Every law Congress has passed

1,824 laws of the 50th Congress, 1887–1889

1. An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Lord.

   Ch. 865 · 25 Stat. 1158 · August 11, 1888 · Private law · Original text

2. An act to correct the enrollment of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to amend sections one, two, three, and ten of an act to determine the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States, and to regulate the removal of causes from the State courts, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.”

   Ch. 866 · 25 Stat. 433 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

3. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Charlotte, North Carolina.

   Ch. 867 · 25 Stat. 437 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

4. An act to extend the provisions of “An act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces,” and for other purposes.

   Ch. 868 · 25 Stat. 437 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

5. An act to subdivide the eastern judicial district of Louisiana, and to fix the time and place for holding terms of court therein.

   Ch. 869 · 25 Stat. 438 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

6. An act to authorize the Kentucky Rock Gas Company to lay conduit pipes across the Ohio and Salt Rivers

   Ch. 870 · 25 Stat. 438 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

7. An act to protect purchasers of lands lying in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado, heretofore withdrawn by the Executive Department of the Government as lying within the limits of certain railroad grants, and afterward held to lie without such limits

   Ch. 871 · 25 Stat. 439 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

8. An act to authorize the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to extend a side track into square number ten hundred and twenty-five, in the city of Washington.

   Ch. 872 · 25 Stat. 439 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

9. An act to authorize the Winona and Southwestern Railway Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Winona, Minnesota.

   Ch. 873 · 25 Stat. 440 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

10. Joint resolution providing for the printing of a Supplement to Wharton’s Digest of International Law.

    Public Resolution 37 · 25 Stat. 629 · August 13, 1888 · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Lucinda McGuire.

    Ch. 874 · 25 Stat. 1158 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret Gallagher

    Ch. 875 · 25 Stat. 1159 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting a pension to John Bush.

    Ch. 876 · 25 Stat. 1159 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Ellen J. Snedaker.

    Ch. 877 · 25 Stat. 1159 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Emeline Anderson.

    Ch. 878 · 25 Stat. 1159 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Catharine McQuade

    Ch. 879 · 25 Stat. 1159 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to James W. Bowman

    Ch. 880 · 25 Stat. 1160 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a pension to James White.

    Ch. 881 · 25 Stat. 1160 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to Edwin E. Chase.

    Ch. 882 · 25 Stat. 1160 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Nathan B. Rarick.

    Ch. 883 · 25 Stat. 1160 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to H. H. Russell.

    Ch. 884 · 25 Stat. 1160 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Lydia Hawkins.

    Ch. 885 · 25 Stat. 1161 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Eliza M. Scandlin.

    Ch. 886 · 25 Stat. 1161 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting an increase of pension to William Wallace Young.

    Ch. 887 · 25 Stat. 1161 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting an increase of pension to Ernst Hein

    Ch. 888 · 25 Stat. 1161 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting increase of pension to Allen Blethen.

    Ch. 889 · 25 Stat. 1161 · August 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text

27. An act to relieve certain appointed or enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps from the charge of desertion.

    Ch. 890 · 25 Stat. 442 · August 14, 1888 · Original text

28. An act to provide for holding terms of the United States district and circuit courts in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 891 · 25 Stat. 443 · August 14, 1888 · Original text

29. An act establishing additional aids to navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 892 · 25 Stat. 443 · August 14, 1888 · Original text

30. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to investigate and report the amount due to the State of South Carolina for the rent of the Citadel Academy.

    Public Resolution 39 · 25 Stat. 629 · August 14, 1888 · Original text

31. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Elliott Johnston.

    Ch. 893 · 25 Stat. 1162 · August 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to authorize the issuance of patent to certain land in Arkansas.

    Ch. 894 · 25 Stat. 1162 · August 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to relieve Jacob G. Bostatter from the charge of fraudulent enlistment.

    Ch. 895 · 25 Stat. 1162 · August 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to the widow and minor children of Patrick Frawley.

    Ch. 896 · 25 Stat. 1162 · August 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting increase of pension to Elvira M. Dorman.

    Ch. 897 · 25 Stat. 1163 · August 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of Mary E. Hopkins

    Ch. 898 · 25 Stat. 1163 · August 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

37. An act for the erection of a public building at Jackson, Michigan

    Ch. 899 · 25 Stat. 444 · August 21, 1888 · Original text

38. An act for improving the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas.

    Ch. 900 · 25 Stat. 444 · August 21, 1888 · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of William Lavery.

    Ch. 901 · 25 Stat. 1163 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of John McKernan.

    Ch. 902 · 25 Stat. 1164 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of James McLaughlin.

    Ch. 903 · 25 Stat. 1164 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of John W. Durr.

    Ch. 904 · 25 Stat. 1164 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of William Gray.

    Ch. 905 · 25 Stat. 1164 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Nancy G. Alexander.

    Ch. 906 · 25 Stat. 1164 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Jesse Coe.

    Ch. 907 · 25 Stat. 1165 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Susan Edson.

    Ch. 908 · 25 Stat. 1165 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Avis J. Hockey.

    Ch. 909 · 25 Stat. 1165 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Maggie A. Weed, formerly Miss Maggie A. Egan.

    Ch. 910 · 25 Stat. 1165 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act granting an increase of pension to William Collinsworth.

    Ch. 911 · 25 Stat. 1165 · August 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text

50. An act to incorporate the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 912 · 25 Stat. 446 · August 22, 1888 · Original text

51. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the portion of the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on Commerce and Navigation for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in regard to imported merchandise entered for consumption in the United States, with amounts of duty and rates of duty collected.”

    Public Resolution 38 · 25 Stat. 629 · August 24, 1888 · Original text

52. An act authorizing an increase in pensions in cases of deafness.

    Ch. 913 · 25 Stat. 449 · August 27, 1888 · Original text

53. An act to provide aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States.

    Ch. 914 · 25 Stat. 450 · August 27, 1888 · Original text

54. An act for the erection of a marine hospital at Evansville, Indiana.

    Ch. 915 · 25 Stat. 450 · August 27, 1888 · Original text

55. An act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 916 · 25 Stat. 451 · August 27, 1888 · Original text

56. An act authorizing the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company to lay tracks, and so forth, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 917 · 25 Stat. 451 · August 27, 1888 · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to William Kelsey.

    Ch. 918 · 25 Stat. 1166 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Richard H. Van Dorin.

    Ch. 919 · 25 Stat. 1166 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Gertrude K. Lyford.

    Ch. 920 · 25 Stat. 1166 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Caspar Blanke, of Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 921 · 25 Stat. 1166 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Perez Dickinson, surviving partner of the late firm of Cowan and Dickinson.

    Ch. 922 · 25 Stat. 1166 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Susan E. Alger.

    Ch. 923 · 25 Stat. 1167 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of H. H. Helper.

    Ch. 924 · 25 Stat. 1167 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of Andrew Gleeson.

    Ch. 925 · 25 Stat. 1167 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of Joseph W. McClurg.

    Ch. 926 · 25 Stat. 1167 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of the Sone and Fleming Manufacturing Company, Limited, of the city of New York.

    Ch. 927 · 25 Stat. 1168 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of George M. Ochiltree.

    Ch. 928 · 25 Stat. 1168 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of A. M. Anderson and others.

    Ch. 929 · 25 Stat. 1168 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of John T. Robeson.

    Ch. 930 · 25 Stat. 1169 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of Lowman and Company.

    Ch. 931 · 25 Stat. 1169 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of S. B. West, administrator of Thomas Becton, deceased.

    Ch. 932 · 25 Stat. 1169 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act to increase the pension of Keyes P. Cool.

    Ch. 933 · 25 Stat. 1169 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

73. Joint resolution in recognition of the services of Joseph Francis.

    Private Resolution 40 · 25 Stat. 1249 · August 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of John J. Coughlin.

    Ch. 934 · 25 Stat. 1170 · August 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Jane Smallridge.

    Ch. 935 · 25 Stat. 1170 · August 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

76. An act to accept and ratify an agreement made with the Shoshone and Bannack Indians, for the surrender and relinquishment to the United States of a portion of the Fort Hall Reservation, in the Territory of Idaho, for the purposes of a town-site, and for the grant of a right of way through said reservation to the Utah and Northern Railway Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 936 · 25 Stat. 452 · September 1, 1888 · Original text

77. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”

    Public Resolution 41 · 25 Stat. 630 · September 1, 1888 · Original text

78. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abraham J. Buckles.

    Ch. 937 · 25 Stat. 1170 · September 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of Lachlan H. McIntosh.

    Ch. 938 · 25 Stat. 1170 · September 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Alexander J. Collinge.

    Ch. 939 · 25 Stat. 1171 · September 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Alexander J. Collinge.

    Ch. 940 · 25 Stat. 1171 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Flora Heath.

    Ch. 941 · 25 Stat. 1171 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Gilbert Reed.

    Ch. 942 · 25 Stat. 1171 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Jacob Copes.

    Ch. 943 · 25 Stat. 1171 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Eliza A. Williamson.

    Ch. 944 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Hannah L. Irwin.

    Ch. 945 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to increase the pension of Joseph F. Garrett.

    Ch. 946 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act to increase the pension of Edward Jardine.

    Ch. 947 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 3, 1888 · Private law · Original text

89. An act to authorize the construction and operation of a street-railway and wagon bridge across the Rio Grande, between the city of El Paso, Texas, and Paso del Norte, Mexico.

    Ch. 943 · 25 Stat. 457 · September 6, 1888 · Original text

90. Joint resolution to correct an error in the act making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 42 · 25 Stat. 630 · September 6, 1888 · Original text

91. An Act for the removal of the political disabilities of Gustavus W. Smith.

    Ch. 949 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Sarah J. Fraily.

    Ch. 950 · 25 Stat. 1172 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Frederick C. Shaw.

    Ch. 951 · 25 Stat. 1173 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Joseph S. Wilson.

    Ch. 952 · 25 Stat. 1173 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Nancy E. Spencer.

    Ch. 953 · 25 Stat. 1173 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Ishmael Jones.

    Ch. 954 · 25 Stat. 1173 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Piercy.

    Ch. 955 · 25 Stat. 1173 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Nancy Baldwin.

    Ch. 956 · 25 Stat. 1174 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Michael Hargain.

    Ch. 957 · 25 Stat. 1174 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Andrew Mucklin.

     Ch. 958 · 25 Stat. 1174 · September 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text