Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 47th Congress, 1881–1883

1. 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-three, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 349 · 22 Stat. 174 · July 25, 1882 · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the preparation and publication of a classified, analytical, and descriptive catalogue of all government publications from July fourth, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

   Ch. 350 · 22 Stat. 176 · July 27, 1882 · Original text

3. An Act to fix the times for holding terms of the Circuit and District courts of the United States, in the Northern District of Ohio.

   Ch. 351 · 22 Stat. 176 · July 27, 1882 · Original text

4. An Act for the erection of a public building at Marquette Michigan.

   Ch. 352 · 22 Stat. 177 · July 27, 1882 · Original text

5. An Act to authorize the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building for a post-office and other government offices in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

   Ch. 353 · 22 Stat. 177 · July 27, 1882 · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of William A. Gavett.

   Ch. 354 · 22 Stat. 723 · July 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Lucretia R. Garfield.

   Ch. 355 · 22 Stat. 723 · July 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to provide for the sale of certain Kickapoo Indian lands in Kansas.

   Ch. 356 · 22 Stat. 177 · July 28, 1882 · Original text

9. An Act relating to lands in Colorado lately occupied by the Uncompahgre and White River Ute Indians.

   Ch. 357 · 22 Stat. 178 · July 28, 1882 · Original text

10. An Act to authorize the construction of a street-railway and wagon-road bridge over the Rio Grande River between the city of El Paso, Texas, and Paso del Norte, Mexico.

    Ch. 358 · 22 Stat. 179 · July 28, 1882 · Original text

11. Joint resolution relating to the refunding of certain internal-revenue taxe illegally assessed against and collected from the Detroit House of Correction, in the State of Michigan.

    Private Resolution 53 · 22 Stat. 745 · July 28, 1882 · Private law · Original text

12. Joint resolution allowing the widow of General Stephen A. Hurlbut, late minister to Peru, one year’s salary.

    Private Resolution 54 · 22 Stat. 745 · July 28, 1882 · Private law · Original text

13. Joint resolution allowing the widow of General Judson Kilpatrick, late minister to Chili, one year’s salary.

    Private Resolution 55 · 22 Stat. 746 · July 28, 1882 · Private law · Original text

14. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan twenty-five wall tents to the colony of Russian Hebrew Refugees at Cimarron, Foote County, Kansas.

    Private Resolution 56 · 22 Stat. 746 · July 28, 1882 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of citizens of Tennessee.

    Ch. 359 · 22 Stat. 723 · July 29, 1882 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to amend section twenty-one hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes in relation to Indian traders.

    Ch. 360 · 22 Stat. 179 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

17. An Act to designate, classify, and fix the salaries of persons in the railway mail service.

    Ch. 361 · 22 Stat. 180 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

18. An Act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey.

    Ch. 362 · 22 Stat. 180 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

19. An Act to provide additional industrial training-schools for Indian youth, and authorizing the use of unoccupied military barracks for such purpose.

    Ch. 363 · 22 Stat. 181 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

20. An Act granting to certain parties right of way over lands and waters of the United States.

    Ch. 364 · 22 Stat. 181 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution relating to the memorial cards to accompany the memorial address on the life and character of the late James A. Garfield

    Public Resolution 57 · 22 Stat. 389 · July 31, 1882 · Original text

22. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Custer.

    Ch. 365 · 22 Stat. 725 · July 31, 1882 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act to amend the statutes in relation to copyright.

    Ch. 366 · 22 Stat. 181 · August 1, 1882 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.

    Public Resolution 58 · 22 Stat. 390 · August 1, 1882 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government”

    Public Resolution 59 · 22 Stat. 390 · August 1, 1882 · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of Patrick Sullivan.

    Ch. 367 · 22 Stat. 725 · August 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to David T. Stephenson.

    Ch. 368 · 22 Stat. 725 · August 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Amanda J. McFadden

    Ch. 369 · 22 Stat. 725 · August 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of John. W. Humphrey

    Ch. 370 · 22 Stat. 725 · August 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

30. Joint resolution for the relief of Sarah J. S. Garnet, widow of Henry H. Garnet, late minister to Liberia.

    Private Resolution 60 · 22 Stat. 746 · August 1, 1882 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to grant a right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 371 · 22 Stat. 181 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

32. An Act creating the Oregon Short-Line Railway Company a corporation in the Territories of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 372 · 22 Stat. 185 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

33. An Act to amend sections three and four of the act of February twenty-first eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to fix the pay of letter-carriers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 373 · 22 Stat. 185 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

34. An Act to regulate the carriage of passengers by sea.

    Ch. 374 · 22 Stat. 186 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

35. An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 375 · 22 Stat. 191 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution to furnish the Congressional Record to each State and Territorial library.

    Public Resolution 61 · 22 Stat. 390 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

37. Joint Resolution providing for additional copies of the Revised Statutes for the use of the Interior Department.

    Public Resolution 62 · 22 Stat. 391 · August 2, 1882 · Original text

38. An Act to regulate Immigration.

    Ch. 376 · 22 Stat. 214 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

39. An Act to establish ports of delivery at Kansas City and Saint Joseph in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 377 · 22 Stat. 215 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

40. An Act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases.

    Ch. 378 · 22 Stat. 215 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

41. An Act to authorize the Postmaster-General to extend the mail service in certain cases and for other purposes.

    Ch. 379 · 22 Stat. 216 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

42. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to call an international conference to fix on and recommend for universal adoption a common prime meridian to be used in the reckoning of longitude and in the regulation of time throughout the world

    Ch. 380 · 22 Stat. 217 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

43. An Act to authorize the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building for the United States district court, post-office, and other government offices at the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 381 · 22 Stat. 217 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution requiring the Public Printer to publish certain decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department

    Public Resolution 63 · 22 Stat. 391 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution providing for the publication at the Government Printing office of certain information in aid of the Society of the Red Cross.

    Public Resolution 64 · 22 Stat. 391 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to defray the expense of printing the memorial cards to accompany the additional numbers heretofore ordered of the Memorial Address on the late President Garfield.

    Public Resolution 65 · 22 Stat. 391 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association the blue regimental flag which belonged to said regiment, and which is now in the custody of the Secretary of War.

    Public Resolution 66 · 22 Stat. 392 · August 3, 1882 · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Hyacinthe Robert Agnel, deceased.

    Ch. 382 · 22 Stat. 726 · August 3, 1882 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Albert Elsberg, administrator of Gustave Elsberg, deceased.

    Ch. 383 · 22 Stat. 726 · August 3, 1882 · Private law · Original text

50. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the Washington Light Infantry Corps.

    Private Resolution 67 · 22 Stat. 746 · August 3, 1882 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to provide for the disposition of the Fort Larned military reservation.

    Ch. 384 · 22 Stat. 217 · August 4, 1882 · Original text

52. An Act to quiet title to certain laud in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 385 · 22 Stat. 218 · August 4, 1882 · Original text

53. An Act to restore the Fort Benton Military Reservation to the public domain, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 386 · 22 Stat. 218 · August 4, 1882 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Society of the Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers the stand of colors presented to it by citizens of Norristown, Pennsylvania.

    Public Resolution 68 · 22 Stat. 392 · August 4, 1882 · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Ella Carroll, formerly Ella Long.

    Ch. 387 · 22 Stat. 726 · August 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Caroline Mott, administratrix of the estate of Danford Mott.

    Ch. 388 · 22 Stat. 727 · August 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

57. Joint resolution authorizing Lieutenant-Commander Charles Dwight Sigsbee, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the Emperor of Germany, and also authorizing Joseph R. Hawley to accept decorations from the Governments of the Netherlands, of Spain and Japan.

    Private Resolution 69 · 22 Stat. 746 · August 4, 1882 · Private law · Original text

58. 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-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 389 · 22 Stat. 219 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

59. An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 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. 390 · 22 Stat. 257 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

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

    Ch. 391 · 22 Stat. 284 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

61. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of certain kinds adjacent to ike town of Pendleton, in the State of Oregon, belonging to the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 392 · 22 Stat. 297 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

62. An Act relating to the registration of trademarks.

    Ch. 393 · 22 Stat. 299 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

63. An Act granting the right of way to the Arizona Southern Railroad Company through the Papago Indian Reservation, in Arizona.

    Ch. 394 · 22 Stat. 299 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

64. An Act to fix the compensation of the master armorer at the national armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 395 · 22 Stat. 299 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

65. An Act donating condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 396 · 22 Stat. 299 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

66. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Saint Joseph, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 397 · 22 Stat. 299 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

67. An Act to provide for deductions from tho gross tonnage of vessels of the United States

    Ch. 398 · 22 Stat. 300 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

68. An Act to establish diplomatic relations with Persia.

    Ch. 399 · 22 Stat. 301 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution

    Public Resolution 70 · 22 Stat. 392 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to distribute copies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives to public and law libraries.

    Public Resolution 71 · 22 Stat. 392 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution to print eleven thousand copies of each of the second and third annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.

    Public Resolution 72 · 22 Stat. 393 · August 5, 1882 · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Eugene B. Allen.

    Ch. 400 · 22 Stat. 727 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Hayne.

    Ch. 401 · 22 Stat. 727 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of G. W. Thompson and others.

    Ch. 402 · 22 Stat. 727 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of James Burke.

    Ch. 403 · 22 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Erastus Crippen

    Ch. 404 · 22 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of the widow of George W. Flood.

    Ch. 405 · 22 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of Joab Spencer and James. R. Mead.

    Ch. 406 · 22 Stat. 728 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to E. G. Hoffman, late a captain in the One hundred and Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 407 · 22 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Shea.

    Ch. 408 · 22 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Jane S. Taplin.

    Ch. 409 · 22 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act to increase the pension of Joseph N. Abbey.

    Ch. 410 · 22 Stat. 729 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Amos Chapman.

    Ch. 411 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Ann Leddy.

    Ch. 412 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth H. Spotts.

    Ch. 413 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Ann Elizabeth Rodgers.

    Ch. 414 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Caroline French.

    Ch. 415 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Matthews.

    Ch. 416 · 22 Stat. 730 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Frank C. Armstrong of Maryland.

    Ch. 417 · 22 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Leebrick

    Ch. 418 · 22 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of Mary Bullard

    Ch. 419 · 22 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of Alice. J. Bennit.

    Ch. 420 · 22 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Annie W. Osborne.

    Ch. 421 · 22 Stat. 731 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Martha A. Jones.

    Ch. 422 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Alvin Walker

    Ch. 423 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Mary. E Taylor.

    Ch. 424 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth F. Rice.

    Ch. 425 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Martha Jane, Douglass.

    Ch. 426 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting an increase of pension to James Bennett.

    Ch. 427 · 22 Stat. 732 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting an increase of pension to Stephen D. Smith

     Ch. 428 · 22 Stat. 733 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text