Every law Congress has passed

761 laws of the 47th Congress, 1881–1883

1. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Adeline. A. Turner.

   Ch. 429 · 22 Stat. 733 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting an increase of pension to Eliza F. Porter.

   Ch. 430 · 22 Stat. 733 · August 5, 1882 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act to correct an error in section twenty-five hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

   Ch. 431 · 22 Stat. 301 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

4. An Act to reimburse the Creek orphan fund.

   Ch. 432 · 22 Stat. 301 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

5. An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of tbo government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 433 · 22 Stat. 302 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

6. An Act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribo of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 434 · 22 Stat. 341 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

7. An Act to provide for the closing of an alley in square seven hundred and fifty-one in the city of Washington District of Columbia and for the relief of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

   Ch. 435 · 22 Stat. 343 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

8. An Act to extend the fees of certain officers over the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona.

   Ch. 436 · 22 Stat. 344 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the publication of the Tenth Census.

   Ch. 437 · 22 Stat. 344 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

10. An Act to amend section forty-seven hundred and two, title fifty-seven, Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 438 · 22 Stat. 345 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

11. An Act to authorize the auditing of certain unpaid claims against the Indian Bureau by the accounting officers of the Treasury.

    Ch. 439 · 22 Stat. 345 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

12. An Act relinquishing the title which still remains in the United States to all lots or portions of ground which lie within the limits of the present city of Burlington, State of Iowa, to the said city of Burlington.

    Ch. 440 · 22 Stat. 346 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

13. An Act to amend section forty-four hundred, of title fifty two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam-vessels.

    Ch. 441 · 22 Stat. 346 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

14. An Act to relieve certain soldiers of the late war from the charge of desertion.

    Ch. 442 · 22 Stat. 347 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

15. An Act donating cannon and cannon balls to Post Number Fourteen of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Logansport, Indiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 443 · 22 Stat. 348 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

16. An Act in relation to land-patents in the Virginia military district of Ohio.

    Ch. 444 · 22 Stat. 348 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

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

    Ch. 445 · 22 Stat. 348 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

18. An Act for the manufacture of salt in the Indian Territory.

    Ch. 446 · 22 Stat. 349 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

19. An Act to amend the first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title thirty-four, collection of duties on imports

    Ch. 447 · 22 Stat. 349 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

20. An Act to establish post-routes.

    Ch. 448 · 22 Stat. 350 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Joint Resolution for the printing of additional copies of House Executive Document Number Forty-seven and subsequent land laws.

    Public Resolution 73 · 22 Stat. 393 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to transfer to “Tip” Best Post No. 75, Grand Army of the Republic, of Montrose, Iowa, one piece of condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon-balls, for monumental purposes.

    Public Resolution 74 · 22 Stat. 393 · August 7, 1882 · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of Joseph Conrad, of Missouri.

    Ch. 449 · 22 Stat. 733 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of Joseph Hertford.

    Ch. 450 · 22 Stat. 733 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Julia A. Nutt, widow and executrix of Haller Nutt, deceased.

    Ch. 451 · 22 Stat. 734 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Major D. C. Smith.

    Ch. 452 · 22 Stat. 734 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Sarah J. Cameron.

    Ch. 453 · 22 Stat. 734 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of certain laborers employed, upon Government Works.

    Ch. 454 · 22 Stat. 734 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act authorizing full pay to Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, United States Army, while on leave to serve in command of the Franklin search expedition in the Arctic.

    Ch. 455 · 22 Stat. 735 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act increasing the pension of John F. Ellis.

    Ch. 456 · 22 Stat. 735 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting an increase of pension to Joseph F. Wilson.

    Ch. 457 · 22 Stat. 736 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act authorizing compensation to members of Company B Fourteenth Infantry, for private property destroyed by fire on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.

    Ch. 458 · 22 Stat. 736 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of Acting Assistant Paymaster Edward K. Winship, United States Navy.

    Ch. 459 · 22 Stat. 736 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of Helen M. Scholefield.

    Ch. 460 · 22 Stat. 736 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Major W. R. King.

    Ch. 461 · 22 Stat. 737 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of the executors of John W. Forney

    Ch. 462 · 22 Stat. 737 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of John. G. Abercrombie.

    Ch. 463 · 22 Stat. 737 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

38. Joint resolution granting the use of tents at a soldiers’ reunion to be held by the Soldiers’ Reunion Association of the State of Illinois in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Private Resolution 75 · 22 Stat. 747 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

39. Joint resolution granting the use of tents, at soldiers reunions to be held in the State of Iowa in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Private Resolution 76 · 22 Stat. 747 · August 7, 1882 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act to provide for the construction of a public building at the city of Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 464 · 22 Stat. 369 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

41. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Saint Croix River between the city of Calais, Maine, and Saint Stephen's, New Brunswick.

    Ch. 465 · 22 Stat. 370 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

42. An Act to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe

    Ch. 466 · 22 Stat. 371 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

43. An Act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a ponton railway Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 467 · 22 Stat. 372 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

44. An Act to repeal so much of section thirty-three hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes as imposes an export tax on tobacco.

    Ch. 468 · 22 Stat. 372 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

45. An Act to amend section forty seven hundred and sixty six, title fifty seven, of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 469 · 22 Stat. 373 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

46. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls for the soldiers' cemetery at Knoxville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 470 · 22 Stat. 374 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

47. An Act authorizing the deputy collector of customs stationed at San Juan Island, in the Puget Sound district, to enter and clear vessels and collect duties.

    Ch. 471 · 22 Stat. 374 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

48. An Act donating condemned cast iron cannon for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 472 · 22 Stat. 374 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

49. An Act donating condemned cast-iron cannon, mortars, and cannon balls for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 473 · 22 Stat. 375 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

50. An Act donating condemned cannon to the town of Hatfield Massachusetts for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 474 · 22 Stat. 375 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

51. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls, for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 475 · 22 Stat. 375 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

52. An Act granting condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon halls for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 476 · 22 Stat. 376 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

53. An Act to authorize the transfer of the property of the National Soldiers and Sailors' Orphan Home to the Garfield Memorial Hospital.

    Ch. 477 · 22 Stat. 376 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

54. An Act to donate two condemned cast-iron cannon and twelve cannon-balls to the A. E. Burnside Post Number One hundred and nine of the Grand Army of the Republic of South Chicago, Illinois

    Ch. 478 · 22 Stat. 376 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

55. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to Edward Pye Post No. one hundred and seventy-nine of the Grand Army of the Republic four condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannon-balls, for decorating the proposed soldier's monument at Haverstraw New York.

    Ch. 479 · 22 Stat. 376 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

56. Joint Resolution providing one Month’s extra pay for certain employés of the Senate.

    Public Resolution 77 · 22 Stat. 394 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution to correct an error in the enrollment of the “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.

    Public Resolution 78 · 22 Stat. 394 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution providing for a joint select committee to enquire into the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and ship-owning interests.

    Public Resolution 79 · 22 Stat. 394 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

59. Joint Resolution instructing the Secretary of the Navy to convene a court of inquiry to investigate as to the circumstances of the loss of the exploring steamer Jeannette.

    Public Resolution 80 · 22 Stat. 394 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

60. Joint Resolution to provide for preparing the reports of contested-election cases in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses.

    Public Resolution 81 · 22 Stat. 395 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fees of District Attorneys of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Public Resolution 82 · 22 Stat. 395 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

    Public Resolution 83 · 22 Stat. 395 · August 8, 1882 · Original text

63. An Act to refer the claim of the captors of the ram Albermarle to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 480 · 22 Stat. 738 · August 8, 1882 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of Mary E. Thomson.

    Ch. 481 · 22 Stat. 738 · August 8, 1882 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of John G. Taylor.

    Ch. 482 · 22 Stat. 738 · August 8, 1882 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of James. F. Cullen.

    Ch. 483 · 22 Stat. 739 · August 8, 1882 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Eliza H. Ramsay.

    Ch. 484 · 22 Stat. 739 · August 8, 1882 · Private law · Original text

68. Joint resolution relative to the printing of the animal reports of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Public Resolution 1 · 22 Stat. 635 · December 12, 1882 · Original text

69. An act to rectify and establish the title of the United States to the site of the military post at El Paso, Texas.

    Ch. 1 · 22 Stat. 397 · December 13, 1882 · Original text

70. An act for the relief of Daniel T. Wells.

    Ch. 2 · 22 Stat. 749 · December 18, 1882 · Private law · Original text

71. An act for the relief of William Wallace Screws.

    Ch. 3 · 22 Stat. 749 · December 18, 1882 · Private law · Original text

72. An act for the relief of Charles A. Luke.

    Ch. 4 · 22 Stat. 749 · December 19, 1882 · Private law · Original text

73. An act to authorize the Public Printer to make certain purchases without previous advertisement

    Ch. 5 · 22 Stat. 397 · December 21, 1882 · Original text

74. Joint resolution authorizing the payment of the salaries of the employés of the two houses of Congress on the twenty-second instant.

    Public Resolution 3 · 22 Stat. 635 · December 22, 1882 · Original text

75. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to repeal the discriminating duties on goods produced east of the Cape of Good Hope,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 6 · 22 Stat. 398 · December 23, 1882 · Original text

76. An act authorizing the board of commissioners of the Soldier’s Home to sell certain property at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, belonging to the Soldier’s Home.

    Ch. 7 · 22 Stat. 398 · December 23, 1882 · Original text

77. An act to cede to the first taxing-district of the State of Tennessee a certain lot of land situated in said district.

    Ch. 8 · 22 Stat. 399 · December 23, 1882 · Original text

78. An act granting a pension to George Foster

    Ch. 9 · 22 Stat. 750 · December 27, 1882 · Private law · Original text

79. An act for the relief of Albert Grant.

    Ch. 10 · 22 Stat. 750 · January 5, 1883 · Private law · Original text

80. An act to remove the political disabilities of James. I. Waddell.

    Ch. 11 · 22 Stat. 750 · January 5, 1883 · Private law · Original text

81. An act to reimburse the State of Oregon and State of California and the citizens thereof for moneys paid by said States in the suppression of Indian hostilities during the Modoc war in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

    Ch. 12 · 22 Stat. 399 · January 6, 1883 · Original text

82. An act to provide for holding a term of the District Court of the United States at Wichita, Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 13 · 22 Stat. 400 · January 6, 1883 · Original text

83. An act to provide for the payment of the amount due the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company for transportation of United States mails.

    Ch. 14 · 22 Stat. 401 · January 9, 1883 · Original text

84. An act to extend the time for filing claims for horses and equipments lost by officers and enlisted men in the service of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 15 · 22 Stat. 401 · January 9, 1883 · Original text

85. An act to amend section thirty-three hundred and sixty-two of the Revised Statutes relating to the tax on perique tobacco.

    Ch. 16 · 22 Stat. 401 · January 9, 1883 · Original text

86. An act to permit grain brought by Canadian farmers to be ground at mills in the United States adjacent to Canadian territory, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Treasury Department.

    Ch. 17 · 22 Stat. 402 · January 9, 1883 · Original text

87. An act for the relief of John T. Hennaman, of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 18 · 22 Stat. 750 · January 9, 1883 · Private law · Original text

88. An act for the relief of John I. Salter.

    Ch. 19 · 22 Stat. 751 · January 9, 1883 · Private law · Original text

89. An act for the relief of Major Jacob E. Burbank.

    Ch. 20 · 22 Stat. 751 · January 11, 1883 · Private law · Original text

90. An act for the relief of James J. Faught, late of Company D. Eighth Missouri Cavalry.

    Ch. 21 · 22 Stat. 751 · January 11, 1883 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to John V. Bovell.

    Ch. 22 · 22 Stat. 751 · January 11, 1883 · Private law · Original text

92. An act to provide for extra work in the Government Printing Office in cases of emergency.

    Ch. 23 · 22 Stat. 402 · January 13, 1883 · Original text

93. An act relating to exportation of tobacco, snuff, and cigars, in bond, free of tax, to adjacent foreign territory.

    Ch. 24 · 22 Stat. 402 · January 13, 1883 · Original text

94. An act to attach the county of Hardeman, in the State of Tennessee, to the eastern division of the western district of Tennessee.

    Ch. 25 · 22 Stat. 402 · January 15, 1883 · Original text

95. An act to increase the fees of witnesses in the United States courts in certain cases.

    Ch. 26 · 22 Stat. 403 · January 15, 1883 · Original text

96. An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States.

    Ch. 27 · 22 Stat. 403 · January 16, 1883 · Original text

97. An act for the relief of Robert Gorthy and Calvin Green.

    Ch. 28 · 22 Stat. 752 · January 17, 1883 · Private law · Original text

98. An act for the relief of John R. Taggert.

    Ch. 29 · 22 Stat. 752 · January 17, 1883 · Private law · Original text

99. An act for the relief of P. F. Lonergan.

    Ch. 30 · 22 Stat. 752 · January 17, 1883 · Private law · Original text

100. An act for the relief of Robert Stodart Wyld.

     Ch. 31 · 22 Stat. 752 · January 17, 1883 · Private law · Original text