Every law Congress has passed

540 laws of the 33rd Congress, 1853–1855

1. An Act to provide Compensation for the Services of George Morell, in adjusting Titles to Land in Michigan.

   Ch. CLXXX · 10 Stat. 807 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of Sylvester Pettibone

   Ch. CLXXXII · 10 Stat. 808 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of Phineas M. Nightingale Administrator of the Estate of General Nathaniel Greene, deceased.

   Ch. CLXXXIII · 10 Stat. 808 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of Captain Charles G. Merchant.

   Ch. CLXXXI · 10 Stat. 809 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Representatives of Colonel Alexander G. Morgan.

   Ch. CLXXXIV · 10 Stat. 809 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of William Brown.

   Ch. CLXXXV · 10 Stat. 809 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to authorize the Payment of Invalid Pensions to the Heirs of Lieutenant Robert White, and others.

   Ch. CLXXXVI · 10 Stat. 809 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

8. Joint Resolution giving One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land to Francis M. Gwin, of Indiana.

   Private Resolution 20 · 10 Stat. 830 · August 1, 1854 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the accommodation of the Courts of the United States in the District of Massachusetts, and in the Cities of New York and Philadelphia.

   Ch. CLXXXVIII · 10 Stat. 333 · August 2, 1854 · Original text

10. An Act to establish a Port of Delivery at Lake Port on Lake Pontchartrain and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 10 Stat. 333 · August 2, 1854 · Original text

11. An Act constituting Madison, in the State of Indiana, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. CXCI · 10 Stat. 334 · August 2, 1854 · Original text

12. An Act to constitute Tuscumbia, in the State of Alabama, a Port of Delivery, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXCII · 10 Stat. 334 · August 2, 1854 · Original text

13. An Act creating a Collection District in Texas and New Mexico.

    Ch. CXCIII · 10 Stat. 335 · August 2, 1854 · Original text

14. An Act for the Purchase of the Copyright of a Work published by Thomas H. Sumner, wherein he describes his New Method of ascertaining a ship’s position at Sea.

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 10 Stat. 810 · August 2, 1854 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to Relinquish the Reversionary Interest of the United States to a certain Reservation therein mentioned, and to confirm the title of Charles G. Gunter thereto.

    Ch. CXC · 10 Stat. 810 · August 2, 1854 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act making Appropriations for Light-Houses, Light-Boats, Buoys, etc., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, ana for other purposes.

    Ch. CXCIV · 10 Stat. 335 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

17. An Act to authorize the State of Illinois to select the residue of the Lands to which she is entitled under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, granting Land to aid that State in opening a Canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan.

    Ch. CXCV · 10 Stat. 344 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

18. An Act to amend the provisions of the fifty-sixth section of the act entitled “An Act to Regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage,” approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.

    Ch. CXCVI · 10 Stat. 344 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

19. An Act to constitute Cairo, in the State of Illinois, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. CXCVIII · 10 Stat. 345 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

20. An Act constituting San Pedro, in the State of California, a Port of Entry and Delivery.

    Ch. CXCIX · 10 Stat. 345 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

21. An Act to authorize the State of Wisconsin to select the residue of the Lands to which she is entitled under the act of eighth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.

    Ch. CC · 10 Stat. 345 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

22. An Act to vest in the several States and Territories the title in fee of the Lands which have been or may be certified to them.

    Ch. CCI · 10 Stat. 346 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

23. An Act to constitute Palatka and Bayport, in the State of Florida, Ports of Delivery, respectively, and Keokuk and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. CCII · 10 Stat. 346 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

24. An Act to revive the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and the Act approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty four, supplemental thereto, in reference to the Rio Hondo claims to Land in Louisiana.

    Ch. CCIV · 10 Stat. 347 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

25. An Act making Appropriations for Fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. CCXXVII · 10 Stat. 347 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

26. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.

    Ch. CCXXX · 10 Stat. 349 · August 3, 1854 · Original text

27. An Act authorizing the Extension of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad into the District of Columbia, and conferring certain Privileges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

    Ch. CXCVII · 10 Stat. 810 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to incorporate the National Hotel Company of Washington City.

    Ch. CCIII · 10 Stat. 812 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of William J. McElhiney, E. P. Matthews, and Lawrence Cribben.

    Ch. CCV · 10 Stat. 813 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Helen Mackay, Widow of the late Colonel Æneas Mackay, Deputy Quartermaster-General United States Army.

    Ch. CCVI · 10 Stat. 813 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of Sylvanus Culver.

    Ch. CCVII · 10 Stat. 814 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the Relief of Daniel Steenrod.

    Ch. CCVIII · 10 Stat. 814 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the Relief of Jonas P. Levy and Jose Maria Jarrero.

    Ch. CCIX · 10 Stat. 814 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the Relief of W. D. Porter, of the United States Navy.

    Ch. CCX · 10 Stat. 814 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the Relief of John McVea and John F, McKneely, of Louisiana.

    Ch. CCXI · 10 Stat. 814 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the Relief of Charlotte S. Westcott.

    Ch. CCXII · 10 Stat. 815 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the Relief of William H. Weirick.

    Ch. CCXIII · 10 Stat. 815 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of John Frink.

    Ch. CCXIV · 10 Stat. 815 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of Mary H. Cushing.

    Ch. CCXV · 10 Stat. 816 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of Rebecca Baggerly, widow of David Baggerly, deceased.

    Ch. CCXVI · 10 Stat. 816 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of George Mattingly

    Ch. CCXVII · 10 Stat. 816 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Joseph McMinn.

    Ch. CCXVIII · 10 Stat. 816 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of Jesse R. Faulkner, of Missouri.

    Ch. CCXIX · 10 Stat. 816 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of Henry N. Halsted.

    Ch. CCXX · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of James Walsh.

    Ch. CCXXI · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of James M. Lewis.

    Ch. CCXXII · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of Henry J. Snow, of Rome, in the State of New York.

    Ch. CCXXIII · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to provide a Pension for James K. Welch.

    Ch. CCXXIV · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the further Relief of Albro Tripp.

    Ch. CCXXV · 10 Stat. 817 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Hammond, if the State of New York.

    Ch. CCXXVI · 10 Stat. 818 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the Relief of the Civil Township of Marion, in the County of Mercer, Ohio.

    Ch. CCXXVIII · 10 Stat. 818 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting the Right of Way over, and Depot Grounds on, the Military Reserve at Fort Gratiot, in the State of Michigan, to the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad Company.

    Ch. CCXXIX · 10 Stat. 818 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

53. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Brevet Captain J. B. Lendrum, United States Army.

    Private Resolution 22 · 10 Stat. 831 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

54. A Joint Resolution directing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury to Adjust the Account of William Woodbury, late Pension Agent at Portland, Maine.

    Private Resolution 23 · 10 Stat. 831 · August 3, 1854 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CCXLII · 10 Stat. 546 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

56. An Act to Graduate and Reduce the Price of the Public Lands to actual Settlers and Cultivators.

    Ch. CCXLIV · 10 Stat. 574 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

57. An Act declaring the Southern Boundary of New Mexico.

    Ch. CCXLV · 10 Stat. 575 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Bronaugh, and for the Repeal of the “Act to aid the Territory of Minnesota in the construction of a Railroad therein,” approved the twenty-ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. CCXLVI · 10 Stat. 575 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

59. An Act to increase the Pay of the Rank and File of [the] Army, and to encourage Enlistments.

    Ch. CCXLVII · 10 Stat. 575 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

60. An Act to Repeal the first proviso of the fourth section of the act entitled “An Act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States,” approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CCXLVIII · 10 Stat. 576 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

61. An Act to extend the Right of Pre-emption over Unsurveyed Lands in Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CCXLIX · 10 Stat. 576 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

62. A Joint Resolution directing the Presentation of a Medal to Commander Duncan N. Ingraham.

    Resolution 24 · 10 Stat. 594 · August 4, 1854 · Original text

63. An Act to change the name of the American-built brig “Glamorgan,” to that of “Wizard.”

    Ch. CCXXXI · 10 Stat. 819 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Jacob Balter, of Sandusky City, Ohio.

    Ch. CCXXXII · 10 Stat. 819 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of J. C. Buckles, of Louisville, Kentucky.

    Ch. CCXXXIII · 10 Stat. 819 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Pearce.

    Ch. CCXXXIV · 10 Stat. 819 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of David C. Cash, and Giles V. Ellis.

    Ch. CCXXXV · 10 Stat. 819 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of Thomas C. Green.

    Ch. CCXXXVI · 10 Stat. 820 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of Patrick Gass.

    Ch. CCXXXVII · 10 Stat. 820 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of Thomas Jordan, Assistant Quartermaster in the United States Army.

    Ch. CCXXXVIII · 10 Stat. 820 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of John Rice Jones, deceased.

    Ch. CCXXXIX · 10 Stat. 820 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Rosalie Caxillo.

    Ch. CCXL · 10 Stat. 821 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the Relief of Ira Call, of Huron County, Ohio.

    Ch. CCXLI · 10 Stat. 821 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to Incorporate the Pioneer Manufacturing Company of Georgetown, D. C.

    Ch. CCXLIII · 10 Stat. 821 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Bronaugh; and for the repeal of the “Act to aid the Territory of Minnesota in the construction of a Railroad therein,” approved the twenty-ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. CCXLVI · 10 Stat. 823 · August 4, 1854 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. CCLXVII · 10 Stat. 576 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCLXVIII · 10 Stat. 583 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

78. An Act to carry into effect a Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

    Ch. CCLXIX · 10 Stat. 587 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

79. 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-five.

    Ch. CCLXX · 10 Stat. 588 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

80. An Act to establish certain Additional Post Roads.

    Ch. CCLXXI · 10 Stat. 589 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

81. An Act to Repeal the first proviso of the fourth section of the Act entitled, “An act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States,” approved September twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Ch. CCLXXIII · 10 Stat. 589 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

82. An Act authorizing the Payment of Balance of the Property Accounts between the United States and the State of New York, for Military Stores, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. CCLXXIV · 10 Stat. 590 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

83. An Act to establish a Land District in the State of Florida, to be called the District of Tampa.

    Ch. CCLXXVI · 10 Stat. 590 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

84. A Joint Resolution making Appropriation for the Payment of those entitled to the Benefits of the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, passed August third, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, voting Extra Compensation to Pages, Folders, and others.

    Resolution 25 · 10 Stat. 595 · August 5, 1854 · Original text

85. An Act to provide a Pension for Captain Thomas Porter.

    Ch. CCL · 10 Stat. 823 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Julia Aiken.

    Ch. CCLI · 10 Stat. 823 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of Thomas An Catesby Jones, surety for a former Postmaster at Norfolk, Virginia.

    Ch. CCLII · 10 Stat. 823 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of A. S. Laughery.

    Ch. CCLIII · 10 Stat. 824 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Charles Pavie.

    Ch. CCLIV · 10 Stat. 824 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Captain Matthew Jack, deceased.

    Ch. CCLV · 10 Stat. 824 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Heirs of Benjamin Metoyer.

    Ch. CCLVI · 10 Stat. 824 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of James Capen.

    Ch. CCLVII · 10 Stat. 825 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Lloyd Dorsey, and others.

    Ch. CCLVIII · 10 Stat. 825 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of William Curran.

    Ch. CCLIX · 10 Stat. 825 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of Robert F. McGuire and Louisa, his wife, late Louisa Lamy.

    Ch. CCLX · 10 Stat. 825 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Warren Raymond.

    Ch. CCLXI · 10 Stat. 826 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of John S. King, of Virginia.

    Ch. CCLXII · 10 Stat. 826 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of Henry Lewis and Moses Petet, of Clinton County, Indiana.

    Ch. CCLXIII · 10 Stat. 826 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of George McGirk.

    Ch. CCLXIV · 10 Stat. 826 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of Asa Leach.

     Ch. CCLXV · 10 Stat. 826 · August 5, 1854 · Private law · Original text