Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 47th Congress, 1881–1883

1. Joint Resolution to authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the Library offered to be Donated to the United States by Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of Washington, D. C.

   Public Resolution 28 · 22 Stat. 382 · May 19, 1882 · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Charles F. Benjamin and Henry H. Smith.

   Ch. 174 · 22 Stat. 702 · May 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Mrs Almira Farnsworth

   Ch. 175 · 22 Stat. 702 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of Thomas J. Wharton.

   Ch. 176 · 22 Stat. 703 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to Martha A. Williamson.

   Ch. 177 · 22 Stat. 703 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Modena Smith

   Ch. 178 · 22 Stat. 703 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to William Thomas.

   Ch. 179 · 22 Stat. 703 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting an increase of pension to Cecil Clay.

   Ch. 180 · 22 Stat. 703 · May 23, 1882 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the City of Hannibal, in the State of Missouri.

   Ch. 181 · 22 Stat. 93 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

10. An Act for the erection of a public building at Louisville, Kentucky.

    Ch. 182 · 22 Stat. 94 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

11. An Act for a public building at Rochester, New York.

    Ch. 183 · 22 Stat. 94 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

12. An Act to provide for the construction of a public building at Galveston, Texas.

    Ch. 184 · 22 Stat. 95 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

13. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Syracuse, New York.

    Ch. 185 · 22 Stat. 95 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

14. An Act for the erection of a public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    Ch. 186 · 22 Stat. 95 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

15. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 187 · 22 Stat. 96 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

16. An Act for the erection of a public building at Greensborough, North Carolina.

    Ch. 188 · 22 Stat. 97 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

17. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of army pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Public Resolution 29 · 22 Stat. 283 · May 25, 1882 · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of D. T. Kirby.

    Ch. 189 · 22 Stat. 97 · May 26, 1882 · Original text

19. An Act to authorize the receipt of United States gold coin in exchange for gold burs.

    Ch. 190 · 22 Stat. 97 · May 26, 1882 · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Arthur W. Eastman.

    Ch. 191 · 22 Stat. 704 · May 26, 1882 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Timothy E. Ellsworth.

    Ch. 192 · 22 Stat. 704 · May 26, 1882 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Moses R. Russell.

    Ch. 193 · 22 Stat. 704 · May 26, 1882 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act authorizing Samuel W. Dabney, United States consul at Fayal, to accept a gold medal from the French Republic.

    Ch. 194 · 22 Stat. 704 · May 26, 1882 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act re-establishing the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for the distribution of the unappropriated moneys of the Geneva award.

    Ch. 195 · 22 Stat. 98 · June 5, 1882 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution relating to the report of Special Ordnance Board authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty one.

    Public Resolution 30 · 22 Stat. 283 · June 5, 1882 · Original text

26. Joint resolution to authorize Lieutenant Henry R. Lemly, United States Army, to accept a position under the Government of the United States of Colombia.

    Private Resolution 31 · 22 Stat. 743 · June 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

27. Joint Resolution for the printing of the memorial address on the life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States.

    Public Resolution 32 · 22 Stat. 383 · June 7, 1882 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution extending the fishing season in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, to the fifteenth of June, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Public Resolution 33 · 22 Stat. 383 · June 7, 1882 · Original text

29. An Act authorizing a duplicate check in payment of pension to William A. Gardner, of Frederick County, Maryland, in lieu of one lost.

    Ch. 196 · 22 Stat. 704 · June 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to erect a public building in the city of Pensacola, Florida, in place of the one recently destroyed by lire.

    Ch. 197 · 22 Stat. 99 · June 10, 1882 · Original text

31. An Act granting the right of way to the county of Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland, through the United States Government grounds near the city of Annapolis, Maryland.

    Ch. 198 · 22 Stat. 100 · June 10, 1882 · Original text

32. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Concord, in the State of Now Hampshire.

    Ch. 199 · 22 Stat. 100 · June 10, 1882 · Original text

33. An Act for the erection of a public building at Lynchburg, Virginia.

    Ch. 200 · 22 Stat. 101 · June 10, 1882 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution expressive of the sympathy of the government and people of the United States upon the death of General Garibaldi.

    Public Resolution 34 · 22 Stat. 384 · June 10, 1882 · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Frank Kitzmiller.

    Ch. 201 · 22 Stat. 705 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to Justus Beebe.

    Ch. 202 · 22 Stat. 705 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Edward Farr.

    Ch. 203 · 22 Stat. 705 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act increasing the pension of George H. Blackman.

    Ch. 204 · 22 Stat. 705 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Mary Blowers.

    Ch. 205 · 22 Stat. 705 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Lewis Blundin.

    Ch. 206 · 22 Stat. 706 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Chase.

    Ch. 207 · 22 Stat. 706 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Thomas J. Cofer

    Ch. 208 · 22 Stat. 706 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to Merton Stancliff.

    Ch. 209 · 22 Stat. 706 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Nathaniel J. Coffin.

    Ch. 210 · 22 Stat. 706 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Charles H. Frank

    Ch. 211 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Mary C. Murray.

    Ch. 212 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Lewis Lewis.

    Ch. 213 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to William H. Styles.

    Ch. 214 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Prescilla Decatur Twiggs.

    Ch. 215 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

50. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish tents for the use of the Grand Army of the Republic at the national encampment to be held in Baltimore on the twenty first and twenty second of June instant and for other purposes.

    Private Resolution 35 · 22 Stat. 744 · June 10, 1882 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of the Savings Bank of Santa Rosa, California.

    Ch. 216 · 22 Stat. 707 · June 13, 1882 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of Josephus Hawley.

    Ch. 217 · 22 Stat. 708 · June 13, 1882 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to amend the several acts in relation to the division of the State of Mississippi into judicial districts, and furtherto amend the several acts in relation to the northern judicial district of the State of Mississippi, and to provide for the time and places of holding the United States district courts in said northern district.

    Ch. 218 · 22 Stat. 101 · June 15, 1882 · Original text

54. An Act to amend section twenty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes, and to change the boundaries of the fourth collection district of Virginia

    Ch. 219 · 22 Stat. 103 · June 15, 1882 · Original text

55. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 220 · 22 Stat. 104 · June 15, 1882 · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of Howard University.

    Ch. 222 · 22 Stat. 104 · June 16, 1882 · Original text

57. An Act to amend sections twenty-five hundred and eighty-two, twenty-five hundred and eighty-three, twenty-six hundred and seven, and twenty-six hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the collection districts of California.

    Ch. 223 · 22 Stat. 105 · June 16, 1882 · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Thomas Evans and Albert T. Whiting.

    Ch. 221 · 22 Stat. 708 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to increase the pension of Merritt Lewis.

    Ch. 224 · 22 Stat. 709 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting an increase of pension to Albert G. Fifield.

    Ch. 225 · 22 Stat. 709 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Joseph K. Sturtevant.

    Ch. 226 · 22 Stat. 709 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting an increase of pension to Lucien Kilbourne.

    Ch. 227 · 22 Stat. 709 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to William H. H. Anderson.

    Ch. 228 · 22 Stat. 710 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting an increase of pension to Rebecca Reynolds.

    Ch. 229 · 22 Stat. 710 · June 16, 1882 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to create two additional land districts in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 230 · 22 Stat. 106 · June 19, 1882 · Original text

66. An Act for the government and control of the harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 231 · 22 Stat. 107 · June 19, 1882 · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Angus McAuley.

    Ch. 232 · 22 Stat. 710 · June 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Emma Schell.

    Ch. 233 · 22 Stat. 710 · June 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Horner.

    Ch. 234 · 22 Stat. 710 · June 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Gray.

    Ch. 235 · 22 Stat. 711 · June 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act to provide for the payment of the salaries and compensation of members of the houses of Congress and their officers and employees in certain contingencies.

    Ch. 236 · 22 Stat. 108 · June 22, 1882 · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Christian Ruppert, William F. Mattingly, and Christian Henrich, trustees, of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 237 · 22 Stat. 711 · June 22, 1882 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting an increase of pension for Marian A. Mulligan.

    Ch. 238 · 22 Stat. 711 · June 22, 1882 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit and district courts and post-office at Erie Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 239 · 22 Stat. 108 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

75. An Act authorizing the Texas and Saint Louie Railway Company to build certain bridges in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 240 · 22 Stat. 109 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

76. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to examine and report to Congress the amount of all claims of the States of Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, California, Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, for money expended and indebtedness assumed by said States and Territories in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 241 · 22 Stat. 111 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

77. An Act authorizing the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to construct and maintain a Railroad Bridge over the Missouri River.

    Ch. 242 · 22 Stat. 112 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

78. An Act to vacate a certain part of Rock street, in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 243 · 22 Stat. 114 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

79. An Act to authorize the Southern Maryland Railroad Company to extend a railroad into and within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 244 · 22 Stat. 114 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

80. An Act authorizing the National Bank of Kutztown to change its location and name.

    Ch. 245 · 22 Stat. 115 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

81. An Act to amend section two of an act entitled “An act to provide for the sale of the lands of the Miami Indians in Kansas,” approved May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 246 · 22 Stat. 116 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

82. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to continue the work of observation and exploration in the Arctic Seas.

    Public Resolution 36 · 22 Stat. 384 · June 27, 1882 · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Rose M. Wood.

    Ch. 247 · 22 Stat. 711 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Alice McMahon.

    Ch. 248 · 22 Stat. 712 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Simeon Crain.

    Ch. 249 · 22 Stat. 712 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Frederick A. Garlick.

    Ch. 250 · 22 Stat. 712 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting an increase of pension to George Gans.

    Ch. 251 · 22 Stat. 712 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Jennie S. Mitchell.

    Ch. 252 · 22 Stat. 712 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to the Governor of Minnesota, such tents, poles, and pins, as he may require for the use of the Militia and Volunteer organizations of the State at their summer and fall encampment.

    Private Resolution 37 · 22 Stat. 744 · June 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act to admit free of duty articles intended for the exhibition of art and industry to be held at Boston, Massachusetts, during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 253 · 22 Stat. 116 · June 28, 1882 · Original text

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

    Ch. 254 · 22 Stat. 117 · June 30, 1882 · Original text

92. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 255 · 22 Stat. 123 · June 30, 1882 · Original text

93. Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

    Public Resolution 38 · 22 Stat. 384 · June 30, 1882 · Original text

94. An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to allow for expenditures within named to James Rea, late consul at Belfast, Ireland

    Ch. 256 · 22 Stat. 713 · June 30, 1882 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting tn the Springfield Street Railway Company the right to lay tracks in Mill street, in Springfield, Massachusetts

    Ch. 257 · 22 Stat. 126 · July 1, 1882 · Original text

96. An Act to regulate the use of the Capitol Grounds.

    Ch. 258 · 22 Stat. 126 · July 1, 1882 · Original text

97. An Act to authorize the supreme court of the District of Columbia to appoint two additional criers.

    Ch. 259 · 22 Stat. 127 · July 1, 1882 · Original text

98. An Act donating condemned cannon and cannonballs to the Soldiers’ Monument Association of Birmingham, Connecticut.

    Ch. 260 · 22 Stat. 128 · July 1, 1882 · Original text

99. An Act granting condemned cannon to the Anna M. Ross Post Number Ninety-four of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Philadelphia.

    Ch. 261 · 22 Stat. 128 · July 1, 1882 · Original text

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

     Ch. 262 · 22 Stat. 128 · July 1, 1882 · Original text