Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act for the relief of Alexander Sturgeon.

   Ch. 210 · 26 Stat. 1355 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of Delila Roe.

   Ch. 211 · 26 Stat. 1356 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Eliza Pyle.

   Ch. 212 · 26 Stat. 1356 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of Daniel Graff.

   Ch. 213 · 26 Stat. 1356 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Martha F. Stebbins.

   Ch. 214 · 26 Stat. 1356 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of Richard M. A. Fenwick, late of the Mexican war.

   Ch. 215 · 26 Stat. 1356 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Frances T. Dana.

   Ch. 216 · 26 Stat. 1357 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth P. Newhouse.

   Ch. 217 · 26 Stat. 1357 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Lillie E. Willis.

   Ch. 218 · 26 Stat. 1357 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to grant a pension to Richard C. Cabeen.

    Ch. 219 · 26 Stat. 1357 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to grant a pension Lydia Ziegler.

    Ch. 220 · 26 Stat. 1357 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to grant a pension to Mrs. Etta Hubbs as an army nurse.

    Ch. 221 · 26 Stat. 1358 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to pension Walker H. Fomby for service in the Indian war.

    Ch. 222 · 26 Stat. 1358 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to pension Hannah C. Reid.

    Ch. 223 · 26 Stat. 1358 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to pension James Murphy.

    Ch. 224 · 26 Stat. 1358 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to pension Thomas Gorham.

    Ch. 225 · 26 Stat. 1359 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act to pension William A. Todd

    Ch. 226 · 26 Stat. 1359 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to pension Sarah Thomasson.

    Ch. 227 · 26 Stat. 1359 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting an increase of pension to John Moran.

    Ch. 228 · 26 Stat. 1359 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting an increase of pension to Willis Sturgeon, of Hart County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 229 · 26 Stat. 1360 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act granting increase of pension to Robert Cullen.

    Ch. 230 · 26 Stat. 1360 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to increase the pension of Daniel King.

    Ch. 231 · 26 Stat. 1360 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act increasing the pension of Mrs. Rochie Brien Buell.

    Ch. 232 · 26 Stat. 1360 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Caroline E. Duryee.

    Ch. 233 · 26 Stat. 1360 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act restoring Bethia White, late Bethia Pool, to the pension roll.

    Ch. 234 · 26 Stat. 1361 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act authorizing an increase of invalid pension to William H. Morse, of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 235 · 26 Stat. 1361 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Henry A. Hoar.

    Ch. 236 · 26 Stat. 1361 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Sarah E. E. Perine, widow and administratrix of William Perine, deceased.

    Ch. 241 · 26 Stat. 1361 · February 14, 1891 · Private law · Original text

29. An act for the erection of a public building at Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    Ch. 237 · 26 Stat. 763 · February 16, 1891 · Original text

30. An act to transfer officers on the retired list of the Army from the limited list to the unlimited.

    Ch. 238 · 26 Stat. 763 · February 16, 1891 · Original text

31. An act for continuing the erection of the public building at Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 239 · 26 Stat. 764 · February 16, 1891 · Original text

32. An act for the construction and completion of suitable school buildings for Indian industrial schools in Wisconsin and other States.

    Ch. 240 · 26 Stat. 764 · February 16, 1891 · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of M. A. Fulton, Silas Staples, and the other sureties upon the official bond of James D. Reymert, executed to the United States on the seventh of February, eighteen hundred and sixty, as receiver of public moneys.

    Ch. 242 · 26 Stat. 1362 · February 16, 1891 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of Duncan D. Cameron, late first lieutenant ninth United States Colored Troops.

    Ch. 243 · 26 Stat. 1363 · February 16, 1891 · Private law · Original text

35. An act to amend an act entitled an act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 244 · 26 Stat. 764 · February 18, 1891 · Original text

36. Joint resolution to correct an error of punctuation in the tariff act of eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Public Resolution 11 · 26 Stat. 1114 · February 18, 1891 · Original text

37. An Act to grant a pension to General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks.

    Ch. 245 · 26 Stat. 1363 · February 18, 1891 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of John Hollins McBlair.

    Ch. 246 · 26 Stat. 1363 · February 19, 1891 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of T. A. Kendig.

    Ch. 247 · 26 Stat. 1364 · February 20, 1891 · Private law · Original text

40. An act to provide for the selection of a site for a military post at San Diego, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 26 Stat. 765 · February 21, 1891 · Original text

41. An act to amend act authorizing Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct road through Indian Territory.

    Ch. 249 · 26 Stat. 765 · February 21, 1891 · Original text

42. An act to amend section forty-one hundred and seventy-eight, Revised Statutes, in relation to the marking of vessels’ names at bow and stern; and also to provide for marking the draft.

    Ch. 250 · 26 Stat. 765 · February 21, 1891 · Original text

43. An act to constitute Nashville, Tennessee, a port of delivery, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 251 · 26 Stat. 766 · February 21, 1891 · Original text

44. An act to facilitate the collection of commercial statistics required by section two of the river and harbor appropriation acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

    Ch. 252 · 26 Stat. 766 · February 21, 1891 · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of John W. Blake.

    Ch. 253 · 26 Stat. 1364 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Selina Bestor, Orson H. Bestor, and E. Francis Riggs.

    Ch. 254 · 26 Stat. 1365 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Nathan. Kimball, postmaster at Ogden, Utah.

    Ch. 255 · 26 Stat. 1365 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to remove the charge of desertion from the record of Michael Flaherty.

    Ch. 256 · 26 Stat. 1365 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of William Jewell College, of Liberty, Clay County, Missouri.

    Ch. 257 · 26 Stat. 1365 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Henry Clay and others, owners and crew of the whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 258 · 26 Stat. 1366 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Houts.

    Ch. 259 · 26 Stat. 1366 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of James M. Lowry.

    Ch. 260 · 26 Stat. 1366 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Abram F. McCurdy.

    Ch. 261 · 26 Stat. 1367 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the relief of North S. Storms.

    Ch. 262 · 26 Stat. 1367 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of the owners and crews of the American whaling-vessels Midas, Progress, Lagoda, Daniel Webster, and Europa.

    Ch. 263 · 26 Stat. 1367 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to revoke the order of dismissal of William L. Lenan, first lieutenant Company B, Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and to accept his resignation

    Ch. 265 · 26 Stat. 1368 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to remove the charge of desertion against Urs Ambrose Nunlist.

    Ch. 266 · 26 Stat. 1369 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Custer.

    Ch. 264 · 26 Stat. 2368 · February 21, 1891 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Levi Danley.

    Ch. 267 · 26 Stat. 1369 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Betsey Johnson.

    Ch. 268 · 26 Stat. 1369 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Sarah J. Powers.

    Ch. 269 · 26 Stat. 1369 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pen Bion to Andrew J. Elliott.

    Ch. 270 · 26 Stat. 1369 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Adaline L. Miller.

    Ch. 271 · 26 Stat. 1370 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Hinsdale.

    Ch. 272 · 26 Stat. 1370 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Peter Zimmerman.

    Ch. 273 · 26 Stat. 1370 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Myra E. Lakin.

    Ch. 274 · 26 Stat. 1370 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Frank C. Myrick.

    Ch. 275 · 26 Stat. 1370 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to John Farrell.

    Ch. 276 · 26 Stat. 1371 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Nathan C. Moore.

    Ch. 277 · 26 Stat. 1371 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting an increase of pension to Joseph C. Fosnot.

    Ch. 278 · 26 Stat. 1371 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of Rodman M. Price.

    Ch. 279 · 26 Stat. 1371 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act to increase the pension of Edward H. Leib.

    Ch. 280 · 26 Stat. 1372 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to pension Charles W, Geddes for services rendered in the war with Mexico.

    Ch. 281 · 26 Stat. 1372 · February 23, 1891 · Private law · Original text

74. An act amending the act of July twentieth, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two. dividing the State of Iowa into two judicial districts.

    Ch. 282 · 26 Stat. 767 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

75. An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 283 · 26 Stat. 767 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

76. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 284 · 26 Stat. 770 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

77. An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Roanoke. Roanoke County, Virginia.

    Ch. 285 · 26 Stat. 780 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

78. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

    Ch. 286 · 26 Stat. 781 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

79. An act fixing the salaries of the several judges of the United States district courts at five thousand dollars per annum.

    Ch. 287 · 26 Stat. 783 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

80. An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 288 · 26 Stat. 783 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

81. An act for the relief of settlers upon, certain lands in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 289 · 26 Stat. 787 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

82. An act for the erection of a public building at Richmond, Kentucky.

    Ch. 290 · 26 Stat. 787 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

83. An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a bridge at South Saint Paul, Minnesota.”

    Ch. 291 · 26 Stat. 788 · February 24, 1891 · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of D. H. Mitchell.

    Ch. 292 · 26 Stat. 1372 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act to amend the act of Congress approved September twenty-ninth. eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the President to restore Tenedor Ten Eyck to the Army and place him on the retired list.

    Ch. 293 · 26 Stat. 1372 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act to authorize the proper accounting officers of the Treasury to audit and pay the claim of the county of Schuylkill, in the State of Pennsylvania, for money advanced by it under allotments made by soldiers from said county during the late rebellion, by virtue of section twelve of the act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property,” approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

    Ch. 294 · 26 Stat. 1373 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act providing for a board to examine and report as to the physical condition of William C. Spencer at the time of his resignation from the Army.

    Ch. 295 · 26 Stat. 1373 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Jones, widow of John Jones, deceased.

    Ch. 296 · 26 Stat. 1373 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of William G. Tidwell.

    Ch. 297 · 26 Stat. 1374 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of James Brown.

    Ch. 298 · 26 Stat. 1374 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting an increase of pension to General W. H. Powell.

    Ch. 299 · 26 Stat. 1374 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Daniel Ullman.

    Ch. 300 · 26 Stat. 1374 · February 24, 1891 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of William M. Robinson.

    Ch. 301 · 26 Stat. 1375 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Lyle, deceased.

    Ch. 302 · 26 Stat. 1375 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Margaret Constable.

    Ch. 303 · 26 Stat. 1375 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Coplin McKelvey.

    Ch. 304 · 26 Stat. 1375 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of Nancy Potter.

    Ch. 305 · 26 Stat. 1375 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Montgomery Geiger.

    Ch. 306 · 26 Stat. 1376 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of John M. Wright, of Audrain County, Missouri.

    Ch. 307 · 26 Stat. 1376 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Jonathan S. Brink.

     Ch. 308 · 26 Stat. 1376 · February 25, 1891 · Private law · Original text