Every law Congress has passed

435 laws of the 34th Congress, 1855–1857

1. An Act for the Relief of Henry T. Mudd, of Missouri.

   Ch. LXVI · 11 Stat. 502 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of Richard Phillips.

   Ch. LXVII · 11 Stat. 503 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of C. B. R. Kennerly.

   Ch. LXVIII · 11 Stat. 503 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jacques Godfroy.

   Ch. LXIX · 11 Stat. 503 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of John L. Vattier.

   Ch. LXX · 11 Stat. 503 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of Jesse Morrison, of Illinois.

   Ch. LXXI · 11 Stat. 503 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the Relief of John Shaw, a Soldier in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

   Ch. LXXII · 11 Stat. 504 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Thomas B. Stele, passed Assistant Surgeon of the Navy of the United States.

   Ch. LXXIII · 11 Stat. 504 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of John Huff, of Texas.

   Ch. LXXIV · 11 Stat. 504 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the Relief of George Schellinger.

    Ch. LXXV · 11 Stat. 504 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the Relief of Lyman N. Cook.

    Ch. LXXVI · 11 Stat. 504 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of William Kendall.

    Ch. LXXVII · 11 Stat. 505 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Samuel R. Thurston, late Delegate from Oregon.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 11 Stat. 505 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of George P. Baltzell, Assignee of James P. Roan.

    Ch. LXXIX · 11 Stat. 505 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin R. Gantt.

    Ch. LXXX · 11 Stat. 505 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of Rebecca Smith.

    Ch. LXXXI · 11 Stat. 506 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the Relief of William Poole.

    Ch. LXXXII · 11 Stat. 506 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the Relief of Mary Ann Clark.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 11 Stat. 506 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Collins Boomer.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 11 Stat. 506 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of Samuel S. Haight.

    Ch. LXXXV · 11 Stat. 507 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Benefit of Anthony Devit, late a Sergeant in the Third Artillery of United States Army.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 11 Stat. 507 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to reimburse the Estate of Joseph McClure, a Paymaster in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 11 Stat. 507 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

23. Joint Resolution to pay the Pension due Parmelia Slavin, late Wife of John Blue, deceased, to her Administrator.

    Private Resolution 10 · 11 Stat. 525 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Israel B. Bigelow.

    Private Resolution 11 · 11 Stat. 526 · March 2, 1857 · Private law · Original text

25. 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 eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. XC · 11 Stat. 169 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

26. An Act to establish an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. XCI · 11 Stat. 185 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

27. An Act to confirm certain Entries of Land therein named.

    Ch. XCII · 11 Stat. 186 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

28. An Act to establish three additional Land Districts in the Territory of Nebraska.

    Ch. XCIII · 11 Stat. 186 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

29. An Act to establish three Additional Land Districts in the Territory of Kansas.

    Ch. XCIV · 11 Stat. 187 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

30. An Act to expedite Telegraphic Communication for the Uses of the Government in its Foreign intercourse.

    Ch. XCV · 11 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

31. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. XCVI · 11 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

32. 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, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. XCVII · 11 Stat. 191 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

33. An Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCVIII · 11 Stat. 192 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

34. An Act making a Grant of Land to the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said Territory, and granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the Construction of a certain Railroad in said State.

    Ch. XCIX · 11 Stat. 195 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

35. An Act to divide the State of Missouri into two Judicial Districts.

    Ch. C · 11 Stat. 197 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

36. An Act to amend the “Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and for other Purposes” passed July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

    Ch. CI · 11 Stat. 199 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

37. An Act to constitute Selma, in the State of Alabama, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. CII · 11 Stat. 199 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

38. An Act to amend “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. CIII · 11 Stat. 200 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

39. An Act to settle certain Accounts between the United States and the State of Mississippi and other States.

    Ch. CIV · 11 Stat. 200 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

40. An Act to establish a Port of Entry at Fernandina, in the State of Florida.

    Ch. CV · 11 Stat. 200 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

41. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. CVI · 11 Stat. 200 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

42. An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expense’s of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. CVII · 11 Stat. 206 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

43. An Act making Appropriations for certain Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. CVIII · 11 Stat. 221 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

44. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the United States and the Territories thereof.

    Ch. CIX · 11 Stat. 230 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

45. An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

    Ch. CX · 11 Stat. 240 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

46. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. CXI · 11 Stat. 243 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of certain actual Settlers and Cultivators who purchased Lands subject to Graduation, within the Limits of the Choctaw Cession of eighteen hundred and thirty, at a less Rate than the true graduated Price, under the “Act to graduate and reduce the Price of the Public Lands to actual Settlers and Cultivators,” approved the fourth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty four, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXII · 11 Stat. 248 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

48. An Act making Appropriation for the Transportation of the United States Mail, by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

    Ch. CXIII · 11 Stat. 248 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

49. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the better Organization of the Treasury, and far the Collection, Safe-keeping, transfer, and Disbursement of the Public Revenue.”

    Ch. CXIV · 11 Stat. 249 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

50. An Act to extend the Provisions of the Act entitled “An Act in Addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Services of the United States,” to the Officers and Soldiers of Major David Bailey’s Battalion of Cook County (Illinois) Volunteers.

    Ch. CXV · 11 Stat. 249 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

51. An Act in Addition to an Act more effectually to provide for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXVI · 11 Stat. 250 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

52. An Act to confirm to the several States the Swamp and overflowed Lands selected under the Act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Act of the second March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

    Ch. CXVII · 11 Stat. 251 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

53. An Act to construct a Building for a Custom-House and Post-Office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

    Ch. CXVIII · 11 Stat. 251 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

54. An Act to increase the Pay of the Cadets at the West Point Academy.

    Ch. CXIX · 11 Stat. 252 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

55. An Act providing for the Construction of a Military Road between Fort Steilacoom and Bellingham Bay, in the Territory of Washington.

    Ch. CXX · 11 Stat. 252 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

56. An Act for the Construction of a Road in the Territory of Nebraska.

    Ch. CXXI · 11 Stat. 252 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

57. A Resolution relative to Sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territories of Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska.

    Resolution 12 · 11 Stat. 254 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

58. A Resolution concerning Wolf Island.

    Resolution 13 · 11 Stat. 255 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

59. A Resolution relating to the Compensation of the Chaplains of Congress.

    Resolution 14 · 11 Stat. 255 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution for the Presentation of Medals to Dr. Kane, his Officers and Men.

    Resolution 15 · 11 Stat. 255 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

61. A Resolution allowing Commander Henry J. Hartstene, of the United States Navy, Lieutenant S. D. Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty Officers and Crew of the Steamer “Vixen,” to accept certain Tokens of Acknowledgment from the Government of Great Britain.

    Resolution 16 · 11 Stat. 255 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

62. A Resolution to return to the Land-Office at Vincennes, Indiana, certain Deeds transmitted to the General Land-Office, by the Board of Commissioners appointed under the “Act to ascertain and adjust the Titles to certain Lands in the State of Indiana,” approved duly twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

    Resolution 17 · 11 Stat. 256 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

63. Damages for contract for brick for Washington Aqueduct.

    Resolution 18 · 11 Stat. 256 · March 3, 1857 · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Donn Piatt.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 11 Stat. 507 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of Jedediah H. Lathrop and his Sureties.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 11 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of William L. Davidson.

    Ch. CXXII · 11 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Commander John L. Saunders.

    Ch. CXXIII · 11 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to authorize Issue of Register to the Bark “Ann Elizabeth.”

    Ch. CXXIV · 11 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of Adam D. Steuart.

    Ch. CXXV · 11 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act explanatory of an Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An Act for the Relief of Adam D. Steuart and of Alexander Randall, Executor of Daniel Randall.”

    Ch. CXXVI · 11 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of Charles Parish, a Soldier of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. CXXVII · 11 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Amos Armstrong, of Ohio.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 11 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the Relief of James D. Johnston.

    Ch. CXXIX · 11 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of Robert S. Wimberly.

    Ch. CXXX · 11 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Irish, William Sturgis, and Barthotomew Baldwin.

    Ch. CXXXI · 11 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Henry Stewart.

    Ch. CXXXII · 11 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of Captain Alexander Montgomery, an Assistant Quartermaster in the United States Army.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 11 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of Martin Fenwick.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 11 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Graham.

    Ch. CXXXV · 11 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of Brevet Captain Frederick Steele, United States Army.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 11 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of John Drout.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 11 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Crown.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 11 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of William Burdell, Samuel Medary, and William T. Martin, Administrator of the Estate of Edgar Gale, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 11 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of Tarrance Kirby.

    Ch. CXL · 11 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Relief of Emilie R. Hooe, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

    Ch. CXLI · 11 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Matthew G. Emery.

    Ch. CXLII · 11 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of Thomas M. Newell.

    Ch. CXLIII · 11 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of Dolly Empson.

    Ch. CXLIV · 11 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary Gay.

    Ch. CXLVI · 11 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of John Ryley, an Indian, of the State of Michigan.

    Ch. CXLV · 11 Stat. 514 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of Jefferson Wilson, Administrator, with the Will annexed, of John F. Wray, deceased.

    Ch. CXLVII · 11 Stat. 514 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Cilly.

    Ch. CXLIX · 11 Stat. 514 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Benefit of John W. Cox.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 11 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act to confirm to Charles Waterman his Title to certain Lots in Milwaukie, Wisconsin.

    Ch. CL · 11 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of the Children of James Phelps, a Revolutionary Soldier.

    Ch. CLI · 11 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Leonard Lilly.

    Ch. CLII · 11 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of Joseph M. Kennedy.

    Ch. CLIII · 11 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of the surviving Children of John Gilbert, a Revolutionary Soldier.

    Ch. CLIV · 11 Stat. 516 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act increasing the Peasion of Daniel Denver.

    Ch. CLV · 11 Stat. 516 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act providing an Increase of Pension to Isaac Phillips.

     Ch. CLVI · 11 Stat. 516 · March 3, 1857 · Private law · Original text