Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 101 · 49 Stat. 176 · May 9, 1935 · Original text

2. An Act To alter the amount apportioned to certain States for public employment offices affiliated with the United States Employment Service.

   Ch. 102 · 49 Stat. 216 · May 10, 1935 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to defray certain expenses incident to the convention of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine, June 8 to June 17, 1935, both inclusive.

   Ch. 103 · 49 Stat. 217 · May 10, 1935 · Original text

4. An Act Granting compensation to the estate of Thomas Peraglia, deceased.

   Ch. 104 · 49 Stat. 2057 · May 10, 1935 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of C. H. Hoogendorn.

   Ch. 105 · 49 Stat. 2058 · May 10, 1935 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Robert D. Hutchinson.

   Ch. 106 · 49 Stat. 2058 · May 10, 1935 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Nellie Oliver.

   Ch. 107 · 49 Stat. 2058 · May 10, 1935 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To add certain public-domain land in Montana to the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation.

   Ch. 108 · 49 Stat. 217 · May 14, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Act of May 19, 1926, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to detail officers and enlisted men of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to assist the governments of the Latin-American Republics in military and naval matters.”

   Ch. 109 · 49 Stat. 218 · May 14, 1935 · Original text

10. An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 110 · 49 Stat. 218 · May 14, 1935 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation of the United States in the observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Colony of Connecticut, authorizing an appropriation to be utilized in connection with such observance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 111 · 49 Stat. 244 · May 14, 1935 · Original text

12. An Act Extending the time for repayment of the revolving fund for the benefit of the Crow Indians.

    Ch. 112 · 49 Stat. 244 · May 15, 1935 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not to exceed $1,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring the electric light and power, water, and telephone properties of the Citizens’ Light, Power and Water Company, and to finance and operate the same, and validating the preliminary proceedings with respect thereto, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 113 · 49 Stat. 245 · May 15, 1935 · Original text

14. An Act 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 and supplementary thereto.

    Ch. 114 · 49 Stat. 246 · May 15, 1935 · Original text

15. An Act To give proper recognition to the distinguished services of Colonel William L. Keller.

    Ch. 115 · 49 Stat. 247 · May 15, 1935 · Original text

16. 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. 116 · 49 Stat. 2059 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To authorize settlement, allowance, and payment of certain claims.

    Ch. 117 · 49 Stat. 2059 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of the Jay Street Terminal, New York.

    Ch. 118 · 49 Stat. 2060 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Elton Firth.

    Ch. 119 · 49 Stat. 2061 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Anna W. Ayer, widow of Captain Asa G. Ayer, deceased.

    Ch. 120 · 49 Stat. 2061 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claims of Sanford A. McAlister and Eliza L. McAlister.

    Ch. 121 · 49 Stat. 2062 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the West India Oil Company.

    Ch. 122 · 49 Stat. 2062 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Schutte and Koerting Company.

    Ch. 123 · 49 Stat. 2062 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 124 · 49 Stat. 2063 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Frank Spector.

    Ch. 125 · 49 Stat. 2063 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of the rightful heir of Joseph Gayton.

    Ch. 126 · 49 Stat. 2064 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Charles L. Graves.

    Ch. 127 · 49 Stat. 2064 · May 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of William Kemper.

    Ch. 128 · 49 Stat. 2064 · May 16, 1935 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company.

    Ch. 129 · 49 Stat. 2065 · May 16, 1935 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

    Ch. 130 · 49 Stat. 2065 · May 16, 1935 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 131 · 49 Stat. 247 · May 17, 1935 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Frank Kroegel, alias Francis Kroegel.

    Ch. 132 · 49 Stat. 2066 · May 17, 1935 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Concerning the incorporated town of Seward, Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 133 · 49 Stat. 282 · May 20, 1935 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution For the establishment of a commission for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard connecting the present Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 134 · 49 Stat. 285 · May 20, 1935 · Original text

35. An Act Granting a leave of absence to settlers of homestead lands during the year 1935.

    Ch. 135 · 49 Stat. 286 · May 22, 1935 · Original text

36. An Act To amend section 21 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, with respect to the time of making the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

    Ch. 136 · 49 Stat. 287 · May 23, 1935 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution To authorize the acceptance on behalf of the United States of the bequest of the late Major General Fred C. Ainsworth for the purpose of establishing a permanent library at the Walter Reed General Hospital to be known as the “Fred C. Ainsworth Endowment Library.”

    Ch. 137 · 49 Stat. 287 · May 23, 1935 · Original text

38. An Act To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota.

    Ch. 138 · 49 Stat. 288 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

39. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to board of county commissioners of Itasca County, Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the road between the villages of Cohasset and Deer River, Minnesota.”

    Ch. 139 · 49 Stat. 288 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

40. An Act To include within the Deschutes National Forest, in the State of Oregon, certain public lands within the exchange boundaries thereof.

    Ch. 140 · 49 Stat. 288 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

41. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 141 · 49 Stat. 289 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

42. An Act To amend section 5296 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 142 · 49 Stat. 289 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

43. An Act To ratify and confirm the corporate existence of the city of Nome, Alaska, and to authorize it to undertake certain municipal public works, including the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, and improvement of its sewers and drains, fire-fighting system, streets and alleys, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and a municipal building, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $100,000.

    Ch. 143 · 49 Stat. 289 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution To provide for participation by the United States in the Eighth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy to be held at Brussels, Belgium, in June 1935.

    Ch. 144 · 49 Stat. 291 · May 24, 1935 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Gerald Mackey.

    Ch. 145 · 49 Stat. 2066 · May 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to pay certain expenses incident to the training, attendance, and participation of the equestrian and modern pentathlon teams in the Eleventh Olympic Games.

    Ch. 146 · 49 Stat. 292 · May 27, 1935 · Original text

47. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the city of Grand Haven, Michigan, certain portions of the Grand Haven Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan.

    Ch. 147 · 49 Stat. 292 · May 27, 1935 · Original text

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

    Ch. 148 · 49 Stat. 292 · May 27, 1935 · Original text

49. An Act To extend the time during which domestic animals which have crossed the boundary line into foreign countries may be returned duty free.

    Ch. 149 · 49 Stat. 293 · May 27, 1935 · Original text

50. An Act To provide additional home-mortgage relief, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, and the National Housing Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 150 · 49 Stat. 293 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

51. 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. 151 · 49 Stat. 301 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Petersburg, Alaska, to undertake certain municipal public works, including the filling, grading, and paving of streets and sidewalks, the construction and improvement of sewers, and construction of necessary bridges and viaducts in connection with the same, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $35,000.

    Ch. 152 · 49 Stat. 301 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Valdez, Alaska, to construct a public-school building and for such purpose to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $30,000; and to authorize said town to accept grants of money to aid it in financing any public works.

    Ch. 153 · 49 Stat. 303 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

54. An Act To increase the White House Police Force, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 154 · 49 Stat. 304 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

55. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 155 · 49 Stat. 305 · May 28, 1935 · Original text

56. An Act To authorize the disposal of surplus personal property, including buildings, of the Emergency Conservation Work.

    Ch. 156 · 49 Stat. 311 · May 29, 1935 · Original text

57. An Act To set aside certain lands for the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 157 · 49 Stat. 312 · May 29, 1935 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Georgia, at or near Sea Island Beach.

    Ch. 158 · 49 Stat. 312 · May 29, 1935 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the transfer of the Green Lake Fish Cultural Station in Hancock County, Maine, as an addition to Acadia National Park.

    Ch. 159 · 49 Stat. 312 · May 29, 1935 · Original text

60. An Act To amend section 128 of the Judicial Code, as amended.

    Ch. 160 · 49 Stat. 313 · May 31, 1935 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of John Costigan.

    Ch. 161 · 49 Stat. 2066 · May 31, 1935 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Daniel W. Seal.

    Ch. 162 · 49 Stat. 2067 · May 31, 1935 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Harry B. Walmsley.

    Ch. 163 · 49 Stat. 2067 · May 31, 1935 · Private law · Original text

64. Farm Credit Act of 1935

    An Act To amend the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, to amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act, and to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1933, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 164 · 49 Stat. 313 · June 3, 1935 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To abolish the Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission and transfer its functions to the Secretary of the Interior.

    Ch. 165 · 49 Stat. 320 · June 3, 1935 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Angelo J. Gillotti.

    Ch. 166 · 49 Stat. 2067 · June 3, 1935 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To provide for the payment of a military instructor for the high-school cadets of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 167 · 49 Stat. 320 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

68. An Act To compensate the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota for lands set aside by treaties for their future homes and later patented to the State of Minnesota under the Swamp Land Act.

    Ch. 168 · 49 Stat. 320 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

69. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana.

    Ch. 169 · 49 Stat. 321 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

70. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri.

    Ch. 170 · 49 Stat. 322 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

71. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act authorizing Vernon W. O’Connor, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rainy River at or near Baudette, Minnesota.”

    Ch. 171 · 49 Stat. 322 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

72. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of North Carolina to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Waccamaw River, at or near Old Pireway Ferry Crossing, North Carolina.

    Ch. 172 · 49 Stat. 322 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

73. An Act Authorizing the State of Illinois and the State of Missouri to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River between Kaskaskia Island, Illinois, and Saint Marys, Missouri.

    Ch. 173 · 49 Stat. 323 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

74. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Boca Chica, Texas.

    Ch. 174 · 49 Stat. 323 · June 4, 1935 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the assignment of officers of the line of the Navy for aeronautical engineering duty only, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 175 · 49 Stat. 323 · June 5, 1935 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in connection with the Cabeza de Vaca Expedition and the opening of the Old Spanish Trail.

    Ch. 176 · 49 Stat. 324 · June 5, 1935 · Original text

77. An Act To give the consent and approval of Congress to the extension of the terms and provisions of the present Rio Grande compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 12, 1929, and heretofore approved by Act of Congress dated June 17, 1930 (Public, Numbered 370, Seventy-first Congress, 46 Stat. 767).

    Ch. 177 · 49 Stat. 325 · June 5, 1935 · Original text

78. An Act To change the name of the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia to the German Orphan Home of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 178 · 49 Stat. 325 · June 5, 1935 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of E. F. Droop and Sons Company.

    Ch. 179 · 49 Stat. 2067 · June 5, 1935 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mary Ford Conrad.

    Ch. 180 · 49 Stat. 2068 · June 5, 1935 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To amend section 1383 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 181 · 49 Stat. 326 · June 6, 1935 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for increasing the limit of cost for the construction and equipment of an annex to the Library of Congress.

    Ch. 182 · 49 Stat. 326 · June 6, 1935 · Original text

83. An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Oswego, Oneida, Seneca, and Clyde Rivers in Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida, Madison, Cayuga, Wayne, Seneca, Tompkins, Schuyler, Yates, and Ontario Counties, New York, with a view to the controlling of floods.

    Ch. 183 · 49 Stat. 326 · June 6, 1935 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1935, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.

    Ch. 184 · 49 Stat. 327 · June 6, 1935 · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth M. Halpin.

    Ch. 185 · 49 Stat. 2068 · June 6, 1935 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of the Muncy Valley Private Hospital.

    Ch. 186 · 49 Stat. 2069 · June 6, 1935 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of William A. Ray.

    Ch. 187 · 49 Stat. 2069 · June 6, 1935 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with public-school districts in Glacier County, Montana, in the improvement and extension of school buildings to be available to both Indian and white children.

    Ch. 188 · 49 Stat. 327 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

89. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the public-school board at Wolf Point, Montana, in the construction or improvement of a public-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 189 · 49 Stat. 327 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

90. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with school district numbered 23, Polson, Montana, in the improvement and extension of school buildings to be available to both Indian and white children.

    Ch. 190 · 49 Stat. 328 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

91. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with Joint School District Numbered 28, Lake and Missoula Counties, Montana, for extension of public-school buildings to be available to Indian children of the Flathead Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 191 · 49 Stat. 328 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

92. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with, the school board at Brockton, Montana, in the extension of the public-school building at that place to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 192 · 49 Stat. 328 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

93. An Act For expenditure of funds for cooperation with the public-school board at Poplar, Montana, in the construction or improvement of public-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

    Ch. 193 · 49 Stat. 329 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize appropriations for the completion of the public high school at Frazer, Montana.

    Ch. 194 · 49 Stat. 329 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

95. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with Marysville School District, number 325, Snohomish County, Washington, for extension of public-school buildings to be available for Indian children.

    Ch. 195 · 49 Stat. 329 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

96. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board at Queets, Washington, in the construction of a public-school building to be available to Indian children of the village of Queets, Jefferson County, Washington.

    Ch. 196 · 49 Stat. 330 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

97. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with White Swan School District, Numbered 88, Yakima County, Washington, for extension of public-school buildings to be available for Indian children of the Yakima Reservation.

    Ch. 197 · 49 Stat. 330 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

98. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the public-school board at Covelo, California, in the construction of public-school buildings to be available to Indian children of the Round Valley Reservation, California.

    Ch. 198 · 49 Stat. 331 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

99. An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board of Shannon County, South Dakota, in the construction of a consolidated high-school building to be available to both white and Indian children.

    Ch. 199 · 49 Stat. 331 · June 7, 1935 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of the present leaders of the United States Navy Band and the band of the United States Marine Corps.

     Ch. 200 · 49 Stat. 331 · June 7, 1935 · Original text