Every law Congress has passed

769 laws of the 40th Congress, 1867–1869

1. An Act to relieve from Disabilities certain Persons in States lately in Rebellion.

   Ch. LXXXIII · 15 Stat. 361 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of Henry E. Morse.

   Ch. LXXXIV · 15 Stat. 367 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of James L. Dickerson.

   Ch. LXXXV · 15 Stat. 368 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Butler, Widow of Cyrus Butler.

   Ch. LXXXVI · 15 Stat. 368 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a Pension to David Howe.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 15 Stat. 368 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a Pension to Amos Witham.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 368 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Susan Ten Eyck Williamson.

   Ch. LXXXIX · 15 Stat. 368 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a Pension to George Bennett.

   Ch. XC · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a Pension to Mary Graham.

   Ch. XCI · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a Pension to Annie Vaughn.

    Ch. XCII · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a Pension to Robert McCrory.

    Ch. XCIII · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Jessup, Postmaster at York, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. XCIV · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting a Pension to Hampton Thompson.

    Ch. XCV · 15 Stat. 369 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a Pension to George W. Locker.

    Ch. XCVI · 15 Stat. 370 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Capt. Wm. McKean.

    Ch. XCVII · 15 Stat. 370 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a Pension to Ann Wilson.

    Ch. XCVIII · 15 Stat. 370 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a Pension to Michael Mellon.

    Ch. XCIX · 15 Stat. 370 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Crossley.

    Ch. C · 15 Stat. 370 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a Pension to Susan V. Berg.

    Ch. CI · 15 Stat. 371 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a Pension to Zephaniah Knapp, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. CII · 15 Stat. 371 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a Pension to John Kelley.

    Ch. CIII · 15 Stat. 371 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to grant a Pension to Milton Anderson.

    Ch. CIV · 15 Stat. 371 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a Pension to David Van Nordstrand.

    Ch. CV · 15 Stat. 371 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Ann Corcoran.

    Ch. CVI · 15 Stat. 372 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a Pension to Michael Hennessy, of Platte County, Missouri.

    Ch. CVII · 15 Stat. 372 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to grant a Pension to Margaret Huston.

    Ch. CVIII · 15 Stat. 372 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a Pension to Cornelia K. Schmidt, Widow of Adam Schmidt, deceased, late a Private in Company A, Thirty-Seventh Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. CIX · 15 Stat. 372 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a Pension to Austin M. Partridge.

    Ch. CX · 15 Stat. 372 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a Pension to Eliza J. Rennard, Widow of William K. Rennard, deceased, late a Private in Tenth Ohio Volunteers, of [ the ] War of eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CXI · 15 Stat. 373 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Mary B. Craig.

    Ch. CXII · 15 Stat. 373 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Pickell.

    Ch. CXIII · 15 Stat. 373 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Minor Children of Benjamin B. Naylor, late a Pilot on the Gunboat Patapsco.

    Ch. CXIV · 15 Stat. 373 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act increasing the Pension of Susan A. Mitchell.

    Ch. CXV · 15 Stat. 374 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to place the Name of Josephine K. Bugher on the Pension Rolls.

    Ch. CXVI · 15 Stat. 374 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

35. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Robert L. Lindsay.

    Private Resolution 44 · 15 Stat. 431 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

36. Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the Duties on certain Articles contributed to the national Association of American Sharpshooters.

    Private Resolution 45 · 15 Stat. 431 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

37. Joint Resolution to authorize the Enlargement of the Hygeia Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

    Private Resolution 46 · 15 Stat. 431 · June 25, 1868 · Private law · Original text

38. Joint Resolution authorizing certain distilled Spirits to be turned over to the Surgeon-General for the Use of the Army Hospitals.

    Public Resolution 38 · 15 Stat. 254 · June 26, 1868 · Original text

39. An Act relating to contested Elections in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. XVII · 15 Stat. 81 · June 27, 1868 · Original text

40. An Act for holding Terms of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of Illinois at the City of Cairo, in said State.

    Ch. CXVIII · 15 Stat. 82 · July 3, 1868 · Original text

41. A Resolution donating certain captured Ordnance for the Completion of a Monument to the Memory of the late Major-General John Sedgwick.

    Public Resolution 48 · 15 Stat. 256 · July 3, 1868 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution Relative to the Pay of the assistant Librarian of the House.

    Public Resolution 49 · 15 Stat. 256 · July 3, 1868 · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of Colonel James A. Mulligan, deceased.

    Ch. CXIX · 15 Stat. 374 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of Albert Grant.

    Ch. CXX · 15 Stat. 374 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of Captain Charles N. Goulding, late Quarter-master of Volunteers.

    Ch. CXXI · 15 Stat. 375 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act to authorize the proper accounting Officers of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of Andrew S. Core.

    Ch. CXXII · 15 Stat. 375 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of Parker Quince.

    Ch. CXXIII · 15 Stat. 375 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of Martha M. Jones, Administratrix of Samuel T. Jones.

    Ch. CXXIV · 15 Stat. 375 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Captain Dan Ellis.

    Ch. CXXV · 15 Stat. 376 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a Pension to James S. Todd.

    Ch. CXXVI · 15 Stat. 376 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow of Henry Kaneday.

    Ch. CXXVII · 15 Stat. 376 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of Almira Wyeth.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 15 Stat. 376 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a Pension to Rebecca Jane Kinsel.

    Ch. CXXIX · 15 Stat. 377 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a Pension to John Q. A. Keck, late a Private in the Third Missouri Cavalry.

    Ch. CXXX · 15 Stat. 377 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

55. A Resolution for the Relief of George W. Doty, a Commander in the United States Navy, on the retired List.

    Resolution 50 · 15 Stat. 432 · July 3, 1868 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act confirming the Title to a Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa.

    Ch. CXXXI · 15 Stat. 82 · July 4, 1868 · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Land within the United States Survey Number three thousand two hundred and seventeen, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. CXXXII · 15 Stat. 377 · July 4, 1868 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act to confirm the Title of Ethan Ray Clarke and Samuel Ward Clarke to certain Lands in the State of Florida, claimed under a Grant from the Spanish Government.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 15 Stat. 377 · July 4, 1868 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge over the Black River, in Lorain County, Ohio.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 15 Stat. 82 · July 6, 1868 · Original text

60. An Act to continue the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXXV · 15 Stat. 83 · July 6, 1868 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution to correct an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of certain Exporters of Rum.”

    Public Resolution 51 · 15 Stat. 256 · July 6, 1868 · Original text

62. An Act to incorporate the Congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 15 Stat. 84 · July 7, 1868 · Original text

63. An Act to amend section five of an Act entitled “An Act concerning the registering and recording of Ships or Vessels,” approved December thirty-one, seventeen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 15 Stat. 84 · July 7, 1868 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Erection of a Bridge in Boston Harbor.

    Public Resolution 52 · 15 Stat. 256 · July 7, 1868 · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of William B. Todd.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 378 · July 7, 1868 · Private law · Original text

66. Joint Resolution for the Relief of John Sedgwick, Collector of Internal Revenue, third District California.

    Resolution 53 · 15 Stat. 432 · July 7, 1868 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act prescribing an Oath of Office to be taken by Persons from whom legal Disabilities shall have been removed.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 15 Stat. 85 · July 11, 1868 · Original text

68. An Act to incorporate the Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway Company in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXL · 15 Stat. 85 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

69. An Act to incorporate the National Hotel Company, of Washington City.

    Ch. CXLI · 15 Stat. 88 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

70. An Act to amend the Act of third March, eighteen hundred and sixty jive, providing for the Construction of certain Wagon Roads in Dakota Territory.

    Ch. CXLII · 15 Stat. 89 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

71. An Act to provide for certain Claims against the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. CXLIII · 15 Stat. 90 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

72. A Resolution placing certain Troops of Missouri on an equal Footing with others as to Bounties.

    Public Resolution 54 · 15 Stat. 256 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

73. A Resolution in Relation to the Maquoketa River, in the State of Iowa.

    Public Resolution 55 · 15 Stat. 257 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution to extend the Time for the Completion of the West Wisconsin Railroad.

    Public Resolution 56 · 15 Stat. 257 · July 13, 1868 · Original text

75. An Act to provide for certain Claims against the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. CXLIII · 15 Stat. 378 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of certain Government Contractors.

    Ch. CXLIV · 15 Stat. 379 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of James Hooper.

    Ch. CXLV · 15 Stat. 380 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of John W. Jameson, deceased.

    Ch. CXLVI · 15 Stat. 380 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act increasing the Pension of Nancy Weeks, Widow of Francis Weeks, an Ensign in the revolutionary War.

    Ch. CXLVII · 15 Stat. 380 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a Patent to F. N. Blake for one hundred and sixty Acres of Land in Kansas.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 15 Stat. 381 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of Charles B. Tanner, late first Lieutenant sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers.

    Ch. CXLIX · 15 Stat. 381 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of Timothy Lyden, of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. CL · 15 Stat. 381 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin B. French, late Commissioner of public Buildings.

    Ch. CLI · 15 Stat. 381 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a Pension to Louisa Fitch, Widow of E. P. Fitch, deceased.

    Ch. CLII · 15 Stat. 382 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the Relief of Charlotte Posey, Widow of Sebastian R. Posey.

    Ch. CLIII · 15 Stat. 382 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a Pension to Edward Hamel, minor Child of Edward Hamel, deceased.

    Ch. CLIV · 15 Stat. 382 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a Pension to Carrie E. Burdett.

    Ch. CLV · 15 Stat. 382 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the Relief of Thomas W. Ward, late Collector of Customs, District of Corpus Christi, Texas.

    Ch. CLVI · 15 Stat. 382 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda R. Johnson.

    Ch. CLVII · 15 Stat. 383 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a Pension to Martha Stout.

    Ch. CLVIII · 15 Stat. 383 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a Pension to Harriet W. Pond.

    Ch. CLIX · 15 Stat. 383 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Steepleton, Widow of Harrison W. Steepleton, deceased.

    Ch. CLX · 15 Stat. 383 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary Gaither, Widow of Wiley Gaither, deceased.

    Ch. CLXI · 15 Stat. 384 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of Rebecca V. Senor, Mother of James H. Senor, deceased.

    Ch. CLXII · 15 Stat. 384 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a Pension to Maria Raftery.

    Ch. CLXIII · 15 Stat. 384 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Stewart.

    Ch. CLXIV · 15 Stat. 384 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a Pension to Anna M. Howard.

    Ch. CLXV · 15 Stat. 384 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the Relief of Catharine Wands.

    Ch. CLXVI · 15 Stat. 385 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Barker, Widow of Alexander Barker, deceased.

    Ch. CLXVII · 15 Stat. 385 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of Julia M. Molin.

     Ch. CLXVIII · 15 Stat. 385 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text