Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act granting a pension to Harriet M. Larrabee.

   Ch. 291 · 24 Stat. 740 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

2. An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Murphey.

   Ch. 292 · 24 Stat. 741 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

3. An act to grant a pension to William Taylor.

   Ch. 293 · 24 Stat. 741 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

4. An act granting a pension to Agnes Renz.

   Ch. 294 · 24 Stat. 741 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

5. An act granting a pension to Perry Johnson.

   Ch. 295 · 24 Stat. 741 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

6. An act granting an increase of pension to James Morgan.

   Ch. 296 · 24 Stat. 742 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

7. An act to place the name of John Pruitt on the pension-roll.

   Ch. 297 · 24 Stat. 742 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

8. An act granting a pension to Mary S. Webster.

   Ch. 298 · 24 Stat. 742 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

9. An act restoring Leander C. Twitchell to the pension-roll.

   Ch. 299 · 24 Stat. 742 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

10. An act to place the name of John W. Logan on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 300 · 24 Stat. 743 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

11. An act increasing the pension of Isabella J. Ramsdell.

    Ch. 301 · 24 Stat. 743 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

12. An act granting a pension to William Christie.

    Ch. 302 · 24 Stat. 743 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Baker.

    Ch. 303 · 24 Stat. 744 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to provide increase of pension to James Waters.

    Ch. 304 · 24 Stat. 744 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to increase the pension of Patsey Jackson.

    Ch. 305 · 24 Stat. 744 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Elmira M. Dorman.

    Ch. 306 · 24 Stat. 744 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas G. Barton.

    Ch. 307 · 24 Stat. 745 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a pension to John W. Thornton.

    Ch. 308 · 24 Stat. 745 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart.

    Ch. 309 · 24 Stat. 745 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Zeba S. Ayer.

    Ch. 310 · 24 Stat. 746 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to George W. Flint.

    Ch. 311 · 24 Stat. 746 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Emeline Crawford.

    Ch. 312 · 24 Stat. 746 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of Robert Moran.

    Ch. 313 · 24 Stat. 746 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Martha A. Marble.

    Ch. 314 · 24 Stat. 747 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Leffman.

    Ch. 315 · 24 Stat. 747 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Peter Falkner.

    Ch. 316 · 24 Stat. 747 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to increase the pension of John A. Stewart.

    Ch. 317 · 24 Stat. 748 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Maria Hollands.

    Ch. 318 · 24 Stat. 748 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Francesco.

    Ch. 319 · 24 Stat. 748 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to W. C. Davis.

    Ch. 320 · 24 Stat. 748 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Frank Manhart.

    Ch. 321 · 24 Stat. 749 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Abigail H. Carey.

    Ch. 322 · 24 Stat. 749 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Harrison W. Moore.

    Ch. 323 · 24 Stat. 749 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Humes.

    Ch. 324 · 24 Stat. 750 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Nathan Magoon.

    Ch. 325 · 24 Stat. 750 · May 8, 1886 · Private law · Original text

36. An act increasing the pension of John P. Brinegar.

    Ch. 279 · 24 Stat. 737 · May 9, 1886 · Private law · Original text

37. An act for the relief of Amanda Rodgers.

    Ch. 285 · 24 Stat. 739 · May 9, 1886 · Private law · Original text

38. An act for the relief of Oscar Eastmond and James W. Atwill.

    Ch. 326 · 24 Stat. 23 · May 11, 1886 · Original text

39. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates of discharge to certain members of the Missouri Home Guards.

    Ch. 327 · 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

40. An act authorizing the District of Columbia to convey the alley, fifteen feet wide, running east and west between lots six and seven, in square six hundred and thirty-five, comprising an area of three thousand four hundred and eighty square feet of laud, to the owner of said lots.

    Ch. 328 · 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

41. An act to authorize the Chicago, Freeport and Saint Paul Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Croix River (or lake) at any accessible point between Prescott, Wisconsin, and Stillwater, Minnesota.

    Ch. 329 · 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

42. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 330 · 24 Stat. 25 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

43. An act authorizing the construction of bridges across the Illinois River, in the State of Illinois, and the Des Moines River, in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 331 · 24 Stat. 27 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

44. An act to authorize the Red River Bridge Company of Texas to maintain a bridge across Red River.

    Ch. 332 · 24 Stat. 28 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

45. 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-seven and for other purposes.

    Ch. 333 · 24 Stat. 29 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

46. An act to authorize the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from Winona, Minnesota, to the opposite shore in Wisconsin.

    Ch. 334 · 24 Stat. 47 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

47. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone River, in Montana.

    Ch. 335 · 24 Stat. 48 · May 15, 1886 · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of David Webster.

    Ch. 336 · 24 Stat. 750 · May 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Thomas F. Purnell.

    Ch. 337 · 24 Stat. 750 · May 15, 1886 · Private law · Original text

50. An act to regulate the promotion of graduates of the United States Military Academy.

    Ch. 338 · 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

51. An act providing for the establishment of a port of entry at Mount Desert Ferry, in the town of Hancock, in the State of Maine.

    Ch. 339 · 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

52. An act granting the right of way to the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 340 · 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

53. An act to remove the charge of desertion from the rolls and records in the Office of the Adjutant-General of the Army against certain soldiers.

    Ch. 341 · 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

54. An act authorizing the removal of the stat no of Major-General John A. Rawlins from its present location to a site to be selected by the Secretary of War.

    Ch. 342 · 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

55. An act for the extension and repair of the public building at Belfast, Maine.

    Ch. 343 · 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

56. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles below and five miles above the city of Kansas City, Missouri.

    Ch. 344 · 24 Stat. 52 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

57. An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a bridge by the Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railroad Company over the Tennessee River.

    Ch. 345 · 24 Stat. 53 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

58. An act for the addition of a third story to the public building in Dallas, Texas.

    Ch. 346 · 24 Stat. 54 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

59. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 347 · 24 Stat. 55 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

60. An act authorizing the Inter-State Rapid Transit Railway Company to build a bridge across the Kansas River.

    Ch. 348 · 24 Stat. 57 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

61. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase an additional strip of ground on the east side of the United States court-house and post-office building at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be paid for out of the appropriation already made.

    Ch. 349 · 24 Stat. 57 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

62. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected either in the counties of Clay and Jackson, in the State of Missouri, or in the county of Clay or Platte, in said State, and the county of Wyandotte, in the State of Kansas, and to make the same a post-route.

    Ch. 350 · 24 Stat. 58 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

63. An act to authorize the construction of a pile and pontoon railway and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from the city of Red Wing Minnesota, to the opposite shore, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 351 · 24 Stat. 59 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

64. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the mouth of the Femme Osage Creek and a point two miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the county of Saint Charles in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 352 · 24 Stat. 60 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

65. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at the most accessible point in Saline City, or within five miles above or five miles below the same, in the county of Saline, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 353 · 24 Stat. 62 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

66. An act granting to the Gainesville and Chickasaw Bridge Company the consent of the United States to construct and maintain a bridge over Red River at or near Brown’s Ferry, in Cooke County, Texas.

    Ch. 354 · 24 Stat. 63 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

67. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within two miles north and two miles south of the city of Atchison, in the county of Atchison, in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 355 · 24 Stat. 64 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

68. An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge by the Dakota Central Railway Company across the Missouri River, at Pierre, Dakota.

    Ch. 356 · 24 Stat. 65 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

69. An act to authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, Railway Company to construct, operate, and maintain a Bridge across the Missouri River near or in the vicinity of Chamberlain in the Territory of Dakota.

    Ch. 357 · 24 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1886 · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Magdalena Rehkopf.

    Ch. 358 · 24 Stat. 751 · May 17, 1886 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 359 · 24 Stat. 751 · May 17, 1886 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of the heirs-at-law of Andrew F. McMillen, deceased.

    Ch. 360 · 24 Stat. 781 · May 17, 1886 · Private law · Original text

73. An act granting the right of way through the Fort Selden Military Reservation, in New Mexico, to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad company.

    Ch. 361 · 24 Stat. 68 · May 18, 1886 · Original text

74. An act to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and of their effects upon the human system, in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, by the pupils in the public schools of the Territories and of the District of Columbia, and in the Military and Naval Academics, and Indian and colored schools in the Territories of the United States.

    Ch. 362 · 24 Stat. 69 · May 20, 1886 · Original text

75. An act to authorize the Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railway and Bridge Company to erect a bridge across the Ohio River.

    Ch. 363 · 24 Stat. 69 · May 20, 1886 · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to William Weightman.

    Ch. 364 · 24 Stat. 782 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to Elise Burki.

    Ch. 365 · 24 Stat. 782 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Barker.

    Ch. 366 · 24 Stat. 782 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to Emeline J. Babson.

    Ch. 367 · 24 Stat. 782 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Bassett.

    Ch. 368 · 24 Stat. 782 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Isom Wilkerson.

    Ch. 369 · 24 Stat. 783 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Patrick A. Callanan.

    Ch. 370 · 24 Stat. 783 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of Rebecca E. Haskin.

    Ch. 371 · 24 Stat. 783 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Ann Smith.

    Ch. 372 · 24 Stat. 783 · May 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

85. An act for the completion of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.

    Ch. 376 · 24 Stat. 69 · May 24, 1886 · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of George Titus.

    Ch. 373 · 24 Stat. 783 · May 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to restore Sidney B. Tullar to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 374 · 24 Stat. 784 · May 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Harriet M. Rider.

    Ch. 375 · 24 Stat. 784 · May 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

89. An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel at South Pass of Mississippi River.

    Ch. 377 · 24 Stat. 70 · May 26, 1886 · Original text

90. An Act giving a pension to Nira D. Gwynne.

    Ch. 378 · 24 Stat. 784 · May 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting an increase of pension to Richard Gear.

    Ch. 379 · 24 Stat. 784 · May 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Eunice E. Clark.

    Ch. 380 · 24 Stat. 784 · May 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

93. Joint resolution for the relief of William L. Dunlop, trustee.

    Private Resolution 13 · 24 Stat. 879 · May 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

94. An act to provide for the ascertainment of the market value of certain property in the city of Chicago, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell and convey said property.

    Ch. 381 · 24 Stat. 70 · May 27, 1886 · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Mary Marsh.

    Ch. 382 · 24 Stat. 785 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Captain Elihu Jones.

    Ch. 333 · 24 Stat. 785 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Michael Daly.

    Ch. 384 · 24 Stat. 785 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to William Powell.

    Ch. 385 · 24 Stat. 785 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Jane Carr.

    Ch. 386 · 24 Stat. 785 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to William H. Moore.

     Ch. 387 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text