Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of the widows of an inspector and certain special agents of the Division of Investigation, Department of Justice, and operative in the Secret Service Division, Department of the Treasury, killed in line of duty.

   Ch. 601 · 49 Stat. 2156 · August 21, 1935 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To fix the compensation of registers of district land offices.

   Ch. 602 · 49 Stat. 680 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

3. An Act To establish a new division of the northern district of Georgia with terms of court to be held at Newnan, Georgia.

   Ch. 603 · 49 Stat. 680 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

4. An Act To amend the law with respect to the time for jury service in the police court of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 604 · 49 Stat. 681 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

5. An Act To amend the law providing for exemptions from jury service in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 605 · 49 Stat. 682 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

6. An Act Providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida at Fort Pierce, Florida.

   Ch. 606 · 49 Stat. 683 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

7. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of Goldsborough Creek, in Mason County, State of Washington, with a view to the control of its floods.

   Ch. 607 · 49 Stat. 683 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend to the reunion committee of the United Confederate Veterans, three thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4, and three thousand canvas cots, to be used at their annual encampment to be held at Amarillo, Texas, in September 1935.

   Ch. 608 · 49 Stat. 683 · August 22, 1935 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the estate of W. W. McPeters.

   Ch. 609 · 49 Stat. 2157 · August 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Harry Jarrette.

    Ch. 610 · 49 Stat. 2157 · August 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the Nacional Destilerias Corporation.

    Ch. 611 · 49 Stat. 2158 · August 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Carrie Price Roberts.

    Ch. 612 · 49 Stat. 2158 · August 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act To grant a patent to Albert M. Johnson and Walter Scott.

    Ch. 613 · 49 Stat. 2163 · August 22, 1935 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To provide for the sound, effective, and uninterrupted operation of the banking system, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 614 · 49 Stat. 684 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

15. An Act To authorize the sale of a portion of the Fort Smith National Cemetery Reservation, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 615 · 49 Stat. 723 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

16. An Act To authorize payment of claims for unauthorized emergency treatment of World War veterans.

    Ch. 616 · 49 Stat. 724 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

17. An Act Relating to the compensation of certain charwomen.

    Ch. 617 · 49 Stat. 724 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

18. An Act To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to exchange certain property rights now vested in the United States at Veterans’ Administration facility, Perry Point, Maryland, for certain property and rights of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in that vicinity.

    Ch. 618 · 49 Stat. 724 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Rulo, Nebraska.

    Ch. 619 · 49 Stat. 728 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

20. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of New York and Vermont to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Lake Champlain between Rouses Point, New York, and Alburg, Vermont.

    Ch. 620 · 49 Stat. 728 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

21. An Act To amend section 6 of title I of the Act entitled “An Act to maintain the credit of the United States Government”, approved March 20, 1933, as amended; to extend the time within which applications for benefits under the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as amended, may be filed; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 621 · 49 Stat. 729 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

22. An Act To amend the Act approved June 12, 1934, relating to the granting of the consent of Congress to certain bridge construction across the Tennessee River at a point between the city of Sheffield, Alabama, and the city of Florence, Alabama.

    Ch. 622 · 49 Stat. 730 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

23. The Tobacco Inspection Act

    An Act To establish and promote the use of standards of classification for tobacco, to provide and maintain an official tobacco inspection service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 623 · 49 Stat. 731 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

24. JOINT RESOLUTIONT Providing for the preparation and completion of plans for a comprehensive observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Constitution of the United States.

    Ch. 624 · 49 Stat. 735 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the States of New York and Vermont to enter into an agreement amending the agreement between such States consented to by Congress in Public Resolution Numbered 9, Seventieth Congress, relating to the creation of the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission.

    Ch. 625 · 49 Stat. 736 · August 23, 1935 · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Hudson Brothers, of Norfolk, Virginia.

    Ch. 626 · 49 Stat. 2160 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Western Construction Company.

    Ch. 627 · 49 Stat. 2160 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Nick Vasilzevic.

    Ch. 628 · 49 Stat. 2161 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Raymond Parramore.

    Ch. 629 · 49 Stat. 2161 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Don C. Fees.

    Ch. 630 · 49 Stat. 2162 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Judson Stokes.

    Ch. 631 · 49 Stat. 2162 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Henry Scipper.

    Ch. 632 · 49 Stat. 2162 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Ivan H. McCormack

    Ch. 633 · 49 Stat. 2163 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Sarah Elizabeth Ballentyne.

    Ch. 634 · 49 Stat. 2163 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Rocco D’Amato.

    Ch. 635 · 49 Stat. 2164 · August 23, 1935 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the erection of a suitable memorial to Major General George W. Goethals within the Canal Zone.

    Ch. 636 · 49 Stat. 743 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the purchase of the Winnie Mae by the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 637 · 49 Stat. 743 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

38. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for air-mail service in Alaska.

    Ch. 638 · 49 Stat. 744 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

39. An Act To provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropriations therefor.

    Ch. 639 · 49 Stat. 744 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

40. An Act To amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia in relation to providing assistance against old-age want.

    Ch. 640 · 49 Stat. 747 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

41. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 641 · 49 Stat. 750 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

42. An Act Requiring contracts for the construction, alteration, and repair of any public building or public work of the United States to be accompanied by a performance bond protecting the United States and by an additional bond for the protection of persons furnishing material and labor for the construction, alteration, or repair of said public buildings or public work.

    Ch. 642 · 49 Stat. 793 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

43. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of February 28, 1925.

    Ch. 643 · 49 Stat. 795 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

44. An Act To authorize the transfer of the Otter Cliffs Radio Station on Mount Desert Island in the State of Maine as an addition to the Acadia National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 644 · 49 Stat. 795 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

45. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept without cost to the United States certain lands in Duval County, State of Florida.

    Ch. 645 · 49 Stat. 796 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the relief of public-school districts and other public-school authorities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 646 · 49 Stat. 796 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To provide for the erection of a suitable memorial to the Fourth Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

    Ch. 647 · 49 Stat. 798 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution Authorizing the State of Arizona to transfer to the town of Benson without cost title to section 16, township 17 south, range 20 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, for school and park purposes.

    Ch. 648 · 49 Stat. 798 · August 24, 1935 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Emma B. Hine.

    Ch. 649 · 49 Stat. 2164 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Florence Overly.

    Ch. 650 · 49 Stat. 2164 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Thelbert Davis.

    Ch. 651 · 49 Stat. 2165 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of John L. Hoffman.

    Ch. 652 · 49 Stat. 2165 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Sanford Madison Strange.

    Ch. 653 · 49 Stat. 2166 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of August A. Carminati.

    Ch. 654 · 49 Stat. 2166 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of John P. Seabrook.

    Ch. 655 · 49 Stat. 2166 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Hugh G. Lisk.

    Ch. 656 · 49 Stat. 2167 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Oswald Orlando.

    Ch. 657 · 49 Stat. 2167 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of E. F. Purvis.

    Ch. 658 · 49 Stat. 2168 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of the Weis-Patterson Lumber Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 659 · 49 Stat. 2168 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Milton Hatch.

    Ch. 660 · 49 Stat. 2169 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To extend to Sergeant Major Edmund S. Sayer, United States Marine Corps (retired), the benefits of the Act of May 7, 1932, providing highest World War rank to retired enlisted men.

    Ch. 661 · 49 Stat. 2169 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of John B. Grayson.

    Ch. 662 · 49 Stat. 2169 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Jose Munden.

    Ch. 663 · 49 Stat. 2170 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Will A. Helmer.

    Ch. 664 · 49 Stat. 2170 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of W. H. Greene.

    Ch. 665 · 49 Stat. 2171 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Nina Drips.

    Ch. 666 · 49 Stat. 2171 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of E. H. Jennings.

    Ch. 667 · 49 Stat. 2172 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Forrest D. Stout.

    Ch. 668 · 49 Stat. 2172 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Major E. Leslie Medford, United States property and disbursing officer for Maryland.

    Ch. 669 · 49 Stat. 2172 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Albert Henry George.

    Ch. 670 · 49 Stat. 2173 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Bertha Moseley Bottoms.

    Ch. 671 · 49 Stat. 2173 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Malachy Ryan.

    Ch. 672 · 49 Stat. 2173 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of May C. Gustin.

    Ch. 673 · 49 Stat. 2174 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Brooker T. Wilkins.

    Ch. 674 · 49 Stat. 2174 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Wint Rowland.

    Ch. 675 · 49 Stat. 2174 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of W. C. Wright.

    Ch. 676 · 49 Stat. 2175 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of W. H. Keyes.

    Ch. 677 · 49 Stat. 2175 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of David A. Trousdale.

    Ch. 678 · 49 Stat. 2176 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Mrs. William E. Smith and Clara Smith.

    Ch. 679 · 49 Stat. 2176 · August 24, 1935 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To convey certain lands and buildings to the city of Reno, Nevada.

    Ch. 680 · 49 Stat. 798 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

81. An Act To amend sections 3 and 4 of the Act of July 3, 1930, entitled “An Act for the rehabilitation of the Bitter Root irrigation project, Montana.”

    Ch. 681 · 49 Stat. 799 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

82. An Act To add certain lands to the Pisgah National Forest in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 682 · 49 Stat. 800 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

83. An Act To authorize an appropriation to pay non-Indian claimants whose claims have been extinguished under the Act of June 7, 1924, but who have been found entitled to awards under said Act as supplemented by the Act of May 31, 1933.

    Ch. 683 · 49 Stat. 800 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the sale of Federal buildings.

    Ch. 684 · 49 Stat. 800 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the President to attach certain possessions of the United States to internal-revenue collection districts for the purpose of collecting processing taxes.

    Ch. 685 · 49 Stat. 801 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

86. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine claims of certain bands or tribes of Indians residing in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 686 · 49 Stat. 801 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

87. Public Utility Act of 1935

    An Act To provide for control and regulation of public-utility holding companies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 687 · 49 Stat. 803 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

88. An Act To reenact section 463 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to define and punish crime in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said district”, approved March 3, 1899, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 688 · 49 Stat. 863 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

89. An Act To abolish the oath required of customs and internal-revenue employees prior to the receipt of compensation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 689 · 49 Stat. 864 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 690 · 49 Stat. 866 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

91. An Act To facilitate the control of soil erosion and or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah.

    Ch. 691 · 49 Stat. 866 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

92. An Act Providing punishment for forging or counterfeiting any postmarking stamp.

    Ch. 692 · 49 Stat. 866 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

93. An Act Providing for punishment for attempts to obtain mail by fraud or by deception.

    Ch. 693 · 49 Stat. 867 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

94. An Act Providing for punishment for the crime of robbing or attempting to rob custodians of Government moneys or property.

    Ch. 694 · 49 Stat. 867 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

95. An Act Extending the period during which no demurrage is charged on collect-on-delivery parcels and excepting the imposition of demurrage charged on collect-on-delivery parcels exchanged between the continental and island possessions.

    Ch. 695 · 49 Stat. 867 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the Director of the Mint to supplement the approved design of the 50-cent piece commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone, the coinage of which was authorized by Act of the Seventy-third Congress (Public, Numbered 258, S. 3355).

    Ch. 696 · 49 Stat. 868 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the inspection and regulation of vessels engaged in the transportation of inflammable, explosive, and like dangerous cargoes in navigable waters of the United States.

    Ch. 697 · 49 Stat. 868 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

98. An Act To extend the provisions of veterans’ laws and regulations to persons who served in Russia during the World War, and their dependents.

    Ch. 698 · 49 Stat. 869 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

99. An Act Relative to the proposed survey, location, and construction of a highway to connect the northwestern part of continental United States with British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 699 · 49 Stat. 869 · August 26, 1935 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Pertaining to an appropriate celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the expedition of Hernando De Soto.

     Ch. 700 · 49 Stat. 870 · August 26, 1935 · Original text