Every law Congress has passed

769 laws of the 40th Congress, 1867–1869

1. An Act to amend Section one of “An Act to prevent and punish Frauds upon the Revenue, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

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

2. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to allow the United States to prosecute Appeals and Writs of Error, without giving Security,” and for other Purposes.

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

3. An Act to regulate the Sale of Hay in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. CCLI · 15 Stat. 225 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

4. An Act to authorize the City of Washington to issue Bonds for the Purpose of paying the floating Debt of the City.

   Ch. CCLIII · 15 Stat. 226 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

5. An Act to protect the Rights of actual Settlers upon the public Lands of the United States.

   Ch. CCLVI · 15 Stat. 227 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

6. An Act changing the Ports of Entry from Plymouth to Edenton, in North Carolina, and Port Royal to Beaufort, in South Carolina.

   Ch. CCLVII · 15 Stat. 227 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

7. An Act in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

   Ch. CCLVIII · 15 Stat. 227 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

8. An Act to transfer to the Department of the Interior certain Powers and Duties now exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury in Connection with Indian Affairs.

   Ch. CCLIX · 15 Stat. 228 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

9. An Act to provide for an American Line of Mail and Emigrant Passenger Steamships between New York and one or more European Ports.

   Ch. CCLX · 15 Stat. 229 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

10. An Act relating to the Alexandria Canal.

    Ch. CCLXI · 15 Stat. 231 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

11. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and establishing additional Regulations for the Government of the Institution, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCLXII · 15 Stat. 232 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

12. An Act making Appropriations for certain executive Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year aiding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Ch. CCLXIII · 15 Stat. 234 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

13. An Act relating to Pensions.

    Ch. CCLXIV · 15 Stat. 235 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

14. An Act to pay for indexing the Tax Bill.

    Ch. CCLXV · 15 Stat. 237 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

15. An Act to correct an Error in the Enrolment of the “Act imposing Taxes on distilled Spirits and Tobacco, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CCLXVI · 15 Stat. 238 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

16. An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act granting public Lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State,” approved June 3, 1856.

    Ch. CCLXVII · 15 Stat. 238 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

17. An Act granting the Right of Way to certain Railway Companies over the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth.

    Ch. CCLXVIII · 15 Stat. 238 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

18. An Act donating a Portion of the Fort Learenworth military Reservation for the exclusive Use of a public Road.

    Ch. CCLXIX · 15 Stat. 238 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

19. An Act regulating the Times and Places of holding the District and Circuits Courts of the United States for the Northern District of Florida.

    Ch. CCLXX · 15 Stat. 239 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

20. An Act to disapprove an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory redistricting the Territory and reassigning the Judges thereto.

    Ch. CCLXXI · 15 Stat. 239 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

21. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the said State of all Territory claimed by her, exterior to said Boundaries, and of all her Claims upon the United States, and to establish a Territorial Government for New Mexico.”

    Ch. CCLXXII · 15 Stat. 239 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

22. An Act to extend the Laws of the United States relating to Customs, Commerce, and Navigation over the Territory ceded to the United States by Russia, to establish a Collection District therein, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCLXXIII · 15 Stat. 240 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

23. An Act authorizing the Manufacturers’ National Bank of New York to change its Location.

    Ch. CCLXXIV · 15 Stat. 242 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

24. An Act relating to the District Courts of Utah Territory.

    Ch. CCLXXV · 15 Stat. 242 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

25. An Act regulating Judicial Proceedings in certain Cases, for the Protection of Officers and Agents of the Government, and for the better Defence of the Treasury against unlawful Claims.

    Ch. CCLXXVI · 15 Stat. 243 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

26. A Resolution to admit certain Persons to the naval Academy.

    Public Resolution 74 · 15 Stat. 261 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

27. A Resolution relative to Lighting the Streets of Washington City, District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 75 · 15 Stat. 261 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution in Relation to Surveys and Examinations of Rivers and Harbors.

    Public Resolution 76 · 15 Stat. 262 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution relative to printing Specifications of Patents.

    Public Resolution 77 · 15 Stat. 262 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

30. Joint Resolution for the Donation of certain Columns.

    Public Resolution 78 · 15 Stat. 262 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

31. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretar y of War to furnish Cannon to Soldiers’ Monument Associations of Pequannock and Paterson, N. J.

    Public Resolution 79 · 15 Stat. 263 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

32. Joint Resolution giving the Assent of the United States to the Construction of certain Wharves in the Harbor of Oswego, New York.

    Public Resolution 80 · 15 Stat. 263 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

33. A Resolution to drop from the Rolls of the Army certain Officers absent without Authority from their Commands.

    Public Resolution 81 · 15 Stat. 263 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

34. A Resolution joint Resolution appealing to the Turkish Government in behalf of the People of Crete.

    Public Resolution 82 · 15 Stat. 263 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution to aid in relieving from Peonage Women and Children of the Navajo Indians.

    Public Resolution 83 · 15 Stat. 264 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution relative to the Pay of the chief Clerk in the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House.

    Public Resolution 84 · 15 Stat. 264 · July 27, 1868 · Original text

37. An Act granting a Pension to Violet Henry.

    Ch. CCLXXVII · 15 Stat. 399 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a Pension to Nancy Smith.

    Ch. CCLXXVIII · 15 Stat. 399 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting Increase of Pension to Nancy A. Stocks.

    Ch. CCLXXIX · 15 Stat. 399 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a Pension to Robert Watson.

    Ch. CCLXXX · 15 Stat. 400 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of Mary Scott.

    Ch. CCLXXXI · 15 Stat. 400 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Seth Lea.

    Ch. CCLXXXII · 15 Stat. 400 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act to provide for the Distribution of the Reward offered by the President of the United States for the Capture of Jefferson Davis.

    Ch. CCLXXXIII · 15 Stat. 400 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act to relieve from legal and political Disabilities certain Persons engaged in the late Rebellion.

    Ch. CCLXXXIV · 15 Stat. 403 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a Pension to Lucinda J. Letcher.

    Ch. CCLXXXV · 15 Stat. 403 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of Eliza Mascher, Widow of John F. Mascher.

    Ch. CCLXXXVI · 15 Stat. 403 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act directing the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to hear Evidence and determine the Right of W. H. Cox, deceased, late a Sergeant in Company F, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Artillery, to a Pension in same Manner as if he were still living, he having died of Disease contracted whilst a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, Georgia, and, if found to be entitled to a Pension, then same, from Time of his Death, to be paid over to his Father, Charles D. Cox.

    Ch. CCLXXXVII · 15 Stat. 404 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a Pension to Orlena Walters.

    Ch. CCLXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 404 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Richardson.

    Ch. CCLXXXIX · 15 Stat. 404 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret C. Long.

    Ch. CCXC · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a Pension to James Rooney.

    Ch. CCXCI · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Davis.

    Ch. CCXCII · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and minor Children of Hiram Hitchcock.

    Ch. CCXCIII · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the Relief of Zadock T. Newman.

    Ch. CCXCIV · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Alice A. Dryer.

    Ch. CCXCV · 15 Stat. 405 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a Pension to Ann Williams.

    Ch. CCXCVI · 15 Stat. 406 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a Pension to George Truax, late a Private in Company H, First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.

    Ch. CCXCVII · 15 Stat. 406 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Cassidy.

    Ch. CCXCVIII · 15 Stat. 406 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Filson.

    Ch. CCXCIX · 15 Stat. 406 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act to place the Name of Ellen Curry, Widow of James Curry, deceased, a private Soldier of Company F, 39 th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, upon the Pension Roll of the United States.

    Ch. CCC · 15 Stat. 406 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a Pension of seventeen Dollars per Month to David Duhigg, of Lynden, Vermont, Father of late First Lieutenant Dennis Duhigg, of Company M, First Regiment Vermont Artillery.

    Ch. CCCI · 15 Stat. 407 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a Pension to Charles Hamstead.

    Ch. CCCII · 15 Stat. 407 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a Pension to Matthew C. Griswold.

    Ch. CCCIII · 15 Stat. 407 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary J. Trueman.

    Ch. CCCIV · 15 Stat. 407 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of Captain A. G. Olivar.

    Ch. CCCV · 15 Stat. 407 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of Sally C. Northrop.

    Ch. CCCVI · 15 Stat. 408 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Hon. George W. Bridges, a Member of the Thirty-seventh Congress.

    Ch. CCCVII · 15 Stat. 409 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of Major F. F. Stevens, Assistant Paymaster United States Army.

    Ch. CCCVIII · 15 Stat. 409 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the Relief of Palemon John.

    Ch. CCCIX · 15 Stat. 409 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the Relief of Captain Thomas W. Miller.

    Ch. CCCX · 15 Stat. 409 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a Pension to Emmelene H. Rudd, Widow of the late Commodore John Rudd, deceased.

    Ch. CCCXI · 15 Stat. 409 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a Pension to John Gridley.

    Ch. CCCXII · 15 Stat. 410 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a Pension to Catherine Gensler.

    Ch. CCCXIII · 15 Stat. 410 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a Pension to Asa F. Holcomb.

    Ch. CCCXIV · 15 Stat. 410 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Lamar.

    Ch. CCCXV · 15 Stat. 410 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a Pension to William Smith.

    Ch. CCCXVI · 15 Stat. 410 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a Pension to Martin Burke.

    Ch. CCCXVII · 15 Stat. 411 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a Pension to Prescott Y. Howland.

    Ch. CCCXVIII · 15 Stat. 411 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a Pension to Stephen T. Carver.

    Ch. CCCXIX · 15 Stat. 411 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a Pension to Esther C. C. Vangilder, Widow of Charles F. Vangilder, deceased, late a Private in Company M, First Regiment Vermont Heavy Artillery Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXX · 15 Stat. 411 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting back Pension to the minor Children of Joseph Berry.

    Ch. CCCXXI · 15 Stat. 412 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting increased Pension to William B. Edwards.

    Ch. CCCXXII · 15 Stat. 412 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a Pension to Jonathan H. Perry.

    Ch. CCCXXIII · 15 Stat. 412 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a Pension to John La Marsh.

    Ch. CCCXXIV · 15 Stat. 412 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a Pension to Catharine Skinner.

    Ch. CCCXXV · 15 Stat. 412 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a Pension to Helen L. Wolf.

    Ch. CCCXXVI · 15 Stat. 413 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, of Boston, Massachusetts, Mother of John Lane, deceased, late a Private in Company A, Twelfth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXXVII · 15 Stat. 413 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a Pension to Miss Ann E. Hamilton, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Aunt and adopted Mother of James E. McKillip and Charles P. McKillip, deceased, late Soldiers in the Union Army.

    Ch. CCCXXVIII · 15 Stat. 413 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Ball, Widow of James Ball, deceased, late a Fireman on the Steamer Vidette, connected with the Burnside Expedition.

    Ch. CCCXXIX · 15 Stat. 413-414 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a Pension to Jane McNaughton.

    Ch. CCCXXX · 15 Stat. 414 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a Pension to Michael Reilly.

    Ch. CCCXXXI · 15 Stat. 414 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Donnelly, Mother of Dudley Donnelly, deceased, late Colonel of the Twenty-eighth Regiment Infantry, New York State Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXXXII · 15 Stat. 414 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth G. Hibben, Widow of Reverend Samuel Hibben, deceased, late a Chaplain in the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXXXIII · 15 Stat. 414-415 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a Pension to Hinman L. Hall.

    Ch. CCCXXXIV · 15 Stat. 415 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of the Grantees of Ann D. Durding.

    Ch. CCCXXXV · 15 Stat. 415 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a Pension to Polly W. Cotton.

    Ch. CCCXXXVI · 15 Stat. 415 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a Pension to Daniel Sheets.

    Ch. CCCXXXVII · 15 Stat. 415-416 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a Pension to Jane Rook.

    Ch. CCCXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 416 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a Pension to Hugo Eichholtz.

    Ch. CCCXXXIX · 15 Stat. 416 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of William R. Silvey.

     Ch. CCCXL · 15 Stat. 416 · July 27, 1868 · Private law · Original text