Every law Congress has passed

769 laws of the 40th Congress, 1867–1869

1. An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CXXV · 15 Stat. 319 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

2. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

   Ch. CXXVI · 15 Stat. 323 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

3. An Act to authorize the Transfer of Lands granted to the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, between Denver and the Point of its Connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and to expedite the Completion of Railroads to Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

   Ch. CXXVII · 15 Stat. 324 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

4. An Act to provide for the Execution in the District of Columbia of Commissions issued by the Courts of the States and Territories of the United States or of Foreign Nations, and for taking Depositions to be used in such Courts.

   Ch. CXXVIII · 15 Stat. 324 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

5. An Act granting the Right of Way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CXXIX · 15 Stat. 325 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

6. An Act regulating the Reports of National Banking Associations.

   Ch. CXXX · 15 Stat. 326 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

7. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.

   Ch. CXXXI · 15 Stat. 327 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

8. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the National Lincoln Monument Association, at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured Ordnance.

   Ch. CXXXII · 15 Stat. 334 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

9. An Act in Relation to additional Bounties, and for other Purposes.

   Ch. CXXXIII · 15 Stat. 334 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

10. An Act to incorporate “The Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. CXXXIV · 15 Stat. 334 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

11. An Act in Reference to certifying Checks by National Banks.

    Ch. CXXXV · 15 Stat. 335 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

12. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to exempt certain Manufacturers from Internal Tax, and for other Purposes,” approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 15 Stat. 336 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

13. An Act relating to Captures made by Admiral Farragut’s Fleet in the Mississippi River in May, ( 1862, ) eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, [ two. ]

    Ch. CXXXVII · 15 Stat. 336 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

14. An Act explanatory of the Act entitled “An Act declaring the Title to Land Warrants in certain Cases.”

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 15 Stat. 336 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

15. An Act to establish a Bridge across the East River, between the Cities of Brooklyn and New York, in the State of New York, a Post-Road.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 15 Stat. 336 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

16. An Act respecting the Organization of Militia in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

    Ch. CXL · 15 Stat. 337 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

17. An Act further to provide for giving Effect to Treaty Stipulations between this and foreign Governments for the Extradition of Criminals.

    Ch. CXLI · 15 Stat. 337 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

18. An Act to provide for the Execution of Judgments in Capital Cases.

    Ch. CXLII · 15 Stat. 338 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

19. 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. CXLIII · 15 Stat. 338 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

20. An Act amendatory of the Act providing for the Sale of the Arsenal Grounds at St. Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other Purposes, approved July twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

    Ch. CXLIV · 15 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

21. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a National Currency secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof,” by extending certain Penalties to Accessories.

    Ch. CXLV · 15 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

22. An Act relating to the Metropolitan Railroad Company.

    Ch. CXLVI · 15 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

23. An Act to regulate Elections in Washington and Idaho Territories.

    Ch. CXLVII · 15 Stat. 339 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

24. An Act relating to the Time for finding Indictments in the Courts of the United States in the late Rebel States.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 15 Stat. 340 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

25. An Act relating to the Proof of Wills in the District of Columbia

    Ch. CXLIX · 15 Stat. 340 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

26. An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the Construction of a military Wagon Road from the navigable Waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg in said State.

    Ch. CL · 15 Stat. 340 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

27. An Act to define the Fees of Recorder of Deeds and to provide for the Appointment of Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CLI · 15 Stat. 341 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

28. An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CLII · 15 Stat. 342 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

29. A Resolution providing for the Reporting and Publication of the Debates in Congress.

    Resolution 19 · 15 Stat. 347 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

30. A Resolution for printing the Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.

    Resolution 20 · 15 Stat. 347 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

31. A Resolution giving the Assent of the United States to the Construction of the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge.

    Resolution 21 · 15 Stat. 347 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

32. A Resolution more efficiently to protect the Fur Seal in Alaska.

    Resolution 22 · 15 Stat. 348 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution authorizing the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, to change its Name to the “Kansas Pacific Railway Company.”

    Resolution 23 · 15 Stat. 348 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution relative to certain Purchases by the Interior Department.

    Resolution 24 · 15 Stat. 348 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

35. A Resolution requiring the Commissioner of the General Land Office to transfer certain Money.

    Resolution 25 · 15 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution donating condemned Cannon and Muskets for the McPherson Monument.

    Resolution 26 · 15 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

37. A Resolution extending the Time for the Completion of the first twenty Miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

    Resolution 27 · 15 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

38. A Resolution reappointing Louis Agassiz a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Resolution 28 · 15 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

39. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the Duty on certain Meridian Circles.

    Resolution 29 · 15 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1869 · Original text

40. An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. CLII · 15 Stat. 454 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of Captain Charles Hunter, United States Navy.

    Ch. CLIII · 15 Stat. 455 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Wright Duryea.

    Ch. CLIV · 15 Stat. 455 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of Mary A. Filler.

    Ch. CLV · 15 Stat. 456 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company.

    Ch. CLVI · 15 Stat. 456 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of Henry Barricklow.

    Ch. CLVII · 15 Stat. 456 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of certain Companies of Scouts and Guides organized in Alabama.

    Ch. CLVIII · 15 Stat. 457 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a Pension to Madge K. Guthrie and Robert B. Guthrie.

    Ch. CLIX · 15 Stat. 457 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a Pension to Lemuel Bartholow.

    Ch. CLX · 15 Stat. 458 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Davidson, of the United States Army.

    Ch. CLXI · 15 Stat. 458 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and legal Representatives of Charles C. Cook, deceased.

    Ch. CLXII · 15 Stat. 458 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. CLXIII · 15 Stat. 458 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Davis, Widow of William P. Davis, a Private of the Eighteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the War of eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. CLXIV · 15 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of Peter McGough, Collector of Internal Revenue and disbursing Agent, Twentieth District, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. CLXV · 15 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah E. Haines.

    Ch. CLXVI · 15 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a Pension to Horace Peck, of Charlton, Massachusetts.

    Ch. CLXVII · 15 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin T. Raines of Indiana.

    Ch. CLXVIII · 15 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Clarice.

    Ch. CLXIX · 15 Stat. 460 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a Pension to the Children of Martin N. Slocum, deceased.

    Ch. CLXX · 15 Stat. 460 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin C. Stone.

    Ch. CLXXI · 15 Stat. 460 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Lydia W. Ford.

    Ch. CLXXII · 15 Stat. 460 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of Henry C. Noyes.

    Ch. CLXXIII · 15 Stat. 461 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of Reverend D. Hillhouse Bud.

    Ch. CLXXIV · 15 Stat. 461 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the Relief of Alpheus C. Gallahue.

    Ch. CLXXV · 15 Stat. 461 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Celestia P. Hartt.

    Ch. CLXXVI · 15 Stat. 461 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of George Fowler, and the Estate of De Grasse Fowler, deceased, or their Assigns.

    Ch. CLXXVII · 15 Stat. 462 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act confirming certain Purchases of Lands in the Ionia District, Michigan, made by Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau.

    Ch. CLXXVIII · 15 Stat. 462 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

67. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the Duty on certain Meridian Circles.

    Resolution 29 · 15 Stat. 464 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

68. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry S. Gibbons, Luther McNeal, and Seth M. Gates.

    Resolution 30 · 15 Stat. 464 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text

69. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. Ella E. Hobart.

    Resolution 31 · 15 Stat. 465 · March 3, 1869 · Private law · Original text