Every law Congress has passed

516 laws of the 38th Congress, 1863–1865

1. Joint Resolution to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports.

   Resolution · 13 Stat. 405 · April 29, 1864 · Original text

2. An Act to aid the Indian Refugees to return to their Homes in the Indian Territory.

   Ch. LXXIV · 13 Stat. 63 · May 3, 1864 · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of William C. Walker, and Others.

   Ch. LXXV · 13 Stat. 579 · May 3, 1864 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of Jesse Williams.

   Ch. LXXVI · 13 Stat. 579 · May 3, 1864 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act to vacate and sell the present Indian Reservations in Utah Territory, and to settle the Indians of said Territory in the Uinta Valley.

   Ch. LXXVII · 13 Stat. 63 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

6. An Act for the Prevention and Punishment of Frauds in Relation to the Names of Vessels.

   Ch. LXXVIII · 13 Stat. 63 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

7. An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the Construction of the Railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior.

   Ch. LXXIX · 13 Stat. 64 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

8. An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in the State of Wisconsin.

   Ch. LXXX · 13 Stat. 66 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

9. An Act to amend “An Act to incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington,” passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twenty.

   Ch. LXXXI · 13 Stat. 68 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

10. An Act for the Relief of the Settlers upon certain Lands in California.

    Ch. LXXXII · 13 Stat. 69 · May 5, 1864 · Original text

11. An Act to regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 13 Stat. 69 · May 6, 1864 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution for the Payment of Volunteers called out for not less than One Hundred Days.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 405 · May 6, 1864 · Original text

13. An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of a Railroad in said State.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 13 Stat. 72 · May 12, 1864 · Original text

14. An Act concerning the Disposition of Convicts in the Courts of the United States, for the Subsisting of Persons confined in Jails charged with violating the Laws of the United States, and for diminishing the Expenses in Relation thereto.

    Ch. LXXXV · 13 Stat. 74 · May 12, 1864 · Original text

15. An Act relating to Appointments in the Naval Service and Courts-Martial.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 13 Stat. 75 · May 16, 1864 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of A. Bush, late Public Printer for the Territory of Oregon.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 13 Stat. 580 · May 16, 1864 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act to establish a Postal Money-Order System.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 13 Stat. 75 · May 17, 1864 · Original text

18. An Act to appoint certain Officers of the Navy.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 13 Stat. 79 · May 17, 1864 · Original text

19. A Resolution to provide far the Printing of official Reports of the Operations of the Armies of the United States.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 406 · May 19, 1864 · Original text

20. A Resolution for the Payment of Expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 406 · May 19, 1864 · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Margaret M. Stafford, Widow of Reuben Stafford, of Coshocton County, Ohio.

    Ch. XC · 13 Stat. 580 · May 19, 1864 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Charles L. Nelson.

    Ch. XCI · 13 Stat. 580 · May 19, 1864 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act to organize a Regiment of Veteran Volunteer Engineers.

    Ch. XCII · 13 Stat. 80 · May 20, 1864 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution relative to Pay of Staffi Officers of the Lieutenant-General.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 406 · May 20, 1864 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution providing for the Election of a Member of Congress for the State of Illinois by the State at large.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 407 · May 20, 1864 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution relating to Green Clay Goodloe.

    Private Resolution 33 · 13 Stat. 587 · May 20, 1864 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. XCIII · 13 Stat. 80 · May 21, 1864 · Original text

28. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission, of such State into the Union on an equal Pooling with the original States.

    Ch. XCIV · 13 Stat. 85 · May 21, 1864 · Original text

29. An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana.

    Ch. XCV · 13 Stat. 85 · May 26, 1864 · Original text

30. An Act for the Classification of the Clerks to Paymasters in the Navy, and graduating their Pay.

    Ch. XCVI · 13 Stat. 92 · May 26, 1864 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution referring the Claim of J. H. Clark & Co. to the Court of Claims.

    Private Resolution 34 · 13 Stat. 587 · May 26, 1864 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of the Awards made by the Commissioners appointed under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the Belief of Persons for Damages sustained by Reason of the Depredations and Injuries by certain Bands of Sioux Indians.” Approved, February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty three.

    Ch. XCVII · 13 Stat. 92 · May 28, 1864 · Original text

33. An Act authorizing the Establishment of Ocean Mail Steamship Service between the United States and Brazil.

    Ch. XCVIII · 13 Stat. 93 · May 28, 1864 · Original text

34. An Act for the Relief of the Citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

    Ch. XCIX · 13 Stat. 94 · May 28, 1864 · Original text

35. An Act for the Relief of Julia A. Ames.

    Ch. C · 13 Stat. 580 · May 28, 1864 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to provide for the Payment of the Claims of Peruvian Citizens, under the Convention between the United States and Peru, of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

    Ch. CI · 13 Stat. 95 · June 1, 1864 · Original text

37. An Act in Relation to Franked Matter.

    Ch. CII · 13 Stat. 95 · June 1, 1864 · Original text

38. A Resolution to amend the Charter of the City of Washington.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 407 · June 1, 1864 · Original text

39. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act making a Grant of Land [s] to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State,” approved May fifteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

    Ch. CIII · 13 Stat. 95 · June 2, 1864 · Original text

40. An Act to incorporate the News-boys’ Home.

    Ch. CIV · 13 Stat. 99 · June 2, 1864 · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of Frederick A. Beelen, late Secretary of Legation to Chili.

    Ch. CV · 13 Stat. 580 · June 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

42. Joint Resolution to settle the Account of James Keenan, late Consul at Hong Kong, China.

    Private Resolution 36 · 13 Stat. 588 · June 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof.

    Ch. CVI · 13 Stat. 99 · June 3, 1864 · Original text

44. An Act to amend an Act relative to the Public Printing.

    Ch. CVII · 13 Stat. 118 · June 3, 1864 · Original text

45. An Act to repeal the first Section of the Joint Resolution relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Military Service to the Naval Service, approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. CVIII · 13 Stat. 119 · June 3, 1864 · Original text

46. An Act to reestablish the principal Port of Entry for the District of Champlain at Plattsburgh, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CIX · 13 Stat. 119 · June 3, 1864 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution relative to the Claim and Letters-Patent of William Wheeler Hubbell.

    Private Resolution 37 · 13 Stat. 588 · June 3, 1864 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act making a Grant of alternate Sections of [ the ] Public Lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CX · 13 Stat. 119 · June 7, 1864 · Original text

49. An Act to provide for granting an honorable Discharge to Coal-heavers and Firemen in the Naval Service.

    Ch. CXI · 13 Stat. 120 · June 7, 1864 · Original text

50. A Resolution to compensate the Sailors on the Gunboat “Baron de Kalb” for Loss of Clothing.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 408 · June 7, 1864 · Original text

51. A Resolution authorizing the Acceptance of a certain Testimonial from the Government of Great Britain.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 408 · June 7, 1864 · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of Warren W. Green.

    Ch. CXII · 13 Stat. 581 · June 7, 1864 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to create an additional Supervising Inspector of Steamboats and two local Inspectors of Steamboats for the Collection District of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local Inspectors for the Collection District of Oregon, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXIII · 13 Stat. 120 · June 8, 1864 · Original text

54. An Act to punish and prevent the Counterfeiting of Coin of the United States.

    Ch. CXIV · 13 Stat. 120 · June 8, 1864 · Original text

55. An Act to provide for the Payment of the second Regiment, third Brigade, Ohio Volunteer Militia, during the Time they were mustered into the Service of the United States.

    Ch. CXV · 13 Stat. 121 · June 8, 1864 · Original text

56. An Act to provide for the Execution of Treaties between the United States and foreign Nations respecting Consular Jurisdiction over the Crews of Vessels of such foreign Nations in the Waters and Ports of the United States.

    Ch. CXVI · 13 Stat. 121 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

57. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to stipulate for the Release from Attachment or other Process, of Property claimed by the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXVII · 13 Stat. 122 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

58. An Act in Relation to the Limitation of Actions in certain Cases.

    Ch. CXVIII · 13 Stat. 123 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

59. An Act relating to Members of Congress, Heads of Departments, and other Officers of the Government.

    Ch. CXIX · 13 Stat. 123 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

60. An Act to change and define the Boundaries of the Eastern and Western Judicial Districts of Virginia, and to alter the Names of said Districts, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXX · 13 Stat. 124 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

61. An Act to provide for the summary Trial of minor Offences against the Laws of the United States.

    Ch. CXXI · 13 Stat. 124 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

62. An Act to abolish the Collection Districts of Port Orford and Cape Perpetua, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. CXXII · 13 Stat. 125 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

63. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the territory of Hew Mexico.”

    Ch. CXXIII · 13 Stat. 125 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

64. A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey of the Fourth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 408 · June 11, 1864 · Original text

65. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXIV · 13 Stat. 126 · June 15, 1864 · Original text

66. An Act to incorporate the Home for Friendless Women and Children.

    Ch. CXXV · 13 Stat. 130 · June 15, 1864 · Original text

67. An Act concerning certain School Lands in Township forty-five North, Range seven East, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. CXXVI · 13 Stat. 132 · June 15, 1864 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution granting certain Privileges to the City of Des Moines, in the State of Iowa.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 408 · June 15, 1864 · Original text

69. An Act to prohibit certain Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange.

    Ch. CXXVII · 13 Stat. 132 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

70. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to extend the Time for the Withdrawal of Goods from Public Stores and Bonded Warehouses, and for other Purposes,” approved twenty-ninth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 13 Stat. 133 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

71. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown, to the District of Columbia, to lay and collect a Water Tax, and for other Purposes,” approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. CXXIX · 13 Stat. 133 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

72. An Act to regulate the Foreign Coasting Trade on the Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern Frontiers of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXX · 13 Stat. 134 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

73. An Act to regulate the Veto Power in the Territory of Washington.

    Ch. CXXXI · 13 Stat. 135 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

74. An Act to empower the Superannuated Fund Society of the Maryland Annual Conference to hold Properly in the District of Columbia and to take a Devise under the Will of the late William Doughty.

    Ch. CXXXII · 13 Stat. 135 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

75. An Act to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Settlers on the Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in the State of California.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 13 Stat. 136 · June 17, 1864 · Original text

76. An Act extending the Time for the Completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad, of the State of Michigan.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 13 Stat. 137 · June 18, 1864 · Original text

77. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the People of Colorado to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States.”

    Ch. CXXXV · 13 Stat. 137 · June 18, 1864 · Original text

78. A Resolution to provide for the Revision if the Laws of the District of Columbia.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 408 · June 18, 1864 · Original text

79. A Resolution explanatory of an Ad entitled “An Act extending the Time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Rail road of the State of Michigan.”

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 409 · June 18, 1864 · Original text

80. An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 13 Stat. 137 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

81. An Act granting Lands to the State of Michigan for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads for Military and Postal Purposes.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 13 Stat. 140 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

82. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Payment of the Claims of Peruvian Citizens, under the Convention between the United States and Peru of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,” approved June first, eighteen hundred anti sixty-four.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 13 Stat. 141 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

83. An Act requiring Proof of Payment of Duties on foreign Salt before Payment of the Allowances provided for by the Acts of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 13 Stat. 142 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

84. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the Marine Hospital and Grounds at Chicago, Illinois, and to purchase a new Site and build a new Hospital.

    Ch. CXL · 13 Stat. 142 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

85. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

    Ch. CXLI · 13 Stat. 142 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

86. An Act to confirm certain Entries of Land in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. CXLII · 13 Stat. 143 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

87. An Act to detach the Counties of Calhoun and Branch from the Western Judicial District, and annex the same to the Eastern District of the State of Michigan.

    Ch. CXLIII · 13 Stat. 143 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

88. An Act concerning Lands in the State of California.

    Ch. CXLIV · 13 Stat. 143 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

89. An Act to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLV · 13 Stat. 144 · June 20, 1864 · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Rhoda Wolcott, Widow of Henry Wolcott.

    Ch. CXLVI · 13 Stat. 581 · June 20, 1864 · Private law · Original text

91. A Joint Resolution for the Relief of Rev. W. B. Matchett.

    Private Resolution 44 · 13 Stat. 589 · June 20, 1864 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. CXLVII · 13 Stat. 145 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

93. 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-five, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 13 Stat. 161 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

94. An Act to provide for the Examination of certain Officers of the Army.

    Ch. CXLIX · 13 Stat. 181 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

95. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Payment of Horses and other Property destroyed in the Military Service of the United States.”

    Ch. CL · 13 Stat. 182 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

96. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish and equalize the Grade of Line Officers of the United States Navy,” approved July sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. CLI · 13 Stat. 182 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

97. An Act to amend the Act of the twenty-five December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled “An Act to further promote the Efficiency of the Navy.”

    Ch. CLII · 13 Stat. 183 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

98. An Act granting Lands to the State of Wisconsin to build a Military Road to Lake Superior.

    Ch. CLIII · 13 Stat. 183 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

99. An Act to amend the Act of Congress making Donations to the Settlers on the Public Lands in Oregon, approved September twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Acts amendatory thereto.

    Ch. CLIV · 13 Stat. 184 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

100. An Act to expedite and regulate the Printing of Public Documents, and for other Purposes.

     Ch. CLV · 13 Stat. 184 · June 25, 1864 · Original text