Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting an increase of pension to General Horace Boughton

   Ch. 88 · 26 Stat. 1124 · April 16, 1890 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be examined certain vouchers filed, or to he filed, by the State of Missouri, or her agent or agents, for, sums claimed to lie due from the Government of the United States on account of payments made by said State since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to the officers and enlisted men of her militia forces for military services rendered to the United States in the suppression of the rebellion, as evidenced by the proper payrolls heretofore filed with, examined, and accepted by the Government of the United States, and to report to Congress.

   Ch. 89 · 26 Stat. 57 · April 17, 1890 · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to M. J. Fogg.

   Ch. 90 · 26 Stat. 1125 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to David H. Lutman.

   Ch. 91 · 26 Stat. 1125 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to George Fitzclarence.

   Ch. 92 · 26 Stat. 1125 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Daniel A. Culman.

   Ch. 93 · 26 Stat. 1125 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Dennis.

   Ch. 94 · 26 Stat. 1125 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a pension to Easter A. Jackson.

   Ch. 95 · 26 Stat. 1126 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Nicholas Moy.

   Ch. 96 · 26 Stat. 1126 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Catherine Morris.

    Ch. 97 · 26 Stat. 1126 · April 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to amend and continue in force “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Forest City, Dakota, by the Forest City and Watertown Railway Company/’ approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 98 · 26 Stat. 57 · April 18, 1890 · Original text

12. An Act to remove political disabilities of D. C. Stith, a citizen of Texas.

    Ch. 99 · 26 Stat. 1126 · April 18, 1890 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act authorizing the President to appoint and retire John C. Fremont as a major-general in the United States Army.

    Ch. 58 · 26 Stat. 58 · April 19, 1890 · Original text

14. An Act to extend to the port of San Antonio, in the customs collection district of Saluria, in the State of Texas, the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled, “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 101 · 26 Stat. 58 · April 19, 1890 · Original text

15. Joint resolution requesting the Secretary of War to cause a further report to be made as to the practicability and approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan.

    Public Resolution 15 · 26 Stat. 671 · April 19, 1890 · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Daniel V. O'Leary.

    Ch. 102 · 26 Stat. 1126 · April 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Eliza Stanton.

    Ch. 103 · 26 Stat. 1127 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Mattie W. House.

    Ch. 104 · 26 Stat. 1127 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Helen E. Dewey.

    Ch. 105 · 26 Stat. 1127 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Samuel L. M. Proctor.

    Ch. 106 · 26 Stat. 1127 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of William Carroll.

    Ch. 107 · 26 Stat. 1127 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth O. Gibson

    Ch. 108 · 26 Stat. 1128 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of John J. Freeland.

    Ch. 109 · 26 Stat. 1128 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Van Etten.

    Ch. 110 · 26 Stat. 1128 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act granting a pension to John R. Petrie.

    Ch. 111 · 26 Stat. 1128 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act granting a pension to Lovina Wright.

    Ch. 112 · 26 Stat. 1128 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth E. Groff.

    Ch. 113 · 26 Stat. 1129 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act granting a pension to Bridget Carroll.

    Ch. 114 · 26 Stat. 1129 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Sarah McTavey.

    Ch. 115 · 26 Stat. 1129 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act granting a pension to Margaret J. Fletcher.

    Ch. 116 · 26 Stat. 1129 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act granting a pension to Lucy R. Olmstead.

    Ch. 117 · 26 Stat. 1129 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Cynthia Day.

    Ch. 118 · 26 Stat. 1130 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to William H. Brimmer,

    Ch. 119 · 26 Stat. 1130 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Ann Ford.

    Ch. 120 · 26 Stat. 1130 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Ellen Shears.

    Ch. 121 · 26 Stat. 1130 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act granting a pension to Abbie D. Johnson

    Ch. 122 · 26 Stat. 1130 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to Delia W. Marshall.

    Ch. 123 · 26 Stat. 1131 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a pension to Carrie B. Wirtz.

    Ch. 124 · 26 Stat. 1131 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to George Faulk.

    Ch. 125 · 26 Stat. 1131 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Thomas Kelly.

    Ch. 126 · 26 Stat. 1131 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Mary Taffe.

    Ch. 127 · 26 Stat. 1131 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Henrietta L. Arlin.

    Ch. 128 · 26 Stat. 1132 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to Robert Hill.

    Ch. 129 · 26 Stat. 1132 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to William R. Scurlock.

    Ch. 130 · 26 Stat. 1132 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a pension to Amasa Chase

    Ch. 131 · 26 Stat. 1132 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Frederick Bischer.

    Ch. 132 · 26 Stat. 1132 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Jane Reynolds.

    Ch. 133 · 26 Stat. 1133 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to increase the pension of Mrs. Emma A. Hart.

    Ch. 134 · 26 Stat. 1133 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to increase the pension of Horace B. Lewis.

    Ch. 135 · 26 Stat. 1133 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to increase the pension of Mary M. Gibson, widow of Commander William Gibson.

    Ch. 136 · 26 Stat. 1133 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to increase the pension of Alonzo Alden.

    Ch. 137 · 26 Stat. 1133 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to pension Julia Fleming.

    Ch. 138 · 26 Stat. 1134 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act to pension Hiram Wilbur.

    Ch. 139 · 26 Stat. 1134 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act granting an increase of pension to George Colwell.

    Ch. 140 · 26 Stat. 1134 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act granting an increase of pension to Daniel M. Maulding.

    Ch. 141 · 26 Stat. 1134 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act to pension John D. Prator for service in the Indian war.

    Ch. 142 · 26 Stat. 1134 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to pension Joel B. Tribble for service in the Indian War.

    Ch. 143 · 26 Stat. 1135 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act to pension Henry S. Morgan.

    Ch. 144 · 26 Stat. 1135 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act to pension Green B. Lee.

    Ch. 145 · 26 Stat. 1135 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act to restore the pension of Mrs. Helen S. Spring.

    Ch. 146 · 26 Stat. 1135 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act increasing the pension of John Taylor.

    Ch. 147 · 26 Stat. 1136 · April 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to authorize the Natchitoches Cane River Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Cane River, in Louisiana.

    Ch. 148 · 26 Stat. 58 · April 22, 1890 · Original text

63. An Act to amend an act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Trail Creek, in the city of Michigan City, Indiana.

    Ch. 149 · 26 Stat. 59 · April 22, 1890 · Original text

64. An Act requiring purchasers of lands in the Pawnee Reservation, in the.State of Nebraska, to make payment, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 150 · 26 Stat. 60 · April 22, 1890 · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Joseph D Williamson

    Ch. 151 · 26 Stat. 1136 · April 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 152 · 26 Stat. 60 · April 23, 1890 · Original text

67. An Act to establish three new land districts in the Territory of Wyoming.

    Ch. 153 · 26 Stat. 61 · April 23, 1890 · Original text

68. An Act granting increase of pension to Nancy Smith

    Ch. 153 · 26 Stat. 1136 · April 23, 1890 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to George L. Sanders.

    Ch. 153 · 26 Stat. 1136 · April 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the product of the soil, mine, and sea in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 156 · 26 Stat. 62 · April 25, 1890 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.

    Public Resolution 16 · 26 Stat. 671 · April 25, 1890 · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Theresa Herbst.

    Ch. 156 · 26 Stat. 1137 · April 25, 1890 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act to increase the pension of William Boone.

    Ch. 157 · 26 Stat. 1137 · April 25, 1890 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, amendatory of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 159 · 26 Stat. 66 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

75. An Act to construct a public building at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Ch. 160 · 26 Stat. 66 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

76. An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota.

    Ch. 161 · 26 Stat. 67 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

77. An Act for the erection of a public building at Galesburgh, Illinois.

    Ch. 162 · 26 Stat. 69 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

78. An Act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    Ch. 163 · 26 Stat. 69 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

79. An Act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Troy, New York.

    Ch. 164 · 26 Stat. 71 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

80. An Act to regulate the sitting of the courts of the United States within the District of South Carolina.

    Ch. 165 · 26 Stat. 71 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

81. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building for a post-office and other Gm eminent offices in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

    Ch. 166 · 26 Stat. 72 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

82. An Act providing the terms and places of holding the courts of the United States in the district of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 26 Stat. 72 · April 26, 1890 · Original text

83. An Act for the erection of a public building in the city of San Jose State of California

    Ch. 168 · 26 Stat. 73 · April 28, 1890 · Original text

84. An Act granting the counties of Hennepin and Dakota, Minnesota, the right to build two bridges across the Minnesota River.

    Ch. 169 · 26 Stat. 74 · April 28, 1890 · Original text

85. An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North.

    Ch. 170 · 26 Stat. 75 · April 28, 1890 · Original text

86. An Act to create a customs district of the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 171 · 26 Stat. 77 · April 29, 1890 · Original text

87. An Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company.

    Ch. 172 · 26 Stat. 77 · April 30, 1890 · Original text

88. An Act for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park.

    Ch. 173 · 26 Stat. 78 · April 30, 1890 · Original text

89. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon-bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. 174 · 26 Stat. 79 · April 30, 1890 · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Catharine Tittle, widow of Ephraim Tittle.

    Ch. 175 · 26 Stat. 1137 · April 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to Hannah R. Langdon.

    Ch. 176 · 26 Stat. 1137 · April 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Sarah C. Hurlbutt.

    Ch. 177 · 26 Stat. 1138 · April 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Emma L. Selfridge.

    Ch. 178 · 26 Stat. 1138 · April 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act providing a pension for Matilda C. King.

    Ch. 179 · 26 Stat. 1138 · April 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act to establish Rockport, in the district of Belfast, Maine, as a port of delivery.

    Ch. 180 · 26 Stat. 80 · May 1, 1890 · Original text

96. An Act authorizing the Brazos Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos River in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 181 · 26 Stat. 80 · May 1, 1890 · Original text

97. Joint resolution authorizing the use and improvement of Castle Island, in Boston Harbor.

    Public Resolution 17 · 26 Stat. 671 · May 1, 1890 · Original text

98. Joint resolution construing part of act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, making appropriations for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General.

    Public Resolution 18 · 26 Stat. 672 · May 1, 1890 · Original text

99. An Act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States Court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 182 · 26 Stat. 81 · May 2, 1890 · Original text

100. An Act to provide for the increase of the limit of cost of site and public buildings at Newark, New Jersey.

     Ch. 183 · 26 Stat. 100 · May 2, 1890 · Original text