Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution to authorize Lieutenant Henry R, Lemly, United States Army, to accept a position under the government of the Republic of Colombia.

   Private Resolution 19 · 26 Stat. 1325 · May 2, 1890 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Mary McCowan.

   Ch. 184 · 26 Stat. 1138 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Emma Dill.

   Ch. 185 · 26 Stat. 1138 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to William H. Cummings.

   Ch. 186 · 26 Stat. 1139 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to Davis Foster.

   Ch. 187 · 26 Stat. 1139 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to David C. Bullard.

   Ch. 188 · 26 Stat. 1139 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Olina Hanson.

   Ch. 189 · 26 Stat. 1139 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting increase of pension to George L. Warren.

   Ch. 190 · 26 Stat. 1139 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to restore the name of Mrs. Mary L. Bradford to the pension-roll.

   Ch. 191 · 26 Stat. 1140 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to increase the pension of Zachariah T. Crawford.

    Ch. 192 · 26 Stat. 1140 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to increase the pension of Henry H. Penrod.

    Ch. 193 · 26 Stat. 1140 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to increase the pension of W. H. H. Bailey, of Braintree, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 194 · 26 Stat. 1140 · May 3, 1890 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to increase the limit of cost of the erection of a public building at Wilmington, Delaware.

    Ch. 195 · 26 Stat. 100 · May 5, 1890 · Original text

14. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Fremont, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 196 · 26 Stat. 101 · May 5, 1890 · Original text

15. An Act fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District of Columbia if paid within a time specified.

    Ch. 197 · 26 Stat. 102 · May 6, 1890 · Original text

16. An Act granting the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway Company the right of way through the Colville Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 198 · 26 Stat. 102 · May 8, 1890 · Original text

17. An Act granting to the Palouse and Spokane Railway a right of way through the Nez Percé Indian Reservation in Idaho.

    Ch. 199 · 26 Stat. 104 · May 8, 1890 · Original text

18. An Act providing for the classification of worsted cloths as woolens.

    Ch. 200 · 26 Stat. 105 · May 9, 1890 · Original text

19. An Act for improving Aransas Pass.

    Ch. 201 · 26 Stat. 105 · May 12, 1890 · Original text

20. An Act to amend section three of an act entitled “An act to amend the act dividing the State of Missouri into two judicial districts, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 202 · 26 Stat. 106 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

21. An Act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.

    Ch. 203 · 26 Stat. 107 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

22. An Act to provide for the disposal of the Fort Sedgwick military reservation, in the States of Colorado and Nebraska, to actual settlers under the provisions of the homestead laws.

    Ch. 204 · 26 Stat. 107 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

23. An Act authorizing the construction of a public building at Burlington, Iowa.

    Ch. 205 · 26 Stat. 107 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

24. An Act to construct a road to the national cemetery at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

    Ch. 206 · 26 Stat. 108 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

25. An Act to provide for town site entries of lands in what is known as “Oklahoma,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. 207 · 26 Stat. 109 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

26. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to deliver to the State of Colorado the flags carried by Colorado regiments.

    Ch. 208 · 26 Stat. 110 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

27. An Act for the issue of ordnance stores and supplies to the State of Maine to replace similar stores destroyed by fire.

    Ch. 209 · 26 Stat. 111 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

28. Joint resolution to continue in force an act authorizing the construction of a bridge over Bayou Bernard, in the State of Mississippi.

    Public Resolution 20 · 26 Stat. 672 · May 14, 1890 · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Laban Heath and Company, of Boston, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 210 · 26 Stat. 1140 · May 14, 1890 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to submit the location of the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho Territory, to a vote of the people of said county.

    Ch. 211 · 26 Stat. 111 · May 15, 1890 · Original text

31. An Act to increase the pension of Samuel Adams.

    Ch. 212 · 26 Stat. 1141 · May 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon, at La Fayette, in the State of Indiana.

    Ch. 213 · 26 Stat. 111 · May 16, 1890 · Original text

33. An Act for the erection of a public building at Chester, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 214 · 26 Stat. 112 · May 16, 1890 · Original text

34. An Act to establish two additional land districts in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 215 · 26 Stat. 113 · May 16, 1890 · Original text

35. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Atchison, to the State of Kansas.

    Ch. 216 · 26 Stat. 114 · May 16, 1890 · Original text

36. An Act to ratify an act entitled “An act to provide for a wagon road between Mount Idaho, in Idaho County, and Little Salmon Meadows, in Washington County,” in Idaho Territory.

    Ch. 217 · 26 Stat. 116 · May 16, 1890 · Original text

37. An Act granting a pension to the widow of the late Commander Samuel H. Baker, United States Navy.

    Ch. 218 · 26 Stat. 1141 · May 16, 1890 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting a pension to William Richardson.

    Ch. 219 · 26 Stat. 1141 · May 16, 1890 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.

    Ch. 220 · 26 Stat. 1141 · May 17, 1890 · Private law · Original text

40. Joint resolution authorizing the use and improvement at Fort Sewall at Marblehead, Massachusetts.

    Public Resolution 21 · 26 Stat. 673 · May 19, 1890 · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Z. Austin.

    Ch. 221 · 26 Stat. 1143 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to David Deans.

    Ch. 222 · 26 Stat. 1143 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Wood

    Ch. 223 · 26 Stat. 1143 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Harman Day.

    Ch. 224 · 26 Stat. 1143 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a pension to Washington F. Short.

    Ch. 225 · 26 Stat. 1144 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Allen Feathers.

    Ch. 226 · 26 Stat. 1144 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to James T. Irwin.

    Ch. 227 · 26 Stat. 1144 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Johnson Reddick.

    Ch. 228 · 26 Stat. 1144 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act increasing the pension of Walter P. Harrison.

    Ch. 229 · 26 Stat. 1144 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to pension R. C. Martin for services rendered in the war with Mexico.

    Ch. 230 · 26 Stat. 1145 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to increase the pension of William Hamill.

    Ch. 231 · 26 Stat. 1145 · May 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to amend section twenty-five hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, designating ports of delivery in the District of Michigan.

    Ch. 233 · 26 Stat. 115 · May 20, 1890 · Original text

53. An Act authorizing the registration of census mail-matter.

    Ch. 234 · 26 Stat. 116 · May 21, 1890 · Original text

54. An Act authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States, situate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 235 · 26 Stat. 116 · May 21, 1890 · Original text

55. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Oconee River, in the State of Georgia.

    Ch. 236 · 26 Stat. 116 · May 21, 1890 · Original text

56. An Act to grant a pension to Julia A. Erskine.

    Ch. 232 · 26 Stat. 1145 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act granting a pension to Emily T. Pottle.

    Ch. 238 · 26 Stat. 1145 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Holland.

    Ch. 239 · 26 Stat. 1146 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act granting a pension to Clara M. Owen.

    Ch. 240 · 26 Stat. 1146 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to Ann E. Mussman.

    Ch. 241 · 26 Stat. 1146 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Ira E. Smith.

    Ch. 242 · 26 Stat. 1146 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to John McCool.

    Ch. 243 · 26 Stat. 1146 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting pension to Augustine McLaughlin.

    Ch. 244 · 26 Stat. 1147 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Hamilton.

    Ch. 245 · 26 Stat. 1147 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Margaret P. Minteer.

    Ch. 246 · 26 Stat. 1147 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to John Nagle.

    Ch. 247 · 26 Stat. 1147 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Betsey F. Newhall.

    Ch. 248 · 26 Stat. 1147 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to W. S. Yohe.

    Ch. 249 · 26 Stat. 1148 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Charles A. Platz.

    Ch. 250 · 26 Stat. 1148 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for granting a pension to Nelson G. Edwards.

    Ch. 251 · 26 Stat. 1148 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.

    Ch. 252 · 26 Stat. 1148 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Lucy A. M. Norman.

    Ch. 253 · 26 Stat. 1148 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act granting a pension to William A. Merriwether.

    Ch. 254 · 26 Stat. 1149 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Heckler.

    Ch. 255 · 26 Stat. 1149 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting a pension to H. G. Church.

    Ch. 256 · 26 Stat. 1149 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act granting a pension to Mary C. Upton.

    Ch. 257 · 26 Stat. 1149 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act granting a pension to Isabella B. Stimple

    Ch. 258 · 26 Stat. 1149 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Ogden.

    Ch. 259 · 26 Stat. 1150 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act granting a pension to Barbara Schnappinger.

    Ch. 260 · 26 Stat. 1150 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act granting a pension to George Dodge.

    Ch. 261 · 26 Stat. 1150 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act granting a pension to Roxanna Finch.

    Ch. 262 · 26 Stat. 1150 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to William H. Coppinger.

    Ch. 263 · 26 Stat. 1150 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Hannah Ward.

    Ch. 264 · 26 Stat. 1151 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting an increase of pension to Frank Traynor.

    Ch. 265 · 26 Stat. 1151 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of John Dehart.

    Ch. 266 · 26 Stat. 1151 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Chloe Cooper.

    Ch. 267 · 26 Stat. 1151 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Alexander Thompson.

    Ch. 268 · 26 Stat. 1151 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act increasing the pension of Mrs Dorothea D. Yates.

    Ch. 269 · 26 Stat. 1152 · May 21, 1890 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Sacramento, California.

    Ch. 270 · 26 Stat. 118 · May 22, 1890 · Original text

90. An Act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Ashland in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 271 · 26 Stat. 118 · May 22, 1890 · Original text

91. Joint resolution appropriating the sum of five hundred dollars to complete the Engraving and printing the portrait of James N. Burnes, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives of the fiftieth Congress.

    Public Resolution 22 · 26 Stat. 673 · May 22, 1890 · Original text

92. Joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 23 · 26 Stat. 673 · May 22, 1890 · Original text

93. An Act granting a pension to Allen Coons.

    Ch. 272 · 26 Stat. 1152 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Henry Bloomfield.

    Ch. 273 · 26 Stat. 1152 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act granting a pension to Catharine Sapp.

    Ch. 274 · 26 Stat. 1152 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act granting a pension to Samantha Williams.

    Ch. 275 · 26 Stat. 1152 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Fanny W. Mudgett, dependent mother.

    Ch. 276 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act granting a pension to Eliza Marcy.

    Ch. 277 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to Douglass Smith

    Ch. 279 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Mary B. Stidger.

     Ch. 279 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text