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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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356 laws of the 29th Congress, 1845–1847

  1. An Act for the Relief of Harrison Whitson.

    Ch. LXXIII · 9 Stat. 693 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act for the Relief of William Causey.

    Ch. LXXIV · 9 Stat. 694 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Simon Spaulding, deceased.

    Ch. LXXV · 9 Stat. 694 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act granting a Pension to Silas Chatfield.

    Ch. LXXVI · 9 Stat. 694 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the Relief of the Assignees of the late Bank of Alexandria.

    Ch. LXXVII · 9 Stat. 694 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act to increase the Pension of Roswell Hale.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 9 Stat. 694 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act to provide for the final Settlement of the Accounts of John Spencer, late Receiver of public Moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

    Ch. LXXIX · 9 Stat. 695 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act authorizing a Register to be issued to the Brig Leveret.

    Ch. LXXX · 9 Stat. 695 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act for the Relief of Bernard O’Neill.

    Ch. LXXXI · 9 Stat. 695 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of John Lauson, deceased.

    Ch. LXXXII · 9 Stat. 695 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act for the Relief of John Pickett and others.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 9 Stat. 696s · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the Relief of Isaac Guess.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 9 Stat. 696 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act for the Relief of James Jones, of the City of Brooklyn.

    Ch. LXXXV · 9 Stat. 696 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the Relief of Josiah Haskell.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 9 Stat. 696 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Sergeant-Major John Champe.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 9 Stat. 697 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act for the Relief of Henry La Reintree.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 9 Stat. 697 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Stevenson.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 9 Stat. 697 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act for the Relief of Frederick Hopkins, of the County of Chenango, in the State of New York.

    Ch. XC · 9 Stat. 697 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of James H. Clark.

    Ch. XCI · 9 Stat. 698 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act for the Relief of Doctor Clark Lillybridge.

    Ch. XCII · 9 Stat. 698 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act for the Relief of John Speakman.

    Ch. XCIII · 9 Stat. 698 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act for the Relief of John Van Slyck.

    Ch. XCIV · 9 Stat. 698 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act for the Relief of Zachariah Simmons, of the State of Tennessee.

    Ch. XCV · 9 Stat. 698 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act for the Relief of Thomas N. Newell.

    Ch. XCVI · 9 Stat. 699 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Adams.

    Ch. XCVII · 9 Stat. 699 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act for the Relief of Susan Brum.

    Ch. XCVIII · 9 Stat. 699 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act for the Benefit of James Williams.

    Ch. XCIX · 9 Stat. 699 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Hoyt.

    Ch. C · 9 Stat. 699 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act for the Relief of Edith Ramey.

    Ch. CI · 9 Stat. 700 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act for the Relief of William T. Walthall.

    Ch. CII · 9 Stat. 700 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Fitch.

    Ch. CIII · 9 Stat. 700 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act for the Relief of Wilfred Knott.

    Ch. CIV · 9 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Calkins, the Widow of Silas Winans.

    Ch. CV · 9 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the Relief of Harvey Reynolds.

    Ch. CVI · 9 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act for the Relief of John C. Stewart and others.

    Ch. CVII · 9 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act for the Relief of Ann Clayton.

    Ch. CVIII · 9 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act for the Relief of Mary Segar, and for the Relief of Elisha Denison, Administrator of Phenix Carpenter Ellis.

    Ch. CIX · 9 Stat. 702 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the Relief of W. P. S. Sanger and George F. De La Roche.

    Ch. CX · 9 Stat. 702 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Heirs of John B. Chaudonia.

    Ch. CXI · 9 Stat. 702 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act for the Relief of James H. Conley.

    Ch. CXII · 9 Stat. 703 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of William Bunce, deceased.

    Ch. CXIII · 9 Stat. 703 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of the late Joseph E. Primeau and Thomas J. Chapman.

    Ch. CXIV · 9 Stat. 703 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act for the Relief of Jacob L. Vance.

    Ch. CXV · 9 Stat. 704 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the Relief of James Green, of the County of Fauquier, State of Virginia.

    Ch. CXVI · 9 Stat. 704 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the Relief of George B. Russell and others.

    Ch. CXVII · 9 Stat. 704 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act for the Relief of Lewis C. Sartori.

    Ch. CXVIII · 9 Stat. 704 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act for the Relief of Captain James Pennoyer.

    Ch. CXIX · 9 Stat. 705 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Gideon.

    Ch. CXX · 9 Stat. 705 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act for the Relief of Job Hawkins.

    Ch. CXXI · 9 Stat. 705 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act for the Relief of the Estates of Benjamin Metoyer and Français Gaiennie, deceased.

    Ch. CXXII · 9 Stat. 705 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Hyacinth Lasseile.

    Ch. CXXIII · 9 Stat. 706 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act for the Relief of Thankful Reynolds.

    Ch. CXXIV · 9 Stat. 706 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Warren Newcomb.

    Ch. CXXV · 9 Stat. 706 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  54. Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Children of Stephen Johnson, deceased.

    Private Resolution 13 · 9 Stat. 708 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  55. Joint Resolution for the Relief of William B. Stokes, surviving Partner of John N. C. Stockton and Company.

    Private Resolution 14 · 9 Stat. 708 · March 3, 1847 · Private law · Original text

  56. Joint Resolution for the Relief of M. A. Price and E. A. White.

    Private Resolution 15 · 9 Stat. 708 · March 3, 1847 · 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.