Every law Congress has passed

1,760 laws of the 75th Congress, 1937–1939

1. An Act For the relief of Harold Jacobson.

   Ch. 96 · 52 Stat. 1277 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of James Scherer, a minor.

   Ch. 97 · 52 Stat. 1277 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Edward F. Cassidy.

   Ch. 98 · 52 Stat. 1278 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of J. C. Prosser.

   Ch. 99 · 52 Stat. 1278 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of John W. Watson.

   Ch. 100 · 52 Stat. 1279 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of E. W. Ross.

   Ch. 101 · 52 Stat. 1279 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Robert McCoy, a minor.

   Ch. 102 · 52 Stat. 1279 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Mattie L. Carver.

   Ch. 103 · 52 Stat. 1280 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of G. D. Thornhill and James T. Rogers.

   Ch. 104 · 52 Stat. 1280 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of J. C. Jones.

    Ch. 105 · 52 Stat. 1281 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Carl Dement Weaver and Donald W. Supernois.

    Ch. 106 · 52 Stat. 1281 · April 6, 1938 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 52 Stat. 202 · April 7, 1938 · Original text

13. An Act To amend the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, to extend its provisions to wool tops.

    Ch. 108 · 52 Stat. 205 · April 7, 1938 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the State of Maryland, by and through its State Roads Commission or the successors of said commission, to construct, maintain, and operate certain bridges across streams, rivers, and navigable waters which are wholly or partly within the State.

    Ch. 109 · 52 Stat. 205 · April 7, 1938 · Original text

15. An Act To amend Public Law Numbered 282, Seventy-fifth Congress, relative to the fisheries of Alaska.

    Ch. 110 · 52 Stat. 208 · April 7, 1938 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Maher.

    Ch. 111 · 52 Stat. 1282 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Milton S. Merrill.

    Ch. 112 · 52 Stat. 1282 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of George Miller, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 113 · 52 Stat. 1282 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Merritt Rea.

    Ch. 114 · 52 Stat. 1283 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of the Acme Wire and Iron Works.

    Ch. 115 · 52 Stat. 1283 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of G. F. Flanders and J. W. Talbert.

    Ch. 116 · 52 Stat. 1283 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Lydia M. White.

    Ch. 117 · 52 Stat. 1284 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Doctor G. A. Neal.

    Ch. 118 · 52 Stat. 1284 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Ralph J. Neikirk.

    Ch. 119 · 52 Stat. 1284 · April 7, 1938 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to refer the claim of the Menominee Tribe of Indians to the Court of Claims with the absolute right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States”, approved September 3, 1935.

    Ch. 120 · 52 Stat. 208 · April 8, 1938 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President of the United States to invite the International Seed Testing Association to hold its Ninth Congress in the United States in 1940 and to invite foreign countries to participate in that congress; and also to provide for participation by the United States in that congress.

    Ch. 121 · 52 Stat. 210 · April 8, 1938 · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the Northeastern Piping and Construction Corporation, of North Tonawanda, New York.

    Ch. 122 · 52 Stat. 1285 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of E. A. Caylor.

    Ch. 123 · 52 Stat. 1285 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Theodore Bedard, Junior.

    Ch. 124 · 52 Stat. 1286 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of F. E. Booth Company.

    Ch. 125 · 52 Stat. 1286 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Rellie Dodgen and Anah Webb Lavery.

    Ch. 126 · 52 Stat. 1287 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of the Board of County Commissioners of Saint Johns County, Florida.

    Ch. 127 · 52 Stat. 1287 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Paul H. Brinson.

    Ch. 128 · 52 Stat. 1288 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Frank M. Gilbert.

    Ch. 129 · 52 Stat. 1288 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Artemisia Grant.

    Ch. 130 · 52 Stat. 1288 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the Complete Machinery and Equipment Company, Incorporated, and others.

    Ch. 131 · 52 Stat. 1289 · April 8, 1938 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Providing for the allocation of net revenues of the Shoshone power plant of the Shoshone reclamation project in Wyoming.

    Ch. 132 · 52 Stat. 210 · April 9, 1938 · Original text

38. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, Marine Hospital Reservation”, being chapter 93, United States Statutes at Large, volume 42, part 1, page 1260, approved February 17, 1923.

    Ch. 133 · 52 Stat. 210 · April 9, 1938 · Original text

39. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a Federal reclamation project to furnish a water supply for the lands of the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in New Mexico”, approved August 2, 1937 (Public, Numbered 241).

    Ch. 134 · 52 Stat. 211 · April 9, 1938 · Original text

40. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey to the Board of Education of New Hanover County, North Carolina, portion of marine-hospital reservation not needed for marine-hospital purposes”, approved July 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 191).

    Ch. 135 · 52 Stat. 212 · April 9, 1938 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of John Fitzgerald and J. R. Harper.

    Ch. 136 · 52 Stat. 1289 · April 9, 1938 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Lawrence E. Thomas.

    Ch. 137 · 52 Stat. 1290 · April 11, 1938 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil O. Powell, and William Powell, a minor.

    Ch. 138 · 52 Stat. 1290 · April 11, 1938 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Clifford Belcher.

    Ch. 139 · 52 Stat. 1291 · April 11, 1938 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To amend section 5d of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, to authorize loans to public agencies, to provide credit facilities for business enterprises and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 52 Stat. 212 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

46. An Act To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.

    Ch. 141 · 52 Stat. 213 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

47. An Act To promote air commerce by providing for the closing of Military Road.

    Ch. 142 · 52 Stat. 213 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, by including hops as a commodity to which orders under such Act are applicable.

    Ch. 143 · 52 Stat. 215 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for a flowage easement on certain ceded Chippewa Indian lands bordering Lake of the Woods, Warroad River, and Rainy River, Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 144 · 52 Stat. 215 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

50. An Act For the benefit of the Goshute and other Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 145 · 52 Stat. 216 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

51. An Act To provide for a commissioned strength of fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty-nine for the Regular Army.

    Ch. 146 · 52 Stat. 216 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection of a memorial to the late Guglielmo Marconi.

    Ch. 147 · 52 Stat. 217 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the policies employed by manufacturers in distributing motor vehicles, accessories, and parts, and the policies of dealers in selling motor vehicles at retail, as these policies affect the public interest.

    Ch. 148 · 52 Stat. 218 · April 13, 1938 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. H. McClary.

    Ch. 149 · 52 Stat. 1291 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Scott Hart.

    Ch. 150 · 52 Stat. 1292 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the estates of Al Cochran, Willis Cochran, and Russell Cochran, and for the relief of Shirley Cochran and Matilda Cochran.

    Ch. 151 · 52 Stat. 1292 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of John M. Fuller.

    Ch. 152 · 52 Stat. 1293 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Mary Dougherty.

    Ch. 153 · 52 Stat. 1293 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Frank Christy and other disbursing agents in the Indian service of the United States.

    Ch. 154 · 52 Stat. 1293 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of The Portland Electric Power Company.

    Ch. 155 · 52 Stat. 1294 · April 13, 1938 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of T. T. East and the Cassidy Southwestern Commission Company, citizens of the State of Texas.

    Ch. 156 · 52 Stat. 1294 · April 14, 1938 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To provide for experimental air-mail services to further develop safety, efficiency, and economy, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 52 Stat. 218 · April 15, 1938 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Sam Green.

    Ch. 158 · 52 Stat. 1295 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of O. W. Waddle.

    Ch. 159 · 52 Stat. 1295 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of Clear Creek Mountain Springs, Incorporated.

    Ch. 160 · 52 Stat. 1296 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Essie E. leather wood.

    Ch. 161 · 52 Stat. 1296 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant V. Balletto, and others.

    Ch. 162 · 52 Stat. 1297 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act For the relief of Ada Saul, Steve Dolack, the estate of Anthony Dolack, and Marie McDonald.

    Ch. 163 · 52 Stat. 1298 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Nelson W. Apple, George Marsh, and Camille Carmignani.

    Ch. 164 · 52 Stat. 1298 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of W. O. West.

    Ch. 165 · 52 Stat. 1299 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To extend the Metlakahtla Indians’ Citizenship Act.

    Ch. 166 · 52 Stat. 1299 · April 15, 1938 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes”, approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, so as to make available certain other officers for General Staff duty.

    Ch. 167 · 52 Stat. 220 · April 22, 1938 · Original text

73. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 168 · 52 Stat. 220 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the exchange of land in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 169 · 52 Stat. 221 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

75. An Act To clarify the status of pay and allowances under the provisions of the Act of September 3, 1919.

    Ch. 170 · 52 Stat. 221 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

76. An Act To amend the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, by reestablishing the Regular Army Reserve, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 52 Stat. 221 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

77. JOIN RESOLUTION Providing an additional appropriation for the Civilian Conservation Corps for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

    Ch. 172 · 52 Stat. 222 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

78. An Act To extend from June 16, 1938, to June 16, 1939, the period within which loans made prior to June 16, 1933, to executive officers of member banks of the Federal Reserve System may be renewed or extended.

    Ch. 173 · 52 Stat. 223 · April 25, 1938 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To permit the transportation of passengers by Canadian passenger vessels between the port of Rochester, New York, and the port of Alexandria Bay, New York, on Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River.

    Ch. 174 · 52 Stat. 223 · April 26, 1938 · Original text

80. An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 175 · 52 Stat. 223 · April 26, 1938 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain military reservations to other agencies of the Government and to the people of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 176 · 52 Stat. 247 · April 26, 1938 · Original text

82. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Tidewater Construction Corporation.

    Ch. 177 · 52 Stat. 1299 · April 26, 1938 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of John Calareso, a minor.

    Ch. 178 · 52 Stat. 1300 · April 26, 1938 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 180 · 52 Stat. 248 · April 27, 1938 · Original text

85. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of George W. Hall against the United States.

    Ch. 179 · 52 Stat. 1300 · April 27, 1938 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of George Shade and Vava Shade.

    Ch. 181 · 52 Stat. 1301 · April 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Nathaniel M. Harvey, as administrator of the estate of Josephine Fontana, deceased.

    Ch. 182 · 52 Stat. 1301 · April 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text

88. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing Federal participation in the New York World’s Fair 1939”.

    Ch. 183 · 52 Stat. 290 · April 29, 1938 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the sale, under the provisions of the Act of March 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 203), of surplus War Department real property.

    Ch. 186 · 52 Stat. 290 · April 29, 1938 · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.

    Ch. 184 · 52 Stat. 1302 · April 29, 1938 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Ruth Rule, a minor.

    Ch. 185 · 52 Stat. 1302 · April 29, 1938 · Private law · Original text

92. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939

    An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 52 Stat. 291 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

93. An Act To prevent fraud, deception, or other improper practice in connection with business before the United States Patent Office, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 188 · 52 Stat. 342 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

94. An Act To permit the issuance of certain certificates under the shipping laws by inspectors of hulls, inspectors of boilers, and designated assistant inspectors.

    Ch. 189 · 52 Stat. 343 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to acquire by donation land at or near Fort Missoula, Montana, for target range, military, or other public purposes.

    Ch. 190 · 52 Stat. 343 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the observance of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, to be held at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 2, and 3, 1938.

    Ch. 191 · 52 Stat. 343 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs”, approved April 6, 1937.

    Ch. 192 · 52 Stat. 344 · May 9, 1938 · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the conservation of the fishery resources of the Columbia River, establishment, operation, and maintenance of one or more stations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and for the conduct of necessary investigations, surveys, stream improvements, and stocking operations for these purposes.

    Ch. 193 · 52 Stat. 345 · May 11, 1938 · Original text

99. An Act To amend section 6 of the Act approved May 27, 1936 (49 U. S. Stat. L. 1380).

    Ch. 194 · 52 Stat. 345 · May 11, 1938 · Original text

100. An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois.

     Ch. 195 · 52 Stat. 346 · May 11, 1938 · Original text