Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To amend section 483 of title 20 of the Code of the District of Columbia as to residence of members of the Police Department.

   Ch. 501 · 49 Stat. 568 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

2. An Act To amend an Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 502 · 49 Stat. 568 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in 1939.

   Ch. 503 · 49 Stat. 570 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To provide for certain State allotments under the Cotton Control Act.

   Ch. 504 · 49 Stat. 570 · August 9, 1935 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of John R. Allgood.

   Ch. 505 · 49 Stat. 2128 · August 9, 1935 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Charles H. Holtzman, former collector of customs, Baltimore, Maryland; George D. Hubbard, former collector of customs, Seattle, Washington; and William L. Thibadeau, former customs agent.

   Ch. 506 · 49 Stat. 2129 · August 9, 1935 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of John F. Hatfield.

   Ch. 507 · 49 Stat. 2129 · August 9, 1935 · Private law · Original text

8. Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935

   An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1935, and June 30, 1936, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 508 · 49 Stat. 571 · August 12, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended.

   Ch. 509 · 49 Stat. 607 · August 12, 1935 · Original text

10. An Act To safeguard the estates of veterans derived from payments of pension, compensation, emergency officers’ retirement pay and insurance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 510 · 49 Stat. 607 · August 12, 1935 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the selection, construction, installation, and modification of permanent stations and depots for the Army Air Corps and frontier air-defense bases generally.

    Ch. 511 · 49 Stat. 610 · August 12, 1935 · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of George William Henning.

    Ch. 512 · 49 Stat. 2129 · August 12, 1935 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Jane B. Smith and Dora D. Smith.

    Ch. 513 · 49 Stat. 2130 · August 12, 1935 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Mayme Hughes.

    Ch. 514 · 49 Stat. 2130 · August 12, 1935 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Rufus Hunter Blackwell, Junior.

    Ch. 515 · 49 Stat. 2131 · August 12, 1935 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act To authorize the issuance and sale to the United States of certain bonds of municipal governments in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 516 · 49 Stat. 611 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the construction, extension, and improvement of public-school buildings in Duchesne County, Utah.

    Ch. 517 · 49 Stat. 612 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

18. An Act To provide funds for acquisition of the property of the Haskell Students Activities Association on behalf of the Indian School known as “Haskell Institute”, Lawrence, Kansas.

    Ch. 518 · 49 Stat. 612 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury of portions of the property within the Fort Knox Military Reservation, Kentucky, for the construction thereon of certain public buildings, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 519 · 49 Stat. 613 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

20. An Act To amend sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the commemoration of the termination of the War between the States at Appomattox Court House, Virginia”, approved June 18, 1930, and to establish the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 520 · 49 Stat. 613 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

21. An Act Granting pensions to veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection, their widows and dependents, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 521 · 49 Stat. 614 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appropriation of funds for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property during the period August 16, 1935, to August 31, 1935, both inclusive.

    Ch. 522 · 49 Stat. 614 · August 13, 1935 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the estate of William Bardel.

    Ch. 523 · 49 Stat. 2131 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Alva A. Murphy.

    Ch. 524 · 49 Stat. 2132 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Harry Layman.

    Ch. 525 · 49 Stat. 2132 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Brown and Cunningham of Port Deposit, Maryland.

    Ch. 526 · 49 Stat. 2133 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Bowers Southern Dredging Company.

    Ch. 527 · 49 Stat. 2133 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Edwin C. Jenney, receiver of the First National Bank of Newton, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 528 · 49 Stat. 2134 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Catherine Grace.

    Ch. 529 · 49 Stat. 2134 · August 13, 1935 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To amend the air-mail laws and to authorize the extension of the Air Mail Service.

    Ch. 530 · 49 Stat. 614 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

31. Social Security Act

    An Act To provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 531 · 49 Stat. 620 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act.

    Ch. 532 · 49 Stat. 648 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

33. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the Department of Agriculture Extensible Building.

    Ch. 533 · 49 Stat. 649 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

34. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the United Confederate Veterans’ 1935 reunion at Amarillo, Texas.

    Ch. 534 · 49 Stat. 650 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

35. An Act To fix the hours of duty of postal employees, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 535 · 49 Stat. 650 · August 14, 1935 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the Hauser Construction Company.

    Ch. 536 · 49 Stat. 2134 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

37. 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. 537 · 49 Stat. 2135 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Rene Hooge.

    Ch. 538 · 49 Stat. 2140 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company.

    Ch. 539 · 49 Stat. 2140 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of A. N. Ross.

    Ch. 540 · 49 Stat. 2141 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of George Voeltz.

    Ch. 541 · 49 Stat. 2141 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Lewis Worthy and Dennis O. Penn.

    Ch. 542 · 49 Stat. 2141 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 543 · 49 Stat. 2142 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the rightful heirs of Tiwastewin or Anna.

    Ch. 544 · 49 Stat. 2143 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to execute a quitclaim deed of certain land located in the village of Lyons, New York.

    Ch. 545 · 49 Stat. 2143 · August 14, 1935 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 546 · 49 Stat. 651 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

47. An Act To provide for the establishment of a national monument on the site of Red Hill estate of Patrick Henry.

    Ch. 547 · 49 Stat. 652 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

48. An Act Providing for the publication of statistics relating to spirits of turpentine and rosin.

    Ch. 548 · 49 Stat. 653 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

49. An Act To prevent the fouling of the atmosphere in the District of Columbia by smoke and other foreign substances, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 549 · 49 Stat. 653 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

50. An Act To amend the joint resolution establishing the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission, approved May 23, 1928.

    Ch. 550 · 49 Stat. 654 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing a capital fund for the Chippewa Indian Cooperative Marketing Association.

    Ch. 551 · 49 Stat. 654 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

52. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Connecticut and Middlesex County to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Connecticut River at or near Middletown, Connecticut.

    Ch. 552 · 49 Stat. 655 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution To carry out the intention of Congress with reference to the claims of the Crow Tribe of Indians of Montana and any band thereof against the United States.

    Ch. 553 · 49 Stat. 655 · August 15, 1935 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Walter J. Bryson Paving Company.

    Ch. 554 · 49 Stat. 2144 · August 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to execute a certain indemnity agreement.

    Ch. 555 · 49 Stat. 2144 · August 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Blanche L. Gray.

    Ch. 556 · 49 Stat. 2144 · August 15, 1935 · Private law · Original text

57. Joint Resolution Authorizing the use of public parks, reservations, and other public spaces in the District of Columbia; and the use of tents, cots, hospital appliances, flags, and other decorations, property of the United States, by Washington (District of Columbia) 1935 Improved, Benevolent, and Protective Order of Elks of the World, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 557 · 49 Stat. 656 · August 17, 1935 · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing the filling of vacancies in certain judgeships.

    Ch. 558 · 49 Stat. 659 · August 19, 1935 · Original text

59. An Act Directing the conveyance of certain lands to the regents of the University of New Mexico.

    Ch. 559 · 49 Stat. 659 · August 19, 1935 · Original text

60. An Act To eliminate the requirement of cultivation in connection with certain homestead entries.

    Ch. 560 · 49 Stat. 659 · August 19, 1935 · Original text

61. An Act To amend the Act of May 13, 1924, entitled “An Act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande”, and so forth, as amended by the public resolution of March 3, 1927.

    Ch. 561 · 49 Stat. 660 · August 19, 1935 · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Robert J. Smith, alias William McClocklin.

    Ch. 564 · 49 Stat. 1246 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Skelton Mack McCray.

    Ch. 565 · 49 Stat. 1246 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of the Consolidated Ashcroft Hancock Company, Incorporated, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

    Ch. 562 · 49 Stat. 2145 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the suit in equity of Rakha Singh Gherwal against the United States.

    Ch. 563 · 49 Stat. 2145 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Dan Meehan.

    Ch. 566 · 49 Stat. 2146 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Domenico Politano.

    Ch. 567 · 49 Stat. 2147 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of certain purchasers of lands in the Borough of Brooklawn, State of New Jersey.

    Ch. 568 · 49 Stat. 2147 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the George C. Mansfield Company and George D. Mansfield.

    Ch. 569 · 49 Stat. 2148 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 570 · 49 Stat. 2148 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Authorizing adjustment of the claim of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

    Ch. 571 · 49 Stat. 2149 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to cancel patent in fee issued to Victoria Arconge.

    Ch. 572 · 49 Stat. 2149 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Sudden and Christenson, Incorporated, John A. Hooper, Emil T. Kruse, Edward Kruse, Gilbert Loken, and G. W. McNear, Incorporated, or their successors in interest.

    Ch. 573 · 49 Stat. 2150 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Walter C. Price and Joseph C. Le Sage.

    Ch. 574 · 49 Stat. 2150 · August 19, 1935 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To provide for the creation of a memorial park at Tampa, in the State of Florida, to be known as “The Spanish War Memorial Park”, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 575 · 49 Stat. 661 · August 20, 1935 · Original text

76. An Act To add certain lands to the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming.

    Ch. 576 · 49 Stat. 662 · August 20, 1935 · Original text

77. 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 thereof and supplementary thereto, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 577 · 49 Stat. 664 · August 20, 1935 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To amend an act entitled “An Act providing for the ratification of Joint Resolution Numbered 59 of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, approved by the Governor May 5, 1930, imposing an import duty on coffee imported into Puerto Rico”, approved June 18, 1934.

    Ch. 578 · 49 Stat. 664 · August 20, 1935 · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Hazel B. Lowe, Tess H. Johnston, and Esther L. Teckmeyer.

    Ch. 579 · 49 Stat. 2151 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of F. T. Wade, M. L. Dearing, E. D. Wagner, and G. M. Judd.

    Ch. 580 · 49 Stat. 2151 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Fred Luscher.

    Ch. 531 · 49 Stat. 2151 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of K. W. Boring.

    Ch. 582 · 49 Stat. 2152 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of A. Cyril Crilley.

    Ch. 583 · 49 Stat. 2152 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of E. Jeanmonod.

    Ch. 584 · 49 Stat. 2153 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of William A. Thompson.

    Ch. 585 · 49 Stat. 2153 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Oliver B. Huston, Anne Huston, Jane Huston, and Harriet Huston.

    Ch. 586 · 49 Stat. 2154 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Robert A. Dunham.

    Ch. 587 · 49 Stat. 2154 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the General Baking Company.

    Ch. 588 · 49 Stat. 2155 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Elliott H. Tasso and Emma Tasso.

    Ch. 589 · 49 Stat. 2155 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the widow of Ray Sutton.

    Ch. 590 · 49 Stat. 2156 · August 20, 1935 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to permit citizens of Bear Lake County, Idaho, to obtain timber from Lincoln County, Wyoming, for domestic purposes.

    Ch. 591 · 49 Stat. 664 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

92. An Act To provide for the establishment of a national monument on the site of Fort Stanwix in the State of New York.

    Ch. 592 · 49 Stat. 665 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 593 · 49 Stat. 666 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

94. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Kent Counties, Maryland.

    Ch. 594 · 49 Stat. 668 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

95. An Act To amend and supplement the steering rules respecting orders to helmsmen on all vessels navigating waters of the United States, and on all vessels of the United States navigating any waters or seas, in section 1 of the Act of August 19, 1890, section 1 of the Act of June 7, 1897, section 1 of the Act of February 8, 1895, and section 1 of the Act of February 19, 1895.

    Ch. 595 · 49 Stat. 668 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

96. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction and operation of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania”, approved June 4, 1934.

    Ch. 596 · 49 Stat. 669 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

97. An Act To provide that tolls on certain bridges over navigable waters of the United States shall be just and reasonable, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 597 · 49 Stat. 670 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Cordova, Alaska, to construct, reconstruct, enlarge, extend, improve, renew, and repair certain municipal public structures, utilities, works, and improvements, and for such purposes to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding $50,000, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 598 · 49 Stat. 672 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

99. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain”, approved February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; U. S. C., title 30, secs. 185, 221, 223, 226), as amended.

    Ch. 599 · 49 Stat. 674 · August 21, 1935 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Relating to the continuance on the pay rolls of certain employees in cases of death or resignation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.

     Ch. 600 · 49 Stat. 679 · August 21, 1935 · Original text