Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act granting a pension to Dwight Parker.

   Ch. 764 · 26 Stat. 1233 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to Rebecca Tussey.

   Ch. 765 · 26 Stat. 1233 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Mary Ferguson.

   Ch. 766 · 26 Stat. 1233 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to Oran M. Collinsworth.

   Ch. 767 · 26 Stat. 1233 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to Wilhelm Griese.

   Ch. 768 · 26 Stat. 1233 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Mary L. Radford, widow of William Radford, late rear-admiral, United States Navy.

   Ch. 769 · 26 Stat. 1234 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to grant a pension to Rachel Levy.

   Ch. 770 · 26 Stat. 1234 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to grant a pension to Martin Brachall.

   Ch. 771 · 26 Stat. 1234 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting increase of pension to James H. Showalter.

   Ch. 772 · 26 Stat. 1234 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting an increase of pension to William A. Thomas.

    Ch. 773 · 26 Stat. 1234 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act increasing the pension of Samuel D. Pitcher.

    Ch. 774 · 26 Stat. 1235 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of John S. Dill.

    Ch. 775 · 26 Stat. 1235 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Angeline Green.

    Ch. 776 · 26 Stat. 1235 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of George W. Hutchison.

    Ch. 777 · 26 Stat. 1235 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Hayden Sorter.

    Ch. 778 · 26 Stat. 1236 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Stephen A. Kennedy.

    Ch. 779 · 26 Stat. 1236 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Parker Adams.

    Ch. 780 · 26 Stat. 1236 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Hugh S. McCormick.

    Ch. 781 · 26 Stat. 1236 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to increase the pension of Edward P. Quinn.

    Ch. 782 · 26 Stat. 1236 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to increase the pension of Mrs Henrietta O, Whitaker

    Ch. 783 · 26 Stat. 1237 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to increase the pension of Cornelia R. Chandler.

    Ch. 784 · 26 Stat. 1237 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to increase the pension of Arnold Meyer.

    Ch. 785 · 26 Stat. 1237 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act to increase the pension of Bennett S. Shaug.

    Ch. 786 · 26 Stat. 1237 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to increase the pension of Elmore E. Ewing.

    Ch. 787 · 26 Stat. 1237 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to increase the pension of John B Davis.

    Ch. 788 · 26 Stat. 1238 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas H. Isbell.

    Ch. 789 · 26 Stat. 1238 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to increase the pension of Henry L. Potter.

    Ch. 790 · 26 Stat. 1238 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to increase the pension of Jennie D. Hoskins.

    Ch. 791 · 26 Stat. 1238 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas H. Gohagan.

    Ch. 792 · 26 Stat. 1238 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to increase the pension of Eben E. Smith.

    Ch. 793 · 26 Stat. 1239 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to increase the pension of Evelyn W. Miles.

    Ch. 794 · 26 Stat. 1239 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to relieve Peter Moog from the charge of desertion.

    Ch. 795 · 26 Stat. 1239 · August 15, 1890 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to amend an act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, authorizing the construction of bridges by the Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway Company.

    Ch. 796 · 26 Stat. 315 · August 18, 1890 · Original text

34. 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. 797 · 26 Stat. 315 · August 18, 1890 · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to J. Phil. Hurlbut.

    Ch. 798 · 26 Stat. 1240 · August 18, 1890 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to restore to the pension-roll the name of Mrs. Mary E. Boeke.

    Ch. 799 · 26 Stat. 1240 · August 18, 1890 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to increase the pension of Zo S. Cook, of Wilcox County, Alabama.

    Ch. 800 · 26 Stat. 1240 · August 18, 1890 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the recognition of F. A. Patterson as a captain of the Third West Virginia Cavalry.

    Ch. 808 · 26 Stat. 1240 · August 18, 1890 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to amend the laws relative to shipping commissioners.

    Ch. 801 · 26 Stat. 320 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

40. An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.

    Ch. 802 · 26 Stat. 320 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

41. An Act extending the time of payment to purchasers of land of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 803 · 26 Stat. 329 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

42. An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement entered into by commissioners on the part of the States of New York and Pennsylvania, in relation to the boundary line between said States.

    Ch. 804 · 26 Stat. 329 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

43. An Act authorizing the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to open Concord street through the grounds of the United States in that city.

    Ch. 805 · 26 Stat. 333 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

44. An Act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Chickamauga.

    Ch. 806 · 26 Stat. 333 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

45. 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-one, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 807 · 26 Stat. 336 · August 19, 1890 · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Lorenzo D. Whitford.

    Ch. 809 · 26 Stat. 1240 · August 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to R Allen McCormick.

    Ch. 810 · 26 Stat. 1241 · August 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of David L. Truex.

    Ch. 811 · 26 Stat. 1241 · August 19, 1890 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act providing for leave of absence for officers and employees in the customs service of the Government who receive per diem compensation.

    Ch. 812 · 26 Stat. 362 · August 28, 1890 · Original text

50. An Act amending an act entitled “An act to constitute Lincoln, Nebraska, a port of delivery, and to extend the provisions of the act of 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,’ to said port of Lincoln.”

    Ch. 813 · 26 Stat. 362 · August 28, 1890 · Original text

51. An act to reorganize and establish the customs collection district of Puget Sound.

    Ch. 814 · 26 Stat. 363 · August 28, 1890 · Original text

52. Joint resolution directing the Librarian of Congress, the librarian of the Senate, the librarian of the House of Representatives, and the librarian of the Department of Justice, respectively, to deliver extra or duplicate copies of law books to the law department of Howard University.

    Public Resolution 40 · 26 Stat. 678 · August 28, 1890 · Original text

53. Joint resolution extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the members and Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army.

    Public Resolution 41 · 26 Stat. 678 · August 28, 1890 · Original text

54. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four

    Ch. 815 · 26 Stat. 363 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

55. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at some accessible point between the mouth of the Illinois and the mouth of the Missouri Rivers.

    Ch. 816 · 26 Stat. 364 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

56. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Oregon Railway Extensions Company.

    Ch. 817 · 26 Stat. 366 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

57. An act to change the time of the sessions of the circuit and district courts for the western district of Missouri.

    Ch. 818 · 26 Stat. 369 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

58. An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the relief of settlers on railroad lands,” approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

    Ch. 819 · 26 Stat. 369 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

59. An act making appropriations for additional clerical force and other expenses to carry into effect the act entitled “An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents,” from September first, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the balance of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Ch. 820 · 26 Stat. 370 · August 29, 1890 · Original text

60. An Act granting a pension to John W. Reynolds.

    Ch. 821 · 26 Stat. 1241 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act granting a pension to Andrew J. Foust.

    Ch. 822 · 26 Stat. 1241 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Harney.

    Ch. 823 · 26 Stat. 1241 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act granting a pension to Miss Margaret Stafford Worth.

    Ch. 824 · 26 Stat. 1242 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting a pension to James A. Myers.

    Ch. 825 · 26 Stat. 1242 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act granting a pension to Nancy A. Thornton.

    Ch. 826 · 26 Stat. 1242 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Edgar M. Cherry.

    Ch. 827 · 26 Stat. 1242 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act granting a pension to Florida Kennerly.

    Ch. 828 · 26 Stat. 1242 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act granting a pension to Johanna Loewinger.

    Ch. 829 · 26 Stat. 1243 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act granting a pension to Anne Rodgers Macomb.

    Ch. 830 · 26 Stat. 1243 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Ursula Lucretia Haight.

    Ch. 831 · 26 Stat. 1243 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act granting a pension to Joseph H. Scoopmire.

    Ch. 832 · 26 Stat. 1243 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to G. L. Pease.

    Ch. 833 · 26 Stat. 1243 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of James Lansburgh and Julius Lansburgh.

    Ch. 834 · 26 Stat. 1244 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act to remove the charge of desertion now standing against the record of Noyes Barber on the rolls of the Navy Department.

    Ch. 835 · 26 Stat. 1244 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act granting an increase of pension to Virginia L. M. Ewing.

    Ch. 836 · 26 Stat. 1244 · August 29, 1890 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 837 · 26 Stat. 371 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

77. An act to provide American registers for the steamers Stroma and Marco Aurelia.

    Ch. 838 · 26 Stat. 414 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

78. An act providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 839 · 26 Stat. 414 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

79. An act to establish a fog-signal at or near the Cuckolds Island, at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor, otherwise known as Townsend Harbor, Maine.

    Ch. 840 · 26 Stat. 417 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

80. An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

    Ch. 841 · 26 Stat. 417 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

81. Joint resolution providing that nothing in the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill shall be construed to interrupt the publication of the Reports of the International American Conference.

    Public Resolution 42 · 26 Stat. 679 · August 30, 1890 · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to Mary J. Eadie.

    Ch. 842 · 26 Stat. 1244 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Mary Ellen Fitzgerald.

    Ch. 843 · 26 Stat. 1244 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to Mary L. Bradley, formerly Mary L. Smith, who served as a nurse in the war of the rebellion.

    Ch. 844 · 26 Stat. 1245 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Theodora M. Piatt.

    Ch. 845 · 26 Stat. 1245 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Mary J. Welch, an army nurse in the late war.

    Ch. 846 · 26 Stat. 1245 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Mary B. Le Roy.

    Ch. 847 · 26 Stat. 1245 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. F. Selina Buchanan.

    Ch. 848 · 26 Stat. 1245 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act placing the name of Elizabeth Domm on the pension-rolls.

    Ch. 849 · 26 Stat. 1246 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of Jesse H. Strickland.

    Ch. 850 · 26 Stat. 1246 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of Caroline Baker Stevens, relict of the late Colonel Robert J. Stevens, and daughter of the late Colonel Edward D. Baker.

    Ch. 851 · 26 Stat. 1246 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act to increase the pension of Edward Healy.

    Ch. 852 · 26 Stat. 1246 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel McKay and the executors of Donald McKay.

    Ch. 853 · 26 Stat. 1247 · August 30, 1890 · Private law · Original text

94. An act granting the use of certain lands to the town of New Haven, Connecticut, for a public park.

    Ch. 854 · 26 Stat. 419 · September 1, 1890 · Original text

95. Joint resolution amending and construing the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, in relation to oaths in pension and other cases.

    Public Resolution 43 · 26 Stat. 679 · September 1, 1890 · Original text

96. Joint resolution appropriating money to the Territory of Oklahoma to relieve destitution therein.

    Public Resolution 44 · 26 Stat. 679 · September 1, 1890 · Original text

97. An Act granting a pension to John Conolly.

    Ch. 855 · 26 Stat. 1247 · September 1, 1890 · Private law · Original text

98. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little Tennessee River at or near Niles’ Ferry, Tennessee.

    Ch. 856 · 26 Stat. 420 · September 2, 1890 · Original text

99. An act for the erection of a bridge across the Missouri River between the city of Saint Charles, Missouri, and the county of Saint Louis, Missouri.

    Ch. 857 · 26 Stat. 421 · September 2, 1890 · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of the estate of Charles F. Bowers.

     Ch. 858 · 26 Stat. 1247 · September 2, 1890 · Private law · Original text