Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 47th Congress, 1881–1883

1. An Act to amend section twenty-five hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes in relation to appraisers at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana.

   Ch. 83 · 22 Stat. 47 · April 18, 1882 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution providing for the erection of a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson.

   Public Resolution 19 · 22 Stat. 380 · April 18, 1882 · Original text

3. An Act granting an increase of pension to Saint Clair A. Mulholland.

   Ch. 84 · 22 Stat. 655 · April 18, 1882 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act to provide a deficiency for the subsistence of the Arapahoe. Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and Wichita Indians.

   Ch. 85 · 22 Stat. 47 · April 21, 1882 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for Public Printing and Binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

   Public Resolution 20 · 22 Stat. 380 · April 21, 1882 · Original text

6. An Act authorizing the Public Printer to pay A. Hoen and Company of Baltimore, Maryland, for the lithocaustic illustrations made by them.

   Ch. 86 · 22 Stat. 655 · April 21, 1882 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to establish distinct United States courts, with distinct officers, in the northern and southern judicial districts of the State of Georgia.

   Ch. 87 · 22 Stat. 47 · April 25, 1882 · Original text

8. An Act to amend sections twenty-five hundred and eighty-six and twenty-five hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States by creating the collection district of Yaquina in the State of Oregon and authorizing the appointment of a collector therein.

   Ch. 88 · 22 Stat. 48 · April 25, 1882 · Original text

9. An Act to amend section three thousand and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to the authority to issue warrants.

   Ch. 89 · 22 Stat. 49 · April 25, 1882 · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Ann Atkinson.

    Ch. 90 · 22 Stat. 655 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting increase of pension to Levi Anderson.

    Ch. 91 · 22 Stat. 656 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to George Andrews.

    Ch. 92 · 22 Stat. 656 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Ordway.

    Ch. 93 · 22 Stat. 656 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Rosetta L. McKay.

    Ch. 94 · 22 Stat. 656 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Sylvador Jackson.

    Ch. 95 · 22 Stat. 656 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Susan R. Johnson.

    Ch. 96 · 22 Stat. 657 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Flora C. McCaslin.

    Ch. 97 · 22 Stat. 657 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a pension to Mary T. McCawley.

    Ch. 98 · 22 Stat. 657 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to Richard M. Baker.

    Ch. 99 · 22 Stat. 657 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth S. M. Finley.

    Ch. 100 · 22 Stat. 657 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Hooper.

    Ch. 101 · 22 Stat. 658 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting an increase of pension to John F. Chase.

    Ch. 102 · 22 Stat. 658 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting an increase of pension to Dennis Sullivan.

    Ch. 103 · 22 Stat. 658 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of Benjamin F. Dobson.

    Ch. 104 · 22 Stat. 658 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Jane Dulany.

    Ch. 105 · 22 Stat. 658 · April 25, 1882 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to amend section twenty-three hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, in regard to mineral lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 106 · 22 Stat. 49 · April 26, 1882 · Original text

27. An Act for a public building at Frankfort, Kentucky.

    Ch. 107 · 22 Stat. 49 · April 26, 1882 · Original text

28. An Act to amend the act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.

    Ch. 108 · 22 Stat. 50 · April 26, 1882 · Original text

29. An Act changing the name of the German Protestant Orphan Asylum Association

    Ch. 109 · 22 Stat. 50 · April 26, 1882 · Original text

30. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg in the State of Illinois and to establish it as a post-road

    Ch. 110 · 22 Stat. 50 · April 26, 1882 · Original text

31. An Act to authorize the appointment of an ordnance storekeeper in the army.

    Ch. 111 · 22 Stat. 52 · May 1, 1882 · Original text

32. An Act to amend section fifty-two hundred and fifty-four, title sixty-three, Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the use of piers and crib in the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 112 · 22 Stat. 52 · May 1, 1882 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to donate to the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Monument Society of Portsmouth, Ohio, four condemned cannon.

    Ch. 113 · 22 Stat. 52 · May 1, 1882 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to enable the Light House Board to meet the extraordinary expenses consequent upon the flood in the Mississippi River.

    Public Resolution 21 · 22 Stat. 380 · May 1, 1882 · Original text

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

    Ch. 114 · 22 Stat. 659 · May 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the late United States private-armed brig General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, administrators, agents, or assigns

    Ch. 115 · 22 Stat. 697 · May 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

37. Joint resolution granting the use of tents at the Soldiers’ Reunion to be held at Belle Plaine, Iowa, in the month of September or October eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Private Resolution 22 · 22 Stat. 743 · May 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 116 · 22 Stat. 52 · May 4, 1882 · Original text

39. An Act to promote the efficiency of the Life Saving Service, and to encourage the saving of life from shipwreck

    Ch. 117 · 22 Stat. 55 · May 4, 1882 · Original text

40. An Act to amend the laws with reference to elections in West Virginia

    Ch. 118 · 22 Stat. 58 · May 4, 1882 · Original text

41. An Act making an immediate appropriation for the removal of obstructions at Hell Gate, New York.

    Ch. 119 · 22 Stat. 58 · May 4, 1882 · Original text

42. An Act to repeal the discriminating duties on goods produced cast of the Cape of Good Hope.

    Ch. 120 · 22 Stat. 58 · May 4, 1882 · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Joseph L. Stevens.

    Ch. 121 · 22 Stat. 697 · May 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Chaplain M. J. Kelly and others.

    Ch. 122 · 22 Stat. 698 · May 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting an increase of pension to Henry Strawbridge.

    Ch. 123 · 22 Stat. 698 · May 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to John Taylor.

    Ch. 124 · 22 Stat. 698 · May 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

47. Joint Resolution granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association.

    Public Resolution 23 · 22 Stat. 380 · May 5, 1882 · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Margaret McCormick.

    Ch. 125 · 22 Stat. 698 · May 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese.

    Ch. 126 · 22 Stat. 58 · May 6, 1882 · Original text

50. An Act for the erection of a public building at Denver, Colorado.

    Ch. 127 · 22 Stat. 61 · May 8, 1882 · Original text

51. An Act to authorize the sale of certain property at Bermuda Hundred, in the county of Chesterfield, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. 128 · 22 Stat. 62 · May 9, 1882 · Original text

52. An Act for the erection of a public building at Quincy, Illinois.

    Ch. 129 · 22 Stat. 62 · May 9, 1882 · Original text

53. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Peoria, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 130 · 22 Stat. 62 · May 9, 1882 · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to the heirs of Captain Christopher T. Dunham, deceased.

    Ch. 131 · 22 Stat. 698 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of John Watson.

    Ch. 132 · 22 Stat. 699 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Susan Jeffords.

    Ch. 133 · 22 Stat. 699 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to David G. Hutchinson.

    Ch. 134 · 22 Stat. 699 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Francis Reichert.

    Ch. 135 · 22 Stat. 699 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting an increase of pension to Andros Guille.

    Ch. 136 · 22 Stat. 699 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of William H. Hill.

    Ch. 137 · 22 Stat. 700 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Fulks.

    Ch. 138 · 22 Stat. 700 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Eli D. Watkins.

    Ch. 139 · 22 Stat. 700 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Catherine Silvey.

    Ch. 140 · 22 Stat. 700 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Mary Shaw.

    Ch. 141 · 22 Stat. 700 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Sally C. Mulligan.

    Ch. 142 · 22 Stat. 701 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Sally Hall.

    Ch. 143 · 22 Stat. 701 · May 11, 1882 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act to provide for the sale of the lands of the Miami Indians in Kansas.

    Ch. 144 · 22 Stat. 63 · May 15, 1882 · Original text

68. An Act to provide for the appointment of a commission to investigate the question of the Tariff.

    Ch. 145 · 22 Stat. 64 · May 15, 1882 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of War to change the name of Charles Alton Howard, a second lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment of Cavalry of the army of the United States, on the register, rolls, and records of the Army, to Alton Henry Budlong.

    Ch. 146 · 22 Stat. 64 · May 15, 1882 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution making an appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and so forth, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 24 · 22 Stat. 381 · May 15, 1882 · Original text

71. An Act donating condemned cannon and cannon balls to the city of Topeka, Kansas, for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 22 Stat. 64 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

72. An Act donating cannon and cannon-balls for use and ornament about a suitable soldiers’ monument at Portland, Maine.

    Ch. 148 · 22 Stat. 65 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

73. An Act donating condemned cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 149 · 22 Stat. 65 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

74. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for the soldiers’ cemetery at Gallipolis, Ohio.

    Ch. 150 · 22 Stat. 66 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

75. An Act donating condemned cast iron cannon to the Soldiers’ Monument association of Birmingham, Connecticut.

    Ch. 151 · 22 Stat. 66 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

76. An Act to donate condemned cannon to the soldiers and Sailors association of Bellaire, Ohio.

    Ch. 152 · 22 Stat. 66 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

77. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to torn over to Sampson Post Number Twenty-two of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Rochester, New Hampshire, four condemned cannon.

    Ch. 153 · 22 Stat. 66 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

78. An Act to donate one condemned cast iron cannon to the citizens of Otsego Michigan.

    Ch. 154 · 22 Stat. 66 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

79. An Act to donate iron cannon to the township of Milan, Ohio.

    Ch. 155 · 22 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

80. An Act donating condemned cannon and other munitions of war to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monumental Association of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 156 · 22 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

81. An Act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 157 · 22 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

82. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to turn over to E. E. Sturtevant Post Number Two of the Grand Army of the Republic of Concord, New Hampshire, six condemned cannon, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 158 · 22 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

83. An Act to donate four condemned iron cannon to the city of Mansfield, Ohio, to be placed on the public square near the Soldiers’ bronze monument.

    Ch. 159 · 22 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

84. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Hamilton, Ohio.

    Ch. 160 · 22 Stat. 68 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

85. An Act granting four condemned cannon to the town of Brandon, Vermont, to be placed near a soldiers’ monument in said town.

    Ch. 161 · 22 Stat. 68 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 162 · 22 Stat. 68 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

87. 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-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 163 · 22 Stat. 68 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

88. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the city of Waterloo, Iowa, three condemned cannon and four cannonballs, for decoration of soldiers’ cemetery.

    Public Resolution 25 · 22 Stat. 381 · May 17, 1882 · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of Louisa Bainbridge Hoff.

    Ch. 164 · 22 Stat. 701 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Jesse F. Phares.

    Ch. 165 · 22 Stat. 701 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to Earl S. Rathbun.

    Ch. 166 · 22 Stat. 701 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abagail S. Tilton.

    Ch. 167 · 22 Stat. 702 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mary J. West

    Ch. 168 · 22 Stat. 702 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Hugo Eichholtz.

    Ch. 169 · 22 Stat. 702 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

95. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan one hundred flags to the mayor and committee of citizens of Charlotte, North Carolina.

    Private Resolution 26 · 22 Stat. 743 · May 17, 1882 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act providing for a Public Building at Jackson, Tennessee.

    Ch. 170 · 22 Stat. 88 · May 19, 1882 · Original text

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

    Ch. 171 · 22 Stat. 89 · May 19, 1882 · Original text

98. 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 three and for other purposes.

    Ch. 172 · 22 Stat. 93 · May 19, 1882 · Original text

99. An Act directing: he Secretary of State to take the necessary steps for the removal of the remains of the late General Kilpatrick, Minister to Chili, from Chili to the State of New Jersey, for interment.

    Ch. 173 · 22 Stat. 93 · May 19, 1882 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution authorizing the withdrawal from the Department of State of a certificate of indebtedness in favor of Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King against the Republic of Mexico.

     Public Resolution 27 · 22 Stat. 381 · May 19, 1882 · Original text