Every law Congress has passed

1,452 laws of the 49th Congress, 1885–1887

1. 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-five, on the twenty-first day of said month

   Public Resolution 1 · 24 Stat. 339 · December 21, 1885 · Original text

2. Joint resolution filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

   Public Resolution 2 · 24 Stat. 339 · December 26, 1885 · Original text

3. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use a portion of the contingent fund to fit up rooms for the Commissioner of Patents.

   Public Resolution 3 · 24 Stat. 339 · December 26, 1885 · Original text

4. An act for the relief of Alexander R. Lawton, of the State of Georgia

   Ch. 1 · 24 Stat. 653 · December 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

5. An act granting a pension to Julia D. Grant.

   Ch. 2 · 24 Stat. 653 · December 26, 1885 · Private law · Original text

6. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a duplicate certificate of deposit to the People’s National Bank of Lawrenceburgb, Indiana.

   Ch. 3 · 24 Stat. 1 · January 19, 1886 · Original text

7. An act to provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and Vice-President.

   Ch. 4 · 24 Stat. 1 · January 19, 1886 · Original text

8. An act to legalize the election of the Territorial legislative assembly of Wyoming.

   Ch. 5 · 24 Stat. 2 · January 19, 1886 · Original text

9. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building, and the site bounded by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore, and Water streets, Now York City, for Army purposes.

   Ch. 6 · 24 Stat. 2 · February 2, 1886 · Original text

10. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended balances for the relief of the Northern Cheyennes in Montana.

    Ch. 7 · 24 Stat. 3 · February 9, 1886 · Original text

11. An act to change the name of The National Bank of Winona.

    Ch. 8 · 24 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1886 · Original text

12. An act to authorize the Merchants’ National Bank of Little Rock, Arkansas, to change its name to the First National Bank of Little Rock.

    Ch. 9 · 24 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1886 · Original text

13. An act granting a pension to Matthias Leckner.

    Ch. 10 · 24 Stat. 653 · February 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

14. An act for the relief of Joseph W. Parish.

    Ch. 11 · 24 Stat. 653 · February 20, 1886 · Private law · Original text

15. An act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department

    Ch. 12 · 24 Stat. 654 · February 20, 1886 · Private law · Original text

16. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas L. Rosser.

    Ch. 13 · 24 Stat. 682 · March 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

17. An act to remove the disabilities of Alexander P. Stewart, of La Fayette County, Mississippi.

    Ch. 14 · 24 Stat. 682 · March 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

18. An act to remove the disabilities of Edward G. W. Butler, of Missouri.

    Ch. 15 · 24 Stat. 682 · March 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

19. An act for the relief of James Clifford.

    Ch. 16 · 24 Stat. 682 · March 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

20. An act for the relief of the legal representative of John Hatfield, deceased.

    Ch. 17 · 24 Stat. 682 · March 10, 1886 · Private law · Original text

21. An act for the relief of Frances E. Stewart, administratrix of Michael S. Stewart, deceased.

    Ch. 18 · 24 Stat. 683 · March 11, 1886 · Private law · Original text

22. An act to provide for an American register for the steamship Caroline Miller, of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 19 · 24 Stat. 4 · March 13, 1886 · Original text

23. Joint resolution to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of the eulogies on Reuben Ellwood, late a Representative in Congress.

    Public Resolution 4 · 24 Stat. 340 · March 13, 1886 · Original text

24. Joint resolution to print thirty-one thousand copies of the eulogies on Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States.

    Public Resolution 5 · 24 Stat. 340 · March 13, 1886 · Original text

25. An act to provide for a building for the use of the Federal courts, post-office, and internal-revenue and other civil offices, and a United States jail, in the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

    Ch. 20 · 24 Stat. 4 · March 16, 1886 · Original text

26. An act to provide for an American register for the steamship Ozama, of New York City.

    Ch. 21 · 24 Stat. 5 · March 18, 1886 · Original text

27. An act to increase the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors

    Ch. 22 · 24 Stat. 5 · March 19, 1886 · Original text

28. An act for the relief of B. Jennings.

    Ch. 23 · 24 Stat. 683 · March 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

29. An act granting a pension to Mary B. Holmes.

    Ch. 24 · 24 Stat. 683 · March 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

30. An act for the relief of Sarah B. Jackson.

    Ch. 25 · 24 Stat. 684 · March 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

31. An act releasing the estate of the late Frank Soulé, late collector of internal revenue for the first district of the State of California, and his sureties on his official bond.

    Ch. 26 · 24 Stat. 684 · March 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

32. 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-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 27 · 24 Stat. 6 · March 26, 1886 · Original text

33. An act additional to an act entitled “An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,” passed June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. 28 · 24 Stat. 8 · March 29, 1886 · Original text

34. An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Shakopee Minnesota

    Ch. 29 · 24 Stat. 8 · March 29, 1886 · Original text

35. An act to enable the Public Printer to continue in effect the provisions of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to remove certain material from the Government Printing Office ” approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 30 · 24 Stat. 9 · March 29, 1886 · Original text

36. Joint resolution to authorize the printing of the proceedings in Congress in accepting the statue of the late James A. Garfield, President of the United States.

    Public Resolution 6 · 24 Stat. 340 · March 29, 1886 · Original text

37. Joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia to supply plants and shrubs to fill certain Vases in the Pension Building

    Public Resolution 7 · 24 Stat. 340 · March 29, 1886 · Original text

38. An act for the relief of Ida A. Richardson, Caroline A. Urquhart, and Cora A. Slocomb, as the heirs-at-law of Cora A. Slocomb, deceased, and Ida A. Richardson and Caroline Augusta Urquhart.

    Ch. 31 · 24 Stat. 684 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

39. An act for the relief of Mrs. Lizzie D. Clarke, of New Orleans.

    Ch. 32 · 24 Stat. 684 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

40. An act for the relief of J. D. Morrison, surviving partner of C. M. and J. D. Morrison.

    Ch. 33 · 24 Stat. 685 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

41. An act for the relief of Robert H. Anderson, of the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 34 · 24 Stat. 685 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

42. An act for the relief of Victor Beauboucher.

    Ch. 35 · 24 Stat. 685 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to increase the pension of Robert D. Fort.

    Ch. 36 · 24 Stat. 685 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

44. An act for the relief of Frances McNeil Potter.

    Ch. 37 · 24 Stat. 685 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

45. An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Blake.

    Ch. 38 · 24 Stat. 686 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

46. An act granting a pension to Almira Russell Hancock, widow of Winfield Scott Hancock, late a Major-General in the United States Army.

    Ch. 39 · 24 Stat. 686 · March 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

47. An act to authorize the publication of a new edition of the Postal Laws and Regulations.

    Ch. 40 · 24 Stat. 9 · March 30, 1886 · Original text

48. An act to amend section three hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing the temporary appointment of an Acting Assistant Treasurer.

    Ch. 41 · 24 Stat. 9 · March 31, 1886 · Original text

49. An act for the relief of George S. Storrs, of Texas.

    Ch. 42 · 24 Stat. 686 · March 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of J. M. Lobban.

    Ch. 43 · 24 Stat. 686 · March 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

51. An act granting a pension to Mrs. E. A. Benham.

    Ch. 44 · 24 Stat. 687 · April 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

52. An act granting a pension to Margaret B. Harwood.

    Ch. 45 · 24 Stat. 687 · April 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

53. An act for the relief of David W. Jones.

    Ch. 46 · 24 Stat. 687 · April 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

54. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of a naval report.

    Public Resolution 8 · 24 Stat. 341 · April 7, 1886 · Original text

55. Joint resolution providing for the execution of the joint resolution of February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, voting thanks and a medal to John F. Slater.

    Public Resolution 9 · 24 Stat. 341 · April 7, 1886 · Original text

56. An act providing for the erection of a public building at. San Antonio, Texas,

    Ch. 47 · 24 Stat. 10 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

57. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River at or near Alton, Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 48 · 24 Stat. 10 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

58. An act to authorize the Mississippi Water-Power and Boom Company, of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct a dam across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 49 · 24 Stat. 12 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

59. An act authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional Library.

    Ch. 50 · 24 Stat. 12 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

60. Joint resolution for the further distribution of the Report of the Public Land Commission.

    Public Resolution 10 · 24 Stat. 341 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

61. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of Committee reports.

    Public Resolution 11 · 24 Stat. 341 · April 15, 1886 · Original text

62. An act to increase the pension of Florence Murray.

    Ch. 51 · 24 Stat. 687 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

63. An act granting a pension to Henry O. Hill.

    Ch. 52 · 24 Stat. 688 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

64. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Susan Gilman.

    Ch. 53 · 24 Stat. 688 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

65. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Adaline M. Putnam.

    Ch. 54 · 24 Stat. 688 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

66. An act to amend and correct the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, granting a pension to Sarah Hague.

    Ch. 55 · 24 Stat. 688 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

67. An act granting a pension to William Blanchard.

    Ch. 56 · 24 Stat. 688 · April 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

68. An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Lieutenant William P. Randall a lieutenant-commander on the retired-list of the Navy.

    Ch. 57 · 24 Stat. 14 · April 17, 1886 · Original text

69. An act to change the name of Uniontown to Anacostia.

    Ch. 58 · 24 Stat. 14 · April 22, 1886 · Original text

70. An act to amend the not of Congress approved Jane twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled “An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin”.

    Ch. 59 · 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · Original text

71. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the rightful owners the contents of certain boxes deposited in the Treasury Department by the Secretary of War.

    Ch. 60 · 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · Original text

72. An act to establish a light-ship off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.

    Ch. 61 · 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · Original text

73. An act granting a pension to William Webster.

    Ch. 62 · 24 Stat. 689 · April 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

74. An act granting a pension to Noah Nelson.

    Ch. 63 · 24 Stat. 689 · April 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

75. An act to amend section thirty-three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 64 · 24 Stat. 15 · April 29, 1886 · Original text

76. An act to remove the disabilities of John Taylor Wood, of Louisiana.

    Ch. 65 · 24 Stat. 689 · April 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

77. An act for the relief of Dinwiddie B. Phillips.

    Ch. 66 · 24 Stat. 689 · April 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

78. An act extending the time for the completion of the records of the clerk of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and the transfer of the same to the Department of State.

    Ch. 67 · 24 Stat. 16 · April 30, 1886 · Original text

79. An act for the relief of John Randolph Hamilton, of the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. 68 · 24 Stat. 689 · April 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 69 · 24 Stat. 16 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

81. An act authorizing the partition of certain land in Louisville, Kentucky, belonging jointly to John Echols and the Government of the United States.

    Ch. 70 · 24 Stat. 17 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

82. An act granting the right of way to the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company through the arsenal and naval asylum grounds at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 71 · 24 Stat. 17 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

83. An act in aid of the national monument at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 72 · 24 Stat. 18 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

84. An act to enable national banking associations to increase their capital stock and to change their names or locations.

    Ch. 73 · 24 Stat. 18 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

85. An act making an appropriation to complete the public building at Jackson, Tennessee, and to reappropriate an unexpended balance therefor.

    Ch. 74 · 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

86. An act to grant for the use of the public a street across the United States grounds in the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee.

    Ch. 75 · 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

87. An act to establish a light-house at Seul Choix Point, Michigan.

    Ch. 76 · 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

88. Joint resolution to amend the statute in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, so that the provisions of the same shall be extended to the port of Key West, Florida, raid the provisions of the seventh section of the statute be extended to the port of Tampa, Florida.

    Public Resolution 12 · 24 Stat. 342 · May 1, 1886 · Original text

89. An act for the relief of Alexander Smiley.

    Ch. 77 · 24 Stat. 690 · May 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

90. An act for the relief of Miss Rosa Wallace.

    Ch. 78 · 24 Stat. 690 · May 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

91. An act for the relief of John A. Morris.

    Ch. 79 · 24 Stat. 690 · May 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

92. An act for the relief of James G. Martin.

    Ch. 80 · 24 Stat. 690 · May 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

93. An act to establish two additional land-districts in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 81 · 24 Stat. 20 · May 3, 1886 · Original text

94. An act to amend the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 82 · 24 Stat. 20 · May 3, 1886 · Original text

95. An act limiting the cost of the erection of a public building at Rochester, New York.

    Ch. 83 · 24 Stat. 21 · May 3, 1886 · Original text

96. An act granting a pension to Jennette S. Kent.

    Ch. 84 · 24 Stat. 690 · May 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

97. An act granting a pension to Isaac N. Minshall.

    Ch. 85 · 24 Stat. 691 · May 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

98. An act granting a pension to Miss Rebecca Miller.

    Ch. 86 · 24 Stat. 691 · May 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

99. An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey, to the Morris County Railroad Company.

    Ch. 87 · 24 Stat. 21 · May 6, 1886 · Original text

100. An act to protect homestead settlers within railway limits and for other purposes.

     Ch. 88 · 24 Stat. 22 · May 6, 1886 · Original text