Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act for the relief of Alexander K. Shepard.

   Ch. 777 · 24 Stat. 853 · July 19, 1886 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the west channel of the Detroit River to connect Belle Isle Park with the mainland.

   Ch. 778 · 24 Stat. 147 · July 20, 1886 · Original text

3. An Act authorizing the construction of additional light-house Districts.

   Ch. 779 · 24 Stat. 148 · July 26, 1886 · Original text

4. An Act to provide for the establishment of additional aids to navigation to guide vessels through the channels leading to Pensacola, Florida.

   Ch. 780 · 24 Stat. 149 · July 26, 1886 · Original text

5. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and. for other purposes.

   Ch. 781 · 24 Stat. 149 · July 26, 1886 · Original text

6. An Act appropriating money for the completion of the public building at Greensborough, North Carolina,

   Ch. 782 · 24 Stat. 158 · July 26, 1886 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Richard C. Ridgway and others.

   Ch. 783 · 24 Stat. 853 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to remove the political disabilities of William H. F. Lee.

   Ch. 784 · 24 Stat. 854 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Alexander Harper.

   Ch. 785 · 24 Stat. 854 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Mary Jane Conrad.

    Ch. 786 · 24 Stat. 855 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Ernest H. Wardwell.

    Ch. 787 · 24 Stat. 855 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Hiram L. Wait.

    Ch. 788 · 24 Stat. 855 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to increase the pension to Samuel Frost.

    Ch. 789 · 24 Stat. 855 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Mary Sprague.

    Ch. 790 · 24 Stat. 855 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

15. An act granting a pension to Patrick Murphy.

    Ch. 791 · 24 Stat. 856 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

16. An act to place the name of John W. Payton on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 792 · 24 Stat. 856 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

17. An act to pension Martha A. Vorhes.

    Ch. 793 · 24 Stat. 856 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

18. An act for the relief of Edward Coleman.

    Ch. 794 · 24 Stat. 856 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

19. An act granting a pension to John E. Doggett.

    Ch. 795 · 24 Stat. 856 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

20. An act granting a pension to Sarah M. Carroll.

    Ch. 796 · 24 Stat. 857 · July 26, 1886 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the erection of a public building at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 797 · 24 Stat. 158 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of the board of field officers of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State Troops.

    Ch. 798 · 24 Stat. 158 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

23. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to credit the State of Kansas with certain sum of money on its ordnance account with the General Government.

    Ch. 799 · 24 Stat. 159 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

24. An Act to construct a road to the National Cemetery at Knoxville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 800 · 24 Stat. 159 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

25. An Act providing for the construction of a light house supply-steamer for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 801 · 24 Stat. 159 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

26. An Act to authorize the Bellingham Bay Railway and Navigation Company to build certain bridgea in the Territory of Washington.

    Ch. 802 · 24 Stat. 159 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

27. Joint resolution authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law,” edited by Francis Wharton.

    Public Resolution 25 · 24 Stat. 345 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

28. Joint resolution directing the Public Printer to forward the Congressional Record to our legations abroad.

    Public Resolution 26 · 24 Stat. 345 · July 28, 1886 · Original text

29. An Act for the erection of a public building at Jacksonville, Florida.

    Ch. 803 · 24 Stat. 161 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

30. An Act to grant the Astoria and Winnemucca Railroad Company the right to construct bridges over navigable watercourses.

    Ch. 804 · 24 Stat. 161 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

31. An Act authorizing the city of Salem to construct a bridge across the Willamet te River, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 805 · 24 Stat. 163 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

32. An Act granting to the Oregonian Railway Bridge Company of Oregon the right to construct a bridge over the Willamette River in the vicinity of Ray’s Landing, Oregon.

    Ch. 806 · 24 Stat. 163 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers by the Ohio Valley Railway Company.

    Ch. 807 · 24 Stat. 165 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

34. An Act to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public building at Reading, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 808 · 24 Stat. 166 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

35. An Act granting to the county of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, the right to construct a bridge across Young’s Bay, a navigable stream in said county and State.

    Ch. 809 · 24 Stat. 166 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

36. An Act for the enlistment and pay and to define the duties and liabilities of “general-service clerks” and “general-service messengers” in the Army.

    Ch. 810 · 24 Stat. 167 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

37. An Act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a bridge- by the municipalities of Menominee, Michigan, and Marinette, Wisconsin, over Menominee River.

    Ch. 811 · 24 Stat. 168 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

38. An Act to permit the entry free of duty of foreign goods for exhibition at the fourth biennial exhibition of the United States Bottlers Protective Association.

    Ch. 812 · 24 Stat. 169 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

39. Joint resolution authorizing the preparation of a compilation of the reports of committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.

    Public Resolution 27 · 24 Stat. 345 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

40. Joint resolution to credit Lieutenants Giles B. Harber and William H. Schnetze with sea duty and sea pay while engaged in the search for Lieutenant Chipp and party, and also for the time employed in bringing home the remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and party.

    Public Resolution 28 · 24 Stat. 346 · July 29, 1886 · Original text

41. An act for the relief of Frances H. Plummer.

    Ch. 813 · 24 Stat. 857 · July 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

42. An act for the relief of James D. Wood.

    Ch. 814 · 24 Stat. 857 · July 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas R. Ware, of Virginia.

    Ch. 815 · 24 Stat. 857 · July 29, 1886 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act to amend an act approved May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “Au act for the construction of a public building at Galveston, Texas,”

    Ch. 816 · 24 Stat. 169 · July 30, 1886 · Original text

45. An Act making an appropriation to continue the construction of the public building at Clarksburg, West Virginia, and changing the limit of cost thereof.

    Ch. 817 · 24 Stat. 170 · July 30, 1886 · Original text

46. An Act to prohibit 1he passage of local or special laws in the Territories of the United States, to limit Territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 818 · 24 Stat. 170 · July 30, 1886 · Original text

47. An act granting a pension to Edward Corning.

    Ch. 819 · 24 Stat. 857 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

48. An act granting a pension to Abby L. Burbank.

    Ch. 820 · 24 Stat. 858 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

49. An act for the relief of Emily B. Baker.

    Ch. 821 · 24 Stat. 858 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of Moses B. Walker.

    Ch. 822 · 24 Stat. 858 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

51. An act granting a pension to Charles Wyant

    Ch. 823 · 24 Stat. 858 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

52. An act granting an increase of pension to John Ryan.

    Ch. 824 · 24 Stat. 858 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

53. An act granting a pension to Mary A. Thomas.

    Ch. 825 · 24 Stat. 859 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

54. An act granting pension to Sarah A. Tucker.

    Ch. 826 · 24 Stat. 859 · July 30, 1886 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 827 · 24 Stat. 172 · July 31, 1886 · Original text

56. An act granting a pension to Joseph S. Moody.

    Ch. 828 · 24 Stat. 859 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

57. An act granting a pension to Phœbe H. Meech.

    Ch. 829 · 24 Stat. 859 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

58. An act granting a pension to Thomas J Owen.

    Ch. 830 · 24 Stat. 859 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

59. An act granting a pension to Rebecca Hollingsworth Humphreys.

    Ch. 831 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

60. An act granting a pension to William Brentano.

    Ch. 832 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

61. An act granting a pension to Isabella Jessup.

    Ch. 833 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

62. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah Young.

    Ch. 834 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

63. An act granting a pension to Powhattan B. Short.

    Ch. 835 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

64. An act granting a pension to John P. McElroy.

    Ch. 836 · 24 Stat. 860 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

65. An act granting a pension to George G. Early.

    Ch. 837 · 24 Stat. 861 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

66. An act to place the name of Jacob Madison Pruitt on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 838 · 24 Stat. 861 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

67. An act granting a pension to Katharina Nickert.

    Ch. 839 · 24 Stat. 861 · July 31, 1886 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine.

    Ch. 840 · 24 Stat. 209 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

69. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for the erection and construction of a public building at Oxford, Mississippi," approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 841 · 24 Stat. 213 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

70. An Act to provide for the appointment and compensation of a district judge for the southern district of Alabama.

    Ch. 842 · 24 Stat. 213 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

71. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to permit the Carrollton and Lock Number One Turnpike Road Company to locate and construct its road on land belonging to the United States at Lock Number One, on the Kentucky River, in the State of Kentucky.

    Ch. 843 · 24 Stat. 214 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

72. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to extend the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Otoe and Missouria and of the Omaha Indians.

    Ch. 844 · 24 Stat. 214 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

73. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Labor to make an investigation as to convict labor, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 29 · 24 Stat. 346 · August 2, 1886 · Original text

74. An act for the relief of Margaret F. Ryan.

    Ch. 845 · 24 Stat. 861 · August 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

75. An act for the relief of Sidney R. Smith.

    Ch. 846 · 24 Stat. 862 · August 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

76. An act for the relief of James Cain.

    Ch. 847 · 24 Stat. 862 · August 2, 1886 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act to provide for terms of court in Colorado.

    Ch. 848 · 24 Stat. 214 · August 3, 1886 · Original text

78. An Act to increase the Naval establishment.

    Ch. 849 · 24 Stat. 215 · August 3, 1886 · Original text

79. An act for the relief of Francis Gilbeau.

    Ch. 850 · 24 Stat. 862 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

80. An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Squires.

    Ch. 851 · 24 Stat. 862 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

81. An act for the relief of Ellen Sadler, sister of John Sadler.

    Ch. 852 · 24 Stat. 863 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

82. An act for the relief of Mrs. Lizzie Maynadier Phelps, widow of Captain Seth Ledyard Phelps, late minister of the United States to Peru.

    Ch. 853 · 24 Stat. 863 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to Catharine Lanigan.

    Ch. 854 · 24 Stat. 863 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

84. An act for the relief of the trustees of the Christian Brothers’ College of Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Ch. 855 · 24 Stat. 863 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

85. An act for the relief of Margaret S. Fain.

    Ch. 856 · 24 Stat. 864 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

86. An act for the relief of Emma J. Halloway.

    Ch. 857 · 24 Stat. 864 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

87. An act granting a pension to Thomas S. Duvall.

    Ch. 858 · 24 Stat. 864 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

88. An act for the relief of George H. Laurence.

    Ch. 859 · 24 Stat. 864 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

89. An act for the relief of William Hicks.

    Ch. 860 · 24 Stat. 864 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

90. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Buck.

    Ch. 861 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to William P. Shelton.

    Ch. 862 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

92. An act granting a pension to James F. Salyers.

    Ch. 863 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

93. An act granting a pension to John McGowan.

    Ch. 864 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

94. An act for the relief of Stephen Sauer.

    Ch. 865 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

95. An act granting a pension to Sally A. Stone.

    Ch. 866 · 24 Stat. 865 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

96. An act granting a pension to Catherine Reisinger.

    Ch. 867 · 24 Stat. 866 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

97. An act granting a pension to Jonathan S. Lents.

    Ch. 868 · 24 Stat. 866 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

98. An act granting a pension to Sallie B. Bent.

    Ch. 869 · 24 Stat. 866 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

99. An act granting a pension James Savercool.

    Ch. 870 · 24 Stat. 866 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text

100. An act to grant a pension to James Robinson.

     Ch. 871 · 24 Stat. 866 · August 3, 1886 · Private law · Original text