Every law Congress has passed

279 laws of the 28th Congress, 1843–1845

1. An Act for the relief of Isaac Fessenden.

   Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 916 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Gervis Foote.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 916 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Samuel B. Folger.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 916 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of Samuel B. Tuck.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 916 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi.

   Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 917 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of Eaton Nance.

   Ch. XCI · 6 Stat. 917 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of the owner and crew of the schooner Mary Francis.

   Ch. XCII · 6 Stat. 918 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of William II, Hoag and others.

   Ch. XCIII · 6 Stat. 918 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution authorizing the accounting officers of the treasury to audit and settle the accounts of William P. Zantzinger.

   Resolution 13 · 6 Stat. 933 · June 15, 1844 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company,” approved on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XCIV · 5 Stat. 674 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

11. An Act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers.

    Ch. XCV · 5 Stat. 676 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

12. An Act concerning the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Ch. XCVI · 5 Stat. 676 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

13. An Act respecting the northern boundary of the State of Missouri.

    Ch. XCVII · 5 Stat. 677 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

14. An Act to extend the charters of the District Banks.

    Ch. XCVIII · 5 Stat. 677 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

15. An Act to enable the War Department to supply certain balances of appropriation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XCIX · 5 Stat. 678 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

16. An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and forty-two.

    Ch. C · 5 Stat. 678 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

17. An Act concerning conveyances, or devises of places of public worship in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CI · 5 Stat. 679 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

18. An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows.

    Ch. CII · 5 Stat. 680 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

19. An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.

    Ch. CIII · 5 Stat. 680 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

20. An Act explanatory of the Treaty made with the Chippewa Indians at Saganaw, the twenty-third of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. CIV · 5 Stat. 680 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

21. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CV · 5 Stat. 681 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

22. An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.

    Ch. CVI · 5 Stat. 696 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

23. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.

    Ch. CVII · 5 Stat. 699 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

24. 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 fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, 1844, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, 1845.

    Ch. CVIII · 5 Stat. 704 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

25. An Act to authorize the entry of certain lands, occupied by the branch pilots of the port of New Orleans, and others, in the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXVII · 5 Stat. 715 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

26. A Resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry.

    Resolution 17 · 5 Stat. 719 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the British authorities at Gibraltar, and the commander, officers, and crew of her Britannic Majesty’s ship Malabar.

    Resolution 18 · 5 Stat. 720 · June 17, 1844 · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Robert Monroe.

    Ch. CIX · 6 Stat. 918 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Sengstack.

    Ch. CX · 6 Stat. 918 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of Alice Usher.

    Ch. CXI · 6 Stat. 918 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Ferguson and Reid.

    Ch. CXII · 6 Stat. 919 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the relief of John Fraser and George A. Trenholm.

    Ch. CXIII · 6 Stat. 919 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Isaac S. Ketchum.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 919 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of Isaac S. Ketchum, late special Indian agent.

    Ch. CXV · 6 Stat. 920 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of William De Peyater and Henry N. Cruger.

    Ch. CXVI · 6 Stat. 920 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief if Ephraim D. Dickson.

    Ch. CXVIII · 6 Stat. 920 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of William Henson.

    Ch. CXIX · 6 Stat. 920 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of the owners and crew of the schooner “ Privado.”.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 920 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of Richard Sneed.

    Ch. CXXI · 6 Stat. 921 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Abelard Guthrie.

    Ch. CXXII · 6 Stat. 921 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief if True Putney and Hugh Riddle.

    Ch. CXXIII · 6 Stat. 921 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of George W. Clarke, Harris Cooke, and John Brainerd, second, if the state of Rhode Island.

    Ch. CXXIV · 6 Stat. 921 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of George Harrison and his sureties.

    Ch. CXXV · 6 Stat. 922 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Charles W. Morgan.

    Ch. CXXVI · 6 Stat. 922 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Lathrop Foster.

    Ch. CXXVII · 6 Stat. 922 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Harvey Heth.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 6 Stat. 922 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Daniel W. Church.

    Ch. CXXIX · 6 Stat. 922 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Manlius p. Thompson, sole executor of Milus W. Dickey, deceased.

    Ch. CXXX · 6 Stat. 923 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Josiah Dillon, late assistant quartermaster of the army.

    Ch. CXXXI · 6 Stat. 923 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Mary Jinn Linton.

    Ch. CXXXII · 6 Stat. 923 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of David Allspach.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 6 Stat. 923 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Ebenezer Moore.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 6 Stat. 924 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Henry S. Commager.

    Ch. CXXXV · 6 Stat. 924 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to refund the fine imposed on the tale Anthony Haswell, under the sedition law, to his legal hairs and representatives.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 6 Stat. 924 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Margaret Dougherty.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 6 Stat. 924 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of James Pepper, and others.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 924 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of Marcay Olds.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 6 Stat. 925 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Lund Washington.

    Ch. CXL · 6 Stat. 925 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of William P. Duval.

    Ch. CXLI · 6 Stat. 925 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the benefit of James Anderson, of the Territory if Iowa.

    Ch. CXLII · 6 Stat. 925 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Simeon Dennin.

    Ch. CXLIII · 6 Stat. 926 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Solomon Slurgee, assignee of Humphrey Richcreek.

    Ch. CXLIV · 6 Stat. 926 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of Pierre S. Derbanne.

    Ch. CXLV · 6 Stat. 926 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the benefit of Thomas Hunter and Alexander Caldwell.

    Ch. CXLVI · 6 Stat. 926 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the benefit of John Perham.

    Ch. CXLVII · 6 Stat. 927 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of Ann Hunter, widow of Robert Hunter.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 6 Stat. 927 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Baker, deceased.

    Ch. CXLIX · 6 Stat. 927 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Asa Davis.

    Ch. CL · 6 Stat. 927 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of William R. Davis.

    Ch. CLI · 6 Stat. 927 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Hyacinth Lasselle.

    Ch. CLII · 6 Stat. 928 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of François Christ ten and widow Baptiste Berard.

    Ch. CLIII · 6 Stat. 928 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting; a pension to “ Milly,” an Indian woman of the Creek nation.

    Ch. CLIV · 6 Stat. 928 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Bethia Healy, widow of George Healy, deceased.

    Ch. CLV · 6 Stat. 929 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Emanuel Shrofe.

    Ch. CLVI · 6 Stat. 929 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of F. A. Kerr.

    Ch. CLVII · 6 Stat. 929 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the benefit of the heirs of Christopher Miller.

    Ch. CLVIII · 6 Stat. 929 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Hiram Murch.

    Ch. CLIX · 6 Stat. 929 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Morphy.

    Ch. CLX · 6 Stat. 930 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of William McPherson.

    Ch. CLXI · 6 Stat. 930 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of John Atchison.

    Ch. CLXII · 6 Stat. 930 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of Joseph Campau.

    Ch. CLXIII · 6 Stat. 930 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of Mary M. Telfair.

    Ch. CLXIV · 6 Stat. 931 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of Charles Holt.

    Ch. CLXV · 6 Stat. 931 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of Major Thomas Harrison.

    Ch. CLXVI · 6 Stat. 931 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of John Sands.

    Ch. CLXVII · 6 Stat. 931 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Amos Proctor.

    Ch. CLXVIII · 6 Stat. 932 · June 17, 1844 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union.

    Ch. I · 5 Stat. 721 · January 23, 1845 · Original text

88. A Resolution explanatory if “An actmaking appropriations for the payment if revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.”

    Resolution 1 · 5 Stat. 796 · January 23, 1845 · Original text

89. An Act to correct a clerical error in the act supplementary to an act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia, and to amend the title thereof.

    Ch. II · 5 Stat. 721 · February 4, 1845 · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of Asahel Brainard.

    Ch. III · 6 Stat. 934 · February 4, 1845 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act confirming and assenting to an act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled “An in act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,”

    Ch. IV · 5 Stat. 721 · February 7, 1845 · Original text

92. An Act to repeal “An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. V · 5 Stat. 722 · February 13, 1845 · Original text

93. A Resolution to suspend a part of the third section of the joint resolution if the eleventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, relating to armories.

    Resolution 3 · 5 Stat. 796 · February 13, 1845 · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of James Ritchie.

    Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 934 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Marie Simpson.

    Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 934 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to James Duffy.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 935 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to George Whitten.

    Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 935 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of J. McFarlane.

    Ch. X · 6 Stat. 935 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Gideon Batchelder and others.

    Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 935 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text

100. A Resolution authorizing an allowance to Purser O. M. F. Thornton, in the settlement of his accounts.

     Resolution 2 · 6 Stat. 942 · February 13, 1845 · Private law · Original text