Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An act granting an increase of pension to Abby J. Slocum.

   Ch. 301 · 25 Stat. 1301 · February 26, 1889 · Private law · Original text

2. An act for the relief of William S. Rosecrans.

   Ch. 302 · 25 Stat. 748 · February 27, 1889 · Original text

3. An act granting a pension to Irene Rucker Sheridan, widow of General P. H. Sheridan.

   Ch. 303 · 25 Stat. 1302 · February 27, 1889 · Private law · Original text

4. Joint resolution providing for additional telegraphic facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

   Public Resolution 7 · 25 Stat. 1020 · February 28, 1889 · Original text

5. An act granting a pension to Hannah McKee.

   Ch. 304 · 25 Stat. 1302 · February 28, 1889 · Private law · Original text

6. An act granting a pension to William Logan.

   Ch. 305 · 25 Stat. 1302 · February 28, 1889 · Private law · Original text

7. An act granting a pension to W. B. Green.

   Ch. 306 · 25 Stat. 1302 · February 28, 1889 · Private law · Original text

8. An act granting a pension to George H. Burgess.

   Ch. 307 · 25 Stat. 1303 · February 28, 1889 · Private law · Original text

9. An act to amend the laws relating to the selection and service of jurors in the supreme court of the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 308 · 25 Stat. 749 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

10. An act to extend the limits of the port of Portland as a port of entry.

    Ch. 309 · 25 Stat. 750 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

11. An act to create ports of entry at Tacoma and Seattle, in Washington Territory.

    Ch. 310 · 25 Stat. 750 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

12. An act establishing a customs-collection district in Florida, to be known as the collection district of Tampa, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 311 · 25 Stat. 751 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

13. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near Kansas City. Kansas, and not over ten miles above the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railway bridge at Kansas City, Missouri.

    Ch. 312 · 25 Stat. 751 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

14. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Bayou Bartholemew, at or near Ward’s Ferry, Louisiana.

    Ch. 313 · 25 Stat. 752 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

15. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tensas River, at or near Daniel’s Ferry. Louisiana.

    Ch. 314 · 25 Stat. 754 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

16. An act granting to the Astoria and South Coast Railway Company the right to construct a bridge across Young’s Bay, a navigable stream in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon.

    Ch. 315 · 25 Stat. 755 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

17. An act to amend an act entitled “An act granting to the city of Grand Forks. Dakota, the right to build two free bridges across Red River,” approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 316 · 25 Stat. 756 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

18. An act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee (or Creek) Nation of Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 317 · 25 Stat. 757 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

19. An act to authorize the Kentucky Union Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Kentucky River and its tributaries.

    Ch. 318 · 25 Stat. 760 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

20. An act to provide for taking the eleventh and subsequent censuses.

    Ch. 319 · 25 Stat. 760 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

21. An act authorizing the President to appoint William English an officer in the Regular Army of the United States.

    Ch. 320 · 25 Stat. 767 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

22. An act to provide for the settlement of the titles to the lands claimed by or under the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas, or adversely thereto, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 321 · 25 Stat. 768 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

23. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Coosa River at Gadsden, in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 322 · 25 Stat. 769 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

24. An act providing for the establishment of a life-saving station at mouth of Coquille River, Oregon.

    Ch. 323 · 25 Stat. 770 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

25. An act for the erection of a light-house on or near Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hatteras. North Carolina.

    Ch. 324 · 25 Stat. 770 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

26. An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Kalamazoo. Michigan.

    Ch. 325 · 25 Stat. 770 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

27. An act for the relief of certain settlers in Hettinger County, Dakota.

    Ch. 326 · 25 Stat. 771 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

28. An act to establish the Lincoln Land District in the Territory of of New Mexico.

    Ch. 327 · 25 Stat. 772 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

29. An act to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 328 · 25 Stat. 772 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

30. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell block of land one hundred and eight in the city of Houston. Texas.

    Ch. 329 · 25 Stat. 781 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

31. An act to reappropriate to pay for alley condemned in square numbered four hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 330 · 25 Stat. 781 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

32. An act to encourage the enlistment of boys as apprentices in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 331 · 25 Stat. 781 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

33. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 332 · 25 Stat. 782 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

34. An act to establish a United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 333 · 25 Stat. 783 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

35. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the eulogies on the life and character of Edward W. Robertson, deceased, late a Representative in Congress from Louisiana.

    Public Resolution 8 · 25 Stat. 1020 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution to print thirty-nine thousand copies of the Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor.

    Public Resolution 9 · 25 Stat. 1020 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

37. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of fifty thousand copies of the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Public Resolution 10 · 25 Stat. 1021 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

38. Joint resolution to point the eulogies on James N. Burnes of Missouri.

    Public Resolution 11 · 25 Stat. 1021 · March 1, 1889 · Original text

39. An act granting a pension to Anna Slater.

    Ch. 334 · 25 Stat. 1303 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

40. An act granting a pension to Mary J. Byrd.

    Ch. 335 · 25 Stat. 1303 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

41. An act granting a pension to Susan P. Murdock.

    Ch. 336 · 25 Stat. 1303 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

42. An act granting a pension to James M. Frost.

    Ch. 337 · 25 Stat. 1304 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

43. An act granting a pension to John Corr.

    Ch. 338 · 25 Stat. 1304 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

44. An act granting a pension to Theresia Fichter.

    Ch. 339 · 25 Stat. 1304 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

45. An act granting a pension to Charles S. Hamilton.

    Ch. 340 · 25 Stat. 1304 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

46. An act granting a [tension to Mary B. McVean.

    Ch. 341 · 25 Stat. 1304 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

47. An act granting a pension to Ellen B. Farr.

    Ch. 342 · 25 Stat. 1305 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

48. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Murphy, of Marengo, Iowa.

    Ch. 343 · 25 Stat. 1305 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

49. An act for the relief of Mrs Mary T. Duncan.

    Ch. 344 · 25 Stat. 1305 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of Doctor David Bell.

    Ch. 345 · 25 Stat. 1305 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

51. An act for the relief of Sterling H. Tucker and others.

    Ch. 346 · 25 Stat. 1305 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

52. An act for the relief of John Farley.

    Ch. 347 · 25 Stat. 1306 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

53. An act for the relief of H. L. Newman.

    Ch. 348 · 25 Stat. 1306 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

54. An act for the relief of Alfred Breuer.

    Ch. 349 · 25 Stat. 1306 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

55. An act for the relief of J. M. Hogan.

    Ch. 350 · 25 Stat. 1306 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

56. An act for the relief of George B. Hansell.

    Ch. 351 · 25 Stat. 1307 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

57. An act for the relief of William. F. C, Nindemann, formerly a sea-man in the Navy.

    Ch. 352 · 25 Stat. 1307 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

58. An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Colonel William R, McKee, late of Lexington, Kentucky.”

    Ch. 353 · 25 Stat. 1307 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

59. An act to provide for the payment of F. H. Bates as military instructor at Washington High School, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 354 · 25 Stat. 1308 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

60. An act increase the pension of Mrs. Sue B. Johnson.

    Ch. 355 · 25 Stat. 1308 · March 1, 1889 · Private law · Original text

61. An act for the erection of a public building at Fort Worth, Texas.

    Ch. 356 · 25 Stat. 788 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

62. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge for railway purposes across the Mississippi River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, to be located north of and in the vicinity of the city of Alma, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 357 · 25 Stat. 788 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

63. An act to extend the limits of the port of Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 358 · 25 Stat. 790 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

64. An act to admit to registry the steamer George H. Parker.

    Ch. 359 · 25 Stat. 791 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

65. An act providing for the establishment of a light-house at Heceta Head near the mouth of the Siuslaw River, in the State of Oregon, and not to exceed in cost the sum of eighty thousand dollars.

    Ch. 360 · 25 Stat. 791 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

66. An act to extend the time for the redemption of school farms in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

    Ch. 361 · 25 Stat. 791 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

67. An act to authorize the Union Gas Company to lay conduit pipes across the Ohio River.

    Ch. 362 · 25 Stat. 791 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

68. An act providing for the reestablishment of the light-house at Point Isabel, Texas.

    Ch. 363 · 25 Stat. 792 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

69. An act to establish lights on the western end of Coney Island, New York.

    Ch. 364 · 25 Stat. 792 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

70. An act to authorize the city of Lake View, Illinois, to erect a crib in Lake Michigan for waterworks purposes

    Ch. 365 · 25 Stat. 792 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

71. An act for the establishment of a light-house and steam fog-signal on the outer breakwater at the harbor of Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. 366 · 25 Stat. 792 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

72. An act providing for the establishment of certain lights on the cost of Mississippi.

    Ch. 367 · 25 Stat. 792 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

73. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 368 · 25 Stat. 793 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

74. An act providing for the construction of a steam-tender for service on the Great Lakes.

    Ch. 369 · 25 Stat. 793 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

75. An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 370 · 25 Stat. 793 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

76. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 371 · 25 Stat. 809 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

77. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 372 · 25 Stat. 825 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

78. An act making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 373 · 25 Stat. 835 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

79. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 374 · 25 Stat. 841 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

80. An act to incorporate the Washington and Sandy Spring Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.

    Ch. 846 · 25 Stat. 846 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

81. An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon-bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa.

    Ch. 376 · 25 Stat. 849 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

82. An act providing in certain cases for the forfeiture of wagon-road grants in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 377 · 25 Stat. 850 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

83. An act granting right of way to the Forest City and Watertown Railroad Company through the Sioux Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 378 · 25 Stat. 852 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

84. An act to increase the appropriation for the public building at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 379 · 25 Stat. 853 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

85. An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Winona, Minnesota.

    Ch. 380 · 25 Stat. 853 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

86. An act to withdraw certain public lands from private entry, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 381 · 25 Stat. 854 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

87. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. 382 · 25 Stat. 855 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

88. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to lease a certain tract of land to the Leavenworth City and Fort Leavenworth Water Company.

    Ch. 383 · 25 Stat. 863 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

89. An act to authorize the Omaha. Dodge City and Southern Railway Company to build its road across the Fort Hays Military Reservation.

    Ch. 384 · 25 Stat. 863 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

90. An act for the establishment of a light-house and fog-signal at Old Orchard Shoal, in Princess Bay, New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 385 · 25 Stat. 864 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

91. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at the city of New Berne, North Carolina.

    Ch. 386 · 25 Stat. 864 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

92. An act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River. between a point within five miles of Columbiana, in Greene County, and a point within five miles of Kempsville, in Calhoun County, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 387 · 25 Stat. 864 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

93. An act to authorize the Montgomery and Sylacauga Railroad company to construct a bridge across the Tallapoosa River.

    Ch. 388 · 25 Stat. 866 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

94. An act to grant to the Gulf and Chicago Air-Line Railway company the right to construct bridges over the Tombigbee. Warrior, and Tennessee Rivers, and across Grand Pass to Dauphins Island, in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Ch. 389 · 25 Stat. 867 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

95. An act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico.

    Ch. 390 · 25 Stat. 869 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

96. An act to provide for the sale of lands patented to certain members of the Flathead band of Indians in Montana Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 391 · 25 Stat. 871 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

97. An act to secure for the District of Columbia a compilation of the laws of said District and for other purposes

    Ch. 392 · 25 Stat. 872 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

98. An act to punish dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money and other fraudulent devices for using the United States mails.

    Ch. 393 · 25 Stat. 873 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

99. An act to incorporate the Washington and Western Maryland railroad Company.

    Ch. 394 · 25 Stat. 874 · March 2, 1889 · Original text

100. An act to restore to the public domain and to regulate the sale and disposition of certain lands east of the Mississippi River in the State of Louisiana.

     Ch. 395 · 25 Stat. 877 · March 2, 1889 · Original text