Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Edward H. Karg.

   Ch. 61 · 49 Stat. 2220 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Ida C. Buckson, executrix of E. C. Buckson, deceased.

   Ch. 62 · 49 Stat. 2220 · February 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Veterinary Corps of the Regular Army.

   Ch. 63 · 49 Stat. 1137 · February 12, 1936 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a memorial to the early settlers whose land grants embrace the site of the Federal City.

   Ch. 64 · 49 Stat. 1137 · February 12, 1936 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Granting permission to Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service; John D. Long, medical director, United States Public Health Service; Bolivar J. Lloyd, medical director, United States Public Health Service; and Clifford R. Eskey, surgeon, United States Public Health Service, to accept and wear certain decorations bestowed upon them by the Governments of Ecuador, Chile, Peru, and Cuba.

   Ch. 65 · 49 Stat. 2221 · February 12, 1936 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To provide further for the maintenance of United States Soldiers’ Home.

   Ch. 66 · 49 Stat. 1137 · February 13, 1936 · Original text

7. An Act To provide for the adjustment and settlement of personal injury and death cases arising in certain foreign countries.

   Ch. 67 · 49 Stat. 1138 · February 13, 1936 · Original text

8. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act with respect to excepted employment.

   Ch. 68 · 49 Stat. 1138 · February 13, 1936 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of John Z. Lowe.

   Ch. 69 · 49 Stat. 2221 · February 13, 1936 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the collection and editing of official papers of the Territories of the United States now in the National Archives” approved March 3, 1925, as amended.

    Ch. 70 · 49 Stat. 1139 · February 14, 1936 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Lynn Brothers’ Benevolent Hospital.

    Ch. 71 · 49 Stat. 2222 · February 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of E. E. Sullivan.

    Ch. 72 · 49 Stat. 2222 · February 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of A. E. Taplin.

    Ch. 73 · 49 Stat. 2223 · February 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the protection and preservation of domestic sources of tin.

    Ch. 74 · 49 Stat. 1140 · February 15, 1936 · Original text

15. An Act To amend section 118 of the Judicial Code to provide for the appointment of law clerks to United States District Court judges.

    Ch. 75 · 49 Stat. 1140 · February 17, 1936 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Albert A. Marquardt.

    Ch. 76 · 49 Stat. 2223 · February 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Fred Edward Nordstrom.

    Ch. 77 · 49 Stat. 2223 · February 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 78 · 49 Stat. 2224 · February 18, 1936 · Private law · Original text

19. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Ch. 79 · 49 Stat. 1140 · February 21, 1936 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the State of Michigan of the former United States lighthouse supply depot, Saint Joseph, Michigan, for State naval force purposes.

    Ch. 80 · 49 Stat. 1141 · February 25, 1936 · Original text

21. An Act To provide for the transfer of certain land in the city of Charlotte, Michigan, to such city.

    Ch. 81 · 49 Stat. 1141 · February 25, 1936 · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Woman’s Club, of the city of Paducah, Kentucky, the silver service in use on the United States ship Paducah.

    Ch. 82 · 49 Stat. 1141 · February 25, 1936 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Pan American Exposition to be held in Tampa, Florida, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 83 · 49 Stat. 1142 · February 25, 1936 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the presentation of a Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Colonel Francis T. Evans, United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 84 · 49 Stat. 2224 · February 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Doctor Arthur B. Walker.

    Ch. 85 · 49 Stat. 2224 · February 25, 1936 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Nehalem River and tributaries, in Clatsop, Columbia, and Washington Counties, Oregon, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 86 · 49 Stat. 1143 · February 26, 1936 · Original text

27. An Act To define the crime of bribery and to provide for its punishment.

    Ch. 87 · 49 Stat. 1143 · February 26, 1936 · Original text

28. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 249, Seventy-first Congress, entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of material no longer needed by the Navy.”

    Ch. 88 · 49 Stat. 1144 · February 27, 1936 · Original text

29. An Act To authorize the appointment of midshipmen from among honor graduates of “honor schools” and from among members of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

    Ch. 89 · 49 Stat. 1144 · February 27, 1936 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the transfer by the United States to the county of Mohave, Arizona, of all public lands in sections 20, 28, and 30, township 20 north, range 15 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, for public park, recreational, and other municipal purposes.

    Ch. 90 · 49 Stat. 1144 · February 27, 1936 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to effect exchange of certain rights-of-way in Hawaii.

    Ch. 91 · 49 Stat. 1145 · February 28, 1936 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant rights-of-way to the Arlington and Fairfax Railway Company across the Fort Myer Reservation, Virginia.

    Ch. 92 · 49 Stat. 1147 · February 28, 1936 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to dispose of material no longer needed by the Army.

    Ch. 93 · 49 Stat. 1147 · February 28, 1936 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Carl A. Butler.

    Ch. 94 · 49 Stat. 2225 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Charles A. Gettys.

    Ch. 95 · 49 Stat. 2225 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Amber Walker.

    Ch. 96 · 49 Stat. 2225 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Misner Jane Humphrey.

    Ch. 97 · 49 Stat. 2226 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Gladys Robbins.

    Ch. 98 · 49 Stat. 2226 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Charles D. Jeronimus.

    Ch. 99 · 49 Stat. 2226 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Look Hoon and Lau Hoon Leong.

    Ch. 100 · 49 Stat. 2227 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of George Current.

    Ch. 101 · 49 Stat. 2227 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of David N. Aiken.

    Ch. 102 · 49 Stat. 2228 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Alice Markham Kavanaugh.

    Ch. 103 · 49 Stat. 2228 · February 28, 1936 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act To promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land resources by temporary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a permanent policy of Federal aid to States for such purposes.

    Ch. 104 · 49 Stat. 1148 · February 29, 1936 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Postponing the effective date of certain permit and labeling provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

    Ch. 105 · 49 Stat. 1148 · February 29, 1936 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Extending and amending the joint resolution (Public Resolution Numbered 67, Seventy-fourth Congress), approved August 31, 1935.

    Ch. 106 · 49 Stat. 1152 · February 29, 1936 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of W. A. Harriman.

    Ch. 107 · 49 Stat. 2228 · February 29, 1936 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant M. T. Grubham.

    Ch. 108 · 49 Stat. 2229 · February 29, 1936 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Gordon McGee.

    Ch. 109 · 49 Stat. 2229 · February 29, 1936 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Carl F. Yeager.

    Ch. 110 · 49 Stat. 2230 · February 29, 1936 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To provide for enforcing the lien of the District of Columbia upon real estate bid off in its name when offered for sale for arrears of taxes and assessments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 111 · 49 Stat. 1153 · March 2, 1936 · Original text

52. An Act To extinguish tax liabilities and tax liens arising out of the Tobacco, Cotton, and Potato Acts.

    Ch. 112 · 49 Stat. 1155 · March 2, 1936 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Richmond National Battlefield Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 113 · 49 Stat. 1155 · March 2, 1936 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the incorporated city of Skagway, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, and for such purpose to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $12,000, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 49 Stat. 1156 · March 2, 1936 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution To provide for safeguarding of traffic on Military Road.

    Ch. 115 · 49 Stat. 1158 · March 2, 1936 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Cecelia Callahan.

    Ch. 116 · 49 Stat. 2230 · March 2, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Helena C. VonGroning and Stephan VonGroning.

    Ch. 117 · 49 Stat. 2230 · March 2, 1936 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting six months’ pay to James Zanetti.

    Ch. 118 · 49 Stat. 2231 · March 2, 1936 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Anthony Nowakowski.

    Ch. 119 · 49 Stat. 2231 · March 2, 1936 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To authorize and direct the Comptroller General to settle and allow the claim of George P. Money for fees for services rendered.

    Ch. 120 · 49 Stat. 2231 · March 2, 1936 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To amend sections 416 and 417 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 121 · 49 Stat. 1158 · March 3, 1936 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of World War soldiers who were discharged from the Army because of minority or misrepresentation of age.

    Ch. 122 · 49 Stat. 1159 · March 3, 1936 · Original text

63. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Esopus Creek and its tributaries of Birch, Bushnelville, Woodland, Warner Bushkill, and Beaverkill Creeks; Sawkill, Rondout, and Neversink Creeks, Ulster County; Schoharie and Catskill Creeks, Greene County; Neversink, Beaverkill, East Branch of Delaware, Willowemoc, and Lackawack Rivers, Sullivan County; Schoharie Creek and its tributaries, Schoharie County, all located in the State of New York, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 123 · 49 Stat. 1159 · March 3, 1936 · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Howard Donovan.

    Ch. 124 · 49 Stat. 2232 · March 3, 1936 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the Progressive Commercial Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 125 · 49 Stat. 2232 · March 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers and their tributaries; to include both drainage basins and their outlets, in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 126 · 49 Stat. 1160 · March 6, 1936 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of the estate of Frank B. Niles.

    Ch. 127 · 49 Stat. 2233 · March 7, 1936 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of E. L. Hice and Lucy Hice.

    Ch. 128 · 49 Stat. 2233 · March 7, 1936 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Peter Cymboluk.

    Ch. 129 · 49 Stat. 2233 · March 7, 1936 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Ruby Rardon.

    Ch. 130 · 49 Stat. 2234 · March 7, 1936 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Rosalie Piar Sprecher (nee Rosa Piar).

    Ch. 131 · 49 Stat. 2234 · March 7, 1936 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Alfred L. Hudson and Walter K. Jeffers.

    Ch. 132 · 49 Stat. 2235 · March 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of James E. McDonald.

    Ch. 133 · 49 Stat. 2235 · March 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of James M. Montgomery.

    Ch. 134 · 49 Stat. 2235 · March 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department.

    Ch. 135 · 49 Stat. 2236 · March 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of J. A. Jones.

    Ch. 136 · 49 Stat. 2237 · March 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mary Hobart.

    Ch. 137 · 49 Stat. 2238 · March 11, 1936 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To amend section 3 of the Act approved May 10, 1928, entitled “An Act to extend the period of restriction in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes”, as amended February 14, 1931.

    Ch. 138 · 49 Stat. 1160 · March 12, 1936 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Walter F. Brittan.

    Ch. 139 · 49 Stat. 2238 · March 12, 1936 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To provide for vacations to Government employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 49 Stat. 1161 · March 14, 1936 · Original text

81. An Act To standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees.

    Ch. 141 · 49 Stat. 1162 · March 14, 1936 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution Authorizing the completion of certain records and operations resulting from the administration of the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935 (repealed), and making funds available for those and other purposes.

    Ch. 142 · 49 Stat. 1163 · March 14, 1936 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of D. A. Neuman.

    Ch. 143 · 49 Stat. 2239 · March 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Anna Carroll Taussig.

    Ch. 144 · 49 Stat. 2239 · March 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Wilson G. Bingham.

    Ch. 145 · 49 Stat. 2239 · March 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Spokane River and its Tributaries in the State of Idaho, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 146 · 49 Stat. 1164 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

87. An Act To amend the Act of February 16, 1929, entitled “An Act to amend the Act entitled ‘An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service’, approved June 10, 1922, as amended.”

    Ch. 147 · 49 Stat. 1164 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

88. 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 certain counsel.

    Ch. 148 · 49 Stat. 1164 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the founding of the capital of South Carolina at Columbia, South Carolina.

    Ch. 149 · 49 Stat. 1165 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Treasury to lend Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and other needed equipment for use at the National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America; and to authorize the use of property in the District of Columbia and its environs by the Boy Scouts of America at their National Jamboree to be held during the summer of 1937.

    Ch. 150 · 49 Stat. 1165 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

91. Joint Resolution To amend Public Resolution Numbered 31 of the Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, approved June 17, 1935, so as to extend its provisions to cover the National Boy Scout Jamboree now scheduled to be held in 1937.

    Ch. 151 · 49 Stat. 1167 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution Directing the Architect of the Capitol to accept a copy of the painting “Liev Eiriksson Discovers America”.

    Ch. 152 · 49 Stat. 1167 · March 18, 1936 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claims of subcontractors and materialmen for material and labor furnished in the construction of a post-office and courthouse building at Rutland, Vermont.

    Ch. 153 · 49 Stat. 2240 · March 18, 1936 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Bend Garage Company, and the First National Bank of Chicago.

    Ch. 154 · 49 Stat. 2240 · March 18, 1936 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To aid in defraying the expenses of the Third Triennial Meeting of the Associated Country Women of the World, to be held in this country in June 1936.

    Ch. 155 · 49 Stat. 1167 · March 19, 1936 · Original text

96. Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937

    An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 156 · 49 Stat. 1167 · March 19, 1936 · Original text

97. An Act To establish The Homestead National Monument of America in Gage County, Nebraska.

    Ch. 157 · 49 Stat. 1184 · March 19, 1936 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of certain formerly enlisted members of Battery D, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), New Hampshire National Guard.

    Ch. 158 · 49 Stat. 2241 · March 19, 1936 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To provide for the adjustment and settlement of certain claims arising out of the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    Ch. 159 · 49 Stat. 1184 · March 20, 1936 · Original text

100. An Act Relating to taxation of shares of preferred stock, capital notes, and debentures of banks while owned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and reaffirming their immunity.

     Ch. 160 · 49 Stat. 1185 · March 20, 1936 · Original text