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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.

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308 laws of the 32nd Congress, 1851–1853

  1. An Act authorizing the Adjustment and Payment of the Claims of William Hazzard Wigg, deceased, for losses sustained by him during the War of the Revolution.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 10 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act to Incorporate the Georgetown and Catoctin Railroad Company.

    Ch. CXLI · 10 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act for the Relief of the Southern Michigan Railroad Company.

    Ch. CLII · 10 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  4. A Resolution for the Relief of the Heir of John De Neufville and Son.

    Private Resolution 16 · 10 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  5. A Resolution for the Relief of the heir of John De Neufville and Son.

    Private Resolution 17 · 10 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  6. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Thompson Barnett.

    Private Resolution 18 · 10 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  7. A Resolution for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac L. Battle.

    Private Resolution 19 · 10 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

  8. A Resolution for the Relief of the Heirs of David Corderey.

    Private Resolution 20 · 10 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1853 · Private law · Original text

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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.