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Independent · nonpartisan
78th Congress · 1943–1945

Laws of the 78th Congress

Public laws · Private laws · Every Congress

589private laws on file 57, 58Statutes at Large volumes
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Private Law 78-101 · Oct 18, 1943 · H.R. 305 AN ACT For the relief of Howard Morgan. Private Law 78-102 · Oct 18, 1943 · H.R. 938 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Robert C. Anderson. Private Law 78-103 · Oct 19, 1943 · H.R. 1222 AN ACT For the relief of Jacob Wolozin. Private Law 78-104 · Oct 19, 1943 · H.R. 2734 AN ACT For the relief of Kathleen B. Maier. Private Law 78-105 · Oct 21, 1943 · H.R. 304 AN ACT For the relief of J. E. Martin. Private Law 78-106 · Oct 23, 1943 · H.R. 1869 AN ACT Authorizing the President to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Cross to George F. Thompson. Private Law 78-107 · Oct 25, 1943 · H.R. 533 AN ACT For the relief of John P. von Rosenberg. Private Law 78-108 · Oct 26, 1943 · S. 560 AN ACT For the relief of Western Maryland Dairy, Inc. Private Law 78-109 · Oct 26, 1943 · S. 841 AN ACT For the relief of J. P. Woolsey. Private Law 78-110 · Oct 26, 1943 · S. 1293 AN ACT For the relief of Cleo Pickrell. Private Law 78-111 · Oct 26, 1943 · S. 1346 AN ACT For the relief of the R. B. Walker Funeral Home. Private Law 78-112 · Oct 27, 1943 · H.R. 1907 AN ACT For the relief of Anthony J. Leiberschal. Private Law 78-113 · Oct 28, 1943 · H.R. 2152 AN ACT For the relief of Rafael Torres. Private Law 78-114 · Oct 28, 1943 · S. 425 AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claim of J. C. Munn. Private Law 78-115 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 244 AN ACT For the relief of Morris Leff. Private Law 78-116 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 273 AN ACT To authorize settlement of individual claims of naval personnel for damage to private property shipped from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California. Private Law 78-117 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 400 AN ACT For the relief of Sigurd J. E. Wallstedt. Private Law 78-118 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 560 AN ACT For the relief of the Farrell-Argast Electric Company. Private Law 78-119 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1049 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Hyman Wiener. Private Law 78-120 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1144 AN ACT For the relief of Fred A. Flanders. Private Law 78-121 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1435 AN ACT For the relief of Lillian C. Ferreira. Private Law 78-122 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1498 AN ACT For the relief of Charles W. Ruckman. Private Law 78-123 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1555 AN ACT For the relief of Arkansas Power and Light Company. Private Law 78-124 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1666 AN ACT For the relief of Helen Engell Thompson. Private Law 78-125 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1769 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Ina Mae Shipman. Private Law 78-126 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1887 AN ACT For the relief of Harold E. Dalton. Private Law 78-127 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1889 AN ACT For the relief of Andrew Williams. Private Law 78-128 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1918 AN ACT For the relief of Edward A. Silvia. Private Law 78-129 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 1920 AN ACT For the relief of Marcus O. and Faye D. Rowland, the parents of George L. Rowland, deceased. Private Law 78-130 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2182 AN ACT For the relief of John E. Haas. Private Law 78-131 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2244 AN ACT For the relief of Frank and Nancy Foglia, parents of Frank Foglia, a minor, deceased. Private Law 78-132 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2600 AN ACT For the relief of M. C. Roberts. Private Law 78-133 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2675 AN ACT Providing for payment to Nellie Starr McCorkle of accumulated leave accrued and payable to her deceased husband, Captain John Ray McCorkle, under the Act of August 1, 1941 (ch. 348, 55 Stat. 616; 5 U. S. C., sec.… Private Law 78-134 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2824 AN ACT For the relief of Alice Stamps and Henrietta E. Stamps. Private Law 78-135 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2905 AN ACT For the relief of Walter R. Jones, Mrs. Norma S. McKinney, and Mrs. Ella Swenson. Private Law 78-136 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 2915 AN ACT For the relief of the Pacific Construction Company. Private Law 78-137 · Nov 22, 1943 · H.R. 3331 AN ACT For the relief of Harry L. Smith. Private Law 78-138 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 759 AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of W. I. Dooly. Private Law 78-139 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 770 AN ACT For the relief of Eddie Percle. Private Law 78-140 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 862 AN ACT For the relief of the Grafton Boat Works. Private Law 78-141 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 950 AN ACT For the relief of the Milford Trust Company and Blanche R. Bennett, as administrators of the estate of Charles E. Reed, deceased. Private Law 78-142 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 1008 AN ACT For the relief of Gerald G. Woods. Private Law 78-143 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 1246 AN ACT For the relief of Ervin S. Finley. Private Law 78-144 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 1309 AN ACT For the relief of Pan American Airways, Incorporated. Private Law 78-145 · Dec 3, 1943 · S. 1382 AN ACT For the relief of certain officers and employees of the foreign service of the United States who, while in the course of their respective duties, suffered losses of personal property by reason of war conditions. Private Law 78-146 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 247 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Richard Dodge Beale, deceased. Private Law 78-147 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 302 AN ACT For the relief of Robert Griffin. Private Law 78-148 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 937 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Luther Clyde Nanny. Private Law 78-149 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 977 AN ACT For the relief of Clare A. Miller. Private Law 78-150 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 1379 AN ACT For the relief of Gerald Estell Proctor. Private Law 78-151 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 1640 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. J. D. Price. Private Law 78-152 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 1933 AN ACT For the relief of Ronald A. Cox. Private Law 78-153 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 1973 AN ACT For the relief of Albert Ferguson and Ozelle Ferguson. Private Law 78-154 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 2190 AN ACT For the relief of Marguerite R. McElroy. Private Law 78-155 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 3039 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. C. W. Selby. Private Law 78-156 · Dec 17, 1943 · H.R. 3299 AN ACT For the relief of Victor H. Loftus, disbursing clerk, American Embassy, Mexico, D. F., Mexico. Private Law 78-157 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 1001 AN ACT For the relief of the Meadow Brook Club. Private Law 78-158 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 1038 AN ACT For the relief of Verna Mae Rossell and Winifred Rossell Mooney. Private Law 78-159 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 1049 AN ACT To authorize the payment of additional compensation to special counsel in the case of United States against Standard Oil Company of California. Private Law 78-160 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 1282 AN ACT For the relief of Eric W. Rodgers. Private Law 78-161 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 1290 AN ACT For the relief of William Carroll Knox. Private Law 78-162 · Dec 17, 1943 · S. 990 AN ACT For the relief of the Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad Company. Private Law 78-163 · Dec 18, 1943 · H.R. 255 AN ACT For the relief of Colonel E. H. Tarbutton. Private Law 78-164 · Dec 22, 1943 · S. 1169 AN ACT For the relief of Samuel Margolin. Private Law 78-165 · Dec 23, 1943 · H.R. 2545 AN ACT For the relief of Samuel J. D. Marshall. Private Law 78-166 · Jan 28, 1944 · S. 184 AN ACT To provide for the presentation of silver medals to certain members of the Peary Polar Expedition of 1908-1909. Private Law 78-167 · Jan 28, 1944 · S. 653 AN ACT For the relief of Johnny Newton Strickland. Private Law 78-168 · Jan 28, 1944 · S. 1488 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Jose C. Romero all right, title, and interest of the United States in a certain described tract of land within the Carson National Forest, New Mexico. Private Law 78-169 · Feb 4, 1944 · H.R. 636 AN ACT For the relief of C. J. Toole. Private Law 78-170 · Feb 6, 1944 · H.R. 1344 AN ACT For the relief of Paul W. Busbey, Mrs. Paul W. Busbey, Paula Busbey, and Mrs. Louisa Busbey. Private Law 78-171 · Feb 7, 1944 · H.R. 1875 AN ACT For the relief of Carl Swanson, Geraldine Cecelia Swanson, a minor, and Aimer Swanson. Private Law 78-172 · Feb 21, 1944 · H.R. 2340 AN ACT For the relief of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. Private Law 78-173 · Feb 21, 1944 · H.R. 3076 AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Arthur J. Martin, Junior, a minor. Private Law 78-174 · Feb 21, 1944 · S. 1324 AN ACT For the relief of the Wisconsin Electric Power Company. Private Law 78-175 · Feb 21, 1944 · S. 1391 AN ACT For the relief of W. R. Jordan and Mabel Jordan. Private Law 78-176 · Feb 21, 1944 · S. 1417 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to donate and convey on behalf of the United States, to Jack Henry Post, Numbered 1, of the American Legion, Anchorage, Alaska, the wood-frame building, known as the Tel… Private Law 78-177 · Feb 21, 1944 · S. 1494 AN ACT For the relief of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency. Private Law 78-178 · Feb 21, 1944 · H.R. 3605 AN ACT To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fires in tents used as quarters by members of the Twelfth Naval Construction… Private Law 78-179 · Feb 21, 1944 · H.R. 3606 AN ACT To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire at the Outlying Degaussing Branch of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth,… Private Law 78-180 · Feb 21, 1944 · H.R. 3607 AN ACT To provide for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as a result of a fire in tent L-76 at the Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Norfolk, V… Private Law 78-181 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 213 AN ACT For the relief of Edward H. Smith. Private Law 78-182 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 399 AN ACT For the relief of John Sims. Private Law 78-183 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 547 AN ACT For the relief of Kernan R. Cunningham. Private Law 78-184 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 610 AN ACT For the relief of Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company, Incorporated. Private Law 78-185 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 850 AN ACT For the relief of George M. Louie. Private Law 78-186 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 1311 AN ACT For the relief of Dan Crotts. Private Law 78-187 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 1442 AN ACT For the relief of Lafayette Gibson. Private Law 78-188 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 1467 AN ACT To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Reverend Julius Paal. Private Law 78-189 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 1854 AN ACT For the relief of Ethel Cohen. Private Law 78-190 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 1934 AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Donald B. Johnston. Private Law 78-191 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 2639 AN ACT For the relief of William M. Tucker and Nelda M. Tucker. Private Law 78-192 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 2690 AN ACT For the relief of Oswald L. Sawyer. Private Law 78-193 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 2691 AN ACT For the relief of Tom S. Steed. Private Law 78-194 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 2804 AN ACT For the relief of Ruth E. P. Phillips, as executrix of the estate of Amos Russell Phillips, deceased. Private Law 78-195 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3153 AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Jennie I. Weston, deceased. Private Law 78-196 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3189 AN ACT For the relief of Thomas Lewis. Private Law 78-197 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3193 AN ACT For the relief of J. C. Davidson and Vassie Lee Davidson. Private Law 78-198 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3298 AN ACT For the relief of Nels J. Pedersen. Private Law 78-199 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3329 AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Morhouse. Private Law 78-200 · Feb 22, 1944 · H.R. 3332 AN ACT For the relief of Spencer Meeks.

Source: GovInfo, U.S. Government Publishing Office — Public and Private Laws and United States Statutes at Large.