Every law Congress has passed

859 laws of the 43rd Congress, 1873–1875

1. An act for the relief of C. C. Spaids.

   Ch. 292 · 18 Stat. 567 · June 16, 1874 · Private law · Original text

2. An act for the relief of Jonathan L. Mann, late a chaplain in the volunteer service of the Army.

   Ch. 293 · 18 Stat. 567 · June 16, 1874 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act relating to Ambassadors, Consuls and other officers.

   Ch. 294 · 18 Stat. 77 · June 17, 1874 · Original text

4. An Act to create an additional major of artillery, and to promote Captain James M. Robertson.

   Ch. 295 · 18 Stat. 77 · June 17, 1874 · Original text

5. Joint resolution providing for the termination of the treaty between the United States and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, concluded at Washington, July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

   Public Resolution 10 · 18 Stat. 287 · June 17, 1874 · Original text

6. An act for the relief of John M. McPike.

   Ch. 296 · 18 Stat. 568 · June 17, 1874 · Private law · Original text

7. An act giving the assent of Congress to the acceptance by the officers of the United States ship Monocacy of silver medals presented to them by the King of Siam.

   Ch. 297 · 18 Stat. 568 · June 17, 1874 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to increase the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have been totally disabled.

   Ch. 298 · 18 Stat. 78 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

9. An Act to increase pensions in certain cases.

   Ch. 299 · 18 Stat. 78 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

10. An Act fixing the time for the election of Representatives from the State of Pennsylvania to the Forty-fourth Congress.

    Ch. 300 · 18 Stat. 78 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

11. An Act to amend the law relating to patents, trade marks, and copyrights.

    Ch. 301 · 18 Stat. 78 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

12. An Act to further continue the act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of officers of the Army and Navy.

    Ch. 302 · 18 Stat. 79 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

13. An Act to extend the time for filing claims for additional bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. 303 · 18 Stat. 79 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

14. An Act explanatory of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. 304 · 18 Stat. 80 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

15. An Act to authorize the issuance of patents for lands granted to the State of Oregon in certain cases.

    Ch. 305 · 18 Stat. 80 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

16. An Act authorizing the President to reinstate George M. Book on the active list of the Navy.

    Ch. 306 · 18 Stat. 80 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

17. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way across a corner of the Fort Gratiot military reservation to the city railroad company, Port Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 307 · 18 Stat. 81 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands in certain portions of the States of Minnesota and Iowa.

    Ch. 308 · 18 Stat. 81 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

19. An Act for the honorable discharge from their several positions in the Army of Captain J. Horace McGuire, First Lieutenant Henry R. Gardner, Second Lieutenant William D. McGuire, and Second Lieutenant William C. Reddy, all late of the tenth regiment United States colored artillery, (heavy,) and directing their honorable muster out of the service of the United States as of the date of their dismissal.

    Ch. 309 · 18 Stat. 81 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

20. An Act to admit free of duty articles intended for the International Exhibition of eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Ch. 310 · 18 Stat. 82 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

21. An Act to authorize the widening of Wight street through the grounds of the United States marine hospital at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 311 · 18 Stat. 82 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

22. An Act to authorize the board of commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home to sell the property belonging to the Soldiers’ Home, situated at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and known as Harrodsburg Springs property.

    Ch. 312 · 18 Stat. 83 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

23. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to ascertain the amount of expenses incurred by the States of Oregon and California in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

    Ch. 313 · 18 Stat. 83 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

24. An Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of War to reserve from sale ten thousand suits of old and disused Army uniform clothing, now in the Quartermaster’s department of the Army, and to transfer the same to the National Home for disabled Volunteer soldiers.

    Ch. 314 · 18 Stat. 83 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

25. An Act to authorize The First National Bank of Seneca" to change its name.

    Ch. 315 · 18 Stat. 84 · June 18, 1874 · Original text

26. An act granting a pension to Ann Crane.

    Ch. 316 · 18 Stat. 568 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

27. An act granting a pension to Uriah W. Briggs.

    Ch. 317 · 18 Stat. 568 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Martin V. Jackson.

    Ch. 318 · 18 Stat. 569 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

29. An act for the relief of B. W. Harris, late collector of internal revenue for the second district of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 319 · 18 Stat. 569 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

30. An act for the relief of Ephraim P. Showalter.

    Ch. 320 · 18 Stat. 569 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

31. An act for the relief of Julius Griesenbeck, of Waco, Texas.

    Ch. 321 · 18 Stat. 569 · June 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to authorize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to construct a branch, and to change the location of its road within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 322 · 18 Stat. 84 · June 19, 1874 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the sale of the Military reservation of Fort Reynolds, in Colorado Territory, and the Government buildings thereon.

    Ch. 323 · 18 Stat. 85 · June 19, 1874 · Original text

34. Joint resolution authorizing the issue of clothing to certain enlisted meu of the Army.

    Public Resolution 11 · 18 Stat. 287 · June 19, 1874 · Original text

35. An act for the relief of Jonathan D. Hale.

    Ch. 324 · 18 Stat. 570 · June 19, 1874 · Private law · Original text

36. An act for the relief of Beck and Wirth.

    Ch. 325 · 18 Stat. 570 · June 19, 1874 · Private law · Original text

37. An act for the relief of Bigler, Young and Company.

    Ch. 326 · 18 Stat. 570 · June 19, 1874 · Private law · Original text

38. An act for the relief of Selden Connor.

    Ch. 327 · 18 Stat. 570 · June 19, 1874 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 328 · 18 Stat. 85 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

40. An Act to provide for the election of Congressmen at large for the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 329 · 18 Stat. 111 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

41. An Act to authorize the issue of duplicate agricultural land scrip where the original has been lost or destroyed.

    Ch. 330 · 18 Stat. 111 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

42. An Act making additions to the fifteenth section of the act approved July 2, 1864, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,’ approved July 1, 1862.”

    Ch. 331 · 18 Stat. 111 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

43. An Act to amend the act entitled an act transferring the control of certain Territorial penitentiaries to the several Territories in which the same are located," approved January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

    Ch. 332 · 18 Stat. 112 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

44. An Act providing for publication of the revised statutes and the laws of the United States.

    Ch. 333 · 18 Stat. 113 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

45. An Act prohibiting the publication of the Revised Statutes of the United States in the newspapers at the expense of the United States

    Ch. 334 · 18 Stat. 115 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

46. An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

    Ch. 335 · 18 Stat. 115 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

47. An Act to fix the time for the election of Representatives in the Forty-fourth Congress from the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 336 · 18 Stat. 116 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

48. An Act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 337 · 18 Stat. 116 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

49. An Act to provide for the apportionment of the Territory of Wyoming for legislative purposes.

    Ch. 338 · 18 Stat. 121 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

50. An Act to encourage the establishment of public marine schools.

    Ch. 339 · 18 Stat. 121 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

51. An Act to create two additional land districts in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 340 · 18 Stat. 121 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

52. An Act to create an additional land district in the Territory of Colorado.

    Ch. 341 · 18 Stat. 122 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

53. An Act to create the Bozeman land district in the Territory of Montana.

    Ch. 342 · 18 Stat. 123 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

54. An Act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 343 · 18 Stat. 123 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

55. An Act to provide for the establishment of life-saving stations and houses of refuge upon the sea and lake coasts of the United States, and to promote the efficiency of the life-saving service.

    Ch. 344 · 18 Stat. 125 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

56. An Act to correct the date of commission of certain officers of the Army.

    Ch. 345 · 18 Stat. 129 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

57. An Act to ascertain the possessory rights of the Hudson’s Bay Company and other British subjects within the limits which were the subject of the award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany under the treaty of Washington of May eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 346 · 18 Stat. 129 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

58. An Act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report upon the necessity for a public building at Brooklyn, New York, and the cost of the same.

    Ch. 347 · 18 Stat. 130 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

59. An Act granting to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company a right of way through the public lands for a railroad.

    Ch. 348 · 18 Stat. 130 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

60. An Act amending the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 349 · 18 Stat. 131 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

61. Joint resolution directing the Public Printer to keep an account of all expenditures for printing, mailing, and binding the Congressional Records, &c.

    Public Resolution 12 · 18 Stat. 288 · June 20, 1874 · Original text

62. An act for the relief of William J. McIntyre.

    Ch. 350 · 18 Stat. 571 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

63. An act for the relief of Kerry Sullivan, of Company G, fourteenth regiment New Hampshire volunteers.

    Ch. 351 · 18 Stat. 571 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

64. An act for the relief of William B. Morgan.

    Ch. 352 · 18 Stat. 571 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

65. An act for the relief of Robert Sutherland.

    Ch. 353 · 18 Stat. 571 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

66. An act for the relief of Alfred Fry.

    Ch. 354 · 18 Stat. 572 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

67. An act for the relief of Charles W. Berry, late private of the thirty-sixth regiment Wisconsin volunteers.

    Ch. 355 · 18 Stat. 572 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

68. An act for the relief of Thomas Ridgway.

    Ch. 356 · 18 Stat. 572 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

69. An act for the relief of Samuel E. Rankin.

    Ch. 357 · 18 Stat. 572 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

70. An act for the relief of James M. True, late colonel of the sixty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 358 · 18 Stat. 573 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

71. An act granting a medal to John Horn, Jr. for his heroic exploits in rescuing men, women, and children from drowning in Detroit River.

    Ch. 359 · 18 Stat. 573 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

72. An act for the relief of Sheridan O. Bremmer, late a private of company E, eighteenth regiment Wisconsin infantry.

    Ch. 360 · 18 Stat. 573 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

73. An act for the relief of Joseph S. Read.

    Ch. 361 · 18 Stat. 573 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

74. An act for the relief of Joseph C. Breckinridge for services in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 362 · 18 Stat. 574 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

75. An act for the relief of Thomas Simms, late a lieutenant in the seventy-sixth regiment, New York volunteers.

    Ch. 363 · 18 Stat. 574 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

76. An act to compensate D. B. Haggard for six months’ services as colonel of the fifth Kentucky United States cavalry volunteers.

    Ch. 364 · 18 Stat. 574 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

77. An act for the relief of Susan R. Moore, the relative and legatee of Phoebe Sofield a pensioner.

    Ch. 365 · 18 Stat. 574 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

78. An act granting a pension to Livanna Ingraham.

    Ch. 366 · 18 Stat. 575 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

79. An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Hoffner.

    Ch. 367 · 18 Stat. 575 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

80. An act granting a pension to Jefferson A. French.

    Ch. 368 · 18 Stat. 575 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

81. An act granting a pension to Thomas Smith

    Ch. 369 · 18 Stat. 575 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

82. An act granting a pension to Andrew J. Lasley.

    Ch. 370 · 18 Stat. 576 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to John S. Long.

    Ch. 371 · 18 Stat. 576 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

84. An act granting a pension to Ebenezer W. Brady.

    Ch. 372 · 18 Stat. 576 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

85. An act granting a pension to John W. Truitt.

    Ch. 373 · 18 Stat. 576 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

86. An act granting a pension to Margaret E. Alexander, widow of Edwin A. Alexander, deceased, late a private in Company K, Eighth Regiment of Indiana Calvary Volunteers, known as the Thirty-ninth Indiana Regiment.

    Ch. 374 · 18 Stat. 576 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

87. An act to relieve Thomas Claiborne, of Tennessee, of political disabilities imposed upon him by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

    Ch. 375 · 18 Stat. 577 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

88. An act to relieve William G. Jones, of Alabama, of political disabilities.

    Ch. 376 · 18 Stat. 577 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

89. An act granting a Pension to Mary E. Grosvenor.

    Ch. 377 · 18 Stat. 577 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

90. An act granting a Pension to Mary S. Howe.

    Ch. 378 · 18 Stat. 577 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a Pension to General A. C. Voris.

    Ch. 379 · 18 Stat. 578 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

92. An act for the relief of William Walker.

    Ch. 380 · 18 Stat. 578 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

93. An act granting a pension to Charles McCarty.

    Ch. 381 · 18 Stat. 578 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

94. An act granting a pension to Mary J. Blood.

    Ch. 382 · 18 Stat. 578 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

95. An act granting a pension to Eliza A. Maxham.

    Ch. 383 · 18 Stat. 578 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

96. An act for the relief of Charles J. Sands, of Brooklyn, New York.

    Ch. 384 · 18 Stat. 579 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

97. An act for the relief of James De Long.

    Ch. 385 · 18 Stat. 579 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

98. An act for the relief of Joseph Montanari

    Ch. 386 · 18 Stat. 579 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

99. An act for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell.

    Ch. 387 · 18 Stat. 579 · June 20, 1874 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To revise and consolidate the statutes of the United States, In force on the first day of December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

     Chapter · 18 Stat. 1 · June 22, 1874 · Original text