Every law Congress has passed

526 laws of the 37th Congress, 1861–1863

1. An Act for the Relief of Horace M. Hieskell, a Paymaster in the United States Navy.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 12 Stat. 905 · May 30, 1862 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Survey of Grants or Claims of Land.

   Ch. XC · 12 Stat. 410 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

3. An Act to allow the State of California an additional Representative in the thirty-seventh Congress.

   Ch. XCI · 12 Stat. 411 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

4. An Act abolishing certain Collection Districts and reducing Compensation of Officers of Customs in California.

   Ch. XCII · 12 Stat. 411 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

5. An Act to prevent and punish Fraud on the Part of Officers intrusted with making of Contracts for the Government.

   Ch. XCIII · 12 Stat. 411 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

6. An Act to establish a Land Office in Colorado Territory, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. XCIV · 12 Stat. 413 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

7. An Act to establish certain Post-Routes, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. XCV · 12 Stat. 413 · June 2, 1862 · Original text

8. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to appoint Diplomatic Representatives to the Republics of Hayti and Liberia, respectively.

   Ch. XCVI · 12 Stat. 421 · June 5, 1862 · Original text

9. An Act supplemental to “An Act granting the Right of Way to the State of Missouri, and a Portion of the Public Lands to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

   Ch. XCVII · 12 Stat. 422 · June 5, 1862 · Original text

10. An Act for the Collection of direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts within the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCVIII · 12 Stat. 422 · June 7, 1862 · Original text

11. An Act to incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XCIX · 12 Stat. 425 · June 10, 1862 · Original text

12. An Act for the reciprocal Extinguishment of certain Claims between the United States and the Representatives of Robert Brent, deceased.

    Ch. C · 12 Stat. 905 · June 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to protect the Property of Indians who have adopted the Habits of civilized Life.

    Ch. CI · 12 Stat. 427 · June 14, 1862 · Original text

14. A Joint Resolution authorizing the Payment of certain Moneys heretofore appropriated for the Completion of the Washington Aqueduct.

    Resolution 34 · 12 Stat. 619 · June 14, 1862 · Original text

15. An Act providing for the Selection of Jurors to serve in the several Courts in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CII · 12 Stat. 428 · June 16, 1862 · Original text

16. An Act defining additional Causes of Challenge and prescribing an additional Oath for Grand and Petit Jurors in the United States Courts.

    Ch. CIII · 12 Stat. 430 · June 17, 1862 · Original text

17. An Act making Provision for raising Property of the United States sunk in the Waters thereof.

    Ch. CIV · 12 Stat. 431 · June 17, 1862 · Original text

18. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of certain Vessels.

    Ch. CV · 12 Stat. 431 · June 17, 1862 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution to change the Name of the Barque “Quebec” to the “General Burnside.”

    Resolution 35 · 12 Stat. 619 · June 17, 1862 · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant.

    Ch. CVI · 12 Stat. 905 · June 17, 1862 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Oliver Spencer Wood.

    Ch. CVII · 12 Stat. 905 · June 17, 1862 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue American Registers to certain Vessels.

    Ch. CVIII · 12 Stat. 431 · June 18, 1862 · Original text

23. An Act providing that the Officers of Volunteers shall be paid on the Pay-Rolls of the Regiments or Companies to which they belong.

    Ch. CIX · 12 Stat. 431 · June 18, 1862 · Original text

24. An Act making Appropriations for Postal Service on Post Routes established at the present Session of Congress.

    Ch. CX · 12 Stat. 431 · June 18, 1862 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution transferring [the] Supervision of [the] Potomac Water-works to the Department of the Interior.

    Resolution 36 · 12 Stat. 620 · June 18, 1862 · Original text

26. An Act to secure Freedom to all Persons within the Territories of the United States.

    Ch. CXI · 12 Stat. 432 · June 19, 1862 · Original text

27. An Act to change the Location of the Port of Entry for the Puget Sound Collection District.

    Ch. CXII · 12 Stat. 432 · June 19, 1862 · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Rose M. Harte, Widow of Edward Harte.

    Ch. CXIII · 12 Stat. 906 · June 19, 1862 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of the Sufferers by the burning of the Washington Infirmary on the Night of November 3 d, 1861.

    Ch. CXIV · 12 Stat. 906 · June 19, 1862 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to change the Part of Entry for the District of Brunswick, Georgia.

    Ch. CXVI · 12 Stat. 432 · June 20, 1862 · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of Commodore Hiram Paulding.

    Ch. CXVII · 12 Stat. 906 · June 20, 1862 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to pay B. Y. Shelley for his Claim and Improvements taken from him by the Omaha Reservation in the Territory of Nebraska.

    Ch. CXVIII · 12 Stat. 906 · June 20, 1862 · Private law · Original text

33. A Resolution to encourage Enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer Forces.

    Resolution 37 · 12 Stat. 620 · June 21, 1862 · Original text

34. An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay Interest on the Public Debt.

    Ch. CXIX · 12 Stat. 432 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

35. An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes.

    Ch. CXX · 12 Stat. 489 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

36. An Act changing the Name of the American-built Schooner “Curtis Mann” to that of “Supply.”

    Ch. CXXI · 12 Stat. 498 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

37. An Act changing the Name of the American-built Schooner “Tom Dyer” to that of “Dolphin.”

    Ch. CXXII · 12 Stat. 498 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

38. An Act to provide for the Appointment of an Indian Agent in Colorado Territory.

    Ch. CXXIII · 12 Stat. 498 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of William B. Dodd and others.

    Ch. CXXIV · 12 Stat. 499 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

40. An Act to incorporate the Guardian Society and reform Juvenile Offenders in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXV · 12 Stat. 499 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

41. An Act to punish and prevent the Practice of Polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other Places, and disapproving and annulling certain Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah.

    Ch. CXXVI · 12 Stat. 501 · July 1, 1862 · Original text

42. An Act to provide for additional Medical Officers of the Volunteer Service.

    Ch. CXXVII · 12 Stat. 502 · July 2, 1862 · Original text

43. An Act to prescribe an Oath of Office, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 12 Stat. 502 · July 2, 1862 · Original text

44. An Act to establish a Land District in the Territory of Nevada, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXIX · 12 Stat. 503 · July 2, 1862 · Original text

45. An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.

    Ch. CXXX · 12 Stat. 503 · July 2, 1862 · Original text

46. An Act granting a Pension to Lawrence P. N. Landrum, of Taylor County, Kentucky.

    Ch. CXXXI · 12 Stat. 907 · July 2, 1862 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of the President and Directors of the Panama Railroad Company.

    Ch. CXXXII · 12 Stat. 907 · July 2, 1862 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 12 Stat. 505 · July 5, 1862 · Original text

49. An Act to reorganize the Navy Department of the United States.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 12 Stat. 510 · July 5, 1862 · Original text

50. 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-three.

    Ch. CXXXV · 12 Stat. 512 · July 5, 1862 · Original text

51. Joint Resolution relative to a certain Grant of Land for Railroad Purposes made to the State of Michigan in eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

    Resolution 38 · 12 Stat. 620 · July 5, 1862 · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of J. W. Nye.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 12 Stat. 907 · July 5, 1862 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of Brigadier General Joseph G. Totten.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 12 Stat. 908 · July 5, 1862 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to grant the Right of Preemption to Settlers on certain Lots in Wisconsin.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 12 Stat. 530 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

55. An Act in Relation to the Post-office Department.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 12 Stat. 530 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

56. An Act to carry into Effect the Treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the Suppression of the African Slave-Trade.

    Ch. CXL · 12 Stat. 531 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the United States Ships “Cumberland” and “Congress.”

    Ch. CXLI · 12 Stat. 531 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

58. An Act to authorize an additional Issue of United States Notes, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLII · 12 Stat. 532 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

59. An Act making further Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. CXLIII · 12 Stat. 533 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

60. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of the Bounty authorized by the Sixth Section of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Employment of Volunteers to aid in enforcing the Laws and protecting Public Property,” approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLIV · 12 Stat. 535 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

61. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An act to divide the State of Illinois into two Judicial Districts,” approved February 13, 1855.

    Ch. CXLV · 12 Stat. 536 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

62. An Act concerning certain Lands heretofore granted to the State of Iowa.

    Ch. CXLVI · 12 Stat. 536 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

63. An Act to abolish certain Ports of Delivery in the Mississippi Valley.

    Ch. CXLVII · 12 Stat. 537 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

64. An Act for the Establishment of certain National Arsenals.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 12 Stat. 537 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

65. An Act to change the Place of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of West Tennessee.

    Ch. CXLIX · 12 Stat. 537 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

66. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a Deputy Collector of the Customs at Chincoteague Island, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. CL · 12 Stat. 537 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

67. An Act relating to Schools for the Education of Colored Children in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CLI · 12 Stat. 537 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

68. A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Louis M. Goldsborough, and Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines under his Command, for the Victory at Roanoke Island.

    Resolution 39 · 12 Stat. 621 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

69. A Resolution expressive of the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant J. L. Worden of the U. S. Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command in the Monitor.

    Resolution 40 · 12 Stat. 622 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

70. A Resolution of Thanks to Captain David G. Farragut, of the United States Navy, and to the Officers and Men under his Command.

    Resolution 41 · 12 Stat. 622 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

71. A Resolution for the Relief of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the Battalion of Marines on board the Transport Governor on the third of November, 1861.

    Resolution 42 · 12 Stat. 622 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

72. A Resolution to compensate the Crew of the United States Steamer Varuna, for Clothing and other Property lost in the Public Service.

    Resolution 43 · 12 Stat. 622 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution providing for the Distribution of surplus Copies of the Biennial Register for eighteen hundred and sixty-one among the several Bureaus in the Executive Departments.

    Resolution 44 · 12 Stat. 623 · July 11, 1862 · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of D. G. Farragut.

    Ch. CLII · 12 Stat. 908 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Louisa Abert Byrne.

    Ch. CLIII · 12 Stat. 908 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

76. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of C. J. Jenkins and W. W. Mann, Assignees of John McKinnie.

    Private Resolution 45 · 12 Stat. 911 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

77. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Richard Irvin, Trustee of the Mechanics’ Bank, New York.

    Private Resolution 46 · 12 Stat. 912 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

78. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Executor of Lewis Warrington and others.

    Private Resolution 47 · 12 Stat. 912 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

79. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Abraham King, Administrator of John Mandeville.

    Private Resolution 48 · 12 Stat. 912 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

80. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Dennis Cronans.

    Private Resolution 49 · 12 Stat. 912 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

81. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of T. S. J. Johnson.

    Private Resolution 50 · 12 Stat. 912 · July 11, 1862 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes,” approved, July 2, 1862.

    Ch. CLIV · 12 Stat. 538 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

83. An Act Supplementary to the “Act for the Release of Certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia,” approved April sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. CLV · 12 Stat. 538 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

84. An Act relating to Trust Funds of several Indian Tribes invested by the Government in certain State Bonds abstracted from the Custody of the late Secretary of the Interior.

    Ch. CLVI · 12 Stat. 539 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

85. An Act to provide for the quieting of certain Land Titles in the late disputed Territory in the State of Maine, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLVII · 12 Stat. 540 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

86. An Act to provide for the Payment of Fines and Penalties collected by or paid the Justices of the Peace in the District of Columbia under the Acts of Congress approved the third and fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLVIII · 12 Stat. 542 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

87. An Act far the Relief of the Register of the Land Office at Vincennes, Indiana, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLIX · 12 Stat. 542 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

88. An Act for Relief in the Land Claim in California, known as the Claim of Francisco Soberanes to a Tract of Land known as “Saujon de Santa Rita.”

    Ch. CLX · 12 Stat. 542 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

89. An Act confirming a Land Claim in the State of Iowa, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXI · 12 Stat. 543 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

90. A Resolution to suspend all Payments under the Act approved twenty-fifth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An Act to secure to the Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department or Department of Missouri, their Pay, Bounty, and Pension,” and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 51 · 12 Stat. 623 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

91. A Resolution to provide for the Presentation of “Medals of Honor” to the Enlisted Men of the Army and Volunteer Forces who have distinguished, or may distinguish, themselves in Battle during the present Rebellion.

    Resolution 52 · 12 Stat. 623 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

92. A Resolution in Relation to Contracts with the United States.

    Resolution 53 · 12 Stat. 624 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

93. A Resolution relating to the Compensation of Senators elected or appointed to fill Vacancies.

    Resolution 54 · 12 Stat. 624 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

94. A Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish extra Clothing to Sick, Wounded, and other Soldiers.

    Resolution 55 · 12 Stat. 624 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

95. A Joint Resolution authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the Line of certain Branch Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 56 · 12 Stat. 624 · July 12, 1862 · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Fanny Mactier Smith.

    Ch. CLXII · 12 Stat. 908 · July 12, 1862 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act increasing, temporarily, the Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXIII · 12 Stat. 543 · July 14, 1862 · Original text

98. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXIV · 12 Stat. 561 · July 14, 1862 · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Preëmptors on the Home Reservation of the Winnebagoes, in the Blue-earth Region, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. CLXV · 12 Stat. 566 · July 14, 1862 · Original text

100. An Act to grant Pensions.

     Ch. CLXVI · 12 Stat. 566 · July 14, 1862 · Original text