Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act to provide for the issue of Bonds in Lieu of destroyed or defaced Bonds of the United States.

   Ch. CCLIV · 17 Stat. 196 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

2. An Act to further the Administration of Justice.

   Ch. CCLV · 17 Stat. 196 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

3. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-office Department for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

   Ch. CCLVI · 17 Stat. 199 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

4. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish and protect national Cemeteries,” approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

   Ch. CCLVII · 17 Stat. 202 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

5. An Act granting the Right of Way to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Company.

   Ch. CCLVIII · 17 Stat. 202 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

6. An Act relative to the Centennial International Exhibition, to be held in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, in the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

   Ch. CCLIX · 17 Stat. 203 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

7. An Act in Relation to the Construction of a new Jail for the District of Columbia.

   Ch. CCLX · 17 Stat. 211 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

8. An Act granting a Right of Way to the Utah, Idaho, and Montana Railroad Company.

   Ch. CCLXI · 17 Stat. 212 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

9. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make Partition of the Reservation to Me-shin-go-me-sia a Miami Indian.

   Ch. CCLXII · 17 Stat. 213 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

10. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with the Chiefs and Head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes of Indians for the Relinquishment of a Portion of their Reservation in Wyoming Territory.

    Ch. CCLXIII · 17 Stat. 214 · June 1, 1872 · Original text

11. An Act for the Relief of Joseph Segar, of Virginia.

    Ch. CCLXIV · 17 Stat. 670 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the Relief of Phoebe Hepburn.

    Ch. CCLXV · 17 Stat. 670 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the Relief of William H. Colledge.

    Ch. CCLXVI · 17 Stat. 671 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the Relief of Charles W. Whitney.

    Ch. CCLXVII · 17 Stat. 671 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Harriet B. Pendleton, Widow of George H. Pendleton, late of the United States Navy.

    Ch. CCLXVIII · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a Pension to Martha Elwell.

    Ch. CCLXIX · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a Pension to Phebe Ann Elderkin.

    Ch. CCLXX · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a Pension to Andrew Reinfort.

    Ch. CCLXXI · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a Pension to Martha G. Rudolph.

    Ch. CCLXXII · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Coldwell.

    Ch. CCLXXIII · 17 Stat. 672 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a Pension to James Supple.

    Ch. CCLXXIV · 17 Stat. 673 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret C. Gibson.

    Ch. CCLXXV · 17 Stat. 673 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a Pension to Abraham Cooper.

    Ch. CCLXXVI · 17 Stat. 673 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Nancy E. Pugh.

    Ch. CCLXXVII · 17 Stat. 673 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. CCLXXVIII · 17 Stat. 673 · June 1, 1872 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to authorize the Appointment of certain Officers in the Quartermaster’s Department.

    Ch. CCLXXIX · 17 Stat. 214 · June 3, 1872 · Original text

27. An Act relative to the Entry and Clearance of Ferry-boats and of bonded Cars passing from one State to another through foreign contiguous Territory.

    Ch. CCLXXX · 17 Stat. 214 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

28. An Act further regulating the Construction of Bridges across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. CCLXXXI · 17 Stat. 215 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

29. An Act to establish a western judicial District of North Carolina.

    Ch. CCLXXXII · 17 Stat. 215 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

30. An Act amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act donating public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of agricultural and mechanical Arts,” passed July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Acts amendatory thereto.

    Ch. CCLXXXIII · 17 Stat. 217 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

31. An Act to take away the Circuit Court Jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States for the northern District of Georgia, to create a Circuit Court in said District, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCLXXXIV · 17 Stat. 218 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

32. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to aid in the Construction of Telegraph Lines, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for postal, military, and other Purposes,” approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. CCLXXXV · 17 Stat. 219 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

33. An Act to enable the President to appoint a Paymaster-General of the Army.

    Ch. CCLXXXVI · 17 Stat. 219 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

34. An Act relating to Inventories and Accounts of the Property of the United States in Public Buildings and Grounds.

    Ch. CCLXXXVII · 17 Stat. 220 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

35. An Act granting to the Davenport and St. Paul Railroad Company the Right of Way.

    Ch. CCLXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 220 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

36. An Act directing the Conveyance of certain Lots of Ground, with the Improvements thereon, for the Use of the public Schools of the City of Washington.

    Ch. CCLXXXIX · 17 Stat. 221 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

37. An Act amending an Act entitled “An Act directing the Conveyance of a Lot of Ground for the Use of the public Schools of the City of Washington.”

    Ch. CCXC · 17 Stat. 221 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

38. An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River opposite to or within the corporate Limits of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

    Ch. CCXCI · 17 Stat. 222 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

39. An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River at Brownville, Nebraska.

    Ch. CCXCII · 17 Stat. 223 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

40. An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands for the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph in Florida.

    Ch. CCXCIII · 17 Stat. 224 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

41. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of certain Purchasers of Lands from the legal Representatives of Bartholomew Cousin,” approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. CCXCIV · 17 Stat. 225 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

42. An Act to authorize the Issue of an American Register to the Brig Delphine.

    Ch. CCXCV · 17 Stat. 225 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

43. An Act to provide for the Sale of the Marine Hospital and Grounds at San Francisco.

    Ch. CCXCVI · 17 Stat. 225 · June 4, 1872 · Original text

44. An Act granting a Pension to Priscilla Harrison.

    Ch. CCXCVII · 17 Stat. 674 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a Pension to William Freshour.

    Ch. CCXCVIII · 17 Stat. 674 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a Pension to A. Schuyler Sutton.

    Ch. CCXCIX · 17 Stat. 674 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of the late Jesse J. Simpkins, deceased.

    Ch. CCC · 17 Stat. 674 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret H. Judd, of Wilmington, Delaware.

    Ch. CCCI · 17 Stat. 675 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to cancel a certain Deed to the United States of America.

    Ch. CCCII · 17 Stat. 675 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a Pension to Samuel Shaffer, late a Private in Company I, seventy-eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCIII · 17 Stat. 675 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to refund certain Duties paid by the Winona and Saint Peters Railroad Company.

    Ch. CCCIV · 17 Stat. 675 · June 4, 1872 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to correct an Error in the Act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. CCCV · 17 Stat. 226 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

53. An Act in Regard to the Commencement of increased Pay to promoted Officers in the Navy.

    Ch. CCCVI · 17 Stat. 226 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

54. An Act to fix the Pay of certain Rear-admirals on the retired List of the Navy.

    Ch. CCCVII · 17 Stat. 226 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

55. An Act to provide for the Removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root Valley, in the Territory of Montana.

    Ch. CCCVIII · 17 Stat. 226 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

56. An Act to carry into Effect the fourth Article of the Treaty of February twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, with the Seneca, Shawnee, Quapaw, and other Indians.

    Ch. CCCIX · 17 Stat. 228 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

57. An Act to confirm to the Great and Little Osage Indians a Reservation in the Indian Territory.

    Ch. CCCX · 17 Stat. 228 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

58. An Act to provide for the Restoration of the Records of the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry concerning the Operations of the Army under the Command of General Don Carlos Buell, in Kentucky and Tennessee.

    Ch. CCCXI · 17 Stat. 229 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of George A. Stevens, of the United States Navy.

    Ch. CCCXII · 17 Stat. 230 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

60. An Act making a Transfer of a Pension Appropriation from one Fund to another.

    Ch. CCCXIII · 17 Stat. 230 · June 5, 1872 · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. Fanny Kelly.

    Ch. CCCXIV · 17 Stat. 675 · June 5, 1872 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to reduce Duties on Imports, and to reduce Internal Taxes, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCCXV · 17 Stat. 230 · June 6, 1872 · Original text

63. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCCXVI · 17 Stat. 258 · June 6, 1872 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution providing for a more effective System of Quarantine on the Southern and Gulf Coasts.

    Resolution 6 · 17 Stat. 396 · June 6, 1872 · Original text

65. An Act for the Relief of Wilson Bowlby, Collector of Internal Revenue for Oregon.

    Ch. CCCXVII · 17 Stat. 676 · June 6, 1872 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of Harmon E. Wentworth, late Second Lieutenant fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery.

    Ch. CCCXVIII · 17 Stat. 676 · June 6, 1872 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the Relief of Brevet Colonel Emeric Szabad.

    Ch. CCCXIX · 17 Stat. 676 · June 6, 1872 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the Relief of Selah V. Reeve, late Quartermaster-sergeant of the fourth Michigan Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXX · 17 Stat. 676 · June 6, 1872 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. CCCXXI · 17 Stat. 262 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

70. An Act to authorize the Appointment of Shipping Commissioners by the several Circuit Courts of the United States, to superintend the Shipping and Discharge of Seamen engaged in Merchant Ships belonging to the United States, and for the further Protection of Seamen.

    Ch. CCCXXII · 17 Stat. 262 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

71. An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Jacksonville and Saint Augustine Railroad Company.

    Ch. CCCXXIII · 17 Stat. 280 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

72. An Act to provide for a Building for the Use of the federal Courts, Post-office, internal Revenue, and other civil Offices, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. CCCXXIV · 17 Stat. 280 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

73. An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands in Dakota Territory.

    Ch. CCCXXV · 17 Stat. 281 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

74. An Act relating to a Site for public Buildings in Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, and Sacramento, California.

    Ch. CCCXXVI · 17 Stat. 281 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

75. An Act authorizing the First National Bank of Annapolis to change its Location and Name.

    Ch. CCCXXVII · 17 Stat. 281 · June 7, 1872 · Original text

76. An Act to remove the political Disabilities of the Persons therein named.

    Ch. CCCXXVIII · 17 Stat. 676 · June 7, 1872 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the Relief of S. D. Houston, late Receiver of Public Moneys at Junction City, in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. CCCXXIX · 17 Stat. 677 · June 7, 1872 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of Sarah A. Ward.

    Ch. CCCXXX · 17 Stat. 677 · June 7, 1872 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a Pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, Widow of Wm. W. Montgomery, late Captain in Texas Volunteers.

    Ch. CCCXXXI · 17 Stat. 677 · June 7, 1872 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the diplomatic and consular Systems of the United States,” approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

    Ch. CCCXXXII · 17 Stat. 282 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

81. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating Proceedings in criminal Cases, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Ch. CCCXXXIII · 17 Stat. 282 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

82. An Act to provide for holding a Circuit Court of the United States in and for the western District of Missouri.

    Ch. CCCXXXIV · 17 Stat. 282 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

83. An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to the Post-office Department.

    Ch. CCCXXXV · 17 Stat. 283 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

84. An Act to authorize the Appointment of Deputies of Clerks of Circuit and District Courts.

    Ch. CCCXXXVI · 17 Stat. 330 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

85. An Act to provide for the Redemption and Sale of Lands held by the United States under the several Acts levying direct Taxes, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCCXXXVII · 17 Stat. 330 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

86. An Act to amend an Act relating to Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Homesteads.

    Ch. CCCXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 333 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

87. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States.”

    Ch. CCCXXXIX · 17 Stat. 334 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

88. An Act to declare the true Intent and Meaning of Section Two of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States,” approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. CCCXL · 17 Stat. 334 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

89. An Act concerning the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Kansas.

    Ch. CCCXLI · 17 Stat. 334 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

90. An Act increasing the Rates of Pension to certain Persons therein described.

    Ch. CCCXLII · 17 Stat. 335 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

91. An Act to create an additional Land District in Florida.

    Ch. CCCXLIII · 17 Stat. 335 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

92. An Act to provide for filling Vacancies in certain Offices in the several Territories.

    Ch. CCCXLIV · 17 Stat. 335 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCCXLV · 17 Stat. 335 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

94. An Act for the better Security of Bank Reserves, and to facilitate Bank Clearing-house Exchanges.

    Ch. CCCXLVI · 17 Stat. 336 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

95. An Act to amend section five of an Act entitled “An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year eighteen hundred and forty-one,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and to authorize the proper Construction thereof.

    Ch. CCCXLVII · 17 Stat. 336 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

96. An Act to amend the fifth section of an Act entitled “An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CCCXLVIII · 17 Stat. 337 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

97. An Act relative to Homestead Settlers burned out in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

    Ch. CCCXLIX · 17 Stat. 337 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

98. An Act fixing the Salaries of the United States Attorney and United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska.

    Ch. CCCL · 17 Stat. 337 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

99. An Act to authorize an Appointment in the Inspector-General’s Department.

    Ch. CCCLI · 17 Stat. 338 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

100. An Act for the Completion and Publication of the Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.

     Ch. CCCLII · 17 Stat. 338 · June 8, 1872 · Original text