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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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

  1. An Act granting a pension to Eveline Hunt.

    Ch. 388 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act to grant a pension to Silas S. White.

    Ch. 389 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act to increase the pension of George W. Smith.

    Ch. 390 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 27, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  4. An act to authorize and direct the registry and enrollment of the Barge Michigan, of Alpena, Michigan.

    Ch. 391 · 24 Stat. 71 · May 28, 1886 · Original text

  5. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for public printing, pensions and pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

    Ch. 392 · 24 Stat. 72 · May 28, 1886 · Original text

  6. An Act for the relief of John Leathers.

    Ch. 393 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 28, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act for the relief of Edward Fenlon.

    Ch. 394 · 24 Stat. 786 · May 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  8. An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 395 · 24 Stat. 73 · June 1, 1886 · Original text

  9. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 396 · 24 Stat. 76 · June 1, 1886 · Original text

  10. An act to amend an act entitled “Au act to grant a right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands of the Choctaw and Chicaksaw Nations of Indians to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, and for other purposes”.

    Ch. 397 · 24 Stat. 76 · June 1, 1886 · Original text

  11. An Act granting a pension to H. R. Duke.

    Ch. 398 · 24 Stat. 787 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. C. A. Bailey.

    Ch. 399 · 24 Stat. 787 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act for the relief of E. P. Thompson.

    Ch. 400 · 24 Stat. 787 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act to increase the pension of the widow of the late Commander T. A. M. Craven.

    Ch. 401 · 24 Stat. 787 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act granting a pension to John L. Bruce.

    Ch. 402 · 24 Stat. 787 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act granting a pension to Rachel Fleming Cellar.

    Ch. 403 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act granting a pension to William Bethuren.

    Ch. 404 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act granting a pension to John S. Bridges.

    Ch. 405 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Rhinehalt.

    Ch. 406 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act granting a pension to Henry Shively.

    Ch. 407 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Henry.

    Ch. 408 · 24 Stat. 788 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Thomas.

    Ch. 409 · 24 Stat. 789 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act granting a pension to J. H. Thornbury.

    Ch. 410 · 24 Stat. 789 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Hattie A. Burnett.

    Ch. 411 · 24 Stat. 789 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act granting a pension to Jannet E. B Smith.

    Ch. 412 · 24 Stat. 789 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act for the relief of Silas Corzatt.

    Ch. 413 · 24 Stat. 789 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act for the relief of Mary Hill.

    Ch. 414 · 24 Stat. 790 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Bell.

    Ch. 415 · 24 Stat. 790 · June 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  29. An act to provide for closing up the business and paying the expenses of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 416 · 24 Stat. 77 · June 2, 1886 · Original text

  30. Joint resolution for the relief of the estate of the late James G. Wintersmith, late Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives

    Private Resolution 14 · 24 Stat. 879 · June 12, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  31. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Staten Island Sound, known as Arthur Kill, and to establish the same as a post-road.

    Ch. 417 · 24 Stat. 78 · June 16, 1886 · Original text

  32. An Act for the relief of Chester A. Arthur and William H. Robertson, late collectors of the customs of the district of the city of New York.

    Ch. 418 · 24 Stat. 790 · June 16, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act for the relief of John Fraser.

    Ch. 419 · 24 Stat. 790 · June 16, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the relief of H. H. Faulkner and Mary Woodlee.

    Ch. 420 · 24 Stat. 791 · June 16, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  35. An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 421 · 24 Stat. 79 · June 19, 1886 · Original text

  36. An act to detach the counties of Howard, Little River, and Sevier from the western and add them to the eastern district of Arkansas.

    Ch. 422 · 24 Stat. 83 · June 19, 1886 · Original text

  37. An act to authorize Columbia County, in Washington Territory-, to issue bonds for the construction of a courthouse

    Ch. 423 · 24 Stat. 84 · June 19, 1886 · Original text

  38. An act to establish additional life-saving stations.

    Ch. 424 · 24 Stat. 84 · June 19, 1886 · Original text

  39. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sarah P. McKean, of Marion, Linn County, Iowa.

    Ch. 425 · 24 Stat. 791 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act granting a pension to Lewis Tyus.

    Ch. 426 · 24 Stat. 791 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act granting a pension to Newton Day.

    Ch. 427 · 24 Stat. 791 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act to restore Robert C. McKee to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 428 · 24 Stat. 792 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act granting a pension to Margaret E. Cochran.

    Ch. 429 · 24 Stat. 792 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act granting a pension to Jane W. Devereux.

    Ch. 430 · 24 Stat. 792 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act granting a pension to Darius M. Seaman.

    Ch. 431 · 24 Stat. 792 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act for the relief of Ellen Crymble.

    Ch. 432 · 24 Stat. 792 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act for the relief of Evaline A. White.

    Ch. 433 · 24 Stat. 793 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act for the relief of Rosina Heineman.

    Ch. 434 · 24 Stat. 793 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act granting a pension to George W. Stout.

    Ch. 435 · 24 Stat. 793 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act granting a pension to Isaac Carleton.

    Ch. 436 · 24 Stat. 793 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act granting a pension to John H. Snyder.

    Ch. 437 · 24 Stat. 793 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles Sebring.

    Ch. 438 · 24 Stat. 794 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act granting a pension to Isaiah H. Mitchell.

    Ch. 439 · 24 Stat. 794 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Hastings.

    Ch. 440 · 24 Stat. 794 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act for the relief of H. P. McFarlin.

    Ch. 441 · 24 Stat. 794 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act granting a pension to Mary M. Galleyan.

    Ch. 442 · 24 Stat. 794 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act granting a pension to Sanford C. Willhoite.

    Ch. 443 · 24 Stat. 795 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Bridget Smith, mother of Patrick J. Smith.

    Ch. 444 · 24 Stat. 795 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act granting a pension to Charlotte Algier, widow of Samuel Algier.

    Ch. 445 · 24 Stat. 795 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act granting a pension to Noah Hoffman.

    Ch. 446 · 24 Stat. 795 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act granting a pension to William Antes.

    Ch. 447 · 24 Stat. 795 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act granting a pension to Emma M. Shiner.

    Ch. 448 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Crowley.

    Ch. 449 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act granting a pension to Philip Deremer.

    Ch. 450 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act granting a pension to Benjamin S. Wolverton

    Ch. 451 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act granting a pension to Jenet L. Johnson.

    Ch. 452 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Warner.

    Ch. 453 · 24 Stat. 796 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act to place the name of Robert Beard on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 454 · 24 Stat. 797 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act granting a pension to Parmelia Smith.

    Ch. 455 · 24 Stat. 797 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act granting a pension to Francis M. Moore.

    Ch. 456 · 24 Stat. 797 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act granting a pension to William M. Swartz.

    Ch. 457 · 24 Stat. 797 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Sallie Ancrum.

    Ch. 458 · 24 Stat. 797 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act granting a pension to Josie H. Babb.

    Ch. 459 · 24 Stat. 798 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act granting a pension to Lemuel Adams.

    Ch. 460 · 24 Stat. 798 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act granting a pension to Amos C. Weeden.

    Ch. 461 · 24 Stat. 798 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act to authorize J. G. C. Lee, a major and quartermaster in the United States Army, to issue a duplicate check, and the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York to pay the same.

    Ch. 462 · 24 Stat. 798 · June 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  77. An act to authorize the purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge or the construction of a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Georgetown, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 463 · 24 Stat. 84 · June 21, 1886 · Original text

  78. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abel Comstock.

    Ch. 464 · 24 Stat. 799 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act for the relief of Lydia O. Hutchings.

    Ch. 465 · 24 Stat. 799 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act granting an increase of pension to Stephen R. Smith.

    Ch. 466 · 24 Stat. 799 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret Smith.

    Ch. 467 · 24 Stat. 799 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act for the relief of Coronna, Taussig and Company and others.

    Ch. 468 · 24 Stat. 799 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act for the relief of H. J. T. Moss.

    Ch. 469 · 24 Stat. 801 · June 22, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act granting a pension to Nancy L. Ribble.

    Ch. 470 · 24 Stat. 801 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Robbins.

    Ch. 471 · 24 Stat. 801 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act granting a pension to Althea A. Frasner.

    Ch. 472 · 24 Stat. 802 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Adam Gaston.

    Ch. 473 · 24 Stat. 802 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Little.

    Ch. 474 · 24 Stat. 802 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act granting a pension to Stephen Gardner.

    Ch. 475 · 24 Stat. 802 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act granting a pension to Martin Taylor.

    Ch. 476 · 24 Stat. 802 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Allcock.

    Ch. 477 · 24 Stat. 803 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Margaret Colbath.

    Ch. 478 · 24 Stat. 803 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act for the relief of Sarah A. Vaughn.

    Ch. 479 · 24 Stat. 803 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act for the relief of Henry N. Huggins.

    Ch. 480 · 24 Stat. 803 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act granting a pension to Mary Manes.

    Ch. 481 · 24 Stat. 803 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Edna Roberts.

    Ch. 482 · 24 Stat. 804 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Simpson.

    Ch. 483 · 24 Stat. 804 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act granting a pension to Henry Bollman.

    Ch. 484 · 24 Stat. 804 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Brooks.

    Ch. 485 · 24 Stat. 804 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act granting a pension to John H. Walters.

    Ch. 486 · 24 Stat. 804 · June 24, 1886 · Private law · Original text

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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.