Every law Congress has passed

746 laws of the 45th Congress, 1877–1879

1. An Act authorizing the issue of passports free to colored citizens going to Brazil.

   Ch. 74 · 20 Stat. 40 · April 30, 1878 · Original text

2. An Act to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for prior years, for subsistence of the Army, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 75 · 20 Stat. 41 · April 30, 1878 · Original text

3. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, and making an appropriation for the same; also making appropriations for detecting trespass on public lands, and for bringing into market public lands in certain States, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 76 · 20 Stat. 46 · April 30, 1878 · Original text

4. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department.

   Ch. 77 · 20 Stat. 515 · April 30, 1878 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act to provide for the administration of the oath of office to collectors and other officers of the customs in the district of Alaska.

   Ch. 78 · 20 Stat. 47 · May 2, 1878 · Original text

6. An Act to prohibit the coinage of the twenty cent piece of silver.

   Ch. 79 · 20 Stat. 47 · May 2, 1878 · Original text

7. An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American register to the Canadian-built propeller "East" by the name of "Kent."

   Ch. 80 · 20 Stat. 47 · May 2, 1878 · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Will R. Hervey.

   Ch. 81 · 20 Stat. 525 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of James Fishback, late collector of internal revenue, tenth district, State of Illinois.

   Ch. 82 · 20 Stat. 525 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to authorize T. and J. W. Gaff and Company, to use a certain building in the city of Aurora, Indiana for the rectification of distilled spirits.

    Ch. 83 · 20 Stat. 525 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to allow the interment, in the national cemetery at Newberne, in the State of North Carolina, of the remains of the late R. F. Lehman, lately a commissioner of the United States circuit court in the eastern district of North Carolina.

    Ch. 84 · 20 Stat. 525 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of Charles B. Varney.

    Ch. 85 · 20 Stat. 525 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of Samuel H. Canfield, postmaster at Seymour Connecticut.

    Ch. 86 · 20 Stat. 526 · May 2, 1878 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to make certain negotiations with the Ute Indians in the State of Colorado.

    Ch. 87 · 20 Stat. 48 · May 3, 1878 · Original text

15. An Act to extend the provisions of section thirty-two hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes to other institutions of learning.

    Ch. 88 · 20 Stat. 48 · May 3, 1878 · Original text

16. Joint resolution for the erection of a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson

    Resolution 19 · 20 Stat. 250 · May 3, 1878 · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Susan Robb.

    Ch. 89 · 20 Stat. 526 · May 3, 1878 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of the minor heirs of John H. Evans, deceased.

    Ch. 90 · 20 Stat. 526 · May 3, 1878 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 91 · 20 Stat. 48 · May 4, 1878 · Original text

20. Joint resolution granting the use of artillery, tents, and so forth, at the national soldiers’ and sailors’ reunion, to be held at Marietta, Ohio.

    Resolution 20 · 20 Stat. 251 · May 4, 1878 · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Rebecca and Augusta Miller, daughters of Brigadier-General James Miller, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 92 · 20 Stat. 526 · May 4, 1878 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Silas M. Norton, postmaster at Bristol, Connecticut.

    Ch. 93 · 20 Stat. 527 · May 4, 1878 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of William L. Hickam, of Missouri, guardian of the minor children of Hillary J. Jenkins.

    Ch. 94 · 20 Stat. 527 · May 4, 1878 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act making an appropriation for pier-lights at the entrance of the jetties in the South Pass of the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 95 · 20 Stat. 56 · May 6, 1878 · Original text

25. An Act to alter and amend the 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 first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and also to alter and amend the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in amendment of said first-named act.

    Ch. 96 · 20 Stat. 56 · May 7, 1878 · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Esther A. George.

    Ch. 97 · 20 Stat. 527 · May 9, 1878 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth D. Stone.

    Ch. 98 · 20 Stat. 527 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Anna L. Robbins.

    Ch. 99 · 20 Stat. 527 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Melvina A. Maltby.

    Ch. 100 · 20 Stat. 528 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Nancy E. McClelland.

    Ch. 101 · 20 Stat. 528 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Martha C. Kendall.

    Ch. 102 · 20 Stat. 528 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Mary Wilkes, widow of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes United States Navy.

    Ch. 103 · 20 Stat. 528 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Hannah Streets,

    Ch. 104 · 20 Stat. 528 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to William S. Davis, late private in Company E, Thirty-first Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. 105 · 20 Stat. 529 · May 14, 1878 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to amend a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms, approved July third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Ch. 106 · 20 Stat. 61 · May 16, 1878 · Original text

36. An Act to regulate the advertising of mail lettings, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 20 Stat. 61 · May 17, 1878 · Original text

37. Joint resolution providing for the distribution and sale of the new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Resolution 22 · 20 Stat. 251 · May 22, 1878 · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of Numis H. Coverdale.

    Ch. 108 · 20 Stat. 529 · May 22, 1878 · Private law · Original text

39. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to the Society of the Sons of St George established at Philadelphia the sum of fourteen hundred and forty dollars and twenty-five cents in gold, being the amount paid by said Society upon a colossal statue of St George and the Dragon.

    Private Resolution 23 · 20 Stat. 588 · May 22, 1878 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act extending the privileges of sections twenty-nine hundred and ninety to twenty-nine hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes, inclusive, to the port of Bath, in the State of Maine.

    Ch. 109 · 20 Stat. 63 · May 25, 1878 · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of Othniel P. Hollis, of the Soldiers' Home, Augusta, Maine.

    Ch. 110 · 20 Stat. 529 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to William A. Miller.

    Ch. 111 · 20 Stat. 529 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of James J. Waring, of Savannah, Georgia.

    Ch. 112 · 20 Stat. 529 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Dudley A. Fish, of Bucyrus, Ohio.

    Ch. 113 · 20 Stat. 530 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of William Roylston, late private Company D. First Regiment Tennessee Light Artillery.

    Ch. 114 · 20 Stat. 530 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Jonathan R. Tilman.

    Ch. 115 · 20 Stat. 530 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Rose Miller, widow of Reason F. Miller, deceased, late a private in Company E, One hundred and twenty-third Illinois Infantry.

    Ch. 116 · 20 Stat. 530 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Lemuel L, Lawrence, late second lieutenant Company B in the Sixth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers.

    Ch. 117 · 20 Stat. 530 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act restoring the name of Thomas W. Brown to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 118 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to John Frey.

    Ch. 119 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to George Grove.

    Ch. 120 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to William H. Shultis, late of Company K, Fourteenth Regiment New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 121 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a pension to Florence V. Moore.

    Ch. 122 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to Benjamin C. Webster.

    Ch. 123 · 20 Stat. 531 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act to amend an act granting a pension to William Hafford, of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 124 · 20 Stat. 532 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Julia S. W. Evans, widow of Henry D. Evans, late first lieutenant of Company B, Thirteenth Missouri Volunteers.

    Ch. 125 · 20 Stat. 532 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to Isabella Cassidy.

    Ch. 126 · 20 Stat. 532 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Warren F. Wood.

    Ch. 127 · 20 Stat. 532 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Joseph L. Young, late a private Company C, Eleventh Regiment Maine Volunteers.

    Ch. 128 · 20 Stat. 532 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Ruth Isabelle Naylor, widow of Captain Charles Naylor, of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican war.

    Ch. 129 · 20 Stat. 533 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Louisa J. Guthrie and others.

    Ch. 130 · 20 Stat. 533 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Emily H. Lyford

    Ch. 131 · 20 Stat. 533 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act providing for an increase of pension to Charles H. Day.

    Ch. 132 · 20 Stat. 533 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Totten, widow of the late Commodore Benjamin J. Totten, United States Navy.

    Ch. 133 · 20 Stat. 534 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Mary T. Thompson, widow of William Thompson, late second lieutenant Company E, Twelfth New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 134 · 20 Stat. 534 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Ovid H. Clark.

    Ch. 135 · 20 Stat. 534 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting an increase of pension to John Murphy, late private Company F, Fifth Regiment United States Infantry.

    Ch. 136 · 20 Stat. 534 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Reese, widow of John Reese, a deceased soldier.

    Ch. 137 · 20 Stat. 534 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Rebecca T. Scott, widow of Major John B. Scott, late of the United States Army.

    Ch. 138 · 20 Stat. 535 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to authorize the survey of the Cattaraugus Indian reservation in the State of New York.

    Ch. 139 · 20 Stat. 535 · May 25, 1878 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of settlers on the public lands under the preemption laws.

    Ch. 140 · 20 Stat. 63 · May 27, 1878 · Original text

72. An Act to change the name of the steam-boat D. A. McDonald to Silver Wave.

    Ch. 141 · 20 Stat. 63 · May 27, 1878 · Original text

73. An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 142 · 20 Stat. 63 · May 27, 1878 · Original text

74. An Act to confirm the term, for the period of seventeen years from the date of its original grant of the patent of Thomas A. Weston.

    Ch. 143 · 20 Stat. 535 · May 27, 1878 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Mary B. Marsh.

    Ch. 144 · 20 Stat. 535 · May 27, 1878 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund certain taxes erroneously collected and for other purposes.

    Ch. 145 · 20 Stat. 87 · May 28, 1878 · Original text

77. An Act to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes.

    Ch. 146 · 20 Stat. 87 · May 31, 1878 · Original text

78. An Act supplementary to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three entitled An act supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one incorporating Columbia College District of Columbia.

    Ch. 147 · 20 Stat. 88 · May 31, 1878 · Original text

79. Joint resolution to pay the laborers known as cloakroom men and to place them on the Doorkeepers roll.

    Resolution 24 · 20 Stat. 252 · May 31, 1878 · Original text

80. Joint resolution granting the use of tents at the soldiers’ reunion to be held at Des Moines, Iowa.

    Resolution 25 · 20 Stat. 252 · May 31, 1878 · Original text

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

    Ch. 148 · 20 Stat. 88 · June 1, 1878 · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of Robert Coles.

    Ch. 149 · 20 Stat. 536 · June 1, 1878 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes.

    Ch. 150 · 20 Stat. 88 · June 3, 1878 · Original text

84. An Act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and in Washington Territory.

    Ch. 151 · 20 Stat. 89 · June 3, 1878 · Original text

85. An Act to provide for the publication of notices of contest under the homestead, preemption, and tree-culture laws of the United States.

    Ch. 152 · 20 Stat. 91 · June 3, 1878 · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Milton B. Cushing paymaster United States Navy.

    Ch. 153 · 20 Stat. 537 · June 3, 1878 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to alter and amend a law of the District of Columbia relative to the inspection of flour.

    Ch. 154 · 20 Stat. 91 · June 4, 1878 · Original text

88. An Act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 155 · 20 Stat. 91 · June 4, 1878 · Original text

89. An Act to provide for the free entry of articles imported for exhibition by societies established for encouragement of the arts or sciences, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 156 · 20 Stat. 99 · June 6, 1878 · Original text

90. An Act to confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards, his heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. 157 · 20 Stat. 537 · June 6, 1878 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of John Clinton, postmaster at Brownsville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 158 · 20 Stat. 537 · June 6, 1878 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mattie McTaggart, widow of the late First Lieutenant McTaggart, Seventeenth United States Infantry.

    Ch. 159 · 20 Stat. 538 · June 6, 1878 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act to repeal the bankrupt law.

    Ch. 160 · 20 Stat. 99 · June 7, 1878 · Original text

94. An Act making further appropriations for continuing the improvements of Galveston Harbor, State of Texas.

    Ch. 161 · 20 Stat. 100 · June 7, 1878 · Original text

95. An Act regulating the appointment of justices of the peace, commissioners of deeds, and constables within and for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 20 Stat. 100 · June 7, 1878 · Original text

96. Joint resolution providing for issue of arms to Territories.

    Resolution 26 · 20 Stat. 252 · June 7, 1878 · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to James Newcomb.

    Ch. 163 · 20 Stat. 538 · June 7, 1878 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Alfred Richardson, late of Company A, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers.

    Ch. 164 · 20 Stat. 538 · June 7, 1878 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Acting Master Robert Platt, United States Navy.

    Ch. 165 · 20 Stat. 538 · June 7, 1878 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Nannie Hall

     Ch. 166 · 20 Stat. 538 · June 7, 1878 · Private law · Original text