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Every law Congress has passed
97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.
1,824 laws of the 50th Congress, 1887–1889
An Act granting a pension to Michael Lane.
Ch. 379 · 25 Stat. 1079 · June 8, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to John G. Merritt.
Ch. 380 · 25 Stat. 1079 · June 8, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Thomas Jordan.
Ch. 381 · 25 Stat. 1080 · June 8, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the protection of the officials of the United States in the Indian Territory.
Ch. 382 · 25 Stat. 178 · June 9, 1888 · Original text
An Act to extend the time for the completion of a bridge across Staten Island Sound.
Ch. 383 · 25 Stat. 178 · June 9, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Chattanooga. Tennessee.
Ch. 384 · 25 Stat. 179 · June 9, 1888 · Original text
An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee river at or near Guntersville, Alabama, and for other purposes.
Ch. 385 · 25 Stat. 180 · June 9, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs Jeannie Stone.
Ch. 386 · 25 Stat. 1080 · June 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of James B. Mitchell.
Ch. 387 · 25 Stat. 1080 · June 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Douglas Chapman.
Ch. 388 · 25 Stat. 1080 · June 9, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to establish a department of Labor.
Ch. 389 · 25 Stat. 182 · June 13, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the Fort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Poteau River in the Choctaw Nation, near Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Ch. 390 · 25 Stat. 184 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act to amend section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of Columbia, so as to make Inauguration Day a holiday within said District.
Ch. 391 · 25 Stat. 185 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erection of a public building at Monroe. Louisiana.
Ch. 392 · 25 Stat. 186 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act to promote agriculture, and for other purposes.
Ch. 393 · 25 Stat. 186 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act relating to postal crimes, and amendatory of the statutes therein mentioned.
Ch. 394 · 25 Stat. 187 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting to the York Harbor and Beach Railroad Company a right of way.
Ch. 395 · 25 Stat. 188 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the county of Laurens, in the State of Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Oconee River, at or near Dublin, in said county and State.
Ch. 396 · 25 Stat. 188 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the Postmaster-General to cancel mail contract on route number thirty thousand one hundred, and for other purposes.
Ch. 397 · 25 Stat. 189 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erection of a public building at Hoboken. New Jersey.
Ch. 398 · 25 Stat. 189 · June 18, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the relief of B. M. Parish.
Ch. 399 · 25 Stat. 1080 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mrs P. L. Ward, widow and executrix of William Ward, deceased.
Ch. 400 · 25 Stat. 1081 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Joseph B. Burton.
Ch. 401 · 25 Stat. 1081 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act act for the relief of George E. Oliphant.
Ch. 402 · 25 Stat. 1081 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Charles V. Mesler.
Ch. 403 · 25 Stat. 1081 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Casper Seibel on the pension-roll.
Ch. 404 · 25 Stat. 1081 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of William Clark.
Ch. 405 · 25 Stat. 1082 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Ward.
Ch. 406 · 25 Stat. 1082 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of James L. Alsip.
Ch. 407 · 25 Stat. 1082 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Sidney W. Whitelock.
Ch. 408 · 25 Stat. 1082 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mrs. Clarissa G. Green.
Ch. 409 · 25 Stat. 1082 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Juliet G. Howe.
Ch. 410 · 25 Stat. 1083 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Frances Anne Pyne Ricketts.
Ch. 411 · 25 Stat. 1083 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to the infant children of Michael A. Moran.
Ch. 412 · 25 Stat. 1083 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to L. J. McGoffin.
Ch. 413 · 25 Stat. 1083 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Woodward.
Ch. 414 · 25 Stat. 1083 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John Linsley.
Ch. 415 · 25 Stat. 1084 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to David Strunk.
Ch. 416 · 25 Stat. 1084 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary M. Sweet.
Ch. 417 · 25 Stat. 1084 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Nellie Palfrey Goodwin.
Ch. 418 · 25 Stat. 1084 · June 18, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to incorporate the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia.
Ch. 419 · 25 Stat. 190 · June 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erection of a public building at Bay City, Michigan.
Ch. 420 · 25 Stat. 194 · June 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erecting of a public building at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Ch. 421 · 25 Stat. 195 · June 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Hickman, Kentucky.
Ch. 422 · 25 Stat. 195 · June 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek, at the Woodley Lane Road, in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 423 · 25 Stat. 197 · June 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Mary H. Pike, deceased.
Ch. 424 · 25 Stat. 1084 · June 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to George Park.
Ch. 425 · 25 Stat. 1085 · June 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John Witham.
Ch. 426 · 25 Stat. 1085 · June 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act increasing the pension of Milton Judd.
Ch. 427 · 25 Stat. 1085 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Jacob Behr on the pension-roll.
Ch. 428 · 25 Stat. 1085 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Smith V. Campbell on the pension-roll.
Ch. 429 · 25 Stat. 1086 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Leah Roark.
Ch. 430 · 25 Stat. 1086 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Henry T. Bridges.
Ch. 431 · 25 Stat. 1086 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of James R. Porter.
Ch. 432 · 25 Stat. 1086 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Rebecca E. Shoemaker on the pension-roll.
Ch. 433 · 25 Stat. 1086 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Henry L. Potter.
Ch. 434 · 25 Stat. 1087 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Albert E. Magoffin.
Ch. 435 · 25 Stat. 1087 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Mrs Flora C. Andrews on the pension-roll.
Ch. 436 · 25 Stat. 1087 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act increasing the pension of Jesse Dickey.
Ch. 437 · 25 Stat. 1087 · June 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mercy Knight.
Ch. 438 · 25 Stat. 1087 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ellen St Cyr.
Ch. 439 · 25 Stat. 1088 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Penelope Morton, widow of Lieutenant Morton
Ch. 440 · 25 Stat. 1088 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Henry C. Richardson.
Ch. 441 · 25 Stat. 1088 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary O’Neil.
Ch. 442 · 25 Stat. 1088 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Edna M. Hildreth.
Ch. 443 · 25 Stat. 1088 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Alpheus Dyer.
Ch. 444 · 25 Stat. 1089 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Pleman Cook.
Ch. 445 · 25 Stat. 1089 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Tillman Faux.
Ch. 446 · 25 Stat. 1089 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to David Gibbons.
Ch. 447 · 25 Stat. 1089 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Burk.
Ch. 448 · 25 Stat. 1089 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of William Compton.
Ch. 449 · 25 Stat. 1090 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Abigail Sullivan.
Ch. 450 · 25 Stat. 1090 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Sally B. Wilson.
Ch. 451 · 25 Stat. 1090 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Hiram M. Goss.
Ch. 452 · 25 Stat. 1090 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Enoch Weathers.
Ch. 453 · 25 Stat. 1090 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Edmund Ryan.
Ch. 454 · 25 Stat. 1091 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to William Scott.
Ch. 455 · 25 Stat. 1091 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Hannah H. Grant.
Ch. 456 · 25 Stat. 1091 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Moses L. Chase.
Ch. 457 · 25 Stat. 1091 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Frank Lewis.
Ch. 458 · 25 Stat. 1091 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Abbie R. Brown.
Ch. 459 · 25 Stat. 1092 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John Glenning.
Ch. 460 · 25 Stat. 1092 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Martha Linton.
Ch. 461 · 25 Stat. 1092 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Thomas McGuire.
Ch. 462 · 25 Stat. 1092 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ann V. Ferguson.
Ch. 463 · 25 Stat. 1092 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Heman Rankins.
Ch. 464 · 25 Stat. 1093 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Jane Brown Dunn.
Ch. 465 · 25 Stat. 1093 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Raphael Fowler.
Ch. 466 · 25 Stat. 1093 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Lydia A. Hicks.
Ch. 467 · 25 Stat. 1093 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs Abba E. Jackson.
Ch. 468 · 25 Stat. 1093 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Nettie Ellicott.
Ch. 469 · 25 Stat. 1094 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Emily McClure.
Ch. 470 · 25 Stat. 1094 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James W. Poag.
Ch. 471 · 25 Stat. 1094 · June 21, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska.
Ch. 472 · 25 Stat. 198 · June 22, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Lewis Fichthorn.
Ch. 473 · 25 Stat. 1094 · June 22, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Therese Guelich.
Ch. 474 · 25 Stat. 1094 · June 22, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Samuel McClure.
Ch. 475 · 25 Stat. 1095 · June 22, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James H. Darling.
Ch. 476 · 25 Stat. 1095 · June 22, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ephraim Reynolds.
Ch. 477 · 25 Stat. 1095 · June 22, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to incorporate the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia.
Ch. 478 · 25 Stat. 199 · June 23, 1888 · Original text
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- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.