Every law Congress has passed

516 laws of the 38th Congress, 1863–1865

1. An Act to provide for the Public Instruction of Youth in the County of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CLVI · 13 Stat. 186 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

2. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to define the Powers and Duties of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, District of Columbia.”

   Ch. CLVII · 13 Stat. 193 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

3. An Act to authorize the Bailiff of the Orphans’ Court, in the County of Washington and District of Columbia, to serve Processes issued by said Court, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CLVIII · 13 Stat. 194 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

4. An Act amendatory of an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the Progress of the Useful Arts,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

   Ch. CLIX · 13 Stat. 194 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

5. An Act to grant to the State of California certain Lands for State Prison Purposes.

   Ch. CLX · 13 Stat. 194 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to amend the Contract with John Ericsson for the Construction of two impregnable Floating Batteries, the “Dictator” and the “Puritan.”

   Resolution · 13 Stat. 409 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution amendatory of “An Act to provide fad the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.”

   Resolution · 13 Stat. 410 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

8. A Resolution for the Relief of Clerks at the Kittery and Philaddphia Navy Yards.

   Resolution · 13 Stat. 410 · June 25, 1864 · Original text

9. An Act to increase the Pension of Isaac Allen.

   Ch. CLXI · 13 Stat. 581 · June 25, 1864 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Major Morris S. Miller, of the Quartermaster’s Department.

    Private Resolution 48 · 13 Stat. 589 · June 25, 1864 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to carry into Effect a Treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson’s Bay and Puget’s Sound Agricultural Companies.

    Ch. CLXII · 13 Stat. 195 · June 27, 1864 · Original text

12. An Act in Relation to the Pees and Emoluments of the Marshal, Attorney, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXIII · 13 Stat. 195 · June 27, 1864 · Original text

13. An Act to prevent Smuggling, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXIV · 13 Stat. 197 · June 27, 1864 · Original text

14. An Act in Relation to the Circuit Court in and for the District of Wisconsin, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXV · 13 Stat. 199 · June 27, 1864 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution to continue in force the Joint Resolution entitled “Joint resolution to increase temporarily the Duties on Imports,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 411 · June 27, 1864 · Original text

16. An Act to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all Acts and Parts of Acts for the Rendition of Fugitive Slaves.

    Ch. CLXVI · 13 Stat. 200 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

17. An Act to provide for the Improvement of the Grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane by an Exchange of Land.

    Ch. CLXVII · 13 Stat. 200 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

18. An Act to provide for the Repair and Preservation of certain Public works of the United States.

    Ch. CLXVIII · 13 Stat. 200 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

19. An Act to incorporate the Colored Catholic Benevolent Society.

    Ch. CLXIX · 13 Stat. 201 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

20. An Act repealing certain Provisions of Law concerning Seamen on board public and private Vessels of the United States.

    Ch. CLXX · 13 Stat. 201 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution correcting a clerical Error in the Award of the Emancipation Commissioners.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 411 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Washington.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 411 · June 28, 1864 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution to declare the Construction of a Joint Resolution for the Relief of W. B. Matchett, approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Private Resolution 52 · 13 Stat. 589 · June 28, 1864 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to increase Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXI · 13 Stat. 202 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

25. An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXII · 13 Stat. 218 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

26. An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXIII · 13 Stat. 223 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

27. An Act to regulate Prize Proceedings and the Distribution of Prize Money, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXIV · 13 Stat. 306 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

28. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.

    Ch. CLXXV · 13 Stat. 316 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

29. An Act to amend the Charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.

    Ch. CLXXVI · 13 Stat. 322 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

30. An Act to and in the Settlement, Subsistence, and Support of the Navajoe Indian Captives upon a Reservation in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CLXXVII · 13 Stat. 323 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

31. An Act to carry into Effect a Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia.

    Ch. CLXXVIII · 13 Stat. 323 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

32. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a Commission to select a Site for a Navy Yard or Naval Station on the Western Waters, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXIX · 13 Stat. 323 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

33. An Act granting certain Privileges to the “Guardian Society” of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CLXXX · 13 Stat. 324 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

34. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with certain Indians of Middle Oregon for a Relinquishment of certain Rights secured to them by Treaty.

    Ch. CLXXXI · 13 Stat. 324 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

35. An Act in Relation to the Village of Deposit, Delaware County, New York.

    Ch. CLXXXII · 13 Stat. 324 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

36. An Act relating to the Compensation of Pension Agents.

    Ch. CLXXXIII · 13 Stat. 325 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

37. An Act authorizing a Grant to the State of California of the “Yo-Semite Valley,” and of the Land embracing the “Mariposa Dig Tree Grove.”

    Ch. CLXXXIV · 13 Stat. 325 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

38. An Act authorizing the Issue of Patents for Locations made with Certificates granted under Authority of the Act of Congress, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, allowing Floats in Satisfaction of Lands sold by the United States within the Limits of the Las Ormegas and La Nana Grants in Louisiana.

    Ch. CLXXXV · 13 Stat. 326 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to extend the Contract with the Overland Mail Company.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 411 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

40. Joint Resolution to provide for the Publication of a full Army Register.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 412 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain Parties from Liabilities or Payment of Duties and Penalties therein mentioned.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 412 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reclaim and preserve certain Property of the United States.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 412 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution for the Relief of the Officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian Regiments.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 413 · June 30, 1864 · Original text

44. An Act concerning certain Locations of Lands in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. CLXXXVI · 13 Stat. 581 · June 30, 1864 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant William P. Richner, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 13 Stat. 582 · June 30, 1864 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of the Estate of B. F. Kendall.

    Ch. CLXXXVIII · 13 Stat. 582 · June 30, 1864 · Private law · Original text

47. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Mary Kellogg.

    Private Resolution 58 · 13 Stat. 589 · June 30, 1864 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to facilitate Trade on the Red Riner of the North.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 13 Stat. 326 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

49. An Act to incorporate the “Metropolitan Railroad Company” on the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXC · 13 Stat. 326 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

50. An Act to incorporate the Potomac Ferry Company.

    Ch. CXCI · 13 Stat. 331 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

51. An Act authorizing the Levy Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, to levy and collect its Portion of the Direct Tax imposed by the Act of Congress of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CXCII · 13 Stat. 331 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

52. An Act to authorize the Corporation of Washington to levy and collect the Direct Tax imposed by Act approved August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CXCIII · 13 Stat. 332 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

53. An Act toexpedite the Settlement of Titles to Lands in the State of California.

    Ch. CXCIV · 13 Stat. 332 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

54. An Act for the Sale of a Lot of Land in Iowa, in the Fort Crawford Reservation.

    Ch. CXCV · 13 Stat. 334 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

55. An Act to regulate the Compensation of Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices in the several States and Territories, in the Location of Lands by States and Corporations under Grants from Congress.

    Ch. CXCVI · 13 Stat. 335 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

56. An Act to establish Salaries for Postmasters, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXCVII · 13 Stat. 335 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

57. An Act making an additional Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of Railroad and Telegraph Lines.

    Ch. CXCVIII · 13 Stat. 339 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

58. An Act to encourage and facilitate. Telegraphic Communication between the Eastern and Western Continents.

    Ch. CXCIX · 13 Stat. 340 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

59. An Act repealing so much of “An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other Purposes,” approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as appropriates twenty-five thousand Dollars for erecting a Naval Hospital al Kittery, Maine.

    Ch. CC · 13 Stat. 341 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

60. An Act to provide for the Efficiency of the Navy.

    Ch. CCI · 13 Stat. 342 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

61. An Act to establish Portland, in the State of Oregon, and Leavenworth, in the State of Pansas, Parts of Delivery.

    Ch. CCII · 13 Stat. 342 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

62. An Act to compensate the Officers and Crew of the iron-dad Gunboat Essex for the Destruction of the rebel Dam Arkansas.

    Ch. CCIII · 13 Stat. 342 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

63. An Act prescribing the Punishment for enticing or aiding Seamen to desert the Naval Service of the United States.

    Ch. CCIV · 13 Stat. 343 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

64. An Act for the Disposal of Coal Lands and of Town Property in the Public Domain.

    Ch. CCV · 13 Stat. 343 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

65. A Resolution for the Relief of the State of Wisconsin.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 413 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

66. A Resolution explanatory of the Tenth Section of “An Act to reduce the Expenses of the Surrey and Sale of the Public Lands in the United States, approved, May 30, 1862.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 414 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

67. A Resolution to authorize the Acquisition of certain Land for the Use of the Government Hospital for the Insane.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 414 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

68. A Resolution regulating the Investment of the Naval-Pension Fund.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 414 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution to grant additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 415 · July 1, 1864 · Original text

70. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a Land Warrant to Richard Fitch, of Ohio.

    Ch. CCVI · 13 Stat. 582 · July 1, 1864 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of George F. Nesbitt.

    Ch. CCVII · 13 Stat. 583 · July 1, 1864 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Ida Hoffman.

    Ch. CCVIII · 13 Stat. 583 · July 1, 1864 · Private law · Original text

73. A Resolution providing for Adjustment of the Accounts of Henry W. Diman.

    Private Resolution 64 · 13 Stat. 590 · July 1, 1864 · Private law · Original text

74. A Resolution for the Relief of Carlisle Doble.

    Private Resolution 65 · 13 Stat. 590 · July 1, 1864 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act to repeal the Act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, prohibiting the Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange.

    Ch. CCIX · 13 Stat. 344 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

76. An Act making Appropriations far sundry Civil Expenses of the Government far the Year ending the Thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCX · 13 Stat. 344 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCXI · 13 Stat. 353 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

78. An Act to authorize the United States to acquire Land in Wall about Bay, belonging to the City of Brooklyn, and to authorize the Exchange of other Lands therefor.

    Ch. CCXII · 13 Stat. 354 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

79. An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a Military Road from Eugene City to the Eastern Boundary of said State.

    Ch. CCXIII · 13 Stat. 355 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

80. An Act to establish Collar Street in the City of Washington and District of Columbia.

    Ch. CCXIV · 13 Stat. 355 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

81. An Act to provide for the more speedy Punishment of Guerilla Marauders, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXV · 13 Stat. 356 · July 2, 1864 · 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 first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. CCXVI · 13 Stat. 356 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

83. An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Lake Superior to Puget’s Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the Northern Route.

    Ch. CCXVII · 13 Stat. 365 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

84. An Act to quiet Vie Titles to Lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Cal Id, in the State of California.

    Ch. CCXVIII · 13 Stat. 372 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

85. warrant officers in the naval service of the United States

    An Act to authorize assimilated Rank to be given to the Warrant Officers of the United States Navy, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXIX · 13 Stat. 373 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

86. An Act for increased Facilities of Telegraph Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States and the Territory of Idaho.

    Ch. CCXX · 13 Stat. 373 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

87. An Act in Relation to the Sale of Reservations of the Public Lands.

    Ch. CCXXI · 13 Stat. 374 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

88. An Act relating to the Law of Evidence in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CCXXII · 13 Stat. 374 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

89. An Act authorizing the Erection of Buildings for the Branch-Mint at San Francisco.

    Ch. CCXXIII · 13 Stat. 375 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

90. An Act prescribing the Terms on which Exemplifications shall be furnished by the General Land-Office.

    Ch. CCXXIV · 13 Stat. 375 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

91. An Act in addition to the several Acts concerning Commercial intercourse between loyal and insurrectionary States, and to provide for the Collection of captured and abandoned Property, and the Prevention of Frauds in States declared in insurrection.

    Ch. CCXXV · 13 Stat. 375 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

92. An Act providing for satisfying Claims for Bounty Lands, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXXVI · 13 Stat. 378 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

93. A Resolution requesting the President to appoint a Day for National Humiliation and Prayer.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 415 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

94. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Professors of the Military Academy at West Point.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 416 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

95. A Resolution explanatory of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and far other Purposes,” approved, June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Resolution · 13 Stat. 416 · July 2, 1864 · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Richard G. Murphy.

    Ch. CCXXVII · 13 Stat. 583 · July 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of the Widow of C. A. Haun.

    Ch. CCXXVIII · 13 Stat. 583 · July 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of John Williams.

    Ch. CCXXIX · 13 Stat. 583 · July 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Major N. S. Brenton, a Paymaster in the United States Army.

    Ch. CCXXX · 13 Stat. 584 · July 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of William Sawyer and Others, of the State of Ohio.

     Ch. CCXXXI · 13 Stat. 584 · July 2, 1864 · Private law · Original text