat. 2054 · April 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To authorize certain officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to administer oaths.

    Ch. 81 · 49 Stat. 161 · April 25, 1935 · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing personnel of the naval service to whom a commemorative or special medal has been awarded to wear in lieu thereof a miniature facsimile of such medal and a ribbon symbolic of the award.

    Ch. 82 · 49 Stat. 162 · April 25, 1935 · Original text

83. An Act Authorizing certain officials under the Naval Establishment to administer oaths.

    Ch. 83 · 49 Stat. 162 · April 25, 1935 · Original text

84. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 84 · 49 Stat. 162 · April 25, 1935 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the protection of land resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 85 · 49 Stat. 163 · April 27, 1935 · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept on behalf of the United States a certain strip of land from the State of South Carolina.

    Ch. 86 · 49 Stat. 164 · April 29, 1935 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish an easement for a water main at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    Ch. 87 · 49 Stat. 2054 · April 29, 1935 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Hudson, New York, and of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, respectively.

    Ch. 88 · 49 Stat. 165 · May 2, 1935 · Original text

89. An Act To promote safety on the public highways of the District of Columbia by providing for the financial responsibility of owners and operators of motor vehicles for damages caused by motor vehicles on the public highways in the District of Columbia; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 89 · 49 Stat. 166 · May 3, 1935 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in connection with the California-Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Diego, California, in 1935 and 1936.

    Ch. 90 · 49 Stat. 174 · May 3, 1935 · Original text

91. An Act To amend an Act approved June 25, 1934, authorizing loans from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, for the construction of certain municipal buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 91 · 49 Stat. 174 · May 6, 1935 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Sarah J. Hitchcock.

    Ch. 92 · 49 Stat. 2055 · May 6, 1935 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Bertha Ingmire.

    Ch. 93 · 49 Stat. 2055 · May 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Commerce to exchange a portion of the naval station and a portion of the lighthouse reservation at Key West, Florida.

    Ch. 94 · 49 Stat. 175 · May 8, 1935 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Extending the gratitude of the Nation to Admiral Byrd and to the members of his expedition.

    Ch. 95 · 49 Stat. 176 · May 8, 1935 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appointment of a special joint committee to meet with other representatives of the Government in greeting Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd upon his return from his Second Antarctic Expedition.

    Ch. 96 · 49 Stat. 176 · May 8, 1935 · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Rose Burke.

    Ch. 97 · 49 Stat. 2056 · May 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of William L. Jenkins.

    Ch. 98 · 49 Stat. 2056 · May 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Fred L. Seufert.

    Ch. 99 · 49 Stat. 2056 · May 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Carrie K. Currie, doing business as Atmore Milling and Elevator Company.

     Ch. 100 · 49 Stat. 2057 · May 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text