Every law Congress has passed

771 laws of the 41st Congress, 1869–1871

1. An Act for the Relief of Polly Hunt, Administratrix, and George W. Hunt, Administrator, of the Estate of Walter Hunt, deceased.

   Ch. XXVII · 16 Stat. 630 · March 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

2. Joint Resolution 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 seventy.

   Resolution 22 · 16 Stat. 370 · March 16, 1870 · Original text

3. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the Sale of a Portion of the Fort Gratiot military Reservation in St. Clair County, in the State of Michigan,” approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

   Ch. XXVIII · 16 Stat. 76 · March 18, 1870 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution relative to legislative Fund of Washington Territory.

   Resolution 23 · 16 Stat. 370 · March 18, 1870 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution providing for the Payment of the fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers.

   Private Resolution 24 · 16 Stat. 662 · March 18, 1870 · Private law · Original text

6. Joint Resolution appropriating to the Widow and Children of the late E. M. Stanton, for their Use, a Sum equal to one Year’s Salary of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

   Private Resolution 25 · 16 Stat. 663 · March 18, 1870 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to confirm the Apportionment and amend certain Laws of the Territory of Arizona.

   Ch. XXIX · 16 Stat. 76 · March 23, 1870 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution granting condemned Guns to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

   Resolution 26 · 16 Stat. 371 · March 23, 1870 · Original text

9. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Francis S. McDonald.

   Private Resolution 27 · 16 Stat. 663 · March 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

10. A Resolution to transfer an Appropriation for the public Printing.

    Resolution 28 · 16 Stat. 371 · March 24, 1870 · Original text

11. An Act prescribing the Duty of the Secretary of the Treasury in certain Cases therein named.

    Ch. XXX · 16 Stat. 77 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

12. An Act relating to Acknowledgments of Deeds or other Instruments of Writing in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXI · 16 Stat. 77 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

13. An Act to extend the Time for the Completion of the lateral Branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, authorized by the Act approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to change the Location in the City of Washington along the Bank of the Canal.

    Ch. XXXII · 16 Stat. 78 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

14. An Act to incorporate the Washington Mail Steamboat Company.

    Ch. XXXIII · 16 Stat. 78 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

15. An Act to incorporate the Washington General Hospital and Asylum of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXIV · 16 Stat. 79 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

16. An Act amendatory of the Charter of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the district of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXV · 16 Stat. 80 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

17. An Act to renew and continue in Force the Charter of the Potomac Insurance Company, of Georgetown, District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXVI · 16 Stat. 80 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Construction of the Rock Island Bridge.

    Resolution 29 · 16 Stat. 371 · March 25, 1870 · Original text

19. An Act to enable John Thompson, Executor of Thomas Thompson, deceased, to make Application for the Extension of Letters-Patent for an improved Machine for folding Papers.

    Ch. XXXVII · 16 Stat. 631 · March 25, 1870 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of William Mont Storm.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 16 Stat. 631 · March 25, 1870 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to admit the State of Texas to Representation in the Congress of the United States.

    Ch. XXXIX · 16 Stat. 80 · March 30, 1870 · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of Israel T. Canby, late Receiver of public Moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana.

    Ch. XL · 16 Stat. 631 · March 31, 1870 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Brig Ocean Belle.

    Ch. XLI · 16 Stat. 632 · March 31, 1870 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to relieve certain Persons therein named from legal and political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XLII · 16 Stat. 632 · April 1, 1870 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the Relief of Captain Phelps Paine.

    Ch. XLIII · 16 Stat. 632 · April 1, 1870 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in the State of Texas.

    Ch. XLIV · 16 Stat. 81 · April 5, 1870 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution expressing the Sympathy of Congress at the Death of Major-General George H. Thomas.

    Resolution 30 · 16 Stat. 371 · April 5, 1870 · Original text

28. An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in the State of Texas.

    Ch. XLIV · 16 Stat. 632 · April 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of Alexander I. Atocha,” approved fourteenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Ch. XLV · 16 Stat. 633 · April 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act giving the Consent of the United States to the Erection of a Bridge across the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Camden.

    Ch. XLVI · 16 Stat. 81 · April 6, 1870 · Original text

31. An Act authorizing the Corporation of the City of Washington to set apart Portions of Streets and Avenues as Parks for Trees and Walks.

    Ch. XLVII · 16 Stat. 82 · April 6, 1870 · Original text

32. A Resolution directing the Librarian of Congress to return to the Executor of Thomas Jefferson certain private Papers.

    Resolution 31 · 16 Stat. 372 · April 6, 1870 · Original text

33. A Resolution relating to Officers of the Soldiers' Home.

    Resolution 32 · 16 Stat. 372 · April 6, 1870 · Original text

34. An Act for the Relief of R. P. Parrott.

    Ch. XLVIII · 16 Stat. 633 · April 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to authorize the accounting Officers of the Treasury to adjust the Accounts of Ezra Carter, junior, late Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine.

    Ch. XLIX · 16 Stat. 633 · April 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the Relief of Tobias J. Kindleberger.

    Ch. L · 16 Stat. 633 · April 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

37. Joint Resolution directing an Inquiry into the Loss of the United States Steamer “Oneida.”

    Resolution 33 · 16 Stat. 372 · April 7, 1870 · Original text

38. An Act to remove political Disabilities from Francis E. Shober, of North Carolina.

    Ch. LI · 16 Stat. 634 · April 12, 1870 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the Relief of Samuel F. Butterworth and Others.

    Ch. LII · 16 Stat. 634 · April 12, 1870 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act to compensate Mrs. Fannie Kelly for important Services.

    Ch. LIII · 16 Stat. 634 · April 12, 1870 · Private law · Original text

41. A Resolution to authorize the Reappointment of William Pollard in the Engineer Corps of the United States Navy.

    Private Resolution 34 · 16 Stat. 663 · April 12, 1870 · Private law · Original text

42. A Resolution for the Relief of Brigadier-General Gabriel R. Paul, of the United States Army.

    Private Resolution 35 · 16 Stat. 663 · April 12, 1870 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act declaring the Consent of Congress to the Erection of a Crib in Lake Erie by the City of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Protection of an Inlet for a Water-Works Tunnel about to be constructed by said City.

    Ch. LIV · 16 Stat. 83 · April 13, 1870 · Original text

44. An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for Salaries of United States Ministers for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. LV · 16 Stat. 83 · April 13, 1870 · Original text

45. A Resolution in Relation to the Printing, for the Use of the Department of State, of additional Copies of Documents emanating from that Department.

    Resolution 36 · 16 Stat. 372 · April 16, 1870 · Original text

46. An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LVI · 16 Stat. 83 · April 20, 1870 · Original text

47. An Act to authorize the City of Buffalo, New York, to construct a Tunnel under Niagara River, and to erect and maintain an Inlet Pier therefrom.

    Ch. LVII · 16 Stat. 90 · April 20, 1870 · Original text

48. An Act to relieve C. B. Sabin, of Harris County, Texas, from legal and political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

    Ch. LVIII · 16 Stat. 635 · April 20, 1870 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to amend the Usury Laws of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LIX · 16 Stat. 91 · April 22, 1870 · Original text

50. An Act to incorporate the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society.

    Ch. LX · 16 Stat. 91 · April 22, 1870 · Original text

51. An Act for incorporating a Hospital for Foundlings in the City of Washington.

    Ch. LXI · 16 Stat. 92 · April 22, 1870 · Original text

52. An Act declaring the Construction of “An Act to incorporate the National Theological Institute,” approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and also “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the National Theological Institute, and to define and extend the Powers of the same,’” approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. LXII · 16 Stat. 93 · April 22, 1870 · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of Colonel Samuel W. Price, of the Twenty-First Kentucky Volunteers.

    Ch. LXIII · 16 Stat. 635 · April 26, 1870 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to re-define a Portion of the Boundary Line between the State of Nebraska and the Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. LXIV · 16 Stat. 93 · April 28, 1870 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution donating captured Cannon for the Purpose of Constructing a Monument at West Point, New York.

    Resolution 37 · 16 Stat. 373 · April 28, 1870 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’”

    Resolution 38 · 16 Stat. 373 · April 28, 1870 · Original text

57. An Act to relieve certain Persons therein named from the legal and political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXV · 16 Stat. 635 · April 28, 1870 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of Harriet R. Clinton.

    Ch. LXVI · 16 Stat. 635 · April 28, 1870 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Harmon.

    Ch. LXVII · 16 Stat. 636 · April 28, 1870 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of William A. Scott, late First Lieutenant of Company F, fourteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

    Ch. LXVIII · 16 Stat. 636 · April 28, 1870 · Private law · Original text

61. Joint Resolution to construe an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the Territory of New Mexico.’”

    Private Resolution 38 · 16 Stat. 663 · April 28, 1870 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Portland to Astoria and McMinville, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. LXIX · 16 Stat. 94 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

63. An Act to authorize the corporate Authorities of the City of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to pace and improve the Streets thereof.

    Ch. LXX · 16 Stat. 95 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

64. An Act to extend the Time within which Persons elected to Office may take the Oath of Office prescribed in an Act entitled “An Act to admit the State of Texas to Representation in the Congress of the United States,” approved March thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. LXXI · 16 Stat. 96 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

65. An Act to provide for the Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. LXXII · 16 Stat. 96 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

66. An Act amendatory of the organic Law of Colorado Territory, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. LXXIII · 16 Stat. 96 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the Issuing of a Certificate of Registry or Enrolment to the Schooners “Zenas Snow” and “Patriot.”

    Ch. LXXIV · 16 Stat. 96 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

68. An Act to incorporate the Washington and Boston Steamship Company.

    Ch. LXXV · 16 Stat. 97 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

69. An Act to provide, for the Survey of the Fort Gratiot military Reservation, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. LXXVI · 16 Stat. 97 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution making an Appropriation for the Purpose of making Experiments in the Ventilation of the Halls of the Capitol.

    Resolution 39 · 16 Stat. 373 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution authorizing the Supply of Arms, for Instruction and Practice, to certain Colleges and Universities.

    Resolution 40 · 16 Stat. 373 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution authorizing the Sale of certain Lands at Springfield, Massachusetts, and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 41 · 16 Stat. 374 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution for the Return of Evidence of honorable Discharge to Officers and enlisted Men.

    Resolution 42 · 16 Stat. 374 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution making an Appropriation to defray the Expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor, incurred in Pursuance of Investigations ordered by the House of Representatives.

    Resolution 43 · 16 Stat. 374 · May 4, 1870 · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Friend A. Brainard.

    Ch. LXXVII · 16 Stat. 636 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the Relief of Sophia A. Moen, Administratrix, and Philip L. Moen, Administrator, of Augustus R. Moen.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 16 Stat. 636 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of Captain George E. Grisham, of Tennessee.

    Ch. LXXIX · 16 Stat. 637 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

78. Joint Resolution for the Relief of George S. Atkinson, late Assistant-Quartermaster of Volunteers.

    Private Resolution 44 · 16 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

79. Joint Resolution to enable the Court of Claims to hear and determine the Claim of E. Diekelman, a Subject of the King of Prussia.

    Private Resolution 45 · 16 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

80. Joint Resolution for the Relief of James L. Ridgely, Collector of internal Revenue for the second District of Maryland.

    Private Resolution 46 · 16 Stat. 664 · May 4, 1870 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act to provide for the Creation of Corporations in the District of Columbia by General Law.

    Ch. LXXX · 16 Stat. 98 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

82. An Act legalizing certain Locations of agricultural College Scrip therein designated.

    Ch. LXXXI · 16 Stat. 116 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

83. An Act authorizing the first national Bank of Delhi, New York, to change its Location.

    Ch. LXXXII · 16 Stat. 116 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

84. An Act to change the Time for holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Wisconsin.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 16 Stat. 117 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

85. An Act to create additional Land Districts in the Territory of Dakota, to be called the Springfield and Pembina Districts.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 16 Stat. 117 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

86. A Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to prescribe an earlier Time for the Execution of Contracts by accepted Bidders, and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 47 · 16 Stat. 374 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

87. A Resolution to provide for Survey and Estimates of Cost of removing Obstructions from the Bayou Teche, in the State of Louisiana.

    Resolution 48 · 16 Stat. 375 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

88. A Resolution for the Transfer of an unexpended Balance of Appropriation to the Book Fund of the Library of Congress.

    Resolution 49 · 16 Stat. 375 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

89. A Resolution relative to the Establishment of a Light Station on the Choptank River in Maryland.

    Resolution 50 · 16 Stat. 376 · May 5, 1870 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize the Officers of the Treasury Department to enter a Credit upon the Account of Henry Etting, Paymaster in the Navy.

    Ch. LXXXV · 16 Stat. 637 · May 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of William F. Scott, late Adjutant fourth Iowa Cavalry Volunteers.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 16 Stat. 637 · May 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

92. A Resolution authorizing the Issue of Clothing to certain enlisted Men of the fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.

    Private Resolution 51 · 16 Stat. 664 · May 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

93. A Resolution authorizing the President to strike from the Rolls of the Army the Names of certain Officers.

    Private Resolution 52 · 16 Stat. 665 · May 5, 1870 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the Taking of the seventh and subsequent Censuses of the United States, and to fix the Number of the Members of the House of Representatives, and to provide for their future Apportionment among the several States,” approved May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and fifty.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 16 Stat. 118 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

95. An Act to authorise the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, or its Assigns, to change the established Line of said Road in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 16 Stat. 118 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

96. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enforce Mechanics’ Liens on Buildings in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. LXXXIX · 16 Stat. 119 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

97. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Freedman’s Sailings and Trust Company,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Ch. XC · 16 Stat. 119 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

98. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish in the District of Columbia a House of Correction for Boys,” approved July twenty-fee, eighteen hundred and sixty six.

    Ch. XCI · 16 Stat. 119 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

99. An Act in Relation to the Iowa River in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. XCII · 16 Stat. 121 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

100. An Act to extend the Time for the Completion of the military Road from Fort Wilkins, at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin.

     Ch. XCIII · 16 Stat. 121 · May 6, 1870 · Original text