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--- schema: uslm source_file: STATUTE-50.xml --- 1 **UNITED STATES****STATUTES AT LARGE** CONTAINING THE LAWS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ENACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA **1937** AND TREATIES, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES, AND PROCLAMATIONS COMPILED, EDITED, AND INDEXED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE **Volume 50** IN TWO PARTS Part 1 PUBLIC LAWS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1937 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.
C. ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ Price $5.00 (Buckram) ii The original of every act and joint resolution printed in this volume has the following heading: Seventy-fifth Congress of the United States of America; At the First Session, Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. All bills and joint resolutions presented to the President of the United States bear the signatures of the Speaker (or of the Speaker *pro tempore*) of the House of Representatives and of the Vice President and President of the Senate (or of the President of the Senate *pro tempore*); those signatures accordingly appear on the originals of all acts and joint resolutions.
The signature of the President of the United States appears on the originals of all approved acts and joint resolutions. The original of every act and joint resolution has endorsed thereon a certificate of origin, signed, as the case may be, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or by the Secretary of the Senate and reading “I certify that this Act (or Joint Resolution) originated in the House of Representatives (or Senate).” The origin of each act and resolution contained in this volume is indicated in the margin at the beginning of each enactment; thus, for example, H.
R. 1545 or H. J. Res. 81 indicates origin in the House of Representatives; and S. 416 or S. J. Res. 3 indicates origin in the Senate. iii LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FIRST SESSION, 1937 Date Page *Exportation of arms, etc., to Spain.* JOINT RESOLUTION To prohibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to Spain January 8, 1937 3 *Inaugural ceremonies, 1937, quartering of troops.* JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies January 14, 1937 4 *Inaugural ceremonies, 1937, tax on admission tickets.* JOINT RESOLUTION To exempt from the tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937 January 18, 1937 4 *Stabilization fund, time extension.* AN ACT To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar may be exercised January 23, 1937 4 *Reconstruction Finance Corporation.* AN ACT To continue the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and for other purposes January 26, 1937 5 *Loans to farmers for crop production, etc., 1937.* AN ACT To provide for loans to farmers for crop production and harvesting during the year 1937, and for other purposes January 29, 1937 5 *Joint Committee on Government Organization.* JOINT RESOLUTION To create a joint congressional committee on Government organization February 3, 1937 7 *Appropriations, First Deficiency Act, 1937.* AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes February 9, 1937 8 *Disaster Loan Corporation.* AN ACT To provide for loans made necessary by floods or other catastrophes in the year 1937 February 11, 1937 19 *Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to invite the Pan American Republics and the Dominion of Canada to participate in the proposed Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition February 12, 1937 19 *Federal Housing Administration, debentures.* JOINT RESOLUTION To extend for a period of two years the guarantee by the United States of debentures issued by the Federal Housing Administrator February 19, 1937 20 *Capital Auditorium Commission.* AN ACT To create the Capital Auditorium Commission February 20, 1937 20 *Bridge, White River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Barry, State of Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the White River at or near Eagle Rock, Missouri February 24, 1937 20 *Bridge, Delaware River.* AN ACT To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River near Trenton, New Jersey February 24, 1937 21 *Health and sanitation, flood-stricken areas.* JOINT RESOLUTION To make funds available for health and sanitation activities in the areas recently stricken by floods February 24, 1937 21 *International Exposition of Paris, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the participation by the United States in the International Exposition of Paris, 1937 February 25, 1937 22iv *Common carriers, taxes.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the Act entitled “An Act to levy an excise tax upon Carriers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes”, approved August 29, 1935 February 27, 1937 23 *Federal Reserve notes, collateral security.* AN ACT To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes March 1, 1937 23 *Justices of Supreme Court, retirement.* AN ACT To provide for retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court March 1, 1937 24 *Foreign trade agreements.* JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended March 1, 1937 24 *Postal service, star-route contracts.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the Postmaster General to withhold the awarding of star-route contracts for period of sixty days March 2, 1937 24 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Atchison, Kansas March 4, 1937 24 *Navy, gifts and bequests.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department March 4, 1937 25 *San Diego, Calif., exchange of lands.* AN ACT To authorize the acceptance of certain lands in the city of San Diego, California, by the United States, and the transfer by the Secretary of the Navy of certain other lands to said city of San Diego March 4, 1937 25 *Snake River, flood control.* AN ACT To provide a preliminary examination and survey of the Snake River and tributaries in the States of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, with a view to control of flood waters March 4, 1937 26 *Fishing industry products.* AN ACT To authorize the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry March 5, 1937 27 *Bridge, Columbia River.* AN ACT To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon March 10, 1937 27 *Bridge, Coosa River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Alabama, or Etowah County, or both, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Coosa River at or near Gilberts Ferry in Etowah County, Alabama March 10, 1937 27 *Bridge, Savannah River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at or near Lincolnton, Georgia March 10, 1937 28 *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 Brownville, Nebraska March 10, 1937 28 *Turtle Bay, etc., Tex.* AN ACT Declaring Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou, Chambers County, Texas, to be nonnavigable waterways March 10, 1937 28 *Revenue Act of 1936, time extension, filing returns.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to grant further extensions of time for filing returns under title III of the Revenue Act of 1936 March 13, 1937 29 *Technical Tripartite Textile Conference.* JOINT RESOLUTION To aid in defraying the expenses of the International Labor Office incident to holding its Technical Tripartite Textile Conference March 15, 1937 29 *District of Columbia Uniform Sales Act.* AN ACT To regulate the sales of goods in the District of Columbia March 17, 1937 29 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Garrison, North Dakota March 24, 1937 48 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between the towns of Decatur, Nebraska, and Onawa, Iowa March 24, 1937 48 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To further extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the cities of South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa March 24, 1937 48 *Merchant seamen.* AN ACT To amend section 4551 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U S.
C., 1934 ed., Supp II, title 46, sec 643) March 24, 1937 49 *National Gallery of Art.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art March 24, 1937 51v *Henry Ford and wife, donation.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to accept title for the United States to certain real property to be donated by Mr. Henry Ford and wife for Veterans’ Administration facility purposes March 24, 1937 54 *Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition, free entry of exhibits.* JOINT RESOLUTION To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition, Dallas, Texas, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes March 27, 1937 55 *Communications Act of 1934, Amendments.* AN ACT To amend section 318 of the Communications Act of 1934 March 29, 1937 56 *Alameda, Calif., naval air station.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend Public Law Numbered 780, Seventy-fourth Congress, to authorize the acquisition of lands in the city of Alameda, county of Alameda, State of California, as a site for a naval air station and to authorize the construction and installation of a naval air station thereon, for the purpose of making a correction therein March 29, 1937 56 *Inauguration day, 1937, D.
C., pay of certain employees.* 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 January 20, 1937 March 29, 1937 56 *U. S. Maritime Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring Joseph P. Kennedy eligible for appointment as a member of the United States Maritime Commission March 30, 1937 57 *Merchant Marine Act of 1936, amendment.* AN ACT To amend section 704 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (49 U.
S. Stat. L. 2008–2009) April 1, 1937 57 *Insect pest and plant disease control.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs April 6, 1937 57 *Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation by the United States in the Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition to be held in the State of Texas during the year 1937 April 9, 1937 58 *Fishing industry products.* JOINT RESOLUTION To make funds available to carry out the provisions of existing law authorizing the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry April 12, 1937 61 *Great Lakes Exposition, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for a continuance of the participation of the United States in the Great Lakes Exposition in the State of Ohio in 1937, and for other purposes April 12, 1937 61 *Cotton standards, etc., classification.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the classification of cotton, to furnish information on market supply, demand, location, condition, and market prices for cotton, and for other purposes April 13, 1937 62 *Pulaski’s Memorial Day.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim October 11, 1937, General Pulaski’s Memorial Day for the observance and commemoration of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski April 13, 1937 62 *Bowling alleys, D.
C., Sunday closing hours.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902, as amended April 14, 1937 63 *Navy, commissary privileges.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1909, to extend commissary privileges to widows of officers and enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard and also to officers of the Foreign Service of the United States at foreign stations April 14, 1937 63 *Arms and ammunition, protecting public property, etc.* AN ACT To amend that provision of the Act approved March 3, 1879 (20 Stat.
L. 412), relating to issue of arms and ammunition for the protection of public money and property April 14, 1937 63 *Ninth judicial circuit, additional judges.* AN ACT To provide for the appointment of two additional circuit judges for the ninth judicial circuit April 14, 1937 64vi *Government departments, exchange of equipment.* AN ACT To authorize any Government department to exchange used parts of certain types of equipment for new or reconditioned parts of the same equipment April 15, 1937 64 *Anastasia Island Lighthouse Reservation, Fla.* AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain portions of Anastasia Island Lighthouse Reservation, Florida, and for other purposes”, approved August 27, 1935, and for other purposes April 15, 1937 64 *Coast Guard, ordnance property purchases.* AN ACT To enable Coast Guard officers to purchase articles of ordnance property for use in the public service in the same manner as such property may be purchased by officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps April 15, 1937 65 *Oakland, Calif., public building.* AN ACT Authorizing and empowering the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the old post-office building at Oakland, California, and to convey to the city of Oakland portions of the site for street-widening purposes in accordance with the provisions of public Act approved August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 800) April 15, 1937 65 *Pennsylvania, issue of duplicate check.* AN ACT For the relief of the State of Pennsylvania April 15, 1937 66 *Postage rates on matter for the blind.* AN ACT To provide special rates of postage on matter for the blind April 15, 1937 66 *Coast Guard Academy, instruction staff.* AN ACT To authorize the establishment of a permanent instruction staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy April 16, 1937 66 *Quapaw Indians, Okla.* AN ACT To amend the last two provisos, section 26, Act of Congress approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat.
L. 1225–1248) April 17, 1937 68 *Boy Scouts of America, loan of Army equipment.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the World Jamboree to the Boy Scouts of America; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to remit the tax on steamship tickets; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona-fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports April 17, 1937 68 *District of Columbia, vocational rehabilitation.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes” (Public, Numbered 801, Seventieth Congress) April 17, 1937 69 *Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians, Calif.* AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of six hundred and forty acres of land for the use and benefit of the Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians, State of California April 17, 1937 69 *Los Angeles, Calif., exchange of land.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands and water rights in Inyo and Mono Counties, California, with the city of Los Angeles, and for other purposes April 20, 1937 70 *National Housing Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend the National Housing Act April 22, 1937 70 *Postmasters, third- and fourth-class offices, ad interim service.* AN ACT For payment of compensation to persons serving as postmaster at third- and fourth-class post offices April 22, 1937 71 *Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians, land reservation.* AN ACT To reserve certain public domain in California for the benefit of the Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians April 22, 1937 72 *Books, etc., for adult blind.* AN ACT To authorize an increase in the annual appropriation for books for the adult blind April 23, 1937 72 *Bituminous Coal Act of 1937.* AN ACT To regulate interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and for other purposes April 26, 1937 72 *Deteriorated ammunition, use for agricultural purposes.* AN ACT To repeal an Act of March 3, 1933, entitled “An Act to provide for the transfer of powder and other explosive materials from deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition under the control of the War Department to the Department of Agriculture for use in land clearing, drainage, road building, and other agricultural purposes” April 26, 1937 94 *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 La Crosse, Wisconsin April 26, 1937 94vii *Flood Control Act of 1936, amendment.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936 April 27, 1937 95 *Springfield Armory, Mass., right-of-way.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to release a certain right-of-way no longer needed for military purposes at the Springfield Armory, Massachusetts April 27, 1937 95 *Central Heating Plant, D.
C., service extension.* AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of steam from the Central Heating Plant to the District of Columbia April 27, 1937 95 *Appropriations, Navy Department, etc., fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes April 27, 1937 96 *Postage rates, bills, etc., produced by mechanical process.* AN ACT Relative to the classification of bills or statements of account produced by photostatic or mechanical process April 27, 1937 119 *Florida Southern Judicial District.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, at Orlando, Florida”, approved June 15, 1933 April 27, 1937 119 *Simplification of accounting.* AN ACT To simplify accounting April 27, 1937 119 *District of Columbia, prevention of blindness in infants.* AN ACT To provide for the prevention of blindness in infants born in the District of Columbia April 27, 1937 120 *Insect pest and plant disease control, appropriation.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for the control of outbreaks of insect pests April 27, 1937 120 *Neutrality Act of 1935, amendments.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution providing for the prohibition of the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries; the prohibition of the transportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war by vessels of the United States for the use of belligerent states; for the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing arms, ammunition, or implements of war; and restricting travel by American citizens on belligerent ships during war”, approved August 31, 1935, as amended May 1, 1937 121 *Fort Niagara, N.
Y., reconstruction.* AN ACT To authorize an appropriation for reconstruction at Fort Niagara, New York, to replace loss by fire May 6, 1937 128 *Great Britain, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Great Britain for the account of N. J. Moosa, a British subject May 6, 1937 129 *Netherlands, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of the Netherlands for the account of the family of Miguel Paula May 6, 1937 129 *France, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the French Government for the account of Henry Borday, a citizen of France May 6, 1937 129 *Great Britain, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Great Britain for the account of the Shanghai Electric Construction Company, Limited May 6, 1937 129 *Canada, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Canada for the account of Janet Hardcastle Ross, a citizen of Canada May 6, 1937 130 *Chile, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Chile for the account of Enriqueta Koch v. de Jeanneret, a citizen of Chile May 6, 1937 130 *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of Li Po-tien May 6, 1937 130 *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain Chinese citizens May 6, 1937 130 *Mexico, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for the payment of the claim of General Higinio Alvarez, a Mexican citizen, with respect to lands on the Farmers Banco in the State of Arizona May 6, 1937 131 *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain citizens of China May 6, 1937 131viii *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain Chinese citizens May 6, 1937 132 *Dominican Republic, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of the Dominican Republic for the account of Mercedes Martinez Viuda de Sanchez, a Dominican subject May 6, 1937 132 *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of Ling Mau Mau, a citizen of China May 6, 1937 132 *China, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain Chinese citizens May 6, 1937 133 *Nicaragua, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Nicaragua for the account of Mercedes V. de Williams and others May 6, 1937 133 *Great Britain, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Great Britain for the account of certain British citizens May 6, 1937 134 *Chapman Field, Fla., settlement of claims.* AN ACT To authorize the Attorney General to settle outstanding claims against Chapman Field, Florida, and for other purposes May 6, 1937 135 *Appropriations, emergent, fiscal year 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION To provide emergent appropriations for certain Federal activities for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937 May 14, 1937 135 *Appropriations, Treasury and Post Office Departments, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes May 14, 1937 137 *Deportation of certain aliens.* AN ACT To amend section 23 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874), as amended (U S.
C., title 8, sec 102) May 14, 1937 164 *Deportation of illegally-entered aliens.* AN ACT To authorize the deportation of aliens who secured preference-quota or non-quota visas through fraud by contracting marriage solely to fraudulently expedite admission to the United States, and for other purposes May 14, 1937 164 *Scajaquada Creek, Erie County, N. Y.* AN ACT Declaring Scajaquada Creek, Erie County, New York, to be a non-navigable stream May 14, 1937 165 *Emigration of Filipinos from the United States.* AN ACT To extend the time for applying for and receiving benefits under the Act entitled “An Act to provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States”, approved July 10, 1935 May 14, 1937 165 *Santa Maria River, flood control.* AN ACT To authorize a preliminary examination and survey of Santa Maria River with a view to the control of its floods May 14, 1937 166 *Army ammunition storage facilities.* AN ACT To authorize an appropriation for improvement of ammunition storage facilities at Camp Stanley, Texas, and Savanna Ordnance Depot, Savanna, Illinois May 14, 1937 166 *Civilian personnel stationed abroad, pay allotment.* AN ACT Authorizing allotment of pay by civilian personnel stationed abroad May 14, 1937 166 *Boy Scouts, Army obsolete material.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to dispose of material to the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America May 15, 1937 167 *Los Angeles, etc., Rivers, flood control.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936 May 15, 1937 167 *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 May 15, 1937 167 *Civil Service Commission.* AN ACT To amend the law relating to residence requirements of applicants for examinations before the Civil Service Commission May 15, 1937 168 *Bridge, Merrimack River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the County Commissioners of Essex County, in the State of Massachusetts, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Merrimack River between the city of Haverhill and the town of Groveland, Massachusetts May 15, 1937 168 *Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment, loan of equipment.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use at the 1937 National Encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars to be held in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, from August 29 to September 3, 1937 May 15, 1937 168ix *Counselor, Department of State.* AN ACT To create the office of Counselor of the Department of State May 18, 1937 169 *Lake Pontchartrain, La., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and for other purposes May 18, 1937 169 *Pass-a-Grille Beach, Fla., Coast Guard, station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida May 18, 1937 169 *Appropriations, Legislative Branch, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes May 18, 1937 169 *Golden Gate International Exposition, free entry of exhibits.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the importation of articles free from tariff or customs duty for the purpose of exhibition at the Golden Gate International Exposition to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1939, and for other purposes May 18, 1937 187 *Cooperative farm forestry.* AN ACT To authorize cooperation in the development of farm forestry in the States and Territories, and for other purposes May 18, 1937 188 *Italian lands.* AN ACT Amending section 2 of Public Law Numbered 716 of the Seventy-fourth Congress, being an Act entitled “An Act to relieve restricted Indians whose lands have been taxed or have been lost by failure to pay taxes, and for other purposes” May 19, 1937 188 *Communications Act of 1934, amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property at sea through the use of wire and radio communications, to make more effective the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, and for other purposes May 20, 1937 189 *Trail, B.
C., smelter arbitration, agent.* AN ACT Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code with respect to the agent appointed to represent the United States of America in the arbitration proceedings between the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada for the final settlement of difficulties arising through complaints of damage done in the State of Washington by fumes discharged from the smelter of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Trail, British Columbia May 20, 1937 198 *Pan American Sanitary Conference, Tenth.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Tenth Pan American Sanitary Conference May 20, 1937 198 *Japan, payment.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Japan for proposed deportation of enemy aliens from China during the World War May 21, 1937 199 *Congressional employees, etc., December salaries.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for December on the 20th day of that month each year May 21, 1937 199 *Merchant seamen, graduates of school ships.* AN ACT To provide that graduates of approved school ships may be rated as able seamen upon graduation, and for other purposes May 22, 1937 199 *Fort Snelling, Minn., post cemetery.* AN ACT To amend the Act of June 23, 1936, authorizing the Secretary of War to set apart as a national cemetery certain lands of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation, Minnesota May 24, 1937 200 *United Confederate Veterans’ 1937 Reunion, Marine Band attendance.* AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the United Confederate Veterans’ 1937 Reunion at Jackson, Mississippi, June 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1937 May 24, 1937 200 *Southwestern Reformatory.* AN ACT To authorize the transfer to the Attorney General of a portion of the Fort Reno Quartermaster Depot Military Reservation, Oklahoma, as a permanent site of the United States Southwestern Reformatory May 24, 1937 200 *Park River, Hartford County, Conn.* AN ACT Declaring Park River, Hartford County, Connecticut, to be a nonnavigable waterway May 24, 1937 201 *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 Arrow Rock, Missouri May 24, 1937 201 *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 Saint Charles, Missouri May 24, 1937 201x *Hudson Falls, N.
Y., post office site.* AN ACT For the exchange of land in Hudson Falls, New York, for the purpose of the postoffice site May 24, 1937 202 *National Aviation Day, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Designating May 28, 1937, National Aviation Day May 25, 1937 202 *Soldiers’ discharges, etc.* AN ACT For the relief of soldiers who were discharged from the Army during the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Uprising because of minority or misrepresentation of age May 25, 1937 203 *Fort Myer, Va., portion for highway.* AN ACT Authorizing the conveyance to the State of Virginia, for highway purposes only, of portions of the Fort Myer Military Reservation, Virginia, arid for other purposes May 25, 1937 203 *State of Maine, release of accountability.* AN ACT For the relief of the State of Maine May 25, 1937 204 *Connecticut River Valley reservoir.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936 May 25, 1937 204 *Red-cedar shingles.* AN ACT To authorize the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of red-cedar shingles May 25, 1937 204 *Tybee Island, Ga., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Georgia at or near Tybee Island May 25, 1937 205 *Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Md.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the General Motors Corporation a tract of land comprising part of Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Baltimore, Maryland May 25, 1937 206 *Dallas, Tex., exchange of lands.* AN ACT To provide for the exchange between the United States and The Union Terminal Company of certain properties in connection with the Parcel Post Building site at Dallas, Texas May 25, 1937 206 *Puerto Rico, exchange of lands.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to transfer to the people of Puerto Rico certain real estate pertaining to the post of San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and for other purposes May 26, 1937 207 *Pere Jacques Marquette, tercentenary.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to proclaim the tercentenary of the birth of Pere Jacques Marquette May 27, 1937 207 *Grand Coulee Dam project, Wash.* AN ACT To prevent speculation in lands in the Columbia Basin prospectively irrigable by reason of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land, and for other purposes May 27, 1937 208 *Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash.* AN ACT To reimpose a trust on certain lands allotted on the Yakima Indian Reservation May 27, 1937 210 *D.
C. public schools, teaching, etc, communism.* AN ACT To repeal a proviso relating to teaching or advocating communism in the public schools of the District of Columbia, and appearing in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 May 28, 1937 211 *Hawaii, bond issues.* AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes”, approved August 3, 1935 May 28, 1937 211 *Disaster Loan Corporation, lending authority.* JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the lending authority of the Disaster Loan Corporation to apply to flood disasters in the year 1936 May 28, 1937 211 *Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, copyrights, etc.* JOINT RESOLUTION To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at the Golden Gate International Exposition, to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1939 May 28, 1937 211 *Appropriations, Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1937.* AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1937, and June 30, 1938, and for other purposes May 28, 1937 213 *Social Security Board, old-age assistance.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation to enable the Social Security Board to make payments of grants to States for old-age assistance for the fiscal year 1937 May 28, 1937 238xi *San Francisco Bay, Calif., naval air station.* AN ACT To authorize the establishment of a naval air station on San Francisco Bay, California, and for other purposes May 28, 1937 238 *Kanosh Indian Reservation, Utah.* AN ACT To reserve certain lands in the State of Utah for the Kanosh Band of Paiute Indians May 28, 1937 239 *Shivwitz Indian Reservation, Utah.* AN ACT To reserve certain lands in the State of Utah for the Shivwitz Band of Paiute Indians May 28, 1937 239 *Great Lakes Exposition, 1937, free entry of exhibits.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the importation of articles free from tariff or customs duty for the purpose of exhibition at Great Lakes Exposition to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, beginning in May 1937, and for other purposes May 28, 1937 240 *Koosharem Indian Reservation, Utah.* AN ACT To reserve certain lands in the State of Utah for the Koosharem Band of Paiute Indians May 28, 1937 241 *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 May 29, 1937 241 *World War Veterans’ Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend existing law to provide privilege of renewing expiring five-year level-premium term policies for another five-year period June 1, 1937 241 *Bridge, Ohio River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River between Rockport, Indiana, and Owensboro, Kentucky June 2, 1937 243 *Hot Springs National Park, Ark., jurisdiction.* AN ACT To accept the cession by the State of Arkansas of jurisdiction over all lands now or hereafter included within the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, and for other purposes June 2, 1937 243 *Benton Harbor Canal, Mich.* AN ACT To declare the Benton Harbor Canal at and above the west line of Ninth Street, Benton Harbor, Michigan, a nonnavigable stream June 2, 1937 243 *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 a point between Morgan and Wash Streets in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto in the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois June 2, 1937 244 *Bridge, Pearl River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Mississippi to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Pearl River at or near Jackson, in Hinds County, Mississippi June 2, 1937 244 *Bridges, Lake Michigan.* AN ACT To extend the time for completing the construction of two bridges, one across a part of Lake Michigan at or near the entrance to the Chicago River, Illinois, and the other across the Michigan Canal or Ogden Slip, in city of Chicago, Illinois June 2, 1937 244 *Bridges, Allegheny County, Pa.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of certain bridges across the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Youghiogheny Rivers in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania June 2, 1937 245 *Government-owned establishments, obligation of funds for work at.* AN ACT Authorizing the obligation of funds for work at Government-owned establishments June 2, 1937 245 *Amoy, China, sale of lot.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of State to sell, for a price, transfer, and convey the title, rights, and interest of this Government in a lot situated at Sin’ Lu T’ou Jetty, Kulangsu, Amoy, China June 3, 1937 246 *Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.* AN ACT To reenact and amend provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, relating to marketing agreements and orders June 3, 1937 246 *International Dairy Congress, Eleventh.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eleventh International Dairy Congress, Berlin, Germany, in 1937 June 3, 1937 249 *Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, Marine Band attendance.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for expenses of the Marine Band in attending the United Confederate Veterans’ Reunion at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1937 June 8, 1937 250 *Bridge, Mobile Bay.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge and causeway across the water between the mainland, at or near Cedar Point, and Dauphin Island, Alabama June 9, 1937 250xii *Bridge, Potomac River.* AN ACT Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and the State Highway Department of the State of Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River at or near a point in the vicinity of Point of Rocks in Frederick County and a point near the south end of Loudoun County to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood in 1936 June 9, 1937 250 *Bridge, Columbia River.* AN ACT Authorizing the county of Wahkiakum, a legal political subdivision of the State of Washington, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Columbia River between Puget Island and the mainland, Cathlamet, State of Washington June 9, 1937 251 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Stites, Illinois June 9, 1937 251 *Coast Guard, retired officers.* AN ACT To adjust the rank of certain Coast Guard officers on the retired list June 9, 1937 252 *American Legion Museum, Newport News, Va.* AN ACT To authorize the Works Progress Administration to lend or give World War relics and other property at Fort Eustis, Virginia, to the American Legion Museum at Newport News, Virginia June 10, 1937 252 *Joint Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoidance.* JOINT RESOLUTION To create a Joint Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoidance June 11, 1937 253 *New York World’s Fair, 1939, copyrights.* JOINT RESOLUTION To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at the New York World’s Fair, to be held at New York City, New York, in 1939 June 11, 1937 254 *San Francisco, Calif., cemetery.* AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of land for cemeterial purposes in the vicinity of San Francisco, California June 11, 1937 256 *Interstate, etc., shipment of petroleum products.* AN ACT To continue in effect until June 30, 1939, the Act entitled “An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes”, approved February 22, 1935 June 14, 1937 257 *National Education Association of the United States, charter amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the National Education Association of the United States”, approved June 30, 1906, as amended June 14, 1937 257 *Alaska, municipal bonds.* AN ACT To amend Public Law Numbered 626, Seventy-fourth Congress June 14, 1937 258 *Illinois Waterway, improvement, etc.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing a modification in the existing project for the improvement of the Illinois Waterway, Illinois, and the abandonment of a portion of the Calumet River June 14, 1937 258 *U.
S. S. Tulip, memorial.* AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for the creation of a memorial to the officers and men of the United States Navy who lost their lives as the result of a boiler explosion that totally destroyed the United States ship Tulip near Saint Inigoes Bay, Maryland, on November 11, 1864, and for other purposes June 15, 1937 259 *Department of Labor, statistical studies.* AN ACT To authorize the Department of Labor to continue to make special statistical studies upon payment of the cost thereof, and for other purposes June 15, 1937 259 *Maine coast, Coast Guard stations, establishment.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of Coast Guard stations along the Maine coast June 15, 1937 259 *Washington eastern judicial district.* AN ACT To amend section 112 of the Judicial Code, to provide for the inclusion of Whitman County, Washington, in the northern division of the eastern district of Washington June 15, 1937 260 *San Francisco Bay, Coast Guard air station.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Coast Guard air station at the San Francisco Airport; to provide for quick rescue facilities on the San Francisco Bay; to strengthen the Immigration and Customs Service patrol; and for other purposes June 15, 1937 260 *Albert Gallatin statue, Washington, D.
C.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the selection of a site and the erection of a pedestal for the Albert Gallatin statue in Washington, District of Columbia June 15, 1937 260xiii *Appropriations, State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor Departments, etc., fiscal year 1938.* 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, 1938, and for other purposes June 16, 1937 261 *Homestead, etc., entrymen.* AN ACT To further extend the period of time during which final proof may be offered by homestead and desert-land entrymen June 16, 1937 303 *Customs, night, etc., clearances.* AN ACT To expedite the dispatch of vessels from certain ports of call June 16, 1937 303 *Military Academy, admission of Olmedo Alfaro.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Olmedo Alfaro, a citizen of Ecuador June 18, 1937 303 *Death penalty, infliction.* AN ACT To provide for the manner of inflicting the punishment of death June 19, 1937 304 *Inland Waterways Corporation.* AN ACT To amend the Inland Waterways Corporation Act, approved June 3, 1924, as amended; authorizing the Secretary of War to extend the services and operations of the Inland Waterways Corporation to the Savannah River June 19, 1937 304 *Federal Register Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend the Federal Register Act June 19, 1937 304 *Pensions, Reserve officers, etc.* AN ACT To amend the provisions of the pension laws for peace-time service to include Reserve officers and members of the Enlisted Reserves June 23, 1937 305 *Battle of Antietam, commemorative coinage.* AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam June 24, 1937 306 *Public lands, mining claims assessments.* AN ACT Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States June 24, 1937 306 *Railroad Retirement Act of 1937.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 29, 1935 June 24, 1937 307 *Civilian Conservation Corps.* AN ACT To establish a Civilian Conservation Corps, and for other purposes June 28, 1937 319 *Norfolk, Va., commemorative coinage.* AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the original Norfolk (Virginia) land grant and the two-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, as a borough June 28, 1937 322 *Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation.* AN ACT To extend the time for purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities for relief purposes and to continue the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation June 28, 1937 323 *Territorial papers of the United States.* AN ACT To further amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the collection and editing of official papers of the Territories of the United States now in the national archives”, approved March 3, 1925, as amended June 28, 1937 323 *World War memorials in Europe, dedication.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation to defray expenses incident to the dedication of chapels and other World War memorials erected in Europe, and for other purposes:
June 28, 1937 324 *Menominee, Mich., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Menominee, Michigan June 28, 1937 325 *Manistique, Mich., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Manistique, Michigan June 28, 1937 325 *Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937.* AN ACT For the protection of the northern Pacific halibut fishery June 28, 1937 325 *Northwest Territory Celebration Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the publication and sale by the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission of certain historical and educational material June 28, 1937 328 *Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, amendment.* AN ACT To extend the period during which the purposes specified in section 7
(a)of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act may be carried out by payments by the Secretary of Agriculture to producers June 28, 1937 329xiv *Appropriations, Independent Offices, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes June 28, 1937 329 *Appropriations, Emergency Relief, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for relief purposes June 29, 1937 352 *Internal revenue and postage rates.* JOINT RESOLUTION To provide revenue, and for other purposes June 29, 1937 358 *Appropriations, District of Columbia, fiscal year 1938.* 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, 1938, and for other purposes June 29, 1937 359 *Appropriations, Department of Agriculture, etc., fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes June 29, 1937 395 *Carriers Taxing Act of 1937.* AN ACT To levy an excise tax upon carriers and certain other employers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes June 29, 1937 435 *Sioux Indians of Pine Ridge Reservation, S. Dak.* AN ACT To authorize an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act of May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 484), and for other purposes June 29, 1937 441 *International Congress of Architects.* JOINT RESOLUTION To provide that the United States extend to foreign governments invitations to participate in the International Congress of Architects to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1939, and to authorize an appropriation to assist in meeting the expenses of the session June 29, 1937 441 *Appropriations, Military Establishment, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes July 1, 1937 442 *Extension of Appropriations Act, 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the first half of the month of July 1937, for certain operations of the Federal Government which remain unprovided for on July 1, 1937, through the failure of enactment of the supply bills customarily providing for such operations July 1, 1937 468 *Appropriations, Civilian Conservation Corps, etc., fiscal year 1938.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Railroad Retirement Account, and other activities, and for other purposes July 1, 1937 469 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To amend the Act relating to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, approved June 10, 1930, and for other purposes July 2, 1937 471 *U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia.* AN ACT To provide for the representation of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the annual conference of senior circuit judges July 5, 1937 473 *Iowa judicial districts.* AN ACT To transfer Crawford County, Iowa, from the southern judicial district of Iowa to the Northern judicial district of Iowa July 5, 1937 474 *Bridge, Puget Sound.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Puget Sound at or near a point commonly known as The Narrows in the State of Washington July 5, 1937 474 *Livingston, Mont., terms of court.* AN ACT To provide for a term of court at Livingston, Montana July 5, 1937 474 *Bridge, Wabash River.* AN ACT To extend times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at or near Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana July 5, 1937 475 *Seeinq-eye, etc., dogs.* AN ACT To amend the Interstate Commerce Act July 5, 1937 475 *Bridge, Potomac River.* AN ACT Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and the State Road Commission of the State of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River in Washington County, Maryland, at or near a point opposite Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and a point at or near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood July 5, 1937 475xv *Bridge, Potomac River.* AN ACT Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland and the State Road Commission of the State of West Virginia to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Potomac River at or near a point in the vicinity of Hancock, in Washington County, Maryland, and a point near the north end of Morgan County, West Virginia, to take the place of a bridge destroyed by flood July 5, 1937 476 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri Riverator near Niobrara, Nebraska July 5, 1937 477 *Bridge, Snake River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Snake River between Clarkston, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho July 5, 1937 477 *Passenger vessels, sprinkler systems.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended” July 5, 1937 477 *Naval, etc., Academies, bachelor of science degree.* AN ACT To amend the Act of May 25, 1933 (48 Stat. 73) July 8, 1937 477 *Old Fort Niagara Association, lease of land.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lease to Old Fort Niagara Association, Incorporated, portions of the Fort Niagara Military Reservation, New York July 8, 1937 478 *Panama Canal, employees.* AN ACT Authorizing cash relief for certain employees of the Panama Canal not coming within the provisions of the Canal Zone Retirement Act July 8, 1937 478 *Government Losses in Shipment Act.* AN ACT To dispense with the necessity for insurance by the Government against loss or damage to valuables in shipment, and for other purposes July 8, 1937 479 *Girl Guides, etc., Silver Jubilee Camp, 1937.* AN ACT To permit the temporary entry into the United States under certain conditions of alien participants and officials of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Silver Jubilee Camp to be held in the United States in 1937 July 8, 1937 484 *Montana, mineral patents.* AN ACT Validating and confirming certain mineral patents issued for lands situated in township 5 south, range 15 east, Montana principal meridian, in the State of Montana July 8, 1937 485 *Yosemite National Park, Calif., addition.* AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of certain lands for, and the addition thereof to, the Yosemite National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes July 9, 1937 485 *Canal Zone, air navigation rules, etc.* AN ACT To amend the Canal Zone Code July 9, 1937 486 *Federal Credit Union Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend Public Act Numbered 467, Seventy-third Congress, entitled “Federal Credit Union Act” July 9, 1937 487 *Bottling in Bond Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend the stamp provisions of the Bottling in Bond Act July 9, 1937 487 *Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the world’s fair to be held by the San Francisco Bay Exposition, Incorporated, in the city of San Francisco during the year 1939, and for other purposes July 9, 1937 488 *New York World’s Fair 1939.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing Federal participation in the New York World’s Fair 1939 July 9, 1937 493 *Alaska, code of criminal procedure, amendments.* AN ACT To amend section 460, chapter 44, title II, of the Act entitled “An Act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said District”, approved March 3, 1899, as amended July 10, 1937 497 *Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 July 10, 1937 497 *Hawaii, sewer bonds.* AN ACT To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the city and county of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, to issue sewer bonds July 10, 1937 507 *Hawaii, slum clearance, etc.* AN ACT To authorize the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to create a public corporate authority authorized to engage in slum clearance and housing undertakings and to issue bonds of the authority, to authorize said legislature to provide for financial assistance to said authority by the Territory and its political subdivisions, and for other purposes July 10, 1937 508xvi *Hawaii, bond issue.* AN ACT To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes July 10, 1937 508 *Hawaii, bond issue.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes”, approved August 3, 1935 July 10, 1937 509 *Canal Zone Code, amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Canal Zone Code July 10, 1937 509 *Panama Railroad Company, disposal of lands.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the disposal of certain lands held by the Panama Railroad Company on Manzanillo Island, Republic of Panama July 10, 1937 511 *Civil Service Retirement Act, amendments.* AN ACT To extend the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to certain employees in the legislative and judicial branches of the Government July 13, 1937 512 *Extension of Appropriations Act, 1938, amendment.* AN ACT Making appropriations for certain necessary operations of the Federal Government for the last half of the month of July 1937 July 16, 1937 514 *In-seat pest control.* JOINT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for the control of outbreaks of insect pests July 17, 1937 514 *Appropriations, War Department civil functions, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes July 19, 1937 515 *Federal land-bank loans.* AN ACT To extend for one additional year the 3½-per-centum interest rate on certain Federal land-bank loans, to provide a 4-per-centum interest rate on such loans for the period July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939, and to provide for a 4-per-centum interest rate on Land Bank Commissioner’s loans for a period of two years July 22, 1937 521 *Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.* AN ACT To create the Farmers’ Home Corporation, to promote more secure occupancy of farms and farm homes, to correct the economic instability resulting from some present forms of farm tenancy, and for other purposes July 22, 1937 522 *Mississippi River, locks and dams.* AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and enter judgment upon the claims of contractors for excess costs incurred while constructing navigation dams and locks on the Mississippi River and its tributaries July 23, 1937 533 *Civil service, marital status.* AN ACT To amend the Civil Service Act approved January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and for other purposes July 26, 1937 533 *Military Academy cadets, selections by Governor of Panama Canal.* AN ACT To amend the Act approved June 7, 1935 (Public, Numbered 116, Seventy-fourth Congress; 49 Stat. 332), to provide for an additional number of cadets at the United States Military Academy, and for other purposes July 26, 1937 534 *Rogue River National Forest, Oreg., addition.* AN ACT To add certain lands to the Rogue River National Forest in the State of Oregon July 27, 1937 534 *War Department, samples of supplies, etc., to prospective manufacturers.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to sell, loan, or give samples of supplies and equipment to prospective manufacturers July 27, 1937 535 *Bridge, Piscataqua River.* AN ACT Authorizing The Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Piscataqua River at or near Portsmouth, State of New Hampshire July 28, 1937 535 *Papago Indian Reservation, Ariz.* AN ACT To extend the boundaries of the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona July 28, 1937 536 *Marine Corps, officer assignments, etc.* AN ACT To authorize the assignment of officers of the line of the Marine Corps to assistant quartermaster and assistant paymaster duty only, and for other purposes July 28, 1937 537 *Chickasaw Indians, Okla., sale of dormitory properties.* AN ACT Providing for the sale of the two dormitory properties belonging to the Chickasaw Nation or Tribe of Indians, in the vicinity of the Murray State School of Agriculture at Tishomingo, Oklahoma July 28, 1937 537 *Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Maine and New Hampshire for the creation of The Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority July 28, 1937 538xvii *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the State of Montana, or the counties of Roosevelt, Richland, and McCone, singly or jointly, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Missouri River, at or near Poplar, Montana July 28, 1937 542 *Bridge, Wabash River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Carroll, in the State of Indiana, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Wabash River at or near Lockport, Indiana July 28, 1937 542 *Bridge, Merrimack River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, and the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, or any two of them, or any one of them, to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Merrimack River at Lowell July 28, 1937 543 *Grand Army Encampment, Marine Band attendance.* AN ACT To authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Madison, Wisconsin, September 5 to 10, inclusive, 1937 July 28, 1937 543 *Steam vessel regulation.* AN ACT To amend section 4450 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. 1380, 1383; U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec 239) July 29, 1937 544 *Navy, auxiliary vessel construction.* AN ACT To authorize the construction of certain auxiliary vessels for the Navy July 30, 1937 544 *Twin River Point Lighthouse Reservation, Wis.* AN ACT To authorize the conveyance by the United States to the State of Wisconsin of a portion of the Twin River Point Lighthouse Reservation, and for other purposes July 30, 1937 545 *Columbia, Tenn., court accommodations.* AN ACT To amend section 107, as amended, of the Judicial Code so as to eliminate the requirement that suitable accommodations for holding court at Columbia, Tennessee, be provided by the local authorities July 30, 1937 546 *Cayuga, etc., Creeks, N. Y., flood control.* AN ACT To authorize a preliminary examination and survey of Cayuga, Buffalo, and Cazenovia Creeks, New York, with a view to the control of their floods July 30, 1937 546 *Beaver Bay, Minn., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Beaver Bay, Minnesota July 30, 1937 546 *Saint Augustine, Fla., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station at or near Saint Augustine, Florida July 30, 1937 546 *Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, easement.* AN ACT To provide for the relinquishment of an easement granted to the United States by the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company July 30, 1937 547 *Louisville, Ky., post office, etc.* AN ACT To repeal the limitation on the sale price on the old post office and courthouse site and building at Fourth and Chestnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky July 30, 1937 547 *Coast Guard, enlistments.* AN ACT To amend the laws relating to enlistments in the Coast Guard, and for other purposes July 30, 1937 547 *Palisades Interstate Park, N. Y., property conveyance.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, a body politic of the State of New York, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, Rockland County, New York, including certain appurtenant structures, and for other purposes July 30, 1937 549 *Coast Guard, pay adjustments.* AN ACT To adjust the pay of certain Coast Guard officers on the retired list who were retired because of physical disability originating in line of duty in time of war July 30, 1937 550 *World’s Poultry Congress, etc., Seventh.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing Federal participation in the Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition to be held in the United States in 1939 July 30, 1937 550 *Yellowstone River, division of waters.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Montana and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Yellowstone River August 2, 1937 551 *Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.* AN ACT To impose an occupational excise tax upon certain dealers in marihuana, to impose a transfer tax upon certain dealings in marihuana, and to safeguard the revenue therefrom by registry and recording August 2, 1937 551 *Shenandoah Memorial, Ava, Ohio.* AN ACT To permit the erection of the Shenandoah Memorial in or near Ava, Ohio August 2, 1937 557xviii *Alaska fisheries, oyster culture.* AN ACT For the protection of oyster culture in Alaska August 2, 1937 557 *Arch Hurley Conservancy District, N. Mex.* AN ACT To authorize the construction of a Federal reclamation project to furnish a water supply for the lands of the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in New Mexico August 2, 1937 557 *Canal Zone, etc., citizenship.* AN ACT Relating to the citizenship of certain classes of persons born in the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama August 4, 1937 558 *Marine Corps League, incorporation.* AN ACT To incorporate the Marine Corps League August 4, 1937 558 *National Cancer Institute Act.* AN ACT To provide for, foster, and aid in coordinating research relating to cancer; to establish the National Cancer Institute; and for other purposes August 5, 1937 559 *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 Natchez, Mississippi August 5, 1937 562 *Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, amendment.* AN ACT To amend provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 August 5, 1937 563 *Bridge, Columbia River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon August 5, 1937 563 *Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.* AN ACT To amend section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act providing for sundry matters affecting the naval service, and for other purposes” August 6, 1937 563 *Appropriations, Interior Department, fiscal year 1938.* AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes August 9, 1937 564 *War Department, sale of certain cemetery properties.* AN ACT To authorize the sale of surplus War Department real property August 10, 1937 616 *Interstate oil and gas conservation.* JOINT RESOLUTION Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas August 10, 1937 617 *Canal Zone, retirement annuities.* AN ACT To provide retirement annuities for certain former employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama August 10, 1937 619 *Military reservations, exchange of lands.* AN ACT To authorize exchange of lands at military reservations, and for other purposes August 10, 1937 620 *Subsistence homesteads corporations.* AN ACT Authorizing credits to disbursing officers for expenses incident to the creation of subsistence homesteads corporations August 11, 1937 620 *Healing Arts Practice Act, D. C., 1928, amendment.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia”, known as the “Healing Arts Practice Act, District of Columbia, 1928”, approved February 27, 1929 August 11, 1937 620 *Marine schools.* AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act for the establishment of marine schools, and for other purposes”, approved March 4, 1911 August 11, 1937 621 *Philippine Islands, administration of oaths.* AN ACT To authorize the administration of oaths by the Chief Clerk and the Assistant Chief Clerk of the Office of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes August 11, 1937 621 *Columbia National Forest, Wash., addition.* AN ACT To add certain lands to the Columbia National Forest in the State of Washington August 12, 1937 622 *Bankruptcy Act of 1898, amendment.* AN ACT To amend section 77B of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, as amended August 12, 1937 622 *Girl Scouts, Inc., badge, patent renewal.* AN ACT Granting a renewal of patent numbered 60731 relating to the badge of the Girl Scouts, Incorporated August 12, 1937 623 *Malone, N. Y., term of district court.* AN ACT Providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York at Malone, New York August 12, 1937 623 *American Island, S. Dak., tourist cabins.* AN ACT To authorize the city of Chamberlain, South Dakota, to construct, equip, and maintain tourist cabins on American Island, South Dakota, to operate and maintain a tourist camp and certain amusement and recreational facilities on such island, to make charges in connection therewith, and for other purposes August 12, 1937 623xix *Government disbursing officers, etc., credits.* AN ACT To authorize and direct the Comptroller General of the United States to allow credit for all outstanding disallowances and suspensions in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents of the Government for payments made pursuant to certain adjustments and increases in compensation of Government officers and employees August 12, 1937 624 *Benton, III., term of court.* AN ACT To provide for a term of court at Benton, Illinois August 12, 1937 624 *Shawnee, Okla., court accommodations.* AN ACT Relating to the accommodations for holding court at Shawnee, Oklahoma August 12, 1937 625 *District of Columbia, age of consent for marriage, etc.* AN ACT To increase the age of consent for marriage in the District of Columbia to eighteen years of age in the case of males and sixteen years of age in the case of females August 12, 1937 626 *District of Columbia, protection of potato buyers.* AN ACT To protect the buyers of potatoes in the District of Columbia August 12, 1937 626 *Narcotic laws, violations.* AN ACT To increase the punishment of second, third, and subsequent offenders against the narcotic laws August 12, 1937 627 *District of Columbia, offenses against property.* AN ACT To amend subchapter 2 of chapter 19 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, relating to offenses against property August 12, 1937 628 *Dike, Missouri River.* AN ACT To legalize a dike in the Missouri River six and nine-tenths miles downstream from the South Dakota State highway bridge at Pierre, South Dakota August 12, 1937 629 *Bridge, Missouri River.* AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the county court of Saline County, Missouri, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri August 12, 1937 630 *Bridge, Lake Sabine.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge over Lake Sabine at or near Port Arthur, Texas August 12, 1937 630 *National safety and accident prevention.* AN ACT To advance a program of national safety and accident prevention August 12, 1937 631 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana August 12, 1937 631 *Bridge, Saint Lawrence River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near Ogdensburg, New York August 12, 1937 631 *Hawaii, lighthouse sites, etc.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer the two unused lighthouse sites in Kahului Townsite, Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaiian exchange for two plots of land located in the same townsite and now occupied for lighthouse purposes under permission from the respective owners, the Kahului Railroad Company and the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, Limited August 12, 1937 632 *Burr Creek, Conn.* AN ACT To declare Burr Creek, from Fairfield Avenue southward to Yacht Street in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a nonnavigable stream August 12, 1937 632 *Bridge, Cambridge Creek, Md.* AN ACT Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Cambridge Creek, in or near Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, to replace a bridge already in existence August 12, 1937 633 *Interstate minimum wage, etc., compact.* JOINT RESOLUTION Granting the consent of Congress to the minimum-wage compact ratified by the Legislatures of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island August 12, 1937 633 *Utah, exchange of land.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the State of Utah title to a certain State-owned section of land and to patent other land to the State in lieu thereof, and for other purposes August 14, 1937 637 *Cabinet Gorge, power project.* AN ACT To provide for studies and plans for the development of a hydroelectric power project at Cabinet Gorge, on the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, for irrigation pumping or other uses, and for other purposes August 14, 1937 638 *Customs, entry of vessels.* AN ACT To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt vessels arriving for the purpose of taking on ship’s stores and certain sea stores from the requirement of formal entry August 14, 1937 638 *Kentucky, transfer of land.* AN ACT To authorize the transfer of a certain piece of land in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky August 14, 1937 638xx *Alaska fisheries.* AN ACT Making further provision for the fisheries of Alaska August 14, 1937 639 *Fort Myers, Fla., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station in the vicinity of Fort Myers, Florida August 14, 1937 639 *Oaths of office, executive departments, etc.* AN ACT To dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments August 14, 1937 640 *Dauphin Island, Ala., Coast Guard station.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Alabama at or near Dauphin Island, Alabama August 14, 1937 640 *Federal-aid highways, toll bridges.* AN ACT To aid the several States in making, or for having made, certain toll bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways free bridges, and for other purposes August 14, 1937 640 *U. S. employees in foreign countries.* AN ACT To amend the Act approved March 26, 1934 August 14, 1937 641 *Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, amendment.* AN ACT To amend the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, to provide for the escheat to the United States of certain amounts August 14, 1937 641 *Bridge, Ohio River.* AN ACT Creating the Owensboro Bridge Commission; defining the authority, power, and duties of said Commission; and authorizing said Commission and its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Owensboro, Kentucky August 14, 1937 641 *U. S. Courts, jurors’ fees.* AN ACT To restore the per diem fee of $4 for service of jurors in Federal courts August 14, 1937 647 *Minor coin metal fund.* AN ACT To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes relating to the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States August 14, 1937 647 *Railway Mail Service, stenographic grade.* AN ACT To provide for a stenographic grade in the office of chief clerks and superintendents in the Railway Mail Service August 14, 1937 647 *James Reuel Smith, bequests.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the acceptance on behalf of the United States of certain bequests of James Reuel Smith, late of the city of Yonkers, State of New York August 14, 1937 647 *Columbia River, navigation facilities.* AN ACT To authorize improvement of navigation facilities on the Columbia River, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 648 *Farm Island, S. Dak., recreational, etc., facilities.* AN ACT To authorize the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to construct, equip, maintain, and operate on Farm Island, South Dakota, certain amusement and recreational facilities; to charge for the use thereof; and for other purposes August 16, 1937 648 *Bayou Savage, New Orleans, La.* AN ACT Declaring Bayou Savage, also styled Bayou Chantilly, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, a nonnavigable stream August 16, 1937 649 *Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, claims.* AN ACT To authorize the Five Civilized Tribes, in suits heretofore filed under their original Jurisdictional Acts, to present claims to the United States Court of Claims by amended petitions to conform to the evidence; and to authorize said court to adjudicate such claims upon their merits as though filed within the time limitation fixed in said original Jurisdictional Acts August 16, 1937 650 *Postal service, substitutes in motor-vehicle service.* AN ACT To provide time credits for substitutes in the motor-vehicle service August 16, 1937 650 *Postal service, watchmen and messengers.* AN ACT To extend the provisions of the forty-hour law for postal employees to watchmen and messengers in the Postal Service August 16, 1937 651 *Tuscumbia, Ala.* AN ACT To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Tuscumbia, Alabama August 16, 1937 651 *Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation, S. C.* AN ACT To provide for the conveyance by the United States to the county of Beaufort, South Carolina, of the Hunting Island Lighthouse Reservation August 16, 1937 651 *Sitka Cold Storage Company.* AN ACT Authorizing the Territory of Alaska to transfer a certain tract of land to Sitka Cold Storage Company, a corporation August 16, 1937 652 *Bankruptcy Act of 1898, amendments.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto August 16, 1937 653xxi *Gaithersburg, Md., acceptance of land.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to accept title to a certain parcel of land at Gaithersburg, Maryland August 16, 1937 659 *World War veterans, service-connected benefits.* AN ACT To liberalize the provisions of existing laws governing service-connected benefits for World War veterans and their dependents, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 660 *District of Columbia, vending machines, etc.* AN ACT To prohibit in the District of Columbia the operation of any automatic merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal receptacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America, or a token provided by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service by means of slugs, spurious coins, tricks, or devices not authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents thereof; and to prohibit in the District of Columbia the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, advertising for sale, distribution, or possession for such use of any token, slug, false or counterfeited coin, or any device or substance whatsoever except tokens authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle; and providing a penalty for violation thereof August 16, 1937 662 *District of Columbia, public works.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works in or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 663 *Alaska unicameral legislature.* AN ACT To provide for a referendum in the Territory of Alaska as to the establishment of a one-house legislature, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 664 *Labor standards for apprentices.* AN ACT To enable the Department of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices and to cooperate with the States in the promotion of such standards August 16, 1937 664 *State of Washington, lands for highways.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to grant and convey to the State of Washington fee title to certain lands of the United States in Jefferson County, Washington, for highway purposes August 16, 1937 665 *Lighthouse Service, marking wrecks, etc.* AN ACT To provide more effectively for the marking of wrecked and sunken craft for the protection of navigation, to improve the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 666 *Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President of the United States of America to proclaim the 13th day of April of each year Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday August 16, 1937 668 *New York World’s Fair 1939, free entry of exhibits.* JOINT RESOLUTION To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the New York World’s Fair 1939, New York City, New York, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes August 16, 1937 668 *Cape Hatteras National Seashore, N. C.* AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes August 17, 1937 669 *North Carolina judicial districts.* AN ACT To provide for the transfer of Scotland County to the middle judicial district of North Carolina August 17, 1937 671 *Puerto Rico, land for roadway.* AN ACT Authorizing and directing the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the Government of Puerto Rico a portion of land within the Catano Range Rear Lighthouse Reservation, Puerto Rico, and for other purposes August 17, 1937 672 *District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937.* AN ACT To provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes August 17, 1937 673 *Guanica Lighthouse Reservation, P. R.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to exchange with the people of Puerto Rico the Guanica Lighthouse Reservation for two adjacent plots of insular forest land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, department of agriculture and commerce, and for other purposes August 17, 1937 694 *Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bicentenary Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the employment of personnel and expenditures made by the Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bicentenary Commission August 17, 1937 694xxii *U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize an additional appropriation to further the work of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission August 19, 1937 694 *General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION To establish the General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission to formulate plans for the construction of a permanent memorial to the memory of General Anthony Wayne August 19, 1937 695 *Fort Schuyler Military Reservation, N. Y., lease.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lease the Fort Schuyler Military Reservation, New York August 19, 1937 696 *Army, reenlistment of aliens.* AN ACT For the protection of certain enlisted men of the Army August 19, 1937 696 *Bridges, Caddo Parish, La.* AN ACT To authorize the construction of bridges in Caddo Parish, Louisiana August 19, 1937 697 *D. C., Southeastern University, etc.* AN ACT For the relief of the Southeastern University of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the District of Columbia August 19, 1937 697 *Great Smoky Mountains National Park, N. C., exchange of lands.* AN ACT To authorize the exchange of certain lands within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for lands within the Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina, and for other purposes August 19, 1937 699 *Shoshone Indian Reservation, Wyo., irrigation.* AN ACT To authorize the acquisition by the United States of certain tribally owned lands of the Indians of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming, for the Wind River irrigation project August 19, 1937 700 *Shenandoah National Park, Va., police jurisdiction.* AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Interior to notify the State of Virginia that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Shenandoah National Park, and for other purposes August 19, 1937 700 *Farm Credit Act of 1937.* AN ACT To amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, to amend the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1933, to amend the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act, and for other purposes August 19, 1937 703 *Reclamation projects, surveys.* AN ACT To provide for studies and plans for the development of reclamation projects on the Cimarron River in Cimarron County, Oklahoma; the Washita River in Oklahoma, and the North Canadian River in Oklahoma August 19, 1937 718 *Palisades Interstate Park Commission.* JOINT RESOLUTION Granting the consent of Congress to a compact between the States of New York and New Jersey providing for the creation of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission as a joint corporate municipal instrumentality of said States with appropriate rights, powers, duties, and immunities, for the transfer to said commission of certain functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers, and duties together with the properties of the bodies politic now existing in each State known as “Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park”, and for the continuance of the Palisades Interstate Park August 19, 1937 719 *Articles of War, courts martial.* AN ACT To amend Articles of War 50½ and 70 August 20, 1937 724 *National Guard, payments.* AN ACT For the relief of sergeant-instructors, National Guard, and for other purposes August 20, 1937 724 *Alaska, air mail.* AN ACT To provide a surcharge on certain air mail carried in Alaska August 20, 1937 725 *Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Act known as the “Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930”, approved June 10, 1930, as amended August 20, 1937 725 *Bonneville dam project.* AN ACT To authorize the completion., maintenance, and operation of Bonneville project for navigation, and for other purposes August 20, 1937 731 *State liquor-dispensing systems.* AN ACT To exempt State liquor-dispensing systems from the requirement of keeping certain records and rendering transcripts and summaries of entries with respect to distilled spirits August 20, 1937 737 *Reclamation projects, financial conditions, etc.* AN ACT To create a commission and to extend further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects and on Indian irrigation projects August 21, 1937 737xxiii *U. S. district courts, State tax assessments, jurisdiction.* AN ACT To amend section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended, with respect to the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States over suits relating to the collection of State taxes August 21, 1937 738 *Snoqualmie National Forest, Wash.* AN ACT To authorize the revision of the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest, in the State of Washington August 21, 1937 739 *Georgia southern judicial district.* AN ACT To amend section 77 of the Judicial Code, as amended, to create a Brunswick division in the southern district of Georgia, with terms of court to be held at Brunswick August 21, 1937 739 *Oil World Exposition, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the Oil World Exposition at Houston, Texas, to be held October 11 to 16, 1937, inclusive August 21, 1937 740 *West Point, N. Y., public buildings.* AN ACT To authorize the transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury of portions of the property within the West Point Military Reservation, New York, for the construction thereon of certain public buildings, and for other purposes August 21, 1937 741 *Everglades National Park, Fla.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of the Everglades National Park in the State of Florida, and for other purposes”, approved May 30, 1934 August 21, 1937 742 *International Petroleum Exposition, Tulsa, Okla.* AN ACT Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be held May 14 to May 21, 1938 August 21, 1937 742 *Naturalization, resident alien World War veterans.* AN ACT To extend further time for naturalization to alien veterans of the World War under the Act approved May 25, 1932 (47 Stat. 165), to extend the same privileges to certain veterans of countries allied with the United States during the World War, and for other purposes August 23, 1937 743 *American Printing House for the Blind.* AN ACT To amend the Act, approved August 4, 1919, as amended, providing additional aid for the American Printing House for the Blind August 23, 1937 744 *West Virginia judicial districts, terms, etc.* AN ACT To amend an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the northern and southern districts of West Virginia”, approved June 22, 1936, by changing the times provided therein for holding the United States district court at various places now fixed by law in the State of West Virginia August 23, 1937 744 *Bridge, Mississippi River.* AN ACT Authorizing State Highway Commission of Arkansas and State Highway Commission of Mississippi to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas, and to a place at or near Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi August 23, 1937 745 *Bridge, Delaware River.* AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a, bridge across the Delaware River between the village of Barryville, New York, and the village of Shohola, Pennsylvania August 23, 1937 746 *Montana, lands for public purposes.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the State of Montana to be used for the purposes of a public park and recreational site August 24, 1937 746 *New Mexico, conveyance of lands.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain lands to the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes August 24, 1937 747 *New Mexico, land patent.* AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to patent certain tracts of land to the State of New Mexico and Cordy Bramblet August 24, 1937 747 *Public lands, patents to States.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to States under the provisions of section 8 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), subject to prior leases issued under section 15 of the said Act August 24, 1937 748 *Trading with the Enemy Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend subsection
(e)of section 9 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended August 24, 1937 748xxiv *U. S. Courts, grand jury extensions.* AN ACT To permit grand-jury extensions to be ordered by any district judge August 24, 1937 748 *Bank robbery.* AN ACT To amend the bank-robbery statute to include burglary and larceny August 24, 1937 749 *Inter-American Radio Conference, 1937.* JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Inter-American Radio Conference to be held in 1937 at Habana, Cuba August 24, 1937 749 *International Road Congress, Eighth.* JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eighth International Road Congress in 1938 August 24, 1937 750 *Panama Canal, measurement of vessels.* AN ACT To provide for the measurement of vessels using the Panama Canal, and for other purposes August 24, 1937 750 *District of Columbia, promotion of highway safety.* AN ACT To amend the Act of May 3, 1935, relating to the promotion of safety on the highways of the District of Columbia August 24, 1937 751 *Acts of Congress, constitutionality, etc.* AN ACT To provide for intervention by the United States, direct appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States, and regulation of the issuance of injunctions, in certain cases involving the constitutionality of Acts of Congress, and for other purposes August 24, 1937 751 *Unemployment compensation payments.* AN ACT To make available to each State which enacted in 1937 an approved unemployment-compensation law a portion of the proceeds from the Federal employers’ tax in such State for the year 1936 August 24, 1937 754 *Program for relief and benefit of agriculture.* JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the views of the Congress as to a program for the relief and benefit of agriculture August 24, 1937 754 *Appropriations, Third Deficiency Act, 1937.* AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 755 *Claims against Mexico.* JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to determination and payment of certain claims against the Government of Mexico August 25, 1937 783 *Pensions, Indian Wars, etc.* AN ACT Granting pensions and increases of pensions to certain soldiers who served in the Indian Wars from 1817 to 1898, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 786 *District of Columbia, real-estate brokers, etc.* AN ACT To define, regulate, and license real-estate brokers, business chance brokers, and real-estate salesmen; to create a Real Estate Commission in the District of Columbia; to protect the public against fraud in real-estate transactions; and for other purposes August 25, 1937 787 *Pensions, peacetime veterans.* AN ACT To afford protection of pension benefits to peacetime veterans placed on the pension rolls after March 19, 1933, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 798 *American Chemical Society, incorporation.* AN ACT To incorporate the American Chemical Society August 25, 1937 798 *Florida judicial districts.* AN ACT To amend section 76 of the Judicial Code with respect to the terms of the United States District Court at Tallahassee, Florida August 25, 1937 800 *Bridge, Sinepuxent Bay.* AN ACT Authorizing the State Roads Commission of the State of Maryland to construct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across Sinepuxent Bay in Worcester County, Maryland, at Ocean City, Maryland, to replace a bridge already in existence August 25, 1937 801 *Wyoming, sale of lands.* AN ACT To amend section 11 of the Act of Congress approved July 10, 1890 (26 Stat., ch 664), relating to the admission into the Union of the State of Wyoming August 25, 1937 802 *District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, amendment.* AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act August 25, 1937 802 *Disbursing officers, credits for certain overpayments.* AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers for overpayments of wages on Civil Works Administration projects and waiving recovery of such overpayments August 25, 1937 804 *Pipestone National Monument, Minn., establishment.* AN ACT To establish the Pipestone National Monument in the State of Minnesota August 25, 1937 804xxv *Army, stenographic reporting.* AN ACT To increase the extra pay to enlisted men for reporting August 25, 1937 805 *Henry W. Blair.* AN ACT Limiting the operation of sections 109 and 113 of the Criminal Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to counsel in certain cases August 25, 1937 805 *Ohio southern judicial district.* AN ACT To authorize the appointment of an additional judge for southern district of Ohio August 25, 1937 805 *Oklahoma, gross production taxes on minerals.* AN ACT Providing for the manner of payment of taxes on gross production of minerals, including gas and oil, in Oklahoma August 25, 1937 80G *Lowell Creek, Alaska, flood control.* AN ACT To authorize a modification of the project for the control of floods in Lowell Creek, Alaska August 25, 1937 806 *District of Columbia, adoption proceedings.* AN ACT To regulate proceedings in adoption in the District of Columbia August 25, 1937 806 *Public lands, oil and gas permits.* AN ACT For the relief of certain applicants for oil and gas permits and leases August 25, 1937 808 *Transportation charges in cases of disaster, etc.* AN ACT To amend paragraph
(1)of section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended August 25, 1937 809 *Receivership, bankruptcy, etc., fees.* AN ACT To prohibit certain agreements fixing fees or compensation in receivership, bankruptcy, or reorganization proceedings, to prohibit the appointment of certain persons as receiver or trustee, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 810 *Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, Okla., mineral reservations.* AN ACT To authorize the reservation of minerals in future sales of lands of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Indians in Oklahoma August 25, 1937 810 *Palm Springs Indian Reservation, Calif.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease or sell certain lands of the Agua Caliente or Palm Springs Reservation, California, for public airport use, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 811 *Ketchikan, Alaska, bond issue.* AN ACT To authorize the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue bonds for street improvements, and for other purposes August 25, 1937 811 *Delaware River Valley tercentenary.* JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the public resolution approved June 5, 1936, entitled “Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government of Sweden and individuals an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the three-hundredth anniversary of the first permanent settlement in the Delaware River Valley, and for other purposes” August 25, 1937 813 *Revenue Act of 1937.* AN ACT To provide revenue, equalize taxation, prevent tax evasion and avoidance, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 813 *Pan American Exposition, Tampa, Fla., 1939.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for participation by the United States in the Pan American Exposition to be held in Tampa, Florida, in the year 1939 in commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the landing of Hernando De Soto in Tampa Bay, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 831 *Pacific Mercado, Los Angeles, Calif., 1940.* JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the continuing international exposition to be known as Pacific Mercado, to be held in the city of Los Angeles, California, commencing in the year 1940, and in the year 1942 commemorating the landing of Cabrillo, and for other reasons August 26, 1937 834 *Railroads, safety devices, etc.* AN ACT To require certain common carriers by railroad to install and maintain certain appliances, methods, and systems intended to promote the safety of employees and travelers on railroads, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 835 *Glasgow, Mont., accommodations for district court.* AN ACT To provide suitable accommodations for the district court of the United States at Glasgow, Montana August 26, 1937 837 *Perth Amboy, N. J., claim.* AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey”, approved July 23, 1935 August 26, 1937 838 *Members of Congress, agreements under agricultural programs.* AN ACT To permit Members of Congress to enter into agreements under agricultural programs August 26, 1937 838 *Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amendments.* AN ACT To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch 858; 49 Stat. 1985) August 26, 1937 839xxvi *Lighthouse keepers, classification and pay.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the existing system of classification and pay of positions of lighthouse keepers August 26, 1937 840 *Clackamas County, Oreg., lands for park purposes.* AN ACT To convey certain lands to Clackamas County, Oregon, for public-park purposes August 26, 1937 840 *Postal service, laborers, service credits.* AN ACT To credit laborers in the Postal Service with any fractional part of a year’s substitute service toward promotion August 26, 1937 840 *Postal service, superintendents at classified stations, credits.* AN ACT Giving superintendents at classified post-office stations credit for substitutes serving under them August 26, 1937 841 *Reclamation laws, small storage reservoirs.* AN ACT To authorize an appropriation for the construction of small reservoirs under the Federal reclamation laws August 26, 1937 841 *General Leasing Act, prospecting permits extension.* AN ACT To provide for the extension of certain prospecting permits, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 842 *Grover, N. C., post-oflice lease.* AN ACT To continue in effect a certain lease for the quarters of the post office at Grover, North Carolina, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 842 *Lake of the Woods, damage claims.* AN ACT To fulfill certain treaty obligations with respect to water levels of the Lake of the Woods August 26, 1937 843 *Puerto Rico, civil government, etc.* AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes”, increasing borrowing margin of municipality of Mayaguez August 26, 1937 843 *Rivers and harbors, improvements.* AN ACT Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 844 *New Cumberland General Depot, Pa., exchange of lands.* AN ACT To authorize an exchange of lands at the New Cumberland General Depot, Pennsylvania August 26, 1937 857 *Military posts, construction, etc.* AN ACT To authorize appropriations for construction and rehabilitation at military posts, and for other purposes August 26, 1937 857 *Arizona, restoration of Indian lands to tribal ownership.* AN ACT To amend section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984–988), relating to Indian Lands in Arizona August 28, 1937 862 *Rio Grande, etc., watersheds, surveys.* AN ACT To provide for preliminary examinations and surveys for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers August 28, 1937 864 *Blackfeet Indians, Mont., relinquishment of lands.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to relinquish in favor of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, the interest in certain land acquired by the United States under the Federal Reclamation Laws August 28, 1937 864 *Pymatuning Lake, interstate compact concerning.* AN ACT To approve a compact or agreement between the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to Pymatuning Lake August 28, 1937 865 *Conservation in arid and semiarid areas.* AN ACT To promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes August 28, 1937 869 *Puerto Rico, steamship tickets to, tax exemption.* AN ACT To amend the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, to exempt persons traveling between Puerto Rico and the continental United States from the payment of a stamp tax on steamship tickets August 28, 1937 870 *Federal Subsistence Homesteads Corporations.* AN ACT For the relief of former employees of the Federal Subsistence Homesteads Corporations August 28, 1937 871 *Mammoth Cave National Park, Ky., addition.* AN ACT To make available for national-park purposes certain lands within the , area of the proposed Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky August 28, 1937 871 *Klamath Indians, Oreg., revolving loan fund.* AN ACT Authorizing the establishment of a revolving loan fund for the Klamath Indians, Oregon, and for other purposes August 28, 1937 872 *Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska, trust funds.* AN ACT Making further provision with respect to the funds of the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska August 28, 1937 873xxvii *Revested Oregon and California Railroad, etc., grant lands.* AN ACT Relating to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands situated in the State of Oregon August 28, 1937 874 *Flood Control Act of 1936, amendments.* AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936 August 28, 1937 876 *Puerto Rico, cooperative State agricultural extension work.* AN ACT To extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico August 28, 1937 881 *Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tenn., addition.* AN ACT To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Fort Donelson National Military Park in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes August 30, 1937 881 *Unemployment, etc., census.* AN ACT To provide for the taking of a census of partial employment, unemployment, and occupations, and for other purposes August 30, 1937 883 *Crow Indian Reservation, Mont., boundaries.* AN ACT Relating to certain lands within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation, Montana August 31, 1937 884 *Potomac Valley conservancy district.* JOINT RESOLUTION To permit the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact or agreement respecting the creation of a Potomac Valley conservancy district for the prevention or abatement of harmful pollution of the waters thereof August 31, 1937 884 *Helium gas.* AN ACT Authorizing the conservation, production, exploitation, and sale of helium gas, a mineral resource pertaining to the national defense and to the development of commercial aeronautics, authorizing the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, by the United States of properties for the production of helium gas, and for other purposes September 1, 1937 885 *U. S. Housing Act of 1937.* AN ACT To provide financial assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof for the elimination of unsafe and insanitary housing conditions, for the eradication of slums, for the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and for the reduction of unemployment and the stimulation of business activity, to create a United States Housing Authority, and for other purposes September 1, 1937 888 *Alaska, reindeer industry.* AN ACT To provide subsistence for the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska by establishing for them a permanent and self-sustaining economy; to encourage and develop native activity in all branches of the reindeer industry; and for other purposes September 1, 1937 900 *Sugar Act of 1937.* AN ACT To regulate commerce among the several States, with the Territories and possessions of the United States, and with foreign countries; to protect the welfare of consumers of sugars and of those engaged in the domestic sugar-producing industry; to promote the export trade of the United States; to raise revenue; and for other purposes September 1, 1937 903 *Wildlife-restoration projects.* AN ACT To provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes September 2, 1937 917 PUBLIC LAWS PUBLIC LAWS enacted during the FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, January 5,1.937, and adjourned without day on Saturday, August 21, 1937* Franklin D. Roosevelt, President ; John N. Garner, Vice President ; Key Pittman, President of the Senate *pro tempore*; William B. Bankhead, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Lindsay C. Warren, Speaker of the House of Representatives *pro tempore*, May 24–June 1, 1937. To prohibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to Spain. 1937-01-08 1 Chapter 50 Stat. 3 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public [CHAPTER 1] JOINT RESOLUTION To prohibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to Spain. January 8, 1937[[S. J. Res. 3](/us/bill/75/sjres/3)][[Pub. Res., No. 1](/us/bill/75/pubres/1)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the existence Exportation of arms and war Implements to Spain; prohibition during present civil strife.of the state of civil strife now obtaining in Spain it shall, from and after the approval of this Resolution be unlawful to export arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States, or possessions of the United States, to Spain or to any other foreign country for transshipment to Spam or for use of either of the opposing forces in Spain. Arms, ammunition, or implements of Arms, etc., defined.[49 Stat. 3503](/us/stat/49/3503).war, the exportation of which is prohibited by this Resolution, are those enumerated in the President’s Proclamation No. 2163 of April 10, 1936. Licenses heretofore issued under existing law for the exportation Existing licenses.of arms, ammunition, or implements of war to Spain shall, as to all future exportations thereunder, ipso facto be deemed to be cancelled. Whoever in violation of any of the provisions of this Resolution Penalty for violation.shall export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported either directly or indirectly, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from the United States or any of its possessions, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. When in the judgment of the President the conditions described Termination of provisions.in this Resolution have ceased to exist, he shall proclaim such fact, and the provisions hereof shall thereupon cease to apply. Approved, January 8, 1937, at 12.30 p. m. 3 To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies. 1937-01-14 2 Chapter 50 Stat. 4 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public 4 [CHAPTER 2] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the quartering, in certain public buildings in the District of Columbia, of troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies. January 14, 1937[[S. J. Res. 17](/us/bill/75/sjres/17)][[Pub. Res., No. 21](/us/bill/75/pubres/21)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Inaugural ceremonies, 1937.Temporary quartering of troops in public buildings during, authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to allocate such space in any public building under his care and supervision as he deems necessary for the purposes of quartering troops participating in the inaugural ceremonies to be held on January 20, 1937, but such use shall not continue after January 22, 1937. Authority granted by this resolution may be [32 Stat 152](/us/stat/32/152).[40 U. S. C. §§ 19, 31](/us/usc/t40/s19/31).exercised notwithstanding the provisions of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, approved April 28, 1902, prohibiting the use of public buildings in connection with inaugural ceremonies. Approved, January 14, 1937. To exempt from the tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937. 1937-01-18 4 Chapter 50 Stat. 4 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public [CHAPTER 4] JOINT RESOLUTION To exempt from the tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937. January 18, 1937[[H. J. Res. 106](/us/bill/75/hjres/106)][[Pub. Res., No.3](/us/bill/75/pubres/3)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Inaugural admission tickets.Payments for, exempt from admissions tax. That all amounts paid for admission tickets sold by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of the Inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937, said committee to be appointed with the approval of the President-elect, shall be exempt from the tax on admissions imposed by [44 Stat. 91](/us/stat/44/91).[26 U. S. C. § 940](/us/usc/t26/s940).section 500 of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, all the net proceeds from the sale of said tickets to be donated by the said committee to charity. Approved, January 18, 1937. To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar may be exercised. 1937-01-23 5 Chapter 50 Stat. 4 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public [CHAPTER 5] AN ACT To extend the time within which the powers relating to the stabilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar may be exercised. January 23, 1937[[S. 416](/us/bill/75/s/416)][[Public, No. 1](/us/bill/75/pl/1)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Gold Reserve Act of 1934, amendments.[48 Stat. 341](/us/stat/48/341).[31 U.S. C. § 822a](/us/usc/t31/s822a).Stabilization fund.Duration of emergency powers of President concerning, extended. That subsection
(c)of section 10 of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, approved January 30, 1934, is amended to read as follows:" “(c) All the powers conferred by this section shall expire June 30, 1939, unless the President shall sooner declare the existing emergency ended and the operation of their stabilization fund terminated.” " Sec. 2. Fixing weight of gold dollar. The second sentence added to paragraph
(2)of section 43, title III, of the Act approved May 12, 1933, by section 12 of said Specified powers defined.Gold Reserve Act of 1934 is amended to read as follows: “The powers of the President specified in this paragraph shall be deemed to be separate, distinct, and continuing powers, and may be exercised by him, from time to time, severally or together, whenever and as the Expiration.expressed objects of this section in his judgment may require ; except that such powers shall expire June 30, 1939, unless the President shall sooner declare the existing emergency ended.” Approved, January 23, 1937, 2 p. m. To continue the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and for other purposes. 1937-01-26 6 Chapter 50 Stat. 5 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 75 1 public 5 [CHAPTER 6] AN ACT To continue the functions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and for other purposes. January 26, 1937[[S. 415](/us/bill/75/s/415)][
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