Every law Congress has passed

308 laws of the 32nd Congress, 1851–1853

1. 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. 751 · February 5, 1853 · Private law · Original text

2. Joint Resolution granting the Petition of William and Matthew Moss.

   Private Resolution 10 · 10 Stat. 769 · February 5, 1853 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting the Right of Way and Making a Grant of Land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad from a point on the Mississippi, opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas Boundary near Fulton, in Arkansas, with Branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River.

   Ch. LIX · 10 Stat. 155 · February 9, 1853 · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of Barbara Reily.

   Ch. LX · 10 Stat. 752 · February 9, 1853 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of C. L. Swayze, in relation to the Location of certain Choctaw Scrip.

   Ch. LXI · 10 Stat. 752 · February 9, 1853 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of Joseph M. Wilcoxon, of the State of Missouri.

   Ch. LXII · 10 Stat. 752 · February 9, 1853 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to make the Salary of the Judge of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia equal to that of an Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of said District.

   Ch. LXVI · 10 Stat. 157 · February 11, 1853 · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Asenath M. Elliot.

   Ch. LXIII · 10 Stat. 752 · February 11, 1853 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of the Widow of the late John A. Lynch.

   Ch. LXIV · 10 Stat. 752 · February 11, 1853 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue a Register to the British bark Fanny, under the name of Golden Mirror.

    Ch. LXV · 10 Stat. 753 · February 11, 1853 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. LXVII · 10 Stat. 157 · February 14, 1853 · Original text

12. An Act to amend an act entitled “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 the Settlers of the said Public Lands,” approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty.

    Ch. LXIX · 10 Stat. 158 · February 14, 1853 · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. LXVII · 10 Stat. 753 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting the Right of Way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company, and for Other Purposes.

    Ch. LXVIII · 10 Stat. 754 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of John Millar.

    Ch. LXX · 10 Stat. 754 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to change the Name of the Steamboat Forest City.

    Ch. LXXI · 10 Stat. 755 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the Relief of Captain George P. Smith.

    Ch. LXXII · 10 Stat. 755 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to Provide for the Payment of the Companies of Captains Bush, Price, and Suarez, for Military Services in Florida.

    Ch. LXXIII · 10 Stat. 755 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Register to the American built Steamship Albatross.

    Ch. LXXIV · 10 Stat. 756 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of John Williams.

    Ch. LXXV · 10 Stat. 756 · February 14, 1853 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to prevent in certain cases a failure or delay of Justice in the Courts of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LXXVI · 10 Stat. 160 · February 16, 1853 · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Rosanna Sowards.

    Ch. LXXVII · 10 Stat. 756 · February 16, 1853 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Morehead.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 10 Stat. 756 · February 16, 1853 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Amendatory of Existing Laws relative to the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, Dime, and Half Dime.

    Ch. LXXIX · 10 Stat. 160 · February 21, 1853 · Original text

25. An Act to Regulate the Fees and Costs to be allowed Clerks, Marshals, and Attorneys of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXX · 10 Stat. 161 · February 26, 1853 · Original text

26. An Act to prevent Frauds upon the Treasury of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXI · 10 Stat. 170 · February 26, 1853 · Original text

27. An Act to regulate the terms of the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa.

    Ch. LXXXII · 10 Stat. 171 · February 26, 1853 · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Mary W. Thompson, and Mrs. Elizabeth V. Lomax, and Mrs. A. M. Dade.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 10 Stat. 756 · February 26, 1853 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of Josiah P. Pilcher, late a private in Company F, second Kentucky regiment Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 10 Stat. 757 · February 26, 1853 · Private law · Original text

30. Joint Resolution for the Relief of J. P. Converse, of Ohio.

    Private Resolution 11 · 10 Stat. 770 · February 26, 1853 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to provide Compensation to such persons as maybe designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive and keep the Public Honey, under the fifteenth section of the Act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the additional services required under that Act.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 10 Stat. 172 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

32. An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Washington.

    Ch. XC · 10 Stat. 172 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

33. 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-four.

    Ch. XCI · 10 Stat. 179 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

34. An Act providing for administering the Oath of Office to William R. King, Vice-President Elect of the United States of America.

    Ch. XCIII · 10 Stat. 180 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

35. An Act to amend an Act, entitled, “An Act to amend an Act to settle and adjust the Expenses of the People of Oregon, from Attacks and Hostilities of Cayuse Indians, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight,” approved August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

    Ch. XCIV · 10 Stat. 180 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

36. A Resolution to provide for straightening the Eastern Boundary Line of the Naval Hospital lands at New York.

    Resolution 12 · 10 Stat. 262 · March 2, 1853 · Original text

37. An Act for the Relief of B. B. Bennett.

    Ch. LXXXV · 10 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of Frances E. Baden.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 10 Stat. 757 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of Edward Box.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 10 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin S. Roberts.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 10 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act authorizing the Selectmen of the town of Chelsea, in the State of Massachusetts, to lay out and make a way on lands of the United States in said town.

    Ch. XCII · 10 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Register to the Bark “May, of Baltimore.”

    Ch. XCV · 10 Stat. 758 · March 2, 1853 · Private law · Original text

43. 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-three.

    Ch. XCVI · 10 Stat. 181 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

44. An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty four.

    Ch. XCVII · 10 Stat. 189 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

45. An Act making Appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. XCVIII · 10 Stat. 211 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

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

    Ch. CII · 10 Stat. 220 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

47. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. CIII · 10 Stat. 225 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

48. An Act making Appropriations for the 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-four.

    Ch. CIV · 10 Stat. 226 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

49. 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-four.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 10 Stat. 239 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

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

    Ch. CXL · 10 Stat. 240 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

51. An Act making an Appropriation for the Completion of the Public Buildings in the Territory of Minnesota.

    Ch. CXLII · 10 Stat. 243 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

52. An Act to extend Preemption Rights to certain Lands therein mentioned.

    Ch. CXLIII · 10 Stat. 244 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

53. An Act authorizing Changes in the Location of Land Offices.

    Ch. CXLIV · 10 Stat. 244 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

54. An Act to provide for the Survey of the Public lands in California, the granting of Preemption Rights therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXLV · 10 Stat. 244 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

55. An Act to establish certain Post Roads, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXLVI · 10 Stat. 249 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

56. An Act to authorize the Correction of erroneous Locations of Military Bounty Land-Warrants by Actual Settlers on the Public Lands in Certain Cases.

    Ch. CXLVII · 10 Stat. 256 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

57. An Act to provide for Additional Clerks, and extend the Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 10 Stat. 257 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

58. An Act to Appropriate Lands for the Support of Schools in certain Townships and fractional Townships in the Territory of Minnesota, not before provided for.

    Ch. CXLIX · 10 Stat. 257 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

59. An act authorising the Governor of the Territory of New Mexico to call an extra Session of the Legislative Assembly of said Territory, should the same be deemed necessary and expedient.

    Ch. CL · 10 Stat. 258 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

60. An Act to revive and continue in force for “limited time the Provisions of an Act relative to suspended Entries of Public Land.

    Ch. CLII · 10 Stat. 258 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

61. An Act authorizing the Sale of certain Reserved Lands in Alabama.

    Ch. CLIII · 10 Stat. 259 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

62. A Resolution in Amendment of a Joint Resolution relating to the duties of Inspectors of Steamers, approved the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three.

    Resolution 13 · 10 Stat. 262 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

63. A Resolution for the Relief of the Spanish Consul and other subjects of Spain, residing at New Orleans, and of subjects of Spain residing at Key West, by indemnity for losses occasioned in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

    Resolution 14 · 10 Stat. 262 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

64. A Resolution providing for the Printing and Binding of the “Returns of the Seventh Census.”

    Resolution 15 · 10 Stat. 263 · March 3, 1853 · Original text

65. An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of the Visitation of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XCIX · 10 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Proctor Hayden, only child and heir of John White, deceased, late a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Fourth Georgia Battalion of the Revolutionary Army.

    Ch. C · 10 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of John Charles Fremont, late Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. CI · 10 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of L. M. Goldsborough and Others.

    Ch. CV · 10 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Waller Colton.

    Ch. CVI · 10 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the Relief of Jacob Shade, Jr.

    Ch. CVII · 10 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of James Wright, Junior.

    Ch. CVIII · 10 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Gardner Herring.

    Ch. CIX · 10 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to increase the Pension of Henry Click, of Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Ch. CX · 10 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of Jasper A. Maltby.

    Ch. CXI · 10 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Cornelius Hughes, of Tennessee.

    Ch. CXII · 10 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Harlow Spaulding.

    Ch. CXIII · 10 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to pay, out of any moneys in the…

    Ch. CXIV · 10 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of Joseph Johnston,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, by correcting a clerical error.

    Ch. CXV · 10 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the Relief of Mary Baury.

    Ch. CXVI · 10 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of John Kerbaugh.

    Ch. CXVII · 10 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of Lewis H. Bates and William Lacon.

    Ch. CXVIII · 10 Stat. 763 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of S. Morris Waln.

    Ch. CXIX · 10 Stat. 763 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of James H. Jenkins.

    Ch. CXX · 10 Stat. 763 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of Robert Gibson.

    Ch. CXXI · 10 Stat. 764 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Relief of Ursula E. Cobb.

    Ch. CXXII · 10 Stat. 764 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Cornelius Covert, of Michigan.

    Ch. CXXIII · 10 Stat. 764 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of Moses Olmstead and Mrs. Elizabeth Craig.

    Ch. CXXIV · 10 Stat. 764 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of George Poindexter.

    Ch. CXXV · 10 Stat. 765 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Mary Pearson.

    Ch. CXXVI · 10 Stat. 765 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Henry Miller, a soldier of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. CXXVII · 10 Stat. 765 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of William J. Price.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 10 Stat. 765 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of Gilman Smith, of Sycamore, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. CXXIX · 10 Stat. 766 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a Penston to Elizabeth Monroe.

    Ch. CXXX · 10 Stat. 766 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of Maria Taylor

    Ch. CXXXI · 10 Stat. 766 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of Betsey Norton.

    Ch. CXXXII · 10 Stat. 766 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Mary Woodward.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 10 Stat. 766 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Benefit of John Ozias.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 10 Stat. 767 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of William H. Wells, and others.

    Ch. CXXXV · 10 Stat. 767 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Nathan H. Darling.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 10 Stat. 767 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register to the Brig Boundary, and to change the Names of the Steamers Roger Williams and Propeller Ontario.

     Ch. CXXXVII · 10 Stat. 767 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text