Every law Congress has passed

859 laws of the 43rd Congress, 1873–1875

1. An Act to allow the schooner Ocean Wave to take the name of Edith E. Wright, and be registered under that name.

   Ch. 483 · 18 Stat. 282 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

2. An Act authorizing and requiring the issuance of a patent for certain lands to the county of Scott, in the State of Missouri.

   Ch. 484 · 18 Stat. 282 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

3. An Act to change the name of the steamboat Kitty Strang.

   Ch. 485 · 18 Stat. 282 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

4. An Act to fix the salaries of the clerks at the United States armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

   Ch. 486 · 18 Stat. 282 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

5. An Act authorizing the President to appoint George Henry Preble, now a captain on the active list of the Navy, to be a commodore.

   Ch. 487 · 18 Stat. 283 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

6. An Act to extend the time for completing entries of Osage Indian lands in Kansas.

   Ch. 488 · 18 Stat. 283 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

7. An Act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report upon the necessity of a public building at the city of Auburn, New York.

   Ch. 489 · 18 Stat. 283 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

8. An Act to further define and enlarge the powers and duties of the Board of Health of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 490 · 18 Stat. 283 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of J. Scott Payne, second lieutenant Sixth United States Cavalry, late first lieutenant Fifth United States Cavalry.

   Ch. 491 · 18 Stat. 283 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

10. Joint resolution for the relief of certain clerks and employees of the United States.

    Public Resolution 16 · 18 Stat. 289 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

11. Joint resolution to fill a vacancy in the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Public Resolution 17 · 18 Stat. 289 · June 23, 1874 · Original text

12. An act for the relief of the heirs at law of William C. Brashear, an officer of the Texas navy.

    Ch. 492 · 18 Stat. 608 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

13. An act for the relief of Burke and Kunkel.

    Ch. 493 · 18 Stat. 608 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

14. An act to amend an act entitled “ An act to incorporate the trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum in Georgetown, and the Washington City Orphan Asylum, in the District of Columbia,” approved May 24, 1828.

    Ch. 494 · 18 Stat. 608 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

15. An act to legalize the muster of Reuben M. Pratt, as second lieutenant.

    Ch. 495 · 18 Stat. 608 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

16. An act for the relief of William I. Blackistone, of Saint Mary’s County, Maryland.

    Ch. 496 · 18 Stat. 609 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

17. An act for the relief of the sureties of James L. Collins, deceased.

    Ch. 497 · 18 Stat. 609 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

18. An act for the relief of Oliver P. Mason.

    Ch. 498 · 18 Stat. 609 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

19. An act for the relief of A. H. Von Luettwitz, late Lieutenant, Third United States Cavalry.

    Ch. 499 · 18 Stat. 610 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

20. An act to relieve C. L. Stevenson, of Virginia, of his political disabilities

    Ch. 500 · 18 Stat. 610 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

21. An act for the relief of Thomas Hughes.

    Ch. 501 · 18 Stat. 610 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

22. An act for the relief of Captain James B. Thompson.

    Ch. 502 · 18 Stat. 610 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

23. An act to refund to E. and J. Koch certain customs-duties.

    Ch. 503 · 18 Stat. 611 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

24. An act to provide for the payment of legal services rendered by Edmund Randolph to the United States.

    Ch. 504 · 18 Stat. 611 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

25. An act for the relief of Lieutenant John Shelton.

    Ch. 505 · 18 Stat. 611 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

26. An act making an appropriation for the payment of seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-six cents due the late James L. Day of Connecticut, for transporting the mails over post-route numbered eight thousand one hundred and fifty-one.

    Ch. 506 · 18 Stat. 612 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

27. An act to remove the political disabilities of Van R. Morgan of Virginia.

    Ch. 507 · 18 Stat. 612 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

28. An act to remove the disabilities of John Julius Gutherie.

    Ch. 508 · 18 Stat. 612 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

29. An act for the relief of Marcus Otterbourg, late consul of the United States at the city of Mexico, and Minister to the republic of Mexico.

    Ch. 509 · 18 Stat. 612 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

30. An act granting a pension to the minor children of Michael Weisse, deceased.

    Ch. 510 · 18 Stat. 612 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

31. An act for the relief of Joab Bagley.

    Ch. 511 · 18 Stat. 613 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

32. An act for the relief of James Coats of Jackson, Mississippi.

    Ch. 512 · 18 Stat. 613 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

33. An act for the relief of James Lillie postmaster at Lisbonville, Ray County, Missouri.

    Ch. 513 · 18 Stat. 614 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

34. An act granting a pension to E. Caroline Webster, widow of Lucius H. Webster.

    Ch. 514 · 18 Stat. 614 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

35. An act for the relief of Robert Tillson and Company, of Quincy, Illinois.

    Ch. 515 · 18 Stat. 614 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

36. An act for the relief of Mercy Ann Hall, widow of Captain Charles F. Hall.

    Ch. 516 · 18 Stat. 614 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

37. An act for the relief of John J. Hayden.

    Ch. 517 · 18 Stat. 615 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

38. An act granting a pension to Franklin Stoner.

    Ch. 518 · 18 Stat. 615 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

39. An act to remove the political disabilities of A. S. Taylor, of Maryland.

    Ch. 519 · 18 Stat. 615 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

40. An act for the relief of Andrew Mason—

    Ch. 520 · 18 Stat. 615 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

41. An act for the relief of Jesse F. Moore and Charles W. Lewis.

    Ch. 521 · 18 Stat. 615 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

42. An act for the relief of Mrs. Louisa Eldis, of Sandusky, Ohio.

    Ch. 522 · 18 Stat. 616 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to release J. W. Bennett from political disabilities.

    Ch. 523 · 18 Stat. 616 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

44. An act to remove the political disabilities of George E. Pickett, of Virginia.

    Ch. 524 · 18 Stat. 616 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

45. An act granting a pension to Ira Douthart.

    Ch. 525 · 18 Stat. 616 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

46. An act to remove the political disabilities of George N. Hollins of Maryland

    Ch. 526 · 18 Stat. 616 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

47. An act for the relief of J. E. Ingalls, postmaster at Denmark, Lee County, Iowa.

    Ch. 527 · 18 Stat. 617 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

48. An act to relieve Sardine G. Stone, of Alabama, of political disabilities.

    Ch. 528 · 18 Stat. 617 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

49. An act to relieve Joseph Wheeler of Lawrence county, in the State of Alabama, from all political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution

    Ch. 529 · 18 Stat. 617 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of the Pekin Alcohol Manufacturing Company.

    Ch. 530 · 18 Stat. 617 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

51. An act to relieve E. L. Winder of his political disabilities.

    Ch. 531 · 18 Stat. 617 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

52. An act to remove the political disabilities of Richard T. Allison, of Maryland

    Ch. 532 · 18 Stat. 618 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

53. An act to relieve the political disabilities of L. L. Lomax, of Virginia

    Ch. 533 · 18 Stat. 618 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

54. An act for the relief of William Tod Helmuth, of New York.

    Ch. 534 · 18 Stat. 618 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

55. An act to relieve John Forsyth of Alabama of political disabilities.

    Ch. 535 · 18 Stat. 618 · June 23, 1874 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act making an appropriation to enable the Postmaster General to carry into effect the law requiring the prepayment of postage on newspapers, approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 1 · 18 Stat. 291 · December 15, 1874 · Original text

57. An Act to confirm an agreement made with the Shoshone Indians (eastern band) for the purchase of the south part of their reservation in Wyoming Territory.

    Ch. 2 · 18 Stat. 292 · December 15, 1874 · Original text

58. Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 1 · 18 Stat. 523 · December 18, 1874 · Original text

59. An act for the relief of James L. Pugh

    Ch. 3 · 18 Stat. 621 · December 18, 1874 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act reimburse the city of Boston for certain expenses incurred in the improvement of Chelsea street, (formerly Charlestown,) in connection with the United States navy-yard.

    Ch. 4 · 18 Stat. 292 · December 19, 1874 · Original text

61. An Act relating to the disposition of certain lands to be reclaimed in sections fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-six, in township sixteen north, of range twenty, in the county of Sheboygan, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 5 · 18 Stat. 293 · December 21, 1874 · Original text

62. Joint resolution to continue the board of audit to examine and audit the unfunded or ilea ting debt of the District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 2 · 18 Stat. 523 · December 21, 1874 · Original text

63. An act granting a pension to Letta Bagley.

    Ch. 6 · 18 Stat. 621 · December 21, 1874 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act reserving for the use of Congress one hundred and fifty copies of the Revised Statutes authorized to be printed by the act of Juno twentieth eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 7 · 18 Stat. 293 · December 24, 1874 · Original text

65. An Act to enable the Supremo Court of the District of Columbia to proceed with its jury-business.

    Ch. 8 · 18 Stat. 293 · December 28, 1874 · Original text

66. An Act providing for the authentication of the revised statutes of the United States and for preserving the originals of all laws in the Department of State.

    Ch. 9 · 18 Stat. 293 · December 28, 1874 · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands.

    Ch. 10 · 18 Stat. 294 · December 28, 1874 · Original text

68. An act referring the case of Joseph Wilson to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 11 · 18 Stat. 621 · December 29, 1874 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act suspending so much of the act entitled “An act re-organizing the several staff-corps of the Army,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as applies to contract-surgeons.

    Ch. 12 · 18 Stat. 294 · January 1, 1875 · Original text

70. An Act to create an additional land-district in the State of Oregon, to be called the Dalles land-district.

    Ch. 13 · 18 Stat. 294 · January 11, 1875 · Original text

71. An Act explanatory of the resolution entitled “A resolution for the relief of settlers upon the Absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas,” approved April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Ch. 14 · 18 Stat. 295 · January 11, 1875 · Original text

72. An Act to provide for the resumption of specie payments.

    Ch. 15 · 18 Stat. 296 · January 14, 1875 · Original text

73. An act to remove the political disabilities of Dabney H. Maury of Virginia.

    Ch. 16 · 18 Stat. 622 · January 15, 1875 · Private law · Original text

74. An act to remove the political disabilities of Charles M. Fauntleroy of Virginia.

    Ch. 17 · 18 Stat. 622 · January 15, 1875 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 18 · 18 Stat. 296 · January 18, 1875 · Original text

76. An Act to remove the limitation restricting the circulation of banking-associations issuing notes payable in gold.

    Ch. 19 · 18 Stat. 302 · January 19, 1875 · Original text

77. An Act donating condemned cannon to the City of Massillon, Ohio, for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 20 · 18 Stat. 302 · January 19, 1875 · Original text

78. An act for the relief of Mrs. Susan A. Shelby.

    Ch. 21 · 18 Stat. 622 · January 19, 1875 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act declaratory of the act entitled “An act to amend the customs-revenue laws, and to repeal moieties,” approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 22 · 18 Stat. 303 · January 22, 1875 · Original text

80. An Act to provide for compensating the officers of the Government in observing the Transit of Venus.

    Ch. 23 · 18 Stat. 303 · January 22, 1875 · Original text

81. An act to provide for the payment of D. B. Allen and Company for services in carrying the United States mails.

    Ch. 24 · 18 Stat. 622 · January 22, 1875 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture to make a special distribution of seeds.

    Ch. 25 · 18 Stat. 303 · January 25, 1875 · Original text

83. An Act authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to grant a patent for certain land in the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 26 · 18 Stat. 303 · January 28, 1875 · Original text

84. An Act to provide an appropriation for continuing the construction of the post office and custom house at Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Ch. 27 · 18 Stat. 304 · January 28, 1875 · Original text

85. An act for the relief of William A. Griffin.

    Ch. 28 · 18 Stat. 623 · January 28, 1875 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act to constitute Patchogue on the south side of Long Island, in the State of Now York, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 29 · 18 Stat. 304 · January 29, 1875 · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of certain officers of the Navy who were dropped, furloughed, or retired under the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

    Ch. 30 · 18 Stat. 304 · January 30, 1875 · Original text

88. An Act authorizing the President to nominate Holmes Wikoff an assistant surgeon in the Navy.

    Ch. 31 · 18 Stat. 304 · January 30, 1875 · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of John T. Smith.

    Ch. 32 · 18 Stat. 305 · January 30, 1875 · Original text

90. An Act for the payment of interest on three-sixty-five bonds of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 33 · 18 Stat. 305 · February 1, 1875 · Original text

91. An Act to grant title to certain lands in the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 34 · 18 Stat. 305 · February 5, 1875 · Original text

92. An Act granting the right of way and depot-grounds to the Oregon Central Pacific Kail way Company through the public lands of the United States, from Winnemucca, in the State of Nevada, to the Columbia River, via Portland, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 35 · 18 Stat. 306 · February 5, 1875 · Original text

93. An Act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 36 · 18 Stat. 307 · February 8, 1875 · Original text

94. An Act in regard to the visit of His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands.

    Ch. 37 · 18 Stat. 313 · February 9, 1875 · Original text

95. An act to remove the disabilities of James Howard, of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 38 · 18 Stat. 623 · February 9, 1875 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Ch. 39 · 18 Stat. 313 · February 10, 1875 · Original text

97. An Act to provide for the relief of persons suffering from the ravages of grasshoppers.

    Ch. 40 · 18 Stat. 314 · February 10, 1875 · Original text

98. An Act to amend section two thousand three hundred and twenty-four of the revised statutes, relating to the development of the mining-resources of the United States.

    Ch. 41 · 18 Stat. 315 · February 11, 1875 · Original text

99. An act granting a Pension to Hugh Wallace.

    Ch. 42 · 18 Stat. 623 · February 11, 1875 · Private law · Original text

100. An act granting a Pension to Rosanna Quinn.

     Ch. 43 · 18 Stat. 623 · February 11, 1875 · Private law · Original text