Every law Congress has passed

119 laws of the 1st Congress, 1789–1791

1. An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths.

   Ch. I · 1 Stat. 23 · June 1, 1789 · Original text

2. An Act for laying a Duty on Goods, Wares, and Merchandises imported into the United States.

   Ch. II · 1 Stat. 24 · July 4, 1789 · Original text

3. An Act imposing Duties on Tonnage.

   Ch. III · 1 Stat. 27 · July 20, 1789 · Original text

4. for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs.

   Ch. IV · 1 Stat. 28 · July 27, 1789 · Original text

5. An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States.

   Ch. V · 1 Stat. 29 · July 31, 1789 · Original text

6. An Act for settling the Accounts between the United. States and individual States.

   Ch. VI · 1 Stat. 49 · August 5, 1789 · Original text

7. An Act to establish an Executive Department, to be Denominated the Department of War.

   Ch. VII · 1 Stat. 49 · August 7, 1789 · Original text

8. An Act to provide for the Government of the Territory North-west of the river Ohio.

   Ch. VIII · 1 Stat. 50 · August 7, 1789 · Original text

9. An Act for the establishment and support of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers.

   Ch. IX · 1 Stat. 53 · August 7, 1789 · Original text

10. An Act providing for the Expenses which may attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commissioners for managing the same.

    Ch. X · 1 Stat. 54 · August 20, 1789 · Original text

11. Resolved, That the Survey directed by Congress in their act of June the sixth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, be made and returned to the Secretary of the Treasury without delay; and that the President of…

    Resolution 1 · 1 Stat. 96 · August 26, 1789 · Original text

12. An Act for Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XI · 1 Stat. 55 · September 1, 1789 · Original text

13. An Act to establish the Treasury Department.

    Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 65 · September 2, 1789 · Original text

14. An Act for establishing the Salaries of the Executive Officers of Government, with their Assistants and Clerks.

    Ch. XIII · 1 Stat. 67 · September 11, 1789 · Original text

15. An Act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XIV · 1 Stat. 68 · September 15, 1789 · Original text

16. An Act to suspend part of an Act, intituled “An Act to regulate the collection of the Duties imposed by Law on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels, and on Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, imported into the United States,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XV · 1 Stat. 69 · September 16, 1789 · Original text

17. An Act for the temporary establishment of the Post-Office.

    Ch. XVI · 1 Stat. 70 · September 22, 1789 · Original text

18. An Act for allowing Compensation to the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and to the Officers of both Houses.

    Ch. XVII · 1 Stat. 70 · September 22, 1789 · Original text

19. An Act for allowing certain Compensation to the Judges of the Supreme and other Courts, and to the Attorney General of the United States.

    Ch. XVIII · 1 Stat. 72 · September 23, 1789 · Original text

20. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several States to pass laws, making it expressly the duty of…

    Resolution 2 · 1 Stat. 96 · September 23, 1789 · Original text

21. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, to procure from time to time such of the statutes of the several states as may not be in his office.

    Resolution 3 · 1 Stat. 97 · September 23, 1789 · Original text

22. An Act for allowing a Compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States.

    Ch. XIX · 1 Stat. 72 · September 24, 1789 · Original text

23. An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.

    Ch. XX · 1 Stat. 73 · September 24, 1789 · Original text

24. An Act to regulate Processes in the Courts of the United States.

    Ch. XXI · 1 Stat. 93 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

25. An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled “An Act for registering and clearing Vessels, regulating the Coasting Trade, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 94 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

26. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the present year.

    Ch. XXIII · 1 Stat. 95 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

27. An Act providing for the payment of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States.

    Ch. XXIV · 1 Stat. 95 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

28. An Act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the United States the establishment of the Troops raised under the Resolves of the United States in Congress assembled, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

    Ch. XXV · 1 Stat. 95 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

29. An Act to alter the Time for the next Meeting of Congress.

    Ch. XXVII · 1 Stat. 96 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

30. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John White, late a commissioner to settle the accounts between the United States and the states of…

    Resolution · 1 Stat. 98 · September 29, 1789 · Original text

31. An Act to allow the Baron de Glaubeck the pay of a Captain in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. XXVI · 6 Stat. 1 · September 29, 1789 · Private law · Original text

32. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the…

    Resolution · 1 Stat. 97 · 1789 · Original text

33. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the stale of North Carolina, and other purposes.

    Ch. I · 1 Stat. 99 · February 8, 1790 · Original text

34. An Act providing fur the enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States.

    Ch. II · 1 Stat. 101 · March 1, 1790 · Original text

35. An Act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.

    Ch. III · 1 Stat. 103 · March 26, 1790 · Original text

36. An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety.

    Ch. IV · 1 Stat. 104 · March 26, 1790 · Original text

37. An Act to prevent the exportation of goods not duly inspected according to the laws of the several States.

    Ch. V · 1 Stat. 106 · April 2, 1790 · Original text

38. An Act to accept a cession of the claims of the slate of North Carolina to a certain district of Western territory.

    Ch. VI · 1 Stat. 106 · April 2, 1790 · Original text

39. to promote the progress of useful Arts.

    Ch. VII · 1 Stat. 109 · April 10, 1790 · Original text

40. An Act further to suspend part of an act intituled “An act to regulate the collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States,” and to amend the said act.

    Ch. VIII · 1 Stat. 112 · April 15, 1790 · Original text

41. An Act for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States.

    Ch. IX · 1 Stat. 112 · April 30, 1790 · Original text

42. An Act for regulating the Military Establishment of the United States.

    Ch. X · 1 Stat. 119 · April 30, 1790 · Original text

43. An Act to prescribe the mode in which the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings in each State, shall be authenticated so as to take effect in every other State.

    Ch. XI · 1 Stat. 122 · May 26, 1790 · Original text

44. An Act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures and penalties accruing under the revenue laws, in certain cases therein mentioned.

    Ch. XII · 1 Stat. 122 · May 26, 1790 · Original text

45. An Act to continue in force an act passed at the last session of Congress, entituled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States.”

    Ch. XIII · 1 Stat. 123 · May 26, 1790 · Original text

46. An Act for the Government of the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio.

    Ch. XIV · 1 Stat. 123 · May 26, 1790 · Original text

47. An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.

    Ch. XV · 1 Stat. 124 · May 31, 1790 · Original text

48. An Act for giving effect to an Act entituled “An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,” within the Stale of North Carolina.

    Ch. XVII · 1 Stat. 126 · June 4, 1790 · Original text

49. An Act supplemental to the Act for establishing the Salaries of the Executive Officers of Government, with their assistants and Clerks.

    Ch. XVIII · 1 Stat. 126 · June 4, 1790 · Original text

50. An Act for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben.

    Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 2 · June 4, 1790 · Private law · Original text

51. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be forthwith transmitted to the executives of…

    Resolution I · 1 Stat. 187 · June 7, 1790 · Original text

52. An Act for giving effect to the several Acts therein mentioned, in respect to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. XIX · 1 Stat. 126 · June 14, 1790 · Original text

53. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all treaties made, or which shall be made and promulged, under the authority of the United States, shall,…

    Resolution II · 1 Stat. 187 · June 14, 1790 · Original text

54. An Act for the relief of Thomas Jenkins and Company.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 2 · June 14, 1790 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for giving effect to an act intituled “An act to establish the Judicial Courts if the United States,” within the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. XXI · 1 Stat. 128 · June 23, 1790 · Original text

56. An Act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.

    Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 128 · July 1, 1790 · Original text

57. An Act to satisfy the claims of John McCord against the United States.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 2 · July 1, 1790 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 3 · July 1, 1790 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for giving effect to an act intituled “An act providing for the enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States,” in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. XXV · 1 Stat. 129 · July 5, 1790 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States.

    Ch. XXVI · 1 Stat. 129 · July 5, 1790 · Original text

61. An Act further to provide for the Payment of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States.

    Ch. XXVII · 1 Stat. 129 · July 16, 1790 · Original text

62. An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States.

    Ch. XXVIII · 1 Stat. 130 · July 16, 1790 · Original text

63. An Act for the government and regulation of Seamen in the merchants service.

    Ch. XXIX · 1 Stat. 131 · July 20, 1790 · Original text

64. An Act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels.

    Ch. XXX · 1 Stat. 135 · July 20, 1790 · Original text

65. An Act providing for holding a Treaty or Treaties to establish Peace with certain Indian tribes.

    Ch. XXXI · 1 Stat. 136 · July 22, 1790 · Original text

66. An Act to amend the act for the establishment and support of Lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.

    Ch. XXXII · 1 Stat. 137 · July 22, 1790 · Original text

67. An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes.

    Ch. XXXIII · 1 Stat. 137 · July 22, 1790 · Original text

68. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clerks in the office of the commissioner of army accounts are entitled to receive, for their services,…

    Resolution III · 1 Stat. 187 · August 2, 1790 · Original text

69. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the expense of procuring seals for the supreme, circuit, and district courts of the United States, shall…

    Resolution IV · 1 Stat. 187 · August 2, 1790 · Original text

70. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the clerks in the office of the commissioner of army accounts are entitled to receive for their services a…

    Resolution 3 · 6 Stat. 5 · August 2, 1790 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act making provision for the [ payment of the ] Debt of the United States.

    Ch. XXXIV · 1 Stat. 138 · August 4, 1790 · Original text

72. An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels.

    Ch. XXXV · 1 Stat. 145 · August 4, 1790 · Original text

73. An Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act intituled “An act for the temporary establishment of the Post-Office.”

    Ch. XXXVI · 1 Stat. 178 · August 4, 1790 · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of John Stewart and John Davidson.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 3 · August 4, 1790 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act to provide more effectually for the settlement of the Accounts between the United States and the individual States.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 1 Stat. 178 · August 5, 1790 · Original text

76. An Act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.

    Ch. XXXIX · 1 Stat. 180 · August 10, 1790 · Original text

77. An Act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on continental Establishment, to obtain Titles to certain Lands lying northwest of the River Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota.

    Ch. XL · 1 Stat. 182 · August 10, 1790 · Original text

78. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to finish the Lighthouse on Portland Head, in the District of Maine.

    Ch. XLI · 1 Stat. 184 · August 10, 1790 · Original text

79. An Act to alter the Times for holding the Circuit Courts of the United States in the Districts of South Carolina and Georgia, and providing that the District Court of Pennsylvania shall in future be held at the city of Philadelphia only.

    Ch. XLII · 1 Stat. 184 · August 11, 1790 · Original text

80. An Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. XLIII · 1 Stat. 184 · August 11, 1790 · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen lately in the service of the United States, and of certain other persons.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 3 · August 11, 1790 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned, or described.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 4 · August 11, 1790 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act making certain Appropriations therein mentioned.

    Ch. XLVI · 1 Stat. 185 · August 12, 1790 · Original text

84. An Act making Provision for the Deduction of the Public Debt.

    Ch. XLVII · 1 Stat. 186 · August 12, 1790 · Original text

85. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all surveys of lands in the Western Territory, made under the direction of the late geographer, Thomas…

    Resolution V · 1 Stat. 187 · August 12, 1790 · Original text

86. An Act supplementary to the act intitled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.”

    Ch. I · 1 Stat. 188 · December 27, 1790 · Original text

87. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John White, late a commissioner to settle the accounts between the United States and the states of…

    Resolution 4 · 6 Stat. 1 · 1790 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act to provide for the unlading of ships or vessels, in cases of obstruction by Ice.

    Ch. II · 1 Stat. 188 · January 7, 1791 · Original text

89. An Act to continue an act intituled “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,” so far as the same respects the States of Georgia and Mode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. III · 1 Stat. 189 · January 10, 1791 · Original text

90. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be communicated to the National Assembly of…

    Resolution II · 1 Stat. 225 · February 3, 1791 · Original text

91. An Act declaring the consent of Congress, that a new State be formed within the jurisdiction if the Commonwealth of Virginia, and admitted into this Union, by the name of the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. IV · 1 Stat. 189 · February 4, 1791 · Original text

92. An Act declaring the consent of Congress to a certain act of the state of Maryland.

    Ch. V · 1 Stat. 190 · February 9, 1791 · Original text

93. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes.

    Ch. VI · 1 Stat. 190 · February 11, 1791 · Original text

94. An Act for the admission of the State of Vermont into this Union.

    Ch. VII · 1 Stat. 191 · February 18, 1791 · Original text

95. An Act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act passed at the first Session of Congress, intituled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States.”

    Ch. VIII · 1 Stat. 191 · February 18, 1791 · Original text

96. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Andrew Brown, or any other printer, be permitted, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to…

    Resolution I · 1 Stat. 224 · February 18, 1791 · Original text

97. An Act regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont.

    Ch. IX · 1 Stat. 191 · February 25, 1791 · Original text

98. An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.

    Ch. X · 1 Stat. 191 · February 25, 1791 · Original text

99. An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.”

    Ch. XI · 1 Stat. 196 · March 2, 1791 · Original text

100. An Act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the state of Vermont.

     Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 197 · March 2, 1791 · Original text