Chapter 521. Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes
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Chap. 521, and for other purposes. June 6, 1930 503 *Appropriations, Legislative Branch, 1931.* An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. June 6, 1930 504 *Texas eastern district, terms of court.* An Act To amend section 108 of the Judicial Code, as amended, so as to change the time of holding court in each of the six divisions of the eastern district of the State of Texas; and to require the clerk to maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Sherman, Beaumont, Texarkana, and Tyler.
June 6, 1930 521 *United States courts, Marshal’s fees.* An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of May 28, 1896. June 6, 1930 522 *Reclamation fund deposits.* An Act Providing for depositing certain moneys into the reclamation fund. June 6, 1930 522 *District of Columbia dog tax, etc.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes,” as amended.
June 6, 1930 522 *District of Columbia, Center Market.* Joint Resolution Providing for the closing of Center Market in the city of Washington. June 6, 1930 523 *Postal Service, classification of deficiency expenditures.* An Act To provide for the classification of extraordinary expenditures contributing to the deficiency of postal revenues. June 9, 1930 523 *Vocational rehabilitation.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment,” approved June 2, 1920, as amended.
June 9, 1930 524xxii *Postal Service, first-class mail prepaid without stamps.* An Act To authorize the dispatch from the mailing post office of metered permit matter of the first class, prepaid at least 2 cents but not fully prepaid, and to authorize the acceptance of third-class matter without stamps affixed in such quantities as may be prescribed. June 9, 1930 526 *National forests, tree planting.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to enlarge tree-planting operations on national forests, and for other purposes.
June 9, 1930 527 *Navy, bust of Lieutenant Gilliss for Chilean National Observatory.* An Act To provide for the purchase of a bronze bust of the late Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss, United States Navy, to be presented to the Chilean National Observatory. June 9, 1930 527 *Flood relief, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Kentucky.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes,” approved May 16, 1928.
June 9, 1930 528 *Joseph Hewes, memorial.* An Act To provide for the erection of a marker or tablet to the memory of Joseph Hewes, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, and patriot of the Revolution, at Edenton, North Carolina. June 9, 1930 528 *Pensions, Civil War, revised, etc.* An Act To revise and equalize the rate of pension to certain soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Civil War, to certain widows, former widows of such soldiers, sailors, and marines, and granting pensions and increase of pensions in certain cases.
June 9, 1930 529 *Alaskan Aerial Survey awards.* An Act Waiving the limiting period of two years in Executive Order Numbered 4576 to enable the Board of Awards of the Navy Department to consider recommendation of the award of the distinguished-flying cross to members of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. June 9, 1930 530 *Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays, power development.* Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray one-half of the expenses of a joint investigation by the United States and Canada of the probable effects of proposed developments to generate electric power from the movement of the tides in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays.
June 9, 1930 530 *Assiniboine Indians, claims.* Joint Resolution To clarify and amend an Act entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Assiniboine Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1927. June 9, 1930 531 *Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930.* An Act To suppress unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce.
June 10, 1930 531 *Fifth judicial circuit, additional judge.* An Act For the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the fifth judicial circuit. June 10, 1930 538 *Third judicial circuit, additional judge.* An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional circuit judge for the third judicial circuit. June 10, 1930 538 *District of Columbia Code, trustees of incorporations.* An Act To amend section 601 of subchapter 3 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia.
June 10, 1930 538 *District of Columbia, Textile Foundation incorporated.* An Act To create a body corporate by the name of the “Textile Foundation.” June 10, 1930 539 *Bridges, omnibus Act.* An Act To authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of the United States. June 10, 1930 540 *Bridge, Rock River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct a bridge across the Rock River south of Moline, Illinois.
June 10, 1930 552 *Bridge, Monongahela River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. June 10, 1930 552 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Tenth Street in Bettendorf, State of Iowa. June 10, 1930 552 *Bridge, Rock River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Rockford, Illinois, to construct a bridge across the Rock River at Broadway in the city of Rockford, Winnebago County, State of Illinois.
June 10, 1930 553 *Bridge, Allegheny River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. June 10, 1930 553 *Postmasters’ salaries.* An Act To increase the salaries of certain postmasters of the first class. June 11, 1930 553 *Department of Justice, Identification and Information Division.* An Act Establishing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice a division of the Bureau of Investigation to be known as the Division of Identification and Information.
June 11, 1930 554 *Navy, pay clerks, etc.* An Act To amend the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, relative to the appointment of pay clerks and acting pay clerks. June 11, 1930 554 *Utah, duplicate checks.* An Act To authorize the Department of Agriculture to issue two duplicate checks in favor of Utah State treasurer where the originals have been lost. June 11, 1930 555xxiii *Army, trophy guns to Daughters of Confederacy.* An Act Donating trophy guns to Varina Davis Chapter Numbered 1980, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Macclenny, Florida.
June 11, 1930 555 *Right of way, Fort Banks, Mass.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant to the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, a perpetual right of way over such land of the Fort Banks Military Reservation as is necessary for the purpose of widening Revere Street to a width of fifty feet. June 11, 1930 555 *“Saint Louis,” cruiser, bell, etc., to Jefferson Memorial Association.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Jefferson Memorial Association of Saint Louis, Missouri, the ship’s bell, builder’s label plate, a record of war services, letters forming ship’s name, and silver service of the cruiser Saint Louis that is now or may be in his custody.
June 11, 1930 556 *Naval Observatory, D. C., modernizing.* An Act To provide for the modernization of the United States Naval Observatory at Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. June 11, 1930 556 *Fleet Naval and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, hospital treatment.* An Act Providing for hospitalization and medical treatment of transferred members of the Fleet Naval Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve in Government hospitals without expense to the reservist.
June 11, 1930 556 *Appropriations, Navy Department and naval service, 1931.* An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. June 11, 1930 556 *Cheyenne Bottoms, Kans., bird refuge.* An Act Authorizing the establishment of a migratory bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas. June 12, 1930 579 *Newspapers, etc., advance subscriptions.* An Act Providing that subscription charges for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals, for official use may be paid for in advance.
June 12, 1930 580 *Public lands, preference right to soldiers, etc.* Joint Resolution To amend a joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution giving to discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines a preferred right of homestead entry,” approved February 14, 1920, as amended January 21, 1922, and as extended December 28, 1922. June 12, 1930 580 *Immigration, Chinese wives of citizens.* An Act To admit to the United States Chinese wives of certain American citizens. June 13, 1930 581 *Indian irrigation projects, taxation of ceded lands under.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to permit taxation of lands of homestead and desert-land entrymen under the Reclamation Act,” approved April 21, 1928, so as to include ceded lands under Indian irrigation projects.
June 13, 1930 581 *Right of way, Casa Grande Ruins Monument, Ariz.* An Act To authorize the use of a right of way by the United States Indian Service through the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in connection with the San Carlos irrigation project. June 13, 1930 582 *Zion National Park, Utah, addition.* An Act To add certain lands to the Zion National Park in the State of Utah, and for other purposes. June 13, 1930 582 *Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, addition.* An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, and for other purposes.
June 13, 1930 582 *Custer National Forest, homestead exemption.* An Act To exempt the Custer National Forest from the operation of the forest homestead law, and for other purposes. June 13, 1930 583 *Library of Congress, annex.* An Act To provide for the construction and equipment of an annex to the Library of Congress. June 13, 1930 583 *Indian trust funds, interest rate.* An Act To amend the Act approved February 12, 1929, authorizing the payment of interest on certain funds held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes.
June 13, 1930 584 *Pan American Child Congress.* Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the participation of the Government in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at Lima, Peru, July, 1930. June 13, 1930 584 *Index to Federal Statutes.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the revision and printing of the index to the Federal Statutes,” approved March 3, 1927. June 14, 1930 585 *Narcotics Bureau, Treasury Department.* An Act To create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes.
June 14, 1930 585 *Upper Mississippi National Park.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Upper Mississippi National Park in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. June 14, 1930 588 *Postal Service, temporary star routes.* An Act To enable the Postmaster General to authorize the establishment of temporary or emergency star-route service from a date earlier than the date of the order requiring such service.
June 14, 1930 588 *Mount Eielson, Alaska.* Joint Resolution To provide for the naming of a prominent mountain or peak within the boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, in honor of Carl Ben Eielson. June 14, 1930 588 *Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, opinions.* An Act To amend section 305, chapter 8, title 28 of the United States Code relative to the compilation and printing of the opinions of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. June 16, 1930 589xxiv *Income tax, community income of married individuals.* Joint Resolution Extending the time for the assessment, refund, and credit of income taxes for 1927 and 1928 in the case of married individuals having community income.
June 16, 1930 589 *Tariff Act of 1930.* An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes. June 17, 1930 590 *Army, Fort Bliss, Tex.* An Act To authorize an appropriation for the purchase of land adjoining Fort Bliss, Texas. June 17, 1930 764 *Bridge, Niagara River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Niagara Frontier Bridge Commission, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the east branch of the Niagara River at or near the city of Niagara Falls, New York.
June 17, 1930 764 *Bridge, Niagara River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Niagara Frontier Bridge Commission, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the east branch of the Niagara River at or near the city of Tonawanda, New York. June 17, 1930 765 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Evansville, Indiana. June 17, 1930 766 *Pipe line, Little Red River.* An Act To legalize the water pipe line constructed by the Searcy Water Company under the Little Red River near the town of Searcy, Arkansas.
June 17, 1930 766 *Bridge, West Pearl River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Lamar Lumber Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the West Pearl River at or near Talisheek, Louisiana. June 17, 1930 766 *Dams, etc., Yaquina Bay and River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Mill Four Drainage District, in Lincoln County, Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate dams and dikes to prevent the flow of waters of Yaquina Bay and River into Nutes Slough, Bonnes Slough, and sloughs connected therewith.
June 17, 1930 767 *Bridge, Duck River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across Duck River, on the Nashville-Centerville Road, near Centerville in Hickman County, Tennessee, and approximately one thousand feet upstream from the existing steel bridge on the Centerville-Dickson Road. June 17, 1930 767 *Rio Grande compact, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.* An Act Giving the consent and approval of Congress to the Rio Grande compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 12, 1929.
June 17, 1930 767 *Easement, Saint Charles Rifle Range, Mo.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement to the Wabash Railway Company over the Saint Charles Rifle Range, Saint Louis County, Missouri. June 17, 1930 774 *Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Wash., banking house.* An Act Authorizing the erection, maintenance, and use of a banking house upon the United States Military reservation at Fort Lewis, Washington. June 17, 1930 774 *Circuit judges, law clerks.* An Act To amend section 118 of the Judicial Code to provide for the appointment of law clerks to United States circuit judges.
June 17, 1930 774 *Martins Ferry, Ohio, donated bronze cannon.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate a bronze cannon to the city of Martins Ferry, Ohio. June 17, 1930 775 *Federation Interalliee Des Anciens Combattants, convention.* An Act To provide for the partial payment of the expenses of foreign delegates to the eleventh annual convention of the Federation Interalliee Des Anciens Combattants, to be held in the District of Columbia in September, 1930. June 17, 1930 775 *Treasury bills, tax exemption.* An Act Providing certain exemptions from taxation for Treasury bills.
June 17, 1930 775 *Siege of Yorktown, Va., 1781, celebration of sesquicentennial.* Joint Resolution Providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on October 19, 1781, and authorizing an appropriation to be used in connection with such celebration, and for other purposes. June 17, 1930 776 *Bridge, Wabash River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Vincennes, Indiana.
June 18, 1930 777 *Florida, Army property destroyed.* An Act For the relief of the State of Florida. June 18, 1930 777 *Appomattox Court House, Va., commemorating close of Civil War at.* An Act To provide for the commemoration of the termination of the War between the States at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. June 18, 1930 777 *Bridge, Tennessee River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
June 18, 1930 778 *Bridge, Saint Francis River.* An Act To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Saint Francis River in Craighead County, Arkansas. June 18, 1930 778 *Bridges, streams in Kentucky.* An Act Authorizing the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by and through the State Highway Commission of Kentucky or the successors of said Commission, to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate bridges within Kentucky and/or across boundary line streams of Kentucky.
June 18, 1930 778xxv *Bridge, Choctawhatchee River.* An Act Authorizing the State of Florida, through its highway department, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Choctawhatchee River, near Freeport, Florida. June 18, 1930 781 *Hot Springs, Ark., Hospital.* An Act To provide for the reconstruction of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas. June 18, 1930 781 *Postal Service, village delivery.* An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to hire vehicles from village delivery carriers.
June 18, 1930 782 *Postal Service, railway mail clerks.* An Act To amend the Act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 389, par. 7, 37 Stat. 556; U. S. C., title 39, sec. 631), making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. June 18, 1930 782 *Bridge, Des Moines River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Croton, Iowa. June 18, 1930 782 *Lighthouse Service, sites, etc.* An Act To provide for acquiring and disposition of certain properties for use or formerly used by the Lighthouse Service.
June 18, 1930 782 *Memorial, William Jennings Bryan, D. C.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to William Jennings Bryan. June 18, 1930 783 *New Mexico, land to Women’s Board of Missions.* An Act To quitclaim certain lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. June 19, 1930 784 *District of Columbia, additional justices, Supreme Court of.* An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
June 19, 1930 785 *District of Columbia, additional justices, Court of Appeals of.* An Act To authorize the appointment of two additional justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. June 19, 1930 785 *Natural History Building, D. C., extension.* An Act Authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to extend the Natural History Building and authorizing an appropriation therefor, and for other purposes. June 19, 1930 785 *Minnesota, public lands patents confirmed to.* An Act Ratifying and confirming the title of the State of Minnesota and its grantees to certain lands patented to it by the United States of America.
June 19, 1930 785 *Public lands, water supply for Salina and Redmond, Utah.* An Act To authorize the city of Salina and the town of Redmond, State of Utah, to secure adequate supplies of water for municipal and domestic purposes through the development of subterranean water on certain public lands within said State. June 19, 1930 786 *Flood control, Mississippi River levee districts.* An Act To amend section 7 of Public Act Numbered 391, Seventieth Congress, approved May 15, 1928.
June 19, 1930 787 *Public lands, Luther Burbank.* An Act For the relief of the successors of Luther Burbank. June 19, 1930 787 *Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, citizenship of.* An Act To confer full rights of citizenship upon the Cherokee Indians resident in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes. June 19, 1930 787 *Choctaw and Chickasaw, Okla., coal and asphalt deposits.* An Act Providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
June 19, 1930 788 *Hawaii, rentals of ceded property.* An Act To amend section 91 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900, as amended. June 19, 1930 789 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River opposite to or within the corporate limits of Nebraska City, Nebraska,” approved June 4, 1872. June 20, 1930 789 *Nurses’ retirement, Army and Navy.* An Act To provide for the retirement of disabled nurses of the Army and the Navy.
June 20, 1930 790 *Interparliamentary Union, participating in.* Joint Resolution To authorize participation by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union. June 20, 1930 790 *Chicago World’s Fair celebration.* Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation and report, by a committee to be appointed by the President, with reference to the representation at and participation in the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration, known as the Century of Progress Exposition, on the part of the Government of the United States and its various departments and activities.
June 20, 1930 790 *World War veterans, repatriation.* An Act To authorize issuance of certificates of repatriation to certain veterans of the World War. June 21, 1930 791 *Ouachita National Forest, Ark., addition.* An Act To transfer certain lands to the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas. June 21, 1930 791 *Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo., addition.* An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado. June 21, 1930 791 *Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in a Southern State.* An Act To provide for the establishment of a branch home of a National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in one of the Southern States.
June 21, 1930 792 *War-time rank to retired officers of Army, etc.* An Act To give war-time rank to retired officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard of the United States. June 21, 1930 793xxvi *Appropriation, Sioux Indian claims.* An Act Authorizing an appropriation for payment of claims of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians. June 21, 1930 793 *International Hygienic Exhibition.* An Act Authorizing the Government of the United States to participate in the international hygiene exhibition at Dresden, Germany, from May 6, 1930, to October 1, 1930, inclusive.
June 21, 1930 794 *Bridge, Choptank River.* An Act To authorize the Tidewater Toll Properties (Incorporated), its legal representatives and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Choptank River at a point at or near Cambridge, Maryland. June 21, 1930 794 *Army war contracts.* An Act To amend the Act of May 29, 1928, pertaining to certain War Department contracts by repealing the expiration date of that Act. June 21, 1930 796 *Expenses under Settlement of War Claims Act.* An Act To carry out the recommendation of the President in connection with the late-claims agreement entered into pursuant to the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928.
June 21, 1930 796 *Postal service, by Mississippi Shipping Company.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the Postmaster General to accept the bid of the Mississippi Shipping Company to carry mail between United States Gulf ports and the east coast of South America. June 21, 1930 796 *District of Columbia, gift fountain.* Joint Resolution To permit the Pennsylvania Gift Fountain Association to erect a fountain in the District of Columbia. June 21, 1930 797 *Federal Power Commission, reorganized.* An Act To reorganize the Federal Power Commission.
June 23, 1930 797 *Court of Claims, commissioners.* An Act Amending section 2 and repealing section 3 of the Act approved February 24, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 964; chapter 301), entitled “An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation,” and for other purposes. June 23, 1930 799 *Bureau of Standards, additional lands.* An Act Authorizing the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of additional land for the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce.
June 23, 1930 799 *Fort Lyttleton, S. C., title to lands at.* An Act To remove cloud as to title of lands at Fort Lyttleton, South Carolina. June 23, 1930 800 *Capitol Grounds, enlargement.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds,” approved March 4, 1929, relating to the condemnation of land. June 23, 1930 800 *Bridge, Little River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across Little River in the State of Arkansas at or near Morris Ferry.
June 23, 1930 800 *Bridge, Oconee River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Georgia and the counties of Wilkinson, Washington, and Johnson to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Oconee River at or near Balls Ferry, Georgia. June 23, 1930 801 *Memorials, Camp Blount and the Old Stone Bridge, Tenn.* An Act For the erection of tablets or markers and the commemoration of Camp Blount and the Old Stone Bridge, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
June 23, 1930 801 *Bridge, Mahoning River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mahoning River at or near Cedar Street, Youngstown, Ohio. June 23, 1930 802 *Bridge, Arkansas River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the Arkansas River at the town of Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas. June 23, 1930 802 *Bridge, Monongahela River.* An Act Authorizing the Monongahela Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the town of Star City, West Virginia.
June 23, 1930 803 *Bridge, Lake Sabine.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Sabine at or near Port Arthur, Texas. June 23, 1930 804 *Bridge, Lumber River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Beaufort County Lumber Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Lumber River at or near Fair Bluff, Columbus County, North Carolina. June 23, 1930 805 *Hydrographic office, Honolulu, Hawaii.* An Act To establish a hydrographic office at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
June 24, 1930 805 *Federal Highway Act, rural roads in Indian lands, etc.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes. June 24, 1930 805 *Seattle, Wash., naval air station.* An Act Providing for the acquirement of additional lands for the naval air station at Seattle, Washington. June 24, 1930 806 *Nevada judicial district, terms of court.* An Act To establish a term of the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada at Las Vegas, Nevada.
June 24, 1930 806 *Texas southern judicial district, Willacy County transferred.* An Act To transfer Willacy County in the State of Texas from the Corpus Christi division of the southern district of Texas to the Brownsville division of such district. June 24, 1930 807 *Lighthouse Service, hospital service, etc.* An Act To extend hospital facilities to certain retired officers and employees of the Lighthouse Service and to improve the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service. June 24, 1930 807xxvii *Paris, France, international exposition.* Joint Resolution For the participation of the United States in an exposition to be held at Paris, France, in 1931.
June 24, 1930 807 *National banks, deposits of State funds, etc.* An Act To amend section 5153 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. June 25, 1930 809 *John H. Andrus, name corrected.* An Act To make a correction in an Act of Congress approved February 28, 1929. June 25, 1930 809 *Bridge, Saint Clair River.* An Act Creating the Great Lakes Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission and its successors to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan.
June 25, 1930 809 *Federal reserve bank examinations.* An Act To amend section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act and section 5240 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes. June 26, 1930 814 *National banks, surrender of trust power.* An Act To amend the Federal Reserve Act so as to enable national banks voluntarily to surrender the right to exercise trust powers and to relieve themselves, of the necessity of complying with the laws governing banks exercising such powers, and for other purposes.
June 26, 1930 814 *Farm Loan Board, expenses.* An Act To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act as amended. June 26, 1930 815 *Federal reserve bank directors.* An Act To amend section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act. June 26, 1930 815 *District of Columbia, Reno section streets, etc.* An Act To provide for the closing of certain streets and alleys in the Reno section of the District of Columbia. June 26, 1930 816 *Farm Loan Act amendments, loans.* An Act To amend section 202 of Title II of the Federal Farm Loan Act by providing for loans by Federal intermediate credit banks to financing institutions on bills payable and by eliminating the requirement that loans, advances, or discounts shall have a minimum maturity of six months.
June 26, 1930 816 *Customs and immigration stations, Canadian and Mexican borders.* An Act To provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws. June 26, 1930 817 *Executive employees, appointment, etc.* An Act To authorize the appointment of employees in the executive branch of the Government and the District of Columbia. June 26, 1930 817 *“South Dakota,” cruiser, silver service to the State.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the State of South Dakota the silver service presented to the United States for the cruiser South Dakota.
June 26, 1930 817 *Hawaii, franchise qualifications.* An Act To amend section 60 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900. June 26, 1930 818 *International Association of Road Congresses, expenses.* An Act To increase the authorization for an appropriation for the expenses of the sixth session of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses to be held in the District of Columbia in October, 1930. June 26, 1930 818 *Living quarters, etc., for civilians stationed abroad.* An Act To provide living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, for civilian officers and employees of the Government stationed in foreign countries.
June 26, 1930 818 *Narcotics Bureau, Treasury Department, correction, etc.* Joint Resolution To amend the Act entitled “An Act to create in the Treasury Department a Bureau of Narcotics, and for other purposes,” approved June 14, 1930. June 26, 1930 819 *Oil and gas permits, etc., in Wyoming.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant certain oil and gas prospecting permits and leases. June 27, 1930 819 *California southern judicial district, additional judge.* An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of California.
June 27, 1930 819 *Pennsylvania eastern district, terms at Easton.* An Act To provide for terms of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to be held at Easton, Pennsylvania. June 27, 1930 820 *Florida southern district, additional judge.* An Act To create an additional judge for the southern district of Florida. June 27, 1930 820 *Ely, Nev., Indian colony water supply.* An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the purchase of land for the Indian colony near Ely, Nevada, and for other purposes.
June 27, 1930 820 *Newlands irrigation project, Nev., Paiute Indians.* An Act To provide for the payment of benefits received by the Paiute Indian Reservation lands within the Newlands irrigation project Nevada, and for other purposes. June 27, 1930 820 *“New Orleans,” cruiser, silver service to Louisiana State Museum.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to loan to the Louisiana State Museum, of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, the silver service in use on the cruiser New Orleans.
June 27, 1930 821 *Cotton statistics.* An Act Authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish certain additional cotton statistics. June 27, 1930 821 *Bridges, tolls.* An Act To provide for the regulation of tolls over certain bridges. June 27, 1930 821 *District of Columbia, water department.* An Act To authorize transfer of funds from the general revenues of the District of Columbia to the revenues of the water department of said District, and to provide for transfer of jurisdiction over certain property to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks.
June 27, 1930 821xxviii *General Leasing Act, repayments.* An Act Authorizing the repayment of rents and royalties in excess of requirements made under leases executed in accordance with the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920. June 27, 1930 822 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Missouri. June 27, 1930 822 *Interstate commerce, safety locomotives, etc.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” approved February 17, 1911, as amended March 4, 1915, June 26, 1918, and June 7, 1924.
June 27, 1930 822 *Public buildings, acceptance of sites for.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept donations of sites for public buildings. June 27, 1930 823 *Public buildings, West Point, Ga., and Lanett, Ala.* An Act To provide for the sale of the Government building site located on the State line dividing West Point, Georgia, and Lanett, Alabama, and for the acquisition of new sites and construction of Government buildings thereon in such cities. June 27, 1930 823 *Hawaii, legislators’ pay.* An Act To amend section 26 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April 30, 1900, as amended.
June 27, 1930 823 *Bridge, Minnesota River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota, Le Sueur County and Sibley County, in the State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Minnesota River at or near Henderson, Minnesota. June 27, 1930 824 *Right of way, Holabird Reservation, Md.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant a right of way for street purposes upon and across the Holabird Quartermaster Depot Military Reservation, in the State of Maryland.
June 27, 1930 824 *Postal Service, motor-vehicle service.* An Act To establish additional salary grades for mechanics’ helpers in the motor-vehicle service. June 27, 1930 825 *Avon, Mass., bronze cannon.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate a bronze cannon to the town of Avon, Massachusetts. June 27, 1930 825 *International Map of the World Bureau.* Joint Resolution To provide for the annual contribution of the United States toward the support of the Central Bureau of the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale.
June 27, 1930 825 *Constitution, commission to study proposed amendments to.* Joint Resolution To promote peace and to equalize the burdens and to minimize the profits of war. June 27, 1930 825 *Employees, D. C., pay for Inauguration Day, 1929.* Joint Resolution For the payment of certain employees of the United States Government in the District of Columbia and employees of the District of Columbia for March 4, 1929. June 27, 1930 826 *United States Submarine “S–4,” Memorial at Naval Academy.* Joint Resolution To provide for the erection of a memorial tablet at the United States Naval Academy to commemorate the officers and men lost in the United States submarine S–4.
June 27, 1930 826 *Massachusetts Bay Colony, tricentennial.* Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation of the United States in the observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, authorizing an appropriation to be utilized in connection with such observance, and for other purposes. June 27, 1930 827 *Norway, payment.* Joint Resolution Authorizing payment of the claim of the Norwegian Government for interest upon money advanced by it in connection with the protection of American interests in Russia.
June 27, 1930 827 *Game refuges, Ocala Forest, Fla.* An Act To authorize the creation of game sanctuaries or refuges within the Ocala National Forest in the State of Florida. June 28, 1930 827 *Title to purchases of land by United States.* An Act To amend section 355 of the Revised Statutes to permit the Attorney General to accept certificates of title in the purchase of land by the United States in certain cases. June 28, 1930 828 *National Guard property, World War.* An Act To grant relief to those States which brought State-owned property into the Federal service in 1917.
June 28, 1930 828 *Army, Veterinary Corps.* An Act To increase the efficiency of the Veterinary Corps of the Regular Army. June 28, 1930 829 *Vermont, flood-relief expenses.* An Act For the relief of the State of Vermont. June 28, 1930 829 *United States courts, Oklahoma districts.* An Act To amend section 101 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. Ill, title 28, sec. 182). June 28, 1930 829 *Jackson Barracks, La., lease.* An Act To amend the Acts of March 12, 1926, and March 30, 1928, authorizing the sale of the Jackson Barracks Military Reservation, Louisiana, and for other purposes.
June 28, 1930 831 *Memorial, Sergeant William Jasper.* An Act Authorizing the appropriation of $2,500 for the erection of a marker or tablet at Jasper Spring, Chatham County, Georgia, to mark the spot where Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary hero, fell. June 28, 1930 831 *Army, Kelly Field, Tex., additional land.* An Act To authorize the acquisition of one thousand acres of land, more or less, for aerial bombing range purposes at Kelly Field, Texas, and in settlement of certain damage claims.
June 28, 1930 832 *Bridge, Patuxent River.* An Act To authorize the Tidewater Toll Properties (Incorporated), its legal representatives and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Patuxent River, south of Burch, Calvert County, Maryland. June 30, 1930 832xxix *Bridge, Columbia River.* An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River between Longview, Washington, and Rainier, Oregon. June 30, 1930 834 *March Field Military Reservation, Calif.* An Act To authorize the establishment of boundary lines for the March Field Military Reservation, California.
June 30, 1930 834 *Bridge, Saint Francis River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Arkansas, through its State highway department, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Saint Francis River at or near Lake City, Arkansas, on State Highway Numbered 18. June 30, 1930 835 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Kansas City, Kansas.
June 30, 1930 835 *Bridge, Coosa River.* An Act Authorizing Royce Kershaw, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Coosa River at or near Gilberts Ferry, about eight miles southwest of Gadsden, in Etowah County, Alabama. June 30, 1930 835 *Bridge, Sulphur River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Texas and Pacific Railway Company to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas near Fort Lynn.
June 30, 1930 837 *New York, payment.* An Act For the relief of the State of New York. June 30, 1930 837 *“Olympia,” cruiser, loan of silver service to Olympia, Wash.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to loan to the city of Olympia, State of Washington, the silver service set formerly in use on the United States cruiser Olympia. June 30, 1930 837 *District of Columbia, water supply to Maryland.* An Act To amend the Act of March 3, 1917, an Act making appropriations for the general expenses of the District of Columbia.
June 30, 1930 838 *Fort Sumter, S. C., tablet.* An Act To authorize the erection of a tablet in the Fort Sumter Military Reservation to the memory of the garrison at Fort Sumter during the siege of 1861. June 30, 1930 838 *Postal Service, motor-truck parts.* An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to purchase motor-truck parts from the truck manufacturer. June 30, 1930 838 *Maxwell Field, Ala., additional lands.* An Act To authorize the acquisition for military purposes of land in the county of Montgomery, State of Alabama, for use as an addition to Maxwell Field.
July 1, 1930 839 *Passports.* An Act To provide for the renewal of passports. July 1, 1930 839 *District of Columbia, police and fire department salaries.* An Act To fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia. July 1, 1930 839 *Army, Officers’ Reserve Corps, status.* An Act To further amend section 37 of the National Defense Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by section 2 of the Act of September 22, 1922, so as to more clearly define the status of reserve officers not on active duty or on active duty for training only.
July 1, 1930 841 *Boise National Forest, addition.* An Act To add certain lands to the Boise National Forest. July 1, 1930 841 *Johnson City, Tenn., Home for Disabled Soldiers.* An Act To authorize an appropriation for construction at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Johnson City, Tennessee. July 1, 1930 843 *Army, Shreveport, La., aviation field.* An Act To amend an Act approved February 25, 1929, entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.
” July 1, 1930 843 *Radio Act licenses.* An Act To amend section 16 of the Radio Act of 1927. July 1, 1930 844 *Black bass, interstate transportation.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to regulate interstate transportation of black bass, and for other purposes,” approved May 20, 1926. July 2, 1930 845 *Port Jefferson, N. Y., pier.* An Act To legalize a pier and wharf at the southerly end of Port Jefferson Harbor, New York. July 2, 1930 847 *Coast Guard, pensions extended to.* An Act To apply the pension laws to the Coast Guard.
July 2, 1930 847 *Dunkirk, N. Y., land granted, for street opening.* An Act Granting certain land to the city of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, for street purposes. July 2, 1930 848 *District of Columbia, July 5, 1930, a legal holiday.* Joint Resolution To declare July 5, 1930, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. July 2, 1930 849 *Citizenship of married women of citizen husbands.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act relative to naturalization and citizenship of married women,” approved September 22, 1922.
July 3, 1930 849 *Dam, Columbia River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dike or dam across the head of Camas Slough (Washougal Slough) to Lady Island on the Columbia River in the State of Washington. July 3, 1930 849 *Fort Gratiot, Mich., right of way.* An Act To authorize the sale of all of the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States of America in and to certain lands in the State of Michigan. July 3, 1930 850 *Narcotic laws, information of violations.* An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Narcotics to pay for information concerning violations of the narcotic laws of the United States.
July 3, 1930 850xxx *Public lands, Napa, Calif., water supply.* An Act To authorize the city of Napa, California, to purchase certain public lands for the protection of its water supply. July 3, 1930 851 *Philippine Islands, shipments.* An Act To authorize the payment of checking charges and arrastre charges on consignments of goods shipped to Philippine Islands. July 3, 1930 851 *Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Northwest Pacific States.* An Act To establish a branch home of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in one of the Northwest Pacific States.
July 3, 1930 852 *Bitter Root irrigation project, Mont.* An Act For the rehabilitation of the Bitter Root irrigation project, Montana. July 3, 1930 852 *Lassen Volcanic National Park, Calif., addition.* An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the State of California. July 3, 1930 853 *Naturalization of married women.* An Act To amend the law relative to the citizenship and naturalization of married women, and for other purposes.
July 3, 1930 854 *Bridge, Rainy River.* An Act Authorizing the Robertson and Janin Company, of Montreal, Canada, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Rainy River at Baudette, Minnesota. July 3, 1930 854 *Colonial National Monument, Va.* An Act To provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930 855 *Bridge, Tennessee River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee.
July 3, 1930 857 *Army, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.* An Act To authorize an appropriation for construction at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. July 3, 1930 857 *Bridge, Fox River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Aurora, Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge from Stolps Island in the Fox River at Aurora, Illinois, to connect with the existing highway bridge across the Fox River north of Stolps Island. July 3, 1930 857 *Army, aviation fields in California.* An Act To authorize the acquisition of lands in Alameda and Marin Counties, California, and the construction of buildings and utilities thereon for military purposes.
July 3, 1930 857 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana, the counties of Roosevelt, Richland, and McCone, or any of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Poplar, Montana. July 3, 1930 858 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana or any political subdivisions or public agencies thereof, or any of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River southerly from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation at or near the point known and designated as the Power-site Crossing or at or near the point known and designated as Wilder Ferry.
July 3, 1930 859 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana and the counties of Roosevelt and Richland, or any of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Culbertson, Montana. July 3, 1930 859 *Bridge, Little Calumet River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Little Calumet River at One hundred and fifth-ninth Street in Cook County, State of Illinois.
July 3, 1930 859 *Appropriations, Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930.* An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, and June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930 860 *Rivers and harbors authorization.* An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.
July 3, 1930 918 *Appropriations, District of Columbia, fiscal year 1931.* An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930 949 *Veterans’ Act amendments.* An Act To amend the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended. July 3, 1930 991 *Classification of civilian positions.* An Act To amend section 13 of the Act of March 4, 1923, entitled “An Act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services,” as amended by the Act of May 28, 1928.
July 3, 1930 1003 *International tribunals, judicial powers.* An Act Authorizing commissioners or members of international tribunals to administer oaths, to subpoena witnesses and records, and to punish for contempt. July 3, 1930 1005 *Illinois eastern district, judge continued.* An Act To make permanent the additional office of district judge created for the eastern district of Illinois by the Act of September 14, 1922. July 3, 1930 1006 *District of Columbia, bathing pools.* An Act To provide for the operation and maintenance of bathing pools under the jurisdiction of the Director of Public Buildings and Parks of the National Capital.
July 3, 1930 1007xxxi *General Leasing Act amendments.* An Act To amend sections 17 and 27 of the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; U. S. C., title 30, sec. 226), as amended. July 3, 1930 1007 *Commissioner of Customs, salary.* An Act To increase the salary of the Commissioner of Customs. July 3, 1930 1009 *Columbia Arsenal, Tenn., sale.* An Act Authorizing the sale of all of the interest and rights of the United States of America in the Columbia Arsenal property, situated in the ninth civil district of Maury County, Tennessee, and providing that the net fund be deposited in the military post construction fund, and for the repeal of Public Law Numbered 542 (H.
R. 12479), Seventieth Congress. July 3, 1930 1009 *Irrigation projects, Milk Rivers, Mont.* An Act To amend the Act of May 25, 1926, entitled “An Act to adjust water-right charges, to grant certain other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes.” July 3, 1930 1010 *Ketchikan, Alaska, bonds.* An Act To authorize the incorporated town of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue bonds in any sum not to exceed $1,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring public utility properties, and for other purposes.
July 3, 1930 1011 *Public Building, Washington, D. C., post office.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend, remodel, and enlarge the post-office building at Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930 1012 *Vollbehr collection.* An Act Authorizing an appropriation for the purchase of the Vollbehr collection of incunabula. July 3, 1930 1012 *Army, military posts.* An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.
July 3, 1930 1012 *Army, military posts.* An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes. July 3, 1930 1014 *War veterans’ activities consolidated.* An Act To authorize the President to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affecting war veterans. July 3, 1930 1016 *Government Island, Alameda, Calif.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to accept on behalf of the United States a conveyance of certain lands on Government Island from the city of Alameda, California, in consideration of the relinquishment by the United States of all its rights and interest under a lease of such island dated July 5, 1918.
July 3, 1930 1018 *Supreme Court Building.* Joint Resolution Making provision for continuation of construction of the United States Supreme Court Building. July 3, 1930 1018 *Appropriations, congressional pages.* Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the pay of pages for the Senate and House-of Representatives until the end of the second session of the Seventy-first Congress. July 3, 1930 1019 *Statistics of employment.* An Act To amend section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to create a Department of Labor,” approved March 4, 1913.
July 7, 1930 1019 *Canned-food standardization.* An Act To amend section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein and for other purposes,” approved June 30, 1906, as amended. July 8, 1930 1019 *Minnesota forest products, etc.* An Act To promote the better protection and highest public use of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes.
July 10, 1930 1020 *Oleomargarine Act amended.* An Act To amend the definition of oleomargarine contained in the Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August 2, 1886, as amended. July 10, 1930 1022 STATUTE III—1930–1931. *“Denver,” cruiser, bell to Denver, Colo.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the city of Denver, Colorado, the ship’s bell, plaque, war record, name plate, and silver service of the cruiser Denver, that is now or may be in his custody.
December 3, 1930 1023 *Massachusetts Bay Colony tercentenary.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the United States Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission. December 3, 1930 1023 *District of Columbia, police and fire departments.* Joint Resolution Making appropriations available to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of the Seventy-first Congress entitled “An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force and the fire department of the District of Columbia.
” December 4, 1930 1023 *Miller Field, N. Y.* An Act To authorize the cession to the city of New York of land on the northerly side of New Dorp Lane in exchange for permission to connect Miller Field with the said city’s public sewer system. December 8, 1930 1024 *Bridge, Grand Calumet River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Grand Calumet River at East Chicago, Indiana. December 10, 1930 1026 *Ninth International Dairy Congress.* Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation of $10,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Ninth International Dairy Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1931.
December 10, 1930 1026xxxii *District of Columbia, Logan Circle.* An Act To change the name of Iowa Circle in the city of Washington to Logan Circle. December 11, 1930 1026 *Customs Service, pay readjustment.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to adjust the compensation of certain employees in the Customs Service,” approved May 29, 1928. December 12, 1930 1026 *Hillsboro, III., Relief Corps.* An Act Donating trophy gun to F. D. Hubbel Relief Corps Numbered 103, of Hillsboro, Illinois.
December 12, 1930 1028 *United States Code, obsolete statutes.* An Act To repeal obsolete statutes, and to improve the United States Code. December 16, 1930 1028 *Criminal Code amendment.* An Act To amend section 335 of the Criminal Code. December 16, 1930 1029 *Congressional employees, December, 1930, salaries.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for December, 1930, on the 20th day of that month. December 17, 1930 1030 *Pier, Chesapeake Bay.* An Act To legalize a pier constructed in Chesapeake Bay at Annapolis Roads, Maryland, and to legalize an intake pipe in Warren Cove, at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
December 19, 1930 1030 *Emergency construction.* An Act Making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment. December 20, 1930 1030 *House of Representatives, special and select committees.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1931 for expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives.
December 20, 1930 1032 *Drought, etc., relief.* Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers in the drought and/or storm stricken areas of the United States. December 20, 1930 1032 *Appropriations, Agricultural Marketing Act.* An Act Making an additional appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act, approved June 15, 1929. December 22, 1930 1033 *Warm Springs Indians of Oregon.* An Act Authorizing the bands or tribes of Indians known and designated as the Middle Oregon or Warm Springs Tribe of Indians of Oregon, or either of them, to submit their claims to the Court of Claims.
December 23, 1930 1033 *Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy.* Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of a delegation of the United States to the sixth meeting of the Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy to be held at Budapest in 1931. December 23, 1930 1034 *Bridge, Bogue Chitto River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Bogue Chitto River between Sun and Bush, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
January 12, 1931 1035 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. January 12, 1931 1035 *Postal Service, certificates of mailing.* An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to issue additional receipts or certificates of mailing to senders of certain classes of mail matter and to fix the fees chargeable therefor. January 13, 1931 1035 *Flood control, Fox River.* An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of the Fox River, Wisconsin, for the purpose of flood control.
January 14, 1931 1035 *National Prohibition Act, amendment.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend the National Prohibition Act,” approved March 2, 1929. January 15, 1931 1036 *Bridge, Atchafalaya River.* An Act To extend the time for constructing a bridge across the Atchafalaya River at or near Morgan City, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1036 *Bridge, Atchafalaya River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Atchafalaya River at or near Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
January 15, 1931 1036 *Bridge, Red River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Red River at or near Moncla, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1037 *Bridge, Red River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River at or near Alexandria, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1037 *Bridge, Red River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Red River at or near Coushatta, Louisiana.
January 15, 1931 1037 *Bridge, Red River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Red River at or near Shreveport, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1037 *Bridge, Ouachita River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Louisiana Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Ouachita River at or near Sterlington, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1038 *Bridge, Ouachita River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Ouachita River at or near Monroe, Louisiana.
January 15, 1931 1038 *Bridge, Ouachita River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Ouachita River, at or near Harrisonburg, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1038 *Bridge, Black River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Black River at or near Jonesville, Louisiana. January 15, 1931 1039xxxiii *Appropriation, drought, etc., areas.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution for the relief of farmers in the drought and/or storm stricken areas of the United States,” approved December 20, 1930.
January 15, 1931 1039 *Wyoming and Idaho, boundary.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Wyoming and Idaho with respect to the boundary line between said States. January 19, 1931 1039 *Minister to Liberia.* An Act To Fix the salary of the minister to Liberia. January 21, 1931 1040 *District of Columbia, Wisconsin Avenue.* An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to widen Wisconsin Avenue abutting squares 1299, 1300, and 1935.
January 23, 1931 1040 *Ashley National Forest, Wyo.* An Act To add certain lands to the Ashley National Forest in the State of Wyoming. January 26, 1931 1040 *Bridge, Delaware River.* An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River near Trenton, New Jersey. January 26, 1931 1041 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act Authorizing W. L. Eichendorf, his heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near the town of McGregor, Iowa.
January 26, 1931 1041 *National parks, etc.* An Act To provide for uniform administration of the national parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. January 26, 1931 1043 *William Howard Taft.* Joint Resolution To provide for the erection of a memorial to William Howard Taft at Manila, Philippine Islands. January 26, 1931 1044 *Bridge, Tombigbee River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission and the Board of Supervisors of Itawamba County, Mississippi, to construct a bridge across Tombigbee River at or near Fulton, Mississippi.
January 27, 1931 1044 *Shreveport, La., pecan experiment station.* Joint Resolution Authorizing acceptance of a donation of land, buildings, and other improvements in Caddo Parish, near Shreveport, Louisiana. January 30, 1931 1045 *Mississippi River flood, 1927.* An Act To approve the action of the War Department in rendering relief to sufferers of the Mississippi River flood in 1927. January 31, 1931 1045 *Monument, Old Crossing, Minn.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and erect a monument at the site near Crookston, in Polk County, Minnesota, to commemorate the signing of a treaty on October 2, 1863, between the United States of America and the Chippewa Indians.
January 31, 1931 1045 *Chalmette, La., battle field.* An Act To provide for the study, investigation, and survey, for commemorative purposes, of the battle field of Chalmette, Louisiana. January 31, 1931 1045 *Coast Guard, Lake Worth Inlet, Fla.* An Act To authorize the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Florida at or in the vicinity of Lake Worth Inlet. January 31, 1931 1046 *Flood control, Mokelumne River.* An Act Authorizing a preliminary examination of the Mokelumne River, California, and its tributaries, with a view to the control of floods.
January 31, 1931 1046 *Elko, Nev.* An Act To provide for an Indian village at Elko, Nevada. January 31, 1931 1046 *Salmon River, Alaska.* An Act To provide for a survey of the Salmon River, Alaska, with a view to the prevention and control of its floods. January 31, 1931 1047 *Osage Indians, Okla.* An Act Authorizing the appropriation of Osage funds for attorneys’ fees and expenses of litigation. January 31, 1931 1047 *Mount Rainier National Park, Wash.* An Act To extend the south and east boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
January 31, 1931 1047 *Postal Service, return receipts.* An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to collect an increased charge for return receipts for domestic registered and insured mail when such receipts are requested after the mailing of the articles, and for other purposes. January 31, 1931 1048 *Foreign mails, contracts.* An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to impose fines on steamship and aircraft carriers transporting the mails beyond the borders of the United States for unreasonable and unnecessary delays and for other delinquencies.
January 31, 1931 1049 *Fort Sam Houston, Tex.* An Act To authorize funds for the construction of a building at Fort Sam Houston. January 31, 1931 1049 *Bridge, Wabash River.* An Act Authorizing the Sycamore Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Fleshers Ferry, Indiana. January 31, 1931 1050 *Forest Service.* An Act To facilitate and simplify the work of the Forest Service. January 31, 1931 1052 *Yellow Creek, etc.* An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of Yellow Creek and other tributaries of the Cumberland River in and about the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes.
January 31, 1931 1052xxxiv *Bridge, Pecatonica River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Pecatonica River northwest of Rockford, Illinois, in section 5, township 27 north, range 11 east, fourth principal meridian. January 31, 1931 1053 *National park approaches.* An Act To amend the Act of April 9, 1924, so as to provide for national-park approaches. January 31, 1931 1053 *Bridge, Hudson River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Hudson River, between the cities of Albany and Rensselaer, New York.
January 31, 1931 1054 *Bridge, Hudson River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Hudson River, at the southerly extremity of the city of Troy, New York. January 31, 1931 1054 *Bridge, Rio Grande.* An Act To extend the time for the construction of the bridge across the Rio Grande at or near San Benito, Texas. January 31, 1931 1054 *Bridge, Rio Grande.* An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas.
January 31, 1931 1055 *Bridge, Elk River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Elk River on the Fayetteville-Winchester Road near the town of Kelso, in Lincoln County, Tennessee. January 31, 1931 1055 *Army tents, etc., Confederate veterans, Montgomery, Ala.* An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillowcases; five thousand canvas cots; five thousand cotton pillows; five thousand bed sacks; ten thousand bed sheets; twenty field ranges, numbered 1; ten field bake ovens; fifty water bags (for ice water); to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, in June, 1931.
January 31, 1931 1055 *Bridge, Tennessee River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River on the Dayton-Decatur Road between Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee. January 31, 1931 1056 *Army Band, Confederate veterans, Montgomery, Ala.* An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Army Band at the Confederate Veterans’ reunion to be held at Montgomery, Alabama. January 31, 1931 1056 *Bridge, Santa Rosa Sound.* An Act Authorizing Pensacola Bridge Corporation (a Florida corporation), its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across Santa Rosa Sound, in the State of Florida, at or near Grassy Point in Santa Rosa County, Florida.
January 31, 1931 1056 *Bridge, Kankakee River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kankakee River. January 31, 1931 1058 *Monongahela River, Pa.* Joint Resolution Amending section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July 3, 1930, relating to the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania.
January 31, 1931 1059 *Merchant marine construction loan fund.* An Act To amend subsection
(d)of section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, as amended by section 301 of the Merchant Marine Act of May 22, 1928. February 2, 1931 1059 *Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington.* An Act To amend an Act for the relief of certain tribes of Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. February 3, 1931 1060 *Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians.* An act Authorizing an additional per capita payment to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians. February 3, 1931 1060 *Confederate Stockade Cemetery, Ohio.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to acquire, free of cost to the United States, the tract of land known as Confederate Stockade Cemetery, situated on Johnstons Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, and for other purposes. February 3, 1931 1060 *Fort Hall irrigation project, Idaho.* An Act Authorizing the construction of the Michaud division of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, Idaho, an appropriation therefor, and the completion of the project, and for other purposes. February 4, 1931 1061 *Public Buildings Act of 1926.* An Act To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to expedite work on the Federal building program authorized by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings and for other purposes,” approved May 25, 1926, and Acts amendatory thereof. February 6, 1931 1063 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, Missouri. February 6, 1931 1063 *Bridge, French Broad River.* An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee to construct a bridge across the French Broad River on the proposed Morristown-Newport Road between Jefferson and Cocke Counties, Tennessee. February 6, 1931 1064 *Bridge, Potomac River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Dahlgren, Virginia. February 6, 1931 1064xxxv *Appropriations, First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931.* An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. February 6, 1931 1064 *Flood control, etc., Tittabawassee, etc., Rivers.* An Act To provide for a preliminary examination of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa Rivers, Michigan, and San Juan River, New Mexico, with a view to the prevention and control of floods. February 6, 1931 1083 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act Extending the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. February 7, 1931 1083 *Governors Island, Mass., airport.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease Governors Island, Massachusetts, to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and for other purposes. February 7, 1931 1084 *Employment Stabilization Act of 1931.* An Act To provide for the advance planning and regulated construction of public works, for the stabilization of industry, and for aiding in the prevention of unemployment during periods of business depression. February 10, 1931 1084 *Naturalization of certain aliens.* An Act Relating to the naturalization of certain aliens. February 11, 1931 1087 *District of Columbia, Michigan Avenue grade crossing.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the elimination of the Michigan Avenue grade crossing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1927. February 12, 1931 1087 *District of Columbia, corporations.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. February 12, 1931 1088 *Navy, hospital construction.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. February 12, 1931 1091 *Naval air station, Sunnyvale, Calif.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept, without cost to the Government of the United States, a lighter-than-air base, near Sunnyvale, in the county of Santa Clara, State of California, and construct necessary improvements thereon. February 12, 1931 1092 *Uintah, etc., bands o] Ute Indians, Utah.* An Act Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Uintah, White River, and Uncompahgre Bands of Ute Indians in the State of Utah for certain lands, and for other purposes. February 13, 1931 1092 *Blackfeet irrigation project, Mont.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust payment of charges due on the Blackfeet Indian Irrigation Project, and for other purposes. February 13, 1931 1093 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Authorizing the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the counties of Douglas, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Iowa, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll or free bridge across the Missouri River at or near O’Hern Street, South Omaha, Nebraska. February 13, 1931 1093 *Bull Run and Second Manassas battlefields.* An Act To provide for the study, investigation and survey, for commemorative purposes, of the Bull Run and Second Manassas battlefields in the State of Virginia. February 13, 1931 1094 *Flood control, etc., Mohican River.* An Act To authorize and direct a preliminary examination of the Mohican River Ditch from Lake Fork, Ohio, south a distance of eight miles. February 13, 1931 1095 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act Authorizing H. C. Brenner Realty and Finance Corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near a point between Cherokee and Osage Streets, Saint Louis, Missouri. February 13, 1931 1095 *“Galveston,” cruiser, silver service to Galveston, Tex.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Rosenberg Library, in the city of Galveston, Texas, the silver service presented to the United States for the cruiser Galveston. February 13, 1931 1097 *“Bear,” Coast Guard cutter, ordnance to Oakland, Calif.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the city of Oakland, California, certain guns and mounts that were formerly in service on the Coast Guard cutter Bear. February 13, 1931 1097 *Bridge, Saint Lawrence River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York. February 13, 1931 1098 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near New Martinsville, West Virginia February 13, 1931 1098 *Bridge, Columbia River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at or near Arlington, Oregon. February 13, 1931 1098 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. February 13, 1931 1099 *Viaduct, Mahoning River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of an overhead viaduct across the Mahoning River at or near Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio. February 13, 1931 1099xxxvi *Bridge, Escatawpa River.* An Act Authorizing the States of Alabama and Mississippi, through their respective highway departments, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Escatawpa River at or near Wilmer, Alabama, and Latonia, Mississippi, connecting Mobile County, Alabama, and George County, Mississippi. February 13, 1931 1099 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River near Bemidji, Minnesota. February 13, 1931 1100 *Bridge, Little Calumet River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Little Calumet River on South Halsted Street at One hundred and thirtieth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois. February 13, 1931 1100 *Bridge, Fox River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Fox River at Algonquin, in McHenry County, State of Illinois. February 13, 1931 1100 *Bridge, Saline River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to maintain and operate, as constructed, a free highway bridge across Saline River near Kingsland, Arkansas, on State Highway Numbered 3, from Pine Bluff to Fordyce, Arkansas. February 13, 1931 1101 *Navy Commissioners Island, La.* An Act Providing for the confirmation of the title of certain purchasers from the State of Louisiana of lands formerly included in the Live Oak naval reserve on Navy Commissioners Island, in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, now abandoned. February 14, 1931 1101 *Timberland, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minn.* An Act Providing for the sale of timberland in four townships in the State of Minnesota. February 14, 1931 1102 *Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho.* An Act To provide for the relinquishment by the United States of certain lands to the city of Rupert in the county of Minidoka, in the State of Idaho. February 14, 1931 1102 *Menominee Indians of Wisconsin.* An Act Authorizing a per capita payment of $50 to the members of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin from funds on deposit to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. February 14, 1931 1102 *Travel allowance by automobile, etc.* An Act To permit payments for the operation of motor cycles and automobiles used for necessary travel on official business, on a mileage basis in lieu of actual operating expenses. February 14, 1931 1103 *Rzeczyczany, Poland, reimbursement.* An Act Authorizing the payment of a claim presented by the Polish Government for the reimbursement of certain expenditures incurred by the community authorities of Rzeczyczany, Poland, to which place an insane alien was erroneously deported. February 14, 1931 1103 *Denmark, indemnity.* An Act For compensation to the owners of the Danish motor ship Indien for damages sustained as the result of a collision with the United States Coast Guard Cutter Shawnee at San Francisco on April 5, 1925. February 14, 1931 1103 *Utah, exchange of lands.* An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Utah. February 14, 1931 1104 *Klamath Indian Reservation, Oreg., prosecuting suits.* An Act Authorizing the use of tribal funds of Indians belonging on the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, to pay expenses connected with suits pending in the Court of Claims, and for other purposes. February 14, 1931 1105 *Crow Indian Reservation, Mont., sale of lands.* An Act Providing for the sale of isolated tracts in the former Crow Indian Reservation, Montana. February 14, 1931 1105 *Institutions for benefit of Indians, donations.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations to or in behalf of institutions conducted for the benefit of Indians. February 14, 1931 1106 *Hot Springs National Park, Ark., additions.* An Act To authorize the acceptance of a tract of land adjoining Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and for other purposes. February 14, 1931 1106 *Frazer, Mont., cooperation in construction of school.* An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board at Frazer, Montana, in the construction of a high-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. February 14, 1931 1106 *Chippewa Indians, Minnesota.* An Act Providing for payment of $25 to each enrolled Chippewa Indian of Minnesota from the funds standing to their credit in the Treasury of the United States. February 14, 1931 1107 *Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Reservations, N. and S. Dak.* An Act To amend the Act of April 25, 1922, as amended, entitled “An Act authorizing extensions of time for the payment of purchase money due under certain homestead entries and Government-land purchases within the former Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations, North Dakota and South Dakota.” February 14, 1931 1107 *Irrigation projects.* An Act To amend the Act approved March 2, 1929, entitled “An Act to authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes.” February 14, 1931 1107 *White Earth Indian Reservation, Minn.* An Act Providing for the sale of Chippewa Indian land to the State of Minnesota. February 14, 1931 1108xxxvii *Poplar, Mont., high-school building.* An Act To provide funds for cooperation with the school board at Poplar, Montana, in the extension of the high-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. February 14, 1931 1108 *Five Civilized Tribes, mineral lands.* An Act To amend section 3 of the Act approved May 10, 1928, entitled “An Act to extend the period of restriction in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes.” February 14, 1931 1108 *Hot Springs National Park.* An Act To provide for the retention by the United States of a site within the Hot Springs National Park formerly occupied by the Arlington Hotel and Bathhouse, for park and landscape purposes. February 14, 1931 1109 *District of Columbia, Piney Branch Road.* An Act To authorize the widening of Piney Branch Road northwest in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. February 14, 1931 1109 *Air mail flyer’s medal of honor.* An Act For the award of the air mail flyer’s medal of honor. February 14, 1931 1110 *Bridge, Kittery, Me.-Portsmouth, N. H.* An Act For the relief of the State of Maine and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. February 14, 1931 1111 *Naval Academy Band.* An Act Adjusting the grades and ratings of the Naval Academy Band. February 14, 1931 1111 *Alaska game law.* An Act To amend the Alaska game law. February 14, 1931 1111 *San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, Calif., permits.* An Act To safeguard the validity of permits to use recreational areas in the San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests. February 14, 1931 1115 *Appropriations, Interior Department, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 14, 1931 1115 *Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Ariz.* An Act To authorize the President of the United States to establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona. February 14, 1931 1161 *International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts.* Joint Resolution To provide an annual appropriation to meet the quota of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts. February 14, 1931 1162 *Mexican Water Boundary Commission.* Joint Resolution To further provide for defraying the expenses of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico. February 14, 1931 1162 *Department of Agriculture, field work in Alaska.* An Act To facilitate work of the Department of Agriculture in the Territory of Alaska. February 16, 1931 1162 *“Florida,” battleship, silver service.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the Governor of the State of Florida, as custodian for such State, upon his request, the silver service set presented by the State of Florida, for the United States battleship Florida, now out of commission. February 16, 1931 1163 *Theodore Roosevelt Memorial.* An Act To amend the Act approved June 2, 1930, providing for a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt for his leadership in the cause of forest conservation. February 16, 1931 1163 *Public buildings.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 630), and Acts amendatory thereof. February 16, 1931 1164 *Postal employees, shorter work week.* An Act To provide a shorter work week for postal employees, and for other purposes. February 17, 1931 1164 *Fort Benjamin Harrison, ammunition storehouse.* An Act To authorize appropriations for construction of a storehouse for ammuniton at Fort Benjamin Harrison. February 17, 1931 1165 *Chaco Canyon National Monument, N. Mex.* An Act To authorize exchange of lands with owners of private-land holdings within the Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico, and for other purposes. February 17, 1931 1165 *Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.* An Act To adjust the boundaries and for the addition of certain lands to the Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, and for other purposes. February 17, 1931 1166 *Interior Department Appropriation Act, correction.* Joint Resolution To amend the paragraphs relating to drought and/or storm or hail-stricken areas as contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1932. February 17, 1931 1167 *Western Pacific Railway Company.* An Act To authorize the disposition of certain public lands in the State of Nevada. February 18, 1931 1167 *Porto Rico civil government.* An Act To amend the Organic Act of Porto Rico, approved March 2, 1917. February 18, 1931 1168 *Bridge, Sabine River.* An Act To extend the time for construction of a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 21 meets Texas Highway Numbered 45. February 18, 1931 1169 *Bridge, Sabine River.* An Act Authorizing the State of Louisiana and the State of Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 6 meets Texas Highway Numbered 21. February 18, 1931 1169xxxviii *Bridge, Tennessee River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Danville, Tennessee. February 18, 1931 1170 *Bridge, etc., Little Bay.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of New Hampshire to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or dike across Little Bay at or near Fox Point. February 18, 1931 1170 *Army equipment, American Legion Convention.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the Thirteenth National Convention of the American Legion at Detroit, Michigan, during the month of September, 1931. February 18, 1931 1171 *Immigration, deportation provisions.* An Act To provide for the deportation of aliens convicted and sentenced for violation of any law regulating traffic in narcotics. February 18, 1931 1171 *Military posts, construction.* An Act To authorize appropriation for construction at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Benning, Georgia; and for other purposes. February 18, 1931 1172 *Orange County, Calif., reservation.* An Act To reserve for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small islands along the seacoast of Orange County, California. February 18, 1931 1172 *Nancy Hart Memorial.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the erection of a tablet or marker to be placed at some suitable point between Hartwell, Georgia, and Alfords Bridge in the county of Hart, State of Georgia, on the national highway between the States of Georgia and South Carolina, to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart.” February 19, 1931 1173 *“Utah,” battleship, silver service.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver to the State of Utah the silver service which was in use on the battleship Utah. February 19, 1931 1173 *Indian roadways.* An Act To amend the Federal Highway Act. February 20, 1931 1173 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Culbertson, Montana. February 20, 1931 1174 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Cannelton, Indiana. February 20, 1931 1174 *Appropriations, Legislative Branch, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 20, 1931 1174 *Camp Taylor, Ky.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to resell the undisposed of portion of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, approximately three hundred and twenty-eight acres, and to also authorize the appraisal of property disposed of under authority contained in the Acts of Congress approved July 9, 1918, and July 11, 1919, and for other purposes. February 20, 1931 1191 *Bridges, Missouri River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of bridges across the Missouri River at or near Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, and at or near South Omaha, Nebraska. February 20, 1931 1192 *Yorktown, Va., celebration, medal.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and manufacture a medal in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and of the establishment of the independence of the United States. February 20, 1931 1192 *Bridge, San Francisco Bay.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of California to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Bay of San Francisco from the Rincon Hill district in San Francisco by way of Goat island to Oakland. February 20, 1931 1192 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Mound City, Illinois. February 20, 1931 1193 *Bridge, Columbia River.* An Act Authorizing Dalles City, a municipal corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River at or near The Dalles, Oregon. February 20, 1931 1193 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River approximately midway between the cities of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana. February 20, 1931 1195 *Government Island, Calif., construction.* An Act To authorize the construction on Government Island, Alameda, California, of buildings required by the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department. February 20, 1931 1196 *Radio research investigations.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to purchase land and to construct buildings and facilities suitable for radio research investigations. February 20, 1931 1196 *United States courts, Illinois southern district.* An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of Illinois. February 20, 1931 1196 *United States courts, Michigan eastern district.* An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Michigan. February 20, 1931 1197xxxix *District of Columbia, paving, etc., assessments.* An Act To provide for special assessments for the paving of roadways and the laying of curbs and gutters. February 20, 1931 1197 *Pan American Commercial Conference.* An Act Authorizing an appropriation of the sum of $15,000 to defray the expenses of the Pan American Commercial Conference, to be held in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1931. February 20, 1931 1199 *Arlington Memorial Bridge.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to exchange with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company lands on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River near the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. February 20, 1931 1200 *Forest perpetuation in the Territories.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Territories of the United States under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor.” February 20, 1931 1200 *Lands in Alabama for educational purposes.* An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands in the State of Alabama to vocational or other educational uses or to dispose of the lands upon condition that they shall be used for such purposes. February 21, 1931 1201 *Temecula, etc., Reservation, Calif., addition.* An Act To reserve four hundred and forty acres of public-domain land for addition to the Temecula or Pechanga Reservation, California. February 21, 1931 1201 *Grand Valley reclamation project, Colo.* An Act Authorizing the sale of surplus power developed under the Grand Valley reclamation project, Colorado. February 21, 1931 1202 *Papago Indians, Arizona, lands for.* An Act To reserve certain lands on the public domain in Arizona for the use and benefit of the Papago Indians, and for other purposes. February 21, 1931 1202 *Army, disposition of effects of decedents.* An Act To authorize the disposition of effects of persons dying while subject to military law. February 21, 1931 1203 *Western Navajo Indian Reservation, addition.* An Act To amend the Act of May 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 378). February 21, 1931 1204 *Immigrant, etc., inspectors, transit expenses.* An Act To amend the fourth proviso to section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended. February 21, 1931 1205 *Trust patents, Indian allotments.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the cancellation, under certain conditions, of patents in fee simple to Indians for allotments held in trust by the United States.” February 21, 1931 1205 *Craters of the Moon National Monument, exchanges of land.* An Act To authorize exchanges of land with owners of private-land holdings within the Craters of the Moon National Monument. February 21, 1931 1206 *Foreign Service Classification Act.* An Act For the grading and classification of clerks in the Foreign Service of the United States of America, and providing compensation therefor. February 23, 1931 1207 *Appropriations, Treasury and Post Office Departments, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1217 *Appropriations, Department of Agriculture, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1242 *Appropriations, War Department and Army, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1277 *Appropriations, Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1309 *Appropriations, Executive and independent offices, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1355 *Appropriations, District of Columbia, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931 1376 *Hawaii, highways.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924. February 23, 1931 1415 *Federal employees, pay retention.* An Act To provide against the withholding of pay when employees are removed for breach of contract to render faithful service. February 24, 1931 1415 *Bridge, Sabine River.* An Act Authorizing the State of Louisiana and the State of Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Sabine River where Louisiana Highway Numbered 7 meets Texas Highway Numbered 87. February 24, 1931 1416xl *George Washington Bicentennial.* An Act To authorize an appropriation of funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia for the use of the District of Columbia Commission for the George Washington Bicentennial. February 24, 1931 1416 *Great Britain, indemnity.* An Act Authorizing the payment of an indemnity to the British Government on account of losses sustained by H. W. Bennett, a British subject, in connection with the rescue of survivors of the United States ship Cherokee. February 24, 1931 1416 *Paris, France, international exposition.* Joint Resolution To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries to be held at Paris, France, in 1931. February 24, 1931 1417 *Illinois northern judicial district, judges.* An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional district judges for the northern district of Illinois. February 25, 1931 1417 *Judicial Code, amendments, grand juries.* An Act To amend section 284 of the Judicial Code of the United States. February 25, 1931 1417 *Bridges, Staunton River.* An Act To legalize bridges across the Staunton River at Brookneal, Route Numbered 18, Campbell County, and at Clover, Halifax County, Route Numbered 12, State of Virginia. February 25, 1931 1418 *Bridge, Chesapeake Bay.* An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay. February 25, 1931 1418 *Bridge, Pigeon River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the Pigeon River at or near Mineral Center, Minnesota. February 25, 1931 1418 *Naval hospital, Washington, D. C.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with certain public works at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia. February 25, 1931 1419 *District of Columbia, school children, car fare.* An Act To provide for the transportation of school children in the District of Columbia at a reduced fare. February 25, 1931 1419 *District of Columbia, street designations.* Joint Resolution To change the name of B Street northwest, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. February 25, 1931 1419 *Alabama, lost, etc., military property.* An Act For the relief of the State of Alabama. February 26, 1931 1420 *Department of Commerce, vessel employees.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the system of pay and allowances, and so forth, for officers and men on vessels of the Department of Commerce in operation as of July 1, 1929. February 26, 1931 1421 *Public buildings, acquisition of sites, etc.* An Act To expedite the construction of public buildings and works outside of the District of Columbia by enabling possession and title of sites to be taken in advance of final judgment in proceedings for the acquisition thereof under the power of eminent domain. February 26, 1931 1421 *Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., addition.* An Act To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and for other purposes. February 26, 1931 1422 *Fort Sill, Okla., roadway.* An Act To provide for the paving of the Government road across Fort Sill (Oklahoma) Military Reservation. February 26, 1931 1423 *Hocking River, flood control, etc.* An Act To authorize and direct a preliminary examination of the Hocking River for the distance it flows through Athens County, Ohio. February 27, 1931 1423 *Mouse River, N. Dak., flood control.* An Act To provide for a survey of the Mouse River, North Dakota, with a view to the prevention and control of its floods. February 27, 1931 1424 *Lake Erie, Coast Guard cutter.* An Act To provide for the construction of vessels for the Coast Guard for rescue and assistance work on Lake Erie. February 27, 1931 1424 *District of Columbia, redraft of traffic laws.* An Act To amend the Acts approved March 3, 1925, and July 3, 1926, known as the District of Columbia Traffic Acts, and so forth. February 27, 1931 1424 *World War adjusted service certificates, loans.* An Act To increase the loan basis of adjusted service certificates. February 27, 1931 1429 *Hamilton, Mont., hospital for spotted fever investigations.* An Act Authorizing the purchase of the State laboratory at Hamilton, Montana, constructed for the prevention, eradication, and cure of spotted fever. February 27, 1931 1430 *Appropriations, Navy Department and naval service, 1932.* An Act Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 28, 1931 1431 *Naval vessels, modernizing designated.* An Act To authorize alterations and repairs to certain naval vessels. February 28, 1931 1453 *Public lands, stock-raising homesteads, etc.* An Act To amend section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other purposes,” approved December 29, 1916. February 28, 1931 1454 *Selfridge Field, Mich.* An Act To authorize appropriations for the construction of a sea wall and quartermaster’s warehouse at Selfridge Field, Michigan, and to construct a water main to Selfridge Field, Michigan. February 28, 1931 1454 *Lake of the Woods, claimants.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods concluded on the 24th day of February, 1925,” approved May 22, 1926, as amended. February 28, 1931 1455xli *Tucson Field, Ariz., construction.* An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at Tucson Field, Tucson, Arizona, and for other purposes. February 28, 1931 1455 *Howard University, District of Columbia, addition.* An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to transfer to the trustees of Howard University title to certain property in the District of Columbia. February 28, 1931 1455 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Minnesota to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Brainerd, Minnesota. February 28, 1931 1455 *Bridge, Mahoning River.* An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mahoning River at Edinburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. February 28, 1931 1456 *Bridge, Des Moines River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Des Moines River at or near Saint Francisville, Missouri. February 28, 1931 1456 *Bridge, Fox River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Fox River east of Serena in La Salle County, Illinois, between sections 20 and 29, township 35 north, range 5 east, third principal meridian. February 28, 1931 1456 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Lansing, Iowa. February 28, 1931 1457 *Bridge, Allegheny River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania. February 28, 1931 1457 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Rulo, Nebraska. February 28, 1931 1457 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Hastings, Minnesota. February 28, 1931 1457 *Dam, Owyhee River.* An Act To authorize an investigation with respect to the construction of a dam or dams across the Owyhee River or other streams within or adjacent to the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Nevada, and for other purposes. February 28, 1931 1458 *Bridge, Saint Clair River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Clair River at or near Port Huron, Michigan. February 28, 1931 1458 *Bridge, Connecticut River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Connecticut River at or near Erving, Massachusetts. February 28, 1931 1458 *District of Columbia, Terminal Refrigerating, etc., Corporation.* An Act Permitting the laying of a conduit across E and F Streets southwest, in the District of Columbia. February 28, 1931 1459 *Northwest Territory, etc., sesquicentennial.* An Act To amend the joint resolution establishing the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission, approved May 23, 1928. February 28, 1931 1459 *Fort Ontario, N. Y., land cession.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to reconvey to the State of New York a portion of the land comprising the Fort Ontario Military Reservation, New York. February 28, 1931 1460 *Plattsburg, N. Y., barracks construction.* An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, New York, and for other purposes. February 28, 1931 1460 *Cattle importation and quarantine.* Joint Resolution To correct section 6 of the Act of August 30, 1890, as amended by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1926. February 28, 1931 1460 *Army, travel by air.* An Act To amend section 12 of the Act entitled “An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service,” approved June 10, 1922, as amended. March 2, 1931 1461 *Naval War College, construction.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with certain public works at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. March 2, 1931 1461 *Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission, membership.* An Act Amending section 1 of Public Resolution Numbered 89, Seventy-first Congress, approved June 17, 1930, entitled “Joint resolution providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on October 19, 1781, and authorizing an appropriation to be used in connection with such celebration, and for other purposes.” March 2, 1931 1462 *Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital, mortgage of property.* An Act To authorize the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Association to mortgage its property in Hot Springs National Park. March 2, 1931 1462 *Hot Springs National Park, Ark., water regulations.* An Act To regulate the prescribing and use of waters from the Hot Springs National Park at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for other purposes. March 2, 1931 1462xlii *Warehouse Act, amendments.* An Act To amend sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 25, 29, and 30 of the United States Warehouse Act, approved August 11, 1916, as amended. March 2, 1931 1463 *Fort McArthur, Calif., conveyance of land.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey a certain portion of the military reservation at Fort McArthur, California, to the city of Los Angeles, California, for street purposes and to amend an Act to authorize the acquisition for military purposes of land in the county of Montgomery, State of Alabama, for use as an addition to Maxwell Field, approved July 1, 1930. March 2, 1931 1466 *Immigrant inspectors, etc., overtime pay.* An Act To provide extra compensation for overtime service performed by immigrant inspectors and other employees of the Immigration Service. March 2, 1931 1467 *Menominee Indians, Wis., attorneys.* An Act Authorizing the Menominee Tribe of Indians to employ general attorneys. March 2, 1931 1468 *Department of Agriculture, predatory animal eradication.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out his ten-year cooperative program for the eradication, suppression, or bringing under control of predatory and other wild animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wild game, and other interests, and for the suppression of rabies and tularemia in predatory or other wild animals, and for other purposes. March 2, 1931 1468 *United States prisoners, parole of aliens for deportation.* An Act To amend an Act to parole United States prisoners, and for other purposes, approved June 25, 1910. March 2, 1931 1469 *Postal Service, special delivery and parcel post.* An Act To provide for the special delivery and the special handling of mail matter. March 2, 1931 1469 *Wyoming, mineral development.* An Act To permit the development of certain valuable mineral resources in certain lands of the United States. March 2, 1931 1470 *Five Civilized Tribes.* An Act To relieve restricted Indians in the Five Civilized Tribes whose nontaxable lands are required for State, county, or municipal improvements or sold to other persons or for other purposes. March 2, 1931 1471 *Panama Canal, etc., retirement Act.* An Act For the retirement of employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, on the Isthmus of Panama, who are citizens of the United States. March 2, 1931 1471 *Bridge, Mahoning River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Department of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Mahoning River near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. March 2, 1931 1480 *Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N. Dak.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the distribution of the judgment rendered by the Court of Claims to the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota. March 2, 1931 1481 *Veterans’ annual encampments, proceedings printed.* Joint Resolution To print annually as separate House documents the proceedings of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the American Legion, and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. March 2, 1931 1481 *Government, etc., employees, Saturday service.* An Act Providing for Saturday half holidays for certain Government employees. March 3, 1931 1482 *Navy, distribution of line officers, etc.* An Act To regulate the distribution and promotion of commissioned officers of the line of the Navy, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1482 *Amelia Island Lighthouse Reservation.* An Act To authorize the city of Fernandina, Florida, under certain conditions, to dispose of a portion of the Amelia Island Lighthouse Reservation. March 3, 1931 1485 *District of Columbia, exterior advertising regulations.* An Act to regulate the erection, hanging, placing, painting, display, and maintenance of outdoor signs and other forms of exterior advertising within the District of Columbia. March 3, 1931 1486 *Library of Congress, books for adult blind.* An Act To provide books for the adult blind. March 3, 1931 1487 *Chippewa Indian claims.* An Act Authorizing the Pillager Bands of Chippewa Indians, residing in the State of Minnesota, to submit claims to the Court of Claims. March 3, 1931 1487 *Fort Griswold, Conn.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey the Fort Griswold tract to the State of Connecticut. March 3, 1931 1488 *Asheville, N. C., conveyance of land.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey certain land to the city of Asheville, North Carolina, for park and street purposes. March 3, 1931 1489 *Porto Rico, vocational education, etc.* An Act To extend the provisions of certain laws relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation to Porto Rico. March 3, 1931 1489 *Colonial National Monument, Va.* An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the creation of the Colonial National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes,” approved July 3, 1930. March 3, 1931 1490 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, and a point opposite thereto in Union County, Kentucky. March 3, 1931 1490xliii *Tenth Olympic Games.* An Act To authorize the attendance of personnel and animals of the Regular Army as participants in the Tenth Olympic Games. March 3, 1931 1490 *Military Academy, additional land.* An Act To authorize the acquisition for military purposes of land in Orange County, New York, for use as an addition to the West Point Military Reservation. March 3, 1931 1491 *Quarantine inspection, Public Health Service.* An Act To authorize twenty-four-hour quarantine inspection service in certain ports of the United States, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1491 *Lake Michigan, breakwater.* An Act Granting to The Commissioners of Lincoln Park the right to erect a breakwater in the navigable waters of Lake Michigan, and transferring jurisdiction over certain navigable waters of Lake Michigan to The Commissioners of Lincoln Park. March 3, 1931 1493 *Public building contracts, labor wage rates.* An Act Relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed on public buildings of the United States and the District of Columbia by contractors and subcontractors, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1494 *Grand Army encampment, Army Band.* An Act Authorizing the attendance of the Army Band at the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Des Moines, Iowa. March 3, 1931 1494 *Crow Indians, Mont., adoption of minors.* An Act Relating to the adoption of minors by the Crow Indians of Montana. March 3, 1931 1494 *Crow Indians, incompetents, etc.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to change the classification of Crow Indians. March 3, 1931 1495 *Bridge, Boeuf River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the police jury of Richland Parish, Louisiana, or the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Boeuf River at or near Buckner, Richland Parish, Louisiana. March 3, 1931 1495 *Blackfeet Indians, Mont., enrollment of minors.* An Act For the enrollment of children born after December 30, 1919, whose parents, or either of them, are members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Indians in the State of Montana, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1495 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River, March 3, 1931 1496 *Bridge, Little Calumet River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Cook, State of Illinois, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Little Calumet River on Cottage Grove Avenue near One hundred and fifty-eighth Street, in Cook County, State of Illinois. March 3, 1931 1496 *Bridge, Saint Francis River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Francis River one-fourth mile south of Greenville, Wayne County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1497 *Bridge, Saint Francis River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the Saint Francis River four miles west of Kennett, Missouri, joining Dunklin County, Missouri, and Clay County, Arkansas. March 3, 1931 1497 *Bridge, Eleven Points River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the Eleven Points River at or near Thomasville, Oregon County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1497 *Bridge, James River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the James River at Galena, Stone County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1498 *Bridge, White River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the White River approximately eleven miles south of Reed Springs, Stone County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1498 *Bridge, White River.* An Act To legalize a bridge across the White River at Forsyth, Taney County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1498 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Missouri to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Weldon Springs, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1498 *Bridge, White River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across the White River at Branson, Taney County, Missouri. March 3, 1931 1499 *Bridges, West Virginia.* An Act Authorizing the State of West Virginia by and through the State Bridge Commission of West Virginia, or the successors of said commission, to acquire, purchase, construct, improve, maintain, and operate bridges across the streams and rivers within said State and/or across boundary line streams or rivers of said State. March 3, 1931 1499 *Bridge, Savannah River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Savannah River at or near Augusta, Georgia. March 3, 1931 1502 *Army, etc., nurses, retirement.* An Act To amend the Act approved June 20, 1930, entitled “An Act to provide for the retirement of disabled nurses of the Army and the Navy.” March 3, 1931 1502 *Bridge, Monongahela River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pennsylvania, either jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Pennsylvania. March 3, 1931 1503 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* An Act Authorizing D. S. Prentiss, R. A. Salladay, Syl F. Histed, William M. Turner, and John H. Rahilly, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of New Boston, Illinois. March 3, 1931 1503xliv *Spanish-American War Veterans’ Convention, Marine Band.* An Act To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the Spanish-American War veterans’ convention at New Orleans. March 3, 1931 1505 *Second Liberty bond, issue increased.* An Act To amend section 1 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended. March 3, 1931 1506 *Coos Head River, etc., Reservation, Oreg.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the University of Oregon certain lands forming a part of the Coos Head River and Harbor Reservation. March 3, 1931 1506 *Reclamation fund, advances.* An Act To authorize advances to the reclamation fund, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1507 *The Star Spangled Banner.* An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America. March 3, 1931 1508 *Kings Mountain National Military Park, N. C.* An Act To establish a national military park to commemorate the Battle of Kings Mountain. March 3, 1931 1508 *Zuni Pueblo Indians, N. Mex., land claims.* An Act To authorize a survey of certain lands claimed by the Zuni Pueblo Indians, New Mexico, and the issuance of patent therefor. March 3, 1931 1509 *Sullys Hill National Park, N. Dak.* An Act For the transfer of jurisdiction over Sullys Hill National Park from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture, to be maintained as the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1509 *Mission Point and Grand Traverse Point, Mich., Lighthouses.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations in the State of Michigan. March 3, 1931 1510 *Internal-revenue stamps.* An Act To amend section 1 of the Act of May 12, 1900 (chapter 393, Thirty-first Statutes, page 177), as amended (United States Code, section 1174, chapter 21, title 26). March 3, 1931 1510 *Naturalization Act, amendments.* An Act To amend the naturalization laws in respect of posting notices of petitions for citizenship, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1511 *Obsolete ordnance to Maryland Society, D. A. R.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate certain bronze cannon to the Maryland Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, for use at Fort Frederick, Maryland. March 3, 1931 1512 *Dam, Tallahatchie River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Panola-Quitman drainage district to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in Tallahatchie River. March 3, 1931 1512 *Bridge, Red River.* An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act granting the consent of Congress to the county of Norman, and the town and village of Halstad, in said county, in the State of Minnesota, and the county of Traill and the town of Herberg, in said county, in the State of North Dakota, to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North on the boundary line between said States,” approved July 1, 1922. March 3, 1931 1513 *Bridge, Saint Francis River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas State Highway Commission to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near Madison, Arkansas, on State Highway Numbered 70. March 3, 1931 1513 *Quay, Milburn Creek.* An Act To legalize a quay in Milburn Creek at Baldwin Harbor, New York. March 3, 1931 1514 *Isle Royale National Park, Mich.* An Act To provide for the establishment of the Isle Royale National Park, in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. March 3, 1931 1514 *Bridge, Allegheny River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Allegheny River at or near President, Venango County, Pennsylvania. March 3, 1931 1515 *Rio Grande irrigation project, contracts.* Joint Resolution Relating to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a contract with the Rio Grande project. March 3, 1931 1515 *American Expeditionary Forces, Second Division, memorial.* Joint Resolution To provide for the erection of a suitable memorial to the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces. March 3, 1931 1515 *Porto Rico, forest perpetuation.* Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of sections 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor,” to the Territory of Porto Rico. March 3, 1931 1516 *Narcotic Drugs Conference.* Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of participation by the United States in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs to be held at Geneva, Switzerland, on May 27, 1931. March 3, 1931 1516 *Revenue Act of 1926, taxation of estates.* Joint Resolution To amend section 302 of the Revenue Act of 1926. March 3, 1931 1516 *Census Bureau, crime statistics.* An Act To authorize the collection of annual statistics relating to crime and to the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes. March 4, 1931 1517xlv *Mare Island Straits, Calif., sewer outlet.* An Act To permit the county of Solano in the State of California to lay, construct, install, and maintain sewer outlets over and across the Navy longitudinal dike and accretions thereto, in Mare Island Straits, California. March 4, 1931 1517 *“Princeton,” United States Ship, bowl and ladle.* An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia, the bowl and ladle formerly in use on the United States ship Princeton. March 4, 1931 1517 *Aztec Land and Cattle Company.* An Act To authorize an appropriation of tribal funds to purchase certain privately owned lands within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona. March 4, 1931 1517 *Cherokees, N. C., Eastern Band, final roll.* An Act To amend the Act of June 4, 1924, providing for a final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. March 4, 1931 1518 *Mines Bureau experiment station, College Park, Md.* An Act Authorizing the establishment of a mining experiment station of the Bureau of Mines at College Park, Maryland March 4, 1931 1518 *Wind Cave National Park, S. Dak., enlarged.* An Act To extend the boundaries of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. March 4, 1931 1518 *Gila River Indian Reservation, Ariz.* An Act To cancel certain reimbursable charges against certain lands within the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona. March 4, 1931 1519 *Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., target range.* An Act To authorize an additional appropriation of $7,500 for the completion of the acquisition of land in the vicinity of and for use as a target range in connection with Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. March 4, 1931 1520 *Porto Rico, agricultural experiment stations.* An Act To coordinate the agricultural experiment- station work and to extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Porto Rico. March 4, 1931 1520 *French Veterans of World War Convention.* An Act To provide for the entertainment of members and delegates to the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the French Veterans of the World War, to be held in the District of Columbia in September, 1932. March 4, 1931 1521 *Washakie National Forest, Wyo., addition.* An Act To add certain public lands to the Washakie National Forest, Wyoming. March 4, 1931 1521 *Capitol Grounds, enlargement.* An Act To authorize the acquisition of additional land for enlarging the Capitol Grounds. March 4, 1931 1522 *Cahuilla Indian Reservation, Calif., addition.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain land in California for addition to the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, and issuance of a patent to the band of Indians therefor. March 4, 1931 1522 *Battle of Fort Necessity, Pa.* An Act To provide for the commemoration of the Battle of Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania. March 4, 1931 1522 *Washington Bicentennial quarter dollar.* An Act To authorize a change in the design of the quarter dollar to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington. March 4, 1931 1523 *General Leasing Act, amendments.* An Act To amend sections 17 and 27 of the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; U. S. C., title 30, secs. 184 and 226), as amended. March 4, 1931 1523 *Puyallup Indians, Wash., tribal funds.* An Act To provide for distribution of tribal funds of the Puyallup Indians of the State of Washington. March 4, 1931 1526 *Bridge, Ohio River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Moundsville, West Virginia. March 4, 1931 1526 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the State of North Dakota to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Elbowoods, North Dakota. March 4, 1931 1526 *Pipe-line Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act Granting the consent of Congress to Missouri Valley Pipe Line Company of Iowa to construct, maintain, and operate a pipe-line bridge across the Missouri River. March 4, 1931 1527 *Bridge, Monongahela River.* An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Star City, West Virginia. March 4, 1931 1527 *Bridge, Missouri River.* An Act To amend Public Act Numbered 624, Seventy-first Congress. March 4, 1931 1527 *George Washington Bicentennial Commission, membership.* An Act Relating to the tenure of Congressional Members of the George Washington Bi-centennial Commission. March 4, 1931 1528 *Stephen T. Mather.* An Act To authorize a suitable memorial in connection with the park and playground system of the National Capital or the George Washington Parkway, to the late Stephen T. Mather. March 4, 1931 1528 *Real-estate liens, Federal Government party defendant in.* An Act To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in certain cases. March 4, 1931 1528 *Alaska, salaries of Governor and secretary.* An Act To fix the annual compensations of the secretary and the Governor of the Territory of Alaska. March 4, 1931 1530xlvi *Los Angeles, Calif., water supply.* An Act Withdrawing certain public lands from settlement, location, filing, entry, or disposal under the land laws of the United States for the protection of the watershed supplying water to the city of Los Angeles and other cities and towns in the State of California, and for other purposes. March 4, 1931 1530 *Federal Farm Loan Act, amendments.* An Act To amend section 16 of the Federal Farm Loan Act. March 4, 1931 1548 *Little Rock air depot, Ark.* An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease to the city of Little Rock portions of the Little Rock air depot, Arkansas, and for other purposes. March 4, 1931 1549 *Oleomargarine Act, amendments.* An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August 2, 1886, as amended, and for other purposes. March 4, 1931 1549 *Veterans’ Administration, additional hospital, etc., facilities.* An Act To authorize an appropriation to provide additional hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, and for other purposes. March 4, 1931 1550 *Appropriations, Second Deficiency Act, 1931.* An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1931, and June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. March 4, 1931 1552 *Major General John A. Rawlins, statue.* Joint Resolution To provide for the relocation of the statue of Major General John A. Rawlins. March 4, 1931 1627 *General Casimir Pulaski, observance of death.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to proclaim October 11, 1931, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski. March 4, 1931 1627 *Grain contract prices.* Joint Resolution To amend Public Resolution Numbered 80, Seventieth Congress, second session, relating to payment of certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms. March 4, 1931 1627 *Appropriation, books for adult blind.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to provide books for the adult blind. March 4, 1931 1628 *Appropriation, Narcotic Drugs Conference.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs. March 4, 1931 1628 *Dover Patrol Memorial, Brooklyn, N. Y.* Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds at Fort Hamilton Park, Brooklyn, New York, of a memorial to the Dover Patrol in the World War. March 4, 1931 1628 *Appropriation, additional hospital, etc., facilities, World War Veterans.* Joint Resolution To provide an additional appropriation for hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for the Veterans’ Administration. March 4, 1931 1629 *Appropriation, Marine Band attendance, Spanish-American War Veterans’ Convention.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for expenses of the United States Marine Band in attending the national convention of the United Spanish-American War Veterans in New Orleans, Louisiana, in September, 1931. March 4, 1931 1629 *Appropriation, Army Band attendance, Grand Army encampment.* Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the attendance of the Army Band at the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Des Moines, Iowa. March 4, 1931 1629 PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifteenth day of April, 1929, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the twenty-second day of November, 1929*.Herbert Hoover, President; Charles Curtis, Vice President; George H. Moses, President of the Senate *pro tempore;* Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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