Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act for the relief of Catharine Teegardin.

   Ch. 1152 · 25 Stat. 1209 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Mary Vanbuskirk.

   Ch. 1153 · 25 Stat. 1209 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act to place the name of Matilda Spangler on the pension-roll.

   Ch. 1154 · 25 Stat. 1209 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act to place the name of Lucy Wagor, of Hillsdale, Michigan, on the pension-roll.

   Ch. 1155 · 25 Stat. 1210 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act to place the name of Cyrus Millins, of Ogden Centre, Michigan, on the pension-roll.

   Ch. 1156 · 25 Stat. 1210 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Willborg.

   Ch. 1157 · 25 Stat. 1210 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act increasing the pension of Richard Porter.

   Ch. 1158 · 25 Stat. 1210 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a pension to Victoria May.

   Ch. 1159 · 25 Stat. 1210 · October 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of William A. Bevens.

   Ch. 1160 · 25 Stat. 1211 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to compensate Mrs. Sarah L. Larimer for important services rendered the military authorities in eighteen hundred and sixty-four at Deer Creek Station, Wyoming.

    Ch. 1161 · 25 Stat. 1211 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to Sarah F. Hawkins.

    Ch. 1162 · 25 Stat. 1211 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Evans.

    Ch. 1163 · 25 Stat. 1212 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting a pension to Johanna Geyer, widow of Gustav W. Geyer.

    Ch. 1164 · 25 Stat. 1212 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Nelson J. Crook.

    Ch. 1165 · 25 Stat. 1212 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Eleanor D. Heath.

    Ch. 1166 · 25 Stat. 1212 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Arabella Davis.

    Ch. 1167 · 25 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Tempy M. Johnston.

    Ch. 1168 · 25 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Susan Bates, widow of Thomas Bates, late private Company A, Twenty-sixth Regiment Michigan Volunteers.

    Ch. 1169 · 25 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to William Fairbanks.

    Ch. 1170 · 25 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Jenny Buell.

    Ch. 1171 · 25 Stat. 1213 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Elias H. Hall.

    Ch. 1172 · 25 Stat. 1214 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Charles Junot.

    Ch. 1173 · 25 Stat. 1214 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Jane E. Knoble.

    Ch. 1174 · 25 Stat. 1214 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Nancy J. Cotner.

    Ch. 1175 · 25 Stat. 1214 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Gray.

    Ch. 1176 · 25 Stat. 1214 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of Arlington M. Harrington.

    Ch. 1177 · 25 Stat. 1215 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of John German.

    Ch. 1178 · 25 Stat. 1215 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Mary A. Covey.

    Ch. 1179 · 25 Stat. 1215 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Shadrack W. Brown.

    Ch. 1180 · 25 Stat. 1215 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to increase the pension of Richard Jobes.

    Ch. 1181 · 25 Stat. 1215 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to increase the pension of Isaac Hurd.

    Ch. 1182 · 25 Stat. 1216 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to increase the pension of Charles Hahneman.

    Ch. 1183 · 25 Stat. 1216 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Franklin.

    Ch. 1184 · 25 Stat. 1216 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting an increase of pension to Hannibal Kimball.

    Ch. 1185 · 25 Stat. 1216 · October 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

35. An act granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railway Company the right of way through the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1186 · 25 Stat. 558 · October 17, 1888 · Original text

36. An Act increasing the pension of Jesse L. Garrett.

    Ch. 1187 · 25 Stat. 1216 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Smith Bodkins

    Ch. 1188 · 25 Stat. 1217 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to grant a pension to Jane Robinson.

    Ch. 1189 · 25 Stat. 1217 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Rachel Rogers.

    Ch. 1190 · 25 Stat. 1217 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Catharine Mulligan.

    Ch. 1191 · 25 Stat. 1218 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Joseph W. Filler.

    Ch. 1192 · 25 Stat. 1218 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Mighill H. Patten.

    Ch. 1193 · 25 Stat. 1218 · October 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to provide for warehousing fruit brandy.

    Ch. 1194 · 25 Stat. 560 · October 18, 1888 · Original text

44. An act to establish a life-saving station on the Atlantic coast between Indian River Inlet, Delaware, and Ocean City, Maryland.

    Ch. 1195 · 25 Stat. 560 · October 18, 1888 · Original text

45. An act to incorporate the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1196 · 25 Stat. 560 · October 18, 1888 · Original text

46. An act to amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 1197 · 25 Stat. 564 · October 18, 1888 · Original text

47. Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale.

    Public Resolution 50 · 25 Stat. 632 · October 18, 1888 · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to David Heinbach.

    Ch. 1198 · 25 Stat. 1218 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. McNamara.

    Ch. 1199 · 25 Stat. 1219 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Caroline Taylor.

    Ch. 1200 · 25 Stat. 1219 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to Abbie L. Ham.

    Ch. 1201 · 25 Stat. 1219 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Martha J. Cole.

    Ch. 1202 · 25 Stat. 1219 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting an increase of pension to Leopold Mayer.

    Ch. 1203 · 25 Stat. 1219 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting an increase of pension to John N. Bovee.

    Ch. 1204 · 25 Stat. 1220 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of William Tabb.

    Ch. 1205 · 25 Stat. 1220 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Martin Kenofsky.

    Ch. 1206 · 25 Stat. 1220 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to increase the pension of Sylvester Stearns.

    Ch. 1207 · 25 Stat. 1220 · October 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

58. An act authorizing the President to appoint and retire Alfred Pleasonton, with the rank and grade of major.

    Ch. 1208 · 25 Stat. 564 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

59. An act to constitute Lincoln, Nebraska, a port of delivery, and to extend the provisions of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes” to the said port of Lincoln.

    Ch. 1209 · 25 Stat. 565 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

60. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1210 · 25 Stat. 565 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

61. An act to secure to the Cherokee freedmen and others their proportion of certain proceeds of hinds, under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 1211 · 25 Stat. 608 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

62. An act granting the right of way for the construction of a railroad through the Hot Springs Reservation, State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 1212 · 25 Stat. 609 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

63. An act to fix the number of unbound and bound Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, and to provide for their distribution.

    Ch. 1213 · 25 Stat. 610 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

64. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the surrender of and cancel land patents to Indians in certain cases.

    Ch. 1214 · 25 Stat. 611 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

65. An act to provide for the disposal of the Fort Wallace military reservation in Kansas.

    Ch. 1215 · 25 Stat. 612 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

66. An act supplementary to the act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice-President, and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon.”

    Ch. 1216 · 25 Stat. 613 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

67. An act for establishing a light house and fog signal on Roe Island, Suisun Bay, California.

    Ch. 1217 · 25 Stat. 614 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

68. An act for the erection of a light house at or near a point about midway between Barnegat and Navesink lights, in the State of New Jersey.

    Ch. 1218 · 25 Stat. 614 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

69. An act to facilitate the transportation of life saving and lighthouse supplies at Hog Island Virginia

    Ch. 1219 · 25 Stat. 614 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

70. An act for establishing a light off Pamlico Point, North Carolina.

    Ch. 1220 · 25 Stat. 614 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

71. An act for the establishment of a light house and fog-signal at or near Gull Shoal, Pamlico Sound North Carolina

    Ch. 1221 · 25 Stat. 614 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

72. An act making an appropriation for the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act.

    Ch. 1222 · 25 Stat. 615 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

73. An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to rent a suitable building in the city of Washington to be used as a Mail Bag Repair Shop, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1223 · 25 Stat. 615 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

74. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Henry Lecomte, of Switzerland.

    Public Resolution 51 · 25 Stat. 632 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

75. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to protect the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel.

    Public Resolution 52 · 25 Stat. 632 · October 19, 1888 · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Henrietta M. Sands, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Benjamin F. Sands, United States Navy.

    Ch. 1224 · 25 Stat. 1221 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of G. W. McAdams.

    Ch. 1225 · 25 Stat. 1221 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of Colonel James C. Duane.

    Ch. 1226 · 25 Stat. 1221 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of Margaret Kennedy.

    Ch. 1227 · 25 Stat. 1221 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Adam L. Epley.

    Ch. 1228 · 25 Stat. 1222 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of the estate of Joseph Fenno, deceased.

    Ch. 1229 · 25 Stat. 1222 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of S. T. Marshall.

    Ch. 1230 · 25 Stat. 1222 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of Eliza A Cutler Jones

    Ch. 1231 · 25 Stat. 1223 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of Anthony L. Woodson.

    Ch. 1232 · 25 Stat. 1223 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary M. Ord.

    Ch. 1233 · 25 Stat. 1223 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Sarah C. Taylor.

    Ch. 1234 · 25 Stat. 1223 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.

    Ch. 1235 · 25 Stat. 1223 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act to amend the naval record of Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum.

    Ch. 1236 · 25 Stat. 1245 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

89. Joint resolution authorizing Brigadier-General Absalom Baird, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

    Private Resolution 53 · 25 Stat. 1249 · October 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text

90. Joint resolution to print the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Public Resolution 54 · 25 Stat. 633 · October 20, 1888 · Original text

91. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives borne on the annual rolls their respective salaries for the month of October on the twentieth day of said month.

    Public Resolution 55 · 25 Stat. 633 · October 20, 1888 · Original text

92. Joint resolution making appropriations to enable the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to session employees of the Senate and House for the full month of October.

    Public Resolution 56 · 25 Stat. 633 · October 20, 1888 · Original text

93. Joint resolution authorizing the exhibits made by the Government at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States at Cincinnati. Ohio, to remain at said Exposition until and including the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Public Resolution 57 · 25 Stat. 633 · October 20, 1888 · Original text

94. An Act for the removal of the political disabilities of Theodore Lewis, of Louisiana.

    Ch. 1237 · 25 Stat. 1245 · October 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text

95. An act to authorize the building of a bridge or bridges across tire Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 1 · 25 Stat. 635 · December 10, 1888 · Original text

96. An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Kentucky River and its tributaries by the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad Company.

    Ch. 2 · 25 Stat. 636 · December 10, 1888 · Original text

97. An act granting the use of certain lands in Pierce County, Washington Territory, to the city of Tacoma, for the purposes of a public park.

    Ch. 3 · 25 Stat. 637 · December 17, 1888 · Original text

98. An act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 4 · 25 Stat. 637 · December 17, 1888 · Original text

99. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Eliza M. Ferris.

    Ch. 5 · 25 Stat. 1251 · December 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

100. An act to establish a land Office at Folsom, in the Territory of New Mexico.

     Ch. 6 · 25 Stat. 637 · December 18, 1888 · Original text