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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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461 laws of the 22nd Congress, 1831–1833

  1. An Act to authorize the state of Illinois, to sell twenty thousand acres of the saline lands in said state.

    Ch. I · 4 Stat. 496 · January 19, 1832 · Original text

  2. An Act for the relief of William J. Quincy and Charles E. Quincy.

    Ch. II · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act for the relief of Henry H. Tuckerman.

    Ch. III · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act for the relief of Robertson and Barnwell.

    Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 471 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the relief of Lewis Anderson.

    Ch. V · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act for the relief of William Forsythe.

    Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act for the relief of Charles Cassedy.

    Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act for the relief of Dixon Spears.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 472 · January 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act supplementary to an act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands.

    Ch. IX · 4 Stat. 496 · January 23, 1832 · Original text

  10. An Act to direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land claims in the territory of Florida.

    Ch. X · 4 Stat. 496 · January 23, 1832 · Original text

  11. An Act for the relief of Robert A. Forsythe.

    Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the relief of William D. King, James Daviess, and Garland Lincicum.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act for the relief of Stephen Hook.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the relief of Henry Kilbourn.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 473 · January 23, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act to alter the time of holding the spring term of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

    Ch. XV · 4 Stat. 497 · February 10, 1832 · Original text

  16. Resolution empowering the Secretary of the Navy to settle certain contracts, and to relinquish certain forfeitures.

    Resolution I · 4 Stat. 605 · February 10, 1832 · Original text

  17. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claim of the United States on the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie.

    Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 473 · February 10, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act for the relief of John Proctor.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act for the relief of Lawrence L. Van Kleeck.

    Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act for the relief of James Lucius Sawyer.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a pension to Jared Cone.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act for the relief of Andrew H. Richardson, executor of Valentine Richardson.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 474 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act for the relief of Ariel Ensign.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act for the relief of Adam Peck.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act for the relief of Antoine Dequindre, Richard Smith, and others, Michigan volunteers.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 475 · February 18, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act to provide for the payment of arrearages in the naval service, chargeable to the enumerated contingent prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XXV · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text

  27. An Act making appropriations for the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XXVI · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text

  28. An Act making appropriations for fortifications for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XXVII · 4 Stat. 497 · February 24, 1832 · Original text

  29. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XXVIII · 4 Stat. 498 · February 24, 1832 · Original text

  30. An Act for the relief of William Tharp.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act for the relief of the representatives of Doctor Hanson Catlett.

    Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act for the relief of the heirs of William Robertson, deceased, and Daniel S. Leonard.

    Ch. XXXI · 6 Stat. 476 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act for the relief of John Sapp.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the relief of Peter Peck.

    Ch. XXXIII · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act for the relief of Cornelius Overton.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 477 · February 24, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  36. Resolution concerning the recording of patents for useful inventions.

    Resolution II. · 4 Stat. 605 · March 7, 1832 · Original text

  37. An Act for the relief of Edward Lee.

    Ch. XXXV · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the relief of Eber Hubbard.

    Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Wagstaff.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act for the relief of Percia Tupper, executrix of Samuel Tupper, deceased.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act for the relief of Jane Muir.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 478 · March 7, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act for the relief of Edward Livingston.

    Ch. XL · 6 Stat. 478 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act for the relief of William Owens.

    Ch. XLI · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the relief of Amariah Squirrel, administrator of Jacob Squirrel, deceased.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 479 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Keep.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act for the relief of Anthony Foreman, John G. Ross, Cherokee delegation.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act for the relief of Bernard Marigny, of the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 480 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act for the relief of Nathan Towson, Paymaster-General of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 481 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act for the relief of Richard S. Hackley.

    Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 481 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act for the relief of William Williamson.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 482 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act for the relief of J. P. and E. B. Penny.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 482 · March 15, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act for the adjustment and settlement of the claims of the state of South Carolina against the United States.

    Ch. LI · 4 Stat. 499 · March 22, 1832 · Original text

  54. An Act to amend the several acts establishing a territorial government in Florida.

    Ch. LII · 4 Stat. 500 · March 22, 1832 · Original text

  55. An Act for the relief of Sylvester Havens.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 471 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act for the relief of Leonard Denison and Elisha Ely.

    Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 482 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act for the relief of John McDonough.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 483 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act for the relief of Captain Thomas Paine.

    Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 483 · March 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,” approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. LVII · 4 Stat. 500 · March 31, 1832 · Original text

  60. An Act to add a part of the southern to the northern district of Alabama.

    Ch. LVIII · 4 Stat. 501 · March 31, 1832 · Original text

  61. An Act for the relief of John Rodgers.

    Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act for the relief of Robert Smart.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act for the relief of John Menary.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 483 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act for the relief of Thomas Dennis, and the legal representative of Asa Hartfield.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 484 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act for the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 484 · March 31, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. LXIV · 4 Stat. 501 · April 5, 1832 · Original text

  67. An Act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of public lands.

    Ch. LXV · 4 Stat. 503 · April 5, 1832 · Original text

  68. An Act to authorize the judges of the courts of the United States to take bail of the claimants of property seized, and perform other acts in vacation.

    Ch. LXVI · 4 Stat. 503 · April 5, 1832 · Original text

  69. An Act providing for the organization of the ordnance department.

    Ch. LXVII · 4 Stat. 504 · April 5, 1832 · Original text

  70. An Act for the relief of the sureties of Amos Edwards.

    Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 484 · April 5, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act to change the time of holding the United States district court, at Staunton, in the western district of Virginia.

    Ch. LXIX · 4 Stat. 504 · April 20, 1832 · Original text

  72. An Act authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs, in said territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXX · 4 Stat. 505 · April 20, 1832 · Original text

  73. An Act making appropriations in conformity with the stipulations of certain Indian treaties.

    Ch. LXXI · 4 Stat. 505 · April 20, 1832 · Original text

  74. An Act providing for the postponement of the trial of certain cases now pending in the superior courts of Arkansas territory, and for withholding from sale or entry certain lands in said territory.

    Ch. LXXII · 4 Stat. 506 · April 20, 1832 · Original text

  75. An Act for the relief of Jefferson College in the state of Mississippi.

    Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 484 · April 20, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. LXXIV · 4 Stat. 506 · May 5, 1832 · Original text

  77. An Act to provide the means of extending the benefits if vaccination, as a preventive of the small-pox, to the Indian tribes, and thereby, as far as possible, to save them from the destructive ravages of that disease.

    Ch. LXXV · 4 Stat. 514 · May 5, 1832 · Original text

  78. An Act confirming to Joshua Kennedy, his claim to a tract of land in the city of Mobile.

    Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 485 · May 5, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act for altering the time of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana.

    Ch. LXXVII · 4 Stat. 515 · May 19, 1832 · Original text

  80. An Act for giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Colombia.

    Ch. LXXIX · 4 Stat. 515 · May 19, 1832 · Original text

  81. An Act authorizing the revision and extension of the rules and regulation of the naval service.

    Ch. LXXX · 4 Stat. 516 · May 19, 1832 · Original text

  82. An Act to extend the patent of Jethro Wood.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 486 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act for the relief of Richard G. Morris.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 486 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act to revive and continue inforce “An actfor the relief of the representatives of John Donelson, Stephen Heard, and others.”

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act for the relief of Joseph Bogy.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act for the relief of the Miami Exporting Company.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act for the relief of Mien W. Hardie.

    Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 487 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act for the relief of Prosper Marigny.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act for the relief of Arnaud Lanaux.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act for the relief of Joseph Soniat Dufossat.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act for the relief of John H. Thomas, claiming under Antoine Patin.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 488 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act for the relief of Celestin Chiapella.

    Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 489 · May 19, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fifth census.

    Ch. XCI · 4 Stat. 516 · May 22, 1832 · Original text

  94. An act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana.

    Ch. XCII · 4 Stat. 516 · May 22, 1832 · Original text

  95. An Act to authorize the removal of the land office from Mount Salus, in the state of Mississippi, and to remove the land office from Franklin to Fayette, in the state of Missouri.

    Ch. XCIII · 4 Stat. 517 · May 22, 1832 · Original text

  96. An Act for the relief of De Garmo Jones.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 489 · May 22, 1832 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act to exempt the vessels of Portugal from the payment of duties on tonnage.

    Ch. CIV · 4 Stat. 517 · May 25, 1832 · Original text

  98. An Act to extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CV · 4 Stat. 517 · May 25, 1832 · Original text

  99. An Act for improving Pennsylvania Avenue, supplying the public buildings with water, and for paving the walk from the western gate to the Capitol with flagging.

    Ch. CVI · 4 Stat. 518 · May 25, 1832 · Original text

  100. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to enlarge the powers of the several corporations of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. CVII · 4 Stat. 518 · May 25, 1832 · 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.