Every law Congress has passed

650 laws of the 46th Congress, 1879–1881

1. Joint Resolution to grunt the use of artillery tents and so forth to be used at the soldiers’ reunion to be held in Maine in eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

   Private Resolution 16 · 21 Stat. 655 · February 21, 1881 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act donating certain lands in Lake County, State of Colorado, to the Veteran Union Association of Leadville, for hospital and burial purposes.

   Ch. 68 · 21 Stat. 328 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

3. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Georgetown in tbo District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 69 · 21 Stat. 328 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

4. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to recommend a proper site for a Union Railroad Depot in the city of Washington, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 70 · 21 Stat. 330 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

5. An Act to provide for the removal of the terms of the United States circuit and district courts now held at Exeter, for and within the district of New-Hampshire, to the city of Concord.

   Ch. 71 · 21 Stat. 330 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

6. An Act for enlarging the City Hall for the accommodation of the courts and records of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 72 · 21 Stat. 331 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

7. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 73 · 21 Stat. 331 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

8. Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year eighteen hundred and eighty.

   Public Resolution 17 · 21 Stat. 518 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

9. Joint resolution for printing report of the Life-Saving Service.

   Public Resolution 18 · 21 Stat. 518 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

10. Joint resolution authorizing certain books and mementoes in the possession of the government to be placed in Memorial Hall of the National Lincoln Monument, at Springfield, Illinois.

    Public Resolution 19 · 21 Stat. 519 · February 23, 1881 · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of William R. Wilmer.

    Ch. 74 · 21 Stat. 609 · February 23, 1881 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting pensions to the widow and minor children of Michael Meenan, deceased.

    Ch. 75 · 21 Stat. 609 · February 23, 1881 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of the sureties of Henry L. Norvell.

    Ch. 76 · 21 Stat. 609 · February 23, 1881 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Lelia E. McCauley.

    Ch. 77 · 21 Stat. 609 · February 23, 1881 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 78 · 21 Stat. 339 · February 24, 1881 · Original text

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

    Ch. 79 · 21 Stat. 346 · February 24, 1881 · Original text

17. 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-two, and for deficiencies and for other purposes.

    Ch. 80 · 21 Stat. 350 · February 26, 1881 · Original text

18. An Act concerning settlement of boundary lines between New York and Connecticut.

    Ch. 81 · 21 Stat. 351 · February 26, 1881 · Original text

19. An Act defining the verification of returns of national banks.

    Ch. 82 · 21 Stat. 352 · February 26, 1881 · Original text

20. Joint resolution amending and reenacting joint resolution approved June fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy nine directing a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington.

    Public Resolution 20 · 21 Stat. 519 · February 26, 1881 · Original text

21. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of thirty thousand copies of the third Report of the United States Entomological Commission.

    Public Resolution 21 · 21 Stat. 519 · February 26, 1881 · Original text

22. An Act to admit free of duty two watches presented to Joseph Upton and G. W. Curtis for rescuing the crew and passengers of the steamship American.

    Ch. 83 · 21 Stat. 610 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Hulda L. Barnard.

    Ch. 84 · 21 Stat. 610 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Robert S. Goodall.

    Ch. 85 · 21 Stat. 610 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a pension to Albert N. Jack.

    Ch. 86 · 21 Stat. 610 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to William Bowman.

    Ch. 87 · 21 Stat. 611 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting relief to Samuel B. Hutchison.

    Ch. 88 · 21 Stat. 611 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Rosalie Louis.

    Ch. 89 · 21 Stat. 611 · February 26, 1881 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act to establish post-routes

    Ch. 90 · 21 Stat. 352 · February 28, 1881 · Original text

30. An Act making the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 91 · 21 Stat. 373 · February 28, 1881 · Original text

31. An Act to constitute Atlanta, Georgia, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 92 · 21 Stat. 373 · February 28, 1881 · Original text

32. An Act changing the name of the First National Bank of West Meriden in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut.

    Ch. 93 · 21 Stat. 373 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint additional policemen for temporary service in the District, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 21 Stat. 374 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

34. An Act to amend section thirty-five hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes so as to authorize a charge for melting or refining bullion when at or above standard.

    Ch. 95 · 21 Stat. 374 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

35. An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 96 · 21 Stat. 374 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of settlers upon the Absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 97 · 21 Stat. 377 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

37. Joint resolution in relation to the international exhibition of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Public Resolution 22 · 21 Stat. 520 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

38. Joint resolution in relation to the barge W. J. Spicer.

    Public Resolution 23 · 21 Stat. 520 · March 1, 1881 · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of M F. Clark.

    Ch. 98 · 21 Stat. 611 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Henry F. Lines.

    Ch. 99 · 21 Stat. 611 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting an increase of pension to Isabel L. Evans.

    Ch. 100 · 21 Stat. 612 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of W. A. Reid.

    Ch. 101 · 21 Stat. 612 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Edward B. Clark.

    Ch. 102 · 21 Stat. 612 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting an increase of pension to William Hamill.

    Ch. 103 · 21 Stat. 612 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of the estate of J. M. Micou, deceased.

    Ch. 104 · 21 Stat. 612 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Cornelius Boyle.

    Ch. 105 · 21 Stat. 613 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.

    Ch. 106 · 21 Stat. 613 · March 1, 1881 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the name of vessels under certain circumstances.

    Ch. 107 · 21 Stat. 377 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

49. An Act appropriating money for the erection of a penitentiary in the Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. 108 · 21 Stat. 378 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

50. An Act to provide for the sale of certain property owned by the United States in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 109 · 21 Stat. 378 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

51. An Act appropriating money towards the expense to be incurred in the centennial celebration of the battle on Groton Heights and for other purposes.

    Ch. 110 · 21 Stat. 378 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

52. An Act establishing a life-saving station at Louisville, Kentucky.

    Ch. 111 · 21 Stat. 379 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

53. An Act to provide for the construction of a public building at Jackson, in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 112 · 21 Stat. 379 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

54. Joint resolution relative to printing the Agricultural Report for the year eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Public Resolution 24 · 21 Stat. 520 · March 2, 1881 · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Philemon B. Hawkins

    Ch. 113 · 21 Stat. 636 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of Passed Assistant Engineer Absalom Kirby, of the Navy.

    Ch. 114 · 21 Stat. 636 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of James E. Montell.

    Ch. 115 · 21 Stat. 637 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Joseph Clymer, of Texas.

    Ch. 116 · 21 Stat. 637 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of William H. Thompson.

    Ch. 117 · 21 Stat. 637 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of William S. Burgess and others.

    Ch. 118 · 21 Stat. 637 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Louis P. Di Cesnola, late consul at Cyprus.

    Ch. 119 · 21 Stat. 638 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Charles Clinton, of New Orleans, late assistant treasurer at New Orleans.

    Ch. 120 · 21 Stat. 638 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of John H. W. Riley, of California.

    Ch. 121 · 21 Stat. 638 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of George W. Brower.

    Ch. 122 · 21 Stat. 639 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of J. Scott Payne.

    Ch. 123 · 21 Stat. 639 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of Henry B. Eastman.

    Ch. 124 · 21 Stat. 639 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Martha Bridges, at Bartow County, Georgia.

    Ch. 125 · 21 Stat. 639 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to admit free of duty one of the bells of Saint Michael's chimes, Charleston, South Carolina, which has been sent to England to be recast.

    Ch. 126 · 21 Stat. 640 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Samuel Harper.

    Ch. 127 · 21 Stat. 640 · March 2, 1881 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoe and Missouria Tribes of Indians, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 128 · 21 Stat. 380 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

71. An Act making appropriations for the Agricultural Department of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 129 · 21 Stat. 381 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

72. 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-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 130 · 21 Stat. 385 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

73. An Act to amend the act incorporating the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company.

    Ch. 131 · 21 Stat. 414 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

74. An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for prior years, and for those certified as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid from permanent appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 132 · 21 Stat. 414 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

75. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 133 · 21 Stat. 435 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

76. An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 134 · 21 Stat. 458 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

77. An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 135 · 21 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

78. An act making appropriations for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 136 · 21 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

79. 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 eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 137 · 21 Stat. 485 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

80. An act to authorize the registration of trade-marks and protect the same.

    Ch. 138 · 21 Stat. 502 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

81. An act for the ascertainment of the amount due the Choctaw Nation.

    Ch. 139 · 21 Stat. 504 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

82. An act to amend section twenty-three hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes relating to suits at law affecting the title to mining claims.

    Ch. 140 · 21 Stat. 505 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

83. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to encourage the establishment of public marine schools”, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so as to extend it to the ports of Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Galveston, and in Narragansett Bay.

    Ch. 141 · 21 Stat. 505 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

84. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain real estate belonging to the United States, and vesting the title to certain other lands in the city of Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 142 · 21 Stat. 505 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

85. An act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety-eight, volume sixteen, of the Statutes at Large.

    Ch. 143 · 21 Stat. 506 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

86. An act to divide the State of Louisiana into two judicial districts.

    Ch. 144 · 21 Stat. 507 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

87. An act confirming and vesting the title to a certain tract of land in Burlington, Iowa, in the independent school district of said city.

    Ch. 145 · 21 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

88. An act to establish an additional land district in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 146 · 21 Stat. 508 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

89. An act to regulate the mode of purchasing tobacco for the United States Navy.

    Ch. 147 · 21 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

90. An act to provide for the preparation of classified abridgments of all letters patent of the United States.

    Ch. 148 · 21 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

91. An act to graduate the price and dispose of the residue of the Osage Indian trust and diminished-reserve lands, lying east of the sixth principal meridian, in Kansas.

    Ch. 149 · 21 Stat. 509 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

92. An act to amend section fourteen hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes in order to preserve the meaning of the original law from which it was taken, with reference to the rank of engineer officers, graduates of the Naval Academy.

    Ch. 150 · 21 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

93. An act for the relief of Redmond Tully.

    Ch. 151 · 21 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

94. An act for the payment of certain Indian war bonds of the State of California.

    Ch. 152 · 21 Stat. 510 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

95. An act to amend section two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven, of title thirty-two, of the Revised Statutes, relating to homestead settlers.

    Ch. 153 · 21 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

96. An act amendatory of and supplementary to “An act to provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana”, approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

    Ch. 154 · 21 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

97. An act to confirm the title to certain lands in the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 155 · 21 Stat. 511 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

98. An act to establish a port of delivery at Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 156 · 21 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

99. An act to provide for the erection of a monument at Schuylerville, New York, commemorative of the battle of Saratoga, and for other purposes

    Ch. 157 · 21 Stat. 512 · March 3, 1881 · Original text

100. An act to declare the true intent and meaning of “An act to reimburse the State of Kentucky for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying and transporting militia forces to aid in suppressing the rebellion,” approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy two.

     Ch. 158 · 21 Stat. 513 · March 3, 1881 · Original text