Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To extend the facilities of the Public Health Service to seamen on Government vessels not in the Military or Naval Establishments.

   Ch. 161 · 49 Stat. 1185 · March 21, 1936 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the fiscal year 1936 for emergency relief of residents of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 162 · 49 Stat. 1186 · March 30, 1936 · Original text

3. An Act To continue Electric Home and Farm Authority as an agency of the United States until February 1937, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 163 · 49 Stat. 1186 · March 31, 1936 · Original text

4. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a center of music, and its contribution to the art of music for the past fifty years.

   Ch. 164 · 49 Stat. 1187 · March 31, 1936 · Original text

5. An Act To amend section 2 of the National Housing Act, relating to the insurance of loans and advances for improvements upon real property, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 165 · 49 Stat. 1187 · April 3, 1936 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the Railway Labor Act.

   Ch. 166 · 49 Stat. 1189 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to patent certain land to the town of Wamsutter, Wyoming.

   Ch. 167 · 49 Stat. 1191 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

8. An Act To enable the Commodity Credit Corporation to better serve the farmers in orderly marketing, and to provide credit and facilities for carrying surpluses from season to season.

   Ch. 168 · 49 Stat. 1191 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

9. An Act To exempt certain small firearms from the provisions of the National Firearms Act.

   Ch. 169 · 49 Stat. 1192 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 170 · 49 Stat. 1192 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the sale by the United States to the municipality of Hot Springs, New Mexico, of the north half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 6, township 14 south, range 4 west, New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico.

    Ch. 171 · 49 Stat. 1192 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of Republican River, Smoky Hill River, and minor tributaries of Kansas River, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 172 · 49 Stat. 1193 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of Suwannee River in the State of Florida, from Florida-Georgia State line to the Gulf of Mexico.

    Ch. 173 · 49 Stat. 1193 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

14. An Act To convey certain land to the city of Enfield, Connecticut.

    Ch. 174 · 49 Stat. 1193 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

15. An Act To amend the Teachers’ Salary Act of the District of Columbia, approved June 4, 1924, as amended, in relation to raising the trade or vocational schools to the level of junior high schools, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 175 · 49 Stat. 1194 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

16. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Onondaga Creek, in Onondaga County, State of New York, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 176 · 49 Stat. 1195 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Apostle Islands, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 177 · 49 Stat. 1195 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the erection of a marker suitably marking the site of the engagement fought at Columbus, Georgia, April 16, 1865.

    Ch. 178 · 49 Stat. 1195 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of material to the sea-scout service of the Boy Scouts of America.

    Ch. 179 · 49 Stat. 1195 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to acquire the timber rights on the Gigling Military Reservation (now designated as Camp Ord), in California.

    Ch. 180 · 49 Stat. 1196 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act approved June 18, 1934, authorizing the city of Port Arthur, Texas, or the Commission thereby created and its successors, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over Lake Sabine, at or near Port Arthur, Texas, and to extend the times for commencing and completing the said bridge.

    Ch. 181 · 49 Stat. 1196 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

22. 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. 182 · 49 Stat. 1196 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

23. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 183 · 49 Stat. 1197 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

24. An Act To legalize a bridge across Poquetanuck Cove at or near Ledyard, Connecticut.

    Ch. 184 · 49 Stat. 1197 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

25. An Act To legalize a bridge across Second Creek, Lauderdale County, Alabama.

    Ch. 185 · 49 Stat. 1198 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

26. An Act To amend chapter 9 of the Act of July 1, 1898, 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. 186 · 49 Stat. 1198 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of Marshy Hope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, at and within a few miles of Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 187 · 49 Stat. 1198 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

28. 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. 188 · 49 Stat. 1199 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

29. An Act Relating to the filing of copies of income returns, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 49 Stat. 1199 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

30. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the construction, maintenance, and operation of certain free highway bridges to replace bridges destroyed by flood in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 190 · 49 Stat. 1199 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution Accepting the invitation of the Government of France to the United States to participate in the International Exposition of Paris—Art and Technique in Modern Life, to be held at Paris, France, in 1937.

    Ch. 191 · 49 Stat. 1200 · April 10, 1936 · Original text

32. An Act Granting insurance to Lydia C. Spry.

    Ch. 192 · 49 Stat. 2242 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Joseph Maier.

    Ch. 193 · 49 Stat. 2242 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of the estate of Emil Hoyer (deceased).

    Ch. 194 · 49 Stat. 2242 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Stanislaus Lipowicz.

    Ch. 195 · 49 Stat. 2243 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Herman Schierhoff.

    Ch. 196 · 49 Stat. 2243 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of H. D. Henion, Harry Wolfe, and R. W. McSorley.

    Ch. 197 · 49 Stat. 2244 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of John T. Clark, of Seattle, Washington.

    Ch. 198 · 49 Stat. 2244 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To compensate the Grand View Hospital and Doctor A. J. O’Brien.

    Ch. 199 · 49 Stat. 2245 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Sam Cable.

    Ch. 200 · 49 Stat. 2245 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Earl H. Smith.

    Ch. 201 · 49 Stat. 2246 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of the Ward Funeral Home.

    Ch. 202 · 49 Stat. 2246 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Edward C. Paxton.

    Ch. 203 · 49 Stat. 2246 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of David Duquaine, Junior.

    Ch. 204 · 49 Stat. 2246 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Gardiner.

    Ch. 205 · 49 Stat. 2247 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Gustava Hanna.

    Ch. 206 · 49 Stat. 2248 · April 10, 1936 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the National Defense Act”, approved May 28, 1928.

    Ch. 207 · 49 Stat. 1202 · April 11, 1936 · Original text

48. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York.

    Ch. 208 · 49 Stat. 1202 · April 11, 1936 · Original text

49. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes”, approved May 25, 1926.

    Ch. 209 · 49 Stat. 1202 · April 11, 1936 · Original text

50. An Act To amend section 80 of chapter 9 of an Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898.

    Ch. 210 · 49 Stat. 1203 · April 11, 1936 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the measurement of vessels using the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 211 · 49 Stat. 1204 · April 13, 1936 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first settlement on Long Island, New York.

    Ch. 212 · 49 Stat. 1205 · April 13, 1936 · Original text

53. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925.

    Ch. 213 · 49 Stat. 1205 · April 13, 1936 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution To authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the property devised and bequeathed to the United States of America by the last will and testament of Joseph Pennell, deceased.

    Ch. 214 · 49 Stat. 1206 · April 13, 1936 · Original text

55. An Act To create a commission and to extend further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects and on Indian irrigation projects.

    Ch. 215 · 49 Stat. 1206 · April 14, 1936 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the Holyoke Ice Company.

    Ch. 216 · 49 Stat. 2248 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Abraham Green.

    Ch. 217 · 49 Stat. 2248 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Chief Carpenter William F. Twitchell, United States Navy.

    Ch. 218 · 49 Stat. 2249 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of John Hoffman.

    Ch. 219 · 49 Stat. 2249 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of John Morris.

    Ch. 220 · 49 Stat. 2249 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of James Gaynor.

    Ch. 221 · 49 Stat. 2250 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of the Vermont Transit Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 222 · 49 Stat. 2250 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the settlement of individual claims for personal property lost or damaged, arising out of the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which have been approved by the Secretary of War.

    Ch. 223 · 49 Stat. 2251 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to execute an agreement of indemnity to the First Granite National Bank, Augusta, Maine.

    Ch. 224 · 49 Stat. 2251 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of the present leader of the Army Band.

    Ch. 225 · 49 Stat. 2252 · April 14, 1936 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Ada Mary Tornau.

    Ch. 226 · 49 Stat. 2252 · April 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To recognize the service of Brigadier General Edward R. Chrisman.

    Ch. 227 · 49 Stat. 2253 · April 15, 1936 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To amend section 21 of the Act approved June 5, 1920, entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulation, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes”, as applied to the Virgin Islands of the United States.

    Ch. 228 · 49 Stat. 1207 · April 16, 1936 · Original text

69. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act

    An Act Relating to the carriage of goods by sea.

    Ch. 229 · 49 Stat. 1207 · April 16, 1936 · Original text

70. An Act To amend section 51 of the Judicial Code of the United States (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 112).

    Ch. 230 · 49 Stat. 1213 · April 16, 1936 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Rose Stratton.

    Ch. 231 · 49 Stat. 2253 · April 16, 1936 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing the President to present the Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Percy Todd, British Navy, and the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Charles A. deW. Kitcat, British Navy.

    Ch. 232 · 49 Stat. 1214 · April 17, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 233 · 49 Stat. 1214 · April 17, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act Relating to the authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make rehabilitation loans for the repair of damages caused by floods or other catastrophes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 49 Stat. 1232 · April 17, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act Granting compensation to Mary Weller.

    Ch. 235 · 49 Stat. 2253 · April 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 236 · 49 Stat. 2254 · April 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to release the claim of the United States to certain land within the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas.

    Ch. 237 · 49 Stat. 2254 · April 17, 1936 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To conserve the water resources and to encourage reforestation of the watersheds of Santa Barbara County, California, by the withdrawal of certain public land, included within the Santa Barbara National Forest, California, from location and entry under the mining laws.

    Ch. 238 · 49 Stat. 1234 · April 20, 1936 · Original text

79. An Act Granting a leave of absence to settlers of homestead lands during the year 1936.

    Ch. 239 · 49 Stat. 1235 · April 20, 1936 · Original text

80. An Act To exempt from taxation receipts from the operation of Olympic Games if donated to the State of California, the city of Los Angeles, and the county of Los Angeles.

    Ch. 240 · 49 Stat. 1236 · April 20, 1936 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution To provide an additional appropriation for fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts, for the fiscal year 1936.

    Ch. 241 · 49 Stat. 1236 · April 20, 1936 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Grace Park, a minor, the Westerly Hospital, and Doctor H. M. Scanlon.

    Ch. 242 · 49 Stat. 2255 · April 20, 1936 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act To establish a commercial airport for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 243 · 49 Stat. 1236 · April 21, 1936 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Amending paragraph (4) of subsection (n) of section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended.

    Ch. 244 · 49 Stat. 1237 · April 21, 1936 · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 304 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.

    Ch. 245 · 49 Stat. 1237 · April 24, 1936 · Original text

86. An Act To authorize the acquisition of the railroad tracks, trestle, and right-of-way of the Gulf Power Company at the naval air station, Pensacola, Florida.

    Ch. 246 · 49 Stat. 1238 · April 24, 1936 · Original text

87. An Act Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.

    Ch. 247 · 49 Stat. 1238 · April 24, 1936 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept on behalf of the United States the bequest of the late Henry H. Rogers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 49 Stat. 1239 · April 25, 1936 · Original text

89. An Act Relating to compacts and agreements among States in which tobacco is produced providing for the control of production of, or commerce in, tobacco in such States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 249 · 49 Stat. 1239 · April 25, 1936 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the Great Lakes Exposition to be held in the State of Ohio during the year 1936, and authorizing the President to invite the Dominion of Canada to participate therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 250 · 49 Stat. 1243 · April 25, 1936 · Original text

91. An Act To give effect to the Convention between the United States and certain other countries for the regulation of whaling, concluded at Geneva, September 24, 1931, signed on the part of the United States, March 31, 1932, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 251 · 49 Stat. 1246 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

92. An Act An Act 1 to amend section 10 and repeal section 16 of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the distribution, promotion, retirement, and discharge of commissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and for other purposes”, approved May 29, 1934 (48 Stat. 811), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 252 · 49 Stat. 1249 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

93. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Weldon Spring, Missouri.

    Ch. 253 · 49 Stat. 1250 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

94. An Act To extend certain provisions of the Act approved June 18, 1934, commonly known as the Wheeler-Howard Act (Public Law Numbered 383, Seventy-third Congress, 48 Stat. 984), to the Territory of Alaska, to provide for the designation of Indian reservations in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 254 · 49 Stat. 1250 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

95. 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. 255 · 49 Stat. 1251 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

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

    Ch. 256 · 49 Stat. 1251 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

97. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Missouri to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Current River at or near Powder Mill Ford on Route Numbered Missouri 106, Shannon County, Missouri.

    Ch. 257 · 49 Stat. 1252 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

98. An Act Authorizing the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission of the State of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Delaware River at a point near Delaware Water Gap.

    Ch. 258 · 49 Stat. 1252 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

99. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Lamar Lumber Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the West Pearl River, at or near Talisheek, Louisiana”, approved June 17, 1930.

    Ch. 259 · 49 Stat. 1253 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

100. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Stites, Illinois.

     Ch. 260 · 49 Stat. 1253 · May 1, 1936 · Original text