Every law Congress has passed

970 laws of the 48th Congress, 1883–1885

1. An Act granting a pension to Isabella Turner.

   Ch. 275 · 23 Stat. 660 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.

   Ch. 276 · 23 Stat. 660 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Anna Ginn.

   Ch. 277 · 23 Stat. 660 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to David T. Hoover.

   Ch. 278 · 23 Stat. 660 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting an increase of pension to Colonel Samuel M. Thompson.

   Ch. 279 · 23 Stat. 660 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to William H. H. Gilley.

   Ch. 280 · 23 Stat. 661 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Patrick Furlong.

   Ch. 281 · 23 Stat. 661 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Land.

   Ch. 282 · 23 Stat. 661 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Reuben J. Ebberman.

   Ch. 283 · 23 Stat. 661 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Charles Hendrix.

    Ch. 284 · 23 Stat. 661 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to John R. Hurlburt.

    Ch. 285 · 23 Stat. 662 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Harriet Armstrong.

    Ch. 286 · 23 Stat. 662 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of Melissa G. Polar.

    Ch. 287 · 23 Stat. 662 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Ann W. Mulvey.

    Ch. 288 · 23 Stat. 663 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Christiana Almier.

    Ch. 289 · 23 Stat. 663 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension Priscilla J. Small.

    Ch. 290 · 23 Stat. 663 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Noah Caton.

    Ch. 291 · 23 Stat. 663 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Sherman C. Perry.

    Ch. 292 · 23 Stat. 663 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Mary Mulholland.

    Ch. 293 · 23 Stat. 664 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Francis Curran.

    Ch. 294 · 23 Stat. 664 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to William Strickland.

    Ch. 295 · 23 Stat. 664 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Anna Maria Ressler.

    Ch. 296 · 23 Stat. 664 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Hood.

    Ch. 297 · 23 Stat. 664 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of Morris Geld.

    Ch. 298 · 23 Stat. 665 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a pension to Frederick Braunwald.

    Ch. 299 · 23 Stat. 665 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Phillip Wiggins.

    Ch. 300 · 23 Stat. 665 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Margaret A. Berry.

    Ch. 301 · 23 Stat. 665 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of John H. Johnson

    Ch. 302 · 23 Stat. 665 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to John Hazlewood

    Ch. 303 · 23 Stat. 666 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Lloyd W. Hixon

    Ch. 304 · 23 Stat. 666 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Leonard King

    Ch. 305 · 23 Stat. 666 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to George W. Eagles.

    Ch. 306 · 23 Stat. 666 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Harriet L. Stevens.

    Ch. 307 · 23 Stat. 666 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Jeremiah P. Swatzell.

    Ch. 308 · 23 Stat. 667 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to increase the pension to Jacob Wiener.

    Ch. 309 · 23 Stat. 667 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of Sarah A. Burchfield.

    Ch. 310 · 23 Stat. 667 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Thomas D. Fitch.

    Ch. 311 · 23 Stat. 667 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to grant a pension to Joseph R. Dodds.

    Ch. 312 · 23 Stat. 667 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Emetine L. Fitch.

    Ch. 313 · 23 Stat. 668 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint resolution authorizing the loan of certain flags and bunting to the committee on inauguration ceremonies.

    Public Resolution 13 · 23 Stat. 707 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

41. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan twelve hospital tents and outfits, to the American Society of the Red Cross, for use in New Orleans.

    Public Resolution 24 · 23 Stat. 707 · February 28, 1885 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 314 · 23 Stat. 338 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

43. An Act providing for the erection of a building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department, United States Army.

    Ch. 315 · 23 Stat. 339 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

44. An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning-ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.

    Ch. 316 · 23 Stat. 340 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

45. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty three, and eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

    Public Resolution 14 · 23 Stat. 519 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

46. Joint resolution providing for printing additional copies of the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.

    Public Resolution 15 · 23 Stat. 519 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

47. Joint resolution providing for printing the sixth and seventh annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology.

    Public Resolution 16 · 23 Stat. 519 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

48. Joint resolution providing for printing monograph two of the publications of the United States Geological Survey.

    Public Resolution 17 · 23 Stat. 519 · March 2, 1885 · Original text

49. An Act to pension Julia A. Marcum.

    Ch. 317 · 23 Stat. 668 · March 2, 1885 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint one passed assistant engineer, now on the retired-list of the Navy, a chief engineer on the retired-list of the Navy.

    Ch. 318 · 23 Stat. 340 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

51. An Act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 319 · 23 Stat. 340 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

52. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the amounts due to citizens of the United States for supplies furnished to the Sioux or Dakota Indians of Minnesota subsequent to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and prior to the massacre of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and providing for the payment thereof.

    Ch. 320 · 23 Stat. 344 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

53. An Act to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Henry B. Anthony.

    Ch. 321 · 23 Stat. 344 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

54. An Act to provide for the printing of the report and proceedings of the Commission to provide suitable ceremonies for the dedication of the Washington Monument.

    Ch. 322 · 23 Stat. 344 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

55. An Act for the completion of a public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    Ch. 323 · 23 Stat. 345 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

56. An Act to donate a cemetery site on the public lands to the city of Kirwin, in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 324 · 23 Stat. 345 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

57. An Act to provide for the erection of a public building at Aberdeen, Mississippi, for use as a post-office, United States court, and for United States internal-revenue officials, and for other Government purposes,

    Ch. 325 · 23 Stat. 345 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

58. An Act for the erection of a public building at Reading, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 326 · 23 Stat. 346 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

59. An Act to provide for the construction of a courthouse and post-office at Clarksburg, West Virginia.

    Ch. 327 · 23 Stat. 346 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

60. An Act for the erection of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.

    Ch. 328 · 23 Stat. 347 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

61. An Act for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend Washington Territory,

    Ch. 329 · 23 Stat. 347 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

62. An Act to amend section eighteen hundred and eighty-nine of chapter one, title twenty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to general incorporation acts of Territories.

    Ch. 330 · 23 Stat. 348 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

63. An Act for the erection of a public building in the city of Auburn, New York.

    Ch. 331 · 23 Stat. 348 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

64. An Act for the erection of a public building at Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. 332 · 23 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

65. An Act to change the limit of appropriation for the public building at Louisville, Kentucky.

    Ch. 333 · 23 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

66. An Act to incorporate the Luther Statue Association, to erect and maintain. monument or statue in memory of Martin Luther in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 334 · 23 Stat. 349 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

67. An Act to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States.

    Ch. 335 · 23 Stat. 350 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

68. An Act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Larned, Kansas, not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

    Ch. 336 · 23 Stat. 350 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

69. An Act to provide for the sale of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservations, in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 337 · 23 Stat. 351 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

70. An Act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 338 · 23 Stat. 353 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

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

    Ch. 339 · 23 Stat. 356 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

72. 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-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 340 · 23 Stat. 361 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

73. 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-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 341 · 23 Stat. 362 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

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

    Ch. 342 · 23 Stat. 385 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

75. An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 343 · 23 Stat. 388 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

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

    Ch. 344 · 23 Stat. 426 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

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

    Ch. 345 · 23 Stat. 434 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

78. An Act to authorize an additional appointment on the retired-list of the Army.

    Ch. 346 · 23 Stat. 434 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

79. An Act to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse-railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith.

    Ch. 347 · 23 Stat. 435 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

80. An Act to provide for the appraisement and sale of lots in the town of Pern, Dubuque County, Iowa

    Ch. 348 · 23 Stat. 436 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

81. An Act relative to the Chinese indemnity fund.

    Ch. 349 · 23 Stat. 436 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

82. An Act to amend section fifteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, giving longevity pay to certain officers of the Navy.

    Ch. 350 · 23 Stat. 436 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

83. An Act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to examine the claim of, and providing for the payment of, Outerbridge Horsey, assignee.

    Ch. 351 · 23 Stat. 437 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

84. An Act for the benefit of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm at the shoulder-joint,

    Ch. 352 · 23 Stat. 437 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

85. An Act amending section seven hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 353 · 23 Stat. 437 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

86. An act to adopt the “Revised International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea”

    Ch. 354 · 23 Stat. 438 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

87. An act regulating appeals from the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the supreme courts of the several Territories.

    Ch. 355 · 23 Stat. 443 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

88. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a post-route.

    Ch. 356 · 23 Stat. 443 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

89. An act to increase the salary of the clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims

    Ch. 357 · 23 Stat. 444 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

90. An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers.

    Ch. 358 · 23 Stat. 445 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

91. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 359 · 23 Stat. 446 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

92. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 360 · 23 Stat. 478 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

93. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of certain naval and military reports.

    Public Resolution 18 · 23 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

94. Joint resolution to provide for printing the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 19 · 23 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

95. Joint resolution to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of the second Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

    Public Resolution 20 · 23 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

96. Joint resolution to authorize the printing of three hundred and ten thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

    Public Resolution 21 · 23 Stat. 520 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

97. Joint resolution to provide for the printing of additional copies of the report of the committee on Military Affairs on the investigation of the National Home for disabled volunteer soldiers.

    Public Resolution 22 · 23 Stat. 521 · March 3, 1885 · Original text

98. An Act authorizing the payment by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to Charles H, Getman, the firm of E. W. Rathbun and Company, the firm of Kinyon, Wright and Company, the firm of Bond and Tonkins, and the firm of Page, Fairchild and Company certain duties paid by them on imported lumber accidentally burned while in custody of officers of customs, and before the same had entered into consumption.

    Ch. 361 · 23 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1885 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting an increase of pension to Elijah W. Penny.

    Ch. 362 · 23 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1885 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Ann E. Manchester.

     Ch. 363 · 23 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1885 · Private law · Original text