Every law Congress has passed

533 laws of the 25th Congress, 1837–1839

1. An Act ceding to the State of Ohio the interest of the United States in a certain road within that State.

   Ch. CLXXXIII · 5 Stat. 296 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the sale of certain bonds belonging to the United States.

   Ch. CLXXXIV · 5 Stat. 296 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

3. An Act to prevent the issuing and circulation of the bills, notes and other securities of corporations created by acts of Congress which have expired.

   Ch. CLXXXV · 5 Stat. 297 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

4. An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

   Ch. CLXXXVI · 5 Stat. 298 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

5. An Act to repeal, in part, the act entitled “An act to provide for the safe keeping of the acts, records, and seal of the United States, and for other purposes.

   Ch. CLXXXVII · 5 Stat. 302 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

6. An Act to encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of tropical plants in the United States.

   Ch. CLXXXVIII · 5 Stat. 302 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

7. An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

   Ch. CLXXXIX · 5 Stat. 303 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

8. An Act making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin.

   Ch. CXC · 5 Stat. 303 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam.

   Ch. CXCI · 5 Stat. 304 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

10. An Act to establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXCII · 5 Stat. 306 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

11. An Act to change the time of holding the United States Circuit Court in the District of East Tennessee and the District of Maryland.

    Ch. CXCIII · 5 Stat. 308 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

12. An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. CXCIV · 5 Stat. 308 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

13. An Act to restrain the circulation of small notes, as a currency, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CCXII · 5 Stat. 309 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

14. A Resolution for the benefit of the widows of certain revolutionary officers and soldiers.

    Resolution 7 · 5 Stat. 311 · July 7, 1838 · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Isaac Gale.

    Ch. CXCV · 6 Stat. 727 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Miller Francis.

    Ch. CXCVI · 6 Stat. 727 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Benjamin B. Dowd.

    Ch. CXCVII · 6 Stat. 727 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Oliver Dorsett.

    Ch. CXCVIII · 6 Stat. 728 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Moses Eldred.

    Ch. CXCIX · 6 Stat. 728 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of M. Gelston, executor of David Gelston.

    Ch. CC · 6 Stat. 728 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Daniel T. Patterson.

    Ch. CCI · 6 Stat. 728 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Gratia Ray.

    Ch. CCII · 6 Stat. 729 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of William A. Whitehead.

    Ch. CCIII · 6 Stat. 729 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Campbell.

    Ch. CCIV · 6 Stat. 729 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of the representatives of Colonel Anthony Walton White.

    Ch. CCV · 6 Stat. 729 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of the children and heirs of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Irwin, deceased.

    Ch. CCVI · 6 Stat. 729 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Doctor William Johonnot, deceased.

    Ch. CCVII · 6 Stat. 730 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to for the relief of the legal representatives of Captain Charles Snead, deceased.

    Ch. CCVIII · 6 Stat. 730 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of the heirs at law of Joshua Fanning, deceased.

    Ch. CCIX · 6 Stat. 730 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Fisher, deceased.

    Ch. CCX · 6 Stat. 730 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Mary A. Patrick.

    Ch. CCXI · 6 Stat. 730 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act in favor of Lewis Hatch.

    Ch. CCXIII · 6 Stat. 731 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief if Crawford Johnson.

    Ch. CCXIV · 6 Stat. 731 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of William Hooker Smith, deceased.

    Ch. CCXV · 6 Stat. 731 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of the. legal representatives of John B. Ashe, deceased.

    Ch. CCXVI · 6 Stat. 731 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of the children and heirs at law of John Chilton, deceased.

    Ch. CCXVII · 6 Stat. 731 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of the administrator of Wharton Quarles, deceased.

    Ch. CCXVIII · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of James H. Brailford.

    Ch. CCXIX · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of Joseph Prescott.

    Ch. CCXX · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of John McClellan.

    Ch. CCXXI · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Johan Jost Dietz, of New York.

    Ch. CCXXII · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of James Boyd.

    Ch. CCXXIII · 6 Stat. 732 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Sarah Pemberton.

    Ch. CCXXIV · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Joseph Salmonds.

    Ch. CCXXV · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of William Collins.

    Ch. CCXXVI · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Letitia Crane.

    Ch. CCXXVII · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Nicholas Verplast.

    Ch. CCXXVIII · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Samuel Potter and James Cassidey, of Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Ch. CCXXIX · 6 Stat. 733 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to refund, to the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company certain duties paid upon railroad iron.

    Ch. CCXXX · 6 Stat. 734 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Henry Barton.

    Ch. CCXXXI · 6 Stat. 734 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions tn cause the unpaid pension of Captain Robert Laird, of the stale of Georgia, to be paid to his executor.

    Ch. CCXXXII · 6 Stat. 734 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the settlement of the accounts of Richard Harrison, late consular agent of the United Slates in Spain.

    Ch. CCXXXIII · 6 Stat. 734 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Charles Vattier.

    Ch. CCXXXIV · 6 Stat. 735 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to authorize the payment of the seven years’ half pay due on account of the revolutionary services of John McClelland, deceased.

    Ch. CCXXXV · 6 Stat. 735 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Deborah Gannett, a soldier of the revolution, deceased.

    Ch. CCXXXVI · 6 Stat. 735 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act to authorize William Delesdernier to draw the arrearages of pension due the late Lewis F. Delesdernier at the time of his death.

    Ch. CCXXXVII · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the benefit of the widow of Noah Chittendon.

    Ch. CCXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the benefit, of Tandy and Walker.

    Ch. CCXXXIX · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Coffin Sanborn.

    Ch. CCXL · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Phebe Champe, of Franklin county, Ohio.

    Ch. CCXLI · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Barney, widow of Samuel Barney, late if Connecticut.

    Ch. CCXLII · 6 Stat. 736 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to John M. Jewell.

    Ch. CCXLIII · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Daniel H. Crockett.

    Ch. CCXLIV · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Frazer.

    Ch. CCXLV · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to James M. Edwards.

    Ch. CCXLVI · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to James Sayre.

    Ch. CCXLVII · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Benjamin Durfee.

    Ch. CCXLVIII · 6 Stat. 737 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Timothy Feely, deceased, late a lieutenant in the army of Ute revolution.

    Ch. CCXLIX · 6 Stat. 738 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Williams, deceased.

    Ch. CCL · 6 Stat. 738 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of the heirs of William B. Bunting.

    Ch. CCLI · 6 Stat. 738 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Sawney York, deceased.

    Ch. CCLII · 6 Stat. 738 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act to authorize the payment of the seven years’ half pay due on account of the revolutionary services of Thomas H. Boyles, deceased.

    Ch. CCLIII · 6 Stat. 738 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of Henry Chatter.

    Ch. CCLIV · 6 Stat. 739 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to authorize Charles Day, James II. Butts, William W. Frye, George Whitman, Laurent Millandon, and Gassaway B. Lamar to import free of duties iron steamboats suited to the navigation of rivers.

    Ch. CCLV · 6 Stat. 739 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act to refund certain duties upon railroad iron, paid by the New York and Harlaem Railroad Company.

    Ch. CCLVI · 6 Stat. 739 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to remit or refund duties to the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company, upon certain importations of iron made by them for the use of their railroad.

    Ch. CCLVII · 6 Stat. 740 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act to refund to the New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company certain duties paid by them upon iron imported for the construction of their railroad.

    Ch. CCLVIII · 6 Stat. 740 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act to revise, with amendments, “Act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. CCLIX · 6 Stat. 741 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of H. Quertier and Albert, of New Orleans.

    Ch. CCLX · 6 Stat. 743 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Richard Frisby.

    Ch. CCLXI · 6 Stat. 743 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of John H. Peterson, executor of the last will and testament of John H. Peterson, deceased.

    Ch. CCLXII · 6 Stat. 743 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of Aaron Pucker.

    Ch. CCLXIII · 6 Stat. 743 · July 7, 1838 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act authorizing the printing of the Madison papers.

    Ch. CCLXIV · 5 Stat. 309 · July 9, 1838 · Original text

84. An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

    Ch. I · 5 Stat. 312 · December 22, 1838 · Original text

85. An Act to provide for carrying into effect the convention between the United Stales of America and the Republic of Texas for marking the boundary between them.

    Ch. II · 5 Stat. 312 · January 11, 1839 · Original text

86. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to require the judge of the district of East and West Tennessee to hold a court at Jackson, in said State,” approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. III · 5 Stat. 313 · January 18, 1839 · Original text

87. Resolution authorizing an examination and payment of the claims of the workmen upon the public buildings.

    Resolution 1 · 5 Stat. 365 · January 18, 1839 · Original text

88. An Act further to regulate the transportation of the mail upon railroads.

    Ch. IV · 5 Stat. 314 · January 25, 1839 · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of Bradbury T. Jipson.

    Ch. V · 6 Stat. 745 · January 25, 1839 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. XX · 5 Stat. 315 · February 6, 1839 · Original text

91. An Act to remit or refund to the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, the duties upon certain railroad iron.

    Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 745 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of Jechonias Bigot and Benjamin Lecraft, sureties of James Manney, late collector of the customs for the district of Beaufort, in the state of North Carolina.

    Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 746 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of William East.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 746 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama.

    Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 746 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief if the owners of the British brig Despatch.

    Ch. X · 6 Stat. 747 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Jean B. Valle.

    Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 747 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 747 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Thomas Sumpter.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 747 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act to amend, and carry into effect, the intention of an act entitled “An act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 748 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of John Newton.

     Ch. XV · 6 Stat. 748 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text