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Every law Congress has passed
97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.
1,760 laws of the 75th Congress, 1937–1939
An Act For the relief of Ida May Swartz.
Ch. 659 · 52 Stat. 1396 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the firm of Schmidt, Garden and Martin, architects, of Chicago, Illinois.
Ch. 660 · 52 Stat. 1397 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George L. Stone.
Ch. 661 · 52 Stat. 1397 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Anna Lee Hebert, Mrs. Nicholas Hebert, Mr. and Mrs. Dossie E. Worrell, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McClure, and W. F. Cobb.
Ch. 662 · 52 Stat. 1398 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Brooks-Callaway Company.
Ch. 663 · 52 Stat. 1398 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of Edward Forbes and others.
Ch. 664 · 52 Stat. 1399 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the attorneys for the Russian Volunteer Fleet.
Ch. 665 · 52 Stat. 1399 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frank W. Lohn.
Ch. 666 · 52 Stat. 1400 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the Atlantic Works, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Ch. 667 · 52 Stat. 1400 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Perry Walker.
Ch. 668 · 52 Stat. 1400 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward J. Thompson.
Ch. 669 · 52 Stat. 1401 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, Incorporated.
Ch. 670 · 52 Stat. 1401 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Fred Johnson.
Ch. 671 · 52 Stat. 1402 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain persons whose cotton was destroyed by fire in the Ouachita Warehouse, Camden, Arkansas.
Ch. 672 · 52 Stat. 1402 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of certain stevedores employed on the United States Army transport docks in San Francisco, California.
Ch. 673 · 52 Stat. 1402 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act giving jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of the Butler Lumber Company, Incorporated.”
Ch. 674 · 52 Stat. 1403 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William R. Kellogg.
Ch. 711 · 52 Stat. 1403 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. John Olson.
Ch. 712 · 52 Stat. 1404 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Sam Kimzey.
Ch. 713 · 52 Stat. 1404 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George J. Leatherwood.
Ch. 714 · 52 Stat. 1405 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henry E. Reents.
Ch. 715 · 52 Stat. 1405 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the naturalization of Vernice May McBroom, and for other purposes.
Ch. 716 · 52 Stat. 1406 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Emmett Lee Payne.
Ch. 717 · 52 Stat. 1406 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James A. Ellsworth.
Ch. 718 · 52 Stat. 1406 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Fanning.
Ch. 721 · 52 Stat. 1406 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Clarence Daniel, a minor.
Ch. 719 · 52 Stat. 1407 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Leona Draeger.
Ch. 720 · 52 Stat. 1407 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George Henry Levins.
Ch. 722 · 52 Stat. 1408 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Commander Robert R. Blaisdell and Lieutenant Edward W. Hawkes (retired) Supply Corps, United States Navy.
Ch. 723 · 52 Stat. 1409 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William Server Rhodes, chief boatswain's mate, United States Navy, retired.
Ch. 724 · 52 Stat. 1409 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Earle Embrey.
Ch. 725 · 52 Stat. 1409 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hubert J. Cumcannan.
Ch. 726 · 52 Stat. 1409 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David B. Monroe.
Ch. 727 · 52 Stat. 1410 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the naturalization of Albin H. Youngquist, and for other purposes.
Ch. 728 · 52 Stat. 1410 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the International Oil Company, of Minot, North Dakota.
Ch. 729 · 52 Stat. 1410 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To adjust the lineal positions on the Navy list of certain officers of the Supply Corps of the United States Navy.
Ch. 730 · 52 Stat. 1411 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend to Chief Quartermaster Clerk David C. Buscall, United States Marine Corps (retired), the benefits of the Act of May 7, 1932, providing highest World War rank to retired warrant officers.
Ch. 731 · 52 Stat. 1412 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Haslam.
Ch. 732 · 52 Stat. 1412 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain enlisted men of the Navy for the value of personal effects lost in a fire at the Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 15, 1936.
Ch. 733 · 52 Stat. 1412 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Remijio Ortiz.
Ch. 734 · 52 Stat. 1413 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. J. Steckel.
Ch. 735 · 52 Stat. 1413 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Martin Bridges.
Ch. 736 · 52 Stat. 1414 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles E. Black.
Ch. 737 · 52 Stat. 1414 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Eugene Nicholas.
Ch. 738 · 52 Stat. 1415 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. D. Presley.
Ch. 739 · 52 Stat. 1415 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roland Stafford.
Ch. 740 · 52 Stat. 1415 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George O. Wills.
Ch. 741 · 52 Stat. 1416 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. R. A. Smith.
Ch. 742 · 52 Stat. 1416 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anna Caporaso.
Ch. 743 · 52 Stat. 1417 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. B. E. Hennigan and her dependent minor children.
Ch. 744 · 52 Stat. 1417 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Lavina Karns.
Ch. 745 · 52 Stat. 1417 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William F. Bourland.
Ch. 746 · 52 Stat. 1418 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Augusta. L. Collins.
Ch. 747 · 52 Stat. 1418 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Derby Oil Company.
Ch. 748 · 52 Stat. 1419 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Frank M. Schmitt, Antonio Salas, Victoria Griego, and Victor Coco.
Ch. 749 · 52 Stat. 1419 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Muriel C. Young.
Ch. 750 · 52 Stat. 1419 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Susan Lawrence Davis.
Ch. 751 · 52 Stat. 1420 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roswell H, Haynie.
Ch. 752 · 52 Stat. 1420 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief 1 Helry P. McCaig.
Ch. 753 · 52 Stat. 1421 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the North Mississippi Oil Mills of Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Ch. 754 · 52 Stat. 1421 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roscoe B. Huston.
Ch. 755 · 52 Stat. 1421 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Glenn R. Martin.
Ch. 756 · 52 Stat. 1422 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John B. Dollison.
Ch. 757 · 52 Stat. 1422 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John F. Dailey and Ethel M. Dailey.
Ch. 758 · 52 Stat. 1422 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Kate Durham Thomas.
Ch. 759 · 52 Stat. 1423 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gus Vakas.
Ch. 760 · 52 Stat. 1423 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Ruby Z. Winslow.
Ch. 761 · 52 Stat. 1424 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Spencer D. Albright, Junior.
Ch. 762 · 52 Stat. 1424 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Lawson and Roy Webb.
Ch. 763 · 52 Stat. 1424 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of J. J. B. Hilliard and Son.
Ch. 764 · 52 Stat. 1425 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Read Machinery Company, Incorporated.
Ch. 765 · 52 Stat. 1425 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James M. Wright.
Ch. 766 · 52 Stat. 1426 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Doctor Samuel A. Riddick.
Ch. 767 · 52 Stat. 1426 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of J. T. Herren and Billie Herren, a minor.
Ch. 768 · 52 Stat. 1426 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Amy M. Ghent.
Ch. 769 · 52 Stat. 1427 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Shoshone Garage.
Ch. 770 · 52 Stat. 1427 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Michael J. Muldowney.
Ch. 771 · 52 Stat. 1428 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of employees of the Works Progress Administration whose tools and personal property were damaged or destroyed by fire at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Ch. 772 · 52 Stat. 1428 · June 25, 1938 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To authorize sales and exchanges by the State of Wisconsin notwithstanding certain provisions in the Act of August 22, 1912 (37 Stat. 324).
Ch. 774 · 52 Stat. 1208 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act To revise the boundaries of the Colonial National Historical Park in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Ch. 775 · 52 Stat. 1208 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment on any and all claims which the Ute Indians or any Tribe or Band thereof may have against the United States, and for other purposes.
Ch. 776 · 52 Stat. 1209 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota to file suit in the Court of Claims, and for other purposes.
Ch. 777 · 52 Stat. 1212 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act To provide for the residence of the United States commissioners appointed for the national parks, and for other purposes.
Ch. 778 · 52 Stat. 1213 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina.
Ch. 779 · 52 Stat. 1213 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act To liberalize the laws providing pensions for the dependents of veterans whose death resulted from service prior to April 21, 1898.
Ch. 780 · 52 Stat. 1214 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act To authorize Federal cooperation in the acquisition of the “Muir Wood Toll Road”, located in Marin County, State of California, and for other purposes.
Ch. 781 · 52 Stat. 1214 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, jointly or separately, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Winona, Minnesota.
Ch. 782 · 52 Stat. 1214 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes.
Ch. 795 · 52 Stat. 1215 · June 28, 1938 · Original text
An Act For the relief of A. Pritzker and Sons, Incorporated.
Ch. 783 · 52 Stat. 1429 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William E. Rich.
Ch. 784 · 52 Stat. 1429 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Olin J. Salley.
Ch. 785 · 52 Stat. 1429 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Dudley E. Essary.
Ch. 786 · 52 Stat. 1430 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Roy M. Young.
Ch. 787 · 52 Stat. 1430 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Pompeo Ercolano.
Ch. 788 · 52 Stat. 1431 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Vresh (Yalga Vres), her son Frederick Vresh, and her daughter Sylvia Vresh Bronowitz.
Ch. 789 · 52 Stat. 1431 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James J. Coyne.
Ch. 790 · 52 Stat. 1432 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James Philip Coyle.
Ch. 791 · 52 Stat. 1432 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of John Patrick Toth.
Ch. 792 · 52 Stat. 1432 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Isaac Friedlander.
Ch. 793 · 52 Stat. 1432 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the Act approved August 16, 1937, entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the estates of Marshall Campbell and Raymond O’Neal”.
Ch. 794 · 52 Stat. 1433 · June 28, 1938 · Private law · Original text
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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.