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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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

  1. An Act for the Relief of George F. Tracy, Postmaster at Bridgeport, Connecticut

    Ch. CCCLXII · 17 Stat. 769 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act for the Relief of Henry H. Stafford, late Receiver of public Moneys at Marquette, Michigan.

    Ch. CCCLXIII · 17 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Dawson

    Ch. CCCLXIV · 17 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act for the Relief of William Johnson, of Ripley County, Indiana.

    Ch. CCCLXV · 17 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the Relief of Joseph L. Heywood, and others.

    Ch. CCCLXVI · 17 Stat. 770 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act for the Relief of Peter J. Burchell.

    Ch. CCCLXVII · 17 Stat. 771 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act to confirm to William Marvin the Title to seven thousand Acres of Land in the State of Florida.

    Ch. CCCLXVIII · 17 Stat. 771 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary A. P. Brown, Widow of John P. Brown, late Secretary to the United States Legation at the Ottoman Porte—

    Ch. CCCLXIX · 17 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act for the Relief of Elisabeth Zluhan.

    Ch. CCCLXX · 17 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the Relief of Orville J. Jennings.

    Ch. CCCLXXI · 17 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act for the Relief of F. W. Fee, late Lieutenant of the first Kentucky infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCLXXII · 17 Stat. 772 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the Relief of B. F. Speedy, late first Lieutenant second Battalion six Months’ Pennsylvania Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCLXXIII · 17 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act for the Relief of P. W. Standifer.

    Ch. CCCLXXIV · 17 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the Relief of J. W. Holliday.

    Ch. CCCLXXV · 17 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the Relief of William E. Ward.

    Ch. CCCLXXVI · 17 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act for the Relief of John L. Bullard.

    Ch. CCCLXXVII · 17 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act for the Relief of William Bayne, Trustee, &c.

    Ch. CCCLXXVIII · 17 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act for the Relief of Anna E. Peale.

    Ch. CCCLXXIX · 17 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act for the Relief of Aaron B. Fryrear.

    Ch. CCCLXXX · 17 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act for Relief of Josiah Morris and J. F. Johnson.

    Ch. CCCLXXXI · 17 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act for the Relief of Captain Charles McClure.

    Ch. CCCLXXXII · 17 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act for the Relief of Hugh McCormick.

    Ch. CCCLXXXIII · 17 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act granting a Pension to Unity Welch, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. CCCLXXXIV · 17 Stat. 775 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act restoring to the Pension Rolls the Name of Margaret L. Bybee.

    Ch. CCCLXXXV · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act granting a Pension to William B. Lilly.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVI · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act granting a Pension to Anderson W. Scott.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVII · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act granting a Pension to James McKean.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act granting a Pension to Ann Woods

    Ch. CCCLXXXIX · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act granting a Pension to James P. Rader.

    Ch. CCCXC · 17 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act granting a Pension to Mary Mullins.

    Ch. CCCXCI · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Ann M. Wood, Widow of Robert C. Wood, lale assistant Surgeon-General of the United States Army, and Daughter of Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States—

    Ch. CCCXCII · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act granting a Pension to Ann Hensley.

    Ch. CCCXCIII · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act granting a Pension to Ellen Collins

    Ch. CCCXCIV · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act granting a Pension to Durant T. Hunt

    Ch. CCCXCV · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act granting a Pension to Harper Smith.

    Ch. CCCXCVI · 17 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act granting a Pension to Antoine Brossa.

    Ch. CCCXCVII · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act granting a Pension to Hary E. Foster

    Ch. CCCXCVIII · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act granting a Pension to Job S. Goff.

    Ch. CCCXCIX · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act granting a Pension to James A. Sanders.

    Ch. CD · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act granting a Pension to Edward Tucker.

    Ch. CDI · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act granting a Pension to Ivory F. Snow.

    Ch. CDII · 17 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act granting a Pension to Cordelia C. Dougherty

    Ch. CDIII · 17 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act granting a Pension to Nancy Goddard.

    Ch. CDIV · 17 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act granting increase of Pension to Robert S. Dumont.

    Ch. CDV · 17 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act granting a Pension to Henry Riemann.

    Ch. CDVI · 17 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act granting a Pension to William E. Farley and John M. Farley.

    Ch. CDVII · 17 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Act granting a Pension to Mary Whalen.

    Ch. CDVIII · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act granting a Pension to Ardella D. Warfield and Lindsley N. Warfield.

    Ch. CDIX · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Greer.

    Ch. CDX · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Jedediah Gray.

    Ch. CDXI · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act granting a Pension to Julia Cosgrove.

    Ch. CDXII · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act granting a Pension to Josiah Wilson, a Soldier of the War of 1812.

    Ch. CDXIII · 17 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act granting a Pension to Emily Booth.

    Ch. CDXIV · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act granting a Pension to Ada Lois Harrison.

    Ch. CDXV · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act granting a Pension to Rosa Wollauer

    Ch. CDXVI · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act for the Relief of Mary C. Griffin.

    Ch. CDXVII · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act granting a Pension to Lorenzo D. Hogle.

    Ch. CDXVIII · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act granting a Pension to John Davis, Corpral of the Nightwatch on board the United States, Ship “Octorara.”

    Ch. CDXIX · 17 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act granting a Pension to Samuel B. Davis.

    Ch. CDXX · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act granting a Pension to George H. E. Bailey.

    Ch. CDXXI · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act granting a Pension to John Tuell.

    Ch. CDXXII · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Miller.

    Ch. CDXXIII · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act granting a Pension to Kitty A. Smith

    Ch. CDXXIV · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Eliza Hicks.

    Ch. CDXXV · 17 Stat. 782 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act granting a Pension to Justus F. Jones.

    Ch. CDXXVI · 17 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act granting a Pension to Virginia M. F. Cusack.

    Ch. CDXXVII · 17 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act granting a Pension to Nancy Osborn

    Ch. CDXXVIII · 17 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act granting a Pension to Zenas Bradley, of Allen, Allegany County, New York.

    Ch. CDXXIX · 17 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to place the Name of Mary A. Morris, Widow of Major-General William W. Morris, upon the Pension Rolls, at the Rate of fifty Dollars per Month.

    Ch. CDXXX · 17 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act granting a Pension to Samuel Shuler, late a Priante in Company E, sixty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. CDXXXI · 17 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin F. Berkley.

    Ch. CDXXXII · 17 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act granting a Pension to Susan Davis, dependent Mother of William W. Davis, deceased, late a Private in Company E, one hundred and third Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. CDXXXIII · 17 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act granting a Pension to Phoebe Sofield, Widow of Lewis Sofield.”

    Ch. CDXXXIV · 17 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act granting an Increase of Pension to Warren Raymond, a Soldier of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. CDXXXV · 17 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act granting a Pension to Ada H. McDonald.

    Ch. CDXXXVI · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act granting a Pension to John Condlin.

    Ch. CDXXXVII · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah Pond

    Ch. CDXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act granting a Pension to Chancy J. Poore.

    Ch. CDXXXIX · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act granting a Pension to Martha B. Williams.

    Ch. CDXL · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act granting a Pension to Martha Tillotson

    Ch. CDXLI · 17 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act granting a Pension to Millie A. Powell.

    Ch. CDXLII · 17 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act granting a Pension to William D. Tomlinson.

    Ch. CDXLIII · 17 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act for the removal of the political Disabilities of I. Ernest Meiere, of the State of Maryland.

    Ch. CDXLIV · 17 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act to remove Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States from Robert M T. Hunter of Virginia

    Ch. CDXLV · 17 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act to remove the Disabilities of Shelton F. Leake, of Albemarle County, Virginia.

    Ch. CDXLVI · 17 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act to remove the political Disabilities of Daniel C. Dejarnette, of Virginia.

    Ch. CDXLVII · 17 Stat. 787 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of the late Thomas Lawson, deceased.

    Ch. CDXLVIII · 17 Stat. 787 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle the Claims of Messrs. Durfee and Peck and E. H. Durfee for Supplies furnished the Indians in Montana in the Winter of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine—

    Ch. CDXLIX · 17 Stat. 787 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act for the Relief of John L. Pendery, surviving Partner of Pendery and Gamble, Attorneys

    Ch. CDL · 17 Stat. 787 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act for the Relief of Minerva Lewis, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ezekiel Lewis, deceased.

    Ch. CDLI · 17 Stat. 787 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act for the Relief of Francis A. Gibbons.

    Ch. CDLII · 17 Stat. 788 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act for the Relief of Louisa Jenkins, Widow of Henry Jenkins, deceased.

    Ch. CDLIII · 17 Stat. 788 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Lanman

    Ch. CDLIV · 17 Stat. 788 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act for the Relief of B. H. Randall.

    Ch. CDLV · 17 Stat. 788 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act confirming the Title of Louis Grignon to a certain Tract of Land at Green Bay, Wisconsin

    Ch. CDLVI · 17 Stat. 789 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to settle the Account of Henry Warren, late Depositary at Oregon City, Oregon.

    Ch. CDLVII · 17 Stat. 789 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Hollis, of Morgan County, Georgia.

    Ch. CDLVIII · 17 Stat. 789 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. F. Selina Buchanan.

    Ch. CDLIX · 17 Stat. 789 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act for the Relief of George R. Wilson.

    Ch. CDLX · 17 Stat. 790 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act for the Relief of Charity Lodge Number one hundred and eleven of Free and Accepted Masons of Harper’s Ferry West Virginia

    Ch. CDLXI · 17 Stat. 790 · March 3, 1873 · Private law · Original text

By Congress

From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.