Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Columbus Bosteder.

   Ch. 479 · 25 Stat. 1095 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Linnaeus W. Risley.

   Ch. 480 · 25 Stat. 1095 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Warren Ohaver.

   Ch. 481 · 25 Stat. 1096 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to Miss Carrie A. Luey.

   Ch. 483 · 25 Stat. 1096 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Lydia Burridge.

   Ch. 484 · 25 Stat. 1097 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Jessie M. Barthauer.

   Ch. 485 · 25 Stat. 1097 · June 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Utah, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 486 · 25 Stat. 203 · June 25, 1888 · Original text

8. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee.

   Ch. 487 · 25 Stat. 204 · June 25, 1888 · Original text

9. An Act to authorize the Paris. Choctaw and Little Rock Railway Company to construct and operate a railway, telegraph and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 494 · 25 Stat. 205 · June 25, 1888 · Original text

10. Joint resolution extending the provisions of an act entitled “An act relating to arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

    Public Resolution 22 · 25 Stat. 624 · June 25, 1888 · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to Mattie Graziani, of Covington, Kentucky.

    Ch. 488 · 25 Stat. 1097 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of W. A. Lemaster.

    Ch. 489 · 25 Stat. 1097 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting an increase of pension to James Jackson Purman.

    Ch. 490 · 25 Stat. 1098 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Alice Croarkin.

    Ch. 491 · 25 Stat. 1098 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Mary Whirry.

    Ch. 492 · 25 Stat. 1098 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to place on the pension-roll the name of Salina A. Sims, widow of William S. Sims.

    Ch. 493 · 25 Stat. 1098 · June 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Catherine Tierney.

    Ch. 482 · 25 Stat. 1096 · June 28, 1888 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to increase the pension of John Taylor.

    Ch. 495 · 25 Stat. 1098 · June 28, 1888 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses.

    Ch. 496 · 25 Stat. 209 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

20. An Act to authorize the Paris. Choctaw and Little Rock Railway Company to construct a bridge across Red River at or near Hooks’ Ferry, Red River County, Texas.

    Ch. 497 · 25 Stat. 210 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

21. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Trail Creek, in the city of Michigan City, Indiana.

    Ch. 498 · 25 Stat. 211 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

22. An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North by the Duluth Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway Company.

    Ch. 499 · 25 Stat. 212 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

23. An Act authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge across the Red River of the North by the North Dakota and Pacific Railway Company.

    Ch. 500 · 25 Stat. 214 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

24. An Act to authorize the construction of a graveled or macadamized road from the city of New Berne, North Carolina, to the national cemetery near said city.

    Ch. 501 · 25 Stat. 215 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

25. An Act to authorize the construction of a wagon and foot-passenger bridge across the Noxubee River, at or near Gainsville, in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 502 · 25 Stat. 216 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

26. An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 503 · 25 Stat. 217 · June 29, 1888 · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of Sophia W. Wright.

    Ch. 504 · 25 Stat. 1099 · June 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to pay Aaron Friedheim the rebate due him under the act of March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 505 · 25 Stat. 1099 · June 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of John D. Maxted and Robert J. B. Newcombe.

    Ch. 506 · 25 Stat. 1099 · June 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of John P. Hageman.

    Ch. 507 · 25 Stat. 1099 · June 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of A. B. Tyan.

    Ch. 508 · 25 Stat. 1100 · June 29, 1888 · Private law · Original text

32. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

    Public Resolution 23 · 25 Stat. 624 · June 30, 1888 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution authorizing the loan of tents and camp equipage to the veteran organizations of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.

    Public Resolution 24 · 25 Stat. 625 · June 30, 1888 · Original text

34. Joint resolution granting leave of absence to certain persons employed in the service of the United States.

    Public Resolution 25 · 25 Stat. 625 · July 2, 1888 · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Robert H. Sturgess.

    Ch. 509 · 25 Stat. 1100 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to Joseph W. Eubank.

    Ch. 510 · 25 Stat. 1100 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Jacob Kintz, alias John Walters.

    Ch. 511 · 25 Stat. 1100 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a pension to Shelton Flaningam.

    Ch. 512 · 25 Stat. 1101 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Joseph B. Tingley.

    Ch. 513 · 25 Stat. 1101 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Cordelia Emery.

    Ch. 514 · 25 Stat. 1101 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Titus Wilder.

    Ch. 515 · 25 Stat. 1101 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to George W. De Motte.

    Ch. 516 · 25 Stat. 1101 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to D. P. Hougland.

    Ch. 517 · 25 Stat. 1102 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Dettis.

    Ch. 518 · 25 Stat. 1102 · July 2, 1888 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act authorizing the sale of a portion of the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska.

    Ch. 519 · 25 Stat. 240 · July 4, 1888 · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to John Fox.

    Ch. 520 · 25 Stat. 1102 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of John Fletcher.

    Ch. 521 · 25 Stat. 1102 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Cynthia Witherell.

    Ch. 522 · 25 Stat. 1102 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act granting a pension to Mathew H. Reynolds.

    Ch. 523 · 25 Stat. 1103 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act granting a pension to John Shine.

    Ch. 524 · 25 Stat. 1103 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act granting a pension to Charlotte E. Dilley.

    Ch. 525 · 25 Stat. 1103 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Ellen M. Thiers.

    Ch. 526 · 25 Stat. 1103 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Wells.

    Ch. 527 · 25 Stat. 1103 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting a pension to Mary Flora.

    Ch. 528 · 25 Stat. 1104 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to Samson M. David.

    Ch. 529 · 25 Stat. 1104 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Benjamin Contel.

    Ch. 530 · 25 Stat. 1104 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Smith.

    Ch. 531 · 25 Stat. 1104 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Evalina P. Brown.

    Ch. 532 · 25 Stat. 1104 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Lewis C. Keck.

    Ch. 533 · 25 Stat. 1105 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to John E. Lewis.

    Ch. 534 · 25 Stat. 1105 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. West.

    Ch. 535 · 25 Stat. 1105 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to Mary Dickinson.

    Ch. 536 · 25 Stat. 1105 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to John F. Huckaba.

    Ch. 537 · 25 Stat. 1106 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Ruth Ann Porter.

    Ch. 538 · 25 Stat. 1106 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Aurelia P. Hall.

    Ch. 539 · 25 Stat. 1106 · July 4, 1888 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to James McCaffrey.

    Ch. 540 · 25 Stat. 1106 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to James W. Harriman.

    Ch. 541 · 25 Stat. 1106 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Marquis D. Davis.

    Ch. 542 · 25 Stat. 1107 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Friedericke Raff.

    Ch. 543 · 25 Stat. 1107 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of Samuel E. Wyman.

    Ch. 544 · 25 Stat. 1107 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of James H. Orr.

    Ch. 545 · 25 Stat. 1107 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Anna M. Thiele.

    Ch. 546 · 25 Stat. 1107 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of Chloe Fraily.

    Ch. 547 · 25 Stat. 1108 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Ann Shaver.

    Ch. 548 · 25 Stat. 1108 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Robert Lisle.

    Ch. 549 · 25 Stat. 1108 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Robert McClean.

    Ch. 550 · 25 Stat. 1108 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to Johanna Eckhardt.

    Ch. 551 · 25 Stat. 1108 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Henry P. Alexander.

    Ch. 552 · 25 Stat. 1109 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to Adelaide L. Jessup.

    Ch. 553 · 25 Stat. 1109 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Mary Monti.

    Ch. 554 · 25 Stat. 1109 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Augustus Axmacher.

    Ch. 555 · 25 Stat. 1109 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Martha B. Perry.

    Ch. 556 · 25 Stat. 1109 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to John H. Rountree.

    Ch. 557 · 25 Stat. 1110 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Isabella F. Dyke.

    Ch. 558 · 25 Stat. 1110 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to William P. Gordon.

    Ch. 559 · 25 Stat. 1110 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting pensions to Ada Piatt, Leota Piatt, and Jessie Piatt.

    Ch. 560 · 25 Stat. 1110 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Ordway.

    Ch. 561 · 25 Stat. 1110 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Benson.

    Ch. 562 · 25 Stat. 1111 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting an increase of pension to Elias Shafer.

    Ch. 563 · 25 Stat. 1111 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mary L. Cleveland.

    Ch. 564 · 25 Stat. 1111 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act to increase the pension of Lucius B. Varney.

    Ch. 565 · 25 Stat. 1111 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act to increase the pension of John R. Stiles.

    Ch. 566 · 25 Stat. 1111 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act to grant a pension to Joanna Barry.

    Ch. 567 · 25 Stat. 1112 · July 5, 1888 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act to amend chapter two hundred and fifty-three of the acts of the Second Session Forty-fifth Congress, passed June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, granting a pension to John Langland.

    Ch. 568 · 25 Stat. 1112 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Eleanor S. Lawson.

    Ch. 569 · 25 Stat. 1112 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to William M. Davis.

    Ch. 570 · 25 Stat. 1113 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Sarah J. Tompkins.

    Ch. 571 · 25 Stat. 1113 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Maria A. Salisbury and Almira Morgan, only children of Major Abner Morgan of the Revolutionary army.

    Ch. 572 · 25 Stat. 1113 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Lovina J. Reeves.

    Ch. 573 · 25 Stat. 1113 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to John Magher.

     Ch. 574 · 25 Stat. 1114 · July 6, 1888 · Private law · Original text