Every law Congress has passed

650 laws of the 46th Congress, 1879–1881

1. An Act granting a pension to Harvey Burk.

   Ch. 255 · 21 Stat. 587 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Thomas J. Jackson.

   Ch. 256 · 21 Stat. 587 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Eliza K. Ashby.

   Ch. 257 · 21 Stat. 588 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of John H. Standish.

   Ch. 258 · 21 Stat. 588 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Amanda M. Cook.

   Ch. 259 · 21 Stat. 588 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of James N. Ruby

   Ch. 260 · 21 Stat. 588 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Belinda Curtis.

   Ch. 261 · 21 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of E. K. Snead, deceased, and his sureties, for the loss of certain books of special stamps and coupons.

   Ch. 262 · 21 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to place upon the pension-roll the name of Masach Finn.

   Ch. 263 · 21 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Rachael Martin.

    Ch. 264 · 21 Stat. 589 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Francis W. Maxwell.

    Ch. 265 · 21 Stat. 590 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll the name of Della Benner, widow of the late Lieutenant Hiram H. Benner, of Company "C", Eighteenth Infantry.

    Ch. 266 · 21 Stat. 590 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to remove the political disabilities of John S. Maury.

    Ch. 267 · 21 Stat. 590 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to correct the military record of Byron Rosecrans.

    Ch. 268 · 21 Stat. 590 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to reinstate R. W. Barkley as cadet-midshipman in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.

    Ch. 269 · 21 Stat. 591 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to confirm to John Hepting and others title to certain lands.

    Ch. 270 · 21 Stat. 591 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of the estate and sureties of John P. Hall, deceased.

    Ch. 271 · 21 Stat. 591 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

18. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to lend to the “ Gate City Guard” a military company of Atlanta, Georgia, four hundred government tents under certain circumstances.

    Private Resolution 58 · 21 Stat. 598 · June 16, 1880 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of a part of the Fort Dodge military reservation to actual settlers under the provisions of the homestead laws, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1 · 21 Stat. 311 · December 15, 1880 · Original text

20. An Act to amend section twenty-two hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes in relation to fees for final certificates in donaiion cases.

    Ch. 2 · 21 Stat. 311 · December 17, 1880 · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Pettijohn

    Ch. 3 · 21 Stat. 601 · December 17, 1880 · Private law · Original text

22. Joint resolution directing one copy of Congressional Record to be sent to each of our legations abroad.

    Public Resolution 1 · 21 Stat. 515 · December 18, 1880 · Original text

23. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the name of the yacht “ Stephen D. Barnes” of Philadelphia.

    Ch. 4 · 21 Stat. 311 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

24. An Act to provide a portable pedestal to the monument erected in honor of the late Admiral Farragut in Washington City.

    Ch. 5 · 21 Stat. 312 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

25. An Act to change the name of the schooner-yacht “Nettie”, to “Nokomis”

    Ch. 6 · 21 Stat. 312 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

26. An Act amending section eighteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States

    Ch. 7 · 21 Stat. 312 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

27. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Fair Grounds Association ”.

    Ch. 8 · 21 Stat. 312 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

28. An Act granting permission to the Chamber of Commerce of New York to erect a statue on the sub-treasury building in the city of New York.

    Ch. 9 · 21 Stat. 313 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

29. An Act to authorize the construction of a fixed bridge over the Saint Mary’s River and for other purposes.

    Ch. 10 · 21 Stat. 313 · December 23, 1880 · Original text

30. An Act granting an increase of pension to J. J. Purman.

    Ch. 11 · 21 Stat. 601 · December 23, 1880 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Charles W. Abbot, a pay-director, and W. W. Barry, a passed assistant paymaster, in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 12 · 21 Stat. 601 · December 23, 1880 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Julia Gardner Tyler, widow of ex-President Tyler.

    Ch. 13 · 21 Stat. 602 · December 23, 1880 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Margaret S. Heintzelman.

    Ch. 14 · 21 Stat. 602 · December 23, 1880 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to enable the Secretary of War to purchase land to enlarge and protect the San Antonio arsenal.

    Ch. 15 · 21 Stat. 314 · January 7, 1881 · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Samuel I. Gustin.

    Ch. 16 · 21 Stat. 602 · January 12, 1881 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting the right of way to the county of Warren in the State of Mississippi, and to the Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad Company, through the United States cemetery tract of land near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Ch. 17 · 21 Stat. 314 · January 13, 1881 · Original text

37. An Act authorizing the Blue Hill National Bank of Dorchester, Massachusetts, to change its location and name.

    Ch. 18 · 21 Stat. 314 · January 13, 1881 · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of certain settlers on restored railroad lands.

    Ch. 19 · 21 Stat. 315 · January 13, 1881 · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of the legal representative of Henry M. Shreve, deceased.

    Ch. 20 · 21 Stat. 602 · January 13, 1881 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of “N and G. Taylor Company”.

    Ch. 21 · 21 Stat. 602 · January 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of John Gault, junior, late a major of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 22 · 21 Stat. 603 · January 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin, and to aid them to obtain subsistence by agricultural pursuits, and to promote their civilization.

    Ch. 23 · 21 Stat. 315 · January 18, 1881 · Original text

43. An Act relating to the appointment of professors of mathematics in the Navy.

    Ch. 24 · 21 Stat. 317 · January 20, 1881 · Original text

44. An Act to regulate the award of and compensation for public advertising in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 25 · 21 Stat. 317 · January 21, 1881 · Original text

45. Joint resolution appropriating two thousand five hundred dollars to meet the expenses of the International Sanitary Conference invited to meet in Washington on the first of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

    Public Resolution 2 · 21 Stat. 515 · January 21, 1881 · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of James D. Grant.

    Ch. 26 · 21 Stat. 603 · January 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act authorizing the employment of an inspector of plumbing in and for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 27 · 21 Stat. 318 · January 25, 1881 · Original text

48. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other puqioses.

    Ch. 28 · 21 Stat. 318 · January 27, 1881 · Original text

49. Joint resolution in reference to the distribution of the Congressional Record.

    Public Resolution 3 · 21 Stat. 515 · January 27, 1881 · Original text

50. Joint resolution making an appropriation for filling up, draining and placing in good sanitary condition the ground south of the Capitol, along the line of the old canal and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 4 · 21 Stat. 515 · January 27, 1881 · Original text

51. An Act to amend section live hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 29 · 21 Stat. 321 · January 28, 1881 · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army.

    Ch. 30 · 21 Stat. 321 · January 28, 1881 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution authorizing the loan of certain flags and bunting to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

    Private Resolution 5 · 21 Stat. 655 · January 28, 1881 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for interest on the three-sixty-fivo loan of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and tor other purposes.

    Ch. 31 · 21 Stat. 322 · January 31, 1881 · Original text

55. An Act authorizing the persons therein named to accept of certain decorations and presents therein named, from foreign governments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 21 Stat. 603 · January 31, 1881 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act to establish an assay-office in the city of Saint Louis Missouri.

    Ch. 33 · 21 Stat. 322 · February 1, 1881 · Original text

57. Joint resolution to print six thousand copies of the Report of the National Board of Health.

    Public Resolution 6 · 21 Stat. 516 · February 1, 1881 · Original text

58. Joint resolution ratifying settlement of taxes made by the District Commissioners with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

    Public Resolution 7 · 21 Stat. 516 · February 1, 1881 · Original text

59. An Act to amend the law relative to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels for breach of the revenue laws.

    Ch. 34 · 21 Stat. 322 · February 8, 1881 · Original text

60. An Act to provide for the furnishing of certain public documents to Soldiers’ Homes.

    Ch. 35 · 21 Stat. 322 · February 8, 1881 · Original text

61. An Act relative to the Revolutionary battlefield of Bennington.

    Ch. 36 · 21 Stat. 323 · February 8, 1881 · Original text

62. Joint resolution authorizing the inspection and issue of an American register to the Egyptian steamship Dessoug.

    Public Resolution 8 · 21 Stat. 516 · February 8, 1881 · Original text

63. Joint resolution to provide for printing and distributing the index of the Congressional Record semi-monthly.

    Public Resolution 9 · 21 Stat. 516 · February 8, 1881 · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of John S. Cunningham.

    Ch. 37 · 21 Stat. 605 · February 8, 1881 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Michael Hayne.

    Ch. 38 · 21 Stat. 605 · February 8, 1881 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act to grant to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa for public uses, a certain lake known as Carr Lake, situated near said city.

    Ch. 39 · 21 Stat. 323 · February 9, 1881 · Original text

67. An Act authorizing the survey of parts of certain townships in Crawford County, Wisconsin, and making An appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 40 · 21 Stat. 323 · February 9, 1881 · Original text

68. An Act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through certain lands of the United States in Richmond County, Now York.

    Ch. 41 · 21 Stat. 324 · February 9, 1881 · Original text

69. An Act making an appropriation for the flooring of the National Museum.

    Ch. 42 · 21 Stat. 324 · February 9, 1881 · Original text

70. Joint resolution to provide for publishing an edition of Hayden’s Atlas of Colorado.

    Public Resolution 10 · 21 Stat. 517 · February 9, 1881 · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of A. B. Rowden.

    Ch. 43 · 21 Stat. 605 · February 9, 1881 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Doctor John Blankenship.

    Ch. 44 · 21 Stat. 605 · February 9, 1881 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to change the time fur holding circuit and district courts of the United States ibr the western district of Virginia, hold at Danville, Virginia.

    Ch. 45 · 21 Stat. 324 · February 14, 1881 · Original text

74. Joint resolution to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of special report of the Commissioner of Agriculture relative to diseases of swine and infectious and contagious diseases incident to other domestic animals.

    Public Resolution 11 · 21 Stat. 517 · February 14, 1881 · Original text

75. Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to print reports of the United States Fish Commissioner upon new discoveries in regard to fish-culture.

    Public Resolution 12 · 21 Stat. 517 · February 14, 1881 · Original text

76. Joint resolution granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association

    Public Resolution 13 · 21 Stat. 518 · February 14, 1881 · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Somerville Nicholson.

    Ch. 46 · 21 Stat. 325 · February 15, 1881 · Original text

78. An Act to restore the lands included in the Fort Reading and Fort Crook military reservations, in the State of California, to the public domain, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 47 · 21 Stat. 325 · February 15, 1881 · Original text

79. An Act granting an increase of pension to Crafts J. Wright.

    Ch. 48 · 21 Stat. 605 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of James Monroe Heiskell, of Baltimore City, Maryland.

    Ch. 49 · 21 Stat. 606 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Milton L. Sparr.

    Ch. 50 · 21 Stat. 606 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Richard P. Taylor.

    Ch. 51 · 21 Stat. 606 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to William H. Scribner.

    Ch. 52 · 21 Stat. 606 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to, Mrs. Elizabeth Upright.

    Ch. 53 · 21 Stat. 606 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Dalton Hinchman.

    Ch. 54 · 21 Stat. 607 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Henry C. Groomes.

    Ch. 55 · 21 Stat. 607 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Martha J. Porter.

    Ch. 56 · 21 Stat. 607 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Martha Neil.

    Ch. 57 · 21 Stat. 607 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a pension to Jacob Ginder.

    Ch. 58 · 21 Stat. 607 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to James Forsyth Harrison.

    Ch. 59 · 21 Stat. 608 · February 15, 1881 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act to amend and reenact sections twenty-five hundred and seventeen and twenty-five hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes and changing the boundaries of a customs district in the State of Maine.

    Ch. 60 · 21 Stat. 325 · February 17, 1881 · Original text

92. An Act to grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming for university purposes.

    Ch. 61 · 21 Stat. 326 · February 18, 1881 · Original text

93. An Act to fix the times for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the western district of Texas.

    Ch. 62 · 21 Stat. 326 · February 18, 1881 · Original text

94. Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and the family of General La Fayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.

    Public Resolution 14 · 21 Stat. 518 · February 18, 1881 · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Worthington.

    Ch. 63 · 21 Stat. 608 · February 18, 1881 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act amending the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 64 · 21 Stat. 326 · February 21, 1881 · Original text

97. An Act to provide for remitting the duties on the object of art awarded by the Berlin International Fishery Commission to Professor Spencer F. Baird

    Ch. 65 · 21 Stat. 608 · February 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Jacob H. Eppler.

    Ch. 66 · 21 Stat. 608 · February 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Ann M. Paulding

    Ch. 67 · 21 Stat. 608 · February 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text

100. Joint Resolution granting the use of artillery, touts and so forth, to be used at the soldiers reunion to be hold at Lincoln, Nebraska, in the month of September of eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

     Private Resolution 15 · 21 Stat. 655 · February 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text