Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To remit claims of the United States on account of overpayments to part-time charwomen in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 17 · 58 Stat. 18 · February 14, 1944 · Original text

2. An Act To amend sections 6, 7, and 8 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741, 743; 48 U. S. C., secs 440, 441, 442).

   Ch. 18 · 58 Stat. 18 · February 21, 1944 · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

   Ch. 19 · 58 Stat. 938 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Arthur J. Martin, Junior, a minor.

   Ch. 20 · 58 Stat. 939 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company.

   Ch. 21 · 58 Stat. 939 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of W. R. Jordan and Mabel Jordan.

   Ch. 22 · 58 Stat. 939 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to donate and convey on behalf of the United States, to Jack Henry Post, Numbered 1, of the American Legion, Anchorage, Alaska, the wood-frame building, known as the Telephone and Telegraph Building, located on lots 7 and 8 in block 17, Anchorage townsite.

   Ch. 23 · 58 Stat. 940 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency.

   Ch. 24 · 58 Stat. 940 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fires in tents used as quarters by members of the Twelfth Naval Construction Battalion, Long Island, Alaska, on December 26, 1942, and May 26, 1943, respectively.

   Ch. 25 · 58 Stat. 941 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire at the Outlying Degaussing Branch of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on December 4, 1942.

    Ch. 26 · 58 Stat. 941 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire in tent L–76 at the Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Virginia, on March 15, 1943.

    Ch. 27 · 58 Stat. 942 · February 21, 1944 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the acceptance of donations of land for the construction of a scenic parkway to provide an appropriate view of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from the Tennessee side of the park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 28 · 58 Stat. 19 · February 22, 1944 · Original text

13. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia”, approved February 28, 1898, as amended.

    Ch. 29 · 58 Stat. 20 · February 22, 1944 · Original text

14. An Act To permit the construction and use of certain pipe lines for pneumatic tube transmission in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 30 · 58 Stat. 20 · February 22, 1944 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Edward H. Smith.

    Ch. 31 · 58 Stat. 942 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of John Sims.

    Ch. 32 · 58 Stat. 942 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Kernan R. Cunningham.

    Ch. 33 · 58 Stat. 943 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 34 · 58 Stat. 943 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of George M. Louie.

    Ch. 35 · 58 Stat. 944 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Dan Crotts.

    Ch. 36 · 58 Stat. 944 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Lafayette Gibson.

    Ch. 37 · 58 Stat. 945 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Reverend Julius Paal.

    Ch. 38 · 58 Stat. 945 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Ethel Cohen.

    Ch. 39 · 58 Stat. 945 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Donald B. Johnston.

    Ch. 40 · 58 Stat. 946 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker.

    Ch. 41 · 58 Stat. 946 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Oswald L. Sawyer.

    Ch. 42 · 58 Stat. 947 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Tom S. Steed.

    Ch. 43 · 58 Stat. 947 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Ruth E. P. Phillips, as executrix of the estate of Amos Russell Phillips, deceased.

    Ch. 44 · 58 Stat. 947 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased.

    Ch. 45 · 58 Stat. 948 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Thomas Lewis.

    Ch. 46 · 58 Stat. 948 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of J. C. Davidson and Vassie Lee Davidson.

    Ch. 47 · 58 Stat. 949 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Nels J. Pedersen.

    Ch. 48 · 58 Stat. 949 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Morhouse.

    Ch. 49 · 58 Stat. 949 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For the relief of Spencer Meeks.

    Ch. 50 · 58 Stat. 950 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of Howard L. Pemberton.

    Ch. 51 · 58 Stat. 950 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Wade Brothers, a partnership composed of M. J., G. W., and Ovid Wade.

    Ch. 52 · 58 Stat. 951 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the President to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, United States Marine Corps.

    Ch. 53 · 58 Stat. 951 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act For the relief of Josephine M. Melchior.

    Ch. 54 · 58 Stat. 951 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of George A. Rogers.

    Ch. 55 · 58 Stat. 952 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Neola Cecile Tucker.

    Ch. 56 · 58 Stat. 952 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Lee S. Bradshaw.

    Ch. 57 · 58 Stat. 953 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of William A. Haag.

    Ch. 58 · 58 Stat. 953 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Lucille Sleet.

    Ch. 59 · 58 Stat. 953 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Luther Thomas Edens.

    Ch. 60 · 58 Stat. 954 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Joseph Moret.

    Ch. 61 · 58 Stat. 954 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Colonel Anderson F. Pitts.

    Ch. 62 · 58 Stat. 954 · February 22, 1944 · Private law · Original text

47. Revenue Act of 1943

    An Act To provide revenue, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 63 · 58 Stat. 21 · February 25, 1944 · Original text

48. An Act To grant the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of South Dakota and Wyoming relating to the waters of the Belle Fourche River Basin, to make provisions concerning the exercise of Federal jurisdiction as to those waters, to promote the most efficient use of those waters, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 64 · 58 Stat. 94 · February 26, 1944 · Original text

49. An Act To give effect to the Provisional Fur Seal Agreement of 1942 between the United States of America and Canada; to protect the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands; and for other purposes.

    Ch. 65 · 58 Stat. 100 · February 26, 1944 · Original text

50. An Act To grant military rank to certain members of the Navy Nurse Corps.

    Ch. 66 · 58 Stat. 105 · February 26, 1944 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Code of the District of Columbia providing for the sale of fish of the shad or herring species, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 67 · 58 Stat. 105 · February 26, 1944 · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of J. E. McCoy and Son.

    Ch. 68 · 58 Stat. 955 · February 26, 1944 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of James T. Rogers.

    Ch. 69 · 58 Stat. 955 · February 26, 1944 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to convey land” (approved April 28, 1922).

    Ch. 70 · 58 Stat. 956 · February 26, 1944 · Private law · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Continuing the Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the United States until June 30, 1945.

    Ch. 71 · 58 Stat. 105 · February 28, 1944 · Original text

56. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

    Ch. 72 · 58 Stat. 107 · February 29, 1944 · Original text

57. An Act To liberalize the service pension laws relating to veterans of the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition, and their dependents.

    Ch. 73 · 58 Stat. 107 · March 1, 1944 · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the State of Oregon, Department of Forestry of the State of Oregon, and certain organized protection agencies in the State of Oregon for protection of unappropriated public-forest lands intermingled with Oregon and California lands from July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939.

    Ch. 76 · 58 Stat. 108 · March 1, 1944 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Francesco P. Mastrilli.

    Ch. 74 · 58 Stat. 956 · March 1, 1944 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Henry Angell.

    Ch. 75 · 58 Stat. 956 · March 1, 1944 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids.

    Ch. 77 · 58 Stat. 108 · March 2, 1944 · Original text

62. An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1927, entitled “An Act granting pensions to certain soldiers who served in the Indian wars from 1817 to 1898, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 78 · 58 Stat. 108 · March 3, 1944 · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of Peter A. Gawalis.

    Ch. 79 · 58 Stat. 957 · March 3, 1944 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Fred Hunter.

    Ch. 80 · 58 Stat. 957 · March 3, 1944 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To reserve certain public-domain lands in the State of Arizona for addition to the Havasupai Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 81 · 58 Stat. 110 · March 4, 1944 · Original text

66. An Act Making it a misdemeanor to stow away on aircraft and providing punishment therefor.

    Ch. 82 · 58 Stat. 111 · March 4, 1944 · Original text

67. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the training of nurses for the armed forces, governmental and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war industries, through grants to institutions providing such training, and for other purposes”, approved June 15, 1943, so as to provide for the full participation of institutions of the United States in the program for the training of nurses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 83 · 58 Stat. 111 · March 4, 1944 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To limit the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code, and sections 361, 365, and 366 of the Revised Statutes, and certain other provisions of law.

    Ch. 84 · 58 Stat. 113 · March 4, 1944 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the estate of Frederick Lee Littlefield.

    Ch. 85 · 58 Stat. 957 · March 7, 1944 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To provide retirement benefits for certain persons who serve as Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.

    Ch. 86 · 58 Stat. 113 · March 10, 1944 · Original text

71. 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. 87 · 58 Stat. 113 · March 11, 1944 · Original text

72. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to change the name of Conduit Road in the District of Columbia”, approved March 4, 1942.

    Ch. 88 · 58 Stat. 115 · March 11, 1944 · Original text

73. An Act To extend for one year the date of termination of Public Law 22, dated April 1, 1943, entitled “To provide for a temporary increase in compensation for certain employees of the District of Columbia Government and the White House Police Force”.

    Ch. 89 · 58 Stat. 115 · March 11, 1944 · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Robert P. Sick.

    Ch. 90 · 58 Stat. 958 · March 11, 1944 · Private law · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To provide cash awards to personnel of the Maritime Commission and the War Shipping Administration for useful suggestions to improve administration of their activities.

    Ch. 91 · 58 Stat. 115 · March 13, 1944 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the charging of tolls for the passage or transit of Government traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.

    Ch. 92 · 58 Stat. 116 · March 14, 1944 · Original text

77. An Act Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy for additional ship repair facilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 58 Stat. 116 · March 14, 1944 · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Jack Lecel Haas.

    Ch. 94 · 58 Stat. 958 · March 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Svend J. Skou.

    Ch. 95 · 58 Stat. 959 · March 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To authorize the appointment of Gregory Boyington a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 96 · 58 Stat. 959 · March 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of W. E. Dowdell and June Dowdell.

    Ch. 97 · 58 Stat. 959 · March 14, 1944 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To extend the time within which the States of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming may negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Yellowstone River.

    Ch. 98 · 58 Stat. 117 · March 16, 1944 · Original text

83. An Act To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claim of Louis H. Pink, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, or his statutory successor, as statutory liquidator of New York Indemnity Company, against the United States.

    Ch. 99 · 58 Stat. 960 · March 16, 1944 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Vern M. Stanchfield.

    Ch. 100 · 58 Stat. 960 · March 16, 1944 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To amend section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    Ch. 101 · 58 Stat. 117 · March 17, 1944 · Original text

86. An Act To change the name of “laborer” in the Postal Service to that of “mail handler”.

    Ch. 102 · 58 Stat. 118 · March 20, 1944 · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of the estate of John H. Cathcart.

    Ch. 103 · 58 Stat. 960 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Bessie Pike and Mrs. Estelle Rosenfeld.

    Ch. 104 · 58 Stat. 961 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Richard Zielinski, a minor.

    Ch. 105 · 58 Stat. 961 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of Nadine Gorman.

    Ch. 106 · 58 Stat. 962 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Priscilla B. McCarthy.

    Ch. 107 · 58 Stat. 962 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Edwin Foley.

    Ch. 108 · 58 Stat. 962 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of Adelard Demers.

    Ch. 109 · 58 Stat. 963 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of H. G. Tooley.

    Ch. 110 · 58 Stat. 963 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Leo Gullo.

    Ch. 111 · 58 Stat. 964 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Lorraine Novak, a minor.

    Ch. 112 · 58 Stat. 964 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Willard Kerr, Junior.

    Ch. 113 · 58 Stat. 964 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of Carl F. R. Wilson.

    Ch. 114 · 58 Stat. 965 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of William Kovatis.

    Ch. 115 · 58 Stat. 965 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of C. Guy Evans, Garland Mineral Springs, Index, Washington.

     Ch. 116 · 58 Stat. 966 · March 20, 1944 · Private law · Original text