Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Leora E. Gear.

   Ch. 187 · 25 Stat. 1053 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Mary E. Hawn, widow of Emanuel R. Hawn, late surgeon of the Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, deceased.

   Ch. 188 · 25 Stat. 1053 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Margaret E. Graves.

   Ch. 189 · 25 Stat. 1053 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of Cynthia J. Leroy.

   Ch. 190 · 25 Stat. 1053 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of the act approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled. “An act for the purchase of a site, including the building thereon, also for the erection of the necessary storehouses, for the use of the office of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, at the city of Washington, District of Columbia.”

   Ch. 191 · 25 Stat. 90 · April 24, 1888 · Original text

6. An Act granting the right of way to the Duluth. Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway Company through certain Indian lands in the State of Minnesota.

   Ch. 192 · 25 Stat. 90 · April 24, 1888 · Original text

7. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee.

   Ch. 193 · 25 Stat. 92 · April 24, 1888 · Original text

8. An Act to facilitate the prosecution of works projected for the improvement of rivers and harbors.

   Ch. 194 · 25 Stat. 94 · April 24, 1888 · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Mary Martin.

   Ch. 195 · 25 Stat. 1053 · April 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Summers.

    Ch. 196 · 25 Stat. 1054 · April 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to James D. Whaley.

    Ch. 197 · 25 Stat. 1054 · April 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Christopher Wisemiller.

    Ch. 198 · 25 Stat. 1054 · April 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Isaac Dilley.

    Ch. 199 · 25 Stat. 1054 · April 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Betsey Winterbottom.

    Ch. 200 · 25 Stat. 1054 · April 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to grant pension to Oscar F. Carpenter, Eleventh Independent Battery of Ohio Light Artillery.

    Ch. 201 · 25 Stat. 1055 · April 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Helen M. Randolph.

    Ch. 202 · 25 Stat. 1055 · April 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to William O. Doyel.

    Ch. 203 · 25 Stat. 1055 · April 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to prevent any person or persons in the cities of Washington and Georgetown from making books and pools on the result of trotting or running races or boat races.

    Ch. 204 · 25 Stat. 94 · April 26, 1888 · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Samuel A. B. Woodford.

    Ch. 205 · 25 Stat. 1055 · April 27, 1888 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder.

    Ch. 206 · 25 Stat. 94 · April 30, 1888 · Original text

21. An Act for establishing a light or lights and other aids to navigation to guide into Charlotte Harbor, Florida.

    Ch. 207 · 25 Stat. 105 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

22. An Act to provide for protecting the navigation of the Illinois River by extending the system of beacon-lights to said river.

    Ch. 208 · 25 Stat. 105 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

23. An Act authorizing the Kansas City, Texarkana and Gulf Railway Company to bridge the Red and Little Rivers, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 209 · 25 Stat. 105 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

24. An Act for a public building at Greenville, South Carolina.

    Ch. 210 · 25 Stat. 107 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

25. An Act to authorize the construction of an arsenal for the repair, storage, and distribution of ordnance and ordnance stores for the use of the Government of the United States, at Columbia, Tennessee.

    Ch. 211 · 25 Stat. 107 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

26. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. 212 · 25 Stat. 108 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

27. An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Gros Ventre. Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and River Crow Indians in Montana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 213 · 25 Stat. 113 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

28. An Act appropriating the sum of fifty-two thousand dollars for the enlargement and improvement of the United States Government building at Charleston, West Virginia

    Ch. 214 · 25 Stat. 134 · May 1, 1888 · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Henry B. Very.

    Ch. 215 · 25 Stat. 1056 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Arabella Coddington.

    Ch. 216 · 25 Stat. 1056 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Henry Stafford.

    Ch. 217 · 25 Stat. 1056 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Olive Wallace.

    Ch. 218 · 25 Stat. 1056 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Mehitable Wheelock.

    Ch. 219 · 25 Stat. 1056 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Emily M. Wyman.

    Ch. 220 · 25 Stat. 1057 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Theodore Gardner.

    Ch. 221 · 25 Stat. 1057 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to William F. Randolph.

    Ch. 222 · 25 Stat. 1057 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Mary Robinson.

    Ch. 223 · 25 Stat. 1057 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting an increase of pension to Stephen Thurston.

    Ch. 224 · 25 Stat. 1057 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Abbie M. Hay.

    Ch. 225 · 25 Stat. 1058 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Thomas S. Hopkins, late of Company C, Sixteenth Maine Volunteers.

    Ch. 226 · 25 Stat. 1058 · May 1, 1888 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act to amend sections twenty-five hundred and ninety-five and twenty-five hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide a collector at the port of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 227 · 25 Stat. 134 · May 2, 1888 · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of George F. Chilton.

    Ch. 228 · 25 Stat. 1058 · May 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Horatio R. Maryman.

    Ch. 229 · 25 Stat. 1059 · May 7, 1888 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the registry of the barges “Albert M,” “Condor,” and “Adelante.”

    Ch. 230 · 25 Stat. 134 · May 9, 1888 · Original text

45. An Act To amend an act entitled ‘An act authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust certain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire, or other unavoidable casualty, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 231 · 25 Stat. 135 · May 9, 1888 · Original text

46. An Act to authorize the Kansas Valley Rail Road Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Riley military reservation, in Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 232 · 25 Stat. 135 · May 9, 1888 · Original text

47. An Act for the erection of a public building in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 233 · 25 Stat. 136 · May 9, 1888 · Original text

48. An Act to authorize the city of Chicago to erect a crib in Lake Michigan for waterworks purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 25 Stat. 236 · May 9, 1888 · Original text

49. An Act to increase the pension of James Coey.

    Ch. 236 · 25 Stat. 1059 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to George Schneider.

    Ch. 237 · 25 Stat. 1059 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of J. A. Wilson.

    Ch. 238 · 25 Stat. 1059 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of John C. Adams, administrator of Joseph Adams, deceased.

    Ch. 239 · 25 Stat. 1059 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.

    Ch. 240 · 25 Stat. 1060 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to George P. Stone.

    Ch. 241 · 25 Stat. 1060 · May 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text

55. Joint resolution accepting the invitation of the French Republic to take part in an international exposition to be held in Paris in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Public Resolution 14 · 25 Stat. 620 · May 10, 1888 · Original text

56. An Act for the erection of a public building at Portsmouth, Ohio.

    Ch. 241 · 25 Stat. 137 · May 11, 1888 · Original text

57. Joint resolution appropriating thirty thousand dollars for the International Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium.

    Public Resolution 15 · 25 Stat. 622 · May 11, 1888 · Original text

58. An Act to provide for a light-house at Newport News, Middle Ground, Virginia.

    Ch. 242 · 25 Stat. 137 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

59. An Act to amend an act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east.

    Ch. 243 · 25 Stat. 138 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

60. An Act for the establishment of a light-house, fog-signal, and day beacon in the vicinity of Goose Rocks. Fox Island Thoroughfare, Maine.

    Ch. 244 · 25 Stat. 138 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

61. An Act to authorize the Batesville and Brinkley Railroad to build a bridge across the Black River in Arkansas.

    Ch. 245 · 25 Stat. 138 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

62. An Act to authorize the construction of the Ohio Connecting Railway Company Bridge.

    Ch. 246 · 25 Stat. 139 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

63. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to award a gold medal of the first class to Captain Thomas Sampson, of New York City, for rescuing five boys from drowning.

    Ch. 247 · 25 Stat. 140 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

64. An Act to grant a right of way to the Kansas City and Pacific Railroad Company through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 25 Stat. 140 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

65. An Act to authorize the Tennessee Midland Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River, at any point on the line between the counties of Decatur and Perry, in the State of Tennessee, it may deem acceptable.

    Ch. 249 · 25 Stat. 144 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

66. An Act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 250 · 25 Stat. 145 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

67. An Act to create and organize the county of Latah.

    Ch. 251 · 25 Stat. 147 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

68. An Act providing for the purchase of additional ground in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, adjoining the post-office site, and for the improvement of the building thereon, and appropriating one hundred and fifty thousand dollars therefor.

    Ch. 252 · 25 Stat. 149 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

69. An Act for the erection of a public building in the city of Duluth, State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 253 · 25 Stat. 149 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

70. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, Jose Andres Urtecho, of Nicaragua.

    Public Resolution 16 · 25 Stat. 622 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

71. Joint resolution relating to the disposal of public lands in certain States.

    Public Resolution 17 · 25 Stat. 622 · May 14, 1888 · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Benjamin M. Simpson.

    Ch. 254 · 25 Stat. 1060 · May 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, to extend time of payment to purchasers of land of said Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 255 · 25 Stat. 150 · May 15, 1888 · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of William P. Gorsuch.

    Ch. 256 · 25 Stat. 1060 · May 15, 1888 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act relating to the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York.

    Ch. 257 · 25 Stat. 151 · May 16, 1888 · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Reuben Brownmiller.

    Ch. 258 · 25 Stat. 1061 · May 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Allgower.

    Ch. 259 · 25 Stat. 1061 · May 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to guardian of Enos J. Searles, of Clermont County, Ohio.

    Ch. 260 · 25 Stat. 1061 · May 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act to provide for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States at Martinsburgh in the district of West Virginia.

    Ch. 261 · 25 Stat. 151 · May 17, 1888 · Original text

80. An Act for the erection of a public building in the city of Asheville, North Carolina.

    Ch. 295 · 25 Stat. 152 · May 17, 1888 · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of T. J. Edwards, administrator of David Edwards, deceased.

    Ch. 262 · 25 Stat. 1061 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to John H. Sayers.

    Ch. 263 · 25 Stat. 1062 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Catharine Black.

    Ch. 264 · 25 Stat. 1062 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Shreeve

    Ch. 265 · 25 Stat. 1062 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Wilhelmina Kuhlmann.

    Ch. 266 · 25 Stat. 1062 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to David W. Seely.

    Ch. 267 · 25 Stat. 1062 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Alonzo H. Gregory.

    Ch. 268 · 25 Stat. 1063 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to John Kinney.

    Ch. 269 · 25 Stat. 1063 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act to pension Lafayette Lakin.

    Ch. 270 · 25 Stat. 1063 · May 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Joseph Perry.

    Ch. 271 · 25 Stat. 1063 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of Mary McGrath.

    Ch. 272 · 25 Stat. 1063 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to William B. Johnson.

    Ch. 273 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Hannah Varquison.

    Ch. 274 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Henry H. Stutsman.

    Ch. 275 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Martha Gray.

    Ch. 276 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act increasing the pension of Howard S. Abbott.

    Ch. 277 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting an increase of pension to Wilson C. Moles.

    Ch. 278 · 25 Stat. 1064 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Mahala Dexter.

    Ch. 279 · 25 Stat. 1065 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Rosanna Robey.

    Ch. 280 · 25 Stat. 1065 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act to grant a pension to William J. Miller.

     Ch. 281 · 25 Stat. 1065 · May 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text