Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Cynthia M. West.

   Ch. 504 · 26 Stat. 1415 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Louisa A. Starkweather.

   Ch. 505 · 26 Stat. 1415 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Henry L. Morey.

   Ch. 506 · 26 Stat. 1415 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of George W. Quintard and George E. Weed, assignees of John Roach, deceased.

   Ch. 507 · 26 Stat. 1416 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act increasing the pension of Enos J. Searles.

   Ch. 508 · 26 Stat. 1416 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act to re-issue the pension certificate of Nannie W. Metcalfe and allow her a pension as a surgeon’s widow.

   Ch. 509 · 26 Stat. 1416 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Margaret M. Copeland.

   Ch. 510 · 26 Stat. 1416 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to place the name of James H. Walton on the pension rolls.

   Ch. 511 · 26 Stat. 1417 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to relieve John J. Murphy from the charge of Desertion.

   Ch. 512 · 26 Stat. 1417 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to relieve Patrick J. Bench, alias Patrick McBench, from the charge of desertion.

    Ch. 513 · 26 Stat. 1417 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to grant a pension to Mary C. Hoffman, widow of General William Hoffman.

    Ch. 514 · 26 Stat. 1417 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to grant a pension to Nancy Jane Knetsar, of Moline, Illinois.

    Ch. 515 · 26 Stat. 1417 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act restoring the pension of Caroline Dawson.

    Ch. 516 · 26 Stat. 1418 · March 2, 1891 · Private law · Original text

14. Joint resolution authorizing Brigadier-General Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

    Private Resolution 24 · 26 Stat. 459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

15. An act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 517 · 26 Stat. 826 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

16. An act to provide American registers for the steamers Montauk and Mineola.

    Ch. 518 · 26 Stat. 830 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

17. An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce.

    Ch. 519 · 26 Stat. 830 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

18. An act granting the right of way to the Metropolitan Southern Railroad Company through the property of the United States in Montgomery County, Maryland.

    Ch. 520 · 26 Stat. 833 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

19. An act to provide for the safe transport and humane treatment of export cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 521 · 26 Stat. 833 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

20. An act giving the consent of the United States to the erection of Marcha, 1891, a bridge across Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, between the villages of Houghton and Hancock.

    Ch. 522 · 26 Stat. 833 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

21. An act authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 523 · 26 Stat. 835 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

22. An act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 524 · 26 Stat. 835 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

23. An act to make Enfield, Connecticut, a port of delivery in the district of Hartford.

    Ch. 525 · 26 Stat. 836 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

24. An act to authorize the building of a bridge at Van Buren, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River.

    Ch. 526 · 26 Stat. 836 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

25. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 527 · 26 Stat. 838 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

26. An act to provide for the examination and survey of a breakwater to form a harbor of safety and refuge in Lynnhaven Bay, near Cape Henry, at the foot of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.

    Ch. 528 · 26 Stat. 839 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

27. An act for the erection of United States prisons and for the imprisonment of United States prisoners, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 529 · 26 Stat. 839 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

28. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the Bennings Road, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 530 · 26 Stat. 840 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

29. An act relating to junk dealers, dealers in secondhand personal property, and pawnbrokers in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 531 · 26 Stat. 841 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

30. An act authorizing sale of title of United States in lot three, in square south of square nine hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 532 · 26 Stat. 842 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

31. An act to regulate the granting of leases at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 533 · 26 Stat. 842 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

32. An act relating to the treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands.

    Ch. 534 · 26 Stat. 844 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

33. An act to authorize the Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Great Northeastern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 535 · 26 Stat. 844 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

34. An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 536 · 26 Stat. 848 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

35. An act for the erection of a new customhouse in the city of New York, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 537 · 26 Stat. 850 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

36. An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations.

    Ch. 538 · 26 Stat. 851 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

37. An act to establish a court of private land claims, and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories.

    Ch. 539 · 26 Stat. 854 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

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

    Ch. 540 · 26 Stat. 862 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

39. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 541 · 26 Stat. 908 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

40. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other-purposes.

    Ch. 542 · 26 Stat. 948 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

41. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 543 · 26 Stat. 989 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

42. An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 544 · 26 Stat. 1044 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

43. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 545 · 26 Stat. 1053 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

44. An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 546 · 26 Stat. 1062 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

45. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 547 · 26 Stat. 1079 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

46. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and pensiorsof the United States, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 548 · 26 Stat. 1081 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

47. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to suspend for a period of one year from March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the provisions of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring life-saving appliances on steamers,” so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes or bays of the United States;

    Ch. 549 · 26 Stat. 1083 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

48. An act to revise the wages of certain employees in the Government Printing Office.

    Ch. 550 · 26 Stat. 1084 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

49. An act in amendment to the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor.

    Ch. 551 · 26 Stat. 1084 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

50. An act to establish certain ports of delivery in Alaska Territory.

    Ch. 552 · 26 Stat. 1087 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

51. An act authorizing the Coos Bay, Roseburgh and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company, in the county of Coos, State of Oregon, to construct a bridge across the Coal Bank Slough, in said State.

    Ch. 553 · 26 Stat. 1087 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

52. An act authorizing the construction of a railway upon the Government reservation at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

    Ch. 554 · 26 Stat. 1089 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

53. An act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 555 · 26 Stat. 1089 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

54. An act granting to the Missoula and Northern Railroad Company the rig]it of way through the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 556 · 26 Stat. 1091 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

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

    Ch. 557 · 26 Stat. 1092 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

56. An act to incorporate the National Conservatory of Music of America.

    Ch. 558 · 26 Stat. 1093 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

57. An act to amend section eight of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 559 · 26 Stat. 1093 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

58. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Saginaw, in the State of Michigan.

    Ch. 560 · 26 Stat. 1094 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

59. An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 561 · 26 Stat. 1095 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

60. An act to amend section forty-seven hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 562 · 26 Stat. 1103 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

61. An act to provide for the payment of bonds of the District of Columbia falling due July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one and July first and twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 563 · 26 Stat. 1103 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

62. An act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories

    Ch. 564 · 26 Stat. 1104 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

63. An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights.

    Ch. 565 · 26 Stat. 1106 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

64. An act to create a new division in the northern judicial district of Georgia.

    Ch. 566 · 26 Stat. 1110 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

65. Joint resolution to provide for the organization of the circuit courts of appeals.

    Public Resolution 17 · 26 Stat. 1115 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

66. Joint resolution authorizing the State of Oregon to construct, maintain and operate a portage railroad over the property of the United States at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon.

    Public Resolution 18 · 26 Stat. 1116 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

67. Joint resolution appropriating one million dollars for the improvement of the Mississippi River and making the same immediately available

    Public Resolution 19 · 26 Stat. 1116 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

68. Joint resolution to print one hundred thousand copies of report on Diseases of the Horse.

    Public Resolution 20 · 26 Stat. 1117 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

69. Joint resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and fill vacancies in such Board.

    Public Resolution 31 · 26 Stat. 1117 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

70. Joint resolution providing for the greater security of the public buildings in the District of Columbia and their contents from destruction or damage by fire.

    Public Resolution 22 · 26 Stat. 1117 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

71. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Public Resolution 23 · 26 Stat. 1118 · March 3, 1891 · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Louisa V. Kilpatrick, widow of Major General Judson Kilpatrick, United States Volunteers.

    Ch. 567 · 26 Stat. 1418 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting pensions to Powell’s Battalion of Missouri Mounted Volunteers.

    Ch. 568 · 26 Stat. 1418 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Fanny L. Davis.

    Ch. 569 · 26 Stat. 1418 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to Georgie Ann Porter.

    Ch. 570 · 26 Stat. 1419 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to remove the charge of desertion against Richard Weller, and authorizing his honorable discharge.

    Ch. 571 · 26 Stat. 1419 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Charles Wording and others, owners of the brig Xenophon.

    Ch. 572 · 26 Stat. 1419 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of John T. Johnston

    Ch. 573 · 26 Stat. 1419 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act to correct the record of John Holloran, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 574 · 26 Stat. 1420 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Mrs. M. J. Donahoe.

    Ch. 575 · 26 Stat. 1420 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Nancy E. Ellis

    Ch. 576 · 26 Stat. 1420 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Martha N. Hudson.

    Ch. 577 · 26 Stat. 1420 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hollingsworth.

    Ch. 578 · 26 Stat. 1420 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Sue Ditto.

    Ch. 579 · 26 Stat. 1421 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Eliza A. Philbrook.

    Ch. 580 · 26 Stat. 1421 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to John T. Ballard.

    Ch. 581 · 26 Stat. 1421 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Augustus W. Eaton.

    Ch. 582 · 26 Stat. 1421 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting a pension to Emma Fulton.

    Ch. 583 · 26 Stat. 1421 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act granting a pension to Mary Robinson.

    Ch. 584 · 26 Stat. 1422 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a pension to Frances Jane McCloud.

    Ch. 585 · 26 Stat. 1422 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Graham.

    Ch. 586 · 26 Stat. 1422 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act granting a pension to Nancy M Gross.

    Ch. 587 · 26 Stat. 1422 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to George S. Howard.

    Ch. 588 · 26 Stat. 1422 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Lewis J. Baker.

    Ch. 589 · 26 Stat. 1423 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Jesse G. Hamilton.

    Ch. 590 · 26 Stat. 1423 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. M. P. Felch.

    Ch. 591 · 26 Stat. 1423 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Martha A. Brooks.

    Ch. 592 · 26 Stat. 1423 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Harlan E. King.

    Ch. 593 · 26 Stat. 1423 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Hannah M. Foss.

    Ch. 594 · 26 Stat. 1424 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Drusilla A. Sherwood.

     Ch. 595 · 26 Stat. 1424 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text