Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act supplementary to an Act to provide for furnishing Artificial Limbs to disabled Soldiers,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.

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

2. An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company.

   Ch. CCCLIV · 17 Stat. 339 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

3. An Act to grant an American Register to the British Brig Balear.

   Ch. CCCLV · 17 Stat. 339 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

4. An Act to reimburse United States Marshals for Moneys necessarily expended by them in taking the ninth Census in Excess of the Compensation allowed them under the Law in Force before the Passage of this Act.

   Ch. CCCLVI · 17 Stat. 339 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

5. An Act to perfect certain Land-titles therein described.

   Ch. CCCLVII · 17 Stat. 340 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

6. An Act in Relation to Settlers on certain Indian Reservations in the State of Minnesota.

   Ch. CCCLVIII · 17 Stat. 340 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

7. An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama.

   Ch. CCCLIX · 17 Stat. 340 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

8. An Act donating condemned Cannon and Cannon-balls to certain Organizations for monumental Purposes.

   Ch. CCCLX · 17 Stat. 341 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

9. An Act for the Relief of the State of Connecticut and other States.

   Ch. CCCLXI · 17 Stat. 341 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

10. An Act authorizing the Construction of a public Building at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Use of the Post-office and United States Courts in said City.

    Ch. CCCLXII · 17 Stat. 342 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

11. An Act to authorize the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company to run Trains and transport freight and Passengers within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CCCLXIII · 17 Stat. 342 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

12. An Act to authorize the Building of the New Mexico and Gulf Railway, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCCLXIV · 17 Stat. 343 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

13. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to expend certain Moneys for the Purpose of sinking an Artesian Well on the Fort D. A. Russell military Reservation, in Wyoming Territory.

    Ch. CCCLXV · 17 Stat. 344 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCCLXVI · 17 Stat. 344 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

15. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to release twenty-five Acres of the Lands of the United States at Plattsburgh, New York, to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CCCLXVII · 17 Stat. 345 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

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

    Ch. CCCLXVIII · 17 Stat. 345 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

17. An Act to reimburse the State of Kentucky for Moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting Militia Forces to aid in suppressing the Rebellion.

    Ch. CCCLXIX · 17 Stat. 346 · June 8, 1872 · Original text

18. An Act for the Relief of William Henry Otis.

    Ch. CCCLXX · 17 Stat. 678 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the Relief of Charles and Henry W. Spencer.

    Ch. CCCLXXI · 17 Stat. 678 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the Relief of Samuel Black and Albert R. Cooper.

    Ch. CCCLXXII · 17 Stat. 679 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the Relief of Mrs. R. A. Kennedy.

    Ch. CCCLXXIII · 17 Stat. 679 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the Relief of Jefferson W. Davis.

    Ch. CCCLXXIV · 17 Stat. 679 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the Relief of Mary M. Clark, Widow of Leonard Clark, deceased.

    Ch. CCCLXXV · 17 Stat. 679 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the Relief of H. G. Ankeny, late Captain fourth Iowa Infantry.

    Ch. CCCLXXVI · 17 Stat. 680 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the Relief of Frederick Pech.

    Ch. CCCLXXVII · 17 Stat. 680 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to relieve Charles J. Faulkner, of West Virginia, from the legal and political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

    Ch. CCCLXXVIII · 17 Stat. 680 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Nelson.

    Ch. CCCLXXIX · 17 Stat. 680 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the Relief of Albert D. Pierce, Postmaster at Sumnerville, Ottawa County, Kansas.

    Ch. CCCLXXX · 17 Stat. 680 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of the late George T. Wiggins, of Keokuk, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. CCCLXXXI · 17 Stat. 681 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the Relief of Thomas B. Stewart and Alexander McConn, of West Virginia.

    Ch. CCCLXXXII · 17 Stat. 681 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the Relief of Sarah S. Stafford.

    Ch. CCCLXXXIII · 17 Stat. 681 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a Pension to Julia Belle Dunlap.

    Ch. CCCLXXXIV · 17 Stat. 681 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Bark A one.

    Ch. CCCLXXXV · 17 Stat. 681 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the Relief of Rufus M. Pickel.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVI · 17 Stat. 682 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a Pension to Catherine Crowell.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVII · 17 Stat. 682 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a Pension to Abigail Ryan, Widow of Thomas A. Ryan.

    Ch. CCCLXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 682 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a Pension to Calvin A. Laws.

    Ch. CCCLXXXIX · 17 Stat. 682 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a Pension to John B. Rose, of Indiana.

    Ch. CCCXC · 17 Stat. 683 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to grant additional Compensation to the Marshal of the District of South Carolina.

    Ch. CCCXCI · 17 Stat. 683 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of James T Miller, late Collector and Depositary at Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Ch. CCCXCIII · 17 Stat. 683 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for Cancellation of Bonds for manufactured Tobacco lost on Steamer Geo. P. Upton, between the Cities of Richmond and New York.

    Ch. CCCXCII · 17 Stat. 684 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the Relief of the Omaha National Bank.

    Ch. CCCXCIV · 17 Stat. 684 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the Relief of D. C. Farrell, of Peoria, Illinois.

    Ch. CCCXCV · 17 Stat. 684 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the Relief of F. and E. Reed, of Bath, Maine.

    Ch. CCCXCVI · 17 Stat. 684 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the Relief of Charles Hipp, of St. Mary’s, Auglaize County, Ohio.

    Ch. CCCXCVII · 17 Stat. 684 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the Relief of Calista E. Cor.

    Ch. CCCXCVIII · 17 Stat. 685 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the Relief of Joseph A. Clay, of Philadelphia.

    Ch. CCCXCIX · 17 Stat. 685 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a Pension to George W. Parris.

    Ch. CD · 17 Stat. 686 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the Relief of Edward G. Allen, of London, England

    Ch. CDI · 17 Stat. 686 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the Relief of Robert B. Williamson.

    Ch. CDII · 17 Stat. 686 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the Settlement of the Accounts of Major Abram Beeler, late Paymaster of United States Volunteers.

    Ch. CDIII · 17 Stat. 686 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the Relief of the Estate of Ely Moore.

    Ch. CDIV · 17 Stat. 686 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the Relief of W. A. Howard.

    Ch. CDV · 17 Stat. 687 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act referring the Claim of the Heirs and legal Representatives of Colonel Francis Vigo, deceased, to the Court of Claims for Adjustment.

    Ch. CDVI · 17 Stat. 687 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the Relief of Moritz Augenstein.

    Ch. CDVII · 17 Stat. 687 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the Relief of Charles H. Thompson, of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. CDVIII · 17 Stat. 687 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the Relief of Michael F. Gannett.

    Ch. CDIX · 17 Stat. 688 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the Relief of Andrew J. Jemison.

    Ch. CDX · 17 Stat. 688 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the Relief of John Milone, Postmaster at Uhrichsville, Ohio.

    Ch. CDXI · 17 Stat. 688 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of S. F. Marks, former Post master at New Orleans.

    Ch. CDXII · 17 Stat. 688 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the Relief of James D. Willoughby, of Vineland, New Jersey.

    Ch. CDXIII · 17 Stat. 688 · June 8, 1872 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the Relief of Sarah S. Trapp, Executrix of William Trapp, deceased.

    Ch. CDXIV · 17 Stat. 346 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

63. An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CDXV · 17 Stat. 347 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

64. An Act making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of certain public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for other Purposes.

    Ch. CDXVI · 17 Stat. 370 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

65. An Act making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications, and other Works of Defence.

    Ch. CDXVII · 17 Stat. 376 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

66. An Act for the Relief of John C. Beaumont.

    Ch. CDXVIII · 17 Stat. 378 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

67. An Act relative to retired Officers of the Army.

    Ch. CDXIX · 17 Stat. 378 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

68. An Act to prevent and punish the Obstruction of the Administration of Justice in the Courts of the United States.

    Ch. CDXX · 17 Stat. 378 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

69. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act entitled “An Act for the final Adjustment of private Land-claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other Purposes.”

    Ch. CDXXI · 17 Stat. 378 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

70. An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the City of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, and to establish it as a Post-road.

    Ch. CDXXII · 17 Stat. 379 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

71. An Act to authorize the Sale of certain public Property.

    Ch. CDXXIII · 17 Stat. 380 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

72. An Act for the Restoration to Market of certain Lands in Michigan.

    Ch. CDXXIV · 17 Stat. 381 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

73. An Act to refund Duties paid on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise remaining in Bond or Store on the First Day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

    Ch. CDXXV · 17 Stat. 381 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

74. An Act to repeal so much of Section six of an Act entitled “An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as prohibits Promotions in the Engineer Department of the Army.

    Ch. CDXXVI · 17 Stat. 382 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

75. An Act to establish certain Post-roads.

    Ch. CDXXVII · 17 Stat. 382 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

76. An Act for the Construction of a Custom-house, bonded Warehouse, and Post-office at Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. CDXXVIII · 17 Stat. 387 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

77. An Act appropriating ten thousand Dollars for a Statue of General John A. Rawlins.

    Ch. CDXXIX · 17 Stat. 388 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

78. An Act for the Relief of certain Indians in the Central Superintendence.

    Ch. CDXXX · 17 Stat. 388 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

79. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to appoint one or more Commissioners to represent the Government of the United States at the International Exposition of Agriculture, Industry, and Fine Arts, to be held at Vienna in eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

    Ch. CDXXXI · 17 Stat. 389 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

80. An Act confirming and extending a Patent-right to Levi W. Pond and Eau Claire Lumber Company.

    Ch. CDXXXII · 17 Stat. 389 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

81. An Act to provide for the Erection of a Building suitable for the Use of the United States Courts, Post-office, and other necessary Government Offices, at Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Ch. CDXXXIII · 17 Stat. 390 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

82. An Act amendatory of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “An Act amendatory of ‘An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana,’ approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.”

    Ch. CDXXXIV · 17 Stat. 390 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

83. An Act to reimburse the State of Nevada for Expenses incurred while a Territory in Purchase of a Prison and in Support of United States Courts.

    Ch. CDXXXV · 17 Stat. 391 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

84. An Act for the Relief of certain Tribes of Indians in the northern Superintendency.

    Ch. CDXXXVI · 17 Stat. 391 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

85. An Act to grant the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Eastern Nevada Railroad Company.

    Ch. CDXXXVII · 17 Stat. 393 · June 10, 1872 · Original text

86. An Act for the Relief of Jane A. Green.

    Ch. CDXXXVIII · 17 Stat. 689 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the Relief of Chester C. Tolman.

    Ch. CDXXXIX · 17 Stat. 689 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act to enable William Sellers and Coleman Sellers to make Application to the Commissioner of Patents for the Extension of Letters-patent for an Improvement in Coupling for Shafting.

    Ch. CDXL · 17 Stat. 690 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the Relief of Charles P. S. Wardwell.

    Ch. CDXLI · 17 Stat. 690 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the Relief of Jane Allen Birckhead and Virginia Campbell, sole Heirs at Law of Alexander Watson, deceased.

    Ch. CDXLII · 17 Stat. 690 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the Relief of J. S. Underhill.

    Ch. CDXLIII · 17 Stat. 691 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

92. 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. CDXLIV · 17 Stat. 691 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Allen.

    Ch. CDXLV · 17 Stat. 691 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims, under the Act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.

    Ch. CDXLVI · 17 Stat. 691 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the Relief of Horace B. Shepard, of Indiana.

    Ch. CDXLVII · 17 Stat. 698 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the Relief of W. T. Bowers.

    Ch. CDXLVIII · 17 Stat. 698 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the Relief of David L. Wright, late Captain of Company E, fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers.

    Ch. CDXLIX · 17 Stat. 699 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act to provide for the Examination and Payment of the Claim of Albert Grant.

    Ch. CDL · 17 Stat. 699 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the Relief of Alexander McArthur, of the City of Corunna, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. CDLI · 17 Stat. 699 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the Relief of John W. Phelps, of Vermont.

     Ch. CDLII · 17 Stat. 699 · June 10, 1872 · Private law · Original text