Every law Congress has passed

970 laws of the 48th Congress, 1883–1885

1. An Act granting a pension to Frank Gray.

   Ch. 353 · 23 Stat. 609 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Frank S. Hillard.

   Ch. 354 · 23 Stat. 609 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Bolar.

   Ch. 355 · 23 Stat. 609 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to Sarah C. Hall

   Ch. 356 · 23 Stat. 609 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to William J. Hess.

   Ch. 357 · 23 Stat. 609 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Martha Bastin.

   Ch. 358 · 23 Stat. 610 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Flavia A. Haskell.

   Ch. 359 · 23 Stat. 610 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of the widow of Edward M. Wilkins

   Ch. 360 · 23 Stat. 610 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Asahel D. Whitcomb.

   Ch. 361 · 23 Stat. 610 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to James King

    Ch. 362 · 23 Stat. 610 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to remove certain disabilities of John L. Cowardin.

    Ch. 363 · 23 Stat. 611 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to James Brown.

    Ch. 364 · 23 Stat. 611 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of Eliza Howard Powers.

    Ch. 365 · 23 Stat. 611 · July 7, 1884 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to provide statuary and historical tablets for the Saratoga monument.

    Ch. 1 · 23 Stat. 279 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

15. An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to procure duplicates of certain French and American medals.

    Ch. 2 · 23 Stat. 279 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the Hillsborough National Bank to change its name to that of the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio.

    Ch. 3 · 23 Stat. 280 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

17. Joint resolution extending the time fixed for the joint commission appointed under the sundry civil act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to submit their report.

    Public Resolution 1 · 23 Stat. 515 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

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

    Public Resolution 2 · 23 Stat. 515 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

19. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December eighteen hundred and eighty-four, on the twentieth day of said month

    Public Resolution 3 · 23 Stat. 515 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

20. Joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of the Census to continue the work on the Tenth Census.

    Public Resolution 4 · 23 Stat. 516 · December 18, 1884 · Original text

21. An Act granting the right of way to the city of Newport, Rhode Island, over the breakwater at Goat Island.

    Ch. 4 · 23 Stat. 280 · December 20, 1884 · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Jane Venable.

    Ch. 5 · 23 Stat. 615 · December 23, 1884 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of Juliet H. Palmer.

    Ch. 6 · 23 Stat. 615 · December 25, 1884 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act detaching Grandy County, Tennessee, from the southern division of the district of East Tennessee and attaching it to the middle district of said State, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 7 · 23 Stat. 280 · December 27, 1884 · Original text

25. Joint resolution providing for the payment of laborers in Government employ for certain holidays.

    Public Resolution 5 · 23 Stat. 516 · January 6, 1885 · Original text

26. An Act to change the name of the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 8 · 23 Stat. 281 · January 8, 1885 · Original text

27. An Act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 9 · 23 Stat. 281 · January 10, 1885 · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Frederick Corfe

    Ch. 10 · 23 Stat. 615 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Usebus Sweet.

    Ch. 11 · 23 Stat. 615 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Charles F. Paris.

    Ch. 12 · 23 Stat. 616 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Jacob Hoerth

    Ch. 13 · 23 Stat. 616 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Albert Brant.

    Ch. 14 · 23 Stat. 616 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Henry Alden.

    Ch. 15 · 23 Stat. 616 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Daily.

    Ch. 16 · 23 Stat. 616 · January 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

35. Joint resolution appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the support of certain destitute Indians.

    Public Resolution 6 · 23 Stat. 516 · January 12, 1885 · Original text

36. An Act to remove the political disabilities of J. R. Waddy, of Virginia.

    Ch. 17 · 23 Stat. 617 · January 12, 1885 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to issue American papers to the lighter or barge Pirate, now at New York

    Ch. 18 · 23 Stat. 281 · January 13, 1885 · Original text

38. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices in the city of Carson City, in the State of Nevada.

    Ch. 19 · 23 Stat. 281 · January 13, 1885 · Original text

39. An Act providing for the erection of a public building at Waco, Texas.

    Ch. 20 · 23 Stat. 282 · January 13, 1885 · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of John W. Franklin, executor of the last will of John Armfield, deceased.

    Ch. 21 · 23 Stat. 617 · January 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 22 · 23 Stat. 282 · January 17, 1885 · Original text

42. An Act to provide for the expenses and compensation of Special Messengers to be sent by the Secretary of State to the States respectively of Iowa and Oregon, for the certificates of the electoral vote of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for President and Vice-President of the United States in pursuance of the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one, of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 23 · 23 Stat. 283 · January 17, 1885 · Original text

43. An Act granting an increase of pension to Lucy Le G. Jeffers.

    Ch. 24 · 23 Stat. 617 · January 17, 1885 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act to provide for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and one.

    Ch. 25 · 23 Stat. 283 · January 20, 1885 · Original text

45. An Act granting the right of way to the Fremont, Elk Horn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company across the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 26 · 23 Stat. 284 · January 20, 1885 · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Madison R. Calvert.

    Ch. 27 · 23 Stat. 617 · January 20, 1885 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of William Bowen.

    Ch. 28 · 23 Stat. 617 · January 20, 1885 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department certain parts of the Camp Douglas Military Reservation, in the Territory of Utah.

    Ch. 29 · 23 Stat. 284 · January 21, 1885 · Original text

49. An Act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Mississippi River, one within the State of Minnesota and one between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 30 · 23 Stat. 285 · January 21, 1885 · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Charles M. Blake, a chaplain in the United States Army.

    Ch. 31 · 23 Stat. 618 · January 23, 1885 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to examine and adjust the claim of O. W. Streeter for moneys expended and services performed in taking the census of Dakota in eighteen hundred and sixty.

    Ch. 32 · 23 Stat. 618 · January 23, 1885 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of the Eastern Presbyterian Church in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 33 · 23 Stat. 618 · January 23, 1885 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Carson.

    Ch. 34 · 23 Stat. 619 · January 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abby P. Arnold.

    Ch. 35 · 23 Stat. 619 · January 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Uriel Crocker.

    Ch. 36 · 23 Stat. 619 · January 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Treckell.

    Ch. 37 · 23 Stat. 620 · January 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to authorize the Nation;.! Bank of Bloomington Illinois, to change its name to the First National Bank of Bloomington.

    Ch. 38 · 23 Stat. 287 · January 27, 1885 · Original text

58. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Gabriel H. Hill of Virginia.

    Ch. 39 · 23 Stat. 620 · January 27, 1885 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to remove the political disabilities of J. Pembrobe Jones, of Virginia.

    Ch. 40 · 23 Stat. 620 · January 27, 1885 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Wyoming Territory.

    Ch. 41 · 23 Stat. 287 · January 28, 1885 · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Yost Harbaugh.

    Ch. 42 · 23 Stat. 620 · January 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 43 · 23 Stat. 287 · January 30, 1885 · Original text

63. An Act to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Ward, of Virginia.

    Ch. 44 · 23 Stat. 621 · January 30, 1885 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act to release the reversionary right of the Government of the United States to certain lands in the city of Detroit and State of Michigan,

    Ch. 45 · 23 Stat. 296 · January 31, 1885 · Original text

65. An Act to declare forfeiture of certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad in Oregon.

    Ch. 46 · 23 Stat. 296 · January 31, 1885 · Original text

66. An Act to authorize the appointment of a commission by the President of the United States to run and mark the boundary lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Texas.

    Ch. 47 · 23 Stat. 296 · January 31, 1885 · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to John Sweeney.

    Ch. 48 · 23 Stat. 621 · January 31, 1885 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to John W. Wright.

    Ch. 49 · 23 Stat. 621 · January 31, 1885 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act relative to the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.

    Ch. 50 · 23 Stat. 297 · February 5, 1885 · Original text

70. An Act to reimburse Elizabeth Comstock customs dues paid by her on articles donated for the relief of colored emigrants.

    Ch. 51 · 23 Stat. 621 · February 6, 1885 · Private law · Original text

71. Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of the Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications.

    Public Resolution 7 · 23 Stat. 516 · February 9, 1885 · Original text

72. An Act to authorize the purchase of additional grounds for the United States court house and post office building at Springfield, Illinois.

    Ch. 52 · 23 Stat. 298 · February 10, 1885 · Original text

73. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary K. S. Eaton.

    Ch. 53 · 23 Stat. 621 · February 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting an increased pension to Sally Rodman, widow of General Isaac P. Rodman.

    Ch. 54 · 23 Stat. 622 · February 10, 1885 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 55 · 23 Stat. 298 · February 11, 1885 · Original text

76. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 56 · 23 Stat. 298 · February 12, 1885 · Original text

77. Joint resolution for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William A. Duncan.

    Public Resolution 8 · 23 Stat. 517 · February 12, 1885 · Original text

78. Joint resolution providing for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John H. Evins late a Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress from the State of South Carolina

    Public Resolution 9 · 23 Stat. 518 · February 12, 1885 · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of R. G. P. White, Peter Hanger, and L. T. Green.

    Ch. 57 · 23 Stat. 622 · February 12, 1885 · Private law · Original text

80. Washington Humane Society

    An Act for the protection of children in the District of Columbia and for other purposes.

    Ch. 58 · 23 Stat. 302 · February 13, 1885 · Original text

81. An Act to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order during the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President and for other purposes.

    Ch. 59 · 23 Stat. 304 · February 13, 1885 · Original text

82. Joint resolution extending the permission granted Major William Ludlow by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three to accept a civil position.

    Public Resolution 10 · 23 Stat. 518 · February 13, 1885 · Original text

83. An Act granting arrears of pensions to Emily Agnel.

    Ch. 60 · 23 Stat. 622 · February 13, 1885 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Catharine Schools.

    Ch. 61 · 23 Stat. 622 · February 13, 1885 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Ebenezer K. Marden

    Ch. 62 · 23 Stat. 623 · February 13, 1885 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of the executrix of Ayres P. Merrill.

    Ch. 63 · 23 Stat. 623 · February 13, 1885 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Augusta, Maine.

    Ch. 64 · 23 Stat. 304 · February 14, 1885 · Original text

88. An Act for the erection of a public building at Troy New York.

    Ch. 65 · 23 Stat. 304 · February 14, 1885 · Original text

89. An Act to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 66 · 23 Stat. 305 · February 14, 1885 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize a retired-list for privates and non-commissioned officers of the United States Army who have served for a period of thirty years or upward.

    Ch. 67 · 23 Stat. 305 · February 14, 1885 · Original text

91. An Act for the erection of a public building at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 68 · 23 Stat. 305 · February 14, 1885 · Original text

92. An Act to increase the pension of Simpson Harris.

    Ch. 69 · 23 Stat. 623 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Mary. A. Knavrber

    Ch. 70 · 23 Stat. 623 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting an additional pension to Watson S. Bentley

    Ch. 71 · 23 Stat. 623 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Dorathea Bothner.

    Ch. 72 · 23 Stat. 624 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Isabel Campbell.

    Ch. 73 · 23 Stat. 624 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act increasing the pension of Ben Morgan.

    Ch. 74 · 23 Stat. 624 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Millia Staples.

    Ch. 75 · 23 Stat. 624 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Mrs Jennie E. Johnson.

    Ch. 76 · 23 Stat. 625 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Hugh Dougherty.

     Ch. 77 · 23 Stat. 625 · February 14, 1885 · Private law · Original text