Every law Congress has passed

970 laws of the 48th Congress, 1883–1885

1. An act granting a pension to Mary Eliza Dickson, widow of Doctor Thomas Dickson.

   Ch. 156 · 23 Stat. 542 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

2. An act granting a pension to Martha B. McCullach, of Freeport, Pennsylvania.

   Ch. 157 · 23 Stat. 542 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

3. An act to increase the pension of Mathew O. Regan.

   Ch. 158 · 23 Stat. 542 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

4. An act for the relief of William R. Browne.

   Ch. 159 · 23 Stat. 542 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

5. An act for the relief of Maria L. Hammer.

   Ch. 160 · 23 Stat. 543 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

6. An act for the relief of William J. Sawyer.

   Ch. 161 · 23 Stat. 543 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

7. An act for the relief of Christopher P. Davidson.

   Ch. 162 · 23 Stat. 543 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

8. An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of John Allee

   Ch. 163 · 23 Stat. 543 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

9. An act for the relief Catherine Terry.

   Ch. 164 · 23 Stat. 544 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

10. An act granting a pension to James Roden.

    Ch. 165 · 23 Stat. 544 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

11. An act granting a pension to William Printz.

    Ch. 166 · 23 Stat. 544 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

12. An act to increase the pension of Thomas E. Wilson.

    Ch. 167 · 23 Stat. 544 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

13. An act granting a pension to Emma A. Porch.

    Ch. 168 · 23 Stat. 544 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

14. An act granting a pension to Harriet P. Dame

    Ch. 169 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

15. An act for the relief of Ann McCarney.

    Ch. 170 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

16. An act granting a pension to Sarah E. Price.

    Ch. 171 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

17. An act for the relief of Mrs Margaret Cassidy.

    Ch. 172 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

18. An act for the relief of Mrs. Rebecca J. Pierce.

    Ch. 173 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

19. An act granting a pension to Mary Ullery.

    Ch. 174 · 23 Stat. 545 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

20. An act for the relief of John Kane.

    Ch. 175 · 23 Stat. 546 · July 3, 1884 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act authorizing and directing the sale of the real estate and riparian rights now owned by the United States at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of West Virginia.

    Ch. 176 · 23 Stat. 69 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

22. An Act to Grant to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 177 · 23 Stat. 69 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

23. An Act to amend an act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington and for other purposes."

    Ch. 178 · 23 Stat. 72 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

24. An Act to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railway Company and for other purposes.

    Ch. 179 · 23 Stat. 73 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

25. An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 180 · 23 Stat. 76 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

26. 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-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 181 · 23 Stat. 98 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

27. An Act providing for two additional associate justices of supreme court of the Territory of Dakota, one additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington and for other purposes.

    Ch. 182 · 23 Stat. 101 · July 4, 1884 · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary C. Jones.

    Ch. 183 · 23 Stat. 546 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

29. An act to increase the pension of Joseph B. Sellers.

    Ch. 184 · 23 Stat. 546 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

30. An act granting a pension to Joseph T. Caldwell.

    Ch. 185 · 23 Stat. 546 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

31. An act granting a pension to William Reinhardt.

    Ch. 186 · 23 Stat. 546 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

32. An act granting a pension to Patrick Droney.

    Ch. 187 · 23 Stat. 547 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

33. An act granting a pension to Frederick Wilhelm, late a sergeant of Company L, Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.

    Ch. 188 · 23 Stat. 547 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

34. An act granting a pension to Frank F. Fitkin.

    Ch. 189 · 23 Stat. 547 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

35. An act granting a pension to Walter Dickson.

    Ch. 190 · 23 Stat. 547 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

36. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary McLaughlin.

    Ch. 191 · 23 Stat. 547 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

37. An act granting a pension to Robert Nutt.

    Ch. 192 · 23 Stat. 548 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

38. An act granting a pension to Catharine Henry.

    Ch. 193 · 23 Stat. 548 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

39. An act granting a pension to Michael Mack

    Ch. 194 · 23 Stat. 548 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

40. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Bryan Leet.

    Ch. 195 · 23 Stat. 548 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

41. An act granting a pension to Amanda Cutter.

    Ch. 196 · 23 Stat. 548 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Ira McNair.

    Ch. 197 · 23 Stat. 549 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Ellen Horgan.

    Ch. 198 · 23 Stat. 549 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to William W. Day.

    Ch. 199 · 23 Stat. 549 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of John Bostater.

    Ch. 200 · 23 Stat. 549 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of John Swearer.

    Ch. 201 · 23 Stat. 549 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Caroline Sheward.

    Ch. 202 · 23 Stat. 550 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Alexander Saint Bernard.

    Ch. 203 · 23 Stat. 550 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Rose Ann Galbraith.

    Ch. 204 · 23 Stat. 550 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Seymour, widow of Charles J. Seymour, a deceased soldier.

    Ch. 205 · 23 Stat. 550 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to Temple Golden.

    Ch. 206 · 23 Stat. 550 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Cheshire.

    Ch. 207 · 23 Stat. 551 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a pension to Allicia Durrant.

    Ch. 208 · 23 Stat. 551 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to Eugene L. Townsend.

    Ch. 209 · 23 Stat. 551 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to Sarah J. Chipman.

    Ch. 210 · 23 Stat. 551 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Mary Morris Husband.

    Ch. 211 · 23 Stat. 551 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting additional pension to George H. Fluke.

    Ch. 212 · 23 Stat. 552 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Noah E. Smith.

    Ch. 213 · 23 Stat. 552 · July 4, 1884 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations.

    Ch. 214 · 23 Stat. 103 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 215 · 23 Stat. 104 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

61. An Act respecting a bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of New York.

    Ch. 216 · 23 Stat. 106 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

62. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other puposes.

    Ch. 217 · 23 Stat. 107 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

63. An Act to consolidate the Bureau of Military Justice and the corps of judge-advocates of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 218 · 23 Stat. 113 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

64. An Act for a bridge across the Missouri River at White Cloud, in Doniphan County, Kansas.

    Ch. 219 · 23 Stat. 113 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

65. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese approved May sixth eighteen hundred and eighty-two.”

    Ch. 220 · 23 Stat. 115 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

66. An Act to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department.

    Ch. 221 · 23 Stat. 118 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

67. An Act to relieve certain soldiers from the charge of desertion.

    Ch. 222 · 23 Stat. 119 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

68. An Act to authorize the location of a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors in either the State of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri or Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 223 · 23 Stat. 120 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

69. An Act to amend article seventy two of the Rules and articles of War.

    Ch. 224 · 23 Stat. 121 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

70. An Act to limit the time within which prosecutions may be instituted against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws.

    Ch. 225 · 23 Stat. 122 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

71. An Act to validate and cure defects in certain acts of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory.

    Ch. 226 · 23 Stat. 122 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

72. An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 23 Stat. 123 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

73. An Act to amend sections forty-three hundred and eighty-one and forty-three hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to fees levied and collected from the owners and masters of vessels in domestic commerce.

    Ch. 228 · 23 Stat. 132 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

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

    Ch. 229 · 23 Stat. 133 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

75. An Act authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent.

    Ch. 230 · 23 Stat. 154 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

76. An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Cloud Water-Power and Mill Company to construct a dam across the Mississippi River at Saint Cloud Minnesota.

    Ch. 231 · 23 Stat. 154 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

77. An Act to amend paragraph seven of section twenty five hundred and twenty seven of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 232 · 23 Stat. 155 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

78. An Act supplemental to and amendatory of an act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 233 · 23 Stat. 155 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

79. An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 23 Stat. 156 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

80. An Act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for the fiscal year ending June, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.

    Ch. 235 · 23 Stat. 158 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

81. Joint resolution authorizing the printing and binding of additional copies of the reports of the National Board of Health.

    Public Resolution 45 · 23 Stat. 277 · July 5, 1884 · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to the widow of Major-General James B. Steedman,

    Ch. 236 · 23 Stat. 552 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 237 · 23 Stat. 552 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Theresa Crosby Watson

    Ch. 238 · 23 Stat. 586 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of Betsy A. Mower

    Ch. 239 · 23 Stat. 586 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to John Robbins

    Ch. 240 · 23 Stat. 587 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to reinstate Cornelius Fitzgerald on the pension roll.

    Ch. 241 · 23 Stat. 587 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Mary G. Hawk

    Ch. 242 · 23 Stat. 587 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a pension to Hiram C. Henderson.

    Ch. 243 · 23 Stat. 587 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to John Galloup

    Ch. 244 · 23 Stat. 587 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to H. E. Van Trees

    Ch. 245 · 23 Stat. 588 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Reuben Marshall.

    Ch. 246 · 23 Stat. 588 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to M H. Clements

    Ch. 247 · 23 Stat. 588 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Robert L, Willey

    Ch. 248 · 23 Stat. 588 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting an increase of pension to Fannie S. Beaumont

    Ch. 249 · 23 Stat. 588 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting an increase of pension to Merritt Lewis.

    Ch. 250 · 23 Stat. 589 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to John C. Fenscke.

    Ch. 251 · 23 Stat. 589 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Reuben J Chewning

    Ch. 252 · 23 Stat. 589 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Barnard.

    Ch. 253 · 23 Stat. 589 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Honora Kelley.

     Ch. 254 · 23 Stat. 589 · July 5, 1884 · Private law · Original text