Every law Congress has passed

533 laws of the 25th Congress, 1837–1839

1. An Act for the relief of Erastus Fairbanks and Thaddeus Fairbanks.

   Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 749 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Elisha Town.

   Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 749 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Sarah Angel, and the other heirs at law of Benjamin King, deceased.

   Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 749 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act to confirm the sale of certain reservations.

   Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 749 · February 6, 1839 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Henry Wilson, confirming purchases of certain land in Arkansas.

   Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 749 · February 12, 1839 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole Indians removed from Florida.

   Ch. XXIV · 5 Stat. 316 · February 13, 1839 · Original text

7. An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

   Ch. XXV · 5 Stat. 316 · February 13, 1839 · Original text

8. A Resolution for the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peters and Mississippi rivers.

   Resolution 2 · 5 Stat. 365 · February 13, 1839 · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of William B. Ferguson anti sureties.

   Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 750 · February 13, 1839 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Dr. John Campbell While, of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 750 · February 13, 1839 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to repeal the proviso to the second section of an act approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims of the United States against certain banks.

    Ch. XXVI · 5 Stat. 317 · February 16, 1839 · Original text

12. An Act to amend “An act to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of Mississippi,” approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. XXVII · 5 Stat. 317 · February 16, 1839 · Original text

13. An Act making an appropriation for the support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXVIII · 5 Stat. 318 · February 16, 1839 · Original text

14. A Resolution directing the manner in which certain laws of the District of Columbia shall be executed.

    Resolution 3 · 5 Stat. 365 · February 16, 1839 · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of the securities of Elias T. Langham, late surveyor of public lands for the states of Missouri and Illinois.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 751 · February 16, 1839 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to prohibit the giving or accepting, within the District of Columbia, of a challenge to fight a duel, and for the punishment thereof.

    Ch. XXX · 5 Stat. 318 · February 20, 1839 · Original text

17. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. XXXI · 5 Stat. 319 · February 20, 1839 · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Glascock, deceased.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 751 · February 26, 1839 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to prevent the abatement of suits and, actions now pending, in which the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, may be a party.

    Ch. XXXIII · 5 Stat. 321 · February 28, 1839 · Original text

20. An Act to abolish imprisonment for debt incertain cases.

    Ch. XXXV · 5 Stat. 321 · February 28, 1839 · Original text

21. An Act in amendment of the acts respecting the Judicial System of the United States.

    Ch. XXXVI · 5 Stat. 321 · February 28, 1839 · Original text

22. A Resolution authorizing certain certificates of deposite to be cancelled and reissued.

    Resolution 4 · 5 Stat. 366 · February 28, 1839 · Original text

23. An Act supplemental to the “Act granting certain city lots to the corporation of the Columbian College for the purposes therein mentioned,” approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 751 · February 28, 1839 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to revise and extend “An act to authorize the issuing of Treasury notes to meet the current expenses of tile Government,” approved the twenty-first of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. XXXVII · 5 Stat. 323 · March 2, 1839 · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Messrs. Smith anti Town.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 751 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of William W. Stevenson and Joseph Henderson.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 752 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of Robert Murray.

    Ch. XL · 6 Stat. 752 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of John Wiley and Jefferson Greer.

    Ch. XLI · 6 Stat. 752 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of John Whitsitt.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 753 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of James Middleton Tuttle, of Arkansas.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 753 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Levi Chadwick.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 753 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to authorize the issuing of a register to Anthony C. Menegbetty for the sloop Sarah.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 753 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Dennis Tramell.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 754 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the heirs of Captain Jesse Copeland.

    Ch. XLVII · 6 Stat. 754 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Jesse E. Dow.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 754 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Mitchell.

    Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 754 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of Tilford Taylor.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 754 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Charles S. Walsh.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 755 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel H. Hooe.

    Ch. LII · 6 Stat. 755 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of John E..Alexander.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 755 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of John Randolph Clay.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 755 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of William Colt and William Donaldson.

    Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 755 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act authorizing a grant of bounty land to the heirs of Bennett Shurley.

    Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 756 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Samuel Dickerson.

    Ch. LVII · 6 Stat. 756 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of the Louisville Savings Institution.

    Ch. LVIII · 6 Stat. 756 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Daniel Malone.

    Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 756 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief if [the] legal representatives of Nathan Sage.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 756 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Thomas McClelland and James Smith.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Archibald R. S. Hunter.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Hiner Stigermire.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of Joseph M. Hernandez.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of Frederick Frey and Company.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of John Davlin.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the relief of certain heirs and legal representatives of James Wilson, late of [the] town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LXVII · 6 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas T. Triplett.

    Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 759 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of John H. Peaxe.

    Ch. LXIX · 6 Stat. 759 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

57. Resolution for the relief of Abraham Wright, of New York.

    Resolution 5 · 6 Stat. 794 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

58. Resolution for the relief of the heirs at law of Captain Frederick M. Bell, deceased.

    Resolution 6 · 6 Stat. 794 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

59. Resolution for the relief of the heirs of Charles Brown, deceased.

    Resolution 7 · 6 Stat. 794 · March 2, 1839 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act to provide for the erection of public buildings in the Territory of Florida.

    Ch. LXX · 5 Stat. 323 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

61. 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-nine.

    Ch. LXXI · 5 Stat. 323 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

62. An Act to authorize the construction of certain improvements in the Territory of Wisconsin and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXII · 5 Stat. 328 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

63. An Act to repeal the second section of “An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office,” approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. LXXIII · 5 Stat. 329 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of umbrella-makers.

    Ch. LXXIV · 5 Stat. 329 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

65. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase a tract of land belonging to the heirs of John Harris, deceased, being within the limits of the navy yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

    Ch. LXXV · 5 Stat. 329 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

66. An Act making appropriations for building a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago lake, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXVI · 5 Stat. 330 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

67. An Act making a donation of land to the Territory of Iowa, for the purpose of erecting public buildings thereon.

    Ch. LXXVII · 5 Stat. 330 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

68. An Act for the improvement and survey of certain rivers, and the repair of certain roads in Florida.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 5 Stat. 331 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

69. An Act granting to the judges of the supreme court of Iowa the same compensation as by law is given to the judges of the supreme court of Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXIX · 5 Stat. 331 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

70. An Act to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

    Ch. LXXX · 5 Stat. 331 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

71. An Act to amend the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,’ and for other purposes.”

    Ch. LXXXI · 5 Stat. 337 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

72. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

    Ch. LXXXII · 5 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of the Brothertown Indians, in the Territory of Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 5 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

74. An Act making an appropriation for the protection of the Northern and Northwestern frontier of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 5 Stat. 351 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

75. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers,” passed April 16, 1818.

    Ch. LXXXV · 5 Stat. 352 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

76. An Act to authorize the construction if a road from Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 5 Stat. 352 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

77. An Act providing for the erection of a fire-proof building for the use of the General Post Office Department.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 5 Stat. 353 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

78. An Act in addition to “An act to promote the progress of the useful arts.”

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 5 Stat. 353 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

79. An Act giving to the President of the United States additional powers for the defence of the United States, in certain cases, against invasion, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 5 Stat. 355 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

80. An Act to alter and amend the organic law of the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa.

    Ch. XC · 5 Stat. 356 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

81. An Act to define and establish the eastern boundary line of the Territory of Iowa.

    Ch. XCI · 5 Stat. 357 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

82. An Act to authorize the election or appointment of certain officers in the Territory of Iowa, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XCII · 5 Stat. 357 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

83. An Act making appropriations for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

    Ch. XCIII · 5 Stat. 357 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

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

    Ch. XCIV · 5 Stat. 359 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

85. An Act making appropriation for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

    Ch. XCV · 5 Stat. 362 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

86. An Act to provide for the erection of a new jail in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. CCXXVI · 5 Stat. 364 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

87. An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of the city of Washington over the Potomac bridge.

    Ch. CCXXIX · 5 Stat. 364 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

88. A Resolution to authorize the purchase of an island in the river Delaware, called the Pea Patch, and for other purposes.

    Resolution 9 · 5 Stat. 366 · March 3, 1839 · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Michael Fenwick, deceased.

    Ch. XCVI · 6 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the settlement of the accounts of Edmund Roberts, late diplomatic agent of the United. Stales to Cochin China, Muscat and Siam.

    Ch. XCVII · 6 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of William Tudor, junior.

    Ch. XCVIII · 6 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of William S. Colquhoun.

    Ch. XCIX · 6 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of certain officers of the Florida militia.

    Ch. C · 6 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Peter Bargy, junior.

    Ch. CI · 6 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Sarah Windham, widow of the late Joshua Lamb, a soldier of the revolution.

    Ch. CII · 6 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Michael McCray.

    Ch. CIII · 6 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Adam Smith.

    Ch. CIV · 6 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of the late Hubert Farmer, deceased.

    Ch. CV · 6 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of James Moore.

    Ch. CVI · 6 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Menzies Gilespie, late a soldier of the United States army.

     Ch. CVII · 6 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1839 · Private law · Original text