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Abandoned Military Reservations Act: July | Army Reserve Act: Apr. 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 5, 1884 (23 Stat. 103).

221).

Accounting by Executive Departments Act: Army Retirement Acts (Disability): R. S. July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 205). 1243-1259.

Adamson Act (Panama Canal): Aug. 24, Articles of War: June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 1912 (37 Stat. 560).

Adjusted Compensation Act: May 19, 1924 (43 Stat. 121). Aeronautics Acts: Mar. 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 930); July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 650); May 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 594); Apr. 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 314); Mar. 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1451).

Air Base Act (Wilcox): Aug. 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 610).

Air Commerce Act of 1926: May 20, 1926 (44 Stat. 568).

787).

Atlanta Penitentiary Act (Manufacture of Supplies): July 10, 1918 (40 Stat. 896). Autonomy Act (Philippine Islands): Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 545).

Bacon-Davis Act (Wage Rates): Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494). Battlefields in United States Act: June 11, 1926 (44 Stat. 726).

Bituminous Coal Conservation Acts: Aug. 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 991); Apr. 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 72).

Air Corps Act (Army): July 2, 1926 (44 Bond Acts (Public Officers): Aug. 8, 1888 Stat. 780).

Airport Act: May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 728). Alaska Coal Lands Acts: May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 424); Oct. 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741). Alaska Organic Act: Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 512).

Alien World War Veterans' Act: May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 654).

Allison Act (National Defense): June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 759).

American Antiquities Preservation Act: June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225).

American Battle Monuments Commission Act: Mar. 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1509).

(25 Stat. 387); Aug. 13, 1894 (28 Stat. 279); Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 808); Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 241).

Bonus Act: Feb. 24, 1919 (40 Stat. 1151). Borland Act (District of Columbia): Sept. 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 716).

Bridge Act (Navigable Waters): Mar. 23, 1906 (34 Stat. 84).

Brookhart Act (Salary Increases): July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1003).

Budget and Accounting Act: June 10, 1921 (42 Stat. 20).

Bureau of Insular Affairs Act (War Department): July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 712).

American National Red Cross Act: Jan. 5, Burton Act (Seizure of Arms): Mar. 1, 1929 1905 (33 Stat. 599).

(45 Stat. 1423).

Anti-Deficiency Acts: R. S. 3679; Feb. 27, Buy-American Act: Mar. 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1906 (34 Stat. 49).

Anti-Gag Act: Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 555). Anti-Rebate Act (Contracts): June 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 948).

Appalachian Forest Act (Forest Conservation): Mar. 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 962). Appropriation Repeal Act: June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1224).

Archives Act: June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122).

Armistice Day Act: May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351).

Army Medical Department Act: Apr. 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 67).

Army Promotion Act: July 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 505).

Army Reorganization Acts: Feb. 2, 1901 (31 Stat. 748); Apr. 25, 1914 (38 Stat. 347); June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 166); June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 759).

1520).

Byrnes Act (Transportation of Strikebreakers): June 24, 1936 (49 Stat. 1899). California Debris Commission Act: Mar. 1, 1893 (27 Stat. 507).

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act: Apr. 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1207).

Chain Store Act: June 19, 1936 (49 Stat. 1526).

Chief of Staff Act (Army): Feb. 23, 1929 (45 Stat. 1255).

Citizenship Act: Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 1228).

Civil Aeronautics Act: June 23, 1938 (52 Stat. 973).

Civil Service Act: Jan. 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).

Civil Service Retirement Acts: May 22, 1920 (41 Stat. 614); July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 904); May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 468).

Civil Works Emergency Relief Act: Feb. 15, | Disciplinary Barracks Act: Mar. 4, 1915 (38 1934 (48 Stat. 351).

Civilian Conservation Corps Acts: Mar. 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 22); June 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 319).

Classification Act of 1923: Mar. 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1488).

Classification of Civilian Positions Act (District of Columbia): May 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 776).

Stat. 1084).

District of Columbia Flag Desecration Act:
Feb. 8, 1917 (39 Stat. 900).
District of Columbia Park and Playground
Acts: June 6, 1924 (43 Stat. 463); Apr.
30, 1926 (44 Stat. 374).

Dockery Act (Accounting): July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 205).

Draft Act: May 18, 1917 (40 Stat. 76).

Clayton Act (Anti-Trust): Oct. 15, 1914 (38 Drew Act (Employees' Compensation): May Stat. 730).

Coal Lands Acts (Alaska): May 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 424); Oct. 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 742). Coal, Oil and Gas Lands Leasing Act: Feb. 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437).

Codification Act: Mar. 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1540).

31, 1938 (52 Stat. 586).

Economy Acts: June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 401); Mar. 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1513); Mar. 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 8).

Eight-Hour Acts: Aug. 1, 1892 (27 Stat. 340); June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 137); Mar. 3, 1913 (37 Stat. 726).

Compensation Act: Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. Embargo Act: June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 217). 742).

Condemnation Act (Lands for Public Uses):

Aug. 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 357). Condemnation Act (Military Purposes): July 2, 1917 (40 Stat. 241).

Conscription Act: May 18, 1917 (40 Stat. 82).

Conservation Act (Navigable Waters): Mar. 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 962).

Emergency Officers' Retirement Act: May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735).

Emergency Relief and Construction Act, 1932: July 21, 1932 (47 Stat. 724). Employees' Compensation Acts: Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 742); June 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 389); June 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 772); Feb. 12, 1927 (44 Stat. 1086); Feb. 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351).

Consolidation of Government Bureaus Act: Employees' Vacation Acts: Mar. 14, 1936 (49 July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016).

Stat. 1161, 1162).

Constabulary Act (Philippine Islands): Jan. Employment Stabilization Act of 1931: Feb. 30, 1903 (32 Stat. 783).

Contractors' Bonds Acts (Pubic Works):

Aug. 13, 1894 (28 Stat. 278); Feb. 24. 1905 (33 Stat. 812); Aug. 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793).

Copeland Act (Firearms): June 30, 1938 (52 Stat. 1250).

Corporate Surety Acts: Aug. 8, 1888 (25

Stat. 387); Aug. 13, 1894 (28 Stat. 279); Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 241).

Corrupt Practices Acts: Jan. 26, 1907 (34 Stat. 864); Feb. 28, 1925 (43 Stat. 1073). Council of National Defense Act: Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 649).

Criminal Code: Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1088). Cummins-Esch Act (Railroads): Feb. 28, 1920 (41 Stat. 456).

Danish West Indies Acquisition Act: Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1132). Davis-Bacon Act (Wage Rates): Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494).

Death Gratuity Act (Army personnel): Dec. 17, 1919 (41 Stat. 367). Denison Act (Inland Navigation): May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 978).

Dent Act (Adjustment of War Time Contracts): Mar. 2, 1919 (40 Stat. 1272). Dental Corps Act (Army): Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 397).

Desertion Acts (Army, Navy and Marine Corps): June 16, 1890 (26 Stat. 158); Aug. 22, 1912 (37 Stat. 356).

10, 1931 (46 Stat. 1086).

Enlisted Men Acts (Indebtedness): May 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 698); June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1222).

Enlistment Act (Aliens): May 7, 1917 (40 Stat. 39).

Enlistment Act (Army): Aug. 1, 1894 (28 Stat. 216).

Equal Nationality Act: May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797).

Esch Act (Water Power): June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063).

Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads): Feb. 28, 1920 (41 Stat. 456).

Espionage Act: June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 217).

Expatriation Act: Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 1228).

Fair Labor Standards Act (Minimum Wage):
June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060).
Fair Trade Act (Anti-Trust): Aug. 17, 1937
(50 Stat. 693).

Falsification of Accounts Act (Federal Em

ployees) Mar. 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1355). Federal Communications Act of 1934: June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064). Federal Employees' Vacation Act: Mar. 14, 1936 (49 Stat. 1161, 1162).

Federal Firearms Act: June 30, 1938 (52 Stat. 1250).

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act: June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040).

Destruction of War Material Act: Apr. 20, Federal Home Loan Bank Act: July 22, 1932 1918 (40 Stat. 533).

(47 Stat. 725).

Dick Acts (Militia): Jan. 21, 1903 (32 Stat. Federal Housing Act: June 27, 1934 (48 776); May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 400).

Stat. 1246).

Federal Materialmen's Act: See Contractors' bond acts.

Healey-Walsh Act (Government Contracts):
June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036).

Federal Railroad Control Act: Aug. 29, 1916 Heard Acts (Contractors' Bond): Aug. 13,

(39 Stat. 645).

Federal Register Act: July 26, 1935 (49
Stat. 500).

Federal Reserve Act (Original): Dec. 23,
1913 (38 Stat. 251).

1894 (28 Stat. 278); Feb. 24, 1905 (33 Stat. 811).

Helium Acts: Mar. 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1110); Mar. 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1387); Sept. 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 885).

Federal Sick Leave Act: Mar. 14, 1936 (49 Housing Act: June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1246). Stat. 1162).

Federal Trade Commission Act: Sept. 26,

1914 (38 Stat. 717).

Federal Water Power Acts: June 10, 1920
(41 Stat. 1063); June 23, 1930 (46 Stat.
798); Aug. 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 838).
Fitzgerald-Tyson Act (Emergency Officers'
Retirement): May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735).
Flag Act: R. S. 1791.

Flag Desecration Act (District of Columbia):
Feb. 8, 1917 (39 Stat. 900),

Flood Control Acts: May 15, 1928 (45 Stat.
534); June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570);
Aug. 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876); June 28,
1938 (52 Stat. 1215).

Immigration Act: May 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 542).

Indemnity Act (American Forces Abroad):

Apr. 18, 1918 (40 Stat. 532).

Independence Acts (Philippine Islands): See
Philippine Independence Act.

Industrial Recovery Act: June 16, 1933 (48
Stat. 195).

Inland Waterways Corporation Acts: June 3,
1924 (43 Stat. 360); Feb. 28, 1927 (44
Stat. 1261); May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 978);
June 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 968); Aug. 29,
1935 (49 Stat. 958).

Interstate Commerce Commission Act: June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. 584).

Foreign Relations Act: June 15, 1917 (40 Invalid Pension Act: June 27, 1890 (26 Stat. Stat. 217).

182).

Foreign Stations Act: May 29, 1934 (48 Jadwin Act (Mississippi River Flood ConStat. 815).

Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with
Mexico): May 1, 1920 (41 Stat. 585).
General Accounting Office Act: June 10, 1921
(42 Stat. 23).

trol): May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534). Johnson Act (Naturalization): Mar. 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512).

Johnson Act (Veterans): May 29, 1928 (45
Stat. 966).

General Bridge Act: Mar. 23, 1906 (34 Stat. Johnson-Reed Act (World War Veterans): 84).

General Dam Act: June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 386).

General Leasing Act (Mineral Lands): Feb.
25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437).

General of Army Act: Sept. 3, 1919 (41
Stat. 283).

General Staff Corps Act; Feb. 14, 1903 (32
Stat. 830)..

General Supply Committee Act: Feb. 27,
1929 (45 Stat. 1341).

Gold Star Mothers' Act (Transportation to
Foreign Cemeteries): Aug. 16, 1937 (50
Stat. 660).
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Act (Budget): June 10,

1921 (42 Stat. 20). Government Contracts Act (Walsh-Healey): June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036). Government Employees Act (Patents): Apr. 30, 1928 (45 Stat. 467).

Government Losses in Shipment Act: July
8, 1937 (50 Stat. 479).

Gratuity Act: Dec. 17, 1919 (41 Stat. 367).
Guffey Acts (Bituminous Coal): Aug. 30,
1935 (49 Stat. 991); Apr. 26, 1937 (50
Stat. 72).

June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 610).

Joint Service Pay Act: June 10, 1922 (42
Stat. 625).

Jones Act (Mississippi River Flood Control):
May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534).
Jones Act (Philippine Islands): Aug. 29,
1916 (39 Stat. 545).

Jones Act (Puerto Rico): Mar. 2, 1917 (39
Stat. 951).

Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half-Holi-
days) Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1482).
Jones-Reid Act (Flood Relief): May 15, 1928
(45 Stat. 534).

Judicial Code: Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1087).
Judicial Procedure Reform Act: Aug. 24,
1937 (50 Stat. 751).

Kahn-Wadsworth Act (Surplus Army Sup-
plies): Mar. 15, 1920 (41 Stat, 530).
Kern-McGillicuddy Act (Federal Employees'
Compensation): Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat.

742).

Kick-Back Racket Act: June 13, 1934 (48
Stat. 948).

Labor Day Act: June 28, 1894 (28 Stat. 96).
Latin-American Republics Acts: May 19,
1926 (44 Stat. 565); May 14, 1935 (49
Stat. 218).

Leasing Act (Mineral Lands): Feb. 25, 1920
(41 Stat. 437).

Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act (Philippine Independence): Jan. 17, 1933 (47 Stat. 761). Harter Act (Liability for Loss of Cargo): Feb. 15, 1893 (27 Stat. 445), Hawaiian Organic Act: Apr. 30, 1900 (31 Lehlbach-Sterling Act (Classification Act of Stat. 141). 1923) Mar. 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1488). Hawley-Smoot Act (Tariff): June 17, 1930 Lever Act (Food and Fuel Conservation): (46 Stat. 590). Aug. 10, 1917 (40 Stat. 276).

Lodge Act (Philippine Government): July 1, | National Parks Act (Wrongful Death or 1902 (32 Stat, 691). Personal Injury): Feb. 1, 1928 (45 Stat. 54).

Logan Act (Foreign Relations): Jan. 30, 1799 (1 Stat. 613).

Lost Discharge Act (Army): July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 629).

Lost Property Acts (Military Service): Mar. 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 350); Mar. 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1436).

Manderson Act (Printing and Binding): Jan. 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 601). Materialmen's Acts (Public Works): See Contractors' bond acts. McCormack-Jones Act (Saturday Half-Holidays): Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1482). McCormick-Good Act (Budget): June 10, 1921 (42 Stat. 20).

McDuffle-Tydings Act (Philippine Independence): Mar. 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456). McGillicuddy-Kern Act (Federal Employees' Compensation): Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat.

742).

Marine Corps Reserve Act: Feb. 28, 1925 (43 Stat. 1080).

May Act (Commissioned Strength of Army): Apr. 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 216).

Naval Reserve Act: June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1175).

Naval Staff Corps Act: Aug. 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 530).

Neutrality Acts: Aug. 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 1081); Feb. 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1152); May 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 121).

Nolan Act (Patents): Mar. 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1314).

Norris Act (Tennessee Valley Authority): May 18, 1933 (48 Stat. 58).

Nurses Corps Acts (Army and Navy): July 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 879); May 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 531).

Obstructing Navigable Waters Act: Mar. 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151).

Overman Act (Coordination of Departments):
May 20, 1918 (40 Stat. 556).
Panama Canal Act: Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat.
560).

Pay Readjustment Act (Army, Navy, etc.):
June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 625).
Penal Code: Mar. 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1088).

Mechanics' Lien Act (Public Works): Feb. Pendleton Act (Civil Service): Jan. 16, 1883 24, 1905 (33 Stat. 812).

(22 Stat. 403).

Medal of Honor Act (Army and Navy): Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934: July 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 870).

Merchant Marine Acts: Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 729); May 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 689); June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985).

Miller Act (Contractors' Bonds): Aug. 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793).

Miller-Tydings Act (Fair Trade): Aug. 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 693).

Mineral Lands Leasing Act: Feb. 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437).

Minimum Wage Act: June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060).

Mississippi River Commission Act: June 28, 1879 (21 Stat. 37).

Mississippi River Flood Control Acts: May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534); June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1508).

Moratorium Act: Mar. 8, 1918 (40 Stat. 440).

Motor Carrier Act: Aug. 9, 1935 (49 Stat. 543).

Narcotic Farms Act: Jan. 19, 1929 (45 Stat. 1085).

National Archives Act: June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122).

National Defense Acts: June 3, 1916 (39

Stat. 166); June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 759). National Guard Acts: June 15, 1933 (48 Stat. 153); June 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 391). National Industrial Recovery Act: June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195).

National Labor Relations Act (Collective Bargaining): July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 449). National Military Parks Act: May 15, 1896 (29 Stat. 120).

National Monument Act (Preservation of Antiquities): June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225).

June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1224).

Personnel Classification Act: Mar. 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1488).

Philippine Constabulary Act (Army): Jan. 30, 1903 (32 Stat. 783). Philippine Government Act (Lodge Act): July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 691). Philippine Independence Acts: Jan. 17, 1933 (47 Stat. 761); Mar. 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456).

Philippine Organic Act (Jones Act): Aug. 29,

1916 (39 Stat. 545).

Platt Amendment (Cuba): Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat. 897).

Posse Comitatus Act (Use of Army): June 18, 1878 (20 Stat. 152).

Presidential Succession Act: Jan. 19, 1888 (24 Stat. 1).

Prevailing Wage Acts: Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494); Aug. 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011); June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036). Printing and Binding Acts: Jan. 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 601); Mar. 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 825); May 11, 1922 (42 Stat. 541); June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1551). Protection of Uniforms Act (Army and Navy): Mar. 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963). Public Debt Limitation Acts: Sec. 6, act of Apr. 24, 1917 (40 Stat. 36); May 26, 1938 (52 Stat. 447).

Public Lands Leasing Act (Oil and Mineral): Feb. 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437).

Public Office Purchase and Sale Act: Dec. 11, 1926 (44 Stat. 918).

Public Utility Holding Company Act: Aug. 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 803).

Public Works Administration Act: June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195).

Puerto Rico Organic Act (Jones Act): Mar.
2, 1917 (39 Stat. 951).

Radio Control Acts: Feb. 23, 1927 (44 Stat.
1162); June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064).
Railroad Control Act: Aug. 29, 1916 (39
Stat. 645).

Stat. 387); Aug. 13, 1894 (28 Stat. 279);
Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 241).
Tennessee Valley Authority Act: May 18,
1933 (48 Stat. 58).

Thomason Act (Reserve Officers): Aug. 30,
1935 (49 Stat. 1028).

Railroad Rate Act: June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. | Tin Protection Act: Feb. 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 584).

1140).

Reclassification Act (Civil Service): Mar. 4, | Trade-Mark Act: Feb. 20, 1905 (33 Stat. 1923 (42 Stat. 1488). 725).

Reconstruction

Finance Corporation Act: Trading with the Enemy Act: Oct. 6, 1917 Jan. 22, 1932 (47 Stat. 5). (40 Stat. 411). Reed-Johnson Act (World War Veterans): Transfusion of Blood Acts: Feb. 9, 1927 (44 June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 610). Stat. 1066); July 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 470). Reid-Jones Act (Flood Relief): May 15, 1928 Transportation Act of 1920: Feb. 28, 1920 (45 Stat. 534). (41 Stat. 456). Reorganization Acts: See Army Reorganiza- Tydings-McDuffie Act (Philippine Independtion Acts. ence): Mar. 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456). Retention of Uniforms Act: Feb. 28, 1919 Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (Emergency Officers' (40 Stat. 1202). Retirements Acts (Civil Service): See Civil Uniforms Act (Discharged Army and Navy Service Retirement Acts.

Rewards for Improvements Act (Ordnance):
July 17, 1912 (37 Stat. 193).
Robinson-Patman Act (Price Discrimina-
tion): June 19, 1936 (49 Stat. 1526).

Retirement): May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735).

Personnel): Feb. 14, 1927 (44 Stat. 1096). Uniforms of Friendly Nations Act: July 8, 1918 (40 Stat. 821).

United States Employees' Compensation Act:
Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 742).

Rogers Act (Veterans' Hospitals): May 23, United States Flag Acts: R. S. 1791-1792. 1928 (45 Stat. 716).

Sabotage Act: Apr. 20, 1918 (40 Stat. 533).
Saturday Half-Holiday Act: Mar. 3, 1931 (46
Stat. 1482).

Vinson Act (Naval Parity): Mar. 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 503).

Virgin Islands Organic Act: June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1808).

Securities Exchange Act: June 6, 1934 (48 Vocational Education Act: Mar. 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 881).

Stat. 1365).

Sedition Acts: June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 217); Volstead Act (Prohibition): Oct. 28, 1919 May 16, 1918 (40 Stat. 553).

(41 Stat. 305).

Selective Service Act: May 18, 1917 (40 Voluntary Services Act: Feb. 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 76). Stat. 49). Sheppard Act (Regular Army Reserve): Volunteer Army Acts: Apr. 22, 1898 (30 Apr. 23, 1938 (52 Stat. 221). Stat. 361); Apr. 25, 1914 (38 Stat. 347). Sick Leave Act: Mar. 14, 1936 (49 Stat. Wadsworth-Kahn Act (Surplus Army Sup1162). plies): Mar. 15, 1920 (41 Stat. 530). Smoot-Hawley Act (Tariff): June 17, 1930 Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public (46 Stat. 590). Works): Feb. 10, 1931 (46 Stat. 1086). Social Security Act: Aug. 14, 1935 (49 Stat. Wagner Act (Labor Disputes): July 5, 1935 620). (49 Stat. 449). Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: Mar. Walsh-Healey Act (Government Contracts): 8, 1918 (40 Stat. 440). June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036).

Spanish Embargo Act (Munitions of War): Water Power Acts: June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. Jan. 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 3).

Spooner Act (Panama Canal): June 28, 1902
(32 Stat. 41).

Spooner Amendment (Philippine Islands):
Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat. 910)
Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification Act of
1923) Mar. 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1488).
Subsistence Expense Act of 1926: June 3,
1926 (44 Stat. 688).

Summary Courts-Martial Acts: Oct. 1, 1890
(26 Stat. 648); June 18, 1898 (30 Stat.
483).

Supreme Court Jurisdiction Act: Feb. 13. 1925 (43 Stat. 936).

Supreme Court Retirement Act: Mar. 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 24).

Surety Company Acts: Aug. 8, 1888 (25

1063); June 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 798);
Aug. 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 838).

Welch Act (Salary Rates, Civil Service):
May 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 776).

West Point Cadet Act: June 7, 1935 (49
Stat. 332).

Wilcox Act (Air Corps): Aug. 12, 1935 (49
Stat. 610).

Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration):
July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016).
Workmen's Compensation Act (Government
Employees): See Employees' Compensation

Act.

World War Adjusted Compensation Act: May 19, 1924 (43 Stat. 121).

World War Veterans' Act, 1924: June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 607).

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