Every law Congress has passed

1,014 laws of the 42nd Congress, 1871–1873

1. An Act to amend “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among Men,” approved August 10, 1846.

   Ch. I · 17 Stat. 1 · March 20, 1871 · Original text

2. A Resolution authorizing the Appointment of a Commissioner to an international Congress on penitentiary and reformatory Discipline.

   Resolution · 17 Stat. 21 · March 20, 1871 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to turn over certain property to the Managers of the Industrial Home School of the District of Columbia.

   Resolution · 17 Stat. 21 · March 20, 1871 · Original text

4. An Act relating to Moneys paid into the Courts of the United States.

   Ch. II · 17 Stat. 1 · March 24, 1871 · Original text

5. An Act relating to condemned Cannon for Cemetery at San Francisco.

   Ch. III · 17 Stat. 2 · March 24, 1871 · Original text

6. An Act to authorize the Commissioners to revise the Statutes to print their Reports.

   Ch. IV · 17 Stat. 2 · March 24, 1871 · Original text

7. An Act to further regulate the Publication of the Specifications and Drawings of the Patent-Office.

   Ch. V · 17 Stat. 2 · March 24, 1871 · Original text

8. Joint Resolution granting the Right to erect a Monument to Professor Morse on a Government Reservation.

   Resolution · 17 Stat. 21 · March 24, 1871 · Original text

9. An Act authorizing the President to nominate R. H. Lamson a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.

   Ch. VI · 17 Stat. 2 · March 27, 1871 · Original text

10. An Act to re-establish the Office of Surveyor at Eastport, Maine.

    Ch. VII · 17 Stat. 3 · March 30, 1871 · Original text

11. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the State of Virginia into two judicial Districts.”

    Ch. VIII · 17 Stat. 3 · April 4, 1871 · Original text

12. An Act authorizing the President to appoint Commissioners to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel in the State of Nevada.

    Ch. IX · 17 Stat. 3 · April 4, 1871 · Original text

13. An Act granting a Pension to Phebe Sofield, Widow of Lewis Sofield.

    Ch. X · 17 Stat. 641 · April 4, 1871 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of Robert Moir and Company.

    Ch. XI · 17 Stat. 641 · April 7, 1871 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to pay Members of certain military Organizations therein named.

    Ch. XII · 17 Stat. 641 · April 12, 1871 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act in Relation to the Payment of the Salary of Robert C. Schenck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Great Britain.

    Ch. XIII · 17 Stat. 642 · April 13, 1871 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act relating to the Harbor at Buffalo, New York.

    Ch. XIV · 17 Stat. 4 · April 15, 1871 · Original text

18. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to place at the Disposal of the Lyons Monument Association, of Missouri, certain condemned Cannon.

    Ch. XV · 17 Stat. 4 · April 15, 1871 · Original text

19. An Act to authorize the Payment of duplicate Checks of disbursing Officers.

    Ch. XVI · 17 Stat. 4 · April 19, 1871 · Original text

20. An Act to create a Port of Delivery at Potomac, Virginia, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XVII · 17 Stat. 4 · April 19, 1871 · Original text

21. An Act for the Restoration of Commander George A. Stevens, United States Navy, to the active from the retired List.

    Ch. XVIII · 17 Stat. 5 · April 19, 1871 · Original text

22. An Act to enable the I^avemcorth, Laurence, and Galveston Railroad Company to relocate a Portion of its Road.

    Ch. XIX · 17 Stat. 5 · April 19, 1871 · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of John E. Wheeler.

    Ch. XX · 17 Stat. 642 · April 19, 1871 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for additional Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy tivo, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXI · 17 Stat. 5 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

25. An Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXII · 17 Stat. 13 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

26. An Act for convening the next legislative Assembly of the Territory of Reio Mexico, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. XXIII · 17 Stat. 16 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

27. An Act concerning the Compensation of the Collector of Customs for the District of Willamette, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. XXIV · 17 Stat. 16 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

28. An Act amending an Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes, approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. XXV · 17 Stat. 16 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

29. An Act to amend the Act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An Act providing for the [S]election of Jurors to serve in the several Courts of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXVI · 17 Stat. 16 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

30. An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.

    Ch. XXVII · 17 Stat. 17 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

31. An Act to establish Post-Routes.

    Ch. XXVIII · 17 Stat. 17 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

32. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to place certain ctmdrmned Cannon at the Disposal of “The Pennsylvania Military Legion of the City of Philadelphia.”

    Ch. XXIX · 17 Stat. 18 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to give Wisewell Barracks to the Beulah Baptist Church.

    Ch. XXX · 17 Stat. 19 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

34. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey the United States Branch Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, to IM Trustees of the North Georgia Agricultural College for educational Purposes.

    Ch. XXXI · 17 Stat. 19 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

35. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the Ship “William F. Storer.”

    Ch. XXXII · 17 Stat. 19 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

36. An Act to enable the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company to mortgage its Road.

    Ch. XXXIII · 17 Stat. 19 · April 20, 1871 · Original text

37. An Act for the Relief of Anna M. Howard.

    Ch. XXXIV · 17 Stat. 642 · April 20, 1871 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the Relief of Nicholas P. Trist, Negotiator of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    Ch. XXXV · 17 Stat. 643 · April 20, 1871 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to enable the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company to make a Resurvey of its Road.

    Ch. XXXVI · 17 Stat. 643 · April 20, 1871 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint Resolution giving the consent of Congress to Professor Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to accept the Title and Regalia of a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf conferred upon him by the King of Sweden and Norway, Grand Master of said Order.

    Private Resolution 4 · 17 Stat. 643 · April 20, 1871 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act to provide for a Deficiency in the Appropriations for the Expenses of taking the ninth Census of the United States.

    Ch. I · 17 Stat. 23 · December 16, 1871 · Original text

42. An Act relating to the Limitation of Steam Pressure on towing and freight Boats on the Mississippi Riser and its Tributaries.

    Ch. II · 17 Stat. 23 · December 20, 1871 · Original text

43. An Act making Appropriations for Expenses incurred under Articles twelve to seventeen, inclusive, of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. III · 17 Stat. 24 · December 21, 1871 · Original text

44. An Act making Appropriations for Expenses that may be incurred under Articles one to nine, inclusive, of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. IV · 17 Stat. 24 · December 21, 1871 · Original text

45. An Act for the Construction of a public Building at Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. V · 17 Stat. 24 · December 21, 1871 · Original text

46. An Act to establish Post-roads.

    Ch. VI · 17 Stat. 25 · January 16, 1872 · Original text

47. An Act to establish Post-roads.

    Ch. VII · 17 Stat. 27 · January 16, 1872 · Original text

48. An Act making an Appropriation to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriation for Expenses of the joint select Committee mi alleged Outrages in the southern States.

    Ch. VIII · 17 Stat. 27 · January 16, 1872 · Original text

49. Joint Resolution donating certain condemned Cannon for a Soldiers’ Monument.

    Resolution 1 · 17 Stat. 395 · January 16, 1872 · Original text

50. An Act to comet a clerical Error committed in the Enrolment of an Act approved March seven, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “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. IX · 17 Stat. 645 · January 30, 1872 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to change the Times for holding Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the icestem District of Virginia.

    Ch. X · 17 Stat. 27 · February 1, 1872 · Original text

52. An Act for the Apportionment of Representatives to Congress among the several States according to the ninth Census.

    Ch. XI · 17 Stat. 28 · February 2, 1872 · Original text

53. An Act to authorize the Payment of duplicate Checks of disbursing Officers.

    Ch. XII · 17 Stat. 29 · February 2, 1872 · Original text

54. An Act to admit certain Machinery imported from foreign Countries free of Duty.

    Ch. XIII · 17 Stat. 29 · February 2, 1872 · Original text

55. An Act to establish certain Post-routes in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. XIV · 17 Stat. 30 · February 2, 1872 · Original text

56. An Act in Relation to the Embassy from Japan.

    Ch. XV · 17 Stat. 30 · February 2, 1872 · Original text

57. An Act to exempt the Iron Steam Iceboats constructed by the City of Philadelphia from the Inspection required by the Act of February liecntyeighih, eighteen hundred and seocntyone, entitled “An Act to provide for the better Security of Life on Board of Vessels propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. XVI · 17 Stat. 30 · February 6, 1872 · Original text

58. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah Evans.

    Ch. XVII · 17 Stat. 645 · February 7, 1872 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act establishing certain Post-roads in Vermont.

    Ch. XVIII · 17 Stat. 30 · February 12, 1872 · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Alexander Smith and Halcyon Skinner.

    Ch. XIX · 17 Stat. 30 · February 20, 1872 · Original text

61. An Act making Appropriations to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Salaries and contingent Expenses of the Post-office Department for the current fiscal Year.

    Ch. XX · 17 Stat. 31 · February 20, 1872 · Original text

62. An Act malting Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

    Ch. XXI · 17 Stat. 31 · February 20, 1872 · Original text

63. An Act toamemian Act entitled “An Act to provide a national Currency secured by Pledge of United States Hands, and to provide for the Circulation and lledemption thereof’’ approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. XXII · 17 Stat. 32 · March 1, 1872 · Original text

64. An Act extending the Time for the Completion oftheGreen Bay and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. XXIII · 17 Stat. 32 · March 1, 1872 · Original text

65. An Act to set apart a certain Tract of Land lying near the Headwaters of the Yellowstone Biver as « public Park.

    Ch. XXIV · 17 Stat. 32 · March 1, 1872 · Original text

66. An Act to constitute Shreveport, in the State of Louisiana, a Port of Delivery.

    Ch. XXV · 17 Stat. 33 · March 1, 1872 · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Julia A. Smith.

    Ch. XXVI · 17 Stat. 645 · March 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting to James D. Dana the Use of certain Plates.

    Ch. XXVII · 17 Stat. 646 · March 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri Stiver at or near St. Joseph, Missouri.

    Ch. XXVIII · 17 Stat. 33 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

70. An Act to provide for the Admission of Paintings, Statury, and Photographs for Exhibition free of Duty.

    Ch. XXIX · 17 Stat. 35 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

71. An Act transferring certain Powers and Duties to the Department of Justice, and providing a Seal therefor.

    Ch. XXX · 17 Stat. 35 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

72. An Act supplementary to the Act entitled “An Act to prevent the Extermination of fur-bearing Animals in Alaska.”

    Ch. XXXI · 17 Stat. 35 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

73. An Act amending the Act approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled “An Act relating to Pensions.”

    Ch. XXXII · 17 Stat. 36 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

74. An Act Io repeal the Paragraphs of Schedule Cof the infernal Revenue Acts imposing Taxes on canned Meats, Fish, and certain other Articles,

    Ch. XXXIII · 17 Stat. 36 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

75. An Act to amend Section thirty-five of an Act entitled “An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. XXXIV · 17 Stat. 36 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

76. An Act to defray the Expenses of District Judges from other Districts while holding District ar Circuit Courts in the southern District of New York.

    Ch. XXXV · 17 Stat. 36 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

77. An Act to provide for the Survey of the Harbor and River at Washington, D. C.

    Ch. XXXVI · 17 Stat. 36 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

78. An Act to authorize the fairing o f a Certificate of Registry to the Brig “Michael and Anna.”

    Ch. XXXVII · 17 Stat. 37 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

79. An Act authorizing an American Register to the, British Brig “Isadora,” owned by Edwin M. Eowle, of Newton, Massachusetts.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 17 Stat. 37 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

80. An Act for the Relief of Lucas. O Brien, Dickinson, and other Counties in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. XXXIX · 17 Stat. 37 · March 5, 1872 · Original text

81. An Act for the Relief of George W. Morse.

    Ch. XL · 17 Stat. 37 · March 11, 1872 · Original text

82. An Act to reimburse certain Soldiers for Loss of Clothing by Fire at Chicago.

    Ch. XLI · 17 Stat. 646 · March 11, 1872 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of Nevada.

    Ch. XLII · 17 Stat. 38 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

84. An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. XLIII · 17 Stat. 38 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

85. An Act authorising the Warren National Bank of South Danvers, in the State, of Massachusetts, to change its Name to the Warren National Bank of Peabody, Massachusetts.

    Ch. XLIV · 17 Stat. 38 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the Purchase of a Site for a public Building at Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Ch. XLV · 17 Stat. 39 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

87. An Act to authorize the Construction of a fire-proof Building at Albany, New York.

    Ch. XLVI · 17 Stat. 39 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

88. An Act to provide for the Designation of a chief medical Purveyor.

    Ch. XLVII · 17 Stat. 40 · March 12, 1872 · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Francis A. Eastman, Postmaster at Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. XLVIII · 17 Stat. 646 · March 12, 1872 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act to authorise the Sale of public Property at Houlton, Maine.

    Ch. XLIX · 17 Stat. 40 · March 14, 1872 · Original text

91. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Kenyon.

    Ch. L · 17 Stat. 646 · March 14, 1872 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Montgomery.

    Ch. LI · 17 Stat. 647 · March 14, 1872 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Jacob H. Ela.

    Ch. LII · 17 Stat. 647 · March 14, 1872 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act to issue an American Register to the Brig “A. L. Palmer.”

    Ch. LIII · 17 Stat. 40 · March 15, 1872 · Original text

95. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to re-establish the Monroe Land District in the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. LIV · 17 Stat. 40 · March 16, 1872 · Original text

96. An Act to continue in Force a Grant to the State of Nevada for College Purposes.

    Ch. LV · 17 Stat. 40 · March 16, 1872 · Original text

97. An Act to restore the Records of the United States Courts in the northern District of Illinois.

    Ch. LVI · 17 Stat. 40 · March 18, 1872 · Original text

98. An Act to amend Section thirty-five of an Act entitled “An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. LVII · 17 Stat. 41 · March 18, 1872 · Original text

99. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a Building suited to the Use of the Post-office, the Pension and Revenue Officers, and the judicial Officers of the United States, in the City of Trenton, New Jersey,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. LVIII · 17 Stat. 41 · March 18, 1872 · Original text

100. An Act for the Construction of an Addition to the United States court-house and Post-office Building in Indianapolis, Indiana, and for the Purchase of additional Ground adjoining the Site of said Building.

     Ch. LIX · 17 Stat. 42 · March 18, 1872 · Original text