Every law Congress has passed

456 laws of the 30th Congress, 1847–1849

1. An Act for the Relief of Barclay and Livingston, and Smith, Thurgar, and Company.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 9 Stat. 720 · June 28, 1848 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of Russell Goss.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 9 Stat. 721 · June 28, 1848 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Scott, Register of the Land Office at Chillicothe, Ohio, for Services connected with the Duties of his Office.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 9 Stat. 721 · June 28, 1848 · Private law · Original text

4. A Resolution to explain an Act passed, twenty-fourth June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled “An Act for the Relief of W. B. Slaughter, late Secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin.”

   Private Resolution 11 · 9 Stat. 747 · June 28, 1848 · Private law · Original text

5. Resolution authorizing the Presentation to the Government of France of a Series of the Standard Weights and Measures of the United States, and for other Purposes.

   Public Resolution 12 · 9 Stat. 336 · June 30, 1848 · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of the bona fide Settlers under the Acts for the armed Occupation and Settlement of a Part of the Territory of Florida.

   Ch. XC · 9 Stat. 243 · July 1, 1848 · Original text

7. A Joint Resolution relative to Evidence in Application for Pensions.

   Public Resolution 13 · 9 Stat. 336 · July 1, 1848 · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Fitzwater.

   Ch. XCI · 9 Stat. 721 · July 1, 1848 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act supplemental to the Act passed on the ninth Day of July, in the Year eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled “An Act to retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia.”

   Ch. XCII · 9 Stat. 174 · July 5, 1848 · Original text

10. An Act further to extend the Time for locating Virginia Military Land Warrants, and returning Surveys thereon to the General Land Office.

    Ch. XCIII · 9 Stat. 244 · July 5, 1848 · Original text

11. An Act giving the Consent of the Government of the United States to the State of Texas to extend her eastern Boundary, so as to include within her Limits one half of Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, and Sabine River, as far north as the thirty-second Degree of North Latitude.

    Ch. XCIV · 9 Stat. 245 · July 5, 1848 · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Stalker and Hill.

    Ch. XCV · 9 Stat. 721 · July 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

13. A Resolution in Relation to the naval Pension of John McGarr.

    Private Resolution 14 · 9 Stat. 747 · July 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to incorporate the Washington Gas Light Company.

    Ch. XCVI · 9 Stat. 722 · July 8, 1848 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Russell Goss.

    Ch. XCVII · 9 Stat. 724 · July 8, 1848 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. XCVIII · 9 Stat. 245 · July 10, 1848 · Original text

17. An Act to extend the Provisions of existing Pension Laws to enlisted Men of the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army.

    Ch. XCIX · 9 Stat. 246 · July 10, 1848 · Original text

18. An Act to reestablish the Collection District of Brunswick, in the State of Georgia.

    Ch. C · 9 Stat. 246 · July 10, 1848 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution disposing of two brass Field-Pieces captured at the Battle of Bennington, in seventeen hundred and seventy-seven.

    Public Resolution 15 · 9 Stat. 336 · July 10, 1848 · Original text

20. Joint Resolution to change the Location of a Lighthouse on Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan.

    Public Resolution 16 · 9 Stat. 337 · July 10, 1848 · Original text

21. An Act to amend an Act approved the twenty-fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled “An Act supplementary to an Act approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled, ‘An Act providing for the Correction of Errors in making Entries of Land at the Land Offices.’”

    Ch. CII · 9 Stat. 174 · July 17, 1848 · Original text

22. An Act to extend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the Adjustment of all suspended Preemption Land Claims in the several States and Territories,” approved third August, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

    Ch. CI · 9 Stat. 246 · July 17, 1848 · Original text

23. An Act to confirm to the legal Representatives of Joseph Dutaillis the Location of a certain New Madrid Certificate.

    Ch. CIII · 9 Stat. 724 · July 17, 1848 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act supplemental to an Act entitled ‘An Act providing fur the Prosecution of the existing War between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,’” and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CIV · 9 Stat. 247 · July 19, 1848 · Original text

25. An Act making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. CV · 9 Stat. 248 · July 20, 1848 · Original text

26. An Act for the Relief of William T. Holland.

    Ch. CVI · 9 Stat. 724 · July 20, 1848 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the Relief of Jose Argote Villalobos, Marie Rose, François Feliz, Marquis de Fougeres, or their Heirs or legal Representatives.

    Ch. CVII · 9 Stat. 725 · July 20, 1848 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act amending the Act entitled “An Act granting Half Pay to Widows or Orphans, where their Husbands and Fathers have died of Wounds received in the Military Service of the United States,” in Case of deceased Officers and Soldiers of the Militia and Volunteers, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

    Ch. CVIII · 9 Stat. 249 · July 21, 1848 · Original text

29. An Act to authorize the Sale of a Part of Public Reservation numbered Thirteen, in the City of Washington, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CIX · 9 Stat. 250 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

30. An Act to make Bangor a Port of Entry for Ships or Vessels coming from and beyond the Cape of Good Hope

    Ch. CX · 9 Stat. 251 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

31. An Act to revive an Act authorizing certain Soldiers in the late War [with Great Britain] to surrender the Bounty Lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof

    Ch. CXI · 9 Stat. 251 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

32. A Joint Resolution extending the Time for the Erection of certain Lighthouses.

    Public Resolution 17 · 9 Stat. 337 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution relinquishing to the Stale of Missouri certain Trophies of Doniphan’s victorious Expedition.

    Public Resolution 18 · 9 Stat. 337 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

34. A Resolution to sanction an Agreement made between the Wyandotts and Delawares for the Purchase of certain Lands by the former, of the latter Tribe of Indians.

    Public Resolution 19 · 9 Stat. 337 · July 25, 1848 · Original text

35. An Act to authorize the Sale of a Part of Public Reservation numbered Thirteen, in the City of Washington, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CIX · 9 Stat. 725 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to confirm the Location and to grant a Quarter Section of Public Lands for the County Site of Hillsborough County, State of Florida.

    Ch. CXII · 9 Stat. 726 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the Relief of Alfred White.

    Ch. CXIII · 9 Stat. 726 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia.

    Ch. CXIV · 9 Stat. 727 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make a Compromise and Settlement with the Securities of Francis D. Newcomb, late Surveyor-General of the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXV · 9 Stat. 727 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Moses White.

    Ch. CXVI · 9 Stat. 727 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York.

    Ch. CXVII · 9 Stat. 727 · July 25, 1848 · Private law · Original text

42. 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 ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXVIII · 9 Stat. 252 · July 29, 1848 · Original text

43. An Act for the Payment of liquidated Claims against Mexico.

    Ch. CXIX · 9 Stat. 265 · July 29, 1848 · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of certain surviving Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.

    Ch. CXX · 9 Stat. 265 · July 29, 1848 · Original text

45. A Resolution for the speedy Payment of the three Months’ extra Pay to the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates, who have served in the late War with Mexico, allowed by the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

    Public Resolution 20 · 9 Stat. 339 · July 29, 1848 · Original text

46. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service, for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. CXXI · 9 Stat. 266 · August 3, 1848 · Original text

47. An Act supplemental to an Act to confirm the Survey and Location of Claims for Lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl River, and south of the thirty-first Degree of North Latitude, approved March three, eighteen hundred and forty-five.

    Ch. CXXII · 9 Stat. 273 · August 5, 1848 · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of Bent, St. Vrain, and Company.

    Ch. CXXIII · 9 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of John Anderson.

    Ch. CXXIV · 9 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Bennet M. Dell.

    Ch. CXXV · 9 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the Relief of E. G. Smith.

    Ch. CXXVI · 9 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of John Manly.

    Ch. CXXVII · 9 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of Charles Cappel.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 9 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the Relief of Robert Ellis.

    Ch. CXXIX · 9 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Amzy Judd.

    Ch. CXXX · 9 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Fulton, of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. CXXXI · 9 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representative of William McKenzie, late a Seaman on board the United, States Ship Vincennes.

    Ch. CXXXII · 9 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of J. Throckmorton.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 9 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of Elijah H. Willis.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 9 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin White.

    Ch. CXXXV · 9 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of William Culver.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 9 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Matthew Stewart.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 9 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the Relief of Sarah Stokes, Widow of John Stokes.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 9 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Moore, of the State of Massachusetts.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 9 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1848 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license Yachts, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLI · 9 Stat. 274 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

66. An Act to change the Place of holding the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLIII · 9 Stat. 274 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

67. An Act to annex the Town of Essex, in the State of Massachusetts, to the Collection District of Gloucester.

    Ch. CXLIV · 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

68. An Act to annex that Part of the State of Indiana bordering on Lake Michigan to the Chicago Collection District.

    Ch. CXLV · 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of those Preemption, Claimants upon the Miami Lands in Indiana, who, by their Services in the Mexican War, are entitled to Bounty Land.

    Ch. CXLVII · 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

70. A Resolution authorizing the proper accounting Officers of the Treasury to make a just and fair Statement of the Claims of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, according to the Principles established by the Treaty of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

    Public Resolution 21 · 9 Stat. 339 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution of Thanks to the Officers, Sailors, and Marines, of the United Stales Navy.

    Public Resolution 22 · 9 Stat. 339 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to furnish the Clerks of the several District and Circuit Courts of the United States with Copies of Little and Brown’s Edition of the Laws of the United States.

    Public Resolution 23 · 9 Stat. 339 · August 7, 1848 · Original text

73. An Act to authorise the issuing a Register to the Bark Mary Teressa.

    Ch. CXL · 9 Stat. 732 · August 7, 1848 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of James M. Scantland.

    Ch. CXLII · 9 Stat. 732 · August 7, 1848 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of certain Tennessee Volunteers.

    Ch. CXLVI · 9 Stat. 732 · August 7, 1848 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to refund a Penalty remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to John Hardorp.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 9 Stat. 733 · August 7, 1848 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Hoffman.

    Ch. CXLIX · 9 Stat. 733 · August 7, 1848 · Private law · Original text

78. Joint Resolution concerning certain Portions of the Marine and Ordnance Corps.

    Public Resolution 24 · 9 Stat. 340 · August 10, 1848 · Original text

79. An Act to carry into Effect certain Provisions in the Treaties between the United States and China and the Ottoman Porto, giving certain judicial powers to Ministers and Consuls of the United States in those Countries.

    Ch. CL · 9 Stat. 276 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

80. An Act for dividing the State of Georgia into two Judicial Districts, and organizing and establishing an additional District Court of the United States, with Circuit Court Powers and Jurisdiction.

    Ch. CLI · 9 Stat. 280 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

81. An Act to authorize the State of Alabama to apply certain Lands heretofore granted to that State for internal Improvements, for the Use of Schools in the valueless sixteenth Sections in said State.

    Ch. CLII · 9 Stat. 281 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

82. An Act to change the Time of holding the Circuit and District Courts in the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. CLIII · 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

83. An Act to change the Time of holding the Terms of the Circuit Court of the United States in the District of Maine.

    Ch. CLIV · 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

84. An Act renewing certain Naval Pensions, and extending the Benefits of existing Laws, respecting Naval Pensions, to Engineers, Firemen, and Coal-heavers in the Navy, and to their Widows.

    Ch. CLV · 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

85. An Act to surrender to the State of Indiana the Cumberland Road in said State.

    Ch. CLVI · 9 Stat. 283 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

86. A Resolution granting to the Jackson Monument Committee certain brass Guns and Mortars, captured by General Andrew Jackson, and for other Purposes.

    Public Resolution 25 · 9 Stat. 340 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

87. A Resolution concerning the Distribution of the Statutes at large.

    Public Resolution 26 · 9 Stat. 340 · August 11, 1848 · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of David N. Smith.

    Ch. CLVII · 9 Stat. 733 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Oliver C. Harris.

    Ch. CLVIII · 9 Stat. 734 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of the Red River Railroad Company.

    Ch. CLIX · 9 Stat. 734 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of Samuel Cony.

    Ch. CLX · 9 Stat. 734 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of Alborne Allen.

    Ch. CLXI · 9 Stat. 734 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Perry, a Choctaw Indian, or his Assignees

    Ch. CLXII · 9 Stat. 735 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Widow of François Gramillion.

    Ch. CLXIII · 9 Stat. 735 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of John Farnham.

    Ch. CLXIV · 9 Stat. 735 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Francis M. Holton.

    Ch. CLXV · 9 Stat. 735 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

97. A Resolution authorizing the Submission of certain Claims to Arbitration.

    Private Resolution 27 · 9 Stat. 747 · August 11, 1848 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXVI · 9 Stat. 284 · August 12, 1848 · Original text

99. An Act for giving Effect to certain Treaty Stipulations between this and foreign Governments, for the Apprehension and delivering up of certain Offenders.

    Ch. CLXVII · 9 Stat. 302 · August 12, 1848 · Original text

100. An Act concerning the Pay Department of the Army.

     Ch. CLXVIII · 9 Stat. 303 · August 12, 1848 · Original text