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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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526 laws of the 37th Congress, 1861–1863

  1. A Resolution to facilitate the Payment of side and wounded Soldiers in the Hospitals and Convalescent Camps.

    Resolution 26 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  2. Joint Resolution to expedite the Printing of the President’s Message and accompanying Documents.

    Resolution 27 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  3. Joint Resolution providing for the Distribution of certain Public Books and Documents.

    Resolution 28 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  4. A Resolution giving the Thanks of Congress to Major-General William S. Rosecrans, and the Officers and Men under his Command, for their Gallantry and good Conduct in the Battle of Murfreesborough, Tennessee.

    Resolution 29 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  5. Joint Resolution in Relation to Telegraph Companies in the District of Columbia.

    Resolution 30 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  6. A Resolution to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain the Title to certain Property in the City of Denver, Colorado Territory, for the Purposes of the Branch Mint located in said Place.

    Resolution 31 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  7. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to adjust the Equitable Claims of Contractors for Naval Supplies, and regulating Contracts with the Navy Department.

    Resolution 32 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  8. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue American Registers to certain Vessels named therein.

    Resolution 33 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  9. Joint Resolution respecting the Compensation of the Judges and so forth, under the Treaty with Great Britain and other Persons employed in the Suppression of the Slave Trade.

    Resolution 34 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  10. A Resolution authorizing the Collection in Coin of Postages due on unpaid Mail Matter from Foreign Countries.

    Resolution 35 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  11. A Resolution to grant the Use of a Portion of Judiciary, or Armory Square, for a Home for Destitute Newsboys in Washington.

    Resolution 36 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  12. Joint Resolution to compensate the Crew of the United States Steamer “Monitor” for Clothing ana Other Property lost in the Public Service.

    Resolution 37 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  13. A Resolution in Relation to Property devised to the People of the United States by Captain Uriah P. Levy, deceased.

    Resolution 38 · 12 Stat. 820 · March 3, 1863 · Original text

  14. An Act for the Relief of O. B. and Oliver S. Latham.

    Ch. CXXI · 12 Stat. 919 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin T. Watson.

    Ch. CXXII · 12 Stat. 920 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act for the Relief of Susan Dickson, Widow of John Dickson, deceased.

    Ch. CXXIII · 12 Stat. 920 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act for the Relief of the Administrator of Captain Richard Stevenson, deceased.

    Ch. CXXIV · 12 Stat. 920 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act granting a Pension to Frances H. Plummer, Widow of the late Brigadier-General Joseph B. Plummer, of the United States Army.

    Ch. CXXV · 12 Stat. 920 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act to grant a Pension of eight Dollars per Month, during her Widowhood, to Elizabeth Housener.

    Ch. CXXVI · 12 Stat. 921 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act for the Relief of Caroline T. Renshaw.

    Ch. CXXVII · 12 Stat. 921 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act for the Relief of Margaret L. Stevens, Widow of Brigadier-General Isaac I. Stevens.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 12 Stat. 921 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  22. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Kate R. Gaither and others.

    Private Resolution 39 · 12 Stat. 924 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  23. Joint Resolution relative to the Claim of W. Maxwell Wood.

    Private Resolution 40 · 12 Stat. 925 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  24. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of Brig. General Armstrong.

    Private Resolution 41 · 12 Stat. 925 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  25. Joint Resolution to confirm the adverse Decision of the Court of Claims in the Case of R. R. Ward and others, Assignees of Jacob Barker.

    Private Resolution 42 · 12 Stat. 925 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

  26. Joint Resolution authorizing the Adjustment of the Account of Z. B. Caverly, late Secretary of Legation at Peru, for Loss by Exchange.

    Private Resolution 43 · 12 Stat. 925 · March 3, 1863 · Private law · Original text

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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.