Every law Congress has passed

382 laws of the 36th Congress, 1859–1861

1. An Act to change the Times for holding the Terms of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama.

   Ch. LXXXV · 12 Stat. 28 · June 9, 1860 · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of Samuel J. Hensley.

   Ch. LXXXVI · 12 Stat. 847 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of Charles James Lanman.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 12 Stat. 847 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of Andrew E. Marshall.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 12 Stat. 847 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a Pension to Adelaide Adams, Widow of Commander George Adams, United States Navy.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 12 Stat. 847 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of the Children and Heir of Alexander Montgomery.

   Ch. XC · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the Relief of John Dixon.

   Ch. XCI · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Beda Hayes, Widow of Dudley Hayes, of Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut.

   Ch. XCII · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of Webster S. Steele.

   Ch. XCIII · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting an Invalid Pension to Nathan Randall.

    Ch. XCIV · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a Pension to Major John F. Hunter.

    Ch. XCV · 12 Stat. 848 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Guadalupe Estudillo de Arguello, Widow of Santiago de Arguello.

    Ch. XCVI · 12 Stat. 849 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and other Heirs of William Higgins, deceased.

    Ch. XCVII · 12 Stat. 849 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of Israel Johnson.

    Ch. XCVIII · 12 Stat. 849 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Shade Calloway.

    Ch. XCIX · 12 Stat. 849 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of five deceased Clerks in the Philadelphia Custom-House.

    Ch. C · 12 Stat. 849 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a Pension to James Lacey, of Grainger County, Tennessee.

    Ch. CI · 12 Stat. 850 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a Pension to Abraham Crum.

    Ch. CII · 12 Stat. 850 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Emma A. Wood, Widow of the late Brevet Major George W. F. Wood, of the United States Army.

    Ch. CIII · 12 Stat. 850 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of W. Y. Hansell, the Heirs of W. H. Underwood, and the Representatives of Samuel Rockwell.

    Ch. CIV · 12 Stat. 850 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Gotlieb Scheerer.

    Ch. CV · 12 Stat. 851 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Anthony Schlander.

    Ch. CVI · 12 Stat. 851 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of James Phelan.

    Ch. CVII · 12 Stat. 851 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Sylvester Day, late a Surgeon in the United States Army.

    Ch. CVIII · 12 Stat. 851 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs or legal Representatives of Francis Guillory.

    Ch. CIX · 12 Stat. 852 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the Relief of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Burke and Captain Charles S. Winder, of the United States Army.

    Ch. CXI · 12 Stat. 852 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the Relief of Charles W. Brooks, of New York.

    Ch. CXII · 12 Stat. 852 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Peter Rogerson and Son, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, owners of the British Brig “Jessie.”

    Ch. CXIII · 12 Stat. 852 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

29. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry Woods.

    Private Resolution 16 · 12 Stat. 874 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

30. Joint Resolution for the Relief of John T. Robertson, of Virginia.

    Private Resolution 17 · 12 Stat. 874 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of R. K. Doebler.

    Ch. CX · 12 Stat. 8852 · June 9, 1860 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to liquidate the unadjusted Contracts of the Tennessee River Improvement.

    Ch. CXIV · 12 Stat. 29 · June 12, 1860 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the Levy Court to issue Tavern and other Licenses in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXV · 12 Stat. 29 · June 12, 1860 · Original text

34. An Act to reimburse the Corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a Sum of Money advanced towards the Construction of the Little Fails Bridge.

    Ch. CXVI · 12 Stat. 29 · June 12, 1860 · Original text

35. An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXVII · 12 Stat. 30 · June 12, 1860 · Original text

36. An Act to reimburse the Corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a Sum of Money advanced towards the Construction of the Little Falls Bridge.

    Ch. CXVI · 12 Stat. 853 · June 12, 1860 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXVII · 12 Stat. 853 · June 12, 1860 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of Smith and Hunt, of Toledo, Ohio.

    Ch. CXVIII · 12 Stat. 854 · June 12, 1860 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of Valentine Wehrheim.

    Ch. CXIX · 12 Stat. 854 · June 12, 1860 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act to dissolve the “Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia,” and to authorize the Transfer of its Effects to the “Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.”

    Ch. CXX · 12 Stat. 30 · June 13, 1860 · Original text

41. An Act extending the Charter incorporating the “German Benevolent Society” of Washington City, in the District of Columbia, approved July twenty-seventh eighteen hundred and forty-two.

    Ch. CXXI · 12 Stat. 31 · June 13, 1860 · Original text

42. An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of Prospect Hill Cemetery.

    Ch. CXXII · 12 Stat. 32 · June 13, 1860 · Original text

43. An Act to dissolve the “Washington’s Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia,” and to authorize the Transfer of its Effects to the “Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.”

    Ch. CXX · 12 Stat. 854 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act extending the Charter incorporating the German Benevolent Society of Washington City, in the District of Columbia, approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two.

    Ch. CXXI · 12 Stat. 854 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to Incorporate the Proprietors of Prospect Hill Cemetery.

    Ch. CXXII · 12 Stat. 855 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of Maryett Van Buskirk.

    Ch. CXXIII · 12 Stat. 857 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of George P. Marsh.

    Ch. CXXIV · 12 Stat. 857 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of Francis Lavonture and Pierre Grignon.

    Ch. CXXV · 12 Stat. 857 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act granting an Invalid Pension to Beriah Wright, of New York.

    Ch. CXXVI · 12 Stat. 858 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Erastus Hutchins.

    Ch. CXXVII · 12 Stat. 858 · June 13, 1860 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to define and regulate the Jurisdiction of the District Courts of the United States in California in Regard to the Survey and Location of confirmed Private Land Claims.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 12 Stat. 33 · June 14, 1860 · Original text

52. An Act to incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXIX · 12 Stat. 35 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

53. An Act providing for additional Terms of the United States Circuit and District Courts in the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. CXXX · 12 Stat. 36 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

54. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CXXXI · 12 Stat. 37 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

55. An Act authorizing the Sale of the Western Military Asylum in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

    Ch. CXXXII · 12 Stat. 39 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

56. A Resolution for Supplying the Choctaw, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Nations with such Copies of the Laws, Journals, and public printed Documents as are furnished to the States and Territories.

    Public Resolution 18 · 12 Stat. 116 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

57. A Resolution in Relation to the Works of the Exploring Expedition.

    Public Resolution 1 · 12 Stat. 116 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

58. A Resolution providing for the Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun which will occur on the eighteenth day of July next.

    Public Resolution 20 · 12 Stat. 117 · June 15, 1860 · Original text

59. An Act to Incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXIX · 12 Stat. 858 · June 15, 1860 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Francis Dainese.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 12 Stat. 859 · June 15, 1860 · Private law · Original text

61. A Resolution to correct a Clerical Error in the Act approved May four, eighteen hundred and sixty, “for the Relief of Stewart McGowan.”

    Private Resolution 21 · 12 Stat. 874 · June 15, 1860 · Private law · Original text

62. Joint Resolution for the Relief of William H. De Groot.

    Private Resolution 22 · 12 Stat. 874 · June 15, 1860 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act to change the Locution of the Custom-House for the District of Brazos de Santiago, from Point Isabel to Brownsville, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 12 Stat. 39 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

64. An Act to amend an Act regulating the Diplomatic and Consular System of the United States.

    Ch. CXXXV · 12 Stat. 40 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

65. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act in addition to the Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade.”

    Ch. CXXXVI · 12 Stat. 40 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

66. An Act to facilitate Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by Electric Telegraph.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 12 Stat. 41 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

67. An Act making Appropriation for the Payment of the Expenses of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 12 Stat. 42 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

68. An Act to relinquish the Title of the United States to certain Lands occupied by the City of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 12 Stat. 43 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

69. An Act to change the Name of the Ship “Rockall” to “Massachusetts.”

    Ch. CXL · 12 Stat. 43 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

70. An Act recognizing the Survey of the Grand Cheniere Island, State of Louisiana, as approved by the Surveyor-General, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLI · 12 Stat. 43 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

71. An Act to amend an Act approved the third Day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, entitled, “An Act to establish a Port of Entry at Salaria, in the State of Texas, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CXLII · 12 Stat. 43 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Congressional Township Number Two north, of Range Number Nine west, of the fourth principal Meridian, in Adams County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. CXLIII · 12 Stat. 44 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

73. An Act for the Relief of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

    Ch. CXLIV · 12 Stat. 44 · June 16, 1860 · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

    Ch. CXLIV · 12 Stat. 860 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Anson Dart.

    Ch. CXLV · 12 Stat. 860 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Solomon Wadsworth.

    Ch. CXLVI · 12 Stat. 860 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of John Brannan.

    Ch. CXLVII · 12 Stat. 860 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of R. W. Clarke.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 12 Stat. 861 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the Relief of David Myerle.

    Ch. CXLIX · 12 Stat. 861 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a Pension to Martha Sanderson, Widow of Major Winslow F. Sanderson.

    Ch. CL · 12 Stat. 861 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a Pension to James Alexander, an Invalid Soldier of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. CLI · 12 Stat. 861 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of J. R. Crump.

    Ch. CLII · 12 Stat. 861 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of Anton L. C. Portman.

    Ch. CLIII · 12 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of Joel M. Smith.

    Ch. CLIV · 12 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Sayre.

    Ch. CLV · 12 Stat. 862 · June 16, 1860 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Thomas R. Livingston.

    Ch. CLVI · 12 Stat. 862 · June 18, 1860 · Private law · Original text

87. 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 sixty-one.

    Ch. CLVII · 12 Stat. 44 · June 19, 1860 · Original text

88. An Act to authorize Divorces in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLVIII · 12 Stat. 59 · June 19, 1860 · Original text

89. An Act granting an Invalid Pension to Ezekiel Jones.

    Ch. CLIX · 12 Stat. 862 · June 19, 1860 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Josiah Atkins, of Ohio.

    Ch. CLX · 12 Stat. 862 · June 19, 1860 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act to incorporate the East Washington Library Association.

    Ch. CLXI · 12 Stat. 863 · June 19, 1860 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act making Appropriations for Light-Houses, Beacons, Buoys, and so forth.

    Ch. CLXII · 12 Stat. 61 · June 20, 1860 · Original text

93. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CLXIII · 12 Stat. 64 · June 21, 1860 · Original text

94. An Act providing for the Punishment of Marshals and Deputy Marshalls of the United States, or other Ministerial Officers, for permitting the Escape of Prisoners in their Custody.

    Ch. CLXIV · 12 Stat. 69 · June 21, 1860 · Original text

95. An Act to establish a Mail six Times a Week from Sacramento, in California, to Olympia, in the Territory of Washington.

    Ch. CLXV · 12 Stat. 69 · June 21, 1860 · Original text

96. An Act confirming certain Land Entries under the third [proviso to the first] Section of the Act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-fee, entitled, “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-six.”

    Ch. CLXVI · 12 Stat. 70 · June 21, 1860 · Original text

97. An Act to confirm certain Private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CLXVII · 12 Stat. 71 · June 21, 1860 · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of Samuel H. Taylor.

    Ch. CLXVIII · 12 Stat. 863 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Cassius M. Clay.

    Ch. CLXIX · 12 Stat. 864 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs or Legal Representatives of the Estate of Charles H. Mason.

     Ch. CLXX · 12 Stat. 864 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text