Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept property for the Moores Creek National Military Park, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 417 · 58 Stat. 746 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

2. An Act To expatriate or exclude certain persons for evading military and naval service.

   Ch. 418 · 58 Stat. 746 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

3. An Act To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 to preserve the nationality of citizens residing abroad.

   Ch. 419 · 58 Stat. 747 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

4. An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to certain lands in the county of Los Angeles, State of California.

   Ch. 420 · 58 Stat. 747 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

5. An Act To allow credit in connection with certain homestead entries for military or naval service rendered during World War II.

   Ch. 421 · 58 Stat. 747 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue bonds in a sum not to exceed $150,000 for the purpose of constructing and acquiring additions and betterments to and extensions of the electric light and power system of said city, and to provide for the payment thereof, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 422 · 58 Stat. 748 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

7. An Act To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act by authorizing common carriers to grant reduced fares to personnel of armed services.

   Ch. 423 · 58 Stat. 751 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution To provide for the reappointment of Harvey N. Davis and Arthur H. Compton as members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Ch. 424 · 58 Stat. 751 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for the punishment of persons conspiring to violate the laws relating to counterfeiting, and certain other laws.

   Ch. 425 · 58 Stat. 752 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

10. An Act To repeal section 2 of the Act approved May 17, 1926, which provides for the forfeiture of pay of persons in the military and naval service of the United States who are absent from duty on account of the direct effects of venereal disease due to misconduct, and to amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended, to define line of duty and misconduct for pension and compensation purposes.

    Ch. 426 · 58 Stat. 752 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Duluth, Minnesota.

    Ch. 427 · 58 Stat. 753 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

12. An Act To amend the Naval Reserve Act of 1938, as amended, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, as amended, so as to permit service of members of the Women’s Reserve in the American area, the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 428 · 58 Stat. 754 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

13. An Act To provide for the extension of certain oil and gas leases.

    Ch. 429 · 58 Stat. 755 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States, January 20, 1945.

    Ch. 430 · 58 Stat. 755 · September 27, 1944 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Freda Utley.

    Ch. 431 · 58 Stat. 1021 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mary Hertz.

    Ch. 432 · 58 Stat. 1021 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Anna M. Kohler.

    Ch. 433 · 58 Stat. 1022 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Perley M. Silver.

    Ch. 434 · 58 Stat. 1022 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Paul Szeliga.

    Ch. 435 · 58 Stat. 1022 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of John Salfi.

    Ch. 436 · 58 Stat. 1022 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Joseph Scarpella and Dorothy Scarpella.

    Ch. 437 · 58 Stat. 1023 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Marie Engert.

    Ch. 438 · 58 Stat. 1023 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Henry White.

    Ch. 439 · 58 Stat. 1024 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Arvo Kari, Lempi K. Holm, and Burt Johnston.

    Ch. 440 · 58 Stat. 1024 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Tressie Spring and Mrs. Hazel Stutte.

    Ch. 441 · 58 Stat. 1024 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Grace Page.

    Ch. 442 · 58 Stat. 1025 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of R. Guy Dorsey.

    Ch. 443 · 58 Stat. 1025 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Ralph W. Cooley.

    Ch. 444 · 58 Stat. 1026 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Ernest A. Grottke.

    Ch. 445 · 58 Stat. 1026 · September 27, 1944 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act To amend section 342 of the Nationality Act of 1940 in respect to fees for the issuance of certificates of arrival.

    Ch. 446 · 58 Stat. 755 · September 28, 1944 · Original text

31. An Act To authorize the construction and operation of a free highway bridge across the Monongahela River in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 447 · 58 Stat. 756 · September 28, 1944 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the acquisition of additional lands and flowage easements for the Pleasant Hill Reservoir, Ohio, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 448 · 58 Stat. 756 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, as amended.

    Ch. 449 · 58 Stat. 756 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

34. An Act To amend section 3 (b) of Public, 49, Seventy-eighth Congress, first session (War Overtime Pay Act of 1943).

    Ch. 450 · 58 Stat. 758 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

35. An Act To amend section 2 of Public Law 17, Seventy-eighth Congress, relating to functions of the War Shipping Administration, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 451 · 58 Stat. 758 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the construction and operation of a free highway bridge across the Monongahela River in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 452 · 58 Stat. 759 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

37. An Act To amend the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, as amended.

    Ch. 453 · 58 Stat. 759 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

38. An Act To liberalize certain provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 454 · 58 Stat. 762 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

39. An Act To liberalize certain provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended.

    Ch. 455 · 58 Stat. 764 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for naming the lake formed by waters of the Red River impounded by Denison Dam.

    Ch. 456 · 58 Stat. 764 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the city of Beardstown, Illinois.

    Ch. 477 · 58 Stat. 765 · September 30, 1944 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Frank Henderson and Frances Nell Henderson, his wife.

    Ch. 457 · 58 Stat. 1026 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Frank J. Recely and Mary T. Recely.

    Ch. 458 · 58 Stat. 1027 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Charles Fred Smith.

    Ch. 459 · 58 Stat. 1027 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of Carl W. Bucey.

    Ch. 460 · 58 Stat. 1028 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company.

    Ch. 461 · 58 Stat. 1028 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Roberta Ramsey.

    Ch. 462 · 58 Stat. 1028 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Ethel Phillips and Mary Hurley.

    Ch. 463 · 58 Stat. 1029 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Frank A. McMenamin.

    Ch. 464 · 58 Stat. 1029 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of James Wilson.

    Ch. 465 · 58 Stat. 1030 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of J. R. Dixon.

    Ch. 466 · 58 Stat. 1030 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act For the relief of John J. Beaton.

    Ch. 467 · 58 Stat. 1030 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Still.

    Ch. 468 · 58 Stat. 1031 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of Michael Eatman, Junior, and Mrs. Michael Eatman, Junior.

    Ch. 469 · 58 Stat. 1031 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of George E. O’Loughlin.

    Ch. 470 · 58 Stat. 1032 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Billie Stooksberry, a minor, and Lon L. Stooksberry.

    Ch. 471 · 58 Stat. 1032 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Emily Reily.

    Ch. 472 · 58 Stat. 1032 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Robert Futterman.

    Ch. 473 · 58 Stat. 1033 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of J. Ralph Datesman.

    Ch. 474 · 58 Stat. 1033 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Frank Gay.

    Ch. 475 · 58 Stat. 1034 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of John Duncan McDonald.

    Ch. 476 · 58 Stat. 1034 · September 30, 1944 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To exempt certain officers and employees of the National War Labor Board from certain provisions of the Criminal Code.

    Ch. 478 · 58 Stat. 765 · October 2, 1944 · Original text

63. Surplus Property Act of 1944

    An Act To aid the reconversion from a war to a peace economy through the distribution of Government surplus property and to establish a Surplus Property Board to effectuate the same, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 479 · 58 Stat. 765 · October 3, 1944 · Original text

64. War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944

    An Act To amend the Social Security Act, as amended, to provide a national program for war mobilization and reconversion, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 480 · 58 Stat. 785 · October 3, 1944 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the payment of attorneys’ fees from Osage tribal funds.

    Ch. 481 · 58 Stat. 792 · October 3, 1944 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of Cyril Doerner.

    Ch. 482 · 58 Stat. 1034 · October 3, 1944 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Cicero B. Hunt.

    Ch. 483 · 58 Stat. 1035 · October 3, 1944 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of John Weakley and Rella Moyer.

    Ch. 484 · 58 Stat. 1035 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of Charles T. Allen.

    Ch. 485 · 58 Stat. 1036 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of J. C. Drewry.

    Ch. 486 · 58 Stat. 1036 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the confirmation of the title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and others”, approved March 2, 1861.

    Ch. 487 · 58 Stat. 1036 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Doctor A. R. Adams.

    Ch. 488 · 58 Stat. 1037 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Carl M. Frasure.

    Ch. 489 · 58 Stat. 1037 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of the Rau Motor Sales Company.

    Ch. 490 · 58 Stat. 1038 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Frank Robertson.

    Ch. 491 · 58 Stat. 1038 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. John Borrego; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Silva; the legal guardian of Frank Borrego; the legal guardian of Rueben Silva; and the legal guardian of Rudolph Silva.

    Ch. 492 · 58 Stat. 1038 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To relieve certain employees of the Veterans’ Administration from financial liability for certain overpayments and allow such credit therefor as is necessary in the accounts of Guy F. Allen, chief disbursing officer.

    Ch. 493 · 58 Stat. 1039 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Clark Gourley, administratrix of the estate of Clark Gourley.

    Ch. 494 · 58 Stat. 1040 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Luella F. Stewart.

    Ch. 495 · 58 Stat. 1041 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of the Square D Company.

    Ch. 496 · 58 Stat. 1041 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of C. C. Thornton.

    Ch. 497 · 58 Stat. 1041 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of L. C. Gregory.

    Ch. 498 · 58 Stat. 1042 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the estate of Walney A. Colvin, deceased.

    Ch. 499 · 58 Stat. 1042 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Anna Runnebaum.

    Ch. 500 · 58 Stat. 1043 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of Fred A. Dimler and Gwendolyn E. Dimler, his wife.

    Ch. 501 · 58 Stat. 1043 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Lum Jacobs.

    Ch. 502 · 58 Stat. 1043 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant (T) P. J. Voorhies.

    Ch. 503 · 58 Stat. 1044 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Irma S. Sheridan, postmaster at Rockville, Oregon.

    Ch. 504 · 58 Stat. 1044 · November 29, 1944 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the continuation on the active list of the Regular Army for the duration [of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged, and for six months thereafter, of any officer on the active list of the Regular Army who has served as Chief of Staff during the wars in which the United States is now engaged.

    Ch. 505 · 58 Stat. 793 · December 2, 1944 · Original text

90. An Act To authorize the acquisition, rehabilitation, and operation of the facilities for the public in the Olympic National Park, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 506 · 58 Stat. 793 · December 6, 1944 · Original text

91. An Act To amend the Veterans Regulations.

    Ch. 507 · 58 Stat. 793 · December 6, 1944 · Original text

92. An Act To provide for the acceptance and protection by the United States of property within the authorized boundaries of the Everglades National Park project, Florida, pending the establishment of the park, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 508 · 58 Stat. 794 · December 6, 1944 · Original text

93. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey to the people of Puerto Rico for school purposes a certain building and lot known as the Mayaguez Barracks Military Reservation now under the jurisdiction of the War Department.

    Ch. 509 · 58 Stat. 794 · December 6, 1944 · Original text

94. An Act For the relief of Yellow Cab Transit Company and Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

    Ch. 510 · 58 Stat. 1044 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act For the relief of Frederick G. Goebel.

    Ch. 511 · 58 Stat. 1045 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Helen Halverson.

    Ch. 512 · 58 Stat. 1045 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act To reimburse certain Coast and Geodetic Survey and Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, on December 16, 1943.

    Ch. 513 · 58 Stat. 1046 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of certain Navy and civilian personnel for personal property lost as the result of a fire in hangar V–3 at the naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia, on November 12, 1942.

    Ch. 514 · 58 Stat. 1046 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

99. 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 quarters occupied by naval construction battalions.

    Ch. 515 · 58 Stat. 1047 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in quarters at naval advance base depot, Port Hueneme, California, on February 6, 1944.

     Ch. 516 · 58 Stat. 1047 · December 6, 1944 · Private law · Original text