Every law Congress has passed

578 laws of the 44th Congress, 1875–1877

1. Joint resolution Concerning special-tax stamps.

   Public Resolution 10 · 19 Stat. 213 · May 8, 1876 · Original text

2. An Act To remove the political disabilities of James E. Slaughter, of Alabama.

   Ch. 92 · 19 Stat. 425 · May 8, 1876 · Private law · Original text

3. An act To relinquish the interests of the United States in certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California.

   Ch. 93 · 19 Stat. 52 · May 9, 1876 · Original text

4. An act Appropriating fifty thousand dollars for subsistence supplies for Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, and for the removal of the Indians of the Chiricahua Agency to San Carlos Agency.

   Ch. 94 · 19 Stat. 53 · May 9, 1876 · Original text

5. An act To define the tax on fermented or malt liquors.

   Ch. 95 · 19 Stat. 53 · May 13, 1876 · Original text

6. An act Authorizing the transfer of a certain appropriation.

   Ch. 96 · 19 Stat. 53 · May 13, 1876 · Original text

7. Joint resolution Authorizing the exhibition of a life-saving station house at the Centennial Exposition.

   Public Resolution 11 · 19 Stat. 213 · May 13, 1876 · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of John T Burchell, of Knoxville, Tennessee, for services rendered the Government in a small-pox hospital.

   Ch. 97 · 19 Stat. 426 · May 16, 1876 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting a pension to Nancy True.

   Ch. 98 · 19 Stat. 426 · May 18, 1876 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting a pension to Elmira E. Cravath.

    Ch. 99 · 19 Stat. 426 · May 18, 1876 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting a pension to James Eli Butts and Malinda Frances Butts.

    Ch. 100 · 19 Stat. 427 · May 18, 1876 · Private law · Original text

12. An act Appropriating nine thousand dollars to pay the expenses of the Select Committee to investigate the Federal offices in Louisiana.

    Ch. 101 · 19 Stat. 54 · May 19, 1876 · Original text

13. An act To amend the act entitled “An act entitled ‘An act to encourage the growth of timber on western praries,’” approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 102 · 19 Stat. 54 · May 20, 1876 · Original text

14. An act Relating to interments in the Congressional Cemetery.

    Ch. 103 · 19 Stat. 54 · May 23, 1876 · Original text

15. An act To extend the time to pre-emptors on the public lands

    Ch. 104 · 19 Stat. 55 · May 23, 1876 · Original text

16. An act Extending the time within which homestead entries upon certain lands in Michigan may be made.

    Ch. 105 · 19 Stat. 55 · May 23, 1876 · Original text

17. An act To further provide for the building of a custom house, post office, court-rooms, and so forth, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 106 · 19 Stat. 55 · May 23, 1876 · Original text

18. An act To amend the charter of the Capitol, North O Street, and South Washington Railway Company.

    Ch. 108 · 19 Stat. 56 · May 23, 1876 · Original text

19. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of claims reported to Congress, under section two of the act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Ch. 107 · 19 Stat. 427 · May 23, 1876 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive tree from duties a wedding present from the Khedive of Egypt.

    Ch. 109 · 19 Stat. 434 · May 23, 1876 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the Exchange National Bank of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, to improve certain real estate.

    Ch. 111 · 19 Stat. 434 · May 23, 1876 · Private law · Original text

22. An act To grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the United States arsenal-grounds near Benicia California.

    Ch. 112 · 19 Stat. 56 · May 24, 1876 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the estate of the late paymaster Major John S. Walker, United States Army.

    Ch. 113 · 19 Stat. 434 · May 24, 1876 · Private law · Original text

24. An act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to cancel and annul the condemnation of ground in square seven hundred and sixty-two, in the city of Washington, for a public alley, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 114 · 19 Stat. 56 · May 25, 1876 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett, assignees of William T. Cheatham.

    Ch. 115 · 19 Stat. 435 · May 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eliza Potter, widow of Lorenzo T. Potter deceased late of Charleston, South Carolina.

    Ch. 116 · 19 Stat. 436 · June 1, 1876 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of George Schwartz, deceased, late a private in Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 117 · 19 Stat. 436 · June 1, 1876 · Private law · Original text

28. An act Making certain transfers of appropriations in the provisions for the contingent expenses of the Department of Justice for the current year.

    Ch. 118 · 19 Stat. 57 · June 2, 1876 · Original text

29. An act To permit the judge of the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania to retire.

    Ch. 119 · 19 Stat. 57 · June 2, 1876 · Original text

30. An act Granting a site for an observatory to the trustees of the Lick Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California.

    Ch. 120 · 19 Stat. 57 · June 7, 1876 · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of John M. English of North Carolina.

    Ch. 121 · 19 Stat. 436 · June 7, 1876 · Private law · Original text

32. Joint resolution Granting the use of artillery, blankets &c at the National Soldiers Reunion at Caldwell, Ohio.

    Public Resolution 12 · 19 Stat. 213 · June 8, 1876 · Original text

33. An act Transferring the custody of certain Indian trust-funds

    Ch. 122 · 19 Stat. 58 · June 10, 1876 · Original text

34. An act Authorizing the residents and property-owners of Neville Township, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, to close the channel of the Ohio River on the south side of Neville Island by the construction of an embankment or causeway from the head of said island to the southern shore of said river.

    Ch. 123 · 19 Stat. 58 · June 12, 1876 · Original text

35. An Act To refund and remit certain duties to Peter Wright and Sons.

    Ch. 124 · 19 Stat. 437 · June 12, 1876 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Jackson T. Sorrells

    Ch. 125 · 19 Stat. 437 · June 14, 1876 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of Theodore F. Miller, late private Company G, Third Regiment Iowa Cavalry, Volunteers.

    Ch. 126 · 19 Stat. 437 · June 14, 1876 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a pension to John Pierson.

    Ch. 127 · 19 Stat. 438 · June 15, 1876 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Alvis Smith.

    Ch. 128 · 19 Stat. 438 · June 15, 1876 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting a pension to Urial Bundy.

    Ch. 129 · 19 Stat. 438 · June 15, 1876 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting a pension to Julia Scroggin.

    Ch. 130 · 19 Stat. 439 · June 15, 1876 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting a pension to Abraham Ellis.

    Ch. 131 · 19 Stat. 439 · June 15, 1876 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To remove the political disabilities of Francis T. Nicholls, of Louisiana.

    Ch. 132 · 19 Stat. 439 · June 16, 1876 · Private law · Original text

44. An act To amend in section fifty-two hundred and seventy-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to extradition.

    Ch. 133 · 19 Stat. 59 · June 19, 1876 · Original text

45. An act To amend “An act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, approved December twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 134 · 19 Stat. 59 · June 19, 1876 · Original text

46. An act Making appropriations for fortifications and for other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 135 · 19 Stat. 59 · June 20, 1876 · Original text

47. An act Relating to the execution of custom-house bonds.

    Ch. 136 · 19 Stat. 60 · June 20, 1876 · Original text

48. An act Establishing Cheboygan, in the State of Michigan, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 137 · 19 Stat. 60 · June 20, 1876 · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of F. M. Blount, of Chicago, Illinois

    Ch. 138 · 19 Stat. 439 · June 20, 1876 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting a pension to John H. Garrison

    Ch. 139 · 19 Stat. 440 · June 20, 1876 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to John McIntire.

    Ch. 140 · 19 Stat. 440 · June 20, 1876 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an additional pension to Mary P. Abeel.

    Ch. 142 · 19 Stat. 440 · June 20, 1876 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a pension to Francis Bernard.

    Ch. 141 · 19 Stat. 441 · June 20, 1876 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act For the relief of lieutenant James B. Sinclair United States Army.

    Ch. 143 · 19 Stat. 441 · June 21, 1876 · Private law · Original text

55. An act Authorizing the retirement of Col. W. H. Emory with the rank and pay of a brigadier general.

    Ch. 144 · 19 Stat. 60 · June 26, 1876 · Original text

56. An act To change the name of the steamship City of Brashear to Lone Star.

    Ch. 145 · 19 Stat. 61 · June 26, 1876 · Original text

57. An act To reduce the number and increase the efficiency of the Medical Corps of the United States Army.

    Ch. 146 · 19 Stat. 61 · June 26, 1876 · Original text

58. An act To further the administration of justice in the State of Colorado.

    Ch. 147 · 19 Stat. 61 · June 26, 1876 · Original text

59. An Act Granting a pension to Fannie S. White.

    Ch. 150 · 19 Stat. 441 · June 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To remove the political disabilities of W. H. Jenifer, late first lieutenant Second Cavalry United States Army.

    Ch. 148 · 19 Stat. 442 · June 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of A. F. McMillen, late captain First United States Heavy Artillery.

    Ch. 149 · 19 Stat. 442 · June 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas F. Wildes, late lieutenant colonel One hundred and sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. 151 · 19 Stat. 443 · June 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To release any title of the United States to a certain tract of land in Braxton County West Virginia, to Sarah Wilson.

    Ch. 152 · 19 Stat. 443 · June 26, 1876 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of Kendrick and Avis, Kuner Zisemann and Zott, Kuner and Zott, all of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Nachtrieb and Co. of Galion, Ohio.

    Ch. 153 · 19 Stat. 443 · June 28, 1876 · Private law · Original text

65. An act To amend section one thousand nine hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United States defining the jurisdiction of the courts in Washington Territory.

    Ch. 154 · 19 Stat. 62 · June 29, 1876 · Original text

66. An Act For the relief of William Rule, postmaster at Knoxville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 155 · 19 Stat. 444 · June 29, 1876 · Private law · Original text

67. An act Authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 156 · 19 Stat. 63 · June 30, 1876 · Original text

68. An act To provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

    Ch. 157 · 19 Stat. 65 · June 30, 1876 · Original text

69. An act To continue the public printing

    Ch. 158 · 19 Stat. 65 · June 30, 1876 · Original text

70. An act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 159 · 19 Stat. 65 · June 30, 1876 · Original text

71. An act To change the name of the steam-boat Paragon, of Pittsburgh. Pa.

    Ch. 160 · 19 Stat. 72 · July 1, 1876 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of Judson S. Post, of Missouri, late disbursing-officer of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 161 · 19 Stat. 444 · July 1, 1876 · Private law · Original text

73. An act Granting the right of way for a railroad and telegraph line to the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company across Fort Walla Walla military reservation in Washington Territory.

    Ch. 162 · 19 Stat. 72 · July 3, 1876 · Original text

74. An act Making a further appropriation for the erection of Government buildings in Dover, Delaware.

    Ch. 163 · 19 Stat. 72 · July 3, 1876 · Original text

75. An act To amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the joint stock company of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Washington,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. 164 · 19 Stat. 73 · July 3, 1876 · Original text

76. Joint resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms.

    Public Resolution 13 · 19 Stat. 214 · July 3, 1876 · Original text

77. An act To repeal section two thousand three hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, making restrictions in the disposition of the public lands in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 165 · 19 Stat. 73 · July 4, 1876 · Original text

78. An act To extend the time for filing claims for additional bounty under the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which expired, by limitation, on January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 166 · 19 Stat. 74 · July 5, 1876 · Original text

79. An act To amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 167 · 19 Stat. 74 · July 5, 1876 · Original text

80. An act Providing for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual settlers, and for the disposition of the proceeds of the sale.

    Ch. 168 · 19 Stat. 74 · July 5, 1876 · Original text

81. An act To authorize the construction of a ponton-bridge across the Mississippi River from some feasible point in La Crosse County, in the State of Wisconsin, to some feasible point in Houston County, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 169 · 19 Stat. 76 · July 6, 1876 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of Joseph Wilson, of Bourbon county, Kentucky.

    Ch. 170 · 19 Stat. 445 · July 6, 1876 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Ariel K. Eaton and James D. Jenkins.

    Ch. 171 · 19 Stat. 445 · July 7, 1876 · Private law · Original text

84. Joint Resolution For the relief of Edward O’M. Condon.

    Private Resolution 14 · 19 Stat. 498 · July 7, 1876 · Private law · Original text

85. An act Authorizing the Nebraska City Bridge Company to construct a ponton railway-bridge across the Missouri River at Nebraska City in Otoe County, Nebraska.

    Ch. 172 · 19 Stat. 76 · July 8, 1876 · Original text

86. An Act To reimburse B. F. West and Company of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, for internal-revenue stamps stolen from Cambridge, Ohio, post-office.

    Ch. 173 · 19 Stat. 446 · July 8, 1876 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Robert Cavanaugh.

    Ch. 174 · 19 Stat. 446 · July 8, 1876 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Martha R. Robinson, of Portsmouth, Ohio.

    Ch. 175 · 19 Stat. 446 · July 8, 1876 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the mail-contractors on route No 19319, in Tennessee.

    Ch. 176 · 19 Stat. 447 · July 8, 1876 · Private law · Original text

90. An act To continue the provisions of an act entitled “an act to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government” &c &c.

    Ch. 177 · 19 Stat. 78 · July 10, 1876 · Original text

91. An Act To fix the retired pay of Surgeon-General Clement A. Finley, retired.

    Ch. 178 · 19 Stat. 448 · July 10, 1876 · Private law · Original text

92. An act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 179 · 19 Stat. 78 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

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

    Ch. 180 · 19 Stat. 83 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

94. An act Relative to the redemption of unused stamps.

    Ch. 181 · 19 Stat. 88 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

95. An act To authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase supplies for the Indian Bureau in open market.

    Ch. 182 · 19 Stat. 88 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

96. An act To amend section fifty-five hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States providing for imprisonment and transfer of United States prisoners.

    Ch. 183 · 19 Stat. 88 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

97. An act To authorize the Northwestern Improvement Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, to enter upon the Menomonee Indian reservation, and improve the Oconto River, its branches and tributaries.

    Ch. 184 · 19 Stat. 89 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

98. An act To exempt vessels engaged in navigating the Mississippi River and its tributaries above the port of New Orleans from entries and clearances.

    Ch. 185 · 19 Stat. 90 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

99. An act To amend sections 3893 and 3894 of the Revised Statutes providing a penalty for mailing obscene books and other matters therein contained, and prohibiting lottery-circulars passing through the mails.

    Ch. 186 · 19 Stat. 90 · July 12, 1876 · Original text

100. An act To amend an act approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, providing for the sale of a part of Custom House Lot, in Rockland, Maine.

     Ch. 187 · 19 Stat. 91 · July 12, 1876 · Original text