Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act granting a pension to Robert B. Kirkpatrick.

   Ch. 872 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

2. An act for the relief of Warren L. Rice.

   Ch. 873 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

3. An act granting a pension to Virginia Taylor Randall.

   Ch. 874 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

4. An act granting a pension to Ellen J. Welch.

   Ch. 875 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

5. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Collins.

   Ch. 876 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

6. An act to increase the pension of George W. Parks.

   Ch. 877 · 24 Stat. 867 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

7. An act granting a pension to Aretus N. Butler.

   Ch. 878 · 24 Stat. 868 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

8. An act granting a pension to Erastus W. Kennedy.

   Ch. 879 · 24 Stat. 868 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

9. An act for the relief of Theodore Dunmire.

   Ch. 880 · 24 Stat. 868 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

10. An act granting a pension to Lucinda Sawyer.

    Ch. 881 · 24 Stat. 868 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

11. An act for the relief of Jacob Nix.

    Ch. 882 · 24 Stat. 868 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

12. An act for the relief of Levi A. Cronkhite.

    Ch. 833 · 24 Stat. 869 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

13. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary M. Gillham.

    Ch. 884 · 24 Stat. 869 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

14. An act granting a pension to Thomas Walsh.

    Ch. 885 · 24 Stat. 869 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

15. An act granting a pension to Irene Googins

    Ch. 886 · 24 Stat. 869 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

16. An act to increase the pension of Jonas Schoonover

    Ch. 887 · 24 Stat. 869 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

17. An act granting a pension to Michael Fitzpatrick.

    Ch. 888 · 24 Stat. 870 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

18. An act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Samuel Bulman.

    Ch. 889 · 24 Stat. 870 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

19. An act granting an increase of pension to Captain John F. Morris.

    Ch. 890 · 24 Stat. 870 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

20. An act granting a pension to Martin V. Curry.

    Ch. 891 · 24 Stat. 870 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

21. An act to grant a pension to Joseph Romiser.

    Ch. 892 · 24 Stat. 870 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the benefit of the States of Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, California, Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, and Nevada when a Territory.

    Ch. 893 · 24 Stat. 217 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

23. An Act to empower the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Protestant Church to hold property in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 894 · 24 Stat. 218 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

24. An Act to establish a land-office at Lamar, Colorado.

    Ch. 895 · 24 Stat. 218 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

25. An Act to provide for the inspection of tobacco, cigars, and snuff, and to repeal section three thousand one hundred and fifty-one of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 896 · 24 Stat. 218 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

26. An Act to provide for the settlement of the estates of deceased Kickapoo Indians in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 897 · 24 Stat. 219 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

27. An Act to relieve the State of Colorado from charges on account of ordnance stores furnished to the State and Territory.

    Ch. 898 · 24 Stat. 219 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

28. An Act to amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg in the service.

    Ch. 899 · 24 Stat. 220 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

29. An Act to authorize the Postmaster-General to allow compensation to railroad companies in certain cases for apartment service heretofore furnished pursuant to agreement.

    Ch. 900 · 24 Stat. 220 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

30. An Act to extend the system for the immediate delivery of letters, and amendatory of sections three, four, and five of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "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. 901 · 24 Stat. 220 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

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

    Ch. 902 · 24 Stat. 222 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

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

    Ch. 903 · 24 Stat. 256 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

33. Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of documents of the monetary conferences of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the report of the monetary commission created under the joint resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

    Public Resolution 30 · 24 Stat. 346 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

34. Joint resolution to print ten thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the International Sheep and Wool Show held in Philadelphia in September, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Public Resolution 31 · 24 Stat. 347 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

35. Joint resolution for printing report of Commissioner of Agriculture.

    Public Resolution 32 · 24 Stat. 347 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

36. Joint resolution to authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause seven thousand five hundred copies of the map of the United States and Territories to be printed

    Public Resolution 33 · 24 Stat. 347 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

37. Joint resolution permitting the public building authorized by act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at Savannah, Georgia, to be located not less than forty feet from any other building, instead of fifty feet, as provided in said act.

    Public Resolution 34 · 24 Stat. 348 · August 4, 1886 · Original text

38. An act for the relief of William J. Smith, late surveyor of customs for the port of Memphis, State of Tennessee.

    Ch. 904 · 24 Stat. 871 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

39. An act to compensate physicians for services rendered under an order of the United States court of the northern district of Alabama.

    Ch. 905 · 24 Stat. 871 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

40. An act for the relief of John M. McClintock.

    Ch. 906 · 24 Stat. 872 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

41. An act for the relief of certain employees and others of the twelfth United States light-house district.

    Ch. 907 · 24 Stat. 872 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

42. An act granting a pension to Joshua Armstrong.

    Ch. 908 · 24 Stat. 872 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to restore to the pension-list the name of Abel Mishler, of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 909 · 24 Stat. 873 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

44. An act granting a pension to Peter Adams.

    Ch. 910 · 24 Stat. 873 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

45. An act for the relief of S. B. Cranston, of Oregon.

    Ch. 911 · 24 Stat. 873 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

46. An act for the relief of Mrs. Henrietta H. Cole.

    Ch. 912 · 24 Stat. 873 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

47. An act for the relief of Stephen N. Smith.

    Ch. 913 · 24 Stat. 873 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

48. An act granting a pension to Jane D. Mumford.

    Ch. 914 · 24 Stat. 874 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

49. An act granting a pension to Milton P. Shockley.

    Ch. 915 · 24 Stat. 874 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

50. An act to grant a pension to Nancy Mason.

    Ch. 916 · 24 Stat. 874 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

51. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Garaghty.

    Ch. 917 · 24 Stat. 874 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

52. An act granting a pension to Louise Paul.

    Ch. 918 · 24 Stat. 874 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

53. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Wightman, deceased.

    Ch. 919 · 24 Stat. 875 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

54. An act granting a pension to Emily J. Stannard.

    Ch. 920 · 24 Stat. 875 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

55. An act for the relief of Enols Loyd.

    Ch. 921 · 24 Stat. 875 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

56. An act for the relief of John Ellis.

    Ch. 922 · 24 Stat. 875 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

57. An act for the relief of Mary E. Casey.

    Ch. 923 · 24 Stat. 876 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

58. An act to remove the political disabilities of J. R. Eggleston of Mississippi.

    Ch. 924 · 24 Stat. 876 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

59. An act for the relief of Beaufort Lee and others.

    Ch. 925 · 24 Stat. 876 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

60. An act to confirm the title to certain lands in Platte County, Missouri, and authorize patents to be issued therefor to Kinsey B. Cecil.

    Ch. 926 · 24 Stat. 876 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

61. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to George K. Otis duplicates of certain land-warrants lost while in the possession of the officers of the Government.

    Ch. 927 · 24 Stat. 877 · August 4, 1886 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to detach certain counties from the United States judicial district of California, and create the United States judicial district of southern California.

    Ch. 928 · 24 Stat. 308 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

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

    Ch. 929 · 24 Stat. 310 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

64. An Act to provide for protecting the interests of the United States in the Potomac River Flats, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 930 · 24 Stat. 335 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

65. An Act amendatory of and supplementary to “An act to alter the judicial districts of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes,” approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and providing an additional place for holding the several courts thereof.

    Ch. 931 · 24 Stat. 336 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

66. An Act in relation to the western judicial district of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 932 · 24 Stat. 337 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

67. Joint resolution accepting from Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt objects of value and art presented by various foreign Governments to the late General Ulysses S. Grant.

    Public Resolution 35 · 24 Stat. 348 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

68. Joint resolution making additional appropriation for purchase of site for Congressional Library.

    Public Resolution 36 · 24 Stat. 348 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

69. Joint resolution to print the annual bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology.

    Public Resolution 37 · 24 Stat. 349 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

70. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain expenses incurred by special agents and experts of the Bureau of Labor during the month of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

    Public Resolution 38 · 24 Stat. 349 · August 5, 1886 · Original text

71. An act for the relief of the Phoenix National Bank of the city of New York.

    Ch. 933 · 24 Stat. 877 · August 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

72. An act for the relief of William Huntington.

    Ch. 934 · 24 Stat. 878 · August 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

73. An act for the relief of Seth M. Barton.

    Ch. 935 · 24 Stat. 878 · August 5, 1886 · Private law · Original text

74. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for the month of December eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

    Public Resolution 1 · 24 Stat. 643 · December 17, 1886 · Original text

75. An Act to provide for the adjustment of matters connected with certain judicial proceedings in Pennsylvania in which the United States was a party.

    Ch. 1 · 24 Stat. 881 · December 17, 1886 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of graduates of the United States Military Academy, and to fix their pay.

    Ch. 2 · 24 Stat. 351 · December 20, 1886 · Original text

77. An Act for the retirement of certain officers of the Navy of the United States.

    Ch. 3 · 24 Stat. 351 · December 20, 1886 · Original text

78. An Act to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands to the city and county of San Francisco and their grantees.

    Ch. 4 · 24 Stat. 351 · December 20, 1886 · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of certain soldiers of the Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry dishonorably discharged under special orders ninety-two, War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, dated March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

    Ch. 5 · 24 Stat. 352 · December 20, 1886 · Original text

80. Joint resolution directing copies of the official letter-books of the executive department of the State of North Carolina to be furnished to said State.

    Public Resolution 2 · 24 Stat. 643 · December 20, 1886 · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of Theodore W. Tallmadge.

    Ch. 6 · 24 Stat. 881 · December 20, 1886 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of William P. Chambliss.

    Ch. 7 · 24 Stat. 352 · December 21, 1886 · Original text

83. Joint resolution relative to certain papers in the State Department by error.

    Public Resolution 3 · 24 Stat. 643 · December 21, 1886 · Original text

84. An Act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 8 · 24 Stat. 353 · December 22, 1886 · Original text

85. An Act amending sections forty-seven hundred and fifty-six and forty-seven hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating to pensions to certain disabled persons who have served in the Navy or Marine Corps.

    Ch. 9 · 24 Stat. 353 · December 23, 1886 · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Henry Martin.

    Ch. 10 · 24 Stat. 881 · December 23, 1886 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act providing for the erection of a public building at Springfield, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 11 · 24 Stat. 354 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

88. An Act to amend section four thousand four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, relating to inspectors of hulls and boilers.

    Ch. 12 · 24 Stat. 354 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

89. An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to modify the postal money-order system, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 13 · 24 Stat. 354 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

90. An Act to extend the free-delivery system of the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 14 · 24 Stat. 355 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

91. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Louis River at the most accessible point between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 15 · 24 Stat. 356 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

92. An Act For the relief of Myron E. Dunlap.

    Ch. 16 · 24 Stat. 358 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

93. Joint resolution for the relief of William B. Isaacs and Company.

    Public Resolution 4 · 24 Stat. 644 · January 3, 1887 · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Pattison and Caldwell.

    Ch. 17 · 24 Stat. 882 · January 3, 1887 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of the survivors of the exploring steamer Jeannette, and the widows and children of those who perished in the retreat from the wreck of that vessel in the arctic seas.

    Ch. 18 · 24 Stat. 882 · January 3, 1887 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Grafton Monroe.

    Ch. 19 · 24 Stat. 883 · January 3, 1887 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Barbara Fuchs.

    Ch. 20 · 24 Stat. 884 · January 3, 1887 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act referring to the Court of Claims for adjudication the claims of John H. Kinkead, Samuel Sussman, and Charles O. Wood.

    Ch. 21 · 24 Stat. 358 · January 17, 1887 · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of the Greensburgh Limestone Company and others.

    Ch. 22 · 24 Stat. 359 · January 17, 1887 · Original text

100. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell and convey the United States enstouihouse and post-office property at Eastport, in the State of Maine, lately destroyed by tire, the proceeds thereof to be invested in the purchase of a new site for and to provide for the erection of a new public building at that place.

     Ch. 23 · 24 Stat. 360 · January 17, 1887 · Original text