Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act to provide for a Building for the Use of the Post-office, Custom, house. Pension-office, United States Circuit and District Courts, and internal Revenue Offices, at Hartford, Connecticut.

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

2. An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Vanniman.

   Ch. LXI · 17 Stat. 647 · March 18, 1872 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act authorizing the Survey and Marking of the Boundary bel me en the Territory of the United States and the Possessions of Great Britain, from the Luke of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains.

   Ch. LXII · 17 Stat. 43 · March 19, 1872 · Original text

4. An Act for the Relief of preemption Settlers in die State of California.

   Ch. LXIII · 17 Stat. 43 · March 22, 1872 · Original text

5. An Act for the Relief of Pre-emption Settlers in the State of California.

   Ch. LXIII · 17 Stat. 647 · March 22, 1872 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Bryant.

   Ch. LXIV · 17 Stat. 647 · March 22, 1872 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act appropriating Moneyfor the Purchase of a suitable Site, and erecting a Building thereon, in the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, to be used for the Purposes of a Custom-house, Post-office, and other federal Offices.

   Ch. LXV · 17 Stat. 43 · March 27, 1872 · Original text

8. An Act extending the Time for the Completion of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal.

   Ch. LXVI · 17 Stat. 44 · March 27, 1872 · Original text

9. An Act granting a Pension to George J. St. Louis.

   Ch. LXVII · 17 Stat. 648 · March 27, 1872 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Coggins, Widow of Philip Coggins.

    Ch. LXVIII · 17 Stat. 648 · March 27, 1872 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth H. Morgan.

    Ch. LXIX · 17 Stat. 648 · March 27, 1872 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Miss Keturah Cole.

    Ch. LXX · 17 Stat. 648 · March 27, 1872 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting a Pension to Hannah Gray.

    Ch. LXXI · 17 Stat. 648 · March 29, 1872 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act in Addition to an Act entitled “An act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Removal of Causes in certain Cases from State Courts,’ approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. LXXII · 17 Stat. 44 · March 30, 1872 · Original text

15. An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the Town of Clinton, in the State of iouxi, and other Bridges across said River, and to establish them as Post-roads.

    Ch. LXXIII · 17 Stat. 44 · April 1, 1872 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the Restoration of Gilbert Morton to the naval Service.

    Ch. LXXIV · 17 Stat. 46 · April 1, 1872 · Original text

17. An Act to change the Name of the Pleasure Yacht “Lois ” to that of “Sea Witch,” and to change the Name of the Yacht “William M. Taxed” to that of “Julia.”

    Ch. LXXV · 17 Stat. 46 · April 1, 1872 · Original text

18. An Act relating to the Capture of the Albemarle.

    Ch. LXXVI · 17 Stat. 649 · April 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to pay William P. Preston the Sum therein mentioned.

    Ch. LXXVII · 17 Stat. 649 · April 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to authorize the President to appoint George Plunkett a Paymaster in the Navy.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 17 Stat. 47 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

21. An Act to provide for the Reporting and Printing of the Delates in Congress.

    Ch. LXXIX · 17 Stat. 47 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

22. An Act to establish a Port of Entry and Delivery at the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. LXXX · 17 Stat. 47 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

23. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize Protection to be given to Citizens of the United Ulates who may discover Deposits of Guano,” approved August 18, 1856.

    Ch. LXXXI · 17 Stat. 48 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

24. An Act to provide for the Exchange and Transfer of two small Parcels of Land in the City of St. Louis, Missouri.

    Ch. LXXXII · 17 Stat. 48 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

25. An Act authorizing an American Register to the Dutch Baric “Alice Tarlton.”

    Ch. LXXXIII · 17 Stat. 49 · April 2, 1872 · Original text

26. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Nyce.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 17 Stat. 649 · April 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to enable honorably discharged Soldiers and Sailors, their Widows and orphan Children, to acquire Homesteads on the public Lands of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXV · 17 Stat. 49 · April 4, 1872 · Original text

28. An Act to amend the, thirty-second Section of an Act entitled “An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes,” approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 17 Stat. 50 · April 5, 1872 · Original text

29. An Act to change the Location of the First National Bank oj Seneca, State of Illinois, to the City of Morn’s, Illinois.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 17 Stat. 51 · April 5, 1872 · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Sufferers by Fire at Chicago.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 51 · April 5, 1872 · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of Thomas B. Valentine.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 17 Stat. 649 · April 5, 1872 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act defining the Rights of Part Dieners of Vessels in certain Cases.

    Ch. XC · 17 Stat. 51 · April 9, 1872 · Original text

33. An Act to settle and quiet the Titles to Lands along the Boundary Line between the States of Georgia and Florida.

    Ch. XCI · 17 Stat. 52 · April 9, 1872 · Original text

34. An Act granting a Pension to Frederick A. Garlick, of Cortland County New York.

    Ch. XCII · 17 Stat. 650 · April 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a Pension to William H. Bridges.

    Ch. XCIII · 17 Stat. 650 · April 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah Whiting.

    Ch. XCIV · 17 Stat. 650 · April 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a Pension to Captain Henry M. Scott.

    Ch. XCV · 17 Stat. 650 · April 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands for the Construction of a Railroad from Great Salt Lake to Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. XCVI · 17 Stat. 52 · April 12, 1872 · Original text

39. An Act placing the Name of Theodore S. Comparet on the Pension Roll.

    Ch. XCVII · 17 Stat. 651 · April 12, 1872 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Lee.

    Ch. XCVIII · 17 Stat. 651 · April 12, 1872 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act to change the Time for holding the Spring Term of the United States Circuit and District courts at Harrisonburg, Virginia.

    Ch. XCIX · 17 Stat. 52 · April 13, 1872 · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of Battelle and Evans.

    Ch. C · 17 Stat. 651 · April 15, 1872 · Private law · Original text

43. Joint Resolution to authorize the Erection of a colossal Statue of the late Admiral Farragut.

    Resolution 2 · 17 Stat. 395 · April 16, 1872 · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of F. B. Brayton.

    Ch. CI · 17 Stat. 651 · April 16, 1872 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer “Kearsarge.”

    Ch. CII · 17 Stat. 53 · April 17, 1872 · Original text

46. An Act to change the Boundaries of the Collection District of Brazos de Santiago, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. CIII · 17 Stat. 53 · April 17, 1872 · Original text

47. An Act to authorize William C, Jardine to make Application to the commissioner of Patents for the Issue of a Patent for his Improvement in Brake and Rest for Carts.

    Ch. CIV · 17 Stat. 53 · April 17, 1872 · Original text

48. An Act for the Relief of James T. Johnston, of Alexandria, Virginia.

    Ch. CV · 17 Stat. 651 · April 17, 1872 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to confirm the Title of John Boyer to certain Lands therein described.

    Ch. CVI · 17 Stat. 652 · April 17, 1872 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of George H. Rupp.

    Ch. CVII · 17 Stat. 652 · April 17, 1872 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the Relief of Sluman S. Bailey, Collector of internal Revenue for the fourth District of Michigan.

    Ch. CVIII · 17 Stat. 652 · April 17, 1872 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of Peck, Van Hook, and Company.

    Ch. CIX · 17 Stat. 652 · April 17, 1872 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a Pension to Margaretta Becker.

    Ch. CX · 17 Stat. 653 · April 18, 1872 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to erect two new Land Districts in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. CXI · 17 Stat. 54 · April 22, 1872 · Original text

55. An Act to extend the Time for filing Claims far additional Bounty, under the Act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. CXII · 17 Stat. 54 · April 22, 1872 · Original text

56. An Act authoricing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned Ordnance to certain Soldiers’ monumental Associations.

    Ch. CXIII · 17 Stat. 54 · April 22, 1872 · Original text

57. An Act in Relation to Bounties.

    Ch. CXIV · 17 Stat. 55 · April 22, 1872 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution granting condemned Cannon for the Erection of a Soldiers’ Monument at Mound City, Illinois.

    Resolution 3 · 17 Stat. 395 · April 22, 1872 · Original text

59. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to make certain Negotiations with the Ute Indians in Colorado.

    Ch. CXV · 17 Stat. 55 · April 23, 1872 · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of Cathron and Maguire, Bankers and Brokers, of the City of Rome, Georgia.

    Ch. CXVI · 17 Stat. 653 · April 23, 1872 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act to remove the Charge of Desertion against Daniel Omer, late Private in Company H, ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

    Ch. CXVII · 17 Stat. 653 · April 23, 1872 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to create the Linkton Land District, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. CXVIII · 17 Stat. 55 · April 24, 1872 · Original text

63. 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. CXIX · 17 Stat. 56 · April 24, 1872 · Original text

64. An Act for the Relief of Augustine Bacon.

    Ch. CXX · 17 Stat. 654 · April 25, 1872 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of certain Settlers on the public Lands in Iowa under the Provisions of the Homestead Laws.

    Ch. CXXI · 17 Stat. 654 · April 25, 1872 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of Asa M. Trimble.

    Ch. CXXII · 17 Stat. 657 · April 26, 1872 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of R. Nelson Gere.

    Ch. CXXIII · 17 Stat. 658 · April 26, 1872 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of Isaac B. Kinkead.

    Ch. CXXIV · 17 Stat. 658 · April 26, 1872 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act relating to Proposals and Contracts for Transportation of the Mails, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXXV · 17 Stat. 56 · April 27, 1872 · Original text

70. An Act to amend the fret Section of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Disposition of useless military Reservations,” approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. CXXVI · 17 Stat. 57 · April 29, 1872 · Original text

71. An Act for the Relief of Martin Watkins, of East Windsor, Connecticut.

    Ch. CXXVII · 17 Stat. 658 · April 29, 1872 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Frances A. McKinney.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 17 Stat. 659 · April 29, 1872 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to amend Section second, Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ftftgtico, in Relation to the Transportation and Exportation of imported Goods, Wares, and Merchandise in Bond through certain Ports in the State of Texas.

    Ch. CXXIX · 17 Stat. 58 · April 30, 1872 · Original text

74. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorise the construction of a Bridge across the Missouri Riser at or near St. Joseph, Missouri,” approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventytico.

    Ch. CXXX · 17 Stat. 58 · May 1, 1872 · Original text

75. An Act repealing the Duty on Tea and Coffee.

    Ch. CXXXI · 17 Stat. 59 · May 1, 1872 · Original text

76. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and in aid in the Construction of its Road, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. CXXXII · 17 Stat. 59 · May 2, 1872 · Original text

77. An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Whiting.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 17 Stat. 659 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a Pension to William Hutchison, minor Son of Joseph Hutchison, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 17 Stat. 659 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a Pension to Mary Armstrong.

    Ch. CXXXV · 17 Stat. 659 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a Pension to John Carbaugh, a Private of Company A, forty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 17 Stat. 659 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a Pension to the minor Children of Frederick F. Dayton, deceased.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 17 Stat. 659 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a Pension to the minor Children of Amanda M. Ritchey.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 660 · May 2, 1872 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act to amend an Act approved February hcentyeighth, eighteen hundredand seventy-one, amending an Act approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “An Act to enforce the Rights of Citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CXXXIX · 17 Stat. 61 · May 3, 1872 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution appointing Commissioners to inquire into Depredations on the Frontiers of the State of Texas.

    Resolution 4 · 17 Stat. 395 · May 7, 1872 · Original text

85. An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Repenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CXL · 17 Stat. 61 · May 8, 1872 · Original text

86. An Act to provide for the Removal of the Kansas Tribe of Indians to the Indian Territory, and to dispose of their Lands in Kansas to actual Settlers.

    Ch. CXLI · 17 Stat. 85 · May 8, 1872 · Original text

87. An Act to fund certain Liabilities of the City of TFashingfon, existing June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to limit the Debt of and Taxation in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXLII · 17 Stat. 86 · May 8, 1872 · Original text

88. An Act to change the Time for holding the Circuit anil District Courts of the United States for the western District if Wisconsin, at La Crosse.

    Ch. CXLIII · 17 Stat. 88 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

89. An Act to extend the Time of Payment for their Lands by Persons holding Pre-emptions on the public Lands in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. CXLIV · 17 Stat. 88 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Purchasers of Lands sold for direct Taxes in the insurrectionary States.

    Ch. CXLV · 17 Stat. 89 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

91. An Act to perpetuate Testimony in the Courts of the United States.

    Ch. CXLVI · 17 Stat. 89 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

92. An Act to regulate Elections in Washington and Idaho Territories.

    Ch. CXLVII · 17 Stat. 90 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

93. An Act authorizing the Appropriation for the Employment of Surfmen at alternate Life-saving Stations on the New Jersey Coast, for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to be expended in employing Crews at such Stations, and for such Periods, and at such Compensation, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem reasonable, not to exceed forty Dollars per Month for each Person employed.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 17 Stat. 90 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

94. An Act for the Belief of Settlers on the Osage Lands in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. CXLIX · 17 Stat. 90 · May 9, 1872 · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of G. S. Balcer, of Maryville, Missouri, for the Reissue of a certain Bond.

    Ch. CL · 17 Stat. 660 · May 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of Robert Williams, Jr., Collector third District, Ohio.

    Ch. CLI · 17 Stat. 660 · May 9, 1872 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to promote the Development of the mining Resources of the United States.

    Ch. CLII · 17 Stat. 91 · May 10, 1872 · Original text

98. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to correct an Army Officer’s Record.

    Ch. CLIII · 17 Stat. 96 · May 10, 1872 · Original text

99. An Act directing the proper Officers in the Treasury Department to credit John Seys, of Ohio, the Sum therein mentioned.

    Ch. CLIV · 17 Stat. 660 · May 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Harding.

     Ch. CLV · 17 Stat. 661 · May 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text