Every law Congress has passed

2,188 laws of the 51st Congress, 1889–1891

1. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase nickel ore or nickel matte for use in the manufacture of nickel-steel armor, and for other naval purposes.

   Public Resolution 55 · 26 Stat. 683 · September 29, 1890 · Original text

2. Joint resolution to correct an error in the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.” approved, September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

   Public Resolution 56 · 26 Stat. 683 · September 29, 1890 · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Green.

   Ch. 1049 · 26 Stat. 1277 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Ewald.

   Ch. 1050 · 26 Stat. 1277 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Delphina P. Walker.

   Ch. 1051 · 26 Stat. 1278 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Levi H. Naron.

   Ch. 1052 · 26 Stat. 1278 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Abraham W. Jackson.

   Ch. 1053 · 26 Stat. 1278 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a pension to Barney McArdle.

   Ch. 1054 · 26 Stat. 1278 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Nancy Carey.

   Ch. 1055 · 26 Stat. 1278 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Fletcher Galloway.

    Ch. 1056 · 26 Stat. 1279 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to Mary H. Curtis.

    Ch. 1057 · 26 Stat. 1279 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act granting a pension to Rachel Barnes.

    Ch. 1058 · 26 Stat. 1279 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting a pension to John Mann.

    Ch. 1059 · 26 Stat. 1279 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to John L. Lindel.

    Ch. 1060 · 26 Stat. 1279 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act granting a pension to Jonas H. Keen.

    Ch. 1061 · 26 Stat. 1280 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to W. H. Obrien

    Ch. 1062 · 26 Stat. 1280 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Mary Welsh.

    Ch. 1063 · 26 Stat. 1280 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Margaret A. Jacoby.

    Ch. 1064 · 26 Stat. 1280 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to Louisa M. Sippell.

    Ch. 1065 · 26 Stat. 1280 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Kate Lane Townes, widow of Colonel Robert R. Townes.

    Ch. 1066 · 26 Stat. 1281 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting a pension to Jay Marvin.

    Ch. 1067 · 26 Stat. 1281 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Emma A. Stafford.

    Ch. 1068 · 26 Stat. 1281 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to D. M. Miller.

    Ch. 1069 · 26 Stat. 1281 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Matilda Evans.

    Ch. 1070 · 26 Stat. 1281 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a pension to Wiatt Parish

    Ch. 1071 · 26 Stat. 1282 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Patten.

    Ch. 1072 · 26 Stat. 1282 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to J. W. Robertson.

    Ch. 1073 · 26 Stat. 1282 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Calvin Rasor.

    Ch. 1074 · 26 Stat. 1282 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Isadora Ritter, formerly Isadora De Wolf Dimmick.

    Ch. 1075 · 26 Stat. 1283 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to James H. Means, Doctor of Medicine.

    Ch. 1076 · 26 Stat. 1283 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Lucinda Chapin.

    Ch. 1077 · 26 Stat. 1283 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to increase the pension of Charles W. Kridler.

    Ch. 1078 · 26 Stat. 1283 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to increase the pension of David Shively.

    Ch. 1079 · 26 Stat. 1283 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to increase the pension of Alexander Forsyth.

    Ch. 1080 · 26 Stat. 1284 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act to increase the pension of George H. Brown, Company I, Sixth Vermont Volunteers.

    Ch. 1081 · 26 Stat. 1284 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to increase the pension of Charles Barker.

    Ch. 1082 · 26 Stat. 1284 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to increase the pension of John N. Harris.

    Ch. 1083 · 26 Stat. 1284 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas Beaumont.

    Ch. 1084 · 26 Stat. 1284 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to increase the pension of Cecilia I. Woods.

    Ch. 1085 · 26 Stat. 1285 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Thomas Nelson.

    Ch. 1086 · 26 Stat. 1285 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of Allen Morris.

    Ch. 1087 · 26 Stat. 1285 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of Margaret Hetzel.

    Ch. 1088 · 26 Stat. 1285 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Olive M. Hechtman.

    Ch. 1089 · 26 Stat. 1285 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Mary E. Hicks.

    Ch. 1090 · 26 Stat. 1286 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of John B. Roper.

    Ch. 1091 · 26 Stat. 1286 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Mary L. Brown, dependent mother of Josiah R. Brown, deceased.

    Ch. 1092 · 26 Stat. 1286 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act to pension Gabriel Stephens

    Ch. 1093 · 26 Stat. 1286 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to pension Elizabeth R. Lockett.

    Ch. 1094 · 26 Stat. 1286 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to pension Susan E. Freeman.

    Ch. 1095 · 26 Stat. 1287 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to place the name of Hettie McConnell on the pension-roll.

    Ch. 1096 · 26 Stat. 1287 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for relief of Colonel James Lindsay.

    Ch. 1097 · 26 Stat. 1287 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Egan.

    Ch. 1098 · 26 Stat. 1287 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act granting a pension to Mary Cannon, daughter of James Cannon, late of Company D, One hundred and twenty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 1099 · 26 Stat. 1288 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting pension to Mrs. Lillis Otis.

    Ch. 1100 · 26 Stat. 1288 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Abell.

    Ch. 1101 · 26 Stat. 1288 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act granting a pension to Lewis W. Bloom, of Etna, Kansas.

    Ch. 1102 · 26 Stat. 1288 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to John Scudder.

    Ch. 1103 · 26 Stat. 1288 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Margaret M. Clements

    Ch. 1104 · 26 Stat. 1289 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Emma G. Clark.

    Ch. 1105 · 26 Stat. 1289 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Rachael A. Fenstamaker.

    Ch. 1106 · 26 Stat. 1289 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to William Stover.

    Ch. 1107 · 26 Stat. 1289 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to William Tolle.

    Ch. 1108 · 26 Stat. 1289 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Mary L. Nash.

    Ch. 1109 · 26 Stat. 1290 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Thomas J. Reed.

    Ch. 1110 · 26 Stat. 1290 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting pension to Sarah Anderson.

    Ch. 1111 · 26 Stat. 1290 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Osborne.

    Ch. 1112 · 26 Stat. 1290 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Catherine Edmands.

    Ch. 1113 · 26 Stat. 1290 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting an increase of pension to Michael Hargain.

    Ch. 1114 · 26 Stat. 1291 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting an increase of pension to Ransom E. Braman.

    Ch. 1115 · 26 Stat. 1291 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting an increase of pension to Prentiss M. Fogler.

    Ch. 1116 · 26 Stat. 1291 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for relief of Lawrence M. Cafflin.

    Ch. 1117 · 26 Stat. 1291 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of W. G. Triece.

    Ch. 1118 · 26 Stat. 1291 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. A. W. Ackley.

    Ch. 1119 · 26 Stat. 1292 · September 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

74. An act to provide an American register for the bark Campanero, of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Ch. 1120 · 26 Stat. 502 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

75. An act to authorize entry of the public lands by incorporated cities and towns for cemetery and park purpose.

    Ch. 1121 · 26 Stat. 502 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

76. An act to authorize the Eagle Pass Water Supply Company and the Compania Proveedora de Aguas de Ciudad Porflrio Diaz to connect their water works communications across the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas.

    Ch. 1122 · 26 Stat. 502 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

77. An act to repeal sections thirty-nine hundred and fifty-two and thirty-nine hundred and fifty-three of Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 1123 · 26 Stat. 503 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

78. An act to provide for the disposal of a portion of the United States military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 1124 · 26 Stat. 503 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

79. An act to amend chapter sixty-seven, volume twenty-third, of the Statutes at Large of the United States.

    Ch. 1125 · 26 Stat. 504 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

80. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1126 · 26 Stat. 504 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

81. An act to provide for the sale of certain New York Indian lands in Kansas.

    Ch. 1127 · 26 Stat. 552 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

82. An act in recognition of the merits and services of Chief Engineer George Wallace Melville, United States Navy, and of the other officers and men of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition.

    Ch. 1128 · 26 Stat. 552 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

83. An act to authorize the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company to cross certain rivers in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 1129 · 26 Stat. 553 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

84. An act authorizing the use of the Louisville and Portland Canal Basin on certain conditions.

    Ch. 1130 · 26 Stat. 554 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

85. An act to authorize the Canaveral and South Florida Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Indian River and one across the Banana River, both in the State of Florida, and to establish the same, in each case, as a post-road.

    Ch. 1131 · 26 Stat. 555 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

86. An act to authorize the Seneca Nation of New York Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and Allegany Reservations, and to confirm existing leases.

    Ch. 1132 · 26 Stat. 558 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

87. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Kentucky River and its tributaries by the Louisville, Covington and Cincinnati Railway Company, the Carrollton and Louisville Railroad Company, and the Westport, Carrollton and Covington Railway Company and their assigns.

    Ch. 1133 · 26 Stat. 558 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

88. An act to authorize the building of a bridge at Dardanelle, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River.

    Ch. 1134 · 26 Stat. 559 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

89. An act to provide an American register for the steamer Joseph Oteri, junior, of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 1135 · 26 Stat. 561 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

90. Joint resolution to enable the Commission having charge of the preparation and erection of the statue with suitable emblematic devices thereon, on one of the public reservations in the city of Washington, to the memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots, to execute the purpose expressed in the Concurrent Resolution adopted by the two Houses of Congress on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

    Public Resolution 57 · 26 Stat. 684 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

91. Joint resolution to surrender certain bonds, drafts, and other papers in the Department of State to Robert S. Hargous, administrator of Louis S. Hargous, deceased.

    Public Resolution 58 · 26 Stat. 684 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

92. Joint resolution to extend the time of payment to settlers on the public lands in certain cases.

    Public Resolution 59 · 26 Stat. 684 · September 30, 1890 · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of William Clawson.

    Ch. 1136 · 26 Stat. 1292 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act increasing the pension of Mary Snead, a revolutionary pensioner.

    Ch. 1137 · 26 Stat. 1292 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act increasing the pension of John B. Reed, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and thirtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

    Ch. 1138 · 26 Stat. 1292 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act increasing the pension of James M. Monroe.

    Ch. 1139 · 26 Stat. 1292 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act increasing the pension of Presly Hale.

    Ch. 1140 · 26 Stat. 1293 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act increasing the pension of Mrs. Clementina Fink.

    Ch. 1141 · 26 Stat. 1293 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act to increase the pension of John H. Grove.

    Ch. 1142 · 26 Stat. 1293 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act to increase the pension of Milton Barnes.

     Ch. 1143 · 26 Stat. 1293 · September 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text