Every law Congress has passed

308 laws of the 32nd Congress, 1851–1853

1. An Act for the Relief of David Murphy.

   Ch. LXXXVI · 10 Stat. 735 · August 21, 1852 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to confirm to the State of Michigan certain Lands selected for saline Purposes.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 10 Stat. 30 · August 25, 1852 · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of William P. Greene.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 10 Stat. 735 · August 25, 1852 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting Relief to John A. McGaw, of New York.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 10 Stat. 736 · August 25, 1852 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a Pension to John Le Roy.

   Ch. XC · 10 Stat. 736 · August 25, 1852 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act to provide for executing the Public Printing, and establishing the Prices thereof, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. XCI · 10 Stat. 30 · August 26, 1852 · Original text

7. An Act granting to the State of Michigan the Right of Way, and a Donation of Public Land for the Construction of a Ship Canal around the Falls of St. Mary’s, in said State.

   Ch. XCII · 10 Stat. 35 · August 26, 1852 · Original text

8. An Act to reduce and define the Boundaries of the Military Reserve at the Saint Peter’s River, in the Territory of Minnesota.

   Ch. XCV · 10 Stat. 36 · August 26, 1852 · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Morton Plummer and Mary Reynolds Plummer.

   Ch. XCIII · 10 Stat. 736 · August 26, 1852 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the Relief of John Moore White.

    Ch. XCIV · 10 Stat. 736 · August 26, 1852 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act authorizing imported Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, entered and bonded for warehousing in pursuance of Law, to be exported by certain Routes to Ports or Places in Mexico.

    Ch. XCVI · 10 Stat. 37 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

12. An Act to provide for a tri-monthly Mail from New Orleans to Vera Cruz, via Tampico, and back, in Steam-Vessels.

    Ch. XCVII · 10 Stat. 38 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

13. An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage in the United States, and for other Purposes,” passed March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

    Ch. XCVIII · 10 Stat. 38 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company.

    Ch. CI · 10 Stat. 40 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

15. An Act to create an additional Land-Office in the Territory of Minnesota.

    Ch. CII · 10 Stat. 40 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

16. An Act making Appropriation for 4he current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

    Ch. CIII · 10 Stat. 41 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

17. An Act making Appropriations for the Improvement of certain Harbors and Rivers.

    Ch. CIV · 10 Stat. 56 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

18. An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

    Ch. CV · 10 Stat. 61 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

19. An Act to Amend an act entitled “An Act to provide for the better Security of the lives of Passengers on board of Vessels propelled in whole or in part by Steam,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. CVI · 10 Stat. 61 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

20. An Act in addition to An Act to Promote the Progress of the Useful.

    Ch. CVII · 10 Stat. 75 · August 30, 1852 · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Margaret Hetzel, Widow and Administratrix of A. R. Hetzel, late Assistant Quartermaster in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. XCIX · 10 Stat. 736 · August 30, 1852 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary A. Davis, Widow of Daniel W. Davis.

    Ch. C · 10 Stat. 737 · August 30, 1852 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of Jane, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CVIII · 10 Stat. 76 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

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

    Ch. CIX · 10 Stat. 100 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

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

    Ch. CX · 10 Stat. 105 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

26. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal fear ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXI · 10 Stat. 110 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

27. An Act making Appropriations for Light-houses, Light-boats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXII · 10 Stat. 112 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

28. An Act to establish certain Post-roads, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXIII · 10 Stat. 121 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

29. An Act making further Provisions for the Satisfaction of Virginia Land-Warrants.

    Ch. CXIV · 10 Stat. 143 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

30. An Act to constitute Alton, in the State of Illinois, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. CXV · 10 Stat. 143 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

31. A Resolution relating to the Printing of Congress during the Recess.

    Resolution 17 · 10 Stat. 148 · August 31, 1852 · Original text

32. An Act for the Relief of Z. F. Johnson.

    Ch. CXVI · 10 Stat. 737 · August 31, 1852 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act making an Appropriation for bringing to the Seat of Government the Votes for President and Vice-President of the United States.

    Ch. I · 10 Stat. 149 · December 16, 1852 · Original text

34. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Register to the barque Queen of Dundee, to lie called Kate Wheeler.

    Ch. II · 10 Stat. 741 · December 16, 1852 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to amend the Act approved the thirty-first August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, in reference to the Appropriation for continuing the Survey of the Mexican Boundary.

    Ch. III · 10 Stat. 149 · December 23, 1852 · Original text

36. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Registers to Vessels in certain cases.

    Ch. IV · 10 Stat. 149 · December 23, 1852 · Original text

37. A Resolution Explanatory of an Act supplementary to an Act approved the twenty-third day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty.

    Resolution 1 · 10 Stat. 260 · December 23, 1852 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution authorizing the Settlement of the Account of the Public Printer, for Paper used by him since the first of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

    Resolution 2 · 10 Stat. 260 · December 23, 1852 · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of James A. Fawns.

    Ch. V · 10 Stat. 741 · December 23, 1852 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution authorizing the Settlement of the Account of the Public Printer, for Paper used by him since the first of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

    Private Resolution 2 · 10 Stat. 769 · December 23, 1852 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon,” approved August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

    Ch. VI · 10 Stat. 150 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

42. An Act making further Appropriations for the Construction of Roads in the Territory of Minnesota.

    Ch. VII · 10 Stat. 150 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

43. An Act authorizing certain Soldiers of the late war with Great Britain to surrender the Bounty Lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof.

    Ch. VIII · 10 Stat. 150 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

44. An Act for the Construction of Military Roads in Oregon Territory.

    Ch. IX · 10 Stat. 151 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

45. A Resolution explanatory of the Act appropriating Money for the Removal of the Raft of Red River.

    Resolution 3 · 10 Stat. 260 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

46. A Resolution in relation to the Census returns from the State of California.

    Resolution 4 · 10 Stat. 261 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

47. A Resolution allowing in certain cases to the owners of Steamers further time to make the necessary preparations to bring their Vessels within the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the better Security of the Rives of Passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes,” Approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

    Resolution 5 · 10 Stat. 261 · January 7, 1853 · Original text

48. An Act granting to the Sackett’s Harbor and Ellisburg Railroad Company, the Right of Way through the Military Reservation at Sackett’s Harbor, New York.

    Ch. X · 10 Stat. 741 · January 7, 1853 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Osborn Cross, of the United States Army.

    Ch. XI · 10 Stat. 742 · January 7, 1853 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Margaret L. Worth.

    Ch. XII · 10 Stat. 742 · January 7, 1853 · Private law · Original text

51. A Resolution for the Appointment of Regents in the Smithsonian Institution.

    Resolution 6 · 10 Stat. 261 · January 13, 1853 · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of John T. Sullivan.

    Ch. XIII · 10 Stat. 742 · January 13, 1853 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a new Register to the ship Prentice, and change her name to that of Leonie.

    Ch. XIV · 10 Stat. 742 · January 13, 1853 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the Relief of William Speiden.

    Ch. XV · 10 Stat. 742 · January 13, 1853 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Sidney S. Alcott.

    Ch. XVI · 10 Stat. 743 · January 13, 1853 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lomax.

    Ch. XVII · 10 Stat. 743 · January 13, 1853 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. XVIII · 10 Stat. 151 · January 20, 1853 · Original text

58. An Act to surrender to the State of Ohio the unfinished portion of the Cumberland Road in said State.

    Ch. XIX · 10 Stat. 152 · January 20, 1853 · Original text

59. An Act making an Appropriation for the Payment of Navy Pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. XX · 10 Stat. 152 · January 20, 1853 · Original text

60. A Resolution Explanatory of the Appropriation for the Improvement of the Mouth of the Sekonk River and Harbor of Providence, Rhode Island.

    Resolution 8 · 10 Stat. 261 · January 20, 1853 · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Armistead.

    Ch. XXI · 10 Stat. 743 · January 20, 1853 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. E. A. McNeil, widow of the late General John McNeil.

    Ch. XXII · 10 Stat. 743 · January 20, 1853 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs or Legal Representatives of Joseph Arnow, deceased.

    Ch. XXIII · 10 Stat. 744 · January 20, 1853 · Private law · Original text

64. A Resolution for Surrendering the Site of the old Oglethorpe Barracks to the City Council of Savannah, Georgia.

    Private Resolution 7 · 10 Stat. 769 · January 20, 1853 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to amend An Act entitled “An Act for the discontinuance of the office of Surveyor-General in the several districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be completed; for abolishing Land Offices under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXIV · 10 Stat. 152 · January 22, 1853 · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of John J. Sykes.

    Ch. XXVI · 10 Stat. 744 · January 22, 1853 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Thomas P. Dudley.

    Ch. XXVII · 10 Stat. 744 · January 22, 1853 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of William McFarland, deceased.

    Ch. XXVIII · 10 Stat. 745 · January 22, 1853 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of Philo Smith.

    Ch. XXV · 10 Stat. 774 · January 22, 1853 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to extend the provisions of an Act approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the Act approved the twenty-sixth of February, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for carrying into effect the existing compacts with the States of Alabama, and Mississippi, in relation to the Five per Cent. Fund and School Reservations.

    Ch. XXIX · 10 Stat. 153 · January 25, 1853 · Original text

71. An Act to Erect at the Capital of the Nation an Equestrian Statue of Washington.

    Ch. XXX · 10 Stat. 153 · January 25, 1853 · Original text

72. An Act to prohibit Public Executions in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXI · 10 Stat. 153 · January 25, 1853 · Original text

73. An Act for the Relief of Jacob J. Storer.

    Ch. XXXII · 10 Stat. 745 · January 25, 1853 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Orphan Children of Colonel William R. McKee, late of Lexington, Kentucky.

    Ch. XXXIII · 10 Stat. 745 · January 25, 1853 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Charles S. Mathews, Charles Wood, and James Hall.

    Ch. XXXIV · 10 Stat. 745 · January 25, 1853 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Abigail Stafford.

    Ch. XXXV · 10 Stat. 746 · January 27, 1853 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of Frances P. Gardiner.

    Ch. XXXVI · 10 Stat. 746 · January 27, 1853 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of John W. Quinney, a Stockbridge Indian.

    Ch. XXXVII · 10 Stat. 746 · January 27, 1853 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting a Pension to Mrs. Ann C. Belknap.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 10 Stat. 747 · January 27, 1853 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of Nathan Weston, junior, late additional Paymaster in the United States Army.

    Ch. XXXIX · 10 Stat. 747 · January 27, 1853 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act concerning Bail in Civil Causes in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XL · 10 Stat. 153 · February 3, 1853 · Original text

82. An Act to continue Half-Pay to certain Windows and Orphans.

    Ch. XLI · 10 Stat. 154 · February 3, 1853 · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief if Jacob Young.

    Ch. XLII · 10 Stat. 747 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the late Major Thomas Noel, United States Army.

    Ch. XLIII · 10 Stat. 747 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Relief of Thompson Hutchinson.

    Ch. XLIV · 10 Stat. 747 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Jones and the other Children (if any) of John Carr.

    Ch. XLV · 10 Stat. 748 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of Mary B. Renner, Administratrix of Daniel Renner, deceased.

    Ch. XLVI · 10 Stat. 748 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of Jim Capers.

    Ch. XLVII · 10 Stat. 748 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Relatives of certain Officers and Seamen of the United States brig Washington, who were lost overboard in a hurricane.

    Ch. XLVIII · 10 Stat. 748 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of James Glynn.

    Ch. XLIX · 10 Stat. 749 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of Guion and McLaughlin.

    Ch. L · 10 Stat. 749 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of Sarah D. Mackay.

    Ch. LI · 10 Stat. 749 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Colonel James R. Creecy.

    Ch. LII · 10 Stat. 749 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of William Bedient, late a Sergeant in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery.

    Ch. LII · 10 Stat. 750 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of Margaret Farrar.

    Ch. LIV · 10 Stat. 750 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

96. A Resolution for the Relief of Alexander Y. P. Garnett.

    Private Resolution 9 · 10 Stat. 769 · February 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of Brevet Brigadier-General Bennett Riley, and to enable him to settle his Accounts with the United States.

    Ch. LVIII · 10 Stat. 154 · February 5, 1853 · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jeremiah Wingate.

    Ch. LV · 10 Stat. 750 · February 5, 1853 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Bernard Todd, deceased.

    Ch. LVI · 10 Stat. 750 · February 5, 1853 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of Maurice K. Simons.

     Ch. LVII · 10 Stat. 751 · February 5, 1853 · Private law · Original text