Every law Congress has passed

147 laws of the 26th Congress, 1839–1841

1. An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty.

   Ch. I · 5 Stat. 367 · January 8, 1840 · Original text

2. An Act making appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionary and the other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and forty.

   Ch. II · 5 Stat. 367 · February 22, 1840 · Original text

3. An Act to amend the act “to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

   Ch. III · 5 Stat. 368 · February 26, 1840 · Original text

4. An Act to continue the office of commissioner of Pensions, and to transfer the pension business, heretofore transacted in the Navy Department, to that office.

   Ch. IV · 5 Stat. 369 · March 4, 1840 · Original text

5. An Act additional to the act on the subject of Treasury Notes.

   Ch. V · 5 Stat. 370 · March 31, 1840 · Original text

6. An Act to cancel the bonds given to secure duties upon vessels and their cargoes, employed in the Whale Fishery, and to make registers, lawful papers for such vessels.

   Ch. VI · 5 Stat. 370 · April 4, 1840 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Alvarez Fish and the legal representatives of Thomas P. Bskridge.

   Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 796 · April 10, 1840 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of John H. Jacocks.

   Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 796 · April 10, 1840 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Sullen Stephens.

   Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 797 · April 27, 1840 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to continue certain clerks employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

    Resolution 1 · 5 Stat. 409 · May 2, 1840 · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Grimball, senior, deceased.

    Ch. X · 6 Stat. 797 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of James Brewer, of Ohio.

    Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 797 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to authorize James Alexander to relinquish certain land, and to locate other land in lieu thereof.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 797 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Nathan Levy.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 797 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Robert Milnor and John Thompson.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 798 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of George Willis.

    Ch. XV · 6 Stat. 798 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Meigs D. Benjamin and Company.

    Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 798 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Gamaliel E. Smith.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 798 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Taylor.

    Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 798 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Richard Booker and others.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 799 · May 2, 1840 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty.

    Ch. XXII · 5 Stat. 371 · May 8, 1840 · Original text

22. An Act for altering the time of holding the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, at Williamsport.

    Ch. XXIII · 5 Stat. 380 · May 8, 1840 · Original text

23. An Act relative to the iron steamboat “The New Jersey,” formerly called the Robert N. Stockton.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 799 · May 8, 1840 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of John T. Addoms, executor of John Addoms.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 799 · May 8, 1840 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of William Wickham.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 799 · May 8, 1840 · Private law · Original text

26. Joint Resolution for the relief of Masterion and Smith, and for other purposes.

    Resolution 2 · 6 Stat. 816 · May 16, 1840 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXV · 5 Stat. 380 · May 27, 1840 · Original text

28. An Act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States.

    Ch. XXVI · 5 Stat. 381 · May 27, 1840 · Original text

29. An Act authorizing Sippican and Mattapoisett, within the township of Rochester, in the State of Massachusetts, to be Known hereafter as ports under those names.

    Ch. XXVII · 5 Stat. 381 · May 27, 1840 · Original text

30. A Resolution concerning the statue of Washington, by Greenough.

    Resolution 3 · 5 Stat. 409 · May 27, 1840 · Original text

31. An Act to confirm the title to a certain trad of land in the county if Mobile, in the state of Alabama.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 800 · May 27, 1840 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the relief if John H. Sheppard, administrator of Abiel Wood.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 800 · May 27, 1840 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Joseph Cochran.

    Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 801 · May 27, 1840 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of A. G. S. Wight.

    Ch. XXXI · 6 Stat. 801 · May 27, 1840 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act supplemental to the act entitled “An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,” approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. XXXII · 5 Stat. 382 · June 1, 1840 · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of James L. Cochran.

    Ch. XXXIII · 6 Stat. 801 · June 1, 1840 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic.

    Ch. XXXIV · 5 Stat. 383 · June 12, 1840 · Original text

38. An Act to authorize registers and receivers to administer oaths required to be taken by purchasers of public land.

    Ch. XXXV · 5 Stat. 384 · June 12, 1840 · Original text

39. An Act for the discontinuance of the office of Surveyor General in the several districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be completed, far abolishing land offices under certain circumstances and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXXVI · 5 Stat. 384 · June 12, 1840 · Original text

40. An Act concerning prisoners of the United States committed to the gaol in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island.

    Ch. XXXVII · 5 Stat. 385 · June 12, 1840 · Original text

41. An Act making provision for the payment of pensions to the executors or administrators of deceased pensioners in certain cases.

    Ch. XXXIX · 5 Stat. 385 · June 19, 1840 · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of General Duncan L. Clinch.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 801 · June 19, 1840 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act to continue the corporate existence of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, for certain purposes.

    Ch. XL · 6 Stat. 802 · July 3, 1840 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act to provide far the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue.

    Ch. XLI · 5 Stat. 385 · July 4, 1840 · Original text

45. An Act to amend an act approved the eighteenth of January eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled “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 the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLII · 5 Stat. 392 · July 4, 1840 · Original text

46. An Act in addition to the acts respecting the judicial system of the United States.

    Ch. XLIII · 5 Stat. 392 · July 4, 1840 · Original text

47. An Act to remove the land office from Chocchuma to Grenada, in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. XLIV · 5 Stat. 393 · July 4, 1840 · Original text

48. An Act to refund a fine imposed on the late Matthew Lyon, under the sedition law, to his legal heirs and representatives.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 802 · July 4, 1840 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of John W. Monette.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 802 · July 4, 1840 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to amend the act, approved May thirteenth, eighteen hundred, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to establish the judicial courts of the United Stales.’”

    Ch. XLVII · 5 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

51. An Act in addition to the several ads regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of consuls.

    Ch. XLVIII · 5 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

52. An Act to annex a certain tract of land to the Coosa land district, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLIX · 5 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

53. An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy for the year eighteen hundred and forty.

    Ch. L · 5 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

54. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred, and forty.

    Ch. LI · 5 Stat. 398 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

55. An Act to provide for the expenses of making an exploration and survey of that part of the Northeastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces.

    Ch. LII · 5 Stat. 401 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

56. 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 forty.

    Ch. LIII · 5 Stat. 402 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

57. An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.

    Ch. LIV · 5 Stat. 404 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

58. A Resolution to authorize the President to dispose of certain presents from the Imaum of Muscat and the Emperor of Morocco.

    Resolution 4 · 5 Stat. 409 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign publications.

    Resolution 5 · 5 Stat. 409 · July 20, 1840 · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of Ichabod Beardsley, of New York.

    Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 802 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Davidson, widow of John Davidson.

    Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 802 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to Israel Parsons.

    Ch. LVII · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Phillip Hartman, of Virginia.

    Ch. LVIII · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of Medad Cook.

    Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of Lyman Bristol.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of James Franeher.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of Seneca Rider.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 803 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of William Bowman.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Jacob Becker.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of Peter W. Short, of Woodstock, Ulster county, New York.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of Daniel W. Going.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Erastus Pierson.

    Ch. LXVII · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of Gideon Sheldon.

    Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 804 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of Jared Winslow.

    Ch. LXIX · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of Peter A. Myers.

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Chauncey Rice.

    Ch. LXXI · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Sylvester Tiffany.

    Ch. LXXII · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of William Andrews, of the slate of New York.

    Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of Peter Warner, of Indiana.

    Ch. LXXIV · 6 Stat. 805 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of the sureties and heirs and representatives of Melancton W. Bostwick, deceased, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXV · 6 Stat. 806 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of Oliver Welch.

    Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 806 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of Thomas Latham, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXVII · 6 Stat. 806 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act confirming the claim of Augustine Lacoste to a certain trad of land therein named.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 807 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of Gilbert A. Smith and Nathan Stark.

    Ch. LXXIX · 6 Stat. 807 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of Ebenezer Lobdell.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 807 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of John W. Faunce and Oliver Perrin.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 807 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of John L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 808 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Pierre Molaison, the widow of Pierre Richoux, Alexander Comeau, Alice L. Foley, widow of John Foley, and François Marlin, of the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 808 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the salt-lick reservation in the western district of Tennessee.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 808 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of the widow and heirs-at-law of the late Lewis Grant Davidson, deceased.

    Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 809 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of Thomas Bennett.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 809 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a section of land for the use of schools in St. Clair county, state of Illinois.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 810 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of Captain John Downes.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 810 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act allowing further time to the Trustees of Centre College to dispose of the land heretofore granted to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, in the slate of Kentucky.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 810 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting two townships of land for the use of a University in the Territory of Iowa.

    Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 810 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of William Williams, senior, deceased.

    Ch. XCI · 6 Stat. 810 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to the heirs of Leonard Smith.

    Ch. XCII · 6 Stat. 811 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Cornelius Tiers.

    Ch. XCIII · 6 Stat. 811 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Mary Perkins.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 811 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of William Marbury, of Louisiana.

     Ch. XCV · 6 Stat. 811 · July 20, 1840 · Private law · Original text