Every law Congress has passed

970 laws of the 48th Congress, 1883–1885

1. An act for the relief of N. C. Ridenour.

   Ch. 70 · 23 Stat. 531 · June 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

2. An act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 71 · 23 Stat. 36 · June 6, 1884 · Original text

3. An act to declare the Cantilever Bridge constructed by the Niagara River Bridge Company across the Niagara River a Post Route.

   Ch. 72 · 23 Stat. 39 · June 7, 1884 · Original text

4. Joint resolution reappropriating an unexpended balance for the relief of the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and tributaries.

   Public Resolution 32 · 23 Stat. 273 · June 7, 1884 · Original text

5. An act fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent.

   Ch. 73 · 23 Stat. 40 · June 9, 1884 · Original text

6. An act to authorize the sale of a certain portion of the Fort Hays Military Reservation, Kansas, to the Ellis County Agricultural Society, of Kansas.

   Ch. 74 · 23 Stat. 40 · June 11, 1884 · Original text

7. An act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes concerning the examination of drugs

   Ch. 75 · 23 Stat. 40 · June 11, 1884 · Original text

8. Joint resolution providing for printing the proceedings relative to unveiling the statue of John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States, and for other purposes.

   Public Resolution 33 · 23 Stat. 274 · June 11, 1884 · Original text

9. Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States to appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps two second lieutenants

   Public Resolution 34 · 23 Stat. 274 · June 11, 1884 · Original text

10. An act to increase the pension of John Algoe.

    Ch. 76 · 23 Stat. 531 · June 11, 1884 · Private law · Original text

11. An act for the relief of John Connolly.

    Ch. 77 · 23 Stat. 531 · June 11, 1884 · Private law · Original text

12. An act authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to reconvey to Thomas Mulvihill certain lands erroneously conveyed by him to the United States.

    Ch. 78 · 23 Stat. 531 · June 11, 1884 · Private law · Original text

13. An act to amend an act passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter thirty-three, to authorize the legislatures of certain States to sell certain lands appropriated for school purposes.

    Ch. 79 · 23 Stat. 41 · June 12, 1884 · Original text

14. An act in relation to the legislature of Dakota Territory.

    Ch. 80 · 23 Stat. 41 · June 12, 1884 · Original text

15. An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivera, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 81 · 23 Stat. 41 · June 12, 1884 · Original text

16. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected between the north and the south line of the county of Douglas, State of Nebraska, and to make the same a post-route.

    Ch. 82 · 23 Stat. 43 · June 12, 1884 · Original text

17. An act for the relief of Ellen Call Long and Mary K. Brevard.

    Ch. 83 · 23 Stat. 532 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

18. An act for the relief of Santiago de Leon.

    Ch. 84 · 23 Stat. 532 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

19. An act granting a pension to Patrick Horan

    Ch. 85 · 23 Stat. 532 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

20. An act authorizing the muster-in and discharge of Henry Z. Blinn

    Ch. 86 · 23 Stat. 532 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

21. An act granting an increase of pension to George F. Dresser.

    Ch. 87 · 23 Stat. 532 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

22. An act granting a pension to Caroline Lauffer.

    Ch. 88 · 23 Stat. 533 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

23. An act granting a pension to George Overmire

    Ch. 89 · 23 Stat. 533 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

24. An act for the relief of I. L. Burchard

    Ch. 90 · 23 Stat. 533 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

25. An act to increase the pension of George J. Stannard, late a major-general of volunteers.

    Ch. 91 · 23 Stat. 533 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

26. An act granting a pension to Mrs Ellen M. Flagg.

    Ch. 92 · 23 Stat. 533 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

27. An act granting a pension to Robert M. Flack

    Ch. 93 · 23 Stat. 534 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Theodore C. Hawkins.

    Ch. 94 · 23 Stat. 534 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

29. An act for the relief of Isaac Reed.

    Ch. 95 · 23 Stat. 534 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

30. An act for the relief of Charlotte Day.

    Ch. 96 · 23 Stat. 534 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

31. An act granting a pension to Julia A. Ross.

    Ch. 97 · 23 Stat. 534 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

32. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Charles L. Jones the sum of four hundred and sixty tire dollars and sixty five cents, for services as messenger under the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to the first day of November eighteen hundred and seventy-nine inclusive.

    Public Resolution 35 · 23 Stat. 614 · June 12, 1884 · Private law · Original text

33. An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint assistant Engineer John W. Saville a passed assistant engineer on the retired-list of the Navy,

    Ch. 98 · 23 Stat. 45 · June 18, 1884 · Original text

34. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rule, in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 99 · 23 Stat. 45 · June 18, 1884 · Original text

35. An act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson

    Ch. 100 · 23 Stat. 535 · June 18, 1884 · Private law · Original text

36. An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a free bridge by (lie mayor and city council of Nashville, Tennessee, over the Cumberland River, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 101 · 23 Stat. 47 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

37. An act to fix and render certain the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the eastern and northern districts of Texas.

    Ch. 102 · 23 Stat. 48 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

38. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 103 · 23 Stat. 48 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

39. An Act authorizing claimants to the Rancho de Napa, in Napa County, California, to prove up their title.

    Ch. 104 · 23 Stat. 49 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

40. An Act to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain lying between the towns of North Hero and Alburgh, in the State of Vermont.

    Ch. 105 · 23 Stat. 49 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

41. An Act to change the times of holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Georgia

    Ch. 106 · 23 Stat. 50 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

42. An Act to authorize the National Academy of Sciences to receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of science, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 107 · 23 Stat. 50 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

43. Joint resolution to print additional copies of certain publications.

    Public Resolution 36 · 23 Stat. 274 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

44. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the last annual report of the Commissioner of Education.

    Public Resolution 37 · 23 Stat. 274 · June 20, 1884 · Original text

45. An act for the relief of Z. M. Pettigrew.

    Ch. 108 · 23 Stat. 535 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

46. An act for the relief of Mary J. Vaughan.

    Ch. 109 · 23 Stat. 535 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

47. An act granting a pension to Albert Jehle.

    Ch. 110 · 23 Stat. 535 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

48. An act granting a pension to Thomas Patton.

    Ch. 111 · 23 Stat. 536 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

49. An act to increase the pension of Martin Kelly.

    Ch. 112 · 23 Stat. 536 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

50. An act granting an increase of pension to Sally Mallory.

    Ch. 113 · 23 Stat. 536 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

51. An act granting a pension to George Prince.

    Ch. 114 · 23 Stat. 536 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

52. An act granting a pension to William McClure.

    Ch. 115 · 23 Stat. 536 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

53. An act to remove the disabilities of William H. Parker, of Virginia, incurred under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution.

    Ch. 116 · 23 Stat. 537 · June 20, 1884 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to extend an act approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe.

    Ch. 117 · 23 Stat. 50 · June 21, 1884 · Original text

55. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.

    Ch. 118 · 23 Stat. 50 · June 23, 1884 · Original text

56. Joint resolution granting permission to exhibit to the Capitol a model of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.

    Public Resolution 38 · 23 Stat. 275 · June 23, 1884 · Original text

57. An Act to authorize the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the Willamette River, in the State of Oregon, and to establish them as post-roads.

    Ch. 119 · 23 Stat. 52 · June 24, 1884 · Original text

58. An act granting a pension to A. M. Wilson.

    Ch. 120 · 23 Stat. 537 · June 24, 1884 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade and for other purposes.

    Ch. 121 · 23 Stat. 53 · June 26, 1884 · Original text

60. An Act to equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy upon their assignment to the various corps.

    Ch. 122 · 23 Stat. 60 · June 26, 1884 · Original text

61. An Act to provide for the administration of oaths to witnesses in matters depending in either House of Congress.

    Ch. 123 · 23 Stat. 60 · June 26, 1884 · Original text

62. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to lease certain lands to the board of fish commissioners of the State of Michigan.

    Public Resolution 39 · 23 Stat. 275 · June 26, 1884 · Original text

63. Joint resolution for printing the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology.

    Public Resolution 40 · 23 Stat. 275 · June 26, 1884 · Original text

64. An act to remove certain disabilities of Henry Newman.

    Ch. 124 · 23 Stat. 537 · June 26, 1884 · Private law · Original text

65. An act to remove the disabilities of Robert D. Thorburn of Virginia.

    Ch. 125 · 23 Stat. 537 · June 26, 1884 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act to grant letter-carriers at free-delivery offices fifteen days’ leave of absence in each year.

    Ch. 126 · 23 Stat. 60 · June 27, 1884 · Original text

67. An Act to establish a Bureau of Labor.

    Ch. 127 · 23 Stat. 60 · June 27, 1884 · Original text

68. Joint resolution for printing the Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey.

    Public Resolution 41 · 23 Stat. 276 · June 27, 1884 · Original text

69. Joint resolution to amend a resolution approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, providing for the publication of Report of Public Land Commieioner, and tor other purposes.

    Public Resolution 42 · 23 Stat. 276 · June 27, 1884 · Original text

70. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the government.

    Public Resolution 43 · 23 Stat. 276 · June 27, 1884 · Original text

71. An act for the relief of Hiram M. Howard, of Richland, Kansas.

    Ch. 128 · 23 Stat. 537 · June 27, 1884 · Private law · Original text

72. An act granting a pension to Mary E. Murray.

    Ch. 129 · 23 Stat. 538 · June 27, 1884 · Private law · Original text

73. An act granting a pension to Salome Ann Walker.

    Ch. 130 · 23 Stat. 538 · June 27, 1884 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to repeal section one of the act entitled “An act making a grant of lands in alternate sections to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 131 · 23 Stat. 61 · June 28, 1884 · Original text

75. An Act to authorize the National Bank of Middletown, Pennsylvania, to change its location and name.

    Ch. 132 · 23 Stat. 62 · June 28, 1884 · Original text

76. An act for the relief of the sureties of the late J. O. Rawlins.

    Ch. 133 · 23 Stat. 538 · June 28, 1884 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act making an appropriation for the completion of the sewerage system of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 134 · 23 Stat. 62 · June 30, 1884 · Original text

78. An act for the relief of Sarah A. Redmond.

    Ch. 135 · 23 Stat. 538 · June 30, 1884 · Private law · Original text

79. An act for the relief of Saint Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 136 · 23 Stat. 539 · June 30, 1884 · Private law · Original text

80. Joint resolution providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty four.

    Public Resolution 44 · 23 Stat. 277 · July 1, 1884 · Original text

81. Joint resolution providing for the printing of fifty thousand copies of the first annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry.

    Public Resolution 46 · 23 Stat. 277 · July 1, 1884 · Original text

82. An act granting a pension to Miles B. Farlin.

    Ch. 137 · 23 Stat. 539 · July 1, 1884 · Private law · Original text

83. An act for the relief of Judith Lauter.

    Ch. 138 · 23 Stat. 539 · July 1, 1884 · Private law · Original text

84. An act granting a pension to Miss Mary P. MacBlair.

    Ch. 139 · 23 Stat. 539 · July 1, 1884 · Private law · Original text

85. An act granting a pension to Louisa V. de Kilpatrick, widow of Major-General Judson Kilpatrick.

    Ch. 140 · 23 Stat. 539 · July 1, 1884 · Private law · Original text

86. An act granting a pension to Isabella J. Ramsdell.

    Ch. 141 · 23 Stat. 540 · July 1, 1884 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 142 · 23 Stat. 63 · July 2, 1884 · Original text

88. An Act to amend chapter twenty of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, concerning mechanics’ liens.

    Ch. 143 · 23 Stat. 64 · July 2, 1884 · Original text

89. An act for the relief of the Atlantic Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa.

    Ch. 144 · 23 Stat. 540 · July 2, 1884 · Private law · Original text

90. An act for the relief of J. T. Pickett.

    Ch. 145 · 23 Stat. 540 · July 2, 1884 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to Harriett S. Brisbine.

    Ch. 146 · 23 Stat. 540 · July 2, 1884 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act to extend the benefits of section four of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” approved March third eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Ch. 147 · 23 Stat. 66 · July 3, 1884 · Original text

93. An Act to authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to a point on the military lands at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

    Ch. 148 · 23 Stat. 67 · July 3, 1884 · Original text

94. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Sibley, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 149 · 23 Stat. 67 · July 3, 1884 · Original text

95. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Lawler.

    Ch. 150 · 23 Stat. 540 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

96. An act granting a pension to James King.

    Ch. 151 · 23 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

97. An act for the relief of John W. Cummins.

    Ch. 152 · 23 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

98. An act granting a pension to Sarah Dayton, widow of Erastus G. Dayton.

    Ch. 153 · 23 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

99. An act granting a pension to Solomon K. Ruggles.

    Ch. 154 · 23 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

100. An act for the relief of Alonzo Gesner.

     Ch. 155 · 23 Stat. 541 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text