Every law Congress has passed

435 laws of the 34th Congress, 1855–1857

1. An Act to admit a Vessel called the Etiwan to Registry.

   Ch. III · 10 Stat. 725 · 1855 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the Performance of certain clerical Duties.

   Ch. I · 11 Stat. 1 · February 20, 1856 · Original text

3. A Resolution for the Appointment, of Regents to fill the Vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Resolution 1 · 11 Stat. 142 · February 27, 1856 · Original text

4. A Resolution to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Printing for the second Session of the thirty-third Congress.

   Resolution 2 · 11 Stat. 142 · February 27, 1856 · Original text

5. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the French-built Brig “Vigie” to “Minnie.”

   Ch. III · 11 Stat. 445 · February 27, 1856 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of Vessels in certain Cases.

   Ch. IV · 11 Stat. 1 · March 5, 1856 · Original text

7. An Act to change the Name of the Brig “Hibernia” to “Victor of the Wave.”

   Ch. V · 11 Stat. 445 · March 5, 1856 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register or Enrolment to the Barque Cabargo.

   Ch. VI · 11 Stat. 446 · March 5, 1856 · Private law · Original text

9. A Resolution providing for the final Adjustment of certain Cases of Appeal from Decisions made by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department.

   Resolution 3 · 11 Stat. 142 · March 13, 1856 · Original text

10. An Act to admit to Register or Enrolment the Schooner Zadock Pratt.

    Ch. VII · 11 Stat. 446 · March 13, 1856 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to define the Jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee.

    Ch. VIII · 11 Stat. 1 · March 19, 1856 · Original text

12. An Act relating to Punishment in the Penitentiary.

    Ch. IX · 11 Stat. 2 · March 28, 1856 · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of the Distributees of Colonel William Linn.

    Ch. X · 11 Stat. 446 · April 1, 1856 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to continue temporarily the Land-Offices al Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, and at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. XI · 11 Stat. 2 · April 5, 1856 · Original text

15. An Act to constitute the Cities of Hannibal, Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, Ports of Delivery.

    Ch. XII · 11 Stat. 2 · April 5, 1856 · Original text

16. An Act making Appropriations far restoring and maintaining the peaceable Disposition of the Indian Tribes on the Pacific, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XIII · 11 Stat. 3 · April 5, 1856 · Original text

17. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

    Ch. XIV · 11 Stat. 3 · April 5, 1856 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office, and Court-House at Buffalo, New York.

    Resolution 4 · 11 Stat. 142 · April 5, 1856 · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Jacob Dodson.

    Ch. XV · 11 Stat. 446 · April 18, 1856 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to authorize the Issue of a Register to the Brig “Echo” of Boston.

    Ch. XVI · 11 Stat. 447 · April 18, 1856 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to change the Times of holding the United States Courts in the Southern District of Illinois.

    Ch. XVIII · 11 Stat. 4 · April 23, 1856 · Original text

22. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

    Ch. XIX · 11 Stat. 5 · April 23, 1856 · Original text

23. An Act to repeat Part of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Safe-keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. XX · 11 Stat. 5 · April 23, 1856 · Original text

24. An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “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. XXI · 11 Stat. 6 · April 23, 1856 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution relating to the Public Lands appertaining to the Springfield and Harper’s Ferry Armories, and the North Carolina Arsenal.

    Resolution 5 · 11 Stat. 143 · April 23, 1856 · Original text

26. An Act for the Relief of Mary E. Tillman.

    Ch. XVII · 11 Stat. 447 · April 23, 1856 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to continue Half-pay to Mrs. Lewright Browning for a further term of five Years.

    Ch. XXII · 11 Stat. 447 · April 26, 1856 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Circuit Court of the United States in and for the State of California,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. XXIII · 11 Stat. 6 · April 30, 1856 · Original text

29. An Act creating Columbus, in Kentucky, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. XXIV · 11 Stat. 7 · May 9, 1856 · Original text

30. An Act to surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland Road in said State.

    Ch. XXV · 11 Stat. 7 · May 9, 1856 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office and Court-House, at Cleveland, Ohio.

    Resolution 7 · 11 Stat. 143 · May 9, 1856 · Original text

32. A Resolution for the Relief of the Southwestern and Muscogee Railroad Companies.

    Resolution 6 · 11 Stat. 475 · May 9, 1856 · Private law · Original text

33. A Resolution relating to the Appropriation for the Improvement of the Harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

    Resolution 8 · 11 Stat. 144 · May 12, 1856 · Original text

34. An Act to amend the Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. XXVI · 11 Stat. 8 · May 14, 1856 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution for the Statistics of the Coastwise Commerce to be included hereafter in the Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury on Commerce and Navigation.

    Resolution 9 · 11 Stat. 144 · May 14, 1856 · Original text

36. An Act for the Relief of Christian Bar, of the State of Maryland.

    Ch. XXVII · 11 Stat. 447 · May 14, 1856 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State.

    Ch. XXVIII · 11 Stat. 9 · May 15, 1856 · Original text

38. An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Sear ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

    Ch. XXIX · 11 Stat. 10 · May 15, 1856 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office, and Court-House at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Resolution 10 · 11 Stat. 144 · May 15, 1856 · Original text

40. An Act to provide for at least two Election Precincts in each Ward in the City of Washington, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXX · 11 Stat. 15 · May 16, 1856 · Original text

41. An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said States.

    Ch. XXXI · 11 Stat. 15 · May 17, 1856 · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Captain Langdon C. Euston, Assistant Quartermaster United States Army.

    Ch. XXXII · 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of John Crawford.

    Ch. XXXIII · 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of William M. F. Magraw.

    Ch. XXXIV · 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to transfer certain Rights and Duties conferred upon the Trustees of the Town of Vincennes, Indiana, to the Common Council of the City of Vincennes.

    Ch. XXXVI · 11 Stat. 17 · June 2, 1856 · Original text

46. An Act to incorporate St. Thomas’ Literary Society in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXV · 11 Stat. 448 · June 2, 1856 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Benefit of the Hebrew Congregation in the City of Washington.

    Ch. XXXVII · 11 Stat. 449 · June 2, 1856 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of John S. Pendleton.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 11 Stat. 449 · June 2, 1856 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Emma Bidaman.

    Ch. XXXIX · 11 Stat. 450 · June 2, 1856 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of John Nugent.

    Ch. XL · 11 Stat. 450 · June 2, 1856 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the State of Alabama to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State.

    Ch. XLI · 11 Stat. 17 · June 3, 1856 · Original text

52. An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Louisiana, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State.

    Ch. XLII · 11 Stat. 18 · June 3, 1856 · Original text

53. An Act granting Public Lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State.

    Ch. XLIII · 11 Stat. 20 · June 3, 1856 · Original text

54. An Act making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public Lands, to the State of Michigan, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XLIV · 11 Stat. 21 · June 8, 1856 · Original text

55. An Act to change the Place of holding the Courts of the United States in the District of Delaware.

    Ch. XLV · 11 Stat. 22 · June 14, 1856 · Original text

56. An Act making Appropriation [s] for the Payment of certain Claims.

    Ch. XLVI · 11 Stat. 450 · June 14, 1856 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to revive and continue in force the Provisions of the Act of 1853, in relation to “Suspended Entries of Public Lands,” and the Act of 1846, in Relation to “Suspended Preemption Land Claims.”

    Ch. XLVII · 11 Stat. 22 · June 26, 1856 · Original text

58. An Act changing the time of holding the District Court of the United States at Wytheville, in the Western District of Virginia.

    Ch. XLVIII · 11 Stat. 23 · June 26, 1856 · Original text

59. An Act For the Relief of the Heirs of Col. Charles Simms, late Collector of the Port of Alexandria.

    Ch. XLIX · 11 Stat. 451 · June 26, 1856 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act authorizing a Settlement of the Accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian Agent at Detroit, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. LII · 11 Stat. 451 · July 3, 1856 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act to authorize the issue of a Register to the Barque Tropic Bird.

    Ch. LIII · 11 Stat. 451 · July 3, 1856 · Private law · Original text

62. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to settle the Accounts of Oliver M. Wozencraft.

    Resolution 11 · 11 Stat. 475 · July 3, 1856 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act to change the times of holding the United States Courts in Tennessee.

    Ch. L · 11 Stat. 23 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

64. An Act granting to certain Citizens of the State of Missouri the Right to enter certain Lands in the Plattsburg District, in said State.

    Ch. LI · 11 Stat. 23 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

65. An Act granting to certain Citizens of the State of Missouri the Right to enter certain Lands in the Plattsburg District, in said State.

    Ch. LI · 11 Stat. 23 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

66. An Act to remove Obstructions to Navigation in the Mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass and Pass a l’Outre.

    Ch. LIV · 11 Stat. 24 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

67. An Act making an Appropriation for deepening the Channel over the Flats of the St. Mary’s River, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. LV · 11 Stat. 25 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

68. An Act making an Appropriation for deepening the Channel over the St. Clair Flats, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. LVI · 11 Stat. 25 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

69. An Act to explain the Act approved twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An Act to establish additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota.”

    Ch. LVII · 11 Stat. 26 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

70. An Act to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota.

    Ch. LVIII · 11 Stat. 26 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

71. An Act authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked.

    Ch. LIX · 11 Stat. 27 · July 8, 1856 · Original text

72. An Act granting the Right of Way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad through the Arsenal, Magazine, and Jefferson Barracks, Tracts.

    Ch. LX · 11 Stat. 452 · July 14, 1856 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to grant to L. Jane. Horner and Children a Section of Land in Oregon.

    Ch. LXI · 11 Stat. 452 · July 17, 1856 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of Captain J. P. Hatch, of the United States Army.

    Ch. LXII · 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Captain Joseph H. Whipple, deceased.

    Ch. LXIII · 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Jacob Price, of Jefferson County, Virginia.

    Ch. LXIV · 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 · Private law · Original text

77. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Dr. William P. A. Hail, late of the Tennessee Volunteers in the Mexican War.

    Resolution 12 · 11 Stat. 475 · July 17, 1856 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Construction of a Road from Fort Ridgley in the Territory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska.

    Ch. LXV · 11 Stat. 27 · July 22, 1856 · Original text

79. An Act to authorize the Entry of certain Lands in the State of Iowa by Mrs. Caroline Newington.

    Ch. LXVI · 11 Stat. 453 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth V. Lomax, only surviving Child of Captain William Lindsay, of the Revolution.

    Ch. LXVII · 11 Stat. 453 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Zadock Thompson, of Vermont.

    Ch. LXVIII · 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Samuel Scott.

    Ch. LXIX · 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of Levi Robinson.

    Ch. LXX · 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of the. Owners and Sharesmen of the Fishing Schooners Wanderer, Mary, Olive Branch, Two Brothers, and Brothers.

    Ch. LXXI · 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

85. A Resolution for the Relief of John Y. Laub, a Clerk in the Office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury.

    Resolution 13 · 11 Stat. 475 · July 30, 1856 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

    Ch. LXXII · 11 Stat. 27 · August 1, 1856 · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the United States Sloop-of-war Albany, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXIII · 11 Stat. 29 · August 1, 1856 · Original text

88. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the Plan of the Custom-House at Ellsworth, Maine.

    Resolution 14 · 11 Stat. 145 · August 1, 1856 · Original text

89. An Act directing a Settlement of the Account of David Gordon.

    Ch. LXXIV · 11 Stat. 455 · August 1, 1856 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Court for the Investigation of Claims against the United States,” approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. LXXXI · 11 Stat. 30 · August 6, 1856 · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of Cephise Piseros, Widow of Louis Labranche, of the Parish of St. Charles, and State of Louisiana.

    Ch. LXXV · 11 Stat. 455 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of Randall D. Livingston.

    Ch. LXXVI · 11 Stat. 455 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. M. E. McKnight, Widow of Francis M. McKnight.

    Ch. LXXVII · 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Hill.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act to confirm Joseph Wandestrand in his Title to certain Lands.

    Ch. LXXIX · 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Richard Albritton.

    Ch. LXXX · 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to alter and amend “An Act to appropriate Money to remove Obstructions in the Savannah River, below the City of Savannah, in the State of Georgia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. LXXXII · 11 Stat. 30 · August 7, 1856 · Original text

98. An Act granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of Mississippi to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 11 Stat. 30 · August 11, 1856 · Original text

99. An Act amend the Charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 11 Stat. 32 · August 11, 1856 · Original text

100. An Act to confirm to certain Persons therein named, their Titles to certain Lots tn Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

     Ch. LXXXV · 11 Stat. 33 · August 11, 1856 · Original text