Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Mrs. George F. Freeman.

   Ch. 401 · 49 Stat. 2107 · July 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To regulate the strength and distribution of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 402 · 49 Stat. 487 · July 22, 1935 · Original text

3. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Korber Realty, Incorporated.

   Ch. 403 · 49 Stat. 2107 · July 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Commander G. C. Manning.

   Ch. 404 · 49 Stat. 2108 · July 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of Doctor George W. Ritchey.

   Ch. 405 · 49 Stat. 2108 · July 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of White Brothers and Company.

   Ch. 406 · 49 Stat. 2108 · July 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the Western Electric Company, Incorporated.

   Ch. 407 · 49 Stat. 2109 · July 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

   Ch. 408 · 49 Stat. 491 · July 23, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain lands in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to the State of Louisiana for the purpose of a State highway across a portion of the Federal property occupied by the Veterans' Administration facility, Alexandria, Louisiana.

   Ch. 409 · 49 Stat. 491 · July 23, 1935 · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of the Barlow-Moore Tobacco Company.

    Ch. 410 · 49 Stat. 2109 · July 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Guy Clatterbuck.

    Ch. 411 · 49 Stat. 2110 · July 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To prohibit the interstate transportation of prison-made products in certain cases.

    Ch. 412 · 49 Stat. 494 · July 24, 1935 · Original text

13. An Act To amend section 114 of the Judicial Code to provide for terms of District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to be held at Wausau, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 413 · 49 Stat. 495 · July 24, 1935 · Original text

14. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act setting aside Rice Lake and contiguous lands in Minnesota for the exclusive use and benefit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota”, approved June 23, 1926, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 414 · 49 Stat. 496 · July 24, 1935 · Original text

15. An Act To repeal sections 1, 2, and 3 of Public Law Numbered 203, Sixtieth Congress, approved February 3, 1909.

    Ch. 415 · 49 Stat. 497 · July 25, 1935 · Original text

16. An Act To create a Central Statistical Committee and a Central Statistical Board, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 49 Stat. 498 · July 25, 1935 · Original text

17. Federal Register Act

    An Act To provide for the custody of Federal proclamations, orders, regulations, notices, and other documents, and for the prompt and uniform printing and distribution thereof.

    Ch. 417 · 49 Stat. 500 · July 26, 1935 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras Bridge Company a portion of the Eagle Pass Military Reservation, Texas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 418 · 49 Stat. 503 · July 26, 1935 · Original text

19. An Act To further extend the period of time during which final proof may be offered by homestead and desert land entrymen.

    Ch. 419 · 49 Stat. 504 · July 26, 1935 · Original text

20. An Act To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.

    Ch. 420 · 49 Stat. 504 · July 26, 1935 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to nonprofit corporations for the repair of damages caused by floods or other catastrophes, and for other purposes”, approved April 13, 1934.

    Ch. 421 · 49 Stat. 505 · July 26, 1935 · Original text

22. An Act To promote the efficiency of national defense.

    Ch. 422 · 49 Stat. 505 · July 31, 1935 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the acquisition of land on McNeil Island.

    Ch. 423 · 49 Stat. 508 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

24. An Act To authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the Chelan National Forest in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 424 · 49 Stat. 508 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional United States judges.

    Ch. 425 · 49 Stat. 508 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

26. An Act To amend so much of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1921, approved March 1, 1921, as relates to the printing and distribution of a revised edition of Hinds' Parliamentary Precedents of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 426 · 49 Stat. 509 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

27. An Act Granting a renewal of Patent Numbered 54296 relating to the badge of The American Legion.

    Ch. 427 · 49 Stat. 510 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

28. An Act Granting a renewal of patent numbered 55398 relating to the badge of The American legion Auxiliary.

    Ch. 428 · 49 Stat. 510 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution To provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Ordinance of 1787 and the settlement of the Northwest Territory.

    Ch. 429 · 49 Stat. 511 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution To provide for membership of the United States in the Pan American Institute of Geography and History; and to authorize the President to extend an invitation for the next general assembly of the Institute to meet in the United States in 1935, and to provide an appropriation for expenses thereof.

    Ch. 430 · 49 Stat. 512 · August 2, 1935 · Original text

31. An Act To amend the laws relating to proctors’ and marshals’ fees and bonds and stipulations in suits in admiralty.

    Ch. 431 · 49 Stat. 513 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Act approved May 14, 1930, entitled “An Act to reorganize the administration of Federal prisons; to authorize the Attorney General to contract for the care of United States prisoners; to establish Federal jails; and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 432 · 49 Stat. 513 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Act of June 27, 1930 (ch. 634, 46 Stat. 820).

    Ch. 433 · 49 Stat. 514 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the incorporated city of Anchorage, Alaska, to construct a municipal building and purchase and install a modern telephone exchange, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $75,000; and to authorize said city to accept grants of money to aid it in financing any public works.

    Ch. 434 · 49 Stat. 514 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

35. An Act Temporarily to exempt refunding bonds of the Government of Puerto Rico from the limitation of public indebtedness under the Organic Act.

    Ch. 435 · 49 Stat. 516 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

36. An Act To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 436 · 49 Stat. 516 · August 3, 1935 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Joanna Forsyth.

    Ch. 437 · 49 Stat. 2110 · August 3, 1935 · Private law · Original text

38. Anti-Smuggling Act

    An Act To protect the revenue of the United States and provide measures for the more effective enforcement of the laws respecting the revenue, to prevent smuggling, to authorize customs-enforcement areas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 438 · 49 Stat. 417 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

39. An Act To provide for advancement by selection in the Staff Corps of the Navy to the ranks of lieutenant commander and lieutenant; to amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the equalization of promotion of officers of the Staff Corps of the Navy with officers of the line” (44 Stat. 717; U. S, C., Supp. VII, title 34, secs. 348 to 348t), and for other purposes.

    Ch. 439 · 49 Stat. 530 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

40. An Act To authorize the conveyance of certain Government land to the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, for street purposes and as a part of the approach to the Stroudsburg viaduct on State Highway Route Numbered 498.

    Ch. 440 · 49 Stat. 533 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the Seventeenth National Convention of the American Legion at Saint Louis, Missouri, during the month of September 1935.

    Ch. 441 · 49 Stat. 534 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

42. An Act To provide for the transfer of certain land in the city of Anderson, South Carolina, to such city.

    Ch. 442 · 49 Stat. 534 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

43. An Act To legalize a bridge across Black River on United States Highway Numbered 60 in the town of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri.

    Ch. 443 · 49 Stat. 535 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

44. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the cities of Donora and Monessen, Pennsylvania, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River between the two cities.

    Ch. 444 · 49 Stat. 535 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

45. 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. 445 · 49 Stat. 536 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

46. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of certain free highway bridges across the Red River, from Moorhead, Minnesota, to Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 446 · 49 Stat. 536 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

47. An Act Providing for the loan by the War Department of certain material and equipment to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 1935 Encampment Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 447 · 49 Stat. 536 · August 5, 1935 · Original text

48. An Act To provide a right-of-way.

    Ch. 448 · 49 Stat. 2111 · August 5, 1935 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To authorize the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, by means of an overhead bridge to cross New York Avenue Northeast, to extend, construct, maintain, and operate certain industrial side tracks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 449 · 49 Stat. 537 · August 6, 1935 · Original text

50. An Act To provide for adjusting the compensation of post-office inspectors and inspectors in charge to correspond to the rates established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

    Ch. 450 · 49 Stat. 538 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for the acquisition of a portrait of Thomas Walker Gilmer.

    Ch. 451 · 49 Stat. 538 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

52. An Act To amend the Act creating a United States Court for China and prescribing the title thereof, as amended.

    Ch. 452 · 49 Stat. 538 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

53. An Act To amend sections 966 and 971 of chapter 22 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 453 · 49 Stat. 539 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize appropriations to pay the annual share of the United States as an adhering member of the International Council of Scientific Unions and associated unions.

    Ch. 454 · 49 Stat. 540 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

55. An Act Providing for an annual appropriation to meet the share of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee on Aerial Legal Experts, and for participation in the meetings of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts and the commissions established by that committee.

    Ch. 455 · 49 Stat. 540 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Texas Centennial Exposition and celebrations to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 456 · 49 Stat. 541 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Frederic A. Delano as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 457 · 49 Stat. 542 · August 7, 1935 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Henry Dinucci.

    Ch. 463 · 49 Stat. 945 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the American Surety Company of New York.

    Ch. 458 · 49 Stat. 2111 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Ruth Relyea.

    Ch. 459 · 49 Stat. 2111 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Conferring jurisdiction in the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of George B. Gates.

    Ch. 460 · 49 Stat. 2112 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Lester I. Conrad.

    Ch. 461 · 49 Stat. 2112 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Evelyn Jotter.

    Ch. 462 · 49 Stat. 2113 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of William Seader.

    Ch. 464 · 49 Stat. 2114 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Charles Davis.

    Ch. 465 · 49 Stat. 2114 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of the estate of Paul Kiehler.

    Ch. 466 · 49 Stat. 2114 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of John E. Fondahl.

    Ch. 467 · 49 Stat. 2115 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Ladislav Cizek.

    Ch. 468 · 49 Stat. 2115 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of George Raptis.

    Ch. 469 · 49 Stat. 2115 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Captain Walter S. Bramble.

    Ch. 470 · 49 Stat. 2116 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Captain Arthur L. Bristol, United States Navy.

    Ch. 471 · 49 Stat. 2116 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Olin H. Reed.

    Ch. 472 · 49 Stat. 2117 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Correcting date of enlistment of Elza Bennett in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 473 · 49 Stat. 2117 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Anna Farruggia.

    Ch. 474 · 49 Stat. 2117 · August 7, 1935 · 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. 475 · 49 Stat. 2118 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the settlement of individual claims of military personnel for damages to and loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army.

    Ch. 476 · 49 Stat. 2118 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Horton and Horton.

    Ch. 477 · 49 Stat. 2120 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of James Akeroyd and Company.

    Ch. 478 · 49 Stat. 2120 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of John Evans.

    Ch. 479 · 49 Stat. 2121 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Thomas Enchoff.

    Ch. 480 · 49 Stat. 2121 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Harriet V. Schindler.

    Ch. 481 · 49 Stat. 2121 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Yamato Sesoko.

    Ch. 482 · 49 Stat. 2122 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Carlysle Von Thomas, Senior.

    Ch. 483 · 49 Stat. 2122 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Russell B. Putnam, United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 484 · 49 Stat. 2122 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Jasper Daleo.

    Ch. 485 · 49 Stat. 2123 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Lawrence S. Copeland.

    Ch. 486 · 49 Stat. 2123 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Captain George W. Steele, Junior, United States Navy.

    Ch. 487 · 49 Stat. 2124 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of John L. Summers, disbursing clerk, Treasury Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 488 · 49 Stat. 2124 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Ciriaco Hernandez and others.

    Ch. 489 · 49 Stat. 2125 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Rabbi Isaac Levine.

    Ch. 490 · 49 Stat. 2125 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse Lela C. Brady and Ira P. Brady for the losses sustained by them by reason of the negligence of an employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

    Ch. 491 · 49 Stat. 2126 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Clarence J. McClary.

    Ch. 492 · 49 Stat. 2126 · August 7, 1935 · Private law · Original text

93. Joint Resolution To amend the public resolution approved June 28, 1935, entitled “Joint resolution providing for the participation of the United States in the Texas Centennial Exposition and celebrations to be held in the State of Texas during the years 1935 and 1936, and authorizing the President to invite foreign countries and nations to participate therein, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 493 · 49 Stat. 542 · August 8, 1935 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Floyd L. Walter.

    Ch. 494 · 49 Stat. 2127 · August 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Bernard McShane.

    Ch. 495 · 49 Stat. 2127 · August 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Louis Alfano.

    Ch. 496 · 49 Stat. 2127 · August 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Thomas F. Olsen.

    Ch. 497 · 49 Stat. 2128 · August 8, 1935 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant a right-of-way for street purposes upon and across the San Antonio Arsenal, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 499 · 49 Stat. 542 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, by providing for the regulation of the transportation of passengers and property by motor carriers operating in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 498 · 49 Stat. 543 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

100. An Act To amend section 559 of title 20 of the Code of the District of Columbia as to restriction on residence of members of the fire department.

     Ch. 500 · 49 Stat. 567 · August 9, 1935 · Original text