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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.

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

  1. An Act Relating to dual employment in the Postal Service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 717 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  2. An Act To authorize Belfry Coal Company to construct, maintain, and operate a free suspension bridge conveyor across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near Sprigg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 718 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  3. An Act To provide for the granting of rights-of-way for pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products and for telephone and/or telegraph lines through and across lands of the United States within the area of Indian Rock Dam and Reservoir, located in York County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 719 · 58 Stat. 922 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  4. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts covering expenditures by disbursing officers of the United States Marine Corps”, approved December 25, 1941, so as to extend the time for examination of monthly accounts of disbursing officers and special disbursing agents of the Navy and Coast Guard.

    Ch. 720 · 58 Stat. 923 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  5. An Act To authorize the transfer of certain lands within the Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia, to the Secretary of the Navy.

    Ch. 721 · 58 Stat. 923 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  6. An Act For the exchange of lands adjacent to the Pike National Forest in Colorado.

    Ch. 722 · 58 Stat. 924 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  7. An Act To permit construction, maintenance, and use of a tunnel for the purpose of carrying lines for petroleum products in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 723 · 58 Stat. 924 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  8. An Act To amend section 119 of the Judicial Code.

    Ch. 724 · 58 Stat. 925 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  9. An Act To amend section 502 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.

    Ch. 725 · 58 Stat. 925 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  10. An Act To omit or defer the required five-year valuation of the civil-service retirement and disability fund for the duration of the present war and for one year thereafter.

    Ch. 726 · 58 Stat. 926 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  11. Joint Resolution To extend the time for filing a report by the Civil Aeronautics Board relating to multiple taxation of air commerce.

    Ch. 727 · 58 Stat. 926 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  12. An Act To amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended.

    Ch. 728 · 58 Stat. 927 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  13. Uniform Stock Transfer Act

    An Act To regulate in the District of Columbia the transfer of shares of stock in corporations and to make uniform the law with reference thereto.

    Ch. 729 · 58 Stat. 927 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  14. An Act To eliminate as uncollectible certain credits of the United States.

    Ch. 730 · 58 Stat. 932 · December 23, 1944 · Original text

  15. An Act For the relief of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company.

    Ch. 731 · 58 Stat. 1092 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Eger.

    Ch. 732 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act For the relief of G. H. Garner.

    Ch. 733 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act For the relief of Christine Mangrum, Luster Mangrum, and Nathan Mangrum.

    Ch. 734 · 58 Stat. 1093 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act For the relief of Diemer Adison Coulter and Frances Andrews Coulter.

    Ch. 735 · 58 Stat. 1094 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Phoebe Sherman, and for Mrs. Harriett W. Vanderhoef and Allan Vanderhoef.

    Ch. 736 · 58 Stat. 1094 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act For the relief of the estate of Ida M. Rutherford.

    Ch. 737 · 58 Stat. 1095 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act To extend Reissued Letters Patent Numbered 19,023.

    Ch. 738 · 58 Stat. 1095 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act For the relief of Enid M. Albertson.

    Ch. 739 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Rose Poisson.

    Ch. 740 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act For the relief of LaVerne Whipple.

    Ch. 741 · 58 Stat. 1096 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act For the relief of Edward C. Robbins.

    Ch. 742 · 58 Stat. 1097 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act For the relief of Mary Agnes Lichtefeld Droppelman and Fred J. Lichtefeld and Josephine Lichtefeld.

    Ch. 743 · 58 Stat. 1097 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act For the relief of Harley E. Carter.

    Ch. 744 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act For the relief of Walter Lundmark.

    Ch. 745 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act For the relief of Ira Cannon.

    Ch. 746 · 58 Stat. 1098 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act For the relief of William Weber.

    Ch. 747 · 58 Stat. 1099 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act For the relief of Robert Rowe and Mary Rowe.

    Ch. 748 · 58 Stat. 1099 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act For the relief of Karl Lungstras.

    Ch. 749 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act For the relief of Rosa Lee Foreman.

    Ch. 750 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act For the relief of the estate of Floyd M. Adair, deceased.

    Ch. 751 · 58 Stat. 1100 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act For the relief of Bertha LeFrancq.

    Ch. 752 · 58 Stat. 1101 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act For the relief of Ollie Brashear Hearldson.

    Ch. 753 · 58 Stat. 1101 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Julia Toler.

    Ch. 754 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act For the relief of Albert B. Weaver.

    Ch. 755 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act For the relief of John McLaughlin, Senior, and John McLaughlin, Junior.

    Ch. 756 · 58 Stat. 1102 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act For the relief of William H. Crompton.

    Ch. 757 · 58 Stat. 1103 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act For the relief of M. Grace Murphy, administratrix of the estate of John H. Murphy.

    Ch. 758 · 58 Stat. 1103 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act For the relief of Harold Miller.

    Ch. 759 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act For the relief of Sandy C. Brown.

    Ch. 760 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act For the relief of Thomas R. Clark.

    Ch. 761 · 58 Stat. 1104 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act For the relief of John L. MacNeil.

    Ch. 762 · 58 Stat. 1105 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act For the relief of the estate of Everette Maxwell; the estate of Redman P. Maddux; and the legal guardian of Elmer Massa, a minor.

    Ch. 763 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act For the relief of Doctor H. L. Klotz.

    Ch. 764 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act For the relief of the estate of Kimball Lee Beckner.

    Ch. 765 · 58 Stat. 1106 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act For the relief of the estate of Emma B. Fleet, deceased.

    Ch. 766 · 58 Stat. 1107 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act For the relief of Doctor J. Sims Norman.

    Ch. 767 · 58 Stat. 1107 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act For the relief of Jessie Springsteen and John Springsteen.

    Ch. 768 · 58 Stat. 1108 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act For the relief of the estate of Francis A. Collins.

    Ch. 769 · 58 Stat. 1108 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act For the relief of the estate of Cecile H. Burgett, deceased.

    Ch. 770 · 58 Stat. 1109 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act For the relief of Clyde H. Palmer; estate of Lola J. Palmer; legal guardian of Margie Joan Palmer, a minor.

    Ch. 771 · 58 Stat. 1109 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Board of Trustees of the Saunders Memorial Hospital.

    Ch. 772 · 58 Stat. 1110 · December 23, 1944 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act For the relief of Oliver N. Knight.

    Ch. 773 · 58 Stat. 1110 · December 23, 1944 · 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.