Every law Congress has passed

650 laws of the 46th Congress, 1879–1881

1. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for the purchase or construction of a refrigerating ship for the disinfection of vessels and cargoes, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 1 · 21 Stat. 1 · April 18, 1879 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution authorizing the printing of a portrait of the late Joseph Henry, to accompany the memorial volume heretofore ordered.

   Public Resolution 1 · 21 Stat. 48 · April 18, 1879 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution relating to the organization of the National Board of Health

   Public Resolution 2 · 21 Stat. 49 · April 18, 1879 · Original text

4. An Act changing the name of the National Bank of Commerce of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the National Lafayette and Bank of Commerce of Cincinnati, Ohio.

   Ch. 2 · 21 Stat. 1 · April 29, 1879 · Original text

5. An Act to provide for certain expenses of the present session of Congress and for other purposes.

   Ch. 3 · 21 Stat. 2 · May 10, 1879 · Original text

6. An Act providing for a new propeller for the United States ship "Alarm".

   Ch. 4 · 21 Stat. 3 · May 12, 1879 · Original text

7. An Act to amend sections fourteen hundred and seventeen, fourteen hundred and eighteen, fourteen hundred and nineteen, fourteen hundred and twenty, and sixteen hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the Navy.

   Ch. 5 · 21 Stat. 3 · May 12, 1879 · Original text

8. An Act making appropriations for constructing jetties and other works at South Pass, Mississippi River.

   Ch. 6 · 21 Stat. 4 · May 13, 1879 · Original text

9. An Act to authorize the employment of three additional assistants in the Library of Congress.

   Ch. 7 · 21 Stat. 4 · May 14, 1879 · Original text

10. An Act to amend section fifty-four hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 8 · 21 Stat. 4 · May 17, 1879 · Original text

11. An Act for the removal of the political disabilities of John S. Saunders, of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 9 · 21 Stat. 525 · May 20, 1879 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to provide for the change of name of the steamboat "Alexis".

    Ch. 10 · 21 Stat. 5 · May 29, 1879 · Original text

13. An Act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States.

    Ch. 11 · 21 Stat. 5 · June 2, 1879 · Original text

14. An Act to provide for the exchange of subsidiary coins for lawful money of the United States under certain circumstances, and to make such coins a legal tender in all sums not exceeding ten dollars, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 21 Stat. 7 · June 9, 1879 · Original text

15. An Act in relation to the accounts of the United States Entomological Commission.

    Ch. 13 · 21 Stat. 8 · June 9, 1879 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned ordnance for the monument of Colonel Robert L. McCook, Ninth Ohio Volunteers, in Washington Park, in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Ch. 14 · 21 Stat. 8 · June 9, 1879 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution authorizing the Public Printer to bind in cloth two volumes of Sailing Directions for the United States Hydrographic Office.

    Public Resolution 3 · 21 Stat. 49 · June 9, 1879 · Original text

18. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, preservation, and completion of certain works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes”, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

    Ch. 15 · 21 Stat. 8 · June 10, 1879 · Original text

19. An Act to confer upon the Commissioners of the District of Columbia certain powers, duties, and limitations contained in chapter eight (Water Service) of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 16 · 21 Stat. 9 · June 10, 1879 · Original text

20. An Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue twenty year five per cent bonds of the District of Columbia to redeem certain funded indebtedness of said District.

    Ch. 17 · 21 Stat. 9 · June 10, 1879 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution in relation to the international exhibitions to be held at Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Public Resolution 4 · 21 Stat. 49 · June 10, 1879 · Original text

22. An Act to amend an act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine entitled "An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places of holding courts in said districts."

    Ch. 18 · 21 Stat. 10 · June 11, 1879 · Original text

23. An Act to extend the time for the payment of pre-emptors on certain public lands in the State of Minnesota and Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. 19 · 21 Stat. 11 · June 12, 1879 · Original text

24. An Act to extend the time of special postal service until service can be obtained by advertisement.

    Ch. 20 · 21 Stat. 11 · June 12, 1879 · Original text

25. An Act to establish post routes.

    Ch. 21 · 21 Stat. 11 · June 12, 1879 · Original text

26. An Act to correct an error in “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, preservation, and completion of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine

    Ch. 22 · 21 Stat. 20 · June 14, 1879 · Original text

27. An Act relating to vinegar factories established and operated prior to March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.

    Ch. 23 · 21 Stat. 20 · June 14, 1879 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution directing a monument to be erected to mark the birthplace of George Washington.

    Public Resolution 5 · 21 Stat. 50 · June 14, 1879 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to place vessels and hulks at the disposal of commissioners of quarantine or other proper persons at the ports of the United States.

    Public Resolution 6 · 21 Stat. 50 · June 14, 1879 · Original text

30. An Act to remove the political disabilities of J. C. Pemberton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 24 · 21 Stat. 525 · June 14, 1879 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to remove the political disabilities of James H. North of Culpeper County, Virginia.

    Ch. 25 · 21 Stat. 525 · June 17, 1879 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate for the purchase at private sale, or, if necessary, procure by condemnation, a site for a post-office in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland.

    Ch. 26 · 21 Stat. 21 · June 18, 1879 · Original text

33. An Act supplemental to “An act to establish post-routes.

    Ch. 27 · 21 Stat. 21 · June 18, 1879 · Original text

34. An Act to remove the political disabilities of James F. Harrison, of Virginia.

    Ch. 28 · 21 Stat. 525 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Arthur P. Bagby, of Texas.

    Ch. 29 · 21 Stat. 526 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to remove the political disabilities of William N. R. Beall, of Missouri.

    Ch. 30 · 21 Stat. 526 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act providing compensation to E. E. Rice for property transferred by him to the Government of the United States for the use of the diplomatic and consular representatives at Hakodadi in Japan.

    Ch. 31 · 21 Stat. 526 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

38. Joint Resolution to pay Patrick Doran for services as messenger, House of Representatives.

    Private Resolution 7 · 21 Stat. 528 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

39. Joint Resolution for the relief of Dr. C. W. Brink, bearer of dispatches from the United States minister at Mexico in eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Private Resolution 8 · 21 Stat. 528 · June 18, 1879 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to use certain moneys appropriated by act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, for the protection of the high sand-banks on the Chippewa River”, in the completion and protection of improvements in and near the mouth of said Chippewa River.

    Ch. 32 · 21 Stat. 23 · June 19, 1879 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution accepting from Professor Edward Fontaine, of Louisiana, certain maps, drawings, and explanations of the same.

    Public Resolution 9 · 21 Stat. 50 · June 19, 1879 · Original text

42. Joint Resolution to print live thousand copies of the Final Reports of the United States Centennial Commission upon the International Exhibition and Centennial Celebration of eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Public Resolution 10 · 21 Stat. 50 · June 20, 1879 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution relating to a bridge across the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan.

    Public Resolution 11 · 21 Stat. 51 · June 20, 1879 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution to repeal certain clauses in the sundry civil appropriation act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 12 · 21 Stat. 51 · June 20, 1879 · Original text

45. An Act to relieve the churches of the District of Columbia, and to clear the title of the trustees of such property.

    Ch. 33 · 21 Stat. 23 · June 21, 1879 · Original text

46. An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 34 · 21 Stat. 23 · June 21, 1879 · Original text

47. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 35 · 21 Stat. 30 · June 23, 1879 · Original text

48. Joint Resolution fixing the date on which the pay of the committee clerks, pages, and laborers of the House of Representatives, who are paid during the session only, shall begin for this session, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 13 · 21 Stat. 53 · June 24, 1879 · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, Paris, Texas.

    Ch. 36 · 21 Stat. 526 · June 24, 1879 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to authorize the renewal of a loan therein named by the joint stock company of the Young Mens Christian Association of Washington.

    Ch. 37 · 21 Stat. 527 · June 24, 1879 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to extend the area for the taking up and impounding of domestic animals in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 38 · 21 Stat. 35 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

52. An Act providing for the binding of the Internal Revenue Laws and Manual.

    Ch. 39 · 21 Stat. 35 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

53. An Act concerning the legislative assemblies of the several Territories of the United States

    Ch. 40 · 21 Stat. 35 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

54. An Act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now due to the District of Columbia, and for a revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 41 · 21 Stat. 36 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

55. An Act authorizing the Conway National Bank of Conway, Massachusetts, to change its location and name.

    Ch. 42 · 21 Stat. 36 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution authorizing the appointment of a commission to lease a building for a city postoffice in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 14 · 21 Stat. 53 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution to provide for the purchase of the stereotype plates of the final reports of the Centennial Commission upon the Centennial Exhibition of eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Public Resolution 15 · 21 Stat. 53 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution authorizing the completion of the foundation of the Washington Monument.

    Public Resolution 16 · 21 Stat. 54 · June 27, 1879 · Original text

59. An Act to provide for the appointment of a “Mississippi River Commission” for the improvement of said river from the Head of the Passes near its mouth to its headwaters.

    Ch. 43 · 21 Stat. 37 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

60. An Act to establish post-roads in certain States therein named.

    Ch. 44 · 21 Stat. 38 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

61. An Act making additional appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 45 · 21 Stat. 40 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution relative to certain accepted drafts and other papers in the Department of State.

    Public Resolution 17 · 21 Stat. 54 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution donating granite blocks to Mower Post Grand Army of the Republic of New Orleans Louisiana.

    Public Resolution 18 · 21 Stat. 54 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution authirising a survey of the Mississippi River near Lake Concordia, Louisiana and Cowpon Bend, Mississippi.

    Public Resolution 19 · 21 Stat. 54 · June 28, 1879 · Original text

65. An Act for the benefit of the widow and children of General James Shields, and to increase the pension of Caroline S. Webster.

    Ch. 46 · 21 Stat. 527 · June 28, 1879 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act to change the name of the ferry-boat James Fisk Jr. to Passaic

    Ch. 47 · 21 Stat. 41 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

67. An Act to change the name of the steam-propeller “Nuhpa” to “Metropolitan”.

    Ch. 48 · 21 Stat. 41 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

68. An Act changing the time of holding the November term of the United States district court in the district of Connecticut.

    Ch. 49 · 21 Stat. 41 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Wabash River.

    Ch. 50 · 21 Stat. 42 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

70. An Act to amend section one, page two hundred and thirty-four, volume twenty of the United States Statutes at Large, Forty-fifth Congress.

    Ch. 51 · 21 Stat. 43 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

71. An Act making appropriations for certain judicial expenses for the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 52 · 21 Stat. 43 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of William Nephew King, junior.

    Ch. 53 · 21 Stat. 44 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

73. An Act relating to vessels not propelled by sail or internal motive power of their own and for other purposes.

    Ch. 54 · 21 Stat. 44 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

74. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to release certain lands of the United States to the people of the State of New York.

    Ch. 55 · 21 Stat. 44 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

75. An Act to amend the act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes", approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, by correcting two clerical errors therein.

    Ch. 56 · 21 Stat. 45 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

76. An Act providing for filling vacancies in the Office of Chief of Engineers, United States Army.

    Ch. 57 · 21 Stat. 45 · June 30, 1879 · Original text

77. An Act to allow John Merryman and Frank Brown of Maryland to import and land cattle for breeding purposes.

    Ch. 58 · 21 Stat. 527 · June 30, 1879 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act to prescribe the times for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States in the district of Kentucky.

    Ch. 59 · 21 Stat. 45 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

79. An Act to grant additional rights to homestead settlers on public lands within railroad limits in the States of Missouri and Arkansas

    Ch. 60 · 21 Stat. 46 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

80. An Act to provide office-rooms for the National Board of Health, and for the publication of its reports and papers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 61 · 21 Stat. 46 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

81. An Act to provide for the conveyance of the low grounds in the city of Washington, under the provisions of the act of Congress, chapter ninety-six, approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and twenty-two.

    Ch. 62 · 21 Stat. 47 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of settlers on the public lands in districts subject to grasshopper incursions.

    Ch. 63 · 21 Stat. 48 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

83. An Act to put salts of quinine and sulphate of quinine on the free list.

    Ch. 64 · 21 Stat. 48 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution in relation to committee clerks, pages, and other employees of the Senate and. House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 20 · 21 Stat. 55 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution to pay the employees of the House of Representatives borne on the annual roll one month’s extra pay.

    Public Resolution 21 · 21 Stat. 56 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

86. Joint Resolution to supply Congress with Heyl’s United States Import Duties.

    Public Resolution 22 · 21 Stat. 56 · July 1, 1879 · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of the estate of Henry Conard.

    Ch. 65 · 21 Stat. 528 · July 1, 1879 · Private law · Original text

88. Joint Resolution to pay Professor Peter Collier for services as chemist in the prosecutions of the of the evasions of the duties on sugar.

    Private Resolution 23 · 21 Stat. 528 · July 1, 1879 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint Resolution to pay L. H. Fitzhugh for services du ring the Forty-fourth Congress.

    Private Resolution 24 · 21 Stat. 529 · July 1, 1879 · Private law · Original text

90. Joint resolution to transfer the arsenal property in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the trustees of the Holy Communion Church Institute for the use and accommodation of said school.

    Public Resolution 1 · 21 Stat. 299 · December 19, 1879 · Original text

91. Joint resolution filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 2 · 21 Stat. 299 · December 19, 1879 · Original text

92. Joint resolution authorizing payment of the salaries of the employés of Congress on the nineteenth of December eighteen hundred and seventy nine.

    Public Resolution 3 · 21 Stat. 299 · December 19, 1879 · Original text

93. An Act authorizing an allowance for loss by leakage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from distillery warehouses for exportation.

    Ch. 1 · 21 Stat. 59 · December 20, 1879 · Original text

94. An Act relating to printing impressions from portraits and vignettes.

    Ch. 2 · 21 Stat. 59 · December 22, 1879 · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Herman Hulman and Crawford Fairbanks of the city of Terre Haute, Indiana.

    Ch. 3 · 21 Stat. 531 · December 24, 1879 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

    Ch. 4 · 21 Stat. 59 · January 13, 1880 · Original text

97. An Act to authorize the laying of a telegraphic cable from the main land in Rhode Island to Block Island.

    Ch. 5 · 21 Stat. 60 · January 14, 1880 · Original text

98. Joint resolution touching the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas.

    Public Resolution 4 · 21 Stat. 299 · January 14, 1880 · Original text

99. Joint Resolution for the relief of D. M. Hamlin and Andrew F. Slade.

    Private Resolution 5 · 21 Stat. 593 · January 14, 1880 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the delivery to Samuel Lord, junior, receiver, of certain bonds now in the Treasury of the United States.

     Ch. 6 · 21 Stat. 532 · January 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text