Every law Congress has passed

859 laws of the 43rd Congress, 1873–1875

1. An act to establish the boundary-line between the State of Arkansas and the Indian country.

   Ch. 140 · 18 Stat. 476 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

2. An act supplementary to the acts in relation to immigration.

   Ch. 141 · 18 Stat. 477 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

3. An act to reduce and fix the Adjutant General’s Department of the Army.

   Ch. 142 · 18 Stat. 478 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

4. An act authorizing the coinage of a twenty cent piece of silver at the mints of the United States.

   Ch. 143 · 18 Stat. 478 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

5. An act to punish certain larcenies, and the receivers of stolen goods.

   Ch. 144 · 18 Stat. 479 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

6. An act to provide for deductions from the terms of sentence of United States prisoners.

   Ch. 145 · 18 Stat. 479 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

7. An act to change the name of the port of Nobleboro to Damariscotta.

   Ch. 146 · 18 Stat. 480 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

8. An act authorizing the appointment of gaugers for the customs service at the port of Philadelphia.

   Ch. 147 · 18 Stat. 480 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

9. An act to transfer the county of Perry, in the State of Tennessee, from the western to the middle judicial district of the United States in said State.

   Ch. 148 · 18 Stat. 480 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

10. An act to provide for deducting any debt due the United States from any judgment recovered against the United States by such debtor.

    Ch. 149 · 18 Stat. 481 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

11. An act to make East Pascagoula, in the State of Mississippi, a port of delivery in the District of Pearl River.

    Ch. 150 · 18 Stat. 481 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

12. An act to protect ornamental and other trees on Government reservations and on lands purchased by the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 151 · 18 Stat. 481 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

13. An act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.

    Ch. 152 · 18 Stat. 482 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

14. An act to amend sections one thousand six hundred and seventy-five, one thousand six hundred and seventy-six, one thousand six hundred and eighty-one, and one thousand six hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 153 · 18 Stat. 483 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

15. An act to amend section numbered three thousand three hundred and forty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to affixing stamps on brewers casks.

    Ch. 154 · 18 Stat. 484 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

16. An act to amend section fourteen hundred and twenty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the better government of the Navy.

    Ch. 155 · 18 Stat. 484 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

17. An act to promote economy and efficiency in the marine-hospital service

    Ch. 156 · 18 Stat. 485 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

18. An act to abolish the consulate at Amoor River and establish a consulate at Vladivostock, Russia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 157 · 18 Stat. 486 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

19. An act to establish certain post-roads.

    Ch. 158 · 18 Stat. 486 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

20. An act approving the action taken by the Secretary of War under the act approved July fifteenth eighteen hundred and seventy, and to provide for repayment of certain moneys paid to officers mustered out of the Army, as supernumerary, but subsequently reappointed by the President.

    Ch. 159 · 18 Stat. 497 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

21. An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in Lassen County, California.

    Ch. 160 · 18 Stat. 497 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

22. An act to incorporate the Capitol, North O Street, and South Washington Railway Company.

    Ch. 161 · 18 Stat. 498 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

23. An act for the support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 18 Stat. 501 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

24. An act to authorize the purchase of a site for public buildings at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 163 · 18 Stat. 505 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

25. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver certain condemned ordnance to the Joseph Warren Monument Association of Boston, Massachusetts, for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 164 · 18 Stat. 506 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

26. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to use his discretion in the selection of material for the construction of a public building at Atlanta, Georgia—

    Ch. 165 · 18 Stat. 506 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

27. An act to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 166 · 18 Stat. 506 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

28. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust and remit certain taxes and penalties claimed to be due from mining and other corporations and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 18 Stat. 507 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

29. An act to incorporate the trustees of the Louise Home, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 18 Stat. 507 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

30. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Ch. 169 · 18 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

31. An act to extend the time within which the board of audit for the District of Columbia may receive, audit, and allow certain claims that have never been presented to said board.

    Ch. 170 · 18 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

32. An act granting the right of way through the public lands to construct and maintain a railroad.

    Ch. 171 · 18 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

33. An act for the further security of navigation on the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 172 · 18 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

34. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company”, approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy two

    Ch. 173 · 18 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

35. An act to provide for the sale of the buildings and grounds known as the Detroit Arsenal, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. 174 · 18 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

36. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to revive with amendments an act to incorporate the medical society of the District of Columbia” approved July seventh eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

    Ch. 175 · 18 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

37. An act authorizing the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company to straighten the line of their road.

    Ch. 176 · 18 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

38. An act amendatory of the act approved March 3, 1873 entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri

    Ch. 177 · 18 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

39. An act for the relief of General Samuel W. Crawford, and to fix the rank and pay of retired officers of the Army.

    Ch. 178 · 18 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

40. An act extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 179 · 18 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

41. An act to change the name of the pleasure yacht “Dolly Varden” to “Clochette.”

    Ch. 180 · 18 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

42. An act to authorize the acceptance in behalf of the United States of America, of certain real property, occupied by the United States Consul, at Tunis.

    Ch. 181 · 18 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

43. An act to incorporate the inland and seaboard coasting company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 182 · 18 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

44. An act to provide for the construction of military roads in Arizona.

    Ch. 183 · 18 Stat. 514 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

45. An act relating to a site for a public building at Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey

    Ch. 184 · 18 Stat. 514 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

46. An act providing for the payment of certain employees of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 185 · 18 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

47. An act to restore Captain John C. Beaumont of the United States Navy, to his original position on the Navy Register.

    Ch. 186 · 18 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

48. An act for the relief of Major N. H. McLean, late of Adjutant Generals department, United States Army.

    Ch. 187 · 18 Stat. 515 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

49. An act to amend the act entitled “An act for the restoration to homestead-entry and to market of certain lands in Michigan,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 188 · 18 Stat. 516 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

50. An act to correct a clerical error in the act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, approved Juno eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.

    Ch. 189 · 18 Stat. 516 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

51. An act to authorize the purchase of a site for a public building at Topeka, Kansas.

    Ch. 190 · 18 Stat. 517 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

52. An act to set apart a certain portion of the island of Mackinac in the Straits of Mackinac, within the State of Michigan, as n national park

    Ch. 191 · 18 Stat. 517 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

53. An act to donate to the State of Oregon a public building-lot, and material situated at The Dalles, Oregon.

    Ch. 192 · 18 Stat. 518 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

54. An act to make an appropriation for public buildings at Covington, Kentucky.

    Ch. 193 · 18 Stat. 518 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

55. An act to annex certain lands to reservation numbered two, occupied by the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 194 · 18 Stat. 518 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

56. An act to donate a certain portion of the military reservation of Fort Brady to school-district number one, in township of Sault Sainte Marie, and State of Michigan for school purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 18 Stat. 519 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

57. An act for the relief of settlers on lands within railroad limits.

    Ch. 196 · 18 Stat. 519 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

58. An act for the relief of the Holy Cross Mission in the Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. 197 · 18 Stat. 519 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

59. An act authorizing the Second National Bank of Watkins, New York, and the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island, to change their names.

    Ch. 198 · 18 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

60. An act to authorize the consolidation of the Auburn City National Bank and the First National Bank of Auburn, New York

    Ch. 199 · 18 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

61. An act to authorize the change of the name of the Second Notional Bank of Jamestown, New York.

    Ch. 200 · 18 Stat. 521 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

62. An act to authorize the trustees of “The Free Young Men’s Benevolent Association” to sell and convey square numbered two hundred and seventy-two, in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 201 · 18 Stat. 521 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

63. An act to provide for the re-publication of the First Volume of the Patent-Office Gazette.

    Ch. 202 · 18 Stat. 521 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

64. An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon-bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 203 · 18 Stat. 522 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

65. Joint resolution explanatory of an act entitled “an act fixing the number of Paymasters in the Army of the United States,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

    Public Resolution 7 · 18 Stat. 524 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

66. Joint resolution for the relief of Lowell A. Chamberlain

    Public Resolution 8 · 18 Stat. 525 · March 3, 1875 · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of John Fletcher, surviving partner of Fletcher and Powell.

    Ch. 204 · 18 Stat. 636 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

68. 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. 205 · 18 Stat. 637 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of George W. Dawson.

    Ch. 206 · 18 Stat. 660 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to authorize the Commissioner of Patents to sign the certificate of extension of letters patent No. 28,470, granted to Frederick T. Grant, May twenty-ninth eighteen hundred and sixty, upon a sliver machine.

    Ch. 207 · 18 Stat. 660 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas M. Jones, of Virginia.

    Ch. 208 · 18 Stat. 660 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of William M. Kimball.

    Ch. 209 · 18 Stat. 660 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company.

    Ch. 210 · 18 Stat. 661 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company, successor of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 211 · 18 Stat. 661 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of Joseph H. Colton.

    Ch. 212 · 18 Stat. 661 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of George A. Schreiner

    Ch. 213 · 18 Stat. 661 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of the Willow Springs Distilling Company, of Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 214 · 18 Stat. 662 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of the owners of the Steamer Clara Dolsen

    Ch. 215 · 18 Stat. 662 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a Pension to Davenport Downs—

    Ch. 216 · 18 Stat. 662 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of F. V. Hayden

    Ch. 217 · 18 Stat. 663 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Robert W. Johnson, formerly of Arkansas.

    Ch. 218 · 18 Stat. 663 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of William N. Denny, major of the Fifty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 219 · 18 Stat. 663 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of Alexander Minor, of West Virginia.

    Ch. 220 · 18 Stat. 663 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of E. Laws, chief engineer, United States Navy.

    Ch. 221 · 18 Stat. 664 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act to relieve James Jackson, of Georgia of his political disabilities.

    Ch. 222 · 18 Stat. 664 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Samuel S. Potter.

    Ch. 223 · 18 Stat. 664 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Washington Crosland.

    Ch. 224 · 18 Stat. 664 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of the survivors of the Polaris.

    Ch. 225 · 18 Stat. 664 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act permitting Lieutenant Commander Frederick Pearson of the Navy to accept a decoration from the Queen of Great Britain.

    Ch. 226 · 18 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas T. Fountleroy.

    Ch. 227 · 18 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of Mrs Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieutenant Dulaney A. Forest, late of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 228 · 18 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Wolf.

    Ch. 229 · 18 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of Montraville Patton of Buncombe County, North Carolina

    Ch. 230 · 18 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a Pension to Stephen Weatherlow.

    Ch. 231 · 18 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting an increase of pension to Stephen Weatherlow.

    Ch. 232 · 18 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act relieving the political disabilities of Edward Booker, of Henry County, Virginia.

    Ch. 233 · 18 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act relieving the political disabilities of Edward Booker, of Henry County, Virginia.

    Ch. 234 · 18 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of D. R. Haggard.

    Ch. 235 · 18 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Jefferson W. Davis, first lieutenant of company F, Sixty-fourth regiment New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 236 · 18 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of William Chester

     Ch. 237 · 18 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text