Every law Congress has passed

382 laws of the 36th Congress, 1859–1861

1. An Act for the Relief of Margaret Whitehead.

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

2. An Act for the Relief of Eben S. Hanscomb.

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

3. An Act for the Relief of Philip B. Holmes and William Pedrich.

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

4. An Act for the Relief of Peay and Ayliffe.

   Ch. CLXXIV · 12 Stat. 865 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of Emilie G. Jones, Executrix of Thomas P. Jones, deceased, and Nancy M. Johnson, Administratrix of Walter R. Johnson, deceased.

   Ch. CLXXV · 12 Stat. 865 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of Chauncey W. Fuller.

   Ch. CLXXVI · 12 Stat. 865 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to confirm certain Private Land Claims in the State of Missouri.

   Ch. CLXXVII · 12 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to repeal the Second Section and other Portions of an Act passed the second Day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for the Location of certain confirmed Private Land Claims in the State of Missouri, and for other Purposes.”

   Ch. CLXXVIII · 12 Stat. 866 · June 21, 1860 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to carry into Effect Provisions of the Treaties between the United States, China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other Countries, giving certain Judicial Powers to Ministers and Consuls or other Functionaries, of the United States in those Countries, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CLXXIX · 12 Stat. 72 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

10. An Act authorizing a Loan and providing for the Redemption of Treasury Notes.

    Ch. CLXXX · 12 Stat. 79 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

11. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CLXXXI · 12 Stat. 80 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

12. An Act to grant to the City of Port Huron, Michigan, a Part of the military Reservation of Port Gratiot, for the Enlargement of the City Cemetery at that Place

    Ch. CLXXXII · 12 Stat. 83 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

13. An Act to declare the Meaning of the Act entitled “An Act making further Provisions far the Satisfaction of Virginia Land Warrants,” passed August thirty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

    Ch. CLXXXIII · 12 Stat. 84 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

14. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for giving Effect to certain Treaty Stipulations between this and Foreign Governments for the Apprehension and Delivery up of certain Offenders.”

    Ch. CLXXXIV · 12 Stat. 84 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Congressional Township Number Six south, of Range. Number Eight west, in Randolph County, State of Illinois.

    Ch. CLXXXV · 12 Stat. 84 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

16. An Act to amend “An Act [to provide] for extending the Laws and Judicial System of the United States to the State of Oregon, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CLXXXVI · 12 Stat. 85 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

17. An Act to change the Time for holding the Courts in the Northern District of Florida.

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 12 Stat. 85 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

18. An Act for the final Adjustment of Private Land Claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXXVIII · 12 Stat. 85 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

19. An Act in Relation to Mission Claims at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 12 Stat. 88 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

20. An Act in Relation to malicious Injuries to, and Trespasses upon, public and private Property, within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXC · 12 Stat. 88 · June 22, 1860 · Original text

21. An Act to grant to the City of Port Huron, Michigan, a Part of the Military Reservation of Fort Gratiot, for the Enlargement of the City Cemetery at that Place.

    Ch. CLXXXII · 12 Stat. 867 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of the California Stage Company.

    Ch. CXCI · 12 Stat. 867 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of William Nelson.

    Ch. CXCII · 12 Stat. 867 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the Relief of Robert Johnston.

    Ch. CXCIII · 12 Stat. 867 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of Edward Ely, deceased, late Consul of the United States at Bombay, on Principles of Justice and Equity.

    Ch. CXCIV · 12 Stat. 868 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the Relief of Mary Preston, Widow of George Preston.

    Ch. CXCV · 12 Stat. 868 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the Relief of David Waldo.

    Ch. CXCVI · 12 Stat. 869 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Sylvester Gray.

    Ch. CXCVII · 12 Stat. 869 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant William A. Winder, of the United States Army.

    Ch. CXCVIII · 12 Stat. 869 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act amendatory of an Act approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, for the Relief of Sherlock and Shirley.

    Ch. CXCIX · 12 Stat. 869 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

31. A Resolution for the Relief of Arthur Edwards and his Associates.

    Private Resolution 23 · 12 Stat. 875 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

32. A Resolution for the Restoration of Lieutenant Augustus S. Baldwin to the Active List, from the Leave-of-absence List of the Navy.

    Private Resolution 24 · 12 Stat. 875 · June 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act providing for the Erection of a Post-Office in the City of Philadelphia.

    Ch. CC · 12 Stat. 89 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

34. An Act authorizing the Issue of a Register for the Brig “Chartes H Jordan.”

    Ch. CCI · 12 Stat. 90 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

35. An Act to authorize the Location of certain Warrants for Bounty Lands heretofore, issued.

    Ch. CCII · 12 Stat. 90 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

36. An Act to authorize the Reissue of Land Warrants in certain Cases, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCIII · 12 Stat. 90 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

37. An Act to authorize Notaries Public in the District of Columbia to take Acknowledgments of Deeds of Conveyance of real and personal Estate therein.

    Ch. CCIV · 12 Stat. 91 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

38. An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CCV · 12 Stat. 91 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing.

    Public Resolution 25 · 12 Stat. 117 · June 23, 1860 · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. A. W. Angus, Widow of the late Captain Samuel Angus, United States Navy.

    Ch. CCVI · 12 Stat. 870 · June 23, 1860 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of Sheldon McKnight.

    Ch. CCVII · 12 Stat. 870 · June 23, 1860 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of William B. Shubrick.

    Ch. CCVIII · 12 Stat. 870 · June 23, 1860 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of E. George Squier, of New York.

    Ch. CCIX · 12 Stat. 870 · June 23, 1860 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of Eli W. Goff.

    Ch. CCX · 12 Stat. 871 · June 24, 1860 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CCXI · 12 Stat. 104 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCXII · 12 Stat. 112 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

47. An Act to establish two Indian Agencies in Nebraska Territory, and one in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CCXIII · 12 Stat. 113 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

48. An Act to grant to the Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain Tracts of Land in said Parish.

    Ch. CCXIV · 12 Stat. 113 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

49. A Resolution explanatory of the eighth Section of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

    Public Resolution 26 · 12 Stat. 120 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution to reduce the Price of Public Printing.

    Public Resolution 27 · 12 Stat. 120 · June 25, 1860 · Original text

51. An Act for the Relief of Isaac S. Smith, of Syracuse, New York.

    Ch. CCXII · 12 Stat. 871 · June 25, 1860 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Smith, of Coffee County, Tennessee.

    Ch. CCXIII · 12 Stat. 871 · June 25, 1860 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to grant to the Parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain Tracts of Land in said Parish.

    Ch. CCXIV · 12 Stat. 871 · June 25, 1860 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to authorize the issue of Treasury Notes, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. I · 12 Stat. 121 · December 17, 1860 · Original text

55. An Act to amend the fourth Section of the Act for the Admission of Oregon into the Union, so as to extend the Time for selecting Salt Springs and contiguous Lands in Oregon.

    Ch. II · 12 Stat. 124 · December 17, 1860 · Original text

56. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. III · 12 Stat. 124 · December 21, 1860 · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of William A. Linn’s Estate.

    Ch. IV · 12 Stat. 877 · December 22, 1860 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. V · 12 Stat. 124 · January 5, 1861 · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant George L. Hartsuff, United States Army.

    Ch. VI · 12 Stat. 877 · January 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Eliza A. Merchant, Widow of the late First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Charles G. Merchant, of the United States Army.

    Ch. VII · 12 Stat. 878 · January 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of Jeremiah Pendergast, of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. VIII · 12 Stat. 878 · January 15, 1861 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of the Assignee of the Honorable David C. Broderick, deceased.

    Ch. IX · 12 Stat. 878 · January 15, 1861 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the Relief of Richard C. Martin.

    Ch. X · 12 Stat. 878 · January 15, 1861 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act to continue in Force an Act therein mentioned, relating to the Port of Baltimore.

    Ch. XI · 12 Stat. 125 · January 19, 1861 · Original text

65. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the Owners of the Steamboat “John C. Fremont” to change the Name of the same to that of “Horizon.”

    Public Resolution 1 · 12 Stat. 250 · January 19, 1861 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the Schooner “Spring Hill” to that of the “United States.”

    Public Resolution 2 · 12 Stat. 250 · January 19, 1861 · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Franklin Torrey.

    Ch. XII · 12 Stat. 878 · January 19, 1861 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of Samuel R. Franklin.

    Ch. XIII · 12 Stat. 879 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of O. F. D. Fairbanks, Frederick Dodge, and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.

    Ch. XIV · 12 Stat. 879 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the Relief of Major Benjamin Alvord, Paymaster United States Army.

    Ch. XV · 12 Stat. 879 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act directing the Secretary of the Interior to liquidate the Accounts of Mitchell and Rammelsburg and Baker and Von Phul.

    Ch. XVI · 12 Stat. 879 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of the Children of the late Captain E. A. Capron.

    Ch. XVII · 12 Stat. 880 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

73. A Resolution for the Relief of Lieutenant John C. Carter.

    Private Resolution 3 · 12 Stat. 894 · January 23, 1861 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to authorize the institution of a Suit against the United States to test the Title to Lots Numbers Five and Six, in the Hospital Square in San Francisco.

    Ch. XIX · 12 Stat. 125 · January 26, 1861 · Original text

75. An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Reeves.

    Ch. XVIII · 12 Stat. 880 · January 26, 1861 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to authorize the Institution of a Suit against the United States to test the Title to Lots Numbers Five and Six in the Hospital Square in San Francisco.

    Ch. XIX · 12 Stat. 880 · January 26, 1861 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Admission of Kansas into the Onion.

    Ch. XX · 12 Stat. 126 · January 29, 1861 · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of David V. Whiting.

    Ch. XXI · 12 Stat. 881 · January 29, 1861 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the Relief of Robert A. Matthews.

    Ch. XXII · 12 Stat. 881 · January 29, 1861 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a Land Warrant to Daniel Davis.

    Ch. XXIII · 12 Stat. 881 · January 29, 1861 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of Sampson Stanfill.

    Ch. XXIV · 12 Stat. 881 · January 31, 1861 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act to authorize the Extension and Use of a Branch of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad within the City of Georgetown.

    Ch. XXV · 12 Stat. 128 · February 5, 1861 · Original text

83. An Act to authorize the Extension and Use of a Branch of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad within the City of Georgetown.

    Ch. XXV · 12 Stat. 882 · February 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting an increase of Pension to William G. Bernard, late a Soldier in the United States Army.

    Ch. XXVI · 12 Stat. 882 · February 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Benefit of Gabriel J. Johnston.

    Ch. XXVII · 12 Stat. 882 · February 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of F. M. Beauchamp and Betsy D. Townsend.

    Ch. XXVIII · 12 Stat. 883 · February 5, 1861 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act authorizing a Loan.

    Ch. XXIX · 12 Stat. 129 · February 8, 1861 · Original text

88. An Act to provide for a Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory and additional Agents.

    Ch. XXX · 12 Stat. 130 · February 8, 1861 · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Mary K. Guthrie, Widow of Presley N. Guthrie.

    Ch. XXXI · 12 Stat. 883 · February 8, 1861 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Moses Meeker.

    Ch. XXXII · 12 Stat. 883 · February 8, 1861 · Private law · Original text

91. Joint Resolution extending the Time for taking Testimony on the Application of Cyrus H. McCormick, for the Extension of his Patent.

    Private Resolution 4 · 12 Stat. 894 · February 9, 1861 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act to change the Name if the Schooner “Augusta” to “Colonel Cook.”

    Ch. XXXIII · 12 Stat. 130 · February 13, 1861 · Original text

93. A Resolution authorizing Lieut. T. A. M. Craven, United States Navy, to receive certain Marks of Distinction tendered him by the Spanish Government.

    Public Resolution 5 · 12 Stat. 250 · February 13, 1861 · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of Aaron H. Palmer.

    Ch. XXXIV · 12 Stat. 883 · February 13, 1861 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a Pension to Gregory Patti.

    Ch. XXXV · 12 Stat. 884 · February 13, 1861 · Private law · Original text

96. Joint Resolution for the Benefit of Duvall and Brothers.

    Private Resolution 6 · 12 Stat. 894 · February 13, 1861 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of the Parish of Saint Matthew’s Church, of the City of Washington.

    Ch. XXXVI · 12 Stat. 884 · February 16, 1861 · Private law · Original text

98. Joint Resolution directing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of the late Robert Stockton, Quartermaster, and so forth.

    Private Resolution 7 · 12 Stat. 894 · February 16, 1861 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act to extend the Right, of Appeal from Decisions of Circuit Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Ch. XXXVII · 12 Stat. 130 · February 18, 1861 · Original text

100. An Act making further Provision in Relation to Consolidated Land Offices.

     Ch. XXXVIII · 12 Stat. 131 · February 18, 1861 · Original text