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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.
456 laws of the 30th Congress, 1847–1849
An Act in Relation to the Terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in and for the District of New Jersey.
Ch. CLXIX · 9 Stat. 303 · August 12, 1848 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of B. O. Tayloe.
Ch. CLXX · 9 Stat. 736 · August 12, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Charily Herrington.
Ch. CLXXI · 9 Stat. 736 · August 12, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Gustavus Dorr.
Ch. CLXXII · 9 Stat. 736 · August 12, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Ch. CLXXIII · 9 Stat. 304 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act to establish certain Post Routes.
Ch. CLXXV · 9 Stat. 306 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act making Appropriations for Lighthouses, Light-boats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same.
Ch. CLXXVI · 9 Stat. 321 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon.
Ch. CLXXVII · 9 Stat. 323 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act for the Payment of the Fourth Regiment in the Second Brigade of the Third Division of the Vermont Militia, for Services at the Battle of Plattsburg.
Ch. CLXXVIII · 9 Stat. 331 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Brig-of-War Somers.
Ch. CLXXIX · 9 Stat. 331 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act in Relation to Military Land Warrants.
Ch. CLXXX · 9 Stat. 332 · August 14, 1848 · Original text
An Act supplementary to “An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to liquidate certain Claims therein mentioned,” passed eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
Ch. CLXXIV · 9 Stat. 736 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Payment of the Fourth Regiment in the Second Brigade of the Third Division of the Vermont Militia, for Services at the Battle of Plattsburg.
Ch. CLXXVIII · 9 Stat. 737 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Brig-of-War Somers.
Ch. CLXXIX · 9 Stat. 737 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of George V. Mitchell.
Ch. CLXXXI · 9 Stat. 737 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Ward and Smith.
Ch. CLXXXII · 9 Stat. 737 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Messrs. Cook, Anthony, Mahony, and others.
Ch. CLXXXIII · 9 Stat. 738 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Charles M. Gibson.
Ch. CLXXXIV · 9 Stat. 738 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Triplett.
Ch. CLXXXV · 9 Stat. 738 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Richard Reynolds.
Ch. CLXXXVI · 9 Stat. 739 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a Pension to John Clark.
Ch. CLXXXVII · 9 Stat. 739 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Milledge Galphin, Executor of the last Will and Testament of George Galphin, deceased.
Ch. CLXXXVIII · 9 Stat. 739 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Payment of Charles Richmond.
Ch. CLXXXIX · 9 Stat. 739 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Jesse Turner.
Ch. CXC · 9 Stat. 740 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Mary Taylor.
Ch. CXCI · 9 Stat. 740 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Thomas J. V. Owen, deceased.
Ch. CXCII · 9 Stat. 740 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William B. Stokes.
Ch. CXCIII · 9 Stat. 740 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Samuel Grice.
Ch. CXCIV · 9 Stat. 741 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Frederic Durrive.
Ch. CXCV · 9 Stat. 741 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a Pension to William Pittman.
Ch. CXCVI · 9 Stat. 741 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of John P. B. Gratiot and the legal Representatives of Henry Gratiot.
Ch. CXCVII · 9 Stat. 741 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act authorizing the Payment of a Sum of Money to Robert Purkis.
Ch. CXCVIII · 9 Stat. 742 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Hogan, Administrator of Michael Hogan, deceased.
Ch. CXCIX · 9 Stat. 742 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act to compensate R. M. Johnson, for the Erection of certain Buildings for the Use of the Choctaw Academy.
Ch. CC · 9 Stat. 742 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Adams and Company, and others.
Ch. CCI · 9 Stat. 742 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Purser Benjamin J. Cahoone.
Ch. CCII · 9 Stat. 743 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a Pension to Abigail Garland, Widow of Jacob Garland, deceased.
Ch. CCIII · 9 Stat. 743 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Anna J. Hassler.
Ch. CCIV · 9 Stat. 743 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Welcome Parmeter.
Ch. CCV · 9 Stat. 744 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of David Currier.
Ch. CCVI · 9 Stat. 744 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Pistole, Widow of Charles Pistole, deceased.
Ch. CCVII · 9 Stat. 744 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of David A. Watterston.
Ch. CCVIII · 9 Stat. 744 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of David Wilkinson.
Ch. CCIX · 9 Stat. 745 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of John Lorimer Graham, late Postmaster in the City of New York.
Ch. CCX · 9 Stat. 745 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
A Resolution for the Relief of H. B. Gaither.
Private Resolution 28 · 9 Stat. 748 · August 14, 1848 · Private law · Original text
A Resolution for the Appointment of Regents in the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Resolution 1 · 9 Stat. 417 · December 19, 1848 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jean F. Perry, Josiah Bleakley, Nicholas Jarrot, and Robert Morrison.
Ch. I · 9 Stat. 749 · December 21, 1848 · Private law · Original text
A Resolution relating to the Compensation of Persons appointed to deliver the Votes far President and Vice-President of the United States to the President of the Senate.
Public Resolution 2 · 9 Stat. 417 · January 6, 1849 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Reuben Perry and Thomas P. Ligon.
Ch. II · 9 Stat. 749 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Hugh Riddle.
Ch. III · 9 Stat. 750 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Elisha Thomason.
Ch. IV · 9 Stat. 750 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Zilpha White.
Ch. V · 9 Stat. 750 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Philip J. Fontane.
Ch. VI · 9 Stat. 750 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Eliza A. Mellon.
Ch. VII · 9 Stat. 751 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of William Evans.
Ch. VIII · 9 Stat. 751 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Charles Waldron.
Ch. IX · 9 Stat. 751 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Simon Rodrigues.
Ch. X · 9 Stat. 751 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Archibald Bull and Lemuel S. Finch.
Ch. XI · 9 Stat. 752 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Colonel Robert Wallace, Aid-de-camp to General William Hull.
Ch. XII · 9 Stat. 752 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Esther Russell.
Ch. XIII · 9 Stat. 752 · January 8, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act to extend certain Privileges to the Town of Whitehall, in the State of New York.
Ch. XIV · 9 Stat. 341 · January 10, 1849 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of James B. Davenport.
Ch. XV · 9 Stat. 752 · January 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Anthony Bessee.
Ch. XVI · 9 Stat. 753 · January 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act to confirm Elizabeth Burriss, her Heirs, or Assigns, in their Title to a Tract of Land.
Ch. XVII · 9 Stat. 753 · January 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of John B. Smith and Simeon Darden.
Ch. XVIII · 9 Stat. 753 · January 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act supplemental to the Act approved the sixth Day of July, eighteen hundred, and forty-two, entitled “An Act confirming certain Land Claims in Louisiana.”
Ch. XIX · 9 Stat. 341 · January 19, 1849 · Original text
An Act to continue the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Ch. XX · 9 Stat. 341 · January 19, 1849 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Anne W. Angus.
Ch. XXI · 9 Stat. 754 · January 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Marcus Fulton Johnson.
Ch. XXII · 9 Stat. 754 · January 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of James M. Scantland.
Ch. XXIII · 9 Stat. 754 · January 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution directing that the Government of Russia be supplied with certain Volumes of the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition, in lieu of those which were lost at Sea, and for other Purposes.
Public Resolution 11 · 9 Stat. 418 · January 20, 1849 · Original text
An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.
Ch. XXIV · 9 Stat. 342 · January 26, 1849 · Original text
An Act authorizing the Payment of Interest upon the Advances made by the State of Alabama for the Use of the United States Government, in the Suppression of the Creek Indian Hostilities of eighteen hundred and thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in Alabama.
Ch. XXV · 9 Stat. 344 · January 26, 1849 · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Joseph Bryan.
Ch. XXVI · 9 Stat. 754 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of James H. Conley.
Ch. XXVII · 9 Stat. 754 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Stephen Champlin.
Ch. XXIX · 9 Stat. 754 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Thomas Badger.
Ch. XXVIII · 9 Stat. 755 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Captain Dan Drake Henrie.
Ch. XXX · 9 Stat. 755 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Harding.
Ch. XXXI · 9 Stat. 756 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a Pension to John Morrison.
Ch. XXXII · 9 Stat. 756 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of G. F. de la Roche and William P. S. Sanger.
Ch. XXXIII · 9 Stat. 756 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Mays.
Ch. XXXIV · 9 Stat. 756 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Edward Quinn.
Ch. XXXV · 9 Stat. 756 · January 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the forward Officers of the fate Exploring Expedition.
Ch. XXXVII · 9 Stat. 344 · February 1, 1849 · Original text
An Act to authorize the Issuing of a Register or Enrolment to the Ship Annie Tift.
Ch. XXXVI · 9 Stat. 757 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the forward Officers of the late Exploring Expedition.
Ch. XXXVII · 9 Stat. 757 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Claim of Henry Washington, late a Deputy Surveyor of the Public Lands in Florida.
Ch. XXXVIII · 9 Stat. 757 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Salsy Darby, of Randolph county, and State of Georgia.
Ch. XXXIX · 9 Stat. 758 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Charles Wilson.
Ch. XL · 9 Stat. 758 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of John Percival, Captain in the Navy of the United States.
Ch. XLI · 9 Stat. 758 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Creed Taylor.
Ch. XLII · 9 Stat. 758 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act to compensate John M. Moore.
Ch. XLIII · 9 Stat. 759 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Joseph F. Caldwell.
Ch. XLIV · 9 Stat. 759 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Spanish Brig Restaurador.
Ch. XLV · 9 Stat. 759 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Thomas Douglas, late United States Attorney for East Florida.
Ch. XLVI · 9 Stat. 760 · February 1, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Timothy Cavan.
Ch. XLVII · 9 Stat. 760 · February 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Plummer, Executor of Starkey Armistead, deceased.
Ch. XLVIII · 9 Stat. 760 · February 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Fuller and Charles Savage.
Ch. XLIX · 9 Stat. 761 · February 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of Jeanette C. Huntington, Widow and sole Executrix of William D. Cheever, deceased.
Ch. L · 9 Stat. 761 · February 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the Relief of William Fuller and Orlando Saltmarsh.
Ch. LI · 9 Stat. 761 · February 10, 1849 · Private law · Original text
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- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
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.