Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River between Colbert County and Lauderdale County, Alabama.

   Ch. 261 · 49 Stat. 1254 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

2. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near a point between Morgan and Wash Streets in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto in the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois.

   Ch. 262 · 49 Stat. 1254 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

3. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana.

   Ch. 263 · 49 Stat. 1254 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

4. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Natchez, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 264 · 49 Stat. 1255 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

5. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Mississippi to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Pearl River at or near Monticello, Mississippi.

   Ch. 265 · 49 Stat. 1255 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Sistersville, West Virginia.

   Ch. 266 · 49 Stat. 1255 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution To authorize an investigation of the means of increasing capacity of the Panama Canal for future needs of interoceanic shipping, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 267 · 49 Stat. 1256 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution Extending the time for the Federal Trade Commission to make an investigation and file final report with respect to agricultural income and the financial and economic condition of agricultural producers generally.

   Ch. 268 · 49 Stat. 1256 · May 1, 1936 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of G. Elias and Brother, Incorporated.

   Ch. 269 · 49 Stat. 2255 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the International Mercantile Marine Company.

    Ch. 270 · 49 Stat. 2256 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique.

    Ch. 271 · 49 Stat. 2256 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of James R. Young.

    Ch. 272 · 49 Stat. 2257 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of the Virginia Engineering Company (Incorporated).

    Ch. 273 · 49 Stat. 2257 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Henry O. Goddard.

    Ch. 274 · 49 Stat. 2258 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of J. W. Hearn, Junior.

    Ch. 275 · 49 Stat. 2258 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. John H. Wilke.

    Ch. 276 · 49 Stat. 2259 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of J. C. Donnelly.

    Ch. 277 · 49 Stat. 2259 · May 1, 1936 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act To renew patent numbered 25909, relating to the badge of the United States Daughters of 1812.

    Ch. 278 · 49 Stat. 1257 · May 4, 1936 · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Arthur W. Bradshaw.

    Ch. 279 · 49 Stat. 2260 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of M. Waring Harrison.

    Ch. 280 · 49 Stat. 2260 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of James R. Russell.

    Ch. 281 · 49 Stat. 2260 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Patrick J. Leahy.

    Ch. 282 · 49 Stat. 2261 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Barbara Backstrom.

    Ch. 283 · 49 Stat. 2261 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mary L. Munro.

    Ch. 284 · 49 Stat. 2262 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Halstead.

    Ch. 285 · 49 Stat. 2262 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of M. M. Smith.

    Ch. 286 · 49 Stat. 2263 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Edith H. Miller.

    Ch. 287 · 49 Stat. 2263 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the estate of John A. McGloin.

    Ch. 288 · 49 Stat. 2264 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Joseph A. Therry.

    Ch. 289 · 49 Stat. 2264 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

    Ch. 290 · 49 Stat. 2265 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Grant Hospital and Doctor M. H. Streicher.

    Ch. 291 · 49 Stat. 2265 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Mae Pouland.

    Ch. 292 · 49 Stat. 2266 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Doctor J. C. Blalock.

    Ch. 293 · 49 Stat. 2266 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Edwin Pickard.

    Ch. 294 · 49 Stat. 2267 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of W. H. Dean.

    Ch. 295 · 49 Stat. 2267 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Myrtle T. Grooms.

    Ch. 296 · 49 Stat. 2267 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Joseph Mossew.

    Ch. 297 · 49 Stat. 2268 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Catharine I. Klein.

    Ch. 298 · 49 Stat. 2268 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Rasmus Bech.

    Ch. 299 · 49 Stat. 2269 · May 4, 1936 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the centennial celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, to be known as the Great Lakes Exposition.

    Ch. 300 · 49 Stat. 1257 · May 5, 1936 · Original text

41. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Greenbrier River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 301 · 49 Stat. 1258 · May 5, 1936 · Original text

42. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Cheat River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 302 · 49 Stat. 1258 · May 5, 1936 · Original text

43. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Potomac River and its tributaries, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 303 · 49 Stat. 1258 · May 5, 1936 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding and settlement of the city of New Rochelle, New York.

    Ch. 304 · 49 Stat. 1259 · May 5, 1936 · Original text

45. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the Wales Island Packing Company.

    Ch. 305 · 49 Stat. 2269 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of George Lawley and Son Corporation, of Boston, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 306 · 49 Stat. 2270 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of N. N. Self.

    Ch. 307 · 49 Stat. 2270 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Petra M. Benavides.

    Ch. 308 · 49 Stat. 2271 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Julia M. Ryder.

    Ch. 309 · 49 Stat. 2271 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Joseph Jochemczyk.

    Ch. 310 · 49 Stat. 2272 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Archie P. McLane and Hans Peter Jensen;

    Ch. 311 · 49 Stat. 2272 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Jens H. Larsen.

    Ch. 312 · 49 Stat. 2273 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of William W. Bartlett.

    Ch. 313 · 49 Stat. 2273 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Robert C. E. Hedley.

    Ch. 314 · 49 Stat. 2274 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Catherine Donnelly, Claire E. Donnelly, John Kufall, Mary F. Kufall, and Elizabeth A. Tucker.

    Ch. 315 · 49 Stat. 2274 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Captain Chester Gracie.

    Ch. 316 · 49 Stat. 2275 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of the Moffat Coal Company.

    Ch. 317 · 49 Stat. 2275 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of James Murphy Morgan and Blanche Copelan.

    Ch. 318 · 49 Stat. 2276 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Izelda Boisoneau.

    Ch. 319 · 49 Stat. 2276 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Nahwista Carr Bolk.

    Ch. 320 · 49 Stat. 2277 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Foot’s Transfer and Storage Company, Limited.

    Ch. 321 · 49 Stat. 2277 · May 5, 1936 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Marais des Cygnes River, in the State of Kansas, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 322 · 49 Stat. 1259 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

63. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Yakima River and its tributaries and the Walla Walla River and its tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 323 · 49 Stat. 1260 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

64. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Chickasawha River and its tributaries in the State of Mississippi, with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 324 · 49 Stat. 1260 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of the Cosatot River in Sevier County, Arkansas, to determine the feasibility of cleaning out the channel and leveeing the river and the cost of such improvements with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 325 · 49 Stat. 1260 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

66. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Red and Little Rivers, Arkansas, insofar as Red River affects Little River County, Arkansas, and insofar as Little River affects Little River and Sevier Counties, Arkansas, to determine the feasibility of leveeing Little River and the cost of such improvement, and also the estimated cost of repairing and strengthening the levee on Red River in Little River County, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 326 · 49 Stat. 1261 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

67. An Act Providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida at Panama City, Florida.

    Ch. 327 · 49 Stat. 1261 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

68. An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of the Little Missouri River in Pike County, Arkansas, to determine the feasibility of cleaning out the channel and leveeing the river and the cost of such improvements with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 328 · 49 Stat. 1261 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

69. An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of the Petit Jean River in Scott and Logan Counties, Arkansas, to determine the feasibility of cleaning out the channel and leveeing the river and the cost of such improvements with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 329 · 49 Stat. 1262 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of Big Mulberry Creek, in Crawford County, Arkansas, from the point where it empties into the Arkansas River up a distance of eight miles, to determine the feasibility of cleaning out the channel and repairing the banks, and the cost of such improvement, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 330 · 49 Stat. 1262 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

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

    Ch. 331 · 49 Stat. 1262 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of Cadron Creek, Arkansas, a tributary of the Arkansas River.

    Ch. 332 · 49 Stat. 1263 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

73. An Act To authorize the construction of a model basin establishment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 333 · 49 Stat. 1263 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize a survey of Lowell Creek, Alaska, to determine what, if any, modification should be made in the existing project for the control of its floods.

    Ch. 334 · 49 Stat. 1264 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the San Diego River and its tributaries in the State of California, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 335 · 49 Stat. 1264 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

76. An Act To repeal Public Law Numbered 246 of the Seventy-second Congress.

    Ch. 336 · 49 Stat. 1264 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Matanuska River in the vicinity of Matanuska, Alaska.

    Ch. 337 · 49 Stat. 1265 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

78. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of various creeks in the State of California with a view to the control of their floods.

    Ch. 338 · 49 Stat. 1265 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

79. An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of Passaic River, New Jersey, with a view to the control of its floods.

    Ch. 339 · 49 Stat. 1265 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution To amend Public Act Numbered 435, Seventy-second Congress.

    Ch. 340 · 49 Stat. 1266 · May 6, 1936 · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Edgar H. Taber.

    Ch. 347 · 49 Stat. 2028 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Doris Lipscomb.

    Ch. 341 · 49 Stat. 2277 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Marie Linsenmeyer.

    Ch. 342 · 49 Stat. 2278 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Sperry Gyroscope Company, Incorporated, of New York.

    Ch. 343 · 49 Stat. 2278 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Wyhowski, mother and guardian of Dorothy Wyhowski.

    Ch. 344 · 49 Stat. 2279 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Hugh B. Curry.

    Ch. 345 · 49 Stat. 2279 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Thelma L. Edmunds, Mrs. J. M. Padgett, Myrtis E. Posey, Mrs. J. D. Mathis, Senior, Fannie Harrison, Annie R. Colgan, and Grace Whitlock.

    Ch. 346 · 49 Stat. 2280 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of J. H. Taylor and Son.

    Ch. 348 · 49 Stat. 2280 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Anchorage Commercial Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 349 · 49 Stat. 2281 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Preston Brooks Massey.

    Ch. 350 · 49 Stat. 2281 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Florence Helen Klein, a minor.

    Ch. 351 · 49 Stat. 2282 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Earl Poynor.

    Ch. 352 · 49 Stat. 2282 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Mae C. Tibbett, administratrix.

    Ch. 353 · 49 Stat. 2283 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Alfred J. White, M. J. Banker, and Charlyn DeBlanc.

    Ch. 354 · 49 Stat. 2283 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of George H. Smith.

    Ch. 355 · 49 Stat. 2284 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Frank Rottkamp.

    Ch. 356 · 49 Stat. 2284 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Georgiana Minnigerode, widow of Captain Karl Minnigerode.

    Ch. 357 · 49 Stat. 2284 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Mariano Biondi.

    Ch. 358 · 49 Stat. 2285 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. A. Joullian.

    Ch. 359 · 49 Stat. 2285 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Adolph Micek, a minor.

     Ch. 360 · 49 Stat. 2286 · May 6, 1936 · Private law · Original text