Every law Congress has passed

1,157 laws of the 78th Congress, 1943–1945

1. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in the bachelor officers’ quarters, naval operating base, Argentia, Newfoundland, on January 12, 1943.

   Ch. 517 · 58 Stat. 1048 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To reimburse certain aviation cadets and former aviation cadets for property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at Carroll College, Helena, Montana, on January 8, 1944.

   Ch. 518 · 58 Stat. 1048 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To amend that portion of the Act approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 697, 750), authorizing the settlement of accounts of deceased officers and enlisted men of the Army.

   Ch. 519 · 58 Stat. 795 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

4. An Act Relating to certain overtime compensation of civilian employees of the United States.

   Ch. 520 · 58 Stat. 796 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

5. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the third circuit, and to permit the filling of the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

   Ch. 521 · 58 Stat. 796 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

6. An Act Further defining the number and duties of criers and bailiffs in United States courts and regulating their compensation.

   Ch. 522 · 58 Stat. 796 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

7. An Act To increase the service-connected disability rates of pension for certain Regular Establishment veterans and veterans of wars prior to World War 1.

   Ch. 523 · 58 Stat. 797 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

8. An Act To transfer jurisdiction over the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, from the Department of the Interior to the War Department, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 524 · 58 Stat. 797 · December 7, 1944 · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Mrs. J. C. Romberg.

   Ch. 525 · 58 Stat. 1048 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Jack V. Dyer.

    Ch. 526 · 58 Stat. 1049 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of Joseph Paste, Anna Paste, Rose Paste and to the legal guardian of Doris Paste, and to the legal guardian of Evelyn Paste.

    Ch. 527 · 58 Stat. 1049 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of Vannie Butler.

    Ch. 528 · 58 Stat. 1050 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to consider and render judgment on the claim of W. J. Cox against the United States.

    Ch. 529 · 58 Stat. 1050 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Betty Robins.

    Ch. 530 · 58 Stat. 1050 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to determine and render judgment for any losses suffered by Duffy Brothers, Incorporated.

    Ch. 531 · 58 Stat. 1051 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Flossie Leeser.

    Ch. 532 · 58 Stat. 1051 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rhodes.

    Ch. 533 · 58 Stat. 1052 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Clara E. Clark.

    Ch. 534 · 58 Stat. 1052 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Dewey H. Davis.

    Ch. 535 · 58 Stat. 1052 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Constantino Arguelles.

    Ch. 536 · 58 Stat. 1053 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Nelson and W. E. Nelson.

    Ch. 537 · 58 Stat. 1053 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Virginia McMillan, a minor, and Howard McMillan.

    Ch. 538 · 58 Stat. 1054 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Victoria Cormier.

    Ch. 539 · 58 Stat. 1054 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of William L. Owen, a minor.

    Ch. 540 · 58 Stat. 1054 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Dennis C. O’Connell.

    Ch. 541 · 58 Stat. 1055 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant James H. Clark and Eleanor Clark.

    Ch. 542 · 58 Stat. 1055 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire which occurred on the naval station, Tutuila, American Samoa, on October 20, 1943.

    Ch. 543 · 58 Stat. 1055 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act To reimburse certain Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the marine barracks, naval supply depot, Bayonne, New Jersey, on April 25, 1943.

    Ch. 544 · 58 Stat. 1056 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fire at the naval advance base depot, Port Hueneme, California, on January 12, 1944.

    Ch. 545 · 58 Stat. 1056 · December 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To grant pensions to certain unremarried dependent widows of Civil War veterans who were married to the veteran subsequent to June 26, 1905.

    Ch. 546 · 58 Stat. 797 · December 8, 1944 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the appointment of two additional Assistant Secretaries of State.

    Ch. 547 · 58 Stat. 798 · December 8, 1944 · Original text

32. An Act To amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, to extend the time within which application may be made for reemployment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 548 · 58 Stat. 798 · December 8, 1944 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to mobilize the productive facilities of small business in the interests of successful prosecution of the war, and for other purposes”, approved June 11, 1942.

    Ch. 549 · 58 Stat. 799 · December 8, 1944 · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Alex Wylie, and the estate of James Evans.

    Ch. 550 · 58 Stat. 1057 · December 9, 1944 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Conferring upon the State of Montana authority to exchange for other lands certain lands selected by the State of Montana for the use of the University of Montana for biological station purposes pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1080).

    Ch. 551 · 58 Stat. 799 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize relief of disbursing officers of the Army on account of loss or deficiency of Government funds, vouchers, records, or papers in their charge.

    Ch. 552 · 58 Stat. 800 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

37. An Act Relating to marriage and divorce among members of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians.

    Ch. 553 · 58 Stat. 800 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of the State of Tennessee.

    Ch. 554 · 58 Stat. 801 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

39. An Act Relating to the administration of the Glacier National Park Fish Hatchery, at Creston, Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 555 · 58 Stat. 801 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

40. An Act To transfer Georgetown County, South Carolina, from the Florence division to the Charleston division of the eastern judicial district of South Carolina.

    Ch. 556 · 58 Stat. 801 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

41. An Act To authorize the sale and conveyance of certain property of the estate of Jackson Barnett, deceased Creek Indian.

    Ch. 579 · 58 Stat. 802 · December 13, 1944 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Conrad H. Clark and Rocco Cellette.

    Ch. 557 · 58 Stat. 1057 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Pedro Jose Arrecoechea.

    Ch. 558 · 58 Stat. 1058 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary Vullo.

    Ch. 559 · 58 Stat. 1058 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Vodie Jackson.

    Ch. 560 · 58 Stat. 1058 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Solomon and Marie Theriault.

    Ch. 561 · 58 Stat. 1059 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Joel A. Hart.

    Ch. 562 · 58 Stat. 1059 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Arthur M. Sellers.

    Ch. 563 · 58 Stat. 1060 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of William Luther Thaxton, Junior, and William Luther Thaxton, Senior.

    Ch. 564 · 58 Stat. 1060 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of Doctor Frank K. Boland, Senior.

    Ch. 565 · 58 Stat. 1060 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mamie Dutch Vaughn.

    Ch. 566 · 58 Stat. 1061 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sophia Tannenbaum.

    Ch. 567 · 58 Stat. 1061 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Doctor E. S. Axtell.

    Ch. 568 · 58 Stat. 1062 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Fire District Numbered 1 of the town of Colchester, Vermont.

    Ch. 569 · 58 Stat. 1062 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Clifford E. Long and Laura C. Long.

    Ch. 570 · 58 Stat. 1062 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth A. Becker.

    Ch. 571 · 58 Stat. 1063 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Gordon Lewis Coppage.

    Ch. 572 · 58 Stat. 1063 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the estates of Joseph B. Gowen and Ruth V. Gowen.

    Ch. 573 · 58 Stat. 1064 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of J. A. Davis.

    Ch. 574 · 58 Stat. 1064 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Herman Philyaw.

    Ch. 575 · 58 Stat. 1064 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Nancy Frassrand, a minor.

    Ch. 576 · 58 Stat. 1065 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Richard H. Beall.

    Ch. 577 · 58 Stat. 1065 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 578 · 58 Stat. 1066 · December 13, 1944 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To establish the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy; to establish the grade of General of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 580 · 58 Stat. 802 · December 14, 1944 · Original text

65. An Act To provide Government protection to widows and children of deceased World War I veterans, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 581 · 58 Stat. 803 · December 14, 1944 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Katherine Scherer.

    Ch. 582 · 58 Stat. 1067 · December 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eugene W. Randall.

    Ch. 583 · 58 Stat. 1067 · December 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of Marjorie E. Drake, Edith Mae Drake, Minnie L. Bickford, and Irene M. Paolini.

    Ch. 584 · 58 Stat. 1068 · December 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Alfred Files.

    Ch. 585 · 58 Stat. 1068 · December 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the estate of Bertha L. Tatrault.

    Ch. 586 · 58 Stat. 1069 · December 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia”, approved February 27, 1929.

    Ch. 587 · 58 Stat. 805 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

72. An Act To amend section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1925, entitled “An Act to provide for the regulation of motor-vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the number of judges of the police court, and for other purposes”, as amended.

    Ch. 588 · 58 Stat. 805 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

73. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the regulation of motor vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the number of judges of the police court, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 589 · 58 Stat. 806 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Powell townsite, Wyoming, Shoshone reclamation project, Wyoming, to the University of Wyoming.

    Ch. 590 · 58 Stat. 807 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the President to appoint an Under Secretary of War during national emergencies, fixing the compensation of the Under Secretary of War, and authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe duties”, approved December 16, 1940.

    Ch. 591 · 58 Stat. 807 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

76. An Act To extend the statute of limitation in certain cases.

    Ch. 592 · 58 Stat. 808 · December 15, 1944 · Original text

77. An Act To compensate Roy W. Olsen for the loss of an eye on account of negligence of Work Projects Administration employees September 25, 1938, at Cranston, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 593 · 58 Stat. 1069 · December 15, 1944 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Jack Stowers, B and O Store, and Cotton County Poultry and Egg Company.

    Ch. 594 · 58 Stat. 1070 · December 15, 1944 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To amend the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942, approved February 16, 1942.

    Ch. 595 · 58 Stat. 808 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

80. An Act To amend sections 675 and 676 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, regulating the disposal of dead human bodies in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 596 · 58 Stat. 809 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

81. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint notaries public.

    Ch. 597 · 58 Stat. 810 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

82. An Act To amend the Act of June 19, 1934 (Public Law 435, Seventy-third Congress).

    Ch. 598 · 58 Stat. 811 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

83. An Act To amend the Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944, to provide a method for accomplishing certain mustering-out payments on behalf of mentally disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 599 · 58 Stat. 812 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

84. An Act To fix the rate of tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act on employer and employees for the calendar year 1915.

    Ch. 600 · 58 Stat. 812 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of certain lands heretofore acquired for the nonreservation Indian boarding school known as Sherman Institute, California.

    Ch. 601 · 58 Stat. 813 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

86. An Act To amend section 1, Act. of June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 703), for the acquisition of Indian lands for the Grand Coulee Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 602 · 58 Stat. 813 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to The Virginian Railway Company, a corporation, for railroad-yard-enlargement purposes, a parcel of land of the Camp Alien Reservation at Norfolk, Virginia.

    Ch. 603 · 58 Stat. 814 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

88. An Act To amend section 99 of the Judicial Code, as amended, so as to change the term of the District Court for the District of North Dakota at Minot, North Dakota.

    Ch. 604 · 58 Stat. 815 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the dissolution of the Women’s Christian Association of the District of Columbia and the transfer of its assets.

    Ch. 605 · 58 Stat. 815 · December 16, 1944 · Original text

90. An Act To amend further section 2 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 606 · 58 Stat. 815 · December 19, 1944 · Original text

91. An Act Authorizing the conveyance of certain property to the State of North Dakota.

    Ch. 607 · 58 Stat. 816 · December 19, 1944 · Original text

92. An Act Relating to the imposition of certain penalties and the payment of detention expenses incident to the bringing of certain aliens into the United States.

    Ch. 608 · 58 Stat. 816 · December 19, 1944 · Original text

93. An Act To suspend the effectiveness during the existing national emergency of the tariff duty on coconuts.

    Ch. 609 · 58 Stat. 817 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

94. An Act To amend the laws of the District of Columbia relating to exemption of property from judicial process, the assignment of salary or wages, and the advance payment of salary or wages for the purpose of preventing attachment or garnishment.

    Ch. 610 · 58 Stat. 817 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

95. An Act To grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 611 · 58 Stat. 819 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

96. An Act To regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Columbia, and for Other purposes.

    Ch. 612 · 58 Stat. 823 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

97. An Act To extend the health regulations of the District of Columbia to Government restaurants within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 613 · 58 Stat. 826 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

98. An Act To amend Public, Numbered 507, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, an Act to further expedite the prosecution of the war, approved March 27, 1942, known as the Second War Powers Act, 1942.

    Ch. 614 · 58 Stat. 827 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

99. An Act To assist in the internal development of the Virgin Islands by the undertaking of useful projects therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 615 · 58 Stat. 827 · December 20, 1944 · Original text

100. An Act Extending the time for the release of powers of appointment for the purposes of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 616 · 58 Stat. 830 · December 20, 1944 · Original text