Every law Congress has passed

119 laws of the 1st Congress, 1789–1791

1. An Act to explain and amend an act intituled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.”

   Ch. XIII · 1 Stat. 198 · March 2, 1791 · Original text

2. An Act fixing the time for the next annual meeting of Congress.

   Ch. XIV · 1 Stat. 198 · March 2, 1791 · Original text

3. An Act repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.

   Ch. XV · 1 Stat. 199 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

4. An Act making an appropriation for the purpose therein mentioned.

   Ch. XVI · 1 Stat. 214 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

5. An Act to amend “An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seal of the Government of the United States.”

   Ch. XVII · 1 Stat. 214 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

6. An Act supplemental to the act “establishing the Treasury Department,” and for a farther compensation to certain officers.

   Ch. XVIII · 1 Stat. 215 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

7. An Act relative to the Rix-Dollar of Denmark.

   Ch. XIX · 1 Stat. 216 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

8. An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act for establishing the salaries of the Executive officers of Government, with their assistants and clerks.”

   Ch. XX · 1 Stat. 216 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

9. An Act for making compensations to the Commissioners of Loans for extraordinary expenses.

   Ch. XXI · 1 Stat. 216 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

10. An Act providing compensations for the officers of the Judicial Courts of the United States, and for Jurors and Witnesses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 216 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXIII · 1 Stat. 218 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

12. An Act to continue in force the act therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the payment of Pensions to Invalids, and for the support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.

    Ch. XXIV · 1 Stat. 218 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

13. An Act supplementary to the act making provision for the reduction of the Public Debt.

    Ch. XXV · 1 Stat. 218 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

14. An Act making farther provision for the collection of the duties by law imposed on Teas, and to prolong the term for the payment of the Duties on Wines.

    Ch. XXVI · 1 Stat. 219 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

15. An Act for granting lands to the Inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their possessions.

    Ch. XXVII · 1 Stat. 221 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

16. An Act for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers.

    Ch. XXVIII · 1 Stat. 222 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

17. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a mint shall be established under such regulations as shall be directed by law. Resolved, That the…

    Resolution III · 1 Stat. 225 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

18. 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, and he hereby is requested, to cause an estimate to be laid before…

    Resolution IV · 1 Stat. 225 · March 3, 1791 · Original text

19. Whereas Congress did, by a resolution of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, recommend to the several states to pass laws making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their…

    Resolution V · 1 Stat. 225 · March 3, 1791 · Original text