Every law Congress has passed

771 laws of the 41st Congress, 1869–1871

1. An Act for the Relief of L. F. Larkin, of Weldon, North Carolina.

   Ch. CCCX · 16 Stat. 657 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the Relief of the Widow of James L. Kiernan, late Consul to Chinkiang, China.

   Ch. CCCXI · 16 Stat. 658 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the Relief of Vassar College.

   Ch. CCCXII · 16 Stat. 658 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of Sarah L. Goodrich.

   Ch. CCCXIII · 16 Stat. 658 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a Pension to Jerry Gordon.

   Ch. CCCXIV · 16 Stat. 658 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the Relief of Richard M. Hodgson.

   Ch. CCCXV · 16 Stat. 658 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to remove the legal and political Disabilities of W. C. Whitthorne, of Maury County, Tennessee.

   Ch. CCCXVI · 16 Stat. 659 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the Relief of Jearum Atkins.

   Ch. CCCXVII · 16 Stat. 659 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution allowing late Acting Ensign George M. Smith a Share in certain Prizes captured by the United States Steamer Aries.

   Private Resolution 137 · 16 Stat. 671 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Charles C. Upham, late Paymaster in the Navy, deceased.

    Private Resolution 138 · 16 Stat. 672 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

11. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Chief Engineers George Sewell and William H. Shock, of the Navy.

    Private Resolution 139 · 16 Stat. 672 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

12. Joint Resolution directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a Patent to Stephen Marston, of Hartford, State of Connecticut, conveying to the said Marston the Lands described in said Resolution.

    Private Resolution 140 · 16 Stat. 672 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

13. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky.

    Private Resolution 141 · 16 Stat. 673 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

14. Joint Resolution authorising the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning.

    Private Resolution 142 · 16 Stat. 673 · July 15, 1870 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to enlarge the Jurisdiction of the probate Courts in Idaho Territory.

    Ch. I · 16 Stat. 395 · December 13, 1870 · Original text

16. An Act granting to the Utah Central Railroad Company a Right of Way through the public Lands for the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph.

    Ch. II · 16 Stat. 395 · December 15, 1870 · Original text

17. An Act donating Chattahoochee Arsenal to the State of Florida for educational Purposes.

    Ch. III · 16 Stat. 396 · December 15, 1870 · Original text

18. Joint Resolution relative to the Centre Market in Washington.

    Resolution 1 · 16 Stat. 589 · December 20, 1870 · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Alfred E. Brooks, Postmaster at Ilion, New York.

    Ch. IV · 16 Stat. 675 · December 20, 1870 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of Lawrence L. Merry Collector of internal Revenue for the twentieth District of New York.

    Ch. V · 16 Stat. 675 · December 20, 1870 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes,” approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. VI · 16 Stat. 397 · December 22, 1870 · Original text

22. An Act making Appropriation for Revenue Cutters.

    Ch. VII · 16 Stat. 397 · December 22, 1870 · Original text

23. An Act to authorize the Jersey Shore National Bank, Pennsylvania, to change its Location.

    Ch. VIII · 16 Stat. 397 · December 22, 1870 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution to correct an Error in the Enrollment of the Law in Relation to Pay of grand and petit Jurors.

    Resolution 2 · 16 Stat. 589 · December 22, 1870 · Original text

25. A Resolution granting an American Register to the British-built Bark Busy.

    Resolution 3 · 16 Stat. 589 · December 22, 1870 · Original text

26. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of the late Captain A. R. Hetzell.

    Ch. IX · 16 Stat. 675 · December 22, 1870 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to remove the legal and political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Article of Amendments to the Constitution of the United States from William M. McGruder, of Henrico County, Virginia.

    Ch. X · 16 Stat. 676 · December 22, 1870 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Henry Newell.

    Ch. XI · 16 Stat. 676 · December 22, 1870 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Removal of the legal and political Disabilities from William Cardwell and Richard I. Gaulding, of Charlotte County, Virginia.

    Ch. XII · 16 Stat. 676 · December 22, 1870 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Richard P. Spencer.

    Ch. XIII · 16 Stat. 676 · December 22, 1870 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of Nicholas M. Page, Executor of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia.

    Ch. XIV · 16 Stat. 677 · December 23, 1870 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act in Relation to certain Territorial Penitentiaries.

    Ch. XV · 16 Stat. 398 · January 10, 1871 · Original text

33. An Act relating to the Printing of the annual Report of the Secretary of War.

    Ch. XVI · 16 Stat. 398 · January 10, 1871 · Original text

34. A Resolution to authorise the Restoration of Benjamin S. Richards to the active List of the Navy.

    Resolution 4 · 16 Stat. 589 · January 10, 1871 · Original text

35. An Act for the Relief of Zachariah Pettijohn.

    Ch. XVII · 16 Stat. 677 · January 10, 1871 · Private law · Original text

36. Joint Resolution providing for publishing Specifications and Drawings of Patent-Office.

    Resolution 5 · 16 Stat. 590 · January 11, 1871 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution to enable Robert C. Schenck, United States Minister to Great Britain, to employ a private Amanuensis.

    Resolution 6 · 16 Stat. 590 · January 11, 1871 · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of Harvey D. Scott, of Indiana.

    Ch. XVIII · 16 Stat. 677 · January 11, 1871 · Private law · Original text

39. A Resolution authorizing the Appointment of Commissioners in Relation to the Republic of Dominica.

    Resolution 7 · 16 Stat. 591 · January 12, 1871 · Original text

40. An Act to carry into Effect the Decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York in the Case of the Schooner L. S. Davis and her Cargo.

    Ch. XIX · 16 Stat. 678 · January 14, 1871 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the Relief of the Kentucky University.

    Ch. XX · 16 Stat. 678 · January 17, 1871 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act making an additional Appropriation for the Improvement of the Louisville and Portland Canal for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXI · 16 Stat. 399 · January 18, 1871 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution granting condemned Ordnance to the Seventh Regiment Monument Association of Ohio.

    Resolution 8 · 16 Stat. 591 · January 18, 1871 · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of Joseph S. Finch and Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. XXII · 16 Stat. 678 · January 18, 1871 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Refunding of the national Debt.”

    Ch. XXIII · 16 Stat. 399 · January 20, 1871 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution for the Restoration of Captain Dominick Lynch, of the United States Navy, to the active List from the reserved List.

    Resolution 9 · 16 Stat. 592 · January 20, 1871 · Original text

47. An Act ceding certain Jurisdiction to the State of Ohio.

    Ch. XXIV · 16 Stat. 399 · January 21, 1871 · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of Malinda Harmon, Widow of Jacob Harmon, deceased, of Greene County, Tennessee.

    Ch. XXV · 16 Stat. 679 · January 21, 1871 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Charles Pomeroy, late Receiver of public Moneys at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

    Ch. XXVI · 16 Stat. 680 · January 23, 1871 · Private law · Original text

50. A Resolution for the Relief of Richard P. Hammond.

    Private Resolution 10 · 16 Stat. 701 · January 23, 1871 · Private law · Original text

51. Joint Resolution for the Relief of Charles P. Elgin.

    Private Resolution 11 · 16 Stat. 701 · January 23, 1871 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of Henry H. Hoyt, late of the fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. XXVII · 16 Stat. 680 · January 24, 1871 · Private law · Original text

53. Joint Resolution providing for the Payment of James T. Elliott, late a Private of the eleventh Michigan Infantry, for Services as extra Duty Clerk.

    Private Resolution 12 · 16 Stat. 701 · January 24, 1871 · Private law · Original text

54. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to settle the Accounts of Richard R. Peebles, of Austin County, Texas, late Collector of the Port of Galveston, Texas.

    Private Resolution 13 · 16 Stat. 702 · January 24, 1871 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Pierpont Seymour, of East Bloomfield, New York.

    Ch. XXVIII · 16 Stat. 399 · January 25, 1871 · Original text

56. A Resolution providing for the Repair of the Inclosure of the Cemetery at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.

    Resolution 14 · 16 Stat. 592 · January 25, 1871 · Original text

57. A Resolution for the Benefit of the Industrial Home for Destitute Children in the District of Columbia.

    Resolution 15 · 16 Stat. 592 · January 25, 1871 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of William Y. Patch.

    Private Resolution 16 · 16 Stat. 702 · January 25, 1871 · Private law · Original text

59. Joint Resolution extending the Use of the Library of Congress to the Commissioners appointed to revise and consolidate the Laius of the United States.

    Resolution 17 · 16 Stat. 592 · January 26, 1871 · Original text

60. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

    Ch. XXIX · 16 Stat. 400 · January 30, 1871 · Original text

61. An Act to enable Ann M. Rodefer, Administratrix of Joseph Rodefer, deceased, to make Application for the Extension of Letters-Patent for an Improvement in Bedstead Fastenings.

    Ch. XXX · 16 Stat. 401 · January 30, 1871 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution declaratory of the Meaning of the Act entitled “An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes,” approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Resolution 18 · 16 Stat. 592 · January 30, 1871 · Original text

63. A Resolution granting the Hight of Way to the Pensacola and Barrancas Railroad Company through the naval and military Reservations near Pensacola, Florida.

    Resolution 19 · 16 Stat. 593 · January 30, 1871 · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Arnton Smith.

    Ch. XXXI · 16 Stat. 401 · January 31, 1871 · Original text

65. An Act to pay two Companies of Oregon Volunteers.

    Ch. XXXII · 16 Stat. 401 · February 2, 1871 · Original text

66. An Act to reimburse the State of Kansas for Moneys expended for the United States in enrol liny, equipping, and provisioning Militia Forces to aid in suppressing the Rebellion.

    Ch. XXXIII · 16 Stat. 402 · February 2, 1871 · Original text

67. An Act making a temporary Appropriation for the Prosecution of the Work upon the Improvement of Saint Mary's Falls Canal and Saint Mary's River, Michigan.

    Ch. XXXIV · 16 Stat. 402 · February 2, 1871 · Original text

68. A Resolution for the Appointment of General William T. Sherman a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Resolution 20 · 16 Stat. 593 · February 2, 1871 · Original text

69. An Act to divide the State of Virginia into two judicial Districts.

    Ch. XXXV · 16 Stat. 403 · February 3, 1871 · Original text

70. A Resolution directing the Secretary of War to sell Bergen Heights Arsenal.

    Resolution 21 · 16 Stat. 593 · February 3, 1871 · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of Noah Fisher.

    Ch. XXXVI · 16 Stat. 680 · February 3, 1871 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Shadrick Saunders, Daniel Moore, Alexander Forbes, and other citizens of Petersburg, Virginia.

    Ch. XXXVII · 16 Stat. 680 · February 4, 1871 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the Relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe of Indians, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 16 Stat. 404 · February 6, 1871 · Original text

74. An Act to authorize the Removal of the Custom-House from St. Mark's to Cedar Keys, Florida.

    Ch. XXXIX · 16 Stat. 407 · February 8, 1871 · Original text

75. An Act to authorize the Worcester County National Bank, Massachusetts, to change its Location.

    Ch. XL · 16 Stat. 408 · February 9, 1871 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution for the Protection and Preservation of the Food Fishes of the Coast of the United States.

    Resolution 22 · 16 Stat. 593 · February 9, 1871 · Original text

77. Joint Resolution authorizing the Sale of a Portion of the Fort Leavenworth military Reservation to the Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association, of Leavenworth County, in the State of Kansas, for Fair Grounds.

    Resolution 23 · 16 Stat. 594 · February 9, 1871 · Original text

78. Joint Resolution relative to School Lands in the State of Oregon.

    Resolution 24 · 16 Stat. 595 · February 9, 1871 · Original text

79. Joint Resolution authorizing an American Register to the British Ship “Robert L. Lane.”

    Resolution 25 · 16 Stat. 595 · February 9, 1871 · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of H. Lawrence Scott, late Agent for the Sale of internal Revenue Stamps in the thirteenth District of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. XLI · 16 Stat. 681 · February 9, 1871 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of Janes, Fowler, Kirtland, and Company.

    Ch. XLII · 16 Stat. 681 · February 9, 1871 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the Relief of John Wilson.

    Ch. XLIII · 16 Stat. 681 · February 9, 1871 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the Relief of Hiram A. Cutting.

    Ch. XLIV · 16 Stat. 681 · February 9, 1871 · Private law · Original text

84. Joint Resolution repealing the joint Resolution approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled a “Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning.”

    Private Resolution 26 · 16 Stat. 702 · February 9, 1871 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act to amend Section twenty-two of an Act entitled “An Act further to prevent Smuggling, and for other Purposes,” approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. XLV · 16 Stat. 408 · February 10, 1871 · Original text

86. An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of California.

    Ch. XLVI · 16 Stat. 409 · February 10, 1871 · Original text

87. Joint Resolution to exempt certain Boats from the Payment of marine-hospital Dues, and for other Purposes.

    Resolution 27 · 16 Stat. 595 · February 10, 1871 · Original text

88. A Resolution authorizing the Use of a naval Vessel to transport Breadstuffs to Europe.

    Resolution 28 · 16 Stat. 596 · February 10, 1871 · Original text

89. A Resolution appropriating Money to defray the Expenses of the select Committee of the Senate appointed to investigate alleged Outrages in the Southern States.

    Resolution 29 · 16 Stat. 596 · February 10, 1871 · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of John Kelly, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Reissue of certain Bonds, &c.

    Ch. XLVII · 16 Stat. 682 · February 10, 1871 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act to authorize the Sale of certain Lands reserved for the Use of the Menomonee Tribe of Indians, in the Slate of Wisconsin.

    Ch. XLVIII · 16 Stat. 410 · February 13, 1871 · Original text

92. An Act making an Appropriation for the contingent Fund of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. XLIX · 16 Stat. 411 · February 13, 1871 · Original text

93. An Act granting Pensions to certain Soldiers and Sailors of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve, and the Widows of deceased Soldiers.

    Ch. L · 16 Stat. 411 · February 14, 1871 · Original text

94. An Act to provide for taking Testimony to be used before the Departments.

    Ch. LI · 16 Stat. 412 · February 14, 1871 · Original text

95. A Resolution authorizing the Sale of the Chattanooga Rolling-Mill Property at Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the Southwestern Iron Company.

    Resolution 30 · 16 Stat. 596 · February 14, 1871 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution in Favor of Joshua Bishop, late Lieutenant-Commander United States Navy.

    Resolution 31 · 16 Stat. 597 · February 14, 1871 · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Caroline G. Gardner, Widow of Brevet Brigadier-General John L. Gardner.

    Ch. LII · 16 Stat. 682 · February 14, 1871 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act prescribing an Oath of Office to be taken by Persons who participated in the late Rebellion, but who are not disqualified from holding Office by the fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

    Ch. LIII · 16 Stat. 412 · February 15, 1871 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to audit and pay the Claim of Robert T. Kirkpatrick, a loyal Citizen of Tennessee.

    Private Resolution 32 · 16 Stat. 702 · February 15, 1871 · Private law · Original text

100. A Resolution for the Relief of Lieutenant-Commander John N. Quackenbush.

     Resolution 33 · 16 Stat. 597 · February 16, 1871 · Original text