Every law Congress has passed

771 laws of the 41st Congress, 1869–1871

1. An Act to fix the Point of Junction of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company.

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

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

   Resolution 53 · 16 Stat. 376 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “W.D.B.”

   Resolution 54 · 16 Stat. 376 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution granting condemned Guns for Soldiers' Monuments at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey.

   Resolution 55 · 16 Stat. 376 · May 6, 1870 · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of Charles C. McCreary.

   Ch. XCV · 16 Stat. 637 · May 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a Pension to Thomas Clair.

   Ch. XCVI · 16 Stat. 637 · May 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act making an Appropriation to satisfy a Judgment obtained against Grenville M. Dodge, late an Officer of the United States, and others, for Acts done by them in the Line of their Duty.

   Ch. XCVII · 16 Stat. 638 · May 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

8. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Roswell M. Shurtleff, of New York.

   Private Resolution 56 · 16 Stat. 665 · May 6, 1870 · Private law · Original text

9. A Resolution for setting apart a Portion of the Fort Snelling military Reservation for a permanent military Post, and the Settlement of all Claims in Relation thereto.

   Resolution 57 · 16 Stat. 376 · May 7, 1870 · Original text

10. A Resolution for the Relief of certain Officers of Volunteers.

    Private Resolution 58 · 16 Stat. 665 · May 7, 1870 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to establish an additional Land District in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. XCVIII · 16 Stat. 122 · May 11, 1870 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution donating condemned Cannon to the McPherson Monument Association.

    Resolution 59 · 16 Stat. 377 · May 11, 1870 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution to amend the Act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Resolution 60 · 16 Stat. 377 · May 11, 1870 · Original text

14. An Act granting a Pension to Anna B. Snider.

    Ch. XCIX · 16 Stat. 638 · May 11, 1870 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to confirm the Title of William M. Garvey to a certain Tract of Land.

    Ch. C · 16 Stat. 638 · May 11, 1870 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the Relief of Soule and Company.

    Ch. CI · 16 Stat. 638 · May 11, 1870 · Private law · Original text

17. Joint Resolution for Pay of one Year’s Salary to the Executors of General John A. Rawlins, for the Benefit of his Family.

    Private Resolution 61 · 16 Stat. 666 · May 11, 1870 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act limiting the Appointment of certain Officers in the Treasury Department.

    Ch. CII · 16 Stat. 122 · May 12, 1870 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Helen Lincoln and Heloise Lincoln, and for the Withholding of Moneys from Tribes of Indians holding American Captives.

    Resolution 62 · 16 Stat. 377 · May 15, 1870 · Original text

20. An Act increasing the Pension of John Coonan.

    Ch. CIII · 16 Stat. 639 · May 17, 1870 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of the minor Children of Sylvester Dreyer.

    Ch. CIV · 16 Stat. 639 · May 17, 1870 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a Pension to John C. Abercrombie.

    Ch. CV · 16 Stat. 639 · May 17, 1870 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the United States Vessel of War Oneida, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CVI · 16 Stat. 123 · May 18, 1870 · Original text

24. An Act for the Relief of Captain George Henry Preble, of the Navy of the United States.

    Ch. CVII · 16 Stat. 639 · May 18, 1870 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to incorporate the Washington Market Company.

    Ch. CVIII · 16 Stat. 124 · May 20, 1870 · Original text

26. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Commissioners of Quarantine, or other proper Authorities of the Stale of New York, the Steamer “Illinois,” for Quarantine Purposes.

    Resolution 63 · 16 Stat. 378 · May 23, 1870 · Original text

27. An Act to incorporate the Columbia Hallway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CIX · 16 Stat. 133 · May 24, 1870 · Original text

28. An Act to incorporate the National Union Savings Bank of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CX · 16 Stat. 137 · May 24, 1870 · Original text

29. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXI · 16 Stat. 139 · May 24, 1870 · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Abbott Q. Ross.

    Ch. CXII · 16 Stat. 639 · May 26, 1870 · Private law · Original text

31. A Resolution authorising Lieutenant-Commander Arthur A. Yates, Surgeon Albert L. Gibson, Passed Assistant-Surgeon Charles H. White, and Assistant-Surgeon Jerome H. Kidder, of the United States Navy, to accept Decorations from the King of Portugal in Recognition of humane Services.

    Private Resolution 64 · 16 Stat. 666 · May 26, 1870 · Private law · Original text

32. A Resolution to authorise the Payment of the full Salary of Alvin P. Hovey, as Minister in Peru, without Deduction on Account of Absence from his Post.

    Private Resolution 65 · 16 Stat. 666 · May 26, 1870 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act creating an additional Land District in the Territory of Colorado.

    Ch. CXIII · 16 Stat. 139 · May 27, 1870 · Original text

34. A Resolution to provide for the Appointment of an Examiner of Claims for the Department of State, and for additional Clerks in the Department.

    Resolution 66 · 16 Stat. 378 · May 27, 1870 · Original text

35. An Act to enforce the Right of Citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXIV · 16 Stat. 140 · May 31, 1870 · Original text

36. A Resolution authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its Bonds for the Construction of its Road and to secure the same by Mortgage, and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 67 · 16 Stat. 378 · May 31, 1870 · Original text

37. An Act to further amend the Law of the District of Columbia in Relation to judicial Proceedings, and preserve Records of Marriages therein.

    Ch. CXV · 16 Stat. 146 · June 1, 1870 · Original text

38. An Act concerning Divorces in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXVI · 16 Stat. 147 · June 1, 1870 · Original text

39. An Act to repeal the Preamble of an Act in Relation to the National Theological institute, approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. CXVII · 16 Stat. 148 · June 1, 1870 · Original text

40. An Act to authorize the Reduction of the Width of an Alley in Square Number three hundred and seventy-six, in the City of Washington.

    Ch. CXVIII · 16 Stat. 148 · June 1, 1870 · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of the Officers and Crew of the Ship “Nightingale.”

    Ch. CXIX · 16 Stat. 640 · June 1, 1870 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Otis N. Cutler, of Missouri.

    Ch. CXX · 16 Stat. 640 · June 1, 1870 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a Pension to J. R. Callahan, of Chariton, Iowa.

    Ch. CXXI · 16 Stat. 640 · June 2, 1870 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a Pension to Clark Hall.

    Ch. CXXII · 16 Stat. 640 · June 2, 1870 · Private law · Original text

45. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Alfred B. Winslow, of Portland, Maine.

    Private Resolution 68 · 16 Stat. 666 · June 3, 1870 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriation for Compensation and Mileage of Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories, for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, in the Year eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXIII · 16 Stat. 148 · June 6, 1870 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution to correct an Error in the Enrolment of a joint Resolution therein named.

    Resolution 69 · 16 Stat. 379 · June 6, 1870 · Original text

48. An Act to fix the Salary of the Bailiff of the Court of Claims.

    Ch. CXXIV · 16 Stat. 148 · June 7, 1870 · Original text

49. A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American Register to the Bark “Live Oak” and to the Ship “Agra” of Boston.

    Resolution 70 · 16 Stat. 379 · June 7, 1870 · Original text

50. A Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens.

    Private Resolution 71 · 16 Stat. 667 · June 7, 1870 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the Slate of Alabama, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXV · 16 Stat. 149 · June 8, 1870 · Original text

52. A Resolution in Relation to the Compensation of assistant Marshals for taking the Census of 1870.

    Resolution 72 · 16 Stat. 380 · June 9, 1870 · Original text

53. A Resolution appointing Managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Resolution 73 · 16 Stat. 380 · June 9, 1870 · Original text

54. An Act in Relation to the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas.

    Ch. CXXVI · 16 Stat. 149 · June 11, 1870 · Original text

55. An Act to establish the Collection District of Willamette, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. CXXVII · 16 Stat. 150 · June 14, 1870 · Original text

56. An Act to regulate Credits to Prisoners for good Behavior.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 16 Stat. 151 · June 14, 1870 · Original text

57. An Act to provide for the Appointment of an Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Baltimore.

    Ch. CXXIX · 16 Stat. 151 · June 15, 1870 · Original text

58. An Act to regulate the Salaries of chief Justices and associate Justices in the Territories.

    Ch. CXXX · 16 Stat. 152 · June 17, 1870 · Original text

59. An Act exempting from Taxes certain Property in the District of Columbia and to amend the “Act to provide for the Creation of Corporations in the District of Columbia by general Law.”

    Ch. CXXXI · 16 Stat. 153 · June 17, 1870 · Original text

60. An Act to provide for furnishing artificial Limbs to disabled Soldiers.

    Ch. CXXXII · 16 Stat. 153 · June 17, 1870 · Original text

61. An Act to establish a Police Court for the District of Columbia, for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 16 Stat. 153 · June 17, 1870 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution for the Relief of John M. Broome and others, the Band of the twelfth Kentucky Infantry.

    Private Resolution 74 · 16 Stat. 667 · June 17, 1870 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act to incorporate a Zoological Society in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 16 Stat. 157 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

64. An Act to incorporate an Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXXV · 16 Stat. 158 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

65. An Act amendatory of Act approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and Joint Resolution approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, relative to Judges and Commissioners of Election in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 16 Stat. 159 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

66. An Act to authorise the Paving and Sewerage of M Street, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 16 Stat. 159 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

67. An Act to require the Register of Wills far the District of Columbia to give Bond.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 16 Stat. 160 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

68. An Act to make legal a certain Act of the Councils of the City of Washington.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 16 Stat. 160 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

69. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act firing the Compensation for the Bailiffs and Criers of the Courts of the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. CXL · 16 Stat. 160 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

70. An Act Relating to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXLI · 16 Stat. 160 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

71. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to authorise the Construction, Extension [Extension, Construction] and Use of a lateral Branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company into and within the District of Columbia,” approved February five, eighteen hundred and seventy [ sixty-seven ].

    Ch. CXLII · 16 Stat. 161 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect wrecked and abandoned Property, derelict Claims, and Dues belonging to the United States.

    Resolution 75 · 16 Stat. 380 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

73. A Resolution authorizing a Distribution of the Copies remaining in the Department of State of the “Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln.”

    Resolution 76 · 16 Stat. 381 · June 21, 1870 · Original text

74. An Act for the Relief of Captain John A. Wilcox.

    Ch. CXLIII · 16 Stat. 641 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the Relief of Reuben Grindle.

    Ch. CXLIV · 16 Stat. 641 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Filler.

    Ch. CXLV · 16 Stat. 641 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of James H. Bunce.

    Ch. CXLVI · 16 Stat. 641 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of William H. Harman.

    Ch. CXLVII · 16 Stat. 641 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the Relief of Mary A. Coolidge.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 16 Stat. 642 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of John Somers Smith, on Account of diplomatic Services at the City of Saint Domingo.

    Ch. CXLIX · 16 Stat. 642 · June 21, 1870 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act to establish the Department of Justice.

    Ch. CL · 16 Stat. 162 · June 22, 1870 · Original text

82. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Register to the Schooner “Cavallo Marino.”

    Ch. CLI · 16 Stat. 165 · June 22, 1870 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution granting an American Register to the British-built Schooner “Venilia.”

    Resolution 77 · 16 Stat. 381 · June 22, 1870 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution granting condemned Guns to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Adrian, Michigan.

    Resolution 78 · 16 Stat. 381 · June 22, 1870 · Original text

85. An Act to incorporate the National Mutual Life Assurance Association of Washington, D. C.

    Ch. CLII · 16 Stat. 165 · June 23, 1870 · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of Officers of the Army and Navy.

    Ch. CLIII · 16 Stat. 166 · June 23, 1870 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Judges of the County Court of Greene County, State of Missouri, certain captured Ordnance.

    Resolution 79 · 16 Stat. 381 · June 23, 1870 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution relative to Trade with British North American Provinces.

    Resolution 80 · 16 Stat. 381 · June 23, 1870 · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of William H. Murphy, of Farmington, Missouri.

    Ch. CLIV · 16 Stat. 642 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of George W. Tarleton.

    Ch. CLV · 16 Stat. 642 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of John E. Griffin.

    Ch. CLVI · 16 Stat. 643 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the Relief of James M. Trotter and William H. Dupree.

    Ch. CLVII · 16 Stat. 643 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act remitting Tax erroneously assessed upon one hundred and fifty gallons of Whisk [ e ] y belonging to J. P. F. Camp, of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Ch. CLVIII · 16 Stat. 643 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the Relief of J. Allen Porter.

    Ch. CLIX · 16 Stat. 643 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a Pension to Mary Fryer, of Philadelphia.

    Ch. CLX · 16 Stat. 643 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a Pension to Dolly Brown.

    Ch. CLXI · 16 Stat. 644 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a Pension to Betsey Arlin.

    Ch. CLXII · 16 Stat. 644 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a Pension to Jacob Gates.

    Ch. CLXIII · 16 Stat. 644 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

99. A Resolution to provide for the Payment of the Claim of Martha A. Estill, Administratrix of the Estate of James M. Estill, deceased, Redick McKee, and Pablo de la Toba.

    Private Resolution 81 · 16 Stat. 667 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

100. Joint Resolution granting a Pension to John Powers, late a Private, in eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

     Private Resolution 82 · 16 Stat. 668 · June 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text