Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of the Boston City Hospital, and others.

   Ch. 492 · 52 Stat. 1349 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of E. E. Tillett.

   Ch. 493 · 52 Stat. 1349 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the issuance of a license to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia to Doctor Sigfried Speyer and Doctor Luther Fete.

   Ch. 494 · 52 Stat. 1350 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Grant II. Pearson, G. W. Pearson, John C. Rumohr, and Wallace Anderson.

   Ch. 495 · 52 Stat. 1350 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Barbara Jean Matthews, a minor.

   Ch. 496 · 52 Stat. 1351 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of L, P. Me Gown.

   Ch. 497 · 52 Stat. 1351 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Forest Lykins.

   Ch. 498 · 52 Stat. 1352 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of J. Lafe Davis and the estate of Mrs. J. Lafe Davis.

   Ch. 499 · 52 Stat. 1352 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of James D. Larry, Senior.

   Ch. 500 · 52 Stat. 1352 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Earl J. Lipscomb.

    Ch. 501 · 52 Stat. 1353 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Filomeno Jiminez and Felicitas Dominguez.

    Ch. 502 · 52 Stat. 1353 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of certain postmasters and certain contract employees who conducted postal stations.

    Ch. 503 · 52 Stat. 1354 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Andrew.J. McGarraghy.

    Ch. 504 · 52 Stat. 1354 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Gordon L, Cheasley.

    Ch. 505 · 52 Stat. 1355 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Albert Richard Jeske.

    Ch. 506 · 52 Stat. 1355 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of C. G. Bretting Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 507 · 52 Stat. 1355 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of The First National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Ch. 508 · 52 Stat. 1356 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Stanley Kolitzoff and Marie Kolitzoff.

    Ch. 509 · 52 Stat. 1356 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Louis Michael Bregantic.

    Ch. 510 · 52 Stat. 1357 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of N. W. Ludowese.

    Ch. 511 · 52 Stat. 1357 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of C. O. Hall.

    Ch. 512 · 52 Stat. 1358 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Adolph Arendt.

    Ch. 513 · 52 Stat. 1358 · June 16, 1938 · Private law · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To prescribe the acreage allotments for wheat for 1939.

    Ch. 518 · 52 Stat. 775 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution For the observance of the celebration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie.

    Ch. 519 · 52 Stat. 775 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Ch. 520 · 52 Stat. 776 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than Members of Congress.

    Ch. 521 · 52 Stat. 776 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the city of San Diego, California, and the United States.

    Ch. 522 · 52 Stat. 776 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 523 · 52 Stat. 777 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

29. An Act To purchase certain private lands within the Shoshone (Wind River) Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 524 · 52 Stat. 778 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize an appropriation for repayment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, of the share of the said district’s construction and operation and maintenance costs applicable to certain properties owned by the United States, situate in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, within the exterior boundaries of the district; to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with said district for future operation and maintenance charges against said lands; to authorize appropriation for extra construction work performed by said district for the special benefit of certain Pueblo Indian lands and to authorize appropriation for construction expenditures benefiting certain acquired lands of Pueblo Indians of the State of New Mexico.

    Ch. 525 · 52 Stat. 778 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

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

    Ch. 526 · 52 Stat. 779 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

32. An Act To amend sections 729 and 743 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 527 · 52 Stat. 780 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

33. An Act To repeal section 2 of the Act of June 16, 1936, authorizing the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 528 · 52 Stat. 780 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

34. An Act To add certain lands to the Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado.

    Ch. 529 · 52 Stat. 781 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

35. An Act To add certain lands on the island of Hawaii to the Hawaii National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 530 · 52 Stat. 781 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

36. An Act To make available for national-park purposes certain lands within the boundaries of the proposed Isle Royale National Park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 531 · 52 Stat. 785 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

37. Uniform Narcotic Drug Act

    An Act To regulate the manufacturing, dispensing, selling, and possession of narcotic drugs in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 532 · 52 Stat. 785 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

38. An Act To add certain lands to the Trinity National Forest, California.

    Ch. 533 · 52 Stat. 797 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

39. An Act Providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location, height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 534 · 52 Stat. 797 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

40. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 535 · 52 Stat. 802 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

41. An Act To create the office of the Librarian Emeritus of the Library of Congress.

    Ch. 536 · 52 Stat. 808 · June 20, 1938 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Ida A. Gunderson.

    Ch. 537 · 52 Stat. 1358 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mabel F. Hollingsworth.

    Ch. 538 · 52 Stat. 1359 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of the estate of James D, McEachern.

    Ch. 539 · 52 Stat. 1359 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Stuart C. Peterson.

    Ch. 540 · 52 Stat. 1360 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Mark H. Doty.

    Ch. 541 · 52 Stat. 1360 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of A. J. Moses and Gladys Moses, a minor.

    Ch. 542 · 52 Stat. 1360 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Faye B. Millie.

    Ch. 543 · 52 Stat. 1361 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Smith.

    Ch. 544 · 52 Stat. 1361 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Lewis M. Foster.

    Ch. 545 · 52 Stat. 1362 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Cory.

    Ch. 546 · 52 Stat. 1362 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of certain individuals in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho.

    Ch. 547 · 52 Stat. 1363 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of William J. Pitochelli.

    Ch. 548 · 52 Stat. 1363 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nixon, parents of Herschel Lee Nixon, deceased minor son.

    Ch. 549 · 52 Stat. 1364 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Manuel L. Clay.

    Ch. 550 · 52 Stat. 1364 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Alpha T. Johnson.

    Ch. 551 · 52 Stat. 1365 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the President to present gold medals to Mrs. Richard Aldrich and posthumously to Anna Bouligny.

    Ch. 552 · 52 Stat. 1365 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Ellen Kline.

    Ch. 553 · 52 Stat. 1365 · June 20, 1938 · Private law · Original text

59. Work Relief and Public Works Appropriation Act of 1938

    Joint Resolution Making appropriations for work relief, relief, and otherwise to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public works projects.

    Ch. 554 · 52 Stat. 809 · June 21, 1938 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the United Confederate Veterans’ 1938 Reunion at Columbia, South Carolina, from August 30 to September 2, 1938, both dates inclusive.

    Ch. 555 · 52 Stat. 821 · June 21, 1938 · Original text

61. Natural Gas Act

    An Act To regulate the transportation and sale of natural gas in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 556 · 52 Stat. 821 · June 21, 1938 · Original text

62. An Act Authorizing the United States Maritime Commission to sell or lease the Hoboken Pier Terminals, or any part thereof, to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey.

    Ch. 557 · 52 Stat. 833 · June 21, 1938 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of certain employees of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and the National Resources Committee.

    Ch. 562 · 52 Stat. 834 · June 21, 1938 · Original text

64. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the A. C. Messler Company.

    Ch. 558 · 52 Stat. 1366 · June 21, 1938 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act For the relief of certain personnel of the Coquille River Coast Guard Station, Bandon, Oregon.

    Ch. 559 · 52 Stat. 1366 · June 21, 1938 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard.

    Ch. 560 · 52 Stat. 1367 · June 21, 1938 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Commander James T. Mathews.

    Ch. 561 · 52 Stat. 1367 · June 21, 1938 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

    Ch. 563 · 52 Stat. 835 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

69. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Modoc, Shasta, and Lassen National Forests, California.

    Ch. 564 · 52 Stat. 835 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Shasta and Klamath National Forests, California.

    Ch. 565 · 52 Stat. 836 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

71. An Act To authorize the addition of certain lands to the Plumas, Tahoe, and Lassen National Forests, California.

    Ch. 566 · 52 Stat. 838 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the retirement, rank, and pay of Chiefs of Naval Operations, Chiefs of Bureau of the Navy Department, the Judge Advocates General of the Navy, and the Major Generals Commandant of the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 567 · 52 Stat. 839 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

73. 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 to repeal section 76 thereof and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent therewith.

    Ch. 575 · 52 Stat. 840 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of members of the Navy or Marine Corps who were discharged from the Navy or Marine Corps during the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer uprising because of minority or misrepresentation of age.

    Ch. 576 · 52 Stat. 940 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

75. An Act To authorize the sale of surplus power developed under the Uncompahgre Valley reclamation project, Colorado.

    Ch. 577 · 52 Stat. 941 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

76. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Shelter Cove, California.

    Ch. 578 · 52 Stat. 941 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

77. An Act To amend section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1918, to increase the authorized percentage of privates, first-class, in the Marine Corps from 25 to 40 per centum of the whole number of privates.

    Ch. 593 · 52 Stat. 942 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution To amend sections 101, 102, 103, 104, and 859 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to congressional investigations.

    Ch. 594 · 52 Stat. 942 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution To authorize the acceptance of title to the dwelling house and property, the former residence of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, located at 1720 Eye Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 595 · 52 Stat. 943 · June 22, 1938 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of F. A. Rumery and Sons, of Portland, Maine.

    Ch. 568 · 52 Stat. 1368 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of John B. Jones.

    Ch. 569 · 52 Stat. 1368 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of John W. Beck.

    Ch. 570 · 52 Stat. 1368 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Syth.

    Ch. 571 · 52 Stat. 1369 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of George W. Breckenridge.

    Ch. 572 · 52 Stat. 1369 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Christ Rieber.

    Ch. 573 · 52 Stat. 1369 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to adjust and settle the claim of Oscar L. Mather.

    Ch. 574 · 52 Stat. 1370 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Frank B. Decker.

    Ch. 579 · 52 Stat. 1370 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Nicholas de Lipski.

    Ch. 580 · 52 Stat. 1371 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting six months’ pay to Mrs. Vallie M. Current.

    Ch. 581 · 52 Stat. 1371 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of William Henry Johnston, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 582 · 52 Stat. 1371 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Bernard Knopp.

    Ch. 583 · 52 Stat. 1372 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Colonel William H. Noble.

    Ch. 584 · 52 Stat. 1372 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the administrator of the estate of Captain B. B. Barbee, deceased.

    Ch. 585 · 52 Stat. 1373 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Hattie Doudna.

    Ch. 586 · 52 Stat. 1373 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Relative to the military record of James Meagher, deceased.

    Ch. 587 · 52 Stat. 1373 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Stillwell Brothers, Incorporated.

    Ch. 588 · 52 Stat. 1374 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Morgan R. Butler.

    Ch. 589 · 52 Stat. 1374 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated.

    Ch. 590 · 52 Stat. 1374 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Richard K. Gould.

    Ch. 591 · 52 Stat. 1375 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Benjamin H. Faith.

     Ch. 592 · 52 Stat. 1375 · June 22, 1938 · Private law · Original text