Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To legalize a dike in the Missouri River six and nine-tenths miles downstream from the South Dakota State highway bridge at Pierre, South Dakota.

   Ch. 600 · 50 Stat. 629 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

2. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county court of Saline County, Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri.

   Ch. 601 · 50 Stat. 630 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

3. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge over Lake Sabine at or near Port Arthur, Texas.

   Ch. 602 · 50 Stat. 630 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

4. An Act To advance a program of national safety and accident prevention.

   Ch. 603 · 50 Stat. 631 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

5. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana.

   Ch. 604 · 50 Stat. 631 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

6. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York.

   Ch. 605 · 50 Stat. 631 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer the two unused lighthouse sites in Kahului Townsite, Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, in exchange for two plots of land located in the same townsite and now occupied for light house purposes under permission from the respective owners, the Kahului Railroad Company and the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, Limited.

   Ch. 606 · 50 Stat. 632 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

8. An Act To declare Burr Creek, from Fairfield Avenue southward to Yacht Street in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a nonnavigable stream.

   Ch. 607 · 50 Stat. 632 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

9. An Act Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Cambridge Creek, in or near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, to replace a bridge already in existence.

   Ch. 608 · 50 Stat. 633 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the minimum-wage compact ratified by the Legislatures of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

    Ch. 609 · 50 Stat. 633 · August 12, 1937 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Orson Thomas.

    Ch. 610 · 50 Stat. 1047 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of the estate of Charles Pratt.

    Ch. 611 · 50 Stat. 1048 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Thomas W. Seay.

    Ch. 612 · 50 Stat. 1048 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Pauline M. Warden, nee Pauline McKinney.

    Ch. 613 · 50 Stat. 1049 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Harry Burnett.

    Ch. 614 · 50 Stat. 1049 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 615 · 50 Stat. 1050 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain civilian employees of the Navy for the value of personal effects destroyed in a fire at the Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 15, 1936.

    Ch. 616 · 50 Stat. 1050 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of John P. Ryan.

    Ch. 617 · 50 Stat. 1050 · August 12, 1937 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the State of Utah title to a certain State-owned section of land and to patent other land to the State in lieu thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 618 · 50 Stat. 637 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

20. An Act To provide for studies and plans for the development of a hydroelectric power project at Cabinet Gorge, on the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, for irrigation pumping or other uses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 619 · 50 Stat. 638 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt vessels arriving for the purpose of taking on ship’s stores and certain sea stores from the requirement of formal entry.

    Ch. 620 · 50 Stat. 638 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

22. An Act To authorize the transfer of a certain piece of land in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

    Ch. 621 · 50 Stat. 638 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

23. An Act Making further provision for the fisheries of Alaska.

    Ch. 622 · 50 Stat. 639 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

24. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station in the vicinity of Fort Myers, Florida.

    Ch. 623 · 50 Stat. 639 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

25. An Act To dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments.

    Ch. 624 · 50 Stat. 640 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

26. An Act To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Alabama at or near Dauphin Island, Alabama.

    Ch. 625 · 50 Stat. 640 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

27. An Act To aid the several States in making, or for having made, certain toll bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways free bridges, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 626 · 50 Stat. 640 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

28. An Act To amend the Act approved March 26, 1934.

    Ch. 627 · 50 Stat. 641 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, to provide for the escheat to the United States of certain amounts.

    Ch. 628 · 50 Stat. 641 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

30. An Act Creating the Owensboro Bridge Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission, and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Owensboro, Kentucky.

    Ch. 629 · 50 Stat. 641 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

31. An Act To restore the per diem fee of $4 for service of jurors in Federal courts.

    Ch. 630 · 50 Stat. 647 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

32. An Act To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes relating to the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States.

    Ch. 631 · 50 Stat. 647 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

33. An Act To provide for a stenographic grade in the office of chief clerks and superintendents in the Railway Mail Service.

    Ch. 632 · 50 Stat. 647 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To authorize the acceptance on behalf of the United States of certain bequests of James Reuel Smith, late of the city of Yonkers, State of New York.

    Ch. 633 · 50 Stat. 647 · August 14, 1937 · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of George Smith and Ketha Smith.

    Ch. 634 · 50 Stat. 1051 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Margaret Larson, a minor.

    Ch. 635 · 50 Stat. 1051 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Jack Wade, Perry Shilton, Louie Hess, Owen Busch, and William W. McGregor.

    Ch. 636 · 50 Stat. 1052 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Adelaide Guerini.

    Ch. 637 · 50 Stat. 1052 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Dorothy Krick, Ernest Krick, and the estate of James Albert Ferren, deceased.

    Ch. 638 · 50 Stat. 1053 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the estate of Marcellino M. Gilmette.

    Ch. 639 · 50 Stat. 1053 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of J. Roy Workman, Adelaide W. Workman, and J. Roy Workman, Junior, a minor.

    Ch. 640 · 50 Stat. 1054 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Vincent Chicco.

    Ch. 641 · 50 Stat. 1054 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of J. H. Knott.

    Ch. 642 · 50 Stat. 1054 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of George O. Claypool.

    Ch. 643 · 50 Stat. 1055 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Ludwig Bahnweg.

    Ch. 644 · 50 Stat. 1055 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Ethel B. Lord, a minor.

    Ch. 645 · 50 Stat. 1055 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Carson Bradford.

    Ch. 646 · 50 Stat. 1056 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Cecile C. Cameron.

    Ch. 647 · 50 Stat. 1056 · August 14, 1937 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To authorize improvement of navigation facilities on the Columbia River, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 648 · 50 Stat. 648 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

50. An Act To authorize the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to construct, equip, maintain, and operate on Farm Island, South Dakota, certain amusement and recreational facilities; to charge for the use thereof; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 649 · 50 Stat. 648 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

51. An Act Declaring Bayou Savage, also styled Bayou Chantilly, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, a nonnavigable stream.

    Ch. 650 · 50 Stat. 649 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

52. An Act To authorize the Five Civilized Tribes, in suits heretofore filed under their original Jurisdictional Acts, to present claims to the United States Court of Claims by amended petitions to conform to the evidence; and to authorize said court to adjudicate such claims upon their merits as though filed within the time limitation fixed in said original Jurisdictional Acts.

    Ch. 651 · 50 Stat. 650 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

53. An Act To provide time credits for substitutes in the motor-vehicle service.

    Ch. 652 · 50 Stat. 650 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

54. An Act To extend the provisions of the forty-hour law for postal employees to watchmen and messengers in the Postal Service.

    Ch. 653 · 50 Stat. 651 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

55. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

    Ch. 654 · 50 Stat. 651 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the conveyance by the United States to the county of Beaufort, South Carolina, of the Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation.

    Ch. 655 · 50 Stat. 651 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

57. An Act Authorizing the Territory of Alaska to transfer a certain tract of land to Sitka Cold Storage Company, a corporation.

    Ch. 656 · 50 Stat. 652 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

58. 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.

    Ch. 657 · 50 Stat. 653 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

59. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to accept title to a certain parcel of land at Gaithersburg, Maryland.

    Ch. 658 · 50 Stat. 659 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

60. An Act To liberalize the provisions of existing laws governing service-connected benefits for World War veterans and their dependents, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 659 · 50 Stat. 660 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

61. An Act To prohibit in the District of Columbia the operation of any automatic merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal receptacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America, or a token provided by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service by means of slugs, spurious coins, tricks, or devices not authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents thereof; and to prohibit in the District of Columbia the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, advertising for sale, distribution, or possession for such use of any token, slug, false or counterfeited coin, or any device or substance whatsoever except tokens authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle; and providing a penalty for violation thereof.

    Ch. 660 · 50 Stat. 662 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works in or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 661 · 50 Stat. 663 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

63. An Act To provide for a referendum in the Territory of Alaska as to the establishment of a one-house legislature, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 662 · 50 Stat. 664 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

64. An Act To enable the Department of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices and to cooperate with the States in the promotion of such standards.

    Ch. 663 · 50 Stat. 664 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant and convey to the State of Washington fee title to certain lands of the United States in Jefferson County, Washington, for highway purposes.

    Ch. 664 · 50 Stat. 665 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

66. An Act To provide more effectively for the marking of wrecked and sunken craft for the protection of navigation, to improve the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 665 · 50 Stat. 666 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim the 13th day of April of each year Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.

    Ch. 666 · 50 Stat. 668 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the New York World’s Fair 1939, New York City, New York, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 667 · 50 Stat. 668 · August 16, 1937 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Troup Miller and Harvey D. Higley.

    Ch. 668 · 50 Stat. 1057 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Willard Collins.

    Ch. 669 · 50 Stat. 1057 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Marjorie L. Baxter.

    Ch. 670 · 50 Stat. 1058 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of A. F. Amory.

    Ch. 671 · 50 Stat. 1058 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Guideo Biscaro, Giovanni Polin, Spironello Antonio, Arturo Bettio, Carlo Biscaro, and Antonio Vannin.

    Ch. 672 · 50 Stat. 1059 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Dexter P. Cooper.

    Ch. 673 · 50 Stat. 1059 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

75. 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. 674 · 50 Stat. 1060 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Charles Tabit.

    Ch. 675 · 50 Stat. 1060 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Sam Romack.

    Ch. 676 · 50 Stat. 1060 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of A. H. Sphar.

    Ch. 677 · 50 Stat. 1061 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of John N. Brooks.

    Ch. 678 · 50 Stat. 1061 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Jack C. Allen.

    Ch. 679 · 50 Stat. 1062 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of the estate of Colonel C. J. Bartlett, United States Army.

    Ch. 680 · 50 Stat. 1062 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of William Sperry.

    Ch. 681 · 50 Stat. 1063 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Lake Spence.

    Ch. 682 · 50 Stat. 1063 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Luther Jennings Workman, a minor.

    Ch. 683 · 50 Stat. 1064 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of D. E. Sweinhart.

    Ch. 684 · 50 Stat. 1064 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Thomas H. McLain.

    Ch. 685 · 50 Stat. 1064 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of William Sullivan.

    Ch. 686 · 50 Stat. 1065 · August 16, 1937 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To provide for the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 687 · 50 Stat. 669 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the transfer of Scotland County to the middle judicial district of North Carolina.

    Ch. 688 · 50 Stat. 671 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

90. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the Government of Puerto Rico a portion of land within the Catano Range Rear Lighthouse Reservation, Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 689 · 50 Stat. 672 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

91. An Act To provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 690 · 50 Stat. 673 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to exchange with the people of Puerto Rico the Guanica Lighthouse Reservation for two adjacent plots of insular forest land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, department of agriculture and commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 691 · 50 Stat. 694 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution Relating to the employment of personnel and expenditures made by the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bicentenary Commission.

    Ch. 692 · 50 Stat. 694 · August 17, 1937 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of the Farmers’ Storage and Fertilizer Company, of Aiken, South Carolina.

    Ch. 693 · 50 Stat. 1065 · August 17, 1937 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Clifford L. Bonn.

    Ch. 694 · 50 Stat. 1066 · August 17, 1937 · Private law · Original text

96. Joint Resolution To authorize an additional appropriation to further the work of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.

    Ch. 695 · 50 Stat. 694 · August 19, 1937 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution To establish the General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission to formulate plans for the construction of a permanent memorial to the memory of General Anthony Wayne.

    Ch. 696 · 50 Stat. 695 · August 19, 1937 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease the Fort Schuyler Military Reservation, New York.

    Ch. 697 · 50 Stat. 696 · August 19, 1937 · Original text

99. An Act For the protection of certain enlisted men of the Army.

    Ch. 698 · 50 Stat. 696 · August 19, 1937 · Original text

100. An Act To authorize the construction of bridges in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

     Ch. 699 · 50 Stat. 697 · August 19, 1937 · Original text