Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act granting the title of the United States in certain lands to the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, on certain conditions.

   Ch. 201 · 25 Stat. 684 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

2. An act granting the right of way to the Yankton and Missouri Valley Railway Company through the Yankton Indian Reservation in Dakota.

   Ch. 202 · 25 Stat. 684 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

3. An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the Shoshones. Bannocks, and Sheepeaters of the Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservation in Idaho May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 203 · 25 Stat. 687 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

4. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin.

   Ch. 204 · 25 Stat. 689 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

5. An act to change the date for the commencement of the March terms of the district court for the northern district of Georgia.

   Ch. 205 · 25 Stat. 690 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

6. An act granting to the Big Horn Southern Railroad Company a right of way across the Fort Custer Military Reservation, Montana.

   Ch. 206 · 25 Stat. 690 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

7. An act directing a survey of a road from the Aqueduct Bridge to Mount Vernon and making an appropriation therefor.

   Ch. 207 · 25 Stat. 690 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

8. An act to establish a life-saving station on the Atlantic coast at or near the mouth of Saint George River, Maine.

   Ch. 208 · 25 Stat. 691 · February 23, 1889 · Original text

9. An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Matilda Wilkins Emory.

   Ch. 209 · 25 Stat. 1284 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

10. An act to increase the pension of Sterne H. Fowler.

    Ch. 210 · 25 Stat. 1284 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

11. An act granting a pension to Elias J. Kenaday.

    Ch. 211 · 25 Stat. 1284 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

12. An act granting a pension to Captain Michael Piggott.

    Ch. 212 · 25 Stat. 1285 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

13. An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Fannie A. Boyd, widow of Captain O. B. Boyd.

    Ch. 213 · 25 Stat. 1285 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

14. An act granting a pension to Esther Gould.

    Ch. 214 · 25 Stat. 1285 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

15. An act granting a pension to Maria Beiser.

    Ch. 215 · 25 Stat. 1285 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

16. An act increasing the pension to Lyman D. Green.

    Ch. 216 · 25 Stat. 1285 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

17. An act to place the name of Charles A. Stockman, of Dundee, Michigan, on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 217 · 25 Stat. 1286 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

18. An act granting a pension to Otho G. Hendrix.

    Ch. 218 · 25 Stat. 1286 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

19. An act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary L. Jewell.

    Ch. 219 · 25 Stat. 1286 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

20. An act granting a pension to Elisha C. Paschal.

    Ch. 220 · 25 Stat. 1286 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

21. An act granting a pension to Isham T. Howze.

    Ch. 221 · 25 Stat. 1286 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

22. An act granting a pension to Nona J. Tillery, minor child of Wyatte L. Tillery.

    Ch. 222 · 25 Stat. 1287 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

23. An act granting a pension to Thompson D. Hatfield.

    Ch. 223 · 25 Stat. 1287 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

24. An act granting a pension to Ellen Edwards.

    Ch. 224 · 25 Stat. 1287 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

25. An act granting a pension to George W. Dickinson.

    Ch. 225 · 25 Stat. 1287 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

26. An act granting a pension to Mrs Elvira Parish.

    Ch. 226 · 25 Stat. 1287 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

27. An act granting a pension to Enoch B. Vice.

    Ch. 227 · 25 Stat. 1288 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Maria C. McPherson.

    Ch. 228 · 25 Stat. 1288 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

29. An act granting a pension to Mary Thompson.

    Ch. 229 · 25 Stat. 1288 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

30. An act to grant a pension to Joseph Van Arsdel.

    Ch. 230 · 25 Stat. 1288 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

31. An act to pension Thomas Davey.

    Ch. 231 · 25 Stat. 1288 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

32. An act restoring Mary Reynolds, widow of Lewis Reynolds, to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 232 · 25 Stat. 1289 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

33. An act for the relief of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company.

    Ch. 233 · 25 Stat. 1289 · February 23, 1889 · Private law · Original text

34. An act to authorize the Cheyenne Street Railroad Company to build its road on and across the Fort D. A. Russell military reservation.

    Ch. 234 · 25 Stat. 691 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

35. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, and Platte County, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 235 · 25 Stat. 691 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

36. An act to provide for writs of error or appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases involving the question of the jurisdiction of the courts below.

    Ch. 236 · 25 Stat. 693 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

37. An act granting right of way to the Pima Land and Water company across Fort Lowell military reservation, in Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 237 · 25 Stat. 693 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

38. An act to authorize Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render final judgment upon the claim of the Old Settlers or Western Cherokee Indians

    Ch. 238 · 25 Stat. 694 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

39. An act to enable the President to protect the interests of the United States in Panama.

    Ch. 239 · 25 Stat. 695 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

40. An act to amend an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers, in Tennessee.

    Ch. 240 · 25 Stat. 695 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

41. An act granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the right of way through the White Earth Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 241 · 25 Stat. 696 · February 25, 1889 · Original text

42. An act for the relief of Thomas Lannigan.

    Ch. 242 · 25 Stat. 1289 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

43. An act for the relief of the heirs of Jacob Cramer.

    Ch. 243 · 25 Stat. 1289 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

44. An act for the relief of J. Harry Adams.

    Ch. 244 · 25 Stat. 1290 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

45. An act granting a pension to Mary C. Thompson.

    Ch. 245 · 25 Stat. 1290 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

46. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Wynne.

    Ch. 246 · 25 Stat. 1290 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

47. An act granting a pension to William Fowler.

    Ch. 247 · 25 Stat. 1290 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

48. An act granting a pension to John Ebert.

    Ch. 248 · 25 Stat. 1290 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

49. An act granting a pension to Dorcus Alford.

    Ch. 249 · 25 Stat. 1291 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

50. An act granting a pension to Mary A. Long.

    Ch. 250 · 25 Stat. 1291 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

51. An act for the relief of Julianna Muller.

    Ch. 251 · 25 Stat. 1291 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

52. An act for the relief of Phineas T. Richardson.

    Ch. 252 · 25 Stat. 1291 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

53. An act for the relief of William Pfaender.

    Ch. 253 · 25 Stat. 1292 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

54. An act for the relief of the heirs of George W. Sampson and Benjamin Henricks, of Austin, Texas.

    Ch. 254 · 25 Stat. 1292 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

55. An act for the relief of Hardin County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 255 · 25 Stat. 1292 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

56. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Myers.

    Ch. 256 · 25 Stat. 1292 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

57. An act granting a pension to Mary H. Stacy.

    Ch. 257 · 25 Stat. 1293 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

58. An act granting a pension to Mary Whitney.

    Ch. 258 · 25 Stat. 1293 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

59. An act granting a pension to Mary Gray.

    Ch. 259 · 25 Stat. 1293 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

60. An act granting a pension to Maria Brasted.

    Ch. 260 · 25 Stat. 1293 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

61. An act granting a pension to George W. Lloyd.

    Ch. 261 · 25 Stat. 1293 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

62. An act granting a pension to John Y. Hooper.

    Ch. 262 · 25 Stat. 1294 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

63. An act granting a pension to John H. Starr.

    Ch. 263 · 25 Stat. 1294 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

64. An act granting a pension to James Metcalf.

    Ch. 264 · 25 Stat. 1294 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

65. An act granting a pension to Margaret M. Nugent.

    Ch. 265 · 25 Stat. 1294 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

66. An act granting a pension to Annie Balser.

    Ch. 266 · 25 Stat. 1294 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

67. An act granting a pension to Ester Gaven.

    Ch. 267 · 25 Stat. 1295 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

68. An act for the relief of Catharine Mutz.

    Ch. 268 · 25 Stat. 1295 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

69. An act for the relief of Benjamine E. Snyder.

    Ch. 269 · 25 Stat. 1295 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

70. An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen L. Kearney.

    Ch. 270 · 25 Stat. 1295 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

71. An act granting an increase of pension to Leonard Schaefer.

    Ch. 271 · 25 Stat. 1295 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

72. An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Geraghty.

    Ch. 272 · 25 Stat. 1296 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

73. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to place the name of Cara Curtis on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 273 · 25 Stat. 1296 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

74. An act granting a pension to J. D. Haworth.

    Ch. 274 · 25 Stat. 1296 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

75. An act granting a pension to Louisa Rogers.

    Ch. 275 · 25 Stat. 1296 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

76. An act granting a pension to Christian Sanders.

    Ch. 276 · 25 Stat. 1297 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

77. An act for the relief of James T. Teeple.

    Ch. 277 · 25 Stat. 1297 · February 25, 1889 · Private law · Original text

78. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 278 · 25 Stat. 696 · February 26, 1889 · Original text

79. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 279 · 25 Stat. 705 · February 26, 1889 · Original text

80. An act granting the right of way to the Fort Smith. Paris and Dardanelle Railway Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line from Fort Smith. Arkansas, through the Indian Territory, to or near Baxter Springs, in the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 280 · 25 Stat. 745 · February 26, 1889 · Original text

81. An act for the relief of Emily Cross.

    Ch. 281 · 25 Stat. 1297 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

82. An act to increase the pension of Harlan E. King.

    Ch. 282 · 25 Stat. 1297 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to Alexander M. Boatright.

    Ch. 283 · 25 Stat. 1298 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

84. An act granting a pension to Nancy Hamilton.

    Ch. 284 · 25 Stat. 1298 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

85. An act granting a pension to Charles G. Sanders.

    Ch. 285 · 25 Stat. 1298 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

86. An act granting a pension to Charles Schuler.

    Ch. 286 · 25 Stat. 1298 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

87. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Koch.

    Ch. 287 · 25 Stat. 1298 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

88. An act increasing the pension of Permelia Smith.

    Ch. 288 · 25 Stat. 1299 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

89. An act for die relief of Milo McCrillis.

    Ch. 289 · 25 Stat. 1299 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

90. An act for the relief of J. Edwin Pilcher.

    Ch. 290 · 25 Stat. 1299 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

91. An act granting a pension to John Fagan.

    Ch. 291 · 25 Stat. 1299 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

92. An act granting a pension to Ann E. Cooney.

    Ch. 292 · 25 Stat. 1300 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

93. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Heap Nicholson.

    Ch. 293 · 25 Stat. 1300 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

94. An act granting a pension to Frances H. Plummer.

    Ch. 294 · 25 Stat. 1300 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

95. An act granting a pension to Mary Calvert Truxtun.

    Ch. 295 · 25 Stat. 1300 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

96. An act granting a pension to John B. Covert.

    Ch. 296 · 25 Stat. 1300 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

97. An act granting a pension to Charlotte T. Alderman.

    Ch. 297 · 25 Stat. 1301 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

98. An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Hillard.

    Ch. 298 · 25 Stat. 1301 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

99. An act granting a pension to Mary P. Myers.

    Ch. 299 · 25 Stat. 1301 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

100. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Nancy Smith.

     Ch. 300 · 25 Stat. 1301 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text