Every law Congress has passed

715 laws of the 39th Congress, 1865–1867

1. An Act directing a District Court to be held at the City of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania.

   Ch. CCCIV · 14 Stat. 342 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish Transportation to Discharged Soldiers to whom Artificial Limbs are furnished by the Government.

   Ch. CCCV · 14 Stat. 342 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

3. An Act supplemental to the Act to appropriate Money for the Postal Services.

   Ch. CCCVI · 14 Stat. 342 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

4. An Act to protect the Manufacturers of Mineral Waters in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CCCVII · 14 Stat. 343 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

5. An Act donating certain Lots in the City of Washington for Schools for Colored Children in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. CCCVIII · 14 Stat. 343 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

6. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of Commissioners of the Circuit Courts of the United States.

   Ch. CCCIX · 14 Stat. 343 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

7. An Act to provide for the Suits, Judgments, and Business of the United States Provisional Court for the State of Louisiana.

   Ch. CCCX · 14 Stat. 344 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

8. An Act to remove the Office of Surveyor-General of the States of Iowa and Wisconsin to Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

   Ch. CCCXI · 14 Stat. 344 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

9. An Act to prevent Officers of the Navy from being deprived of their regular Promotion on Account of Wounds received in Battle, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CCCXII · 14 Stat. 344 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

10. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Use of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Fair Building, in Washington.

    Resolution 96 · 14 Stat. 370 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

11. Joint Resolution for the Relief of certain Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indians.

    Resolution 97 · 14 Stat. 370 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with Vinnie Ream for a Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

    Resolution 98 · 14 Stat. 370 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution to extend the Provisions of the Act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, limiting the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to the loyal Citizens of Tennessee.

    Resolution 99 · 14 Stat. 370 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution authorizing the Transmission through the Mails, free of Postage, of certain Certificates, by the Adjutant-General of New Jersey.

    Resolution 100 · 14 Stat. 371 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to settle with the Territory of Colorado for the Militia of said Territory employed in the Service of the United States in the Years eighteen hundred and sixty-four and eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Resolution 101 · 14 Stat. 371 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution to prevent the further Enforcement of the Joint Resolution, (No. 77,) approved July 4, 1864, against Officers and Soldiers of the United States, who have been honorably discharged, so as to relieve them from the further Payment of the special Five Per Cent Income Tax imposed thereby.

    Resolution 102 · 14 Stat. 371 · July 28, 1866 · Original text

17. An Act for the Relief of Francis Colgen.

    Ch. CCCXIII · 14 Stat. 605 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the Relief of William Croswell.

    Ch. CCCXIV · 14 Stat. 605 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Marion M. Buxton.

    Ch. CCCXV · 14 Stat. 605 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of Quincy A. May.

    Ch. CCCXVI · 14 Stat. 606 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a Pension to Daniel Lucas.

    Ch. CCCXVII · 14 Stat. 606 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Robert Baldwin.

    Ch. CCCXVIII · 14 Stat. 606 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

23. Joint Resolution to reimburse Mrs. Mary Phelps, of Missouri.

    Resolution 103 · 14 Stat. 612 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

24. Joint Resolution to provide for Payment of the Claim of Colonel H. C. De Alma for Military Services.

    Resolution 104 · 14 Stat. 612 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

25. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to contract with Dr. Alexander Dunbar.

    Resolution 105 · 14 Stat. 613 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

26. Joint Resolution to pay Colonel Lewis F. Fix.

    Resolution 106 · 14 Stat. 613 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

27. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to pay Charles M. Pott a Pension of fifteen Dollars per Month.

    Resolution 107 · 14 Stat. 613 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

28. Joint Resolution to authorize the Payment of Rev. C. B. Boynton, as Chaplain of the House of Representatives of the thirty-ninth Congress.

    Resolution 108 · 14 Stat. 613 · July 28, 1866 · Private law · Original text

29. Joint Resolution to appoint two Managers for the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill certain Vacancies.

    Resolution 1 · 14 Stat. 563 · December 7, 1866 · Original text

30. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Katharine F. Winslow.

    Ch. I · 14 Stat. 615 · December 12, 1866 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act confirming the Title of Alexis Gardapier to a certain Tract of Land in the County of Brown and State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. II · 14 Stat. 615 · December 15, 1866 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act releasing to Francis S. Lyon the Interest of the United States in certain Lands.

    Ch. III · 14 Stat. 616 · December 15, 1866 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act making Appropriations and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. IV · 14 Stat. 373 · December 20, 1866 · Original text

34. An Act to amend an Act entitled “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. V · 14 Stat. 374 · December 26, 1866 · Original text

35. A Resolution in Relation to the Settlement of the Accounts of William P. Wingate, Collector at the Port of Bangor, Maine.

    Resolution 2 · 14 Stat. 639 · January 5, 1867 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to regulate the elective Franchise in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. VI · 14 Stat. 375 · January 8, 1867 · Original text

37. A Resolution to provide for the Exhibition of the Cereal Productions of the United States at the Paris Exposition in April next.

    Resolution 3 · 14 Stat. 563 · January 11, 1867 · Original text

38. An Act suspending the Payment of Moneys from the Treasury as Compensation to Persons claiming the Service or Labor of colored Volunteers or drafted Men, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. VII · 14 Stat. 376 · January 14, 1867 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution authorizing certain Medals to be distributed to honorably discharged Soldiers free of Postage.

    Resolution 4 · 14 Stat. 563 · January 14, 1867 · Original text

40. An Act to repeal Section thirteen of “An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes,” approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. VIII · 14 Stat. 377 · January 21, 1867 · Original text

41. An Act setting aside certain Proceeds from Interned Revenue for the Erection of Penitentiaries in the Territories of Nebraska, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and Dakota.

    Ch. IX · 14 Stat. 377 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

42. An Act to fix the Times for the regular Meetings of Congress.

    Ch. X · 14 Stat. 378 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

43. An Act in Regard to the Compensation of Route Agents in the Post-Office Department.

    Ch. XI · 14 Stat. 378 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

44. An Act to incorporate the National Safe Deposit Company of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XII · 14 Stat. 378 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution to procure a Site for a Building to accommodate the Post-Office and U. S. Courts in New York City.

    Resolution 5 · 14 Stat. 563 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

46. A Resolution appropriating Money to defray the Expenses of the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment.

    Resolution 6 · 14 Stat. 564 · January 22, 1867 · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of Lewis Dyer, late Surgeon of the Eighty-First Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

    Ch. XIII · 14 Stat. 616 · January 22, 1867 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of James Pool.

    Ch. XIV · 14 Stat. 616 · January 22, 1867 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to regulate the elective Franchise in the Territories of the United States.

    Ch. XV · 14 Stat. 379 · January 25, 1867 · Original text

50. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer certain Property to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteers.

    Resolution 7 · 14 Stat. 564 · January 29, 1867 · Original text

51. A Resolution to provide for the Removal of the Wreck of the Steamship Scotland.

    Resolution 8 · 14 Stat. 564 · January 29, 1867 · Original text

52. A Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. Abby Green.

    Resolution 9 · 14 Stat. 639 · January 29, 1867 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to incorporate the Washington County Horse Railroad Company in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XVI · 14 Stat. 380 · January 31, 1867 · Original text

54. An Act to incorporate The First Congregational Society of Washington.

    Ch. XVII · 14 Stat. 382 · January 31, 1867 · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Welsh.

    Ch. XVIII · 14 Stat. 616 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the Relief of Solomon P. Smith.

    Ch. XIX · 14 Stat. 616 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of Josiah O. Armes.

    Ch. XX · 14 Stat. 617 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of Matilda Harmon, of the County of Greene, and State of Tennessee, Widow of Jacob Harmon.

    Ch. XXI · 14 Stat. 617 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of George W. Fish.

    Ch. XXII · 14 Stat. 617 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary E. Finney, Widow of First Lieutenant Solon H. Finney, late of the Sixth Regiment Michigan Cavalry.

    Ch. XXIII · 14 Stat. 617 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of Barbury Frye, Widow of Henry Frye.

    Ch. XXIV · 14 Stat. 617 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of William A Hinshaw and Jacob M. Hinshaw, Minor Children of Jacob M. Hinshaw, deceased.

    Ch. XXV · 14 Stat. 618 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

63. Joint Resolution for the Relief of William D. Nelson.

    Resolution 10 · 14 Stat. 639 · January 31, 1867 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act to punish certain Crimes in Relation to the Public Securities and Currency, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXVI · 14 Stat. 383 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

65. An Act amendatory of “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating judicial Proceedings in certain Cases,’” approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. XXVII · 14 Stat. 385 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

66. An Act to amend “An Act to establish the judicial Courts of the United States,” approved September twenty-fourth, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. XXVIII · 14 Stat. 385 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the Extension, Construction, and Use of a lateral Branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXIX · 14 Stat. 387 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

68. An Act exempting certain Property of Debtors in the District of Columbia from Levy, Attachment, or Sale on Execution.

    Ch. XXX · 14 Stat. 389 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

69. An Act to punish illegal Voting in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXXI · 14 Stat. 390 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

70. An Act to provide for the Payment of Pensions.

    Ch. XXXII · 14 Stat. 391 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution to amend existing Laws relating to Internal Revenue.

    Resolution 11 · 14 Stat. 565 · February 5, 1867 · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Captain James Starkey.

    Ch. XXXIII · 14 Stat. 618 · February 5, 1867 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive into the Treasury the residuary Legacy of James Smithson, to authorize the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to apply the Income of the said Legacy, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXXIV · 14 Stat. 391 · February 8, 1867 · Original text

74. A Resolution providing for the Payment of certain Kentucky Militia Forces.

    Resolution 12 · 14 Stat. 565 · February 8, 1867 · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of E. J. Curley.

    Ch. XXXV · 14 Stat. 618 · February 8, 1867 · Private law · Original text

76. Joint Resolution for the Relief of certain Settlers on the Sioux Reservation, in the State of Minnesota.

    Resolution 13 · 14 Stat. 640 · February 8, 1867 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union.

    Ch. XXXVI · 14 Stat. 391 · February 9, 1867 · Original text

78. An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Contingent Expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. XXXVII · 14 Stat. 393 · February 12, 1867 · Original text

79. An Act to fix the Pay of the Quartermaster-Sergeant of the Battalion of Engineers.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 14 Stat. 393 · February 12, 1867 · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of Rufus C. Spalding, Paymaster in the the United States Navy.

    Ch. XXXIX · 14 Stat. 618 · February 15, 1867 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of James T. Pollock, late Receiver at Crawfordsville, Indiana.

    Ch. XL · 14 Stat. 618 · February 15, 1867 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XLI · 14 Stat. 393 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

83. An Act supplementary to an Act to prevent Smuggling and for other Purposes, approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. XLII · 14 Stat. 394 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

84. An Act amendatory of the several Acts respecting Copyrights.

    Ch. XLIII · 14 Stat. 395 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

85. An Act to authorize the Payment of Prize Money to certain Officers and enlisted Men of the Signal Corps of the Army.

    Ch. XLIV · 14 Stat. 395 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the Purchase of certain Lots of Ground adjoining the Allegheny Arsenal, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. XLV · 14 Stat. 395 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

87. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accept League Island, in the Delaware River, for naval Purposes, and to dispense with and dispose of the Site of the existing Yard at Philadelphia.

    Ch. XLVI · 14 Stat. 396 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

88. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Foundry (Methodist Episcopal) Church to sell and convey Square Number two hundred and thirty-five in the City of Washington.

    Ch. XLVII · 14 Stat. 396 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

89. An Act concerning the Fire Department of Washington City.

    Ch. XLVIII · 14 Stat. 397 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

90. A Resolution to provide, in certain Cases, for the Removal of Alcohol from bonded Warehouses free from Internal Tax.

    Resolution 14 · 14 Stat. 565 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

91. A Resolution in Relation to Ocean Mail Service between San Francisco, in California, and Portland, in Oregon.

    Resolution 15 · 14 Stat. 566 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

92. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Pensions of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.

    Resolution 16 · 14 Stat. 566 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution for the Purchase of David's Island, New York Harbor.

    Resolution 17 · 14 Stat. 566 · February 18, 1867 · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of Alexander F. Pratt.

    Ch. XLIX · 14 Stat. 619 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Jane Clements.

    Ch. L · 14 Stat. 619 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting an additional Pension to Samuel Dowming, one of the last surviving Soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

    Ch. LI · 14 Stat. 619 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of Lemuel Worster.

    Ch. LII · 14 Stat. 619 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of Hiram Hedrick.

    Ch. LIII · 14 Stat. 620 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher.

    Ch. LIV · 14 Stat. 620 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of John Morean, of Machias, N. Y.

     Ch. LV · 14 Stat. 620 · February 18, 1867 · Private law · Original text