Every law Congress has passed

456 laws of the 30th Congress, 1847–1849

1. An Act for the Relief of Sarah D. Caldwell, Wife of James H. Brigham.

   Ch. LX · 9 Stat. LX · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

   Ch. LII · 9 Stat. 345 · February 19, 1849 · Original text

3. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

   Ch. LIII · 9 Stat. 345 · February 19, 1849 · Original text

4. An Act to relinquish the reversionary Interest of the United States in a certain Indian Reservation in the State of Alabama.

   Ch. LV · 9 Stat. 346 · February 19, 1849 · Original text

5. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to make Reparation for the killing of a Caddo Boy by Volunteer Troops in Texas.

   Ch. LIV · 9 Stat. 762 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian Reservation in the State of Alabama.

   Ch. LV · 9 Stat. 762 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the Relief of James P. Sexton and Joshua Holden.

   Ch. LVI · 9 Stat. 762 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Levi H. Corson, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. LVXI · 9 Stat. 763 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of William De Buys, late Postmaster at New Orleans.

   Ch. LVIII · 9 Stat. 763 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a Pension to Bethiah Healy, Widow of George Healy, deceased.

    Ch. LIX · 9 Stat. 764 · February 19, 1849 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for authenticating certain Records.

    Ch. LXI · 9 Stat. 346 · February 22, 1849 · Original text

12. An Act granting five Years’ Half Pay to certain Widows and Orphans of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates, both Regulars and Volunteers.

    Ch. LXII · 9 Stat. 347 · February 22, 1849 · Original text

13. An Act continuing the Pension granted to Patrick Walker.

    Ch. LXIII · 9 Stat. 764 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of George Newton.

    Ch. LXIV · 9 Stat. 764 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Nancy Tompkins.

    Ch. LXV · 9 Stat. 765 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of James Glynn and others.

    Ch. LXVI · 9 Stat. 765 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the Relief of Thomas T. Gammags.

    Ch. LXVII · 9 Stat. 765 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the Relief of Jesse Young.

    Ch. LXVIII · 9 Stat. 765 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Nehemiah Brush.

    Ch. LXIX · 9 Stat. 765 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

20. A Resolution to defray the Expenses of certain Chippewa Indians and their Interpreter.

    Private Resolution 3 · 9 Stat. 791 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Concerning the Settlement of the Accounts of William Speiden, Purser in the Navy of the United States.

    Private Resolution 4 · 9 Stat. 791 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

22. Joint Resolution for the Relief of John B. Nevitt, of Adams County, Mississippi.

    Private Resolution 5 · 9 Stat. 791 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

23. Joint Resolution authorising a Settlement of the Accounts of Thomas M. Howe, late Pension Agent at Pittsburg, upon equitable Principles.

    Private Resolution 6 · 9 Stat. 792 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

24. A Joint Resolution for the Relief of H. M. Barney.

    Private Resolution 7 · 9 Stat. 792 · February 22, 1849 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to establish an additional Land Office in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. LXX · 9 Stat. 347 · February 26, 1849 · Original text

26. An Act to provide for carrying into Execution, in Part, the Twelfth Article of the Treaty with Mexico, concluded at Guadupe [Guadalupe] Hidalgo.

    Ch. LXXI · 9 Stat. 348 · February 26, 1849 · Original text

27. An Act to extend the Provisions of an act Approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, for carrying into Effect the existing compacts with the States of Alabama and Mississippi, with Regard to the five per cent. Fund and School Reservations.

    Ch. LXXII · 9 Stat. 348 · February 26, 1849 · Original text

28. An Act in addition to the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet Company.”

    Ch. LXXIII · 9 Stat. 766 · February 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of James F. Smith.

    Ch. LXXIV · 9 Stat. 766 · February 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of John Hibbert.

    Ch. LXXV · 9 Stat. 766 · February 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text

31. Joint Resolution for the Relief of J. Melville Gilliss and others.

    Private Resolution 8 · 9 Stat. 792 · February 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text

32. Joint Resolution concerning the Settlement of the Accounts of William Speiden, Purser in the Navy of the United States.

    Private Resolution 9 · 9 Stat. 793 · February 26, 1849 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Navy Pensions for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. LXXVII · 9 Stat. 349 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

34. An Act declaratory of the Act for die Admission of the State of Iowa into the Union.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 9 Stat. 349 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

35. An Act to allow Subsistence to certain Arkansas and other Volunteers, who have been Prisoners of War in Mexico.

    Ch. LXXIX · 9 Stat. 349 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

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

    Ch. LXXX · 9 Stat. 350 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

37. An Act to continue the Light at Sand’s Point, on Long Island.

    Ch. LXXXI · 9 Stat. 350 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

38. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for authenticating certain Records,” approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. LXXXII · 9 Stat. 350 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

39. An Act to provide for an Increase of the Medical Staff, and for an additional Number of Chaplains of the Army of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 9 Stat. 351 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

40. An Act for changing the Location of the Land Office in the Chippewa Land District, and establishing an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 9 Stat. 351 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

41. An Act in relation to the Fox and Wisconsin River Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 9 Stat. 352 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

42. An Act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the Swamp Lands therein.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 9 Stat. 352 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

43. An Act for the Settlement of the Claims of New Hampshire against the United States.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 9 Stat. 353 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

44. An Act to define the Period of Disability imposed upon certain Bidders for Mail Contracts.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 9 Stat. 353 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution for the Distribution of the Official Register, or Blue Book, among the several States.

    Public Resolution 1 · 9 Stat. 417 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

46. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish Arms and Ammunition to Persons emigrating to the Territories of Oregon, California, and New Mexico.

    Public Resolution 12 · 9 Stat. 418 · March 2, 1849 · Original text

47. An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act amendatory of the act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Civil Departments of the Government of the United States, in the District of Columbia,’” approved, 3d March, 1825.

    Ch. LXXVI · 9 Stat. 767 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a Half Section of Land for the Use of Schools within fractional Township Nineteen south, of Range Eighteen west, County of Lowndes, State of Mississippi.

    Ch. LXXXV · 9 Stat. 768 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Benefit of Peter M. Grant.

    Ch. XC · 9 Stat. 768 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Lizur B. Canfield.

    Ch. XCI · 9 Stat. 768 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the Relief of E. B. Cogswell.

    Ch. XCII · 9 Stat. 769 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to provide for the final Settlement of the Accounts of Thomas C. Sheldon, lately Receiver of public Moneys at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Ch. XCIII · 9 Stat. 769 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to provide for the final Settlement of the Accounts of Abraham Edwards, Register of the Land Office at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Ch. XCIV · 9 Stat. 769 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the Relief of Joshua Barney, United States Agent.

    Ch. XCV · 9 Stat. 769 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Solomon Davis.

    Ch. XCVI · 9 Stat. 769 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the Relief of the Citizens of Cedar Bluff, in the State of Alabama, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCVII · 9 Stat. 770 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of A. C. Bryan and others.

    Ch. XCVIII · 9 Stat. 770 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of B. O. Payne, of Albany, New York.

    Ch. XCIX · 9 Stat. 771 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

59. A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make an equitable Settlement with the Sureties of Robert T. Lytle, late Surveyor-General of the District of Ohio.

    Private Resolution 13 · 9 Stat. 793 · March 2, 1849 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. C · 9 Stat. 354 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

61. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CI · 9 Stat. 370 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

62. An Act making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CII · 9 Stat. 373 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

63. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CIII · 9 Stat. 374 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

64. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CIV · 9 Stat. 379 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

65. An Act making Appropriations for Lighthouses, Lightboats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CV · 9 Stat. 380 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

66. 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, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CVI · 9 Stat. 382 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

67. An Act to carry into effect certain Stipulations of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, of the second Day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

    Ch. CVII · 9 Stat. 393 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

68. An Act to establish the Home Department, and to provide for the Treasury Department an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and a Commissioner of the Customs.

    Ch. CVIII · 9 Stat. 395 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles.

    Ch. CIX · 9 Stat. 397 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

70. An Act requiring all Moneys receivable from Customs and from all other Sources to be paid immediately into the Treasury, without Abatement or Reduction, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CX · 9 Stat. 398 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

71. An Act to extend the Provisions of all Laws now in Force relating to the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels, and the Regulation thereof.

    Ch. CXI · 9 Stat. 399 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

72. An Act to extend the Revenue Laws of the United States over the Territory and Waters of Upper California, and to create a Collection District therein.

    Ch. CXII · 9 Stat. 400 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

73. An Act to settle the Title to certain Tracts of Land in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. CXIII · 9 Stat. 400 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

74. An Act for the better Organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXIV · 9 Stat. 401 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

75. An Act to make Arrangements for taking the seventh Census.

    Ch. CXV · 9 Stat. 402 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

76. An Act concerning the Selection of Jurors in certain Courts of the United States.

    Ch. CXVIII · 9 Stat. 403 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

77. An Act to authorize the Judge of the Courts of the United States of the fifth Circuit to hold the Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky.

    Ch. CXX · 9 Stat. 403 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

78. An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Minnesota.

    Ch. CXXI · 9 Stat. 403 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

79. An Act to establish the Collection District of Brazos de Santiago, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXII · 9 Stat. 409 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

80. An Act to cause the Northern Boundary of the State of Iowa to be run and marked.

    Ch. CXXIII · 9 Stat. 410 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

81. An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act supplemental to the Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.”

    Ch. CXXIV · 9 Stat. 410 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

82. An Act to transfer the Torons of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro’, from the Collection District of Penobscot to that of Belfast, in the State of Maine.

    Ch. CXXV · 9 Stat. 412 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

83. An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Accounts of public Officers and others who may have received Moneys arising from military Contributions, or otherwise, in Mexico.

    Ch. CXXVI · 9 Stat. 412 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

84. An Act declaring Fort Conington, in the State of New York, to be a Port of Delivery, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXVII · 9 Stat. 414 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

85. An Act to provide for the Payment of Horses and other Property lost or destroyed in the Military Service of the United States.

    Ch. CXXIX · 9 Stat. 414 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of James Norris, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXIX · 9 Stat. 416 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution relative to Evidence in Applications for Pensions by Widows of deceased Soldiers, under the Act of July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

    Public Resolution 14 · 9 Stat. 418 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution granting to the Secretary of the Treasury further Time to make the Report concerning the Sale and Entry of certain Lands in Cincinnati.

    Public Resolution 15 · 9 Stat. 419 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

89. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to subscribe for a thousand Copies of a further Publication of the Debates and Proceedings of Congress, and for other Purposes.

    Public Resolution 16 · 9 Stat. 419 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

90. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Pursers in the Navy, as to Expenditures made in Pursuance of Orders during the War with Mexico, and for other Purposes.

    Public Resolution 17 · 9 Stat. 419 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

91. A Resolution to fix the Meaning of the Second Section of an Act for changing the Location of the Land Office in the Chippewa Land District, and establishing an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin.

    Public Resolution 18 · 9 Stat. 420 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution for the Purchase of Copies of the General Nary Register and Laws.

    Public Resolution 19 · 9 Stat. 420 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

93. A Resolution relative to the Public Printing.

    Public Resolution 20 · 9 Stat. 420 · March 3, 1849 · Original text

94. An Act to grant to the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company the Right of Way through the Public Lands of the United States.

    Ch. CXVI · 9 Stat. 771 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act to grant the Right of Way to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.

    Ch. CXVII · 9 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act to authorize the Citizens of Ozark County, Missouri, to enter less than a Quarter Section of Land for the Seat of Justice in said County.

    Ch. CXIX · 9 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to incorporate the Oak Hill Cemetery, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 9 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of James Hotchkiss.

    Ch. CXXX · 9 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Mary Mac Rea, Widow of Lieutenant Colonel William Mac Rea, late of the United States Army, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXI · 9 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of James G. Carson.

     Ch. CXXXII · 9 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1849 · Private law · Original text