Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Mary B. Hascall.

   Ch. 112 · 26 Stat. 1339 · February 4, 1891 · Private law · Original text

2. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue ordnance and ordnance stores to the Washington High School.

   Public Resolution 9 · 26 Stat. 1113 · February 5, 1891 · Original text

3. An act to amend section one hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

   Ch. 113 · 26 Stat. 733 · February 6, 1891 · Original text

4. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Pueblo, in the State of Colorado.

   Ch. 114 · 26 Stat. 733 · February 7, 1891 · Original text

5. An act making an appropriation for the construction of new buildings and the enlargement of the military post at Plattsburgh, New York.

   Ch. 115 · 26 Stat. 734 · February 7, 1891 · Original text

6. An act making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Eleventh Census.

   Ch. 116 · 26 Stat. 735 · February 7, 1891 · Original text

7. An act to prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors under sixteen years of age in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 117 · 26 Stat. 736 · February 7, 1891 · Original text

8. Joint resolution to increase from fifty to one hundred the number of copies of the eulogies on the late Samuel Sullivan Cox to be delivered to his widow.

   Public Resolution 10 · 26 Stat. 1114 · February 7, 1891 · Original text

9. An Act to appropriate the sum of five hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty cents to George B. Kane and Company, in full payment of a balance due them for printer’s ink furnished by them to the Public Printer.

   Ch. 118 · 26 Stat. 1339 · February 7, 1891 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to grant a pension to Major-General Franz Sigel.

    Ch. 119 · 26 Stat. 1340 · February 7, 1891 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting an increase of pension to Joseph J. Bartlett.

    Ch. 120 · 26 Stat. 1340 · February 7, 1891 · Private law · Original text

12. An act to authorize the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company to bridge the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at certain points, where the same forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky.

    Ch. 121 · 26 Stat. 736 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

13. An act to amend sections twelve hundred and sixteen, and twelve hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes relative to certificates of merit to enlisted men of the Army.

    Ch. 122 · 26 Stat. 737 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

14. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River for the use of the Chesapeake and Nashville Railway, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 123 · 26 Stat. 737 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

15. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Columbus in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 124 · 26 Stat. 738 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

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

    Ch. 125 · 26 Stat. 739 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

17. An act to promote the construction of a safe deep-water harbor on the coast of Texas.

    Ch. 126 · 26 Stat. 740 · February 9, 1891 · Original text

18. An act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, tools, or other implements used in counterfeiting, and providing penalties therefor, and providing for the issue of search warrants in certain eases.

    Ch. 127 · 26 Stat. 742 · February 10, 1891 · Original text

19. An act to amend an act entitled “ An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. 128 · 26 Stat. 743 · February 10, 1891 · Original text

20. An act granting to the Umatilla Irrigation Company a right of way through the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 129 · 26 Stat. 745 · February 10, 1891 · Original text

21. An act to amend sections forty-seven hundred and eighty-three and fifty-four hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 130 · 26 Stat. 746 · February 10, 1891 · Original text

22. An act to provide for an additional associate Justice of the supreme court of Arizona.

    Ch. 131 · 26 Stat. 747 · February 11, 1891 · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of James H. Smith, late postmaster at Memphis, Tennessee.

    Ch. 132 · 26 Stat. 1340 · February 11, 1891 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Michael Meskell.

    Ch. 133 · 26 Stat. 1340 · February 11, 1891 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of George Gunnell.

    Ch. 134 · 26 Stat. 1340 · February 11, 1891 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Ellen E. Truex.

    Ch. 135 · 26 Stat. 1341 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Lydia A. Eaton.

    Ch. 136 · 26 Stat. 1341 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Lucy A. George.

    Ch. 137 · 26 Stat. 1341 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Hayes.

    Ch. 138 · 26 Stat. 1341 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Jeremiah M. Sidwell.

    Ch. 139 · 26 Stat. 1341 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to George W. Pitner.

    Ch. 140 · 26 Stat. 1342 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Bridget Lynch.

    Ch. 141 · 26 Stat. 1342 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Nancy Hartley.

    Ch. 142 · 26 Stat. 1342 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Elizalieth Burnett.

    Ch. 143 · 26 Stat. 1342 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Aphia M. Brown.

    Ch. 144 · 26 Stat. 1342 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Susan Young.

    Ch. 145 · 26 Stat. 1343 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Charlotte B. Nutting.

    Ch. 146 · 26 Stat. 1343 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a pension to John Pickard.

    Ch. 147 · 26 Stat. 1343 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Hogan.

    Ch. 148 · 26 Stat. 1343 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Bazel Lemley.

    Ch. 149 · 26 Stat. 1343 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Maria Hassendeubel and Apollonia Hassendeubel.

    Ch. 150 · 26 Stat. 1344 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Thomas J. Wilkins.

    Ch. 151 · 26 Stat. 1344 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting an increase of pension to Alfred A. Jerome.

    Ch. 152 · 26 Stat. 1344 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting an increase of pension to Matthew C. Griswold.

    Ch. 153 · 26 Stat. 1344 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Barton P. Spencer.

    Ch. 154 · 26 Stat. 1344 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Charles Duerson.

    Ch. 155 · 26 Stat. 1345 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of William Karger.

    Ch. 156 · 26 Stat. 1345 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Caroline A. Fairfax.

    Ch. 157 · 26 Stat. 1345 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of William L. Hurst, of Wolfe County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 158 · 26 Stat. 1345 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act increasing the pension of Catherine Doyle.

    Ch. 159 · 26 Stat. 1345 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to grant an increase of pension to Simon J. Fought.

    Ch. 160 · 26 Stat. 1346 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to increase the pension of Mrs. Mary A. McCulloch.

    Ch. 161 · 26 Stat. 1346 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction of the claims on account of property of the Chesapeake Female College, possessed and used by the United States military authorities.

    Ch. 162 · 26 Stat. 1346 · February 12, 1891 · Private law · Original text

54. An act to provide for the disposal of the abandoned Fort Ellis military reservation in Montana under the homestead law, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 163 · 26 Stat. 747 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

55. An act to authorize the construction of a tunnel under the waters of the bay of New York, between the. town of Middletown, in the county of Richmond. and the town of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings, in the State of New York, and to establish the same as a post-road.

    Ch. 164 · 26 Stat. 748 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

56. An act to ratify and confirm agreements with the Sac and Fox Nation of Indiana, and the Iowa tribe of Indians, of Oklahoma Territory, and to make appropriations for carrying out the same.

    Ch. 165 · 26 Stat. 749 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

57. An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Portsmouth. Ohio.

    Ch. 166 · 26 Stat. 759 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

58. An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 167 · 26 Stat. 760 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

59. An act to give consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge over tlie Duck River in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 168 · 26 Stat. 762 · February 13, 1891 · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of Andrew Schneider.

    Ch. 169 · 26 Stat. 1346 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Charles Max Wittig, alias Max Wittig.

    Ch. 170 · 26 Stat. 1347 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of Charles H. Kellen.

    Ch. 171 · 26 Stat. 1347 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act to correct the military record of William E. Crouse.

    Ch. 172 · 26 Stat. 1347 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act to correct the military record of Marcellus Pettitt.

    Ch. 173 · 26 Stat. 1347 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to reimburse H. W. Keyes for money wrongfully paid the United States for commutation.

    Ch. 174 · 26 Stat. 1348 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for cancellation of contract with United States engineer for delivery of stone for the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington.

    Ch. 175 · 26 Stat. 1348 · February 13, 1891 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to John W. Bussabarger.

    Ch. 176 · 26 Stat. 1348 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Phillips

    Ch. 177 · 26 Stat. 1348 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Caroline E. Gray.

    Ch. 178 · 26 Stat. 1349 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Ruth Collier, of Tennessee.

    Ch. 179 · 26 Stat. 1349 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to Alexander Moore.

    Ch. 180 · 26 Stat. 1349 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Harriet J. Yarbrough.

    Ch. 181 · 26 Stat. 1349 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to Ann M. Mosher.

    Ch. 182 · 26 Stat. 1349 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Cooney formerly Margaret Dolan.

    Ch. 183 · 26 Stat. 1350 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Zeruiah A. Potter.

    Ch. 184 · 26 Stat. 1350 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Martha Leach.

    Ch. 185 · 26 Stat. 1350 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to Orrin Day.

    Ch. 186 · 26 Stat. 1350 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Drewry Porter.

    Ch. 187 · 26 Stat. 1350 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to Annie M. Kimball, widow of Alvah M. Kimball, Company H, Sixth New Hampshire Regiment Volunteers.

    Ch. 188 · 26 Stat. 1351 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to Theressa D. Doubles.

    Ch. 189 · 26 Stat. 1351 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Sophia Wenzel.

    Ch. 190 · 26 Stat. 1351 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Annie B. Pettigrew.

    Ch. 191 · 26 Stat. 1351 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting pension to Margaret Proctor Noyes.

    Ch. 192 · 26 Stat. 1351 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. K. S. Sutliff, widow of John D. Sutliff.

    Ch. 193 · 26 Stat. 1352 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Baldouf.

    Ch. 194 · 26 Stat. 1352 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth D. Foster.

    Ch. 195 · 26 Stat. 1352 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Lorain McCook.

    Ch. 196 · 26 Stat. 1352 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Lucy J. Blanchard, late a volunteer nurse in the United States military service.

    Ch. 197 · 26 Stat. 1352 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. McKee.

    Ch. 198 · 26 Stat. 1353 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Charles D. Hanscom.

    Ch. 199 · 26 Stat. 1353 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to Diana Dickey.

    Ch. 200 · 26 Stat. 1353 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Captain Andrew J. Briscoe.

    Ch. 201 · 26 Stat. 1353 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Hannah L. Palmer.

    Ch. 202 · 26 Stat. 1354 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Samantha A. Bignell.

    Ch. 203 · 26 Stat. 1354 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Ann Maria Bullock Schram.

    Ch. 204 · 26 Stat. 1354 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Lydia P. Holmes.

    Ch. 205 · 26 Stat. 1354 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to George W. Bryant.

    Ch. 206 · 26 Stat. 1354 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Mary Ann Reid

    Ch. 207 · 26 Stat. 1355 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Thomas H. Bruce.

    Ch. 208 · 26 Stat. 1355 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Polly Gray.

     Ch. 209 · 26 Stat. 1355 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text