Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act to amend an act in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

   Ch. 123 · 24 Stat. 392 · February 9, 1887 · Original text

2. An Act for the completion of a public building at Santa Fé, New Mexico.

   Ch. 124 · 24 Stat. 393 · February 9, 1887 · Original text

3. An Act for the erection of a public building at Jefferson, Texas.

   Ch. 125 · 24 Stat. 393 · February 9, 1887 · Original text

4. An Act for the erection of a public building at Charleston, South Carolina.

   Ch. 126 · 24 Stat. 393 · February 9, 1887 · Original text

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

   Ch. 127 · 24 Stat. 394 · February 9, 1887 · Original text

6. An Act to authorize Frank W. Hunt to erect and maintain a ferry across the Missouri River at the military reservation of Fort Buford, Dakota territory.

   Ch. 128 · 24 Stat. 401 · February 11, 1887 · Original text

7. An Act to amend section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes, making an annual appropriation to provide arms and equipments for the militia.

   Ch. 129 · 24 Stat. 401 · February 12, 1887 · Original text

8. An Act granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the right of way through the Indian reservations in Northern Montana, and Northwestern Dakota.

   Ch. 130 · 24 Stat. 402 · February 15, 1887 · Original text

9. An Act for the purchase of suitable grounds in the city of Owens-borough, in the State of Kentucky, and the erection thereon of a public building for the post-office, United States collector’s office, United States commissioner’s office, and for the use of other United States officers in said city, and appropriating money for said purposes.

   Ch. 131 · 24 Stat. 403 · February 16, 1887 · Original text

10. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and settle the account for arms, ammunition, and accouterments between the Territory of Montana and the United States.

    Ch. 132 · 24 Stat. 404 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

11. An Act to grant the right of way through the Fort Bliss Military Reservation to the Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad Company.

    Ch. 133 · 24 Stat. 404 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of Robert Strachan.

    Ch. 134 · 24 Stat. 404 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

13. An Act making an appropriation for the establishment and erection of a military post near the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado.

    Ch. 135 · 24 Stat. 405 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

14. An Act for the construction of a military telegraph line from Sanford, Florida, to Point Jupiter, Florida, and the establishment of a signal station.

    Ch. 136 · 24 Stat. 405 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

15. An Act to authorize terms of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern judicial district of North Carolina at the city of Wilmington, in said district.

    Ch. 137 · 24 Stat. 406 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

16. An Act directing the Secretary of War to amend the record of Harrison Dewey.

    Ch. 138 · 24 Stat. 406 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

17. An Act to amend section five hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 139 · 24 Stat. 406 · February 17, 1887 · Original text

18. An Act to pay B. S. James for transporting the United States mails.

    Ch. 140 · 24 Stat. 899 · February 17, 1887 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of W. H. Powell.

    Ch. 141 · 24 Stat. 899 · February 18, 1887 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Richard H. Porter, surviving partner and assignee of the late firm of R. H. and James Porter.

    Ch. 142 · 24 Stat. 900 · February 18, 1887 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to George Ham.

    Ch. 143 · 24 Stat. 900 · February 18, 1887 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Mathias Wondrak.

    Ch. 144 · 24 Stat. 900 · February 18, 1887 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. M. C. Miles.

    Ch. 145 · 24 Stat. 901 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Emily M. Swift, of Dexter, Michigan.

    Ch. 146 · 24 Stat. 901 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Lucy A. Washburn.

    Ch. 147 · 24 Stat. 901 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Susan A. Duncan.

    Ch. 148 · 24 Stat. 901 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of Albert C. Kelley.

    Ch. 149 · 24 Stat. 901 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to William Barden.

    Ch. 150 · 24 Stat. 902 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Marcel Gagnon.

    Ch. 151 · 24 Stat. 902 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to John G. Warren.

    Ch. 152 · 24 Stat. 902 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to James S. Furniss.

    Ch. 153 · 24 Stat. 902 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Annie E. Gardiner.

    Ch. 154 · 24 Stat. 902 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Etheridge Hooks.

    Ch. 155 · 24 Stat. 903 · February 19, 1887 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tennessee,” approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

    Ch. 156 · 24 Stat. 407 · February 21, 1887 · Original text

35. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Trade-water River by the Ohio Valley Railway Company.

    Ch. 157 · 24 Stat. 407 · February 21, 1887 · Original text

36. An Act to authorize the construction of a high wagon and foot-passenger bridge over the Mississippi River between the city of East Dubuque, in the State of Illinois, and the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 158 · 24 Stat. 408 · February 21, 1887 · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Fanny S. Conway.

    Ch. 159 · 24 Stat. 903 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of J. R. McGoldrick.

    Ch. 160 · 24 Stat. 903 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the removal of the charge of desertion from the record of Martin Murphy.

    Ch. 161 · 24 Stat. 903 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Alexander Goble.

    Ch. 162 · 24 Stat. 903 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of Francis H. Shaw.

    Ch. 163 · 24 Stat. 904 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of Samuel H. Flemming.

    Ch. 164 · 24 Stat. 904 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Harry Fisk.

    Ch. 165 · 24 Stat. 904 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Sawyer.

    Ch. 166 · 24 Stat. 904 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of William J. Owings.

    Ch. 167 · 24 Stat. 904 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of James M. Hagar.

    Ch. 168 · 24 Stat. 905 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Caroline P. Bolton.

    Ch. 169 · 24 Stat. 905 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Sophia Sprain, widow, and two minor children of Louis F. Sprain.

    Ch. 170 · 24 Stat. 905 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Eugene E. Mc’Lean.

    Ch. 171 · 24 Stat. 906 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of James R. Marrs.

    Ch. 172 · 24 Stat. 906 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to Minerva Abbey.

    Ch. 173 · 24 Stat. 906 · February 21, 1887 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Catharine Waters.

    Ch. 174 · 24 Stat. 906 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to restore the name of Lifurs Roberson to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 175 · 24 Stat. 906 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to restore the name of Harvey Coburn to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 176 · 24 Stat. 907 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret Cashin.

    Ch. 177 · 24 Stat. 907 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Emily Louisa Spicer.

    Ch. 178 · 24 Stat. 907 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to John Selby.

    Ch. 179 · 24 Stat. 907 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Henry Roscoe.

    Ch. 180 · 24 Stat. 907 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Michael Todd.

    Ch. 181 · 24 Stat. 908 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to David B. Caldwell.

    Ch. 182 · 24 Stat. 908 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Livingston Clark.

    Ch. 183 · 24 Stat. 908 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to Caroline C. McNair.

    Ch. 184 · 24 Stat. 908 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Lizzie Brown.

    Ch. 185 · 24 Stat. 908 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to John H. Stucker.

    Ch. 186 · 24 Stat. 909 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Schier.

    Ch. 187 · 24 Stat. 909 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to John P. McDonald.

    Ch. 188 · 24 Stat. 909 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Seth. Weldy.

    Ch. 189 · 24 Stat. 909 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Waitie F. Harris.

    Ch. 190 · 24 Stat. 909 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to James H. Young.

    Ch. 191 · 24 Stat. 910 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth M. J. Meagher.

    Ch. 192 · 24 Stat. 910 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to James H. Butler.

    Ch. 193 · 24 Stat. 910 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Phila Clark.

    Ch. 194 · 24 Stat. 910 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Susan E. Barry.

    Ch. 195 · 24 Stat. 910 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Nirius Cissell.

    Ch. 196 · 24 Stat. 911 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Sarah O'Brien.

    Ch. 197 · 24 Stat. 911 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Grant E. Q. Lathermon.

    Ch. 198 · 24 Stat. 911 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act to place on the pension-roll the name of Charles T. Wornom.

    Ch. 199 · 24 Stat. 911 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Mary Grimes.

    Ch. 200 · 24 Stat. 911 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of William B. Barnes.

    Ch. 201 · 24 Stat. 912 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Betsey Cooney.

    Ch. 202 · 24 Stat. 912 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Clara M. Tannehill.

    Ch. 203 · 24 Stat. 912 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Mary Jane Magoon.

    Ch. 204 · 24 Stat. 912 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Clementine Hartinger.

    Ch. 205 · 24 Stat. 912 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Caroline L. Shedd.

    Ch. 206 · 24 Stat. 913 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Ellen M. Sturtevant.

    Ch. 207 · 24 Stat. 913 · February 22, 1887 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the city of Newport, Rhode Island, to use the site of Fort Greene as a public park.

    Ch. 208 · 24 Stat. 408 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

87. An Act to grant certain Seal Rocks to the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, in trust for the people of the United States.

    Ch. 209 · 24 Stat. 408 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

88. An Act to provide for the execution of the provisions of article two of the treaty concluded between the United States of America and the Emperor of China on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, and proclaimed by the President of the United States on the fifth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

    Ch. 210 · 24 Stat. 409 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

89. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Somerville Grand Army of the Republic, of Somerville, Massachusetts, four condemned gun-carriages, to be used for monumental purposes.

    Ch. 211 · 24 Stat. 410 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over Bayou Barnard, in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 212 · 24 Stat. 410 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

91. An Act to prohibit any officer, agent, or servant of the Government of the United States of America to hire or contract out the labor of prisoners incarcerated for violating the laws of the Government of the United States of America.

    Ch. 213 · 24 Stat. 411 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of Saint Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church in t lie District of Columbia.

    Ch. 214 · 24 Stat. 411 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

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

    Ch. 215 · 24 Stat. 411 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

94. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east.

    Ch. 216 · 24 Stat. 412 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

95. An Act to incorporate the trustees of the Young Woman’s Christian Home in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 217 · 24 Stat. 413 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

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

    Ch. 218 · 24 Stat. 414 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

97. An Act directing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to execute a deed of quitclaim and release to a certain alley in Washington to Cornelia P. Kaudolph and others.

    Ch. 219 · 24 Stat. 414 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

98. An Act to amend an act to prohibit the importation and immigration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 220 · 24 Stat. 414 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

99. An Act to amend section three thousand and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 221 · 24 Stat. 415 · February 23, 1887 · Original text

100. An Act to provide for grading and paving the approaches to the national cemetery near Danville, Virginia.

     Ch. 222 · 24 Stat. 416 · February 23, 1887 · Original text