Every law Congress has passed

526 laws of the 37th Congress, 1861–1863

1. A Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of David D. Mitchell.

   Private Resolution 15 · 12 Stat. 923 · February 10, 1863 · Private law · Original text

2. A Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Thomas Hicks, Executor of Isaac Hicks.

   Private Resolution 16 · 12 Stat. 923 · February 10, 1863 · Private law · Original text

3. A Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Alexander D. Anderson, Administrator of John Anderson.

   Private Resolution 17 · 12 Stat. 923 · February 10, 1863 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

   Ch. XXXII · 12 Stat. 645 · February 12, 1863 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution to compensate the Sailors on the Gunboat “Cairo” for Loss of Clothing.

   Resolution 18 · 12 Stat. 820 · February 13, 1863 · Original text

6. An Act to incorporate the National Association for the Relief of destitute Colored Women and Children.

   Ch. XXXIII · 12 Stat. 649 · February 14, 1863 · Original text

7. An Act to establish the Office of Register of Deeds for the District of Columbia.

   Ch. XXXIV · 12 Stat. 651 · February 14, 1863 · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Norwegian Bark “Admiral P. Tordenskiold.”

   Ch. XXXV · 12 Stat. 916 · February 14, 1863 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to issue an American Register to the Steamship Karnak.

   Ch. XXXVI · 12 Stat. 652 · February 16, 1863 · Original text

10. An Act for the Relief of Persons for Damages sustained by Reason of Depredations and Injuries by certain Bands of Sioux Indians.

    Ch. XXXVII · 12 Stat. 652 · February 16, 1863 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution to revive “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 19 · 12 Stat. 820 · February 16, 1863 · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Joseph W. Duer, Ansel L. Dyer, and William W. Dyer.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 12 Stat. 917 · February 18, 1863 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of Cyrus Clapp and his Guarantors or Sureties.

    Ch. XXXIX · 12 Stat. 917 · February 18, 1863 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of John Cradlebaugh.

    Ch. XL · 12 Stat. 917 · February 18, 1863 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Certain of the Crew of the Ship Nightingale.

    Ch. XLI · 12 Stat. 917 · February 19, 1863 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of Ignatius C. Mattingly, Postmaster at Bardstown, Kentucky.

    Ch. XLII · 12 Stat. 917 · February 19, 1863 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications and other Works of Defence for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. XLIII · 12 Stat. 654 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

18. An Act to provide for the Appointment of an Assistant Register in the Treasury Department and a Solicitor for the War Department, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XLIV · 12 Stat. 656 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

19. An Act temporarily to supply Vacancies in the Executive Departments in Certain Cases.

    Ch. XLV · 12 Stat. 656 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

20. An Act concerning Pardons and the Remission of Penalties and Forfeitures in Criminal Cases.

    Ch. XLVI · 12 Stat. 656 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

21. An Act to change the Times of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Indiana.

    Ch. XLVII · 12 Stat. 657 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

22. A Resolution to amend the “Joint Resolution for the Payment of the Expenses of the Joint Committee of Congress, appointed to inquire into the Conduct of the War,” approved the twenty-seventh January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Resolution 20 · 12 Stat. 820 · February 20, 1863 · Original text

23. An Act for the Benefit of Simon and Emanuel Bamberger.

    Ch. XLVIII · 12 Stat. 918 · February 20, 1863 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to change the Times of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the several Districts in the Seventh Circuit.

    Ch. XLIX · 12 Stat. 657 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

25. An Act to allow the United States to prosecute Appeals and Writs of Error without giving Security.

    Ch. L · 12 Stat. 657 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

26. An Act extending the Time for carrying into Effect the Provisions of the Third Section of the Act entitled “An Act relating to Highways in the County of Washington and District of Columbia,” approved May three, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. LI · 12 Stat. 658 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

27. An Act to annex a Part of the State of New Jersey to the Collection District of New York, and to appoint an Assistant Collector, to reside at Jersey City.

    Ch. LII · 12 Stat. 658 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

28. An Act for the Removal of the Winnebago Indians, and for the Sale of their Reservation in Minnesota for their Benefit.

    Ch. LIII · 12 Stat. 658 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

29. A Resolution expelling George E. Badger from, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, ana appointing Louis Agassiz in his place.

    Resolution 21 · 12 Stat. 820 · February 21, 1863 · Original text

30. An Act to divide the State of Michigan into two Judicial Districts, and to provide for holding the District and Circuit Courts therein.

    Ch. LIV · 12 Stat. 660 · February 24, 1863 · Original text

31. An Act to establish certain Post Roads.

    Ch. LV · 12 Stat. 662 · February 24, 1863 · Original text

32. An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LVI · 12 Stat. 664 · February 24, 1863 · Original text

33. An Act for the Relief of Colonel Joseph Paddock.

    Ch. LVII · 12 Stat. 918 · February 24, 1863 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to provide a national Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Stocks, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof.

    Ch. LVIII · 12 Stat. 665 · February 25, 1863 · Original text

35. An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LIX · 12 Stat. 682 · February 25, 1863 · Original text

36. An Act to prevent Correspondence with Rebels.

    Ch. LX · 12 Stat. 696 · February 25, 1863 · Original text

37. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to prevent Members of Congress and Officers of the Government of the United States from taking Considerations for procuring Contracts, Office, or Place from the United States, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. LXI · 12 Stat. 696 · February 25, 1863 · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant Herman Tuerck.

    Ch. LXII · 12 Stat. 918 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of Hannibal Graham.

    Ch. LXIII · 12 Stat. 918 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of Emma L. Fuller.

    Ch. LXIV · 12 Stat. 919 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Young and George Young, Owners of the Schooner “Elizabeth Mary.”

    Ch. LXV · 12 Stat. 919 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth M. Baxter, Widow of the late Robert Baxter, Second Lieutenant in the tenth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers.

    Ch. LXVI · 12 Stat. 919 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

43. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Perry E. Brocchus his Salary as Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico.

    Private Resolution 22 · 12 Stat. 923 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

44. Joint Resolution authorising the Navy Department to allow to Paymaster Gilbert E. Thornton four thousand five hundred Dollars, in Settlement of his Accounts, for Money stolen from him without Fault or Negligence on his Part.

    Private Resolution 23 · 12 Stat. 924 · February 25, 1863 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to prevent and punish Frauds upon the Government of the United States.

    Ch. LXVII · 12 Stat. 696 · March 2, 1863 · Original text

46. An Act to authorize an Increase in the Number of Major-Generals and brigadier Generals for Forces in the Service of the United States.

    Ch. LXVIII · 12 Stat. 699 · March 2, 1863 · Original text

47. An Act to fix the Terms of the Circuit and District Courts in the Districts of Wisconsin and Iowa.

    Ch. LXIX · 12 Stat. 699 · March 2, 1863 · Original text

48. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a Temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado.”

    Ch. LXX · 12 Stat. 700 · March 2, 1863 · Original text

49. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Post-Office Department.

    Ch. LXXI · 12 Stat. 701 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

50. An Act to disapprove of the twenty-sixth Section of the Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nevada, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXII · 12 Stat. 709 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

51. An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government.

    Ch. LXXIII · 12 Stat. 709 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

52. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and pay Interest on the Public Debt,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXIV · 12 Stat. 713 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

53. An Act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXV · 12 Stat. 731 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

54. An Act to prevent and punish Frauds upon the Revenue, to provide for the more certain and speedy Collection of Claims in Favor of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXVI · 12 Stat. 737 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

55. An Act to modify existing Laws imposing Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXVII · 12 Stat. 742 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

56. An Act to promote the Efficiency of the Corps of Engineers and of the Ordnance Department, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 12 Stat. 743 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

57. An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for the Year ending the 80[ th ] of June, 1863, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXIX · 12 Stat. 744 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

58. An Act for increasing the Revenue by Reservation and Sale of Town Sites on Public Lands.

    Ch. LXXX · 12 Stat. 753 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

59. An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases.

    Ch. LXXXI · 12 Stat. 755 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize the Brevetting of Volunteer and other Officers in the United States Service.

    Ch. LXXXII · 12 Stat. 758 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of certain Persons who have performed the Duties of Assistant Surgeons in Regiments of Cavalry.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 12 Stat. 758 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

62. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Employment of Volunteers to aid in enforcing the Laws, and protecting Public Property,” approved July twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 12 Stat. 758 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

63. An Act concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes, and Prize Goods.

    Ch. LXXXV · 12 Stat. 758 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

64. An Act further to regulate Proceedings in Prize Cases, and to amend various Acts of Congress in Relation thereto.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 12 Stat. 759 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

65. An Act to equalize and establish the Compensation of the Collectors of the Customs on the Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern Frontiers, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 12 Stat. 760 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

66. An Act to facilitate the Collection of the Revenue in El Paso County, Texas, and in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 12 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the Appointment of an Assistant Treasurer of the United States; and to fix the Pay of the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Clerks, and Messengers in the Office of the Treasurer of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 12 Stat. 761 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

68. An Act to protect the Liens upon Vessels in certain Cases, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XC · 12 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

69. An Act to reorganize the Courts in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCI · 12 Stat. 762 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

70. An Act to amend “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. XCII · 12 Stat. 765 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

71. An Act to give greater Efficiency to the Judicial System of the United States.

    Ch. XCIII · 12 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

72. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to further promote the Efficiency of the Navy,” approved December twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCIV · 12 Stat. 769 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

73. An Act to facilitate the taking of Depositions within the United States, to be used in the Courts of other Countries, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XCV · 12 Stat. 769 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

74. An Act to establish a Branch Mint of the United States in the Territory of Nevada.

    Ch. XCVI · 12 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

75. An Act to provide for the Disposal of certain Lands therein named.

    Ch. XCVII · 12 Stat. 771 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

76. An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads and Telegraphs in said State.

    Ch. XCVIII · 12 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

77. 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-four.

    Ch. XCIX · 12 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

78. An Act to provide Circuit Courts for the Districts of California and Oregon, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. C · 12 Stat. 794 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

79. An Act to carry into Effect the Convention between the United States and the Republic of Peru, signed at Lima on the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for the Settlement of Claims.

    Ch. CI · 12 Stat. 795 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

80. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the Progress of the useful Arts."

    Ch. CII · 12 Stat. 796 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

81. An Act to incorporate the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CIII · 12 Stat. 796 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

82. An Act granting Lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of a “Military Road” from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewenaw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. CIV · 12 Stat. 797 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

83. An Act to incorporate St. Ann's Infant Asylum, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CV · 12 Stat. 798 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

84. An Act to define the Powers and Duties of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, District of Columbia, in regard to Roads, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CVI · 12 Stat. 799 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

85. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of Persons for Damages sustained by Reason of Depredations and Injuries by certain Bands of Sioux Indians,” approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

    Ch. CVII · 12 Stat. 803 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

86. An Act to regulate the Duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in preparing for the Organization of the House.

    Ch. CVIII · 12 Stat. 804 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

87. An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Care and Preservation of the Works constructed by the United States for bringing the Potomac Water into the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, for the Supply of said Water for all Gover[n]mental Purposes, and for the Uses and Benefit of the Inhabitants of the said Cities."

    Ch. CIX · 12 Stat. 804 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

88. An Act to extend the Charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CX · 12 Stat. 805 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

89. An Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences.

    Ch. CXI · 12 Stat. 806 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

90. An Act to establish the Gauge of the Pacific Railroad and its Branches.

    Ch. CXII · 12 Stat. 807 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

91. An Act to enable the District Courts of the United States to issue Executions and other final Process in certain Cases.

    Ch. CXIII · 12 Stat. 807 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

92. An Act to provide for issuing an American Register to the Steam-vessel “Maple Leaf."

    Ch. CXIV · 12 Stat. 807 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

93. An Act relating to the Validity of Deeds of Public Squares and Lots in the City of Washington.

    Ch. CXV · 12 Stat. 807 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

94. An Act to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Purchasers on the “Soscol Ranch,” in the State of California.

    Ch. CXVI · 12 Stat. 808 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

95. An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho.

    Ch. CXVII · 12 Stat. 808 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

96. An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXVIII · 12 Stat. 814 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

97. An Act for the Removal of the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wahpakoota Bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for the Disposition of their Lands in Minnesota and Dakota.

    Ch. CXIX · 12 Stat. 819 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

98. An Act to provide for the Collection of abandoned Property and for the Prevention of Frauds in insurrectionary Districts within the United States.

    Ch. CXX · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution authorizing the Appointment of a Commissioner to revise and codify the Naval Laws of the United States.

    Resolution 24 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution fixing the Pay of the Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California.

     Resolution 25 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text