Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act to amend an act to detach the county of Audrain, in the State of Missouri, from the eastern and attach it to the western judicial district of said State.

   Ch. 1056 · 25 Stat. 498 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

2. An act for the investigation of the mining debris question in the State of California.

   Ch. 1057 · 25 Stat. 498 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

3. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Watertown, in the State of New York.

   Ch. 1058 · 25 Stat. 499 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

4. An act providing for the erection of sundry light-houses and fog-signals in Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Erie, and Michigan, and range-lights in Lake St. Clair and Detroit River.

   Ch. 1059 · 25 Stat. 499 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

5. An act providing for the establishment of an additional life-saving station on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

   Ch. 1060 · 25 Stat. 500 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

6. An act to grant the right of way through the military reservation at Fort Morgan to the Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Cove Harbor Railway company, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 1061 · 25 Stat. 500 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

7. An act to transfer to the State of Louisiana for quarantine purposes the possession of certain lands on the Mississippi River belonging to the United States, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 1062 · 25 Stat. 501 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

8. An act to create boards of arbitration or commission for settling controversies and differences between railroad corporations and other common carriers engaged in interstate and Territorial transportation of property or passengers and their employees.

   Ch. 1063 · 25 Stat. 501 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

9. An act a supplement to an act entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese,” approved the sixth day of May eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

   Ch. 1064 · 25 Stat. 504 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

10. An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to advertise for and purchase improved registered mail locks and keys therefor

    Ch. 1065 · 25 Stat. 504 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

11. Joint resolution declaring the meaning of a clause in the river and harbor act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Public Resolution 46 · 25 Stat. 631 · October 1, 1888 · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of Florida Kennerly.

    Ch. 1066 · 25 Stat. 1193 · October 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to provide a pension for Mrs. Adeline Couzins.

    Ch. 1067 · 25 Stat. 1193 · October 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to confirm the title of the heirs or legal representatives of Henry Volcker, deceased, to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. 1068 · 25 Stat. 1194 · October 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

15. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposed.

    Ch. 1069 · 25 Stat. 505 · October 2, 1888 · Original text

16. An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Kentucky River and its tributaries by the Louisville Southern Railroad Company.

    Ch. 1070 · 25 Stat. 548 · October 9, 1888 · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Edward Braden and Job W. Angus.

    Ch. 1071 · 25 Stat. 1194 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of John D. Adams.

    Ch. 1072 · 25 Stat. 1194 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of David L. Brainard and others.

    Ch. 1073 · 25 Stat. 1194 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Rachel A. Sinkinson.

    Ch. 1074 · 25 Stat. 1195 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Margaret M. Miller.

    Ch. 1075 · 25 Stat. 1195 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of the estate of Lucien Goyaũx.

    Ch. 1076 · 25 Stat. 1195 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting an increase of pension to Madison M. Meredith.

    Ch. 1077 · 25 Stat. 1196 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of A. M. Woodruff.

    Ch. 1078 · 25 Stat. 1196 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting an increase of pension to Eleanor B. Goodfellow.

    Ch. 1079 · 25 Stat. 1196 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting increase of pension to Jennie Hart Mullany.

    Ch. 1080 · 25 Stat. 1196 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting an increase of pension to Lieutenant James R. Durham.

    Ch. 1081 · 25 Stat. 1197 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting an increase of pension to Betsey A. Mower.

    Ch. 1082 · 25 Stat. 1197 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act restoring Phebe McLaughlin to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 1083 · 25 Stat. 1197 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to John B. Ross.

    Ch. 1084 · 25 Stat. 1197 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to William E. Taylor.

    Ch. 1085 · 25 Stat. 1197 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to William R. Dean.

    Ch. 1086 · 25 Stat. 1198 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to George H. Johnson.

    Ch. 1087 · 25 Stat. 1198 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act restoring the right of pre-emption to Alfonso Roberts.

    Ch. 1088 · 25 Stat. 1198 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of C. A. Williams and others.

    Ch. 1089 · 25 Stat. 1198 · October 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

36. An act to prevent the manufacture or sale of adulterated food or drugs in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1090 · 25 Stat. 549 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

37. An act to authorize the construction of a highway bridge across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain which separates the islands of North Hero and South Hero, in the county of Grand Isle, in the State of Vermont

    Ch. 1091 · 25 Stat. 552 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

38. An act to make enlisted men of the Signal Corps responsible for public property.

    Ch. 1092 · 25 Stat. 552 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

39. An act to amend an act approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, changing the boundaries of the fourth collection district of Virginia.

    Ch. 1093 · 25 Stat. 552 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

40. An act concerning the settlement of the boundary-lines between Connecticut and Rhode Island.

    Ch. 1094 · 25 Stat. 553 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

41. An act regulating admissions to the Institution of the Association for Works of Mercy in certain eases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1095 · 25 Stat. 554 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

42. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within one mile north and one mile south and east of the mouth of the Kansas River.

    Ch. 1096 · 25 Stat. 555 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

43. An act prescribing the times for sales and for notice of sales of property in the District of Columbia for overdue taxes.

    Ch. 1097 · 25 Stat. 556 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

44. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell township maps or plats remaining on hand in his office.

    Ch. 1098 · 25 Stat. 557 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

45. An act to include Sapelo Sound, Sapelo River, and Sapelo Island in the Brunswick collection district in the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 1099 · 25 Stat. 557 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

46. Joint resolution relating to the inclosure of certain points of especial interest on the battlefield of Gettysburgh.

    Public Resolution 47 · 25 Stat. 631 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

47. Joint resolution in aid of the sufferers from yellow fever.

    Public Resolution 48 · 25 Stat. 631 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

48. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the third annual report of the Commissioner of Labor.

    Public Resolution 49 · 25 Stat. 631 · October 12, 1888 · Original text

49. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Lane.

    Ch. 1100 · 25 Stat. 1198 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to Manon Vangordon.

    Ch. 1101 · 25 Stat. 1199 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Motz.

    Ch. 1102 · 25 Stat. 1199 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Martha V. Coleman.

    Ch. 1103 · 25 Stat. 1199 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a pension to Stephen Butler.

    Ch. 1104 · 25 Stat. 1199 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to John V. Hennessey.

    Ch. 1105 · 25 Stat. 1199 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to John B. Timberman.

    Ch. 1106 · 25 Stat. 1200 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting an increase of pension to Jonas Doering.

    Ch. 1107 · 25 Stat. 1200 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of James Millinger.

    Ch. 1108 · 25 Stat. 1200 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of John J. Crooke.

    Ch. 1109 · 25 Stat. 1200 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of the American Grocer Association of the city of New York.

    Ch. 1110 · 25 Stat. 1200 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of settlers upon old Camp Sheridan military reservation.

    Ch. 1111 · 25 Stat. 1201 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Lieutenant Starkey R. Powell, of Black Hawk war.

    Ch. 1112 · 25 Stat. 1201 · October 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text

62. An act providing for the establishment of a life-saving station at the harbor of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, and at other places herein named.

    Ch. 1113 · 25 Stat. 557 · October 13, 1888 · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Walter O. Watson.

    Ch. 1114 · 25 Stat. 1201 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Edward Waters.

    Ch. 1115 · 25 Stat. 1201 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to H. S. Sayre.

    Ch. 1116 · 25 Stat. 1202 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Rains.

    Ch. 1117 · 25 Stat. 1202 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to George Rhody.

    Ch. 1118 · 25 Stat. 1202 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Anna M. Noyes.

    Ch. 1119 · 25 Stat. 1202 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Joseph Lincoln Young.

    Ch. 1120 · 25 Stat. 1202 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to J. W. Leight.

    Ch. 1121 · 25 Stat. 1203 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to Lieutenant George T. Russell.

    Ch. 1122 · 25 Stat. 1203 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Victor, Gertrude, Margaret, and Helen, minor children of Lieutenant George R. McGuire.

    Ch. 1123 · 25 Stat. 1203 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Pfeiffer.

    Ch. 1124 · 25 Stat. 1203 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Statira Young.

    Ch. 1125 · 25 Stat. 1204 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Anson Ward.

    Ch. 1126 · 25 Stat. 1204 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Neikirk.

    Ch. 1127 · 25 Stat. 1204 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Susan V. Wilcox, mother of Martin V. Wilcox

    Ch. 1128 · 25 Stat. 1204 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Lydia Ann Wilber.

    Ch. 1129 · 25 Stat. 1204 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to Ransom Riley.

    Ch. 1130 · 25 Stat. 1205 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Dulcena Noel.

    Ch. 1131 · 25 Stat. 1205 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Betsey Williams, widow of William R. Williams, private Company C, Eighth Regiment Michigan Volunteers.

    Ch. 1132 · 25 Stat. 1205 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Benjamin F. Bair.

    Ch. 1133 · 25 Stat. 1205 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Joseph Welsh.

    Ch. 1134 · 25 Stat. 1205 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Anderson.

    Ch. 1135 · 25 Stat. 1206 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Mason.

    Ch. 1136 · 25 Stat. 1206 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Quinton.

    Ch. 1137 · 25 Stat. 1206 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Washington Ryan.

    Ch. 1138 · 25 Stat. 1206 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Mary L. Tanner.

    Ch. 1139 · 25 Stat. 1206 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Van Buskirk.

    Ch. 1140 · 25 Stat. 1207 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Henry Mitchell Youngblood.

    Ch. 1141 · 25 Stat. 1207 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to Susan E. Latture.

    Ch. 1142 · 25 Stat. 1207 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. McQueen.

    Ch. 1143 · 25 Stat. 1207 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act to increase the pension of Rosalie O’Sullivan.

    Ch. 1144 · 25 Stat. 1207 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act to increase the pension of Philip Thomas.

    Ch. 1145 · 25 Stat. 1208 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act to increase the pension of George C. Quick.

    Ch. 1146 · 25 Stat. 1208 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Phillip Kopplin.

    Ch. 1147 · 25 Stat. 1208 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of Perry R. Nye.

    Ch. 1148 · 25 Stat. 1208 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Frances P. Vernon

    Ch. 1149 · 25 Stat. 1208 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Thomas Shackelford.

    Ch. 1150 · 25 Stat. 1209 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Henry Rose.

     Ch. 1151 · 25 Stat. 1209 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text