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LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Common Date carriers, taxes . JOINT RE SOL UTI ON To amend the Act e ntitled "An Act to levy an excise tax upon carriers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes", a ppro ved Aug ust 29,1 935 February 27,1937__- Pa ge 23 Federal Re serve n otes, c ollater al security. AN ACT To exte nd the peri od during which direct obl igations of the United Sta tes may b e used as coll ateral securit y for Federal Reserv e notes Ma r ch 1, 1937 23 Justices of Supreme Court, r etirement . A N ACT To provide for retire- ment of Justices of the Supreme Court March 1, 1937 24 Foreign trade agreements . JO INT RES OLUT ION To exte nd the au- thor ity of the President under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 193 0, as amended March 1,1937 24 P os ta l service, star-route contracts . JOINT RESOLUTION To author- ize the Postmaster General to withhold the awarding of star- route contracts for a period of sixty days March 2,1937 24 Bridge, Missouri River . AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the constructio n of a free highway bridge across the Missouri River at or near Atchison, Kansas March 4, 1937_


24 Navy, gift s a nd b equests . A N ACT Aut hor iz ing the Secretary of the Navy to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the Office of Nav al Records and Library, Navy Department Mar ch 4, 1937 25 San Diego, Calif., exchange of lands . AN ACT To authorize the accept- ance of certain lands in the city of San Diego, California, by the Unit ed States, and the transfe r by the Secretary of the Navy of certain other lands to said city of San Diego Mar ch 4, 1937 25 Sn a ke River, flood con trol . AN ACT To provide a preliminary examina- tion and survey of the Snake River and tributaries in the States of Idaho, Washi ngton, and Oregon, with a view to contro l of flood w aters March 4 1937

26 Fishing industry products . AN ACT To authoriz e the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry March 5, 19 37

27 Bridge, Columbia River . AN ACT To extend the time for completing the construction of a bridge across the Co lumbia 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 comple ting 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 comple ting 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 Tur tle Bayou, Ch ambers County, Texas, to be nonnavigable water- ways March 10,1937 28 Revenue Act of 19 .56, time extension, filing returns . JOI NT RES O- LU TION Aut hori zin g the Co mmis sion er of I nter nal Rev enue 29 to grant further extensions of time for filing returns under title III of the Revenue Act of 1936 March 13,1937 Technical Tripartite Textile Conference . JOINT RESOLUTION To aid in defrayi ng the expenses of the Int ernational Labor Office incident to ho lding its Technical Tripar tite Textile Conference- M arch 15, 1937 29 Dist rict 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 ti mes 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 ti mes for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge ac ross the Mis sou ri R iver bet ween the to wns of D eca tur, Nebraska, and Onawa Iowa March 24,1937 48 Bridge, Missouri River . AR 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, Nebr aska, and Sioux City, Iowa March 24, 1937 48 Merchant seamen . AN ACT To amend section 455 1 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 ed., Supp . II, title 46, sec . 643) Mar ch 24, 1937 49 National Gallery of Art . JOI NT RESOLUTION Providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art---_ March 24, 1937 51