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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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370 laws of the 21st Congress, 1829–1831

  1. An Act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa.

    Ch. CI · 4 Stat. 403 · May 20, 1830 · Original text

  2. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to regulate the practice in the courts of the United States, for the district of Louisiana.

    Ch. CII · 4 Stat. 404 · May 20, 1830 · Original text

  3. An Act for the relief of sundry revolutionary and other officers and soldiers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XCVII · 6 Stat. 416 · May 20, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act for the relief of the City Council of Charleston, South Carolina.

    Ch. C · 6 Stat. 419 · May 20, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the relief of Jonathan Taylor, and the representatives of James Morrison and Charles Wilkins.

    Ch. CIII · 6 Stat. 419 · May 20, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of lands, between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the state of Ohio.

    Ch. CV · 4 Stat. 405 · May 26, 1830 · Original text

  7. An Act to provide for the final settlement of land claims in Florida.

    Ch. CVI · 4 Stat. 405 · May 26, 1830 · Original text

  8. An Act for the distribution of certain books therein mentioned.

    Ch. CVII · 4 Stat. 407 · May 26, 1830 · Original text

  9. An Act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company.

    Ch. CIV · 6 Stat. 419 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the relief of Jonathan Chapman.

    Ch. CVIII · 6 Stat. 426 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act to confirm the claim of Isidore Moore, of Missouri.

    Ch. CIX · 6 Stat. 426 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the relief of Nancy Moore.

    Ch. CX · 6 Stat. 427 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act for the relief of Payson Perrin.

    Ch. CXI · 6 Stat. 427 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the relief of Mountjoy Bayly.

    Ch. CXII · 6 Stat. 427 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the relief of Lucy M. Lipscomb.

    Ch. CXIII · 6 Stat. 427 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act for the relief of John Edgar, of Illinois.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 427 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act for the benefit of the creditors of Bennet and Morté.

    Ch. CXV · 6 Stat. 428 · May 26, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the district of Jackson courthouse, in the state of Mississippi.

    Ch. CXLVI · 4 Stat. 408 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  19. An Act for the more effectual collection of the impost duties.

    Ch. CXLVII · 4 Stat. 409 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  20. An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 4 Stat. 411 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  21. An Act to authorize the register and receiver of the St. Helena land district, in Louisiana, to receive evidence, and report upon certain claims to land mentioned therein.

    Ch. CXLIX · 4 Stat. 413 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  22. An Act to repeal a part of an act, passed the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled “An act making provisions for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. CL · 4 Stat. 413 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  23. An Act relative to the plan of Detroit, in Michigan territory.

    Ch. CLI · 4 Stat. 413 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  24. An Act to repeal the proviso in “An act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases to clear out either at the custom-house of Petersburg, or that of Richmond.”

    Ch. CLII · 4 Stat. 414 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  25. Resolution for obtaining the aggregate returns of former enumerations of the population of the United States.

    Resolution IV · 4 Stat. 430 · May 28, 1830 · Original text

  26. An Act for the relief of James Smith.

    Ch. CXVI · 6 Stat. 428 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act for the relief of Thomas Wheatley.

    Ch. CXVII · 6 Stat. 428 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act for the relief of Henry Williams.

    Ch. CXVIII · 6 Stat. 428 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act for the relief of James Barnett.

    Ch. CXIX · 6 Stat. 428 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act for the relief of Joseph Shaw.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 428 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Baptiste Le Gendre.

    Ch. CXXI · 6 Stat. 429 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act for the relief of Francois Isidore Tuillier.

    Ch. CXXII · 6 Stat. 429 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act for the relief of Peter Gasney.

    Ch. CXXIII · 6 Stat. 429 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the relief of John Cooper, William Saunders, and William R. Porter.

    Ch. CXXIV · 6 Stat. 429 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act for the relief of Judah Alden.

    Ch. CXXV · 6 Stat. 430 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph Falconer, deceased.

    Ch. CXXVI · 6 Stat. 430 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act for the relief of Wilkins Tannehill.

    Ch. CXXVII · 6 Stat. 431 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the relief of John H. Wendal, a Captain in the revolutionary war.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 6 Stat. 431 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of James Davenport, deceased.

    Ch. CXXIX · 6 Stat. 431 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Jean Marie Trahaud, deceased.

    Ch. CXXX · 6 Stat. 431 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act for the relief of Michael Lewis.

    Ch. CXXXI · 6 Stat. 432 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act for the relief of Alexander Fridge.

    Ch. CXXXII · 6 Stat. 432 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act for the relief of Captain John Woods.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 6 Stat. 432 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Tuillier, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 6 Stat. 432 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the relief of Stephen Olney.

    Ch. CXXXV · 6 Stat. 433 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act for the relief of John Moffitt.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 6 Stat. 433 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act for the relief of Alexander Montgomery, John H. Watts, and the administrators of John Wilson, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 6 Stat. 433 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act for the relief of William, Tipton.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 434 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act for the relief of General Simon Kenton.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 6 Stat. 434 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act for the relief of Alexander Claxton.

    Ch. CXL · 6 Stat. 434 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act for the relief of Jacob Wilderman.

    Ch. CXLI · 6 Stat. 435 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act for the relief of Abraham Brownson.

    Ch. CXLII · 6 Stat. 435 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act for the relief of Vincent de Rivafinoli, and others.

    Ch. CXLIII · 6 Stat. 435 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act for the relief of Wallace Robinson.

    Ch. CXLIV · 6 Stat. 435 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act for the relief of Ann Brashears, of Mississippi.

    Ch. CXLV · 6 Stat. 436 · May 28, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act to provide for the appointment of a solicitor of the treasury.

    Ch. CLIII · 4 Stat. 414 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  57. An Act to vest in the state of Indiana certain lands within the limits of the canal grant.

    Ch. CLXI · 4 Stat. 416 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  58. An Act relating to the orphans’ courts in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CLXII · 4 Stat. 416 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  59. An Act to protect the surveyors of the public lands of the United States, and to punish persons guilty of interrupting and hindering, by force, surveyors in the discharge of their duty.

    Ch. CLXIII · 4 Stat. 417 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  60. An Act to alter and amend the sixty-fifth article of the first section of an act, entitled “An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,” passed the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six.

    Ch. CLXXIX · 4 Stat. 417 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  61. An Act to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. CLXXX · 4 Stat. 418 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  62. An Act to provide for surveying certain lands in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. CLXXXII · 4 Stat. 418 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  63. An Act to exempt deserters, in time of peace, from the punishment of death.

    Ch. CLXXXIII · 4 Stat. 418 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  64. An Act to reduce the duty on molasses, and to allow a drawback on spirits distilled from foreign materials.

    Ch. CLXXXV · 4 Stat. 419 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  65. An Act to reduce the duty on salt.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 4 Stat. 419 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  66. An Act to amend the acts regulating the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain colonies of Great Britain.

    Ch. CCVII · 4 Stat. 419 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  67. An Act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands.

    Ch. CCVIII · 4 Stat. 420 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  68. An Act to revive and continue in force “An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian.”

    Ch. CCXI · 4 Stat. 421 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  69. An Act increasing the terms of the judicial courts of the United States for the southern district of New York, and adding to the compensation of several district judges of the United States.

    Ch. CCXIII · 4 Stat. 422 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  70. Resolution to suspend proceedings against the corporation of the house of refuge in New York.

    Resolution V · 4 Stat. 430 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  71. Resolution in relation to the compensation of officers of the marine corps.

    Resolution VI · 4 Stat. 430 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  72. Resolution requiring annual reports to be made to Congress, in relation to applications for pensions.

    Resolution VII · 4 Stat. 430 · May 29, 1830 · Original text

  73. An Act providing for the settlement of the accounts of certain Diplomatic Functionaries.

    Ch. CLIV · 6 Stat. 436 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act for the relief of Thomas Blackwell.

    Ch. CLV · 6 Stat. 436 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act for the relief of Alexander Scott.

    Ch. CLVI · 6 Stat. 436 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act for the relief of Charles Collins.

    Ch. CLVII · 6 Stat. 436 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act for the relief of Fielding L. White.

    Ch. CLVIII · 6 Stat. 437 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act for the relief of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer, children and heirs at law of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, deceased.

    Ch. CLIX · 6 Stat. 437 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act for the relief of Ann D. Baylor.

    Ch. CLX · 6 Stat. 437 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act for the relief of the heirs or representatives of widow Dupree.

    Ch. CLXIV · 6 Stat. 438 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act for the relief of John Conard, Marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. CLXV · 6 Stat. 438 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Newton, assignee of Robert Crittenden.

    Ch. CLXVII · 6 Stat. 438 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act for authorizing a patent to be issued to Moses Shaw.

    Ch. CLXVIII · 6 Stat. 438 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel Enos Cutler, of the United States’ Army.

    Ch. CLXVI · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act for the relief of Mesheck Browning.

    Ch. CLXIX · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act for the relief of Major M. M. Payne, of the United States’ Army.

    Ch. CLXX · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act for the relief of Isaiah Townsend, Peter Dox, and Gerrit Le Grange, sureties of Gerrit L. Dox.

    Ch. CLXXI · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act for the relief of Jeremiah Walker, of the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. CLXXII · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act for the relief of Roger Enos.

    Ch. CLXXIII · 6 Stat. 439 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act for the relief of Abel Alien.

    Ch. CLXXIV · 6 Stat. 440 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act to reimburse Lieutenant Daniel Tyler for money advanced by him for the Government of the United States.

    Ch. CLXXV · 6 Stat. 440 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act for the relief of Ephraim F. Gilbert.

    Ch. CLXXVII · 6 Stat. 440 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act for the relief of John Scott, executor of Charles Yates, deceased.

    Ch. CLXXVI · 6 Stat. 441 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act for the relief of James Fisk.

    Ch. CLXXVIII · 6 Stat. 441 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act granting pensions to Samuel H. Phillips, Cord Hazard, and John M’Creary, and to increase the pension of George W. Howard.

    Ch. CLXXXI · 6 Stat. 441 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in certain Indian reservations in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. CLXXXIV · 6 Stat. 441 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act for the relief of John Hayner.

    Ch. CLXXXVI · 6 Stat. 442 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act for the relief of William Morrison.

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 6 Stat. 442 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act for the relief of Elisha Ives.

    Ch. CLXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 442 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act for the relief of the owners of the ship Alleghany, and their legal representatives.

    Ch. CXC · 6 Stat. 442 · May 29, 1830 · Private law · Original text

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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.