Every law Congress has passed

171 laws of the 31st Congress, 1849–1851

1. An Act to extend the Privilege of franking Letters and Packages to Sarah Polk.

   Ch. I · 9 Stat. 421 · January 10, 1850 · Original text

2. A Resolution for binding the Public Documents.

   Public Resolution 1 · 9 Stat. 566 · February 12, 1850 · Original text

3. A Resolution authorizing the Purchase of the Manuscript Farewell Address of George Washington.

   Public Resolution 2 · 9 Stat. 566 · February 12, 1850 · Original text

4. A Resolution directing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury to adjust the Account of Newton Lane, late Pension Agent at Louisville, Kentucky.

   Private Resolution 3 · 9 Stat. 806 · February 12, 1850 · Private law · Original text

5. A Resolution limiting the Expense of collecting the Revenue from Customs for the present fiscal Year.

   Public Resolution 4 · 9 Stat. 566 · February 14, 1850 · Original text

6. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to hold certain Property for the Purposes therein recited.

   Ch. II · 9 Stat. 795 · February 14, 1850 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. III · 9 Stat. 421 · February 20, 1850 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution to supply the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota with the Narrative of the Exploring Expedition.

   Public Resolution 5 · 9 Stat. 561 · February 20, 1850 · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of Conrad W. Faber, Leopold Bierwirth, and Theodore Victor.

   Ch. IV · 9 Stat. 795 · March 6, 1850 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to carry into Effect the Convention between the United States and the Emperor of Brazil, of the twenty-seventh day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. VI · 9 Stat. 422 · March 29, 1850 · Original text

11. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Dennis.

    Ch. V · 9 Stat. 796 · March 29, 1850 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to grant a Register to the Barque “Royal Saxon.”

    Ch. VII · 9 Stat. 796 · April 19, 1850 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company.

    Ch. VIII · 9 Stat. 796 · April 19, 1850 · Private law · Original text

14. A Resolution to extend the Provisions of a “Joint Resolution for the Benefit of Frances Slocum and her Children and Grandchildren, of the Miami Tribe of Indians,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, to certain other Individuals of the same Tribe.

    Private Resolution 6 · 9 Stat. 806 · May 1, 1850 · Private law · Original text

15. Joint Resolution authorizing the President of the United States to accept and attach to the Navy two vessels offered by Henry Grinnell, Esq., of New York, to be sent to the Arctic Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.

    Public Resolution 7 · 9 Stat. 561 · May 2, 1850 · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of Brown & Tarbox.

    Ch. IX · 9 Stat. 797 · May 6, 1850 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. X · 9 Stat. 423 · May 15, 1850 · Original text

18. An Act providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent Censuses of the United States, and to fix the Number of the Members of the House of Representatives, and provide for their future Apportionment among the several States.

    Ch. XI · 9 Stat. 428 · May 23, 1850 · Original text

19. An Act supplementary to the Act entitled “An Act supplementary to the Act entitled ‘An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States.’”

    Ch. XII · 9 Stat. 436 · May 23, 1850 · Original text

20. An Act giving the Assent of Congress to the Leasing of a Portion of the Margin of the Black Warrior River for the Purposes therein mentiotied.

    Ch. XIII · 9 Stat. 797 · May 23, 1850 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Smith and Hersey.

    Ch. XIV · 9 Stat. 797 · May 23, 1850 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register to the Barque “Cornwallis.”

    Ch. XV · 9 Stat. 798 · May 23, 1850 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act authorizing the Negotiation of Treaties with the Indian Tribes in the Territory of Oregon, for the Extinguishment of their Claims to Lands lying west of the Cascade mountains, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XVI · 9 Stat. 437 · June 5, 1850 · Original text

24. An Act to continue in Force an Act therein mentioned, relating to the Port of Baltimore.

    Ch. XVII · 9 Stat. 438 · June 5, 1850 · Original text

25. An Act for the Relief of Jesse Sutton.

    Ch. XVIII · 9 Stat. 798 · June 5, 1850 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to make further Appropriations for public Buildings in the Territories of Minnesota and Oregon.

    Ch. XIX · 9 Stat. 438 · June 11, 1850 · Original text

27. An Act to increase the Rank and File of the Army, and to encourage Enlistments.

    Ch. XX · 9 Stat. 438 · June 17, 1850 · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of James T. Shackleford.

    Ch. XXI · 9 Stat. 798 · June 17, 1850 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty.

    Ch. XXII · 9 Stat. 439 · June 21, 1850 · Original text

30. An Act for the Construction of certain Roads in the Territory of Minnesota, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXIII · 9 Stat. 439 · July 18, 1850 · Original text

31. An Act authorizing the Legislative Assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories to prolong their next Annual Session to a Period of ninety Days.

    Ch. XXIV · 9 Stat. 440 · July 18, 1850 · Original text

32. An Act to grant the Franking Privilege to Mrs. Margaret S. Taylor.

    Ch. XXV · 9 Stat. 440 · July 18, 1850 · Original text

33. A Resolution expressing the Condolence of Congress for Mrs. Margaret S. Taylor.

    Public Resolution 8 · 9 Stat. 562 · July 18, 1850 · Original text

34. An Act for the Relief of William B. Crews.

    Ch. XXVI · 9 Stat. 798 · July 18, 1850 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to provide for recording the Conveyances of Vessels, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXVII · 9 Stat. 440 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

36. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the better Organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. XXVIII · 9 Stat. 441 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

37. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage,” approved March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine.

    Ch. XXIX · 9 Stat. 442 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

38. An Act to provide for holding the Courts of the United States in Case of the Sickness or other Disability of the Judges of the District Courts.

    Ch. XXX · 9 Stat. 442 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

39. An Act to regulate the Terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Ohio.

    Ch. XXXI · 9 Stat. 443 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

40. A Resolution for restoring the Settlement of the “three months extra pay” Claims to the Accounting Officers of the Treasury.

    Public Resolution 9 · 9 Stat. 562 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution granting old Brass Guns to the Jackson Monument Committee.

    Public Resolution 10 · 9 Stat. 562 · July 29, 1850 · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Jacob Zimmerman.

    Ch. XXXII · 9 Stat. 799 · July 29, 1850 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of Richard H. Barrett.

    Ch. XXXIII · 9 Stat. 799 · July 29, 1850 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act to refund, the Fine imposed on the late Dr. Thomas Cooper, under the Sedition Law, to his Heirs.

    Ch. XXXIV · 9 Stat. 799 · July 29, 1850 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of Joseph P. Williams.

    Ch. XXXV · 9 Stat. 799 · July 29, 1850 · Private law · Original text

46. A Resolution relative to the Payment of Dividends or Interest on War Bounty Scrip.

    Public Resolution 11 · 9 Stat. 562 · August 10, 1850 · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin P. Smith.

    Ch. XXXVI · 9 Stat. 800 · August 10, 1850 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of William Maxwell, late Marshal for the District of Georgia.

    Ch. XXXVII · 9 Stat. 800 · August 10, 1850 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Isaac Seymour.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 9 Stat. 800 · August 10, 1850 · Private law · Original text

50. A Resolution for the Settlement of Accounts with the Heirs and Representatives of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, late Agent for the Cherokee Indians.

    Private Resolution 12 · 9 Stat. 806 · August 10, 1850 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXIX · 9 Stat. 444 · August 17, 1850 · Original text

52. 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-one.

    Ch. XL · 9 Stat. 444 · August 17, 1850 · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of Elipkas C. Brown.

    Ch. XLI · 9 Stat. 800 · August 17, 1850 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the further Relief of John Mitchell.

    Ch. XLII · 9 Stat. 801 · August 17, 1850 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act supplementary to the Act entitled “An Act providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent Censuses of the United States, and to fix the Number of the Members of the House of Representatives, and to provide for their future Apportionment among the several States.”

    Ch. XLIII · 9 Stat. 445 · August 30, 1850 · Original text

56. An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend, in the Cases therein mentioned, the ‘Act to regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage.’”

    Ch. XLIV · 9 Stat. 445 · August 30, 1850 · Original text

57. An Act in Relation to Donations of Land to certain Persons in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. XLVII · 9 Stat. 446 · August 30, 1850 · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of Camfield Averill.

    Ch. XLV · 9 Stat. 801 · August 30, 1850 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of Al-lo-lah and his legal Representatives and their Grantees.

    Ch. XLVI · 9 Stat. 801 · August 30, 1850 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the said State of all Territory claimed by her exterior to said Boundaries, and of all her Claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial Government for New Mexico.

    Ch. XLIX · 9 Stat. 446 · September 9, 1850 · Original text

61. An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union.

    Ch. L · 9 Stat. 452 · September 9, 1850 · Original text

62. An Act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah.

    Ch. LI · 9 Stat. 453 · September 9, 1850 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution instructing the Secretary of State to furnish the State of Alabama Duplicates of the Books and Documents heretofore supplied by Congress, and which were destroyed by the recent burning of the State Capitol of said State.

    Public Resolution 13 · 9 Stat. 563 · September 9, 1850 · Original text

64. An Act to grant a Register to the Barque Jas. Patton, Jun’r, now the Grenadien Barque “Bogota.”

    Ch. XLVIII · 9 Stat. 802 · September 9, 1850 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to authorize Notaries Public to take and certify Oaths, Affirmations, and Acknowledgments in certain Cases.

    Ch. LII · 9 Stat. 458 · September 16, 1850 · Original text

66. An Act to extend the Port of New Orleans.

    Ch. LIII · 9 Stat. 458 · September 16, 1850 · Original text

67. 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-one.

    Ch. LIV · 9 Stat. 459 · September 16, 1850 · Original text

68. An Act to provide for the Printing of the Annual Report upon Commerce and Navigation.

    Ch. LV · 9 Stat. 459 · September 16, 1850 · Original text

69. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

    Ch. LVI · 9 Stat. 460 · September 16, 1850 · Original text

70. An Act for the Relief of Winthrop S. Harding.

    Ch. LVII · 9 Stat. 802 · September 16, 1850 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of Skelton Felton.

    Ch. LVIII · 9 Stat. 802 · September 16, 1850 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Sarah Jane West.

    Ch. LIX · 9 Stat. 802 · September 16, 1850 · Private law · Original text

73. A Resolution for the Settlement of Accounts with the Heirs and Representatives of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, late Agent for the Cherokee Indians.

    Private Resolution 14 · 9 Stat. 807 · September 16, 1850 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to amend, and supplementary to, the Act entitled “An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice, and Persons escaping from the Service of their Masters,” approved February twelfth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. LX · 9 Stat. 462 · September 18, 1850 · Original text

75. An Act granting the Right of Way, and making a Grant of Land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in Aid of the Construction of a Railroad from Chicago to Mobile.

    Ch. LXI · 9 Stat. 466 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

76. An Act giving the Ascent of the United States to an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the December Session, eighteen hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. LXII · 9 Stat. 467 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

77. An Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LXIII · 9 Stat. 467 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

78. An Act to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriation for Pay and Mileage of Members of Congress for the present Session.

    Ch. LXIV · 9 Stat. 468 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

79. An Act to repeal so much of the Act approved eleventh of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, as extends the Provisions thereof to Macao.

    Ch. LXV · 9 Stat. 468 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

80. Joint Resolution relating to the Equestrian Statue of General Andrew Jackson.

    Public Resolution 15 · 9 Stat. 563 · September 20, 1850 · Original text

81. An Act giving the Assent of the United States to an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the December Session, eighteen hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. LXII · 9 Stat. 803 · September 20, 1850 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of D. A. Watterston.”

    Ch. LXVI · 9 Stat. 803 · September 20, 1850 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of Leuright Browning.

    Ch. LXVII · 9 Stat. 803 · September 20, 1850 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of Captain Nathan Adams, of Tennessee.

    Ch. LXVIII · 9 Stat. 804 · September 20, 1850 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit Vessels from the British North American Provinces to lade and unlade at such Place in any Collection District of the United States as he may designate.

    Ch. LXIX · 9 Stat. 469 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

86. An Act to increase the Commissariat of the United States Army.

    Ch. LXX · 9 Stat. 469 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

87. An Act providing for the Examination and Settlement of Claims for Land at the Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan.

    Ch. LXXI · 9 Stat. 469 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

88. An Act to reduce the minimum Price of the Mineral Lands in the Lake Superior District in Michigan, and in the Chippewa District in Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXII · 9 Stat. 472 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

89. An Act to provide for carrying into Execution, in further Part, the twelfth Article of the Treaty with Mexico concluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    Ch. LXXIII · 9 Stat. 473 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

90. A Resolution to amend a Resolution approved on the tenth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty, relative to the Payment of Dividends or Interest on War Bounty Scrip.

    Public Resolution 16 · 9 Stat. 563 · September 26, 1850 · Original text

91. An Act to authorize Thomas Ginnatty to hold and transmit certain Real Estate.

    Ch. LXXIV · 9 Stat. 804 · September 26, 1850 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the United States.

    Ch. LXXV · 9 Stat. 473 · September 27, 1850 · Original text

93. An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey, and to make Donations to Settlers of the said Public Lands.

    Ch. LXXVI · 9 Stat. 496 · September 27, 1850 · Original text

94. An Act making Appropriations for Lighthouses, Light-Boats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXVII · 9 Stat. 500 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

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

    Ch. LXXVIII · 9 Stat. 504 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

96. An Act to create additional Collection Districts in the State of California, and to change the existing District therein, and to modify the existing Collection Districts in the United States.

    Ch. LXXIX · 9 Stat. 508 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

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

    Ch. LXXX · 9 Stat. 513 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

98. 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-one.

    Ch. LXXXI · 9 Stat. 517 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

99. An Act to authorize the Appointment of Indian Agents in California.

    Ch. LXXXII · 9 Stat. 519 · September 28, 1850 · Original text

100. An Act for the Payment of a Company of Indian Volunteers.

     Ch. LXXXIII · 9 Stat. 519 · September 28, 1850 · Original text