Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act for the erection of n public building at El Paso, Texas.

   Ch. 585 · 24 Stat. 107 · June 30, 1886 · Original text

2. Joint resolution for the relief of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company.

   Public Resolution 17 · 24 Stat. 342 · June 30, 1886 · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Samuel B. Seat, administrator of Christian Kropp, deceased.

   Ch. 586 · 24 Stat. 820 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of the officers and crew of the light-house tender Lilly and the inspector of the fourteenth United States light-house district.

   Ch. 587 · 24 Stat. 820 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of William D. Stewart and others, heirs-at-law of James Stewart, deceased.

   Ch. 588 · 24 Stat. 821 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of V. F. Gorrissen.

   Ch. 589 · 24 Stat. 821 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of John P. Bush and James Grigsby.

   Ch. 590 · 24 Stat. 821 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of William Talbert.

   Ch. 591 · 24 Stat. 822 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Susan A. Wamack, administratrix of the estate of Stephen M. Farish, deceased.

   Ch. 592 · 24 Stat. 822 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Ann B. Hubbard, administratrix

    Ch. 593 · 24 Stat. 822 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of John Taggart.

    Ch. 594 · 24 Stat. 822 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of Saint Patrick’s Church in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 595 · 24 Stat. 823 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of E. J. Phillips.

    Ch. 596 · 24 Stat. 823 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of William Fisher.

    Ch. 597 · 24 Stat. 823 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Lafayette Fowler

    Ch. 598 · 24 Stat. 823 · June 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

16. An act For the relief of Fitz-John Porter.

    Ch. 599 · 24 Stat. 107 · July 1, 1886 · Original text

17. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular Service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 600 · 24 Stat. 108 · July 1, 1886 · Original text

18. An act to authorize the Denison and Washita Valley Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 601 · 24 Stat. 117 · July 1, 1886 · Original text

19. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

    Public Resolution 18 · 24 Stat. 343 · July 1, 1886 · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Charles N. Sebastian.

    Ch. 602 · 24 Stat. 824 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to William Reynolds.

    Ch. 603 · 24 Stat. 824 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Mary Sullivan.

    Ch. 604 · 24 Stat. 824 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Jesse B. Scudder.

    Ch. 605 · 24 Stat. 824 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Robert McAlexander.

    Ch. 606 · 24 Stat. 824 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Thomas McBride.

    Ch. 607 · 24 Stat. 825 · July 1, 1886 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to provide for the sale of the Cherokee Reservation in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 608 · 24 Stat. 121 · July 2, 1886 · Original text

27. An Act to construct a road to the national cemetery at Natchez, Mississippi.

    Ch. 609 · 24 Stat. 121 · July 2, 1886 · Original text

28. An Act making an appropriation to construct a road or wagon roadway from the United States barracks in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, to the national military cemetery at Chalmette, in said parish.

    Ch. 610 · 24 Stat. 121 · July 2, 1886 · Original text

29. An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 611 · 24 Stat. 122 · July 2, 1886 · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Anna Kessinger.

    Ch. 612 · 24 Stat. 825 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Bridget Sherlock.

    Ch. 613 · 24 Stat. 825 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Honorah Maloney.

    Ch. 614 · 24 Stat. 825 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Alonzo V. Richards.

    Ch. 615 · 24 Stat. 825 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Gilbert A. Philips.

    Ch. 616 · 24 Stat. 826 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Clara L. Preuss.

    Ch. 617 · 24 Stat. 826 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to Mary B. Carll.

    Ch. 618 · 24 Stat. 826 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act extending the provisions and benefits of the pre-emption law to John E. White

    Ch. 619 · 24 Stat. 826 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to authorize a patent for the south half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, in township twenty-two, of range fifteen east of the sixth principal meridian, to Elizur B. Hall, as administrator of the estate of William Frederick Schlagel.

    Ch. 620 · 24 Stat. 826 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of Captain Hollister E. Goodwin and his sureties.

    Ch. 621 · 24 Stat. 827 · July 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting the right. of way to the Leavenworth, Northern and Southern Railway Company through the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth.

    Ch. 622 · 24 Stat. 122 · July 3, 1886 · Original text

41. An Act to authorize the improvement of the water-power in the Mississippi River at Little Falls, Minnesota.

    Ch. 623 · 24 Stat. 123 · July 3, 1886 · Original text

42. Joint resolution to print an addition to a report on wages ordered printed January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

    Public Resolution 19 · 24 Stat. 343 · July 3, 1886 · Original text

43. Joint resolution appointing managers for the national homes for disabled soldiers to fill vacancies in the board which occurred by expiration of terms on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

    Public Resolution 20 · 24 Stat. 343 · July 3, 1886 · Original text

44. Joint resolution providing for printing the First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor.

    Public Resolution 21 · 24 Stat. 344 · July 3, 1886 · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of J. A. Wilson, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Gregory Jarratt, deceased.

    Ch. 624 · 24 Stat. 827 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of George T. Dudley.

    Ch. 625 · 24 Stat. 827 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Lydia Hadlock.

    Ch. 626 · 24 Stat. 828 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Mariah E. A. B. Nowell.

    Ch. 627 · 24 Stat. 828 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Franklin Thompson, alias S. E. E. Seelye.

    Ch. 628 · 24 Stat. 828 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Alfred McMurtrie.

    Ch. 629 · 24 Stat. 828 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of James M. Bacon.

    Ch. 630 · 24 Stat. 828 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of John A. Coan.

    Ch. 631 · 24 Stat. 829 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to allow the interment in the national cemetery at New Berne, in the State of North Carolina, of the remains of the late Mrs Harriet B. Lehman.

    Ch. 632 · 24 Stat. 829 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to Catherine E. Coffin.

    Ch. 633 · 24 Stat. 829 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to William J. Barker

    Ch. 634 · 24 Stat. 829 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Eugenia A. Smalley.

    Ch. 635 · 24 Stat. 830 · July 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to authorize the printing of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John F. Miller.

    Ch. 636 · 24 Stat. 123 · July 6, 1886 · Original text

58. An Act to forfeit the lauds granted to the Atlantic and Pacific railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast, and to restore the same to settlement and for other purposes

    Ch. 637 · 24 Stat. 123 · July 6, 1886 · Original text

59. An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 744 · 24 Stat. 124 · July 6, 1886 · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of Elias B. Moore.

    Ch. 638 · 24 Stat. 830 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Albertine Cockrum.

    Ch. 639 · 24 Stat. 830 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Henry Gee.

    Ch. 640 · 24 Stat. 830 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to George Schaefer.

    Ch. 641 · 24 Stat. 830 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of Thomas T. Smithers.

    Ch. 642 · 24 Stat. 831 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of Sarah M. Shearer.

    Ch. 643 · 24 Stat. 831 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of Mary Howard Farquhar.

    Ch. 644 · 24 Stat. 831 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mary F. Blake.

    Ch. 645 · 24 Stat. 831 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Annie Bagley.

    Ch. 646 · 24 Stat. 831 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Shannon.

    Ch. 647 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to James Wolfe.

    Ch. 648 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to Ellen Corcoran.

    Ch. 649 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting an increase of pension to Simon J. Fought.

    Ch. 650 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to James L. McClarran.

    Ch. 651 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Jeremiah M. Fitger.

    Ch. 652 · 24 Stat. 832 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Nancy R. Brown.

    Ch. 653 · 24 Stat. 833 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to William Paugh.

    Ch. 654 · 24 Stat. 833 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to C. K. Hughes.

    Ch. 655 · 24 Stat. 833 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act restoring to the pension-roll the name of K. G. Billings

    Ch. 656 · 24 Stat. 833 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to John T. Pennington.

    Ch. 657 · 24 Stat. 833 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Louis Whorley.

    Ch. 658 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Harriet Peak.

    Ch. 659 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Eliza A. Weeks.

    Ch. 660 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Lenford Rose.

    Ch. 661 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Tegan.

    Ch. 662 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Sylvester Root.

    Ch. 663 · 24 Stat. 834 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Solomon Messer.

    Ch. 664 · 24 Stat. 835 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Samuel C. Fisher.

    Ch. 665 · 24 Stat. 835 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting an increase of pension to Alonzo Maynard.

    Ch. 666 · 24 Stat. 835 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act to increase the pension of Louisa Weitzel, widow of Godfrey-Weitzel, late a major-general of United States volunteers.

    Ch. 667 · 24 Stat. 835 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Charlotte Buck.

    Ch. 668 · 24 Stat. 835 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to John H. Downing.

    Ch. 669 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Emeline Roberts.

    Ch. 670 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to John D. James.

    Ch. 671 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Charles T. Reber.

    Ch. 672 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to James Dunbar.

    Ch. 673 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Henrietta Fisher.

    Ch. 674 · 24 Stat. 836 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Sturtz, widow of Jacob Sturtz, deceased, late of Company G, Twentieth Maryland Volunteers.

    Ch. 675 · 24 Stat. 837 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Charles F. Hildreth.

    Ch. 676 · 24 Stat. 837 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Margaret Callanan.

    Ch. 677 · 24 Stat. 837 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Margaret Madden.

     Ch. 678 · 24 Stat. 837 · July 6, 1886 · Private law · Original text