Every law Congress has passed

970 laws of the 48th Congress, 1883–1885

1. Joint resolution extending the time fixed for the Joint Commission appointed to consider the number and salaries of officers and employees of the two Houses, to submit their report.

   Public Resolution 1 · 23 Stat. 265 · December 12, 1883 · Original text

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

   Public Resolution 2 · 23 Stat. 265 · December 21, 1883 · Original text

3. Joint resolution relating to the surrender by George Washington of his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the patriot forces of America

   Public Resolution 3 · 23 Stat. 625 · December 26, 1883 · Original text

4. An act to fix the time for holding the District Court in the District of Maine at Bangor.

   Ch. 1 · 23 Stat. 1 · January 18, 1884 · Original text

5. An act making an appropriation for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River.

   Ch. 2 · 23 Stat. 1 · January 19, 1884 · Original text

6. An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Fort Worth Texas.

   Ch. 3 · 23 Stat. 1 · January 29, 1884 · Original text

7. An act providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major General Edward O. C. Ord, United Stales Army from Havana, Cuba, to Washington, District of Columbia.

   Ch. 4 · 23 Stat. 2 · January 31, 1884 · Original text

8. An act to remove the political disabilities of Samuel H. Lockett, of Alabama.

   Ch. 5 · 23 Stat. 525 · January 31, 1884 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail from that department two clerks to act as assistant-clerks to certain House Committees

   Public Resolution 4 · 23 Stat. 266 · February 1, 1884 · Original text

10. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Antonio Barrios of Guatemala and José Victor Zavala of Nicaragua.

    Public Resolution 5 · 23 Stat. 266 · February 2, 1884 · Original text

11. Joint resolution to correct an error in the enrollment of an act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightythre<. and for other years approved Marek third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Public Resolution 6 · 23 Stat. 266 · February 2, 1884 · Original text

12. Joint resolution fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees and other employees of the House of Representatives shall begin.

    Public Resolution 7 · 23 Stat. 266 · February 2, 1884 · Original text

13. Joint resolution appropriating one hundred thousand dollars for the support “ of certain destitute Indians

    Public Resolution 8 · 23 Stat. 267 · February 8, 1884 · Original text

14. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.

    Public Resolution 9 · 23 Stat. 267 · February 12, 1884 · Original text

15. Joint resolution making an appropriation for the relief of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and his party composing what is known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic Regions.

    Public Resolution 10 · 23 Stat. 267 · February 13, 1884 · Original text

16. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies on account of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in regard to rebate of tax on tobacco, and to provide for the expenses of the meeting of the Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 6 · 23 Stat. 2 · February 14, 1884 · Original text

17. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia

    Public Resolution 11 · 23 Stat. 268 · February 15, 1884 · Original text

18. Joint resolution making further appropriations for the relief of destitute persons in the districts overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries

    Public Resolution 12 · 23 Stat. 268 · February 15, 1884 · Original text

19. Joint Resolution for the relief of E. H. George and H. W. Walker

    Public Resolution 3 · 23 Stat. 613 · February 15, 1884 · Private law · Original text

20. An act to change the name of “The National La Fayette and Bank of Commerce” to that of “The National La Fayette Bank.”

    Ch. 7 · 23 Stat. 3 · February 21, 1884 · Original text

21. An act to fix the times for holding the terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in the Northern District of Iowa

    Ch. 8 · 23 Stat. 3 · February 23, 1884 · Original text

22. Joint resolution authorizing an expenditure of money for Indian educational purposes.

    Public Resolution 14 · 23 Stat. 268 · February 25, 1884 · Original text

23. An act making all public roads and highways post routes.

    Ch. 9 · 23 Stat. 3 · March 1, 1884 · Original text

24. An act to complete a statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy.

    Ch. 10 · 23 Stat. 4 · March 3, 1884 · Original text

25. Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 15 · 23 Stat. 269 · March 3, 1884 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution for the relief of Frank Galt.

    Public Resolution 16 · 23 Stat. 613 · March 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

27. An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred anti seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel of.South Pass of Mississippi River, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

    Ch. 11 · 23 Stat. 4 · March 12, 1884 · Original text

28. An act to establish a standard of time in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 12 · 23 Stat. 4 · March 13, 1884 · Original text

29. Joint resolution for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Dudley C. Haskell.

    Public Resolution 17 · 23 Stat. 269 · March 13, 1884 · Original text

30. An act for the relief of Louisa Boddy.

    Ch. 13 · 23 Stat. 525 · March 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

31. An act to change the name of the James Sweet National Bank of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

    Ch. 14 · 23 Stat. 5 · March 22, 1884 · Original text

32. An act for the relief of the devisees of the late Daniel Carroll.

    Ch. 15 · 23 Stat. 525 · March 22, 1884 · Private law · Original text

33. An act to change the name of the West Waterville National Batik of Oakland, in the State of Maine, to that of the Missaukee National Bank.

    Ch. 16 · 23 Stat. 5 · March 24, 1884 · Original text

34. Joint resolution reappropriating the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars not expended for the relief of sufferers by the floods of the Mississippi River.

    Public Resolution 18 · 23 Stat. 269 · March 27, 1884 · Original text

35. An act to authorize the issuing of a register to John S. McQuin and J. Warren Won son for the schooner Druid.

    Ch. 17 · 23 Stat. 5 · March 28, 1884 · Original text

36. An act to limit the cost, of indexing the Congressional Record.

    Ch. 18 · 23 Stat. 6 · March 31, 1884 · Original text

37. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 19 · 23 Stat. 6 · March 31, 1884 · Original text

38. Joint resolution providing for the addition of ten thousand dollars to the contingent fund of the Senate.

    Public Resolution 19 · 23 Stat. 269 · March 31, 1884 · Original text

39. An act to enable the State of Colorado to take lands in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections found to be mineral lands, and to secure to the State of Colorado the Irene fit of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.”

    Ch. 20 · 23 Stat. 10 · April 2, 1884 · Original text

40. An act to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Thomas Allen.

    Ch. 21 · 23 Stat. 10 · April 10, 1884 · Original text

41. An act for the relief of James H. Woodard.

    Ch. 22 · 23 Stat. 526 · April 10, 1884 · Private law · Original text

42. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to offer a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars for rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the Greely expedition.

    Ch. 23 · 23 Stat. 11 · April 17, 1884 · Original text

43. An act to further suspend the operation of section fifty-five hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title seventy-two, in relation to guano islands.

    Ch. 24 · 23 Stat. 11 · April 18, 1884 · Original text

44. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating to the district of Gloucester.

    Ch. 25 · 23 Stat. 11 · April 18, 1884 · Original text

45. An act making it a felony for a person to falsely and fraudulently assume or pretend to be an officer or employee acting under authority of the United States or any Department or any officer thereof, and prescribing a penalty therefor.

    Ch. 26 · 23 Stat. 11 · April 18, 1884 · Original text

46. An act to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from the public lands in said State.

    Ch. 27 · 23 Stat. 12 · April 23, 1884 · Original text

47. An act to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 28 · 23 Stat. 13 · April 23, 1884 · Original text

48. Joint resolution to provide for printing certain documents relating to customs revenues and domestic exports for the use of Congress.

    Public Resolution 20 · 23 Stat. 270 · April 23, 1884 · Original text

49. An act for the relief of Sallie A. Spence.

    Ch. 29 · 23 Stat. 526 · April 23, 1884 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of Millie E. Hays, widow of John Hays, deceased.

    Ch. 30 · 23 Stat. 526 · April 26, 1884 · Private law · Original text

51. An act to authorize the construction of railroad bridge across the Saint Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

    Ch. 31 · 23 Stat. 14 · April 28, 1884 · Original text

52. Joint resolution granting certain publications to the Cincinnati Law Library.

    Public Resolution 21 · 23 Stat. 270 · April 28, 1884 · Original text

53. An act for the relief of F. G. Schwatka and wife.

    Ch. 32 · 23 Stat. 527 · April 28, 1884 · Private law · Original text

54. An act granting a pension to Caroline M. McDougal, widow of Rear-Admiral David S. McDougal.

    Ch. 33 · 23 Stat. 527 · April 28, 1884 · Private law · Original text

55. An act granting a pension to Catharine Bullard.

    Ch. 34 · 23 Stat. 527 · April 28, 1884 · Private law · Original text

56. An act granting a pension to Laurena C. P. Haskins.

    Ch. 35 · 23 Stat. 527 · April 28, 1884 · Private law · Original text

57. Joint resolution relative to the ceremonies of the unvailing of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall.

    Public Resolution 22 · 23 Stat. 270 · April 29, 1884 · Original text

58. An act to carry into effect the decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York in the case of the Spanish ferry-boat Nuestra Señora de Regla.

    Ch. 36 · 23 Stat. 15 · May 1, 1884 · Original text

59. An act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 37 · 23 Stat. 15 · May 1, 1884 · Original text

60. An act to add certain counties in Alabama to the Northern District therein, and to divide the said Northern District after the addition of said counties into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 38 · 23 Stat. 18 · May 2, 1884 · Original text

61. An act to change the name of the Marsh National Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, to that of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln, and to increase the capital stock of the First National Bank of Nashville Tennessee.

    Ch. 39 · 23 Stat. 19 · May 3, 1884 · Original text

62. Joint resolution authorizing Secretary of War to loan to the mayor of Rich-mood, Virginia, a certain amount of flags and bunting for use at n Fair

    Public Resolution 23 · 23 Stat. 271 · May 3, 1884 · Original text

63. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan two hundred flags to the city of Charlotte North Carolina for the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

    Public Resolution 24 · 23 Stat. 271 · May 3, 1884 · Original text

64. Joint resolution to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of eulogies on Thomas H. Herndon late a Representative in Congress.

    Public Resolution 25 · 23 Stat. 271 · May 3, 1884 · Original text

65. An act for the relief of Mary L. Walker and Ella Walker.

    Ch. 40 · 23 Stat. 527 · May 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

66. An act for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizabeth H. Gilmer.

    Ch. 41 · 23 Stat. 528 · May 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

67. An act to adjust the accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased.

    Ch. 42 · 23 Stat. 528 · May 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

68. An act donating a part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the city of Fort Smith, for the use and benefit of the free public schools thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 43 · 23 Stat. 19 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

69. An act to provide for the appointment of an Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Ch. 44 · 23 Stat. 21 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

70. An act to release the American Baptist Home Mission Society from the conditions of the sale of the Marine hospital building and grounds at Natchez Mississippi.

    Ch. 45 · 23 Stat. 21 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

71. An act amending the Revised Statutes of the United States in respect of official oaths, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 46 · 23 Stat. 21 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

72. Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 26 · 23 Stat. 272 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

73. Joint resolution in relation to ceremonies to be authorized upon the completion of the Washington Monument.

    Public Resolution 27 · 23 Stat. 272 · May 13, 1884 · Original text

74. An act for the relief of William L. White.

    Ch. 47 · 23 Stat. 528 · May 13, 1884 · Private law · Original text

75. An act for the relief of the estates of James Vance and William Vance.

    Ch. 48 · 23 Stat. 528 · May 13, 1884 · Private law · Original text

76. An act for the relief of T. J. Boyles, administrator of the estate of Marcus Radich, deceased.

    Ch. 49 · 23 Stat. 529 · May 13, 1884 · Private law · Original text

77. An act to repeal section eight of an act entitled “Au act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same,” approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 50 · 23 Stat. 22 · May 14, 1884 · Original text

78. An act for the relief of M. P. Jones.

    Ch. 51 · 23 Stat. 529 · May 14, 1884 · Private law · Original text

79. An act to prevent and punish the counterfeiting within the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities of foreign Governments.

    Ch. 52 · 23 Stat. 22 · May 16, 1884 · Original text

80. Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the Congressional Globe

    Public Resolution 28 · 23 Stat. 272 · May 16, 1884 · Original text

81. Joint resolution to fill vacancies existing in the Board of Managers of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers

    Public Resolution 29 · 23 Stat. 273 · May 16, 1884 · Original text

82. An act providing a civil government for Alaska.

    Ch. 53 · 23 Stat. 24 · May 17, 1884 · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Katharina T. Wunsh.

    Ch. 54 · 23 Stat. 529 · May 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

84. An act to make a loan to aid in the celebration of the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.

    Ch. 55 · 23 Stat. 28 · May 21, 1884 · Original text

85. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Wright.

    Ch. 56 · 23 Stat. 529 · May 21, 1884 · Private law · Original text

86. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Bio Grande River between the cities of Engle Puss, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

    Ch. 57 · 23 Stat. 29 · May 29, 1884 · Original text

87. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande River between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nueva Laredo, Mexico.

    Ch. 58 · 23 Stat. 30 · May 29, 1884 · Original text

88. An act to amend an act entitled. “An act to authorize the construction of a ponton wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 59 · 23 Stat. 31 · May 29, 1884 · Original text

89. An act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagions diseases among domestic animals.

    Ch. 60 · 23 Stat. 31 · May 29, 1884 · Original text

90. Joint resolution authorizing the loan of certain flags to the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association.

    Public Resolution 30 · 23 Stat. 273 · May 29, 1884 · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Barbour.

    Ch. 61 · 23 Stat. 530 · May 29, 1884 · Private law · Original text

92. Joint Resolution granting permission to Ensign L. K. Reynolds, United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph from the Government of Austria.

    Public Resolution 31 · 23 Stat. 613 · May 29, 1884 · Private law · Original text

93. An act to extend the duration of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 62 · 23 Stat. 33 · June 3, 1884 · Original text

94. An act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.

    Ch. 63 · 23 Stat. 34 · June 3, 1884 · Original text

95. An act to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved February twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places for holding courts in said districts”, and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 64 · 23 Stat. 35 · June 3, 1884 · Original text

96. An act to vacate an alley in square two hundred and thirty-four in the city of Washington

    Ch. 65 · 23 Stat. 36 · June 3, 1884 · Original text

97. An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of Major D. Williams.

    Ch. 66 · 23 Stat. 530 · June 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

98. An act for the relief of Nancy Miller.

    Ch. 67 · 23 Stat. 530 · June 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

99. An act to increase the pension of Francis Scott.

    Ch. 68 · 23 Stat. 530 · June 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

100. An act to increase the pension of Alonzo B. Chatfield.

     Ch. 69 · 23 Stat. 530 · June 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text