Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Jerusha P. Harding.

   Ch. 17 · 26 Stat. 1329 · December 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Mary Jane Blackledge.

   Ch. 18 · 26 Stat. 1329 · December 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting an increase of pension to John S. Ferguson.

   Ch. 19 · 26 Stat. 1329 · December 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act to grant a pension to Hannah B. Shepherd.

   Ch. 20 · 26 Stat. 1329 · December 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act to pension John D. Bagby.

   Ch. 21 · 26 Stat. 1330 · December 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

6. An act providing for the maintenance of discipline among customs officers.

   Ch. 22 · 26 Stat. 690 · December 18, 1890 · Original text

7. An act to authorize the First National Bank of Fort Benton, Montana, to change its location and name.

   Ch. 23 · 26 Stat. 690 · December 18, 1890 · Original text

8. Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale.

   Public Resolution 4 · 26 Stat. 1112 · December 18, 1890 · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Major Daniel N. Bash, paymaster, United States Army.

   Ch. 24 · 26 Stat. 1330 · December 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

10. An act to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 25 · 26 Stat. 691 · December 20, 1890 · Original text

11. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the.Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the twentieth day of said month.

    Public Resolution 5 · 26 Stat. 1112 · December 20, 1890 · Original text

12. An act to amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, regulation of steam-vessels.

    Ch. 26 · 26 Stat. 692 · December 22, 1890 · Original text

13. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Madison, in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 27 · 26 Stat. 693 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

14. An act to erect a public building at Lima, Ohio,

    Ch. 28 · 26 Stat. 694 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

15. An act to provide for the construction of a public building at Meridian, in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 29 · 26 Stat. 695 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

16. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Rock Island, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 30 · 26 Stat. 696 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

17. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Racine, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 31 · 26 Stat. 696 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

18. An act for a public building at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 32 · 26 Stat. 697 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

19. Joint resolution concerning the publication of the United States map for the use of Congress.

    Public Resolution 6 · 26 Stat. 1112 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

20. Joint resolution defining a quorum of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 7 · 26 Stat. 1113 · December 24, 1890 · Original text

21. An act authorizing the city of Albany, in the county of Linn, State of Oregon, to construct a bridge across the Willamette River, in said State.

    Ch. 33 · 26 Stat. 698 · December 26, 1890 · Original text

22. An act authorizing the Bowling Green and Northern Railroad Company to bridge Green and Barren Rivers.

    Ch. 34 · 26 Stat. 700 · December 26, 1890 · Original text

23. An Act granting a pension to Adele Jones.

    Ch. 35 · 26 Stat. 1330 · December 26, 1890 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to George H. Rider.

    Ch. 36 · 26 Stat. 1330 · December 26, 1890 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of James B. Guthrie.

    Ch. 37 · 26 Stat. 1331 · December 26, 1890 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act releasing S. H. Brooks, assistant treasurer of the United. States, and his sureties on his official bond.

    Ch. 38 · 26 Stat. 1331 · December 26, 1890 · Private law · Original text

27. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Beatrice, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 38 · 26 Stat. 701 · December 27, 1890 · Original text

28. An act for the erection of a public building at Camden, Arkansas.

    Ch. 39 · 26 Stat. 702 · December 27, 1890 · Original text

29. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 40 · 26 Stat. 703 · December 27, 1890 · Original text

30. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. 42 · 26 Stat. 703 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

31. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Taunton, in the State of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 43 · 26 Stat. 704 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

32. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Kansas City, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 44 · 26 Stat. 705 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

33. An act providing for a public building in South Bend, Indiana.

    Ch. 45 · 26 Stat. 706 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

34. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Reidsville North Carolina.

    Ch. 46 · 26 Stat. 706 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

35. An act for the erection of a public building at Rome, Georgia.

    Ch. 47 · 26 Stat. 707 · January 2, 1891 · Original text

36. An Act increasing the pension of Eliza B. Dorrance, widow of the late George W, Dorrance, chaplain United States Navy.

    Ch. 48 · 26 Stat. 1331 · January 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of Henry W. Burlingame.

    Ch. 49 · 26 Stat. 1331 · January 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the erection of a public building at the city of Bloomington, Illinois.

    Ch. 50 · 26 Stat. 707 · January 5, 1891 · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to John Lindt.

    Ch. 51 · 26 Stat. 1332 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Richard Jackson.

    Ch. 52 · 26 Stat. 1332 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Nancy Rarden.

    Ch. 53 · 26 Stat. 1332 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Lydia Hood.

    Ch. 54 · 26 Stat. 1332 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to B. S. Roan.

    Ch. 55 · 26 Stat. 1332 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Robert A. England.

    Ch. 56 · 26 Stat. 1333 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to pension Caroll Renfro.

    Ch. 57 · 26 Stat. 1333 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act to pension Willis Brooks.

    Ch. 58 · 26 Stat. 1333 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act to restore the pension or Susan Nelson Page.

    Ch. 59 · 26 Stat. 1333 · January 6, 1891 · Private law · Original text

48. An act to incorporate The King Theological Hall.

    Ch. 60 · 26 Stat. 708 · January 7, 1891 · Original text

49. An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the first half of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 61 · 26 Stat. 709 · January 8, 1891 · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Charles N. Felton, formerly assistant treasurer of the United States at San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 62 · 26 Stat. 1333 · January 8, 1891 · Private law · Original text

51. An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 63 · 26 Stat. 710 · January 12, 1891 · Original text

52. An act to provide for the construction of a public building in the city of Stockton, California.

    Ch. 64 · 26 Stat. 711 · January 12, 1891 · Original text

53. An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California.

    Ch. 65 · 26 Stat. 712 · January 12, 1891 · Original text

54. An act for the erection of a public building at Newburgh, New York.

    Ch. 66 · 26 Stat. 714 · January 12, 1891 · Original text

55. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Danville, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 67 · 26 Stat. 715 · January 12, 1891 · Original text

56. An Act directing the issue of a duplicate of a lost check drawn by A. W. Beard, collector of customs at the port of Boston, Massachusetts, in favor of De Blois and Company.

    Ch. 68 · 26 Stat. 1334 · January 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to pension Mary Jane Martin.

    Ch. 69 · 26 Stat. 1334 · January 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

58. An act to amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions.

    Ch. 70 · 26 Stat. 716 · January 13, 1891 · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of Abraham Lisner.

    Ch. 71 · 26 Stat. 1334 · January 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

60. An act for the erection of a public building at Sioux City, Iowa.

    Ch. 72 · 26 Stat. 717 · January 15, 1891 · Original text

61. An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Gallup, Bernalillo County, Territory of New Mexico.

    Ch. 73 · 26 Stat. 718 · January 15, 1891 · Original text

62. An act to authorize the Treasurer of the United States to receive and keep on deposit funds of the Soldiers’ Home in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 74 · 26 Stat. 718 · January 16, 1891 · Original text

63. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certain duplicate bonds to Janies E, Andrews to replace same destroyed by tire.

    Ch. 75 · 26 Stat. 1335 · January 16, 1891 · Private law · Original text

64. An act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 76 · 26 Stat. 718 · January 19, 1891 · Original text

65. An act to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out, in part, the provisions of “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, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and making appropriations for the same and for other purposes.

    Ch. 77 · 26 Stat. 720 · January 19, 1891 · Original text

66. An act to increase the limit of cost of the public building at Charleston, South Carolina.

    Ch. 78 · 26 Stat. 721 · January 19, 1891 · Original text

67. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to grant to the trustees of the Maine Insane Asylum, Augusta. Maine, a license to construct a roadway through the United States arsenal grounds at Augusta, Maine, and allow the same to be used by the public.

    Ch. 79 · 26 Stat. 721 · January 19, 1891 · Original text

68. An act to amend sections thirteen hundred and forty-six and thirteen hundred and forty-eight of the He vised Statutes of the United States, in reference to the visitation and inspection of the military prison and examination of its accounts and government.

    Ch. 80 · 26 Stat. 722 · January 19, 1891 · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Stubbs and Lackey.

    Ch. 81 · 26 Stat. 1335 · January 19, 1891 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of the sureties of George W. Hook, deceased.

    Ch. 82 · 26 Stat. 1335 · January 20, 1891 · Private law · Original text

71. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Youngstown, Ohio.

    Ch. 83 · 26 Stat. 722 · January 21, 1891 · Original text

72. An act for the erection of a public building at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

    Ch. 84 · 26 Stat. 723 · January 21, 1891 · Original text

73. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Lewiston, in the State of Maine.

    Ch. 85 · 26 Stat. 724 · January 21, 1891 · Original text

74. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Haverhill, in the State of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 86 · 26 Stat. 725 · January 21, 1891 · Original text

75. An act to provide for enlarging the proposed public building at Savannah, Georgia: the purchase of another site, if practicable, and for the sale of the present site.

    Ch. 87 · 26 Stat. 726 · January 21, 1891 · Original text

76. An Act to make payment to E. H. Mix. E. H. Griswold, D. D. Griffith, and C. C. Goodspeed, on erroneous land-entry payments.

    Ch. 88 · 26 Stat. 1336 · January 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Major Joseph W. Wham, paymaster United States Army.

    Ch. 89 · 26 Stat. 1336 · January 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. E. J. Baldy, widow of W. H. Baldy.

    Ch. 90 · 26 Stat. 1336 · January 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

79. An act to provide for the construction of a public building at Portland, Oregon.

    Ch. 91 · 26 Stat. 727 · January 24, 1891 · Original text

80. An act to provide the assessor of the District of Columbia with plats of subdivisions outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

    Ch. 92 · 26 Stat. 728 · January 24, 1891 · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Richardson.

    Ch. 94 · 26 Stat. 1137 · January 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Charlotte Stenger.

    Ch. 93 · 26 Stat. 1337 · January 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting an increase of pension to Aaron H. Le Van.

    Ch. 95 · 26 Stat. 1337 · January 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting an increase of pension to Sarah V. Azpell.

    Ch. 96 · 26 Stat. 1337 · January 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of Amos Gilbert.

    Ch. 97 · 26 Stat. 1337 · January 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

86. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to loan certain cannon to the Saratoga Monument Association.

    Ch. 98 · 26 Stat. 728 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

87. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Sioux Falls, in the State of South Dakota.

    Ch. 99 · 26 Stat. 729 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

88. An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Staunton, Virginia.

    Ch. 100 · 26 Stat. 730 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

89. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Saint Albans, in the State of Vermont.

    Ch. 101 · 26 Stat. 730 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

90. An act for the erection of a public building at Akron, Ohio.

    Ch. 102 · 26 Stat. 731 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

91. An act to provide for the construction of a public building at Davenport, Iowa.

    Ch. 103 · 26 Stat. 731 · January 26, 1891 · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Frederick Slawson.

    Ch. 104 · 26 Stat. 1338 · January 26, 1891 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Johanna Teubner.

    Ch. 105 · 26 Stat. 1338 · January 26, 1891 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to George A. Perkins.

    Ch. 106 · 26 Stat. 1338 · January 26, 1891 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mary McIntosh.

    Ch. 107 · 26 Stat. 1338 · January 26, 1891 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to remove the charges of desertion from the records of the War Department as to Dudley Johnson, late ordnance sergeant, United States Army.

    Ch. 108 · 26 Stat. 1338 · January 26, 1891 · Private law · Original text

97. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Mankato, in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 109 · 26 Stat. 732 · January 27, 1891 · Original text

98. Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Hon. Edward J. Gay.

    Public Resolution 8 · 26 Stat. 1113 · January 28, 1891 · Original text

99. An Act to provide increase of pension to Hosea Brown, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve

    Ch. 110 · 26 Stat. 1339 · January 28, 1891 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Emily P. Collins.

     Ch. 111 · 26 Stat. 1339 · January 28, 1891 · Private law · Original text