Every law Congress has passed

1,626 laws of the 79th Congress, 1945–1947

1. An Act For the relief of Ensign Elmer H. Beckmann, United States Naval Reserve.

   Ch. 399 · 59 Stat. 769 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Everett McLendon, Senior; Mrs. Everett McLendon, Senior; Mr. and Mrs. Everett McLendon, Senior, for the benefit of their minor daughter, Nadine McLendon; and Everett McLendon, Junior.

   Ch. 400 · 59 Stat. 770 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of Oliver Jensen.

   Ch. 401 · 59 Stat. 770 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in a Quonset hut at Harrowbeer Airport, Yelverton, South Devon, England, on December 26, 1944.

   Ch. 402 · 59 Stat. 771 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Hugh Egan.

   Ch. 403 · 59 Stat. 771 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Henry H. Huffman and Mrs. Marie J. Huffman.

   Ch. 404 · 59 Stat. 771 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fires occurring at various naval shore activities.

   Ch. 405 · 59 Stat. 772 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in administration building at the naval air station, Bunker Hill, Indiana, on December 28, 1944.

   Ch. 406 · 59 Stat. 772 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William Augustus White, United States Naval Reserve.

   Ch. 407 · 59 Stat. 773 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of John R. Jennings.

    Ch. 408 · 59 Stat. 773 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the naval auxiliary air station, Pungo, Norfolk, Virginia, on February 13, 1945.

    Ch. 411 · 59 Stat. 774 · October 11, 1945 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of the Oregon Caves Resort.

    Ch. 412 · 59 Stat. 774 · October 13, 1945 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Lee D. Hoseley.

    Ch. 413 · 59 Stat. 774 · October 13, 1945 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act For the relief of Raymond W. Ford.

    Ch. 414 · 59 Stat. 775 · October 13, 1945 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act creating the Saint Lawrence Bridge Commission and authorizing said Commission and its successors to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York”, approved June 14, 1933, as amended.

    Ch. 415 · 59 Stat. 544 · October 16, 1945 · Original text

16. An Act To provide further for the appointment of postmasters for fourth-class post offices in the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 416 · 59 Stat. 544 · October 16, 1945 · Original text

17. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the city of Duluth, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a toll bridge across the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and for other purposes”, approved August 7, 1939.

    Ch. 417 · 59 Stat. 545 · October 16, 1945 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the reconstruction of the Spring Common Bridge on Mahoning Avenue, across the Mahoning River in the municipality of Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio.

    Ch. 418 · 59 Stat. 545 · October 16, 1945 · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the appointment of an additional judge for the district of Kansas.

    Ch. 419 · 59 Stat. 545 · October 16, 1945 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ruth C. Stone.

    Ch. 420 · 59 Stat. 775 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Laura May Ryan.

    Ch. 421 · 59 Stat. 775 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Inglis Construction Company, a corporation.

    Ch. 422 · 59 Stat. 776 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Michael C. Donatell.

    Ch. 423 · 59 Stat. 776 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ora R. Hutchinson.

    Ch. 424 · 59 Stat. 777 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Anna Mattil and others.

    Ch. 425 · 59 Stat. 777 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of L. A. Williams.

    Ch. 426 · 59 Stat. 778 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Virginia M. Kiser.

    Ch. 427 · 59 Stat. 778 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of August Svelund.

    Ch. 428 · 59 Stat. 779 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of the widow of Joseph C. Akin.

    Ch. 429 · 59 Stat. 779 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Standley.

    Ch. 430 · 59 Stat. 780 · October 16, 1945 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the Agricultural Byproducts Laboratory on the campus of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

    Ch. 431 · 59 Stat. 546 · October 18, 1945 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution To extend in the case of aluminum plants and facilities the time during which disposition of such plants and facilities is prohibited under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.

    Ch. 432 · 59 Stat. 546 · October 22, 1945 · Original text

33. An Act To amend the Bonneville Project Act.

    Ch. 433 · 59 Stat. 546 · October 23, 1945 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution To facilitate the execution of subsection (d) of section 13 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended.

    Ch. 434 · 59 Stat. 550 · October 26, 1945 · Original text

35. An Act To transfer Ben Hill County, Georgia, from the Waycross division of the southern judicial district of Georgia to the Americus division of the middle judicialdistrict of Georgia.

    Ch. 435 · 59 Stat. 550 · October 29, 1945 · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the State of California.

    Ch. 436 · 59 Stat. 550 · October 29, 1945 · Original text

37. An Act To amend section 28 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924.

    Ch. 437 · 59 Stat. 551 · October 29, 1945 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section 23 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917.

    Ch. 438 · 59 Stat. 551 · October 29, 1945 · Original text

39. An Act To amend an Act relating to the incorporation of Providence Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, approved April 8, 1864.

    Ch. 439 · 59 Stat. 551 · October 29, 1945 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Doctor Ernest H. Stark.

    Ch. 440 · 59 Stat. 780 · October 29, 1945 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Doctor James M. Hooks.

    Ch. 441 · 59 Stat. 780 · October 29, 1945 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of J. Clyde Marquis.

    Ch. 442 · 59 Stat. 781 · October 29, 1945 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To establish a boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 443 · 59 Stat. 552 · October 31, 1945 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Requesting the President to proclaim November 2, 1945, as Woman’s Enfranchisement Day in commemoration of the day when women throughout the United States first voted in a Presidential election.

    Ch. 444 · 59 Stat. 555 · October 31, 1945 · Original text

45. An Act For the relief of N. Owen Oxley and the legal guardian of Lamar Oxley, a minor.

    Ch. 445 · 59 Stat. 781 · October 31, 1945 · Private law · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Permitting alcohol plants to produce sugars or sirups simultaneously with the production of alcohol until July 1, 1946.

    Ch. 446 · 59 Stat. 555 · November 5, 1945 · Original text

47. An Act To amend section 102 of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1122: title 28, U. S. C., sec. 183), to fix a term of the United States District Court at Klamath Falls, Oregon, on the first Tuesday in June.

    Ch. 447 · 59 Stat. 555 · November 6, 1945 · Original text

48. An Act To name the dam at the Upper Narrows site on the Yuba River, in the State of California, the “Harry L. Englebright Dam”.

    Ch. 449 · 59 Stat. 556 · November 6, 1945 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of Winfred Alexander.

    Ch. 448 · 59 Stat. 781 · November 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of J. B. Grigsby.

    Ch. 450 · 59 Stat. 782 · November 6, 1945 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Authorizing the improvement of certain harbors in the interest of commerce and navigation.

    Ch. 451 · 59 Stat. 556 · November 7, 1945 · Original text

52. Revenue Act of 1945

    An Act To reduce taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 453 · 59 Stat. 556 · November 8, 1945 · Original text

53. An Act To provide for covering into the Treasury of the Philippines certain Philippine funds in the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. 454 · 59 Stat. 577 · November 8, 1945 · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of John W. Farrell.

    Ch. 452 · 59 Stat. 782 · November 8, 1945 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of the legal guardian of Mona Mae Miller, a minor.

    Ch. 455 · 59 Stat. 783 · November 8, 1945 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act approved May 29, 1930, as amended in order to protect the retirement rights of persons who leave the service to enter the armed forces of the United States.

    Ch. 456 · 59 Stat. 577 · November 9, 1945 · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Oscar R. Steinert.

    Ch. 457 · 59 Stat. 783 · November 9, 1945 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Lillian Epstein.

    Ch. 458 · 59 Stat. 784 · November 9, 1945 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Lubell Brothers, Incorporated.

    Ch. 459 · 59 Stat. 784 · November 9, 1945 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Minnie A. Beltz.

    Ch. 460 · 59 Stat. 785 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 461 · 59 Stat. 785 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the United States naval convalescent hospital, Banning, California, on March 5, 1945.

    Ch. 462 · 59 Stat. 785 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in Quonset hut numbered 2, Hamoaze House, Plymouth, Devon, England, on December 31, 1944.

    Ch. 463 · 59 Stat. 786 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of First Lieutenant Jack Sanders, United States Marine Corps Reserve, for the value of personal property destroyed as the result of an explosion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on January 22, 1945.

    Ch. 464 · 59 Stat. 786 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To reimburse certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in building numbered 146 at the naval operating base, Bermuda, on April 26, 1945.

    Ch. 465 · 59 Stat. 787 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act To reimburse certain Navy and Marine Corps personnel and former Navy and Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire in buildings 102 and 102-A in Utulei, Tutuila, American Samoa, on August 17, 1944.

    Ch. 466 · 59 Stat. 787 · November 10, 1945 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the conveyance of the United States Fish Hatchery property at Butte Falls, Oregon, to the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 467 · 59 Stat. 578 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

68. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for reimbursement of officers, enlisted men, and others, in the naval service of the United States for property lost, damaged, or destroyed in such service”, approved October 27, 1943, so as to make the provisions thereof effective with respect to losses occurring on or after October 31, 1941.

    Ch. 468 · 59 Stat. 578 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

69. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana, or the counties of Roosevelt, Richland, and McCone, singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River, at or near Poplar, Montana”, approved July 28, 1937.

    Ch. 469 · 59 Stat. 579 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the city of Saint Francisville, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Wabash River at or near Saint Francisville, Illinois.

    Ch. 470 · 59 Stat. 580 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

71. An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Mill Street in Brainerd, Minnesota.

    Ch. 471 · 59 Stat. 581 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

72. An Act To facilitate further the disposition of prizes captured by the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 472 · 59 Stat. 581 · November 14, 1945 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of the estates of William F. Bacon, Myrtle Jackson, Catherine Smith, and Tibbie Spencer.

    Ch. 473 · 59 Stat. 788 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to that certain unconfirmed and located private land claim known as claim of Daniel Boardman, C. No. 13, in Cosby and Skipwith’s Report of 1820, certificate 749, and being designated as section 44, township 7 south, range 3 east, Greensburg Land District, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, on the official plat of said township.

    Ch. 474 · 59 Stat. 788 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of the estate of George J. Ross.

    Ch. 475 · 59 Stat. 789 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Charlie Tyson.

    Ch. 476 · 59 Stat. 789 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Saint Amant, Junior.

    Ch. 477 · 59 Stat. 789 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of the Central Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated.

    Ch. 478 · 59 Stat. 790 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Barlow.

    Ch. 479 · 59 Stat. 790 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hibernia I. Conners.

    Ch. 480 · 59 Stat. 791 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To authorize payment of certain claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property arising from activities of the War Department or of the Army.

    Ch. 481 · 59 Stat. 791 · November 14, 1945 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To provide for terms of the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada.

    Ch. 482 · 59 Stat. 582 · November 15, 1945 · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of the residents of Guam through the settlement of meritorious claims.

    Ch. 483 · 59 Stat. 582 · November 15, 1945 · Original text

84. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer land for resettlement in Guam, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 485 · 59 Stat. 584 · November 15, 1945 · Original text

85. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim arising out of the death of L. W. Freeman.

    Ch. 484 · 59 Stat. 792 · November 15, 1945 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Klau-Van Pietersom-Dunlap Associates, Incorporated.

    Ch. 486 · 59 Stat. 792 · November 17, 1945 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act For the relief of G. H. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moore.

    Ch. 487 · 59 Stat. 793 · November 20, 1945 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of the estate of Donald Rhone.

    Ch. 488 · 59 Stat. 793 · November 20, 1945 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To provide for the adjustment of the compensation of certain members or former members of the armed forces of the United States who, before the expiration of their terminal leave, have performed, or shall hereafter perform, civilian services for the United States, its Territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 489 · 59 Stat. 584 · November 21, 1945 · Original text

90. An Act To amend section 342 (b) of the Nationality Act of 1940.

    Ch. 490 · 59 Stat. 585 · November 21, 1945 · Original text

91. An Act For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Webb, Senior.

    Ch. 491 · 59 Stat. 794 · November 21, 1945 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional cadets at the United States Military Academy, and additional midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, from among the sons of persons who have been or shall hereafter be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

    Ch. 492 · 59 Stat. 586 · November 24, 1945 · Original text

93. An Act Authorizing appointments to the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy of sons of members of the land or naval forces of the United States who were killed in action or have died of wounds or injuries received, or disease contracted, in active service during the present war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 493 · 59 Stat. 586 · November 24, 1945 · Original text

94. An Act To include stepparents, parents by adoption, and any person who has stood in loco parentis among those persons with respect to whom allowances may be paid under the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 494 · 59 Stat. 587 · November 24, 1945 · Original text

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

    Ch. 495 · 59 Stat. 587 · November 30, 1945 · Original text

96. An Act To amend section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other purposes”, approved May 15, 1928.

    Ch. 496 · 59 Stat. 587 · November 30, 1945 · Original text

97. An Act To amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia to authorize any corporation formed under authority of subchapter 3 of chapter 18 of such code to specify in its bylaws that a less number than a majority of its trustees may constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the corporation.

    Ch. 497 · 59 Stat. 588 · November 30, 1945 · Original text

98. An Act Relating to the sale, in the District of Columbia, of certain small rockfish.

    Ch. 498 · 59 Stat. 588 · November 30, 1945 · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia with respect to the making and publishing of annual reports by trust companies.

    Ch. 499 · 59 Stat. 588 · November 30, 1945 · Original text

100. An Act To provide for the opening of a road within the boundaries of the District of Columbia Training School property in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

     Ch. 500 · 59 Stat. 589 · November 30, 1945 · Original text