Every law Congress has passed

769 laws of the 40th Congress, 1867–1869

1. An Act for the Relief of Henry Reens.

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

2. An Act granting a Pension to Henrietta Nobles.

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

3. An Act granting a Pension to Ann Kelly, Widow of Bernard Kelly.

   Ch. CLXXI · 15 Stat. 386 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Catharine Eckhardt.

   Ch. CLXXII · 15 Stat. 386 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of Sylvester Nugent.

   Ch. CLXXIII · 15 Stat. 386 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a Pension to John W. Harris.

   Ch. CLXXIV · 15 Stat. 386 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

7. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Settlement of the Accounts of certain Officers and Agents who have disbursed public Money under the Direction of the Chief of Engineers.

   Resolution 57 · 15 Stat. 432 · July 13, 1868 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General in the Territory of Utah, and establish a Land Office in said Territory, and extend the Homestead and Pre-emption Laws over the same.

   Ch. CLXXV · 15 Stat. 91 · July 16, 1868 · Original text

9. An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

   Ch. CLXXVI · 15 Stat. 92 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

10. An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXVII · 15 Stat. 110 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

11. An Act to facilitate the Settlement of certain Prize Cases in the Southern District of Florida.

    Ch. CLXXVIII · 15 Stat. 120 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

12. An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River, upon the military Reservation at Port Leavenworth, Kansas.

    Ch. CLXXIX · 15 Stat. 121 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

13. An Act for the Registration or Enrolment of certain foreign Vessels.

    Ch. CLXXX · 15 Stat. 122 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

14. An Act concerning the Tax Commissioners for the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. CLXXXI · 15 Stat. 123 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

15. An Act amendatory of an Act approved July twenty-six [five], eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Bridges, and to establish them as Post-Roads.”

    Ch. CLXXXII · 15 Stat. 123 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

16. An Act providing for the Sale of a Portion of the Fort Gratiot military Reservation in St. Clair County, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. CLXXXIII · 15 Stat. 123 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

17. An Act to aid the Improvement of the Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids, in the Mississippi River.

    Ch. CLXXXIV · 15 Stat. 124 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

18. An Act declaratory of the Law in Regard to Officers cashiered or dismissed from the Army by the Sentence of a general Court-Martial.

    Ch. CLXXXV · 15 Stat. 125 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

19. An Act imposing Taxes on distilled Spirits and Tobacco, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLXXXVI · 15 Stat. 125 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

20. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American Register to the British-built Brig Highland Mary.

    Public Resolution 59 · 15 Stat. 258 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Rock Island Bridge.

    Public Resolution 60 · 15 Stat. 258 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of War to sell damaged or unserviceable Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Stores.

    Public Resolution 61 · 15 Stat. 259 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution authorizing the Issue of Clothing to Company F, eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry.

    Public Resolution 62 · 15 Stat. 259 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution to grant [an] American Register to Hawaiian Brig “Victoria.”

    Public Resolution 63 · 15 Stat. 259 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution exonerating certain Vessels of the United States from the Payment of Tonnage Fees to consular Agents in Canada.

    Public Resolution 64 · 15 Stat. 260 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

26. A Resolution excluding from the electoral College Votes of States lately in Rebellion, which shall not have been reorganized.

    Public Resolution 58 · 15 Stat. 267 · July 20, 1868 · Original text

27. An Act for the Removal of certain Disabilities from the Persons therein named.

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 15 Stat. 386 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Child of John P. Fetty.

    Ch. CLXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 389 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Henry Brown.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 15 Stat. 389 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Joseph M’Ghee Cameron and Mary Jane Cameron, Children of Lafayette Cameron, deceased.

    Ch. CXC · 15 Stat. 390 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a Pension to John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed, minor Children of Robert T. Weed, deceased.

    Ch. CXCI · 15 Stat. 390 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the Relief of George T. Brien.

    Ch. CXCII · 15 Stat. 390 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Obadiah T. Plum.

    Ch. CXCIII · 15 Stat. 390 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a Pension to Maria Schweitzer and the minor Children of Conrad Schweitzer, deceased.

    Ch. CXCIV · 15 Stat. 390 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the Relief of Samuel N. Miller.

    Ch. CXCV · 15 Stat. 391 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the Relief of Robert Ford.

    Ch. CXCVI · 15 Stat. 391 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of William M. Wooten, deceased.

    Ch. CXCVII · 15 Stat. 391 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a Pension to John Sheets.

    Ch. CXCVIII · 15 Stat. 391 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to authorize the Sale of twenty Acres of Land in the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

    Ch. CXCIX · 15 Stat. 392 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of George R. Waters.

    Ch. CC · 15 Stat. 393 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Connolly.

    Ch. CCI · 15 Stat. 393 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Wait Talcott.

    Ch. CCII · 15 Stat. 393 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a Pension to Henry H. Hunter.

    Ch. CCIII · 15 Stat. 393 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Myron Wilklow.

    Ch. CCIV · 15 Stat. 393 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Charles Gouler.

    Ch. CCV · 15 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of James Heatherly.

    Ch. CCVI · 15 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a Pension to John H. Finlay.

    Ch. CCVII · 15 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of John A. Neustaedter.

    Ch. CCVIII · 15 Stat. 394 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to place the Name of Mahala M. Straight upon the Pension Rolls of the United States.

    Ch. CCIX · 15 Stat. 395 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a Pension to W. W. Cunningham.

    Ch. CCX · 15 Stat. 395 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a Pension to John W. Hughes.

    Ch. CCXI · 15 Stat. 395 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Charles W. Wilcox.

    Ch. CCXII · 15 Stat. 395 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a Pension to Saffrona C. Phelps, Widow of John S. Phelps.

    Ch. CCXIII · 15 Stat. 395 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Pleasant Stoops.

    Ch. CCXIV · 15 Stat. 396 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a Pension to George F. Gorham, late a Private in Company “B” twenty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. CCXV · 15 Stat. 396 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Child of William Craft.

    Ch. CCXVI · 15 Stat. 396 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a Pension to Jeremiah T. Hallett.

    Ch. CCXVII · 15 Stat. 396 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a Pension to Solomon Zachman.

    Ch. CCXVIII · 15 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a Pension to William H. McDonald.

    Ch. CCXIX · 15 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting Arrears of Pension to Cyrus K. Wood, legal Representative of Cyrus D. Wood, deceased.

    Ch. CCXX · 15 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of Andrew Holman.

    Ch. CCXXI · 15 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a Pension to John D. Lay.

    Ch. CCXXII · 15 Stat. 397 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Child of Cornelius L. Rice.

    Ch. CCXXIII · 15 Stat. 398 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Edward B. Allen.

    Ch. CCXXIV · 15 Stat. 398 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

65. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry B. Ste. Marie.

    Resolution 65 · 15 Stat. 433 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

66. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Z. M. Hall.

    Resolution 66 · 15 Stat. 433 · July 20, 1868 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of L. Merchant and Company and Peter Rosecrantz.

    Ch. CCXXV · 15 Stat. 398 · July 22, 1868 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to construct a Wagon Road from West Point to Cornwall Landing, all in the County of Orange, State of New York.

    Ch. CCXXVI · 15 Stat. 168 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the temporary Supplying of Vacancies in the Executive Departments.

    Ch. CCXXVII · 15 Stat. 168 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

70. An Act making a Grant of Land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the Improvement of the Navigation of the Mississippi River.

    Ch. CCXXVIII · 15 Stat. 169 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

71. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United Stales for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Ch. CCXXIX · 15 Stat. 170 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

72. An Act to incorporate the “Washington Target-shooting Association,” in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CCXXX · 15 Stat. 170 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution to admit, free of Duty, certain Statuary.

    Public Resolution 67 · 15 Stat. 260 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution admitting Steam Plows free of Duty for one Year from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

    Public Resolution 68 · 15 Stat. 260 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution to amend the fourteenth Section of the Act approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An Act io protect the Revenue, and for other Purposes.”

    Public Resolution 69 · 15 Stat. 260 · July 23, 1868 · Original text

76. An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Frances T. Richardson, Widow of the late Major-General Israel B. Richardson.

    Ch. CCXXXI · 15 Stat. 398 · July 23, 1868 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a Pension to Martha Ann Wallace.

    Ch. CCXXXII · 15 Stat. 399 · July 23, 1868 · Private law · Original text

78. A Resolution for the Restoration of Commander Aaron K. Hughes, United States Navy, to the active List from the retired List.

    Resolution 70 · 15 Stat. 433 · July 23, 1868 · Private law · Original text

79. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Peter M. Carmichael, Surveyor of the Port of Albany.

    Resolution 71 · 15 Stat. 433 · July 23, 1868 · Private law · Original text

80. 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 handled and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXXXIII · 15 Stat. 171 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of the loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.

    Ch. CCXXXIV · 15 Stat. 177 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

82. An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Wyoming.

    Ch. CCXXXV · 15 Stat. 178 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

83. An Act in Addition to an Act passed March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and four, entitled “An Act in Addition to an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States.’”

    Ch. CCXXXVI · 15 Stat. 183 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

84. An Act to provide for a further Issue of temporary Loan Certificates, for the Purpose of redeeming and retiring the Remainder of the outstanding compound Interest Notes.

    Ch. CCXXXVII · 15 Stat. 183 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

85. An Act to create an additional land District in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. CCXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 184 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

86. An Act to incorporate the National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America.

    Ch. CCXXXIX · 15 Stat. 184 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

87. An Act authorizing the Trustees of Union Chapel, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the City of Washington, to mortgage their Property for Church Purposes.

    Ch. CCXLI · 15 Stat. 184 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

88. An Act to confirm the Title to certain Lands in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. CCXL · 15 Stat. 186 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

89. An Act to extend the Time for the Construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the State of California.

    Ch. CCXLII · 15 Stat. 187 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

90. An Act providing for the Sale of the Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXLIII · 15 Stat. 187 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

91. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.

    Ch. CCXLIV · 15 Stat. 188 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

92. An Act relating to the Freedmen’s Bureau and providing for its Discontinuance.

    Ch. CCXLV · 15 Stat. 193 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

93. A Resolution to carry into Effect the Resolution approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, providing for the Exchange of certain public Documents.

    Public Resolution 72 · 15 Stat. 260 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

94. A Resolution granting Permission to Officers and Soldiers to wear the Badge of the Corps in which they served during the Rebellion.

    Public Resolution 73 · 15 Stat. 261 · July 25, 1868 · Original text

95. An Act to further amend the postal Laws.

    Ch. CCXLVI · 15 Stat. 194 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

96. An Act making an Appropriation of Money to carry into Effect the Treaty with Russia of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. CCXLVII · 15 Stat. 198 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

97. 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 thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCXLVIII · 15 Stat. 198 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

98. An Act concerning the Rights of American Citizens in foreign States.

    Ch. CCXLIX · 15 Stat. 223 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

99. An Act to establish a new Land District in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. CCL · 15 Stat. 224 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

100. An Act to incorporate the Evening Star Newspaper Company, of Washington.

     Ch. CCLII · 15 Stat. 224 · July 27, 1868 · Original text