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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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392 laws of the 23rd Congress, 1833–1835

  1. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for the relief of George Johnston,” passed second March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

    Ch. CCLXXXVI · 6 Stat. 523 · July 14, 1833 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. I · 4 Stat. 670 · January 24, 1834 · Original text

  3. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Widow Robert Avart.

    Ch. II · 6 Stat. 553 · January 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act for the relief of George Chinn.

    Ch. III · 6 Stat. 553 · January 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the relief of George H. Jennings.

    Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 553 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act for the relief of James H. Brewer.

    Ch. V · 6 Stat. 554 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act for the relief of Russell Hunt, David Hunt, and Amos Hunt.

    Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 554 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act for the relief of Edward Willett.

    Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 554 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act for the relief of Richard Bagnall, executor of James Vaughan.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 554 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the relief of John Hurtell.

    Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 554 · February 5, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. X · 4 Stat. 672 · February 11, 1834 · Original text

  12. An Act further to continue in force “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. XI · 4 Stat. 672 · February 26, 1834 · Original text

  13. An Act to authorize Gazaway B. Lamar, to import an iron steamboat, in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils, therefore, into the United States, free from duty, and to provide for the remission of the same.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 555 · February 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the relief of Joseph M. Harper.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 555 · February 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Sherfey.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 555 · February 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. XV · 4 Stat. 672 · February 27, 1834 · Original text

  17. An Act to change the times for commencing the sessions of the courts of the United States in the district of Delaware.

    Ch. XVI · 4 Stat. 673 · March 24, 1834 · Original text

  18. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims of the United States, against the late firm of Minturn and Champlin, and their securities.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 555 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act for the relief of the widow and heirs of Felix St. Vrain.

    Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 556 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act for the relief of John Kimberlin.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 556 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act for the relief of George Staley.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 556 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act for the relief of John Hone and Sons, of New York.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 556 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act for the relief of Noah Staley.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 557 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act for the relief of Philip Hickey.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 557 · March 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act for the relief of Peleg Spencer.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 557 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act for the relief of John Haggerty and David Austin, of New York.

    Ch. XXV · 6 Stat. 557 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act for the relief of John Bills.

    Ch. XXVI · 6 Stat. 557 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act for the relief of Thomas Richardson.

    Ch. XXVII · 6 Stat. 558 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act for the relief of Samuel Thompson.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 558 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act for the relief of Daniel Hazleton and William Palmer.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 558 · April 15, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act for the relief of John Thompson.

    Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 558 · April 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act to authorize the issuing of a register to the brig American, of Savannah.

    Ch. XXXI · 6 Stat. 559 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act for the relief of Garrigues Flaujac, of Louisiana,” approved on the twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 559 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the relief of John L. Lobdell.

    Ch. XXXIII · 6 Stat. 559 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act for the relief of Whitford Gill.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 559 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act for the relief of the legal representative of James Morrison, deceased.

    Ch. XXXV · 6 Stat. 560 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act for the relief of William S. Anderson.

    Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 560 · May 1, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the relief of Henry Oakes.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 560 · May 10, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act for the relief of John Webber.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 560 · May 10, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act for the relief of Thomas Ap C. Jones.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 560 · May 10, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act for the relief of John H. Maguire.

    Ch. XL · 6 Stat. 561 · May 10, 1834 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. XLI · 4 Stat. 673 · May 14, 1834 · Original text

  43. An Act for the relief of Coleman Fisher.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 561 · May 14, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the relief of Luther L. Smith.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 561 · May 14, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the relief of John S. Fleming, administrator de bonis non of John Syme, deceased.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 562 · May 23, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act to revive and amend “An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,” passed on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the fourteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XLV · 4 Stat. 676 · June 7, 1834 · Original text

  47. An Act to equalize representation in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLVI · 4 Stat. 677 · June 18, 1834 · Original text

  48. An Act making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. XLVII · 4 Stat. 677 · June 18, 1834 · Original text

  49. An Act for the relief of Asa Hartfield, his assignee or legal representative.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 562 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act for the relief of Martha Bailey and others.

    Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 562 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act granting the right of pre-emption to John Yantis.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 563 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act for the relief of George K. Jackson.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 563 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Rowe, deceased.

    Ch. LII · 6 Stat. 563 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Frances Barham, deceased, and her husband, Fielding Barham.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 563 · June 18, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act to revive the act entitled “An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,” approved May twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. LIV · 4 Stat. 678 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  56. An Act further to extend the term of certain pensions chargeable on the privateer pension fund.

    Ch. LV · 4 Stat. 679 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  57. An Act to grant to the state of Ohio certain lands for the support of schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve.

    Ch. LVI · 4 Stat. 679 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  58. An Act to extend the time allowed for the discharge of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France.

    Ch. LVII · 4 Stat. 679 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  59. An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his majesty the king of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.”

    Ch. LVIII · 4 Stat. 680 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  60. An Act for the re-appropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. LIX · 4 Stat. 680 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  61. An Act making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper’s Ferry, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. LX · 4 Stat. 680 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  62. Resolution providing for the distribution of the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, from the peace of seventeen hundred and eighty-three, to the fourth of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Resolution I · 4 Stat. 743 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  63. Resolution for distributing returns of the last census.

    Resolution II · 4 Stat. 744 · June 19, 1834 · Original text

  64. An Act for the relief of Francis Barnes.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 564 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 564 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act for the relief of John Percival, Master Commandant in the United States Navy.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 564 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act for the relief of Aaron Bellamy.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 564 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act for the relief of the widow and children of George Ludlum, deceased.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 565 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act for the relief of Lucy Loomis.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 565 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Doctor John Berrien, deceased.

    Ch. LXVII · 6 Stat. 565 · June 19, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act for the continuation and repair of the Cumberland road.

    Ch. LXVIII · 4 Stat. 680 · June 24, 1834 · Original text

  72. An Act for the relief of Charles Burkham and others, employed as spies, on the frontier of Arkansas, in eighteen hundred and thirty.

    Ch. LXIX · 6 Stat. 566 · June 24, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States.

    Ch. LXXI · 4 Stat. 681 · June 25, 1834 · Original text

  74. An Act to change the boundary between the south-eastern and the western land districts in the territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXII · 4 Stat. 682 · June 25, 1834 · Original text

  75. Resolution giving the right of way through the property of the United States at Harper’s Ferry, to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company.

    Resolution III · 4 Stat. 744 · June 25, 1834 · Original text

  76. An Act granting pensions to certain persons therein named.

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 566 · June 25, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act for the relief of Peregrine Gardner.

    Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 566 · June 25, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act making appropriations for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. LXXIV · 4 Stat. 682 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  79. An Act for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. LXXV · 4 Stat. 685 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  80. An Act to create additional land districts in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and in the territory north of the state of Illinois.

    Ch. LXXVI · 4 Stat. 686 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  81. An Act to establish an additional land office in Arkansas.

    Ch. LXXVII · 4 Stat. 687 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  82. An Act confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen’s, in Alabama.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 4 Stat. 688 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  83. Resolution manifesting the sensibility of the two houses of Congress, and of the nation, on the occasion of the decease of General La Fayette.

    Resolution IV · 4 Stat. 745 · June 26, 1834 · Original text

  84. An Act for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the Territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. LXXV · 6 Stat. 567 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act for the relief of Asher Morgan and others.

    Ch. LXXIX · 6 Stat. 567 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act for the relief of Jotham Lincoln, administrator of Samuel Burr Lincoln, deceased.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 568 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act for the relief of Joseph Guedry and others.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 568 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act for the relief of Richard Nance.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 568 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act for the relief of Pearson Freeman.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 568 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act granting further relief to Joel Byington.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 568 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act for the relief of the owners of the schooner Three Sisters, of Saybrook.

    Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 569 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act for the relief of Philip Bessom.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 569 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act for the relief of certain inhabitants of East Florida.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 569 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act to amend an act passed on the twenty-ninth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled “An act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore.”

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 570 · June 26, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the state of Alabama; and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur.

    Ch. XCI · 4 Stat. 688 · June 27, 1834 · Original text

  96. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. XCII · 4 Stat. 689 · June 27, 1834 · Original text

  97. An Act for the relief of the heirs at law of Richard Livingston, a Canadian refugee, deceased.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 570 · June 27, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Christian Ish, deceased.

    Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 570 · June 27, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act for the relief of Baptiste Jeansonne and Joseph Pierre Petre.

    Ch. XCIII · 6 Stat. 570 · June 27, 1834 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act for the relief of the administrators of Michael Gratz.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 571 · June 27, 1834 · 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.