Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Philena T. Carpenter.

   Ch. 104 · 25 Stat. 1269 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

2. An act granting a pension to Isaac N. Hawkins.

   Ch. 105 · 25 Stat. 1269 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

3. An act granting a pension to Kate C. Van Arnum.

   Ch. 106 · 25 Stat. 1269 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

4. An act for the relief of Sarah R. Fisher.

   Ch. 107 · 25 Stat. 1269 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

5. An act to increase the pension of Seth F. Myers.

   Ch. 108 · 25 Stat. 1269 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

6. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Marston.

   Ch. 109 · 25 Stat. 1270 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

7. An act for the relief of William Knowland.

   Ch. 110 · 25 Stat. 1270 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

8. An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to permit the temporary occupation and crossing of certain streets in the city of Washington and District of Columbia by the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Company, to meet the demands of increased travel incident to the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

   Ch. 111 · 25 Stat. 654 · February 1, 1889 · Original text

9. An act for the relief of W. W. Welch.

   Ch. 112 · 25 Stat. 1270 · February 5, 1889 · Private law · Original text

10. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretaries of War and the Navy to loan to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies flags and so forth.

    Private Resolution 4 · 25 Stat. 1335 · February 5, 1889 · Private law · Original text

11. An act granting a pension to Ellen Smith.

    Ch. 114 · 25 Stat. 1270 · February 6, 1889 · Private law · Original text

12. An act to abolish circuit court powers of certain district courts of the United States, and to provide for writs of error in capital eases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 113 · 25 Stat. 655 · February 8, 1889 · Original text

13. An act to provide a temporary home for certain persons discharged from the United States Navy.

    Ch. 115 · 25 Stat. 657 · February 8, 1889 · Original text

14. An act to authorize the furnishing of obsolete serviceable cannon to Soldiers Homes.

    Ch. 116 · 25 Stat. 657 · February 8, 1889 · Original text

15. An act for the establishment of light-ships, with fog-signals, at Sandy Hook, New York Harbor, and off Great Round Shoal, seacoast of Massachusetts, near Nantucket.

    Ch. 117 · 25 Stat. 657 · February 8, 1889 · Original text

16. An act to place the name of John A. Griffey on pension-roll.

    Ch. 118 · 25 Stat. 1271 · February 8, 1889 · Private law · Original text

17. An act to provide for the deposit of the savings of seamen of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 119 · 25 Stat. 657 · February 9, 1889 · Original text

18. An act to punish, as a felony, the carnal and unlawful knowing of any female under the age of sixteen years.

    Ch. 120 · 25 Stat. 658 · February 9, 1889 · Original text

19. An act to constitute Columbus, Ohio, 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 said port of Columbus.

    Ch. 121 · 25 Stat. 658 · February 9, 1889 · Original text

20. An act to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture and to create an Executive Department to be known as the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 122 · 25 Stat. 659 · February 9, 1889 · Original text

21. An act to increase the pension of George A. Glover.

    Ch. 123 · 25 Stat. 1271 · February 9, 1889 · Private law · Original text

22. An act granting a pension to Mary Jane Harris.

    Ch. 124 · 25 Stat. 1271 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

23. An act granting a pension to James S. Harden.

    Ch. 125 · 25 Stat. 1271 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

24. An act granting a pension to Erasmus W. Jones.

    Ch. 126 · 25 Stat. 1271 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

25. An act to increase the pension of Rowland Ward.

    Ch. 127 · 25 Stat. 1272 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

26. An act to increase the pension of Jacob Rogers.

    Ch. 128 · 25 Stat. 1272 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

27. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Clover.

    Ch. 129 · 25 Stat. 1272 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Rebecca H. Lyon.

    Ch. 130 · 25 Stat. 1272 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

29. An act granting a pension to Thirza S. Jenner.

    Ch. 131 · 25 Stat. 1272 · February 11, 1889 · Private law · Original text

30. An act to increase pensions in certain cases.

    Ch. 132 · 25 Stat. 659 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

31. An act for the relief of certain property in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 133 · 25 Stat. 659 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

32. An act granting to the Big Horn Southern Railroad Company a right of way through a part of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana Territory.

    Ch. 134 · 25 Stat. 660 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

33. An act to amend section six hundred and eighty-three of the Re vised Statutes relating to the distribution of the reports of the supreme court.

    Ch. 135 · 25 Stat. 661 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

34. An act to provide for keeping open the Potomac River.

    Ch. 136 · 25 Stat. 662 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

35. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 137 · 25 Stat. 662 · February 12, 1889 · Original text

36. An act granting a pension to Harrison Wagner.

    Ch. 138 · 25 Stat. 1273 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

37. An act granting a pension to Ellen White Dowling.

    Ch. 139 · 25 Stat. 1273 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

38. An act to refund illegal internal-revenue tax collected of James R. Berry, as late auditor of the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 140 · 25 Stat. 1273 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

39. An act granting an increase of pension to James Patterson.

    Ch. 141 · 25 Stat. 1273 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

40. An act granting a pension to Adaline A. Smyth.

    Ch. 142 · 25 Stat. 1273 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

41. An act granting a pension to Sarah J. Foy.

    Ch. 143 · 25 Stat. 1274 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

42. An act for the relief of Zo. S. Cook.

    Ch. 144 · 25 Stat. 1274 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

43. An act granting a pension to Reuben Ash.

    Ch. 145 · 25 Stat. 1274 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

44. An act to relinquish the interest of the United States in certain lands in Kansas.

    Ch. 146 · 25 Stat. 1274 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

45. An act to confirm the homestead entry of Hugh Foster.

    Ch. 147 · 25 Stat. 1274 · February 12, 1889 · Private law · Original text

46. An act to extend to the port of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, the privileges of inland transportation in bond.

    Ch. 149 · 25 Stat. 667 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

47. An act for the relief of the occupants of the town of Flagstaff, county of Yavapai, Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 150 · 25 Stat. 668 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

48. An act to provide for an American register for the steam-yacht Nautilus, of New York, New York.

    Ch. 151 · 25 Stat. 668 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

49. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 152 · 25 Stat. 668 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

50. An act to secure the maintenance of public order during the inauguration ceremonies of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 153 · 25 Stat. 669 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

51. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Sedalia, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 154 · 25 Stat. 669 · February 13, 1889 · Original text

52. An act granting a pension to James Miller.

    Ch. 148 · 25 Stat. 1275 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

53. An act granting a pension to Mary Saeger.

    Ch. 155 · 25 Stat. 1275 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

54. An act granting a pension to Catherine M. Lee.

    Ch. 156 · 25 Stat. 1275 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

55. An act granting an increase of pension to James McGowan.

    Ch. 157 · 25 Stat. 1276 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

56. An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Durfee.

    Ch. 158 · 25 Stat. 1276 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

57. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza J. Alexander.

    Ch. 159 · 25 Stat. 1276 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

58. An act granting an increase of pension to Emma Biddle.

    Ch. 160 · 25 Stat. 1276 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

59. An act for the relief of Charles Wagemann.

    Ch. 161 · 25 Stat. 1276 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

60. An act for the relief of Harriet Young.

    Ch. 162 · 25 Stat. 1277 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

61. An act for the relief of David Meriwether.

    Ch. 163 · 25 Stat. 1277 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

62. An act for the relief of David A. Haywood.

    Ch. 164 · 25 Stat. 1277 · February 13, 1889 · Private law · Original text

63. An act to authorize and empower the Mount Carmel Development Company to draw water from the Wabash River, or its tributaries, in the county of Wabash and State of Illinois.

    Ch. 165 · 25 Stat. 670 · February 14, 1889 · Original text

64. An act for the relief of General William F. Smith.

    Ch. 166 · 25 Stat. 670 · February 14, 1889 · Original text

65. Joint resolution to print four thousand copies of the report of Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, on European dockyards.

    Public Resolution 5 · 25 Stat. 1020 · February 14, 1889 · Original text

66. An act for the relief of William R. Blakeslee.

    Ch. 167 · 25 Stat. 1278 · February 14, 1889 · Private law · Original text

67. Joint Resolution making an appropriation for payment to the legal representatives of James B. Eads.

    Private Resolution 6 · 25 Stat. 1335 · February 14, 1889 · Private law · Original text

68. An act to create the northeastern division of the Southern Federal judicial district of Georgia, and to take certain counties from the northern district and add to the Southern district, and to provide for holding counts in said northeastern division, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 168 · 25 Stat. 671 · February 15, 1889 · Original text

69. An act to amend section five hundred and fifty-five, Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 169 · 25 Stat. 672 · February 15, 1889 · Original text

70. An act for the relief of the trustees of the First Baptist Church, at Smithland, Kentucky.

    Ch. 170 · 25 Stat. 1278 · February 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

71. An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Departments.

    Ch. 171 · 25 Stat. 672 · February 16, 1889 · Original text

72. An act in relation to dead and fallen timber on Indian lands.

    Ch. 172 · 25 Stat. 673 · February 16, 1889 · Original text

73. An act for the relief of William H. Robertson and Edward L. Hedden, late collector of customs for the district of the city of New York.

    Ch. 173 · 25 Stat. 1278 · February 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

74. An act for the relief of Charles F. Swain, master of bark Philena.

    Ch. 174 · 25 Stat. 1279 · February 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

75. An act granting arrears of pension to Theodore Rauthe.

    Ch. 175 · 25 Stat. 1279 · February 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

76. An act to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua.

    Ch. 176 · 25 Stat. 673 · February 20, 1889 · Original text

77. An act to replace Mrs. R. S. Horton upon the pension-rolls.

    Ch. 177 · 25 Stat. 1279 · February 21, 1889 · Private law · Original text

78. An act to increase the pension of Elijah W. Penny.

    Ch. 178 · 25 Stat. 1279 · February 21, 1889 · Private law · Original text

79. An act to increase the pension of Mary A. Bedel.

    Ch. 179 · 25 Stat. 1280 · February 21, 1889 · Private law · Original text

80. An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North Dakota. South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States.

    Ch. 180 · 25 Stat. 676 · February 22, 1889 · Original text

81. An act granting a pension to Florence Courtney Cochnower.

    Ch. 181 · 25 Stat. 1280 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

82. An act granting a pension to Robert Kelly.

    Ch. 182 · 25 Stat. 1280 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to Annie May Pifer.

    Ch. 183 · 25 Stat. 1280 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

84. An act granting a pension to Mary Thorn.

    Ch. 184 · 25 Stat. 1280 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

85. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth L. Nott.

    Ch. 185 · 25 Stat. 1281 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

86. An act to pension J W. Porter.

    Ch. 186 · 25 Stat. 1281 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

87. An act granting a pension to Dorothea Ruoff.

    Ch. 187 · 25 Stat. 1281 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

88. An act granting a pension to Jennie Harris.

    Ch. 188 · 25 Stat. 1281 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

89. An act granting a pension to Martha J. Warren.

    Ch. 189 · 25 Stat. 1281 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

90. An act granting a pension to Miss Emily Romine.

    Ch. 190 · 25 Stat. 1282 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to William Harper.

    Ch. 191 · 25 Stat. 1282 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

92. An act granting a pension to Mary Von Olnhausen.

    Ch. 192 · 25 Stat. 1282 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

93. An act granting a pension to William L. Wilson.

    Ch. 193 · 25 Stat. 1282 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

94. An act granting a pension to John J. Brown.

    Ch. 194 · 25 Stat. 1283 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

95. An act granting a pension to Charlotte Ayres.

    Ch. 195 · 25 Stat. 1283 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

96. An act to provide increase of pension to James Waters, formerly of Captain Weatherbye’s company of Pennsylvania Militia, war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 196 · 25 Stat. 1283 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

97. An act granting a pension to Rebecca D. Vedder.

    Ch. 197 · 25 Stat. 1283 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

98. An act to place the name of James H. Tolly on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 198 · 25 Stat. 1283 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

99. An act granting a pension to Irving W. Combs.

    Ch. 199 · 25 Stat. 1284 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

100. An act granting a pension to Mary K. Allen.

     Ch. 200 · 25 Stat. 1284 · February 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text