Every law Congress has passed

721 laws of the 52nd Congress, 1891–1893

1. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty fourth day of said month.

   Public Resolution 1 · 27 Stat. 393 · December 23, 1891 · Original text

2. An Act fixing the times for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Iowa.

   Ch. 1 · 27 Stat. 1 · January 22, 1892 · Original text

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

   Public Resolution 2 · 27 Stat. 393 · January 26, 1892 · Original text

4. An Act providing for the completion of the allotment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.

   Ch. 2 · 27 Stat. 1 · January 28, 1892 · Original text

5. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory.”

   Ch. 3 · 27 Stat. 2 · February 3, 1892 · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of the University of the State of Missouri.

   Ch. 4 · 27 Stat. 761 · February 4, 1892 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

   Ch. 5 · 27 Stat. 2 · February 9, 1892 · Original text

8. An Act to detach Montgomery County from the Western and add it to the Eastern District of Arkansas.

   Ch. 6 · 27 Stat. 3 · February 9, 1892 · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the creation of a fourth judicial district in the Territory of Utah.

   Ch. 7 · 27 Stat. 3 · February 11, 1892 · Original text

10. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota”, approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 8 · 27 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1892 · Original text

11. An Act to change the corporate name of the National Safe Deposit Company, of Washington.

    Ch. 9 · 27 Stat. 4 · February 18, 1892 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution investigating mining debris in California.

    Public Resolution 3 · 27 Stat. 394 · February 25, 1892 · Original text

13. An Act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Sandusky, Ohio.

    Ch. 10 · 27 Stat. 4 · February 26, 1892 · Original text

14. Joint resolution to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 4 · 27 Stat. 394 · February 26, 1892 · Original text

15. An Act to constitute Newark, in the State of New Jersey, a port of immediate transportation.

    Ch. 11 · 27 Stat. 5 · March 8, 1892 · Original text

16. An Act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 12 · 27 Stat. 5 · March 8, 1892 · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Aquilla Jones, senior.

    Ch. 13 · 27 Stat. 761 · March 8, 1892 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to provide an additional mode of taking depositions of witnesses in causes pending in the courts of the United States.

    Ch. 14 · 27 Stat. 7 · March 9, 1892 · Original text

19. An Act to provide for a term of the circuit and district court at Littleton, New Hampshire.

    Ch. 15 · 27 Stat. 7 · March 10, 1892 · Original text

20. An Act ratifying the act of the sixteenth territorial legislative assembly of Arizona, approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making appropriation in aid of Arizona’s exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

    Ch. 16 · 27 Stat. 7 · March 18, 1892 · Original text

21. An Act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 17 · 27 Stat. 7 · March 18, 1892 · Original text

22. An Act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 18 · 27 Stat. 8 · March 18, 1892 · Original text

23. An Act to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants and other consignees of goods and other property in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 19 · 27 Stat. 10 · March 21, 1892 · Original text

24. An Act to provide for terms of the United States circuit and district courts at Cumberland, Maryland.

    Ch. 20 · 27 Stat. 11 · March 21, 1892 · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Chelan, in Okanogan County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 21 · 27 Stat. 11 · March 24, 1892 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain documents at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

    Public Resolution 5 · 27 Stat. 394 · March 24, 1892 · Original text

27. An Act to set apart a tract of land in the State of California for the use of the Lick Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California.

    Ch. 22 · 27 Stat. 11 · March 25, 1892 · Original text

28. An Act to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    Ch. 23 · 27 Stat. 12 · March 26, 1892 · Original text

29. An Act to increase the pension of Annie Maria Young, a Revolutionary pensioner

    Ch. 24 · 27 Stat. 761 · March 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act to amend section twelve hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes, relative to certificates of merit to the enlisted men of the Army.

    Ch. 25 · 27 Stat. 12 · March 29, 1892 · Original text

31. An Act to remove the political disabilities of John E. F. Tatnall.

    Ch. 26 · 27 Stat. 762 · March 30, 1892 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act to increase the pension of George E. Allen

    Ch. 27 · 27 Stat. 762 · March 30, 1892 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to determine the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 28 · 27 Stat. 12 · March 31, 1892 · Original text

34. An Act to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 29 · 27 Stat. 12 · March 31, 1892 · Original text

35. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

    Ch. 30 · 27 Stat. 13 · March 31, 1892 · Original text

36. An Act to authorize the appointment of clerk for the circuit and District courts in the Texarkana division of the eastern district of Arkansas.

    Ch. 31 · 27 Stat. 13 · April 1, 1892 · Original text

37. An Act granting to the State of South Dakota section numbered thirty-six in township numbered ninety-four north of range numbered fifty-six west, in the county of Yankton, in said State, for the purpose of an asylum for the insane, to correct an act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, attempting to make such grant to the Territory of Dakota, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 32 · 27 Stat. 13 · April 1, 1892 · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of Daniel McClure.

    Ch. 33 · 27 Stat. 762 · April 4, 1892 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to prevent fraud upon the water revenues of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 34 · 27 Stat. 14 · April 5, 1892 · Original text

40. An Act to protect foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition from prosecution for exhibiting wares protected by American patents and trade marks.

    Ch. 35 · 27 Stat. 14 · April 6, 1892 · Original text

41. An Act changing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia.

    Ch. 36 · 27 Stat. 14 · April 6, 1892 · Original text

42. Joint resolution construing article four of the agreement with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere.

    Public Resolution 6 · 27 Stat. 394 · April 6, 1892 · Original text

43. Joint Resolution amending the “Joint Resolutions to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Public Resolution 7 · 27 Stat. 394 · April 6, 1892 · Original text

44. An Act establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Iowa.

    Ch. 37 · 27 Stat. 14 · April 7, 1892 · Original text

45. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight” as amended by act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 38 · 27 Stat. 15 · April 7, 1892 · Original text

46. An Act to change the time of holding the courts in the eastern judicial district of Texas.

    Ch. 39 · 27 Stat. 15 · April 7, 1892 · Original text

47. An Act to amend the act concerning officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 40 · 27 Stat. 15 · April 11, 1892 · Original text

48. An Act to repeal the provisions of an act entitled “An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring lifesaving appliances on steamers.” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes, bays, or sounds of the United States.

    Ch. 41 · 27 Stat. 16 · April 11, 1892 · Original text

49. An Act to increase the pension of William Burrough, of Crawford County, Arkansas, Veteran of the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 42 · 27 Stat. 762 · April 11, 1892 · Private law · Original text

50. Joint resolution to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the Government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students.

    Public Resolution 8 · 27 Stat. 395 · April 12, 1892 · Original text

51. An Act extending the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement, to the port of Ogdensburg Lu the State of New York.

    Ch. 43 · 27 Stat. 16 · April 13, 1892 · Original text

52. An Act to extend to Marquette, Michigan, the privilege of immediate transportation of unappraised merchandise.

    Ch. 44 · 27 Stat. 16 · April 13, 1892 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution authorizing the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a signal station.

    Public Resolution 9 · 27 Stat. 396 · April 14, 1892 · Original text

54. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city of Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota.

    Ch. 45 · 27 Stat. 16 · April 15, 1892 · Original text

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

    Ch. 46 · 27 Stat. 18 · April 15, 1892 · Original text

56. An Act making Velasco a subport of entry.

    Ch. 47 · 27 Stat. 19 · April 15, 1892 · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of Edward S. Armstrong

    Ch. 48 · 27 Stat. 762 · April 15, 1892 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road.”

    Ch. 49 · 27 Stat. 19 · April 18, 1892 · Original text

59. An Act to change the times for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Missouri.

    Ch. 50 · 27 Stat. 20 · April 19, 1892 · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of John R. Blankenship.

    Ch. 51 · 27 Stat. 763 · April 19, 1892 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Ch. 52 · 27 Stat. 20 · April 23, 1892 · Original text

62. An Act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of plumbing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 53 · 27 Stat. 21 · April 23, 1892 · Original text

63. An Act to extend the time for making an assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia, outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

    Ch. 54 · 27 Stat. 22 · April 28, 1892 · Original text

64. An Act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to grant respites and pardons in certain eases.

    Ch. 55 · 27 Stat. 22 · April 28, 1892 · Original text

65. An Act to amend the act. giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 56 · 27 Stat. 22 · April 30, 1892 · Original text

66. An Act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company.

    Ch. 57 · 27 Stat. 23 · April 30, 1892 · Original text

67. An Act for relief of John Nickles.

    Ch. 58 · 27 Stat. 763 · April 30, 1892 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to create a third division of the district of Kansas for judicial purposes, and to fix the time for holding court therein.

    Ch. 59 · 27 Stat. 24 · May 3, 1892 · Original text

69. Joint Resolution for the release of all claim of the United States to lot eighteen, section two, governor and judges’ plan, Detroit.

    Private Resolution 10 · 27 Stat. 807 · May 3, 1892 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States.

    Ch. 60 · 27 Stat. 25 · May 5, 1892 · Original text

71. An Act authorizing the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company to sell, transfer, and assign to the Leaven worth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company the rights and franchises as granted by acts of Congress approved February twenty-fifth and March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and by act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 61 · 27 Stat. 26 · May 9, 1892 · Original text

72. An Act to provide for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 62 · 27 Stat. 27 · May 9, 1892 · Original text

73. An Act to encourage American shipbuilding.

    Ch. 63 · 27 Stat. 27 · May 10, 1892 · Original text

74. Joint Resolution to fill vacancies which will occur in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Public Resolution 11 · 27 Stat. 396 · May 10, 1892 · Original text

75. An Act making appropriations for expenses that may be incurred under the treaties between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth and April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 64 · 27 Stat. 28 · May 11, 1892 · Original text

76. An Act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and lire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 65 · 27 Stat. 28 · May 11, 1892 · Original text

77. An Act to establish sub-ports of entry and delivery at Superior. Wisconsin, and at Ashland. Wisconsin, in the Superior collection district of Michigan and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 66 · 27 Stat. 29 · May 11, 1892 · Original text

78. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company, of Washington,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

    Ch. 67 · 27 Stat. 29 · May 11, 1892 · Original text

79. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt. Carroll county, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road.

    Ch. 68 · 27 Stat. 30 · May 12, 1892 · Original text

80. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the town of Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, in Benton County, Missouri.

    Ch. 69 · 27 Stat. 31 · May 12, 1892 · Original text

81. An Act to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana.

    Ch. 70 · 27 Stat. 33 · May 12, 1892 · Original text

82. An Act to authorize a national bank at Chicago, Illinois, to establish a branch office upon the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

    Ch. 71 · 27 Stat. 33 · May 12, 1892 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution to suspend the issue of permits to erect dwelling houses in alleys in the District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 12 · 27 Stat. 396 · May 12, 1892 · Original text

84. An Act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 72 · 27 Stat. 33 · May 13, 1892 · Original text

85. An Act to authorize the construction of a telephone line on the coast of Virginia from Cape Charles to Assateague Island, in aid of the preservation of life and property.

    Ch. 73 · 27 Stat. 37 · May 13, 1892 · Original text

86. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act relating to tax sales and taxes in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 74 · 27 Stat. 37 · May 13, 1892 · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Alfred J. Worcester.

    Ch. 75 · 27 Stat. 763 · May 13, 1892 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 76 · 27 Stat. 38 · May 23, 1892 · Original text

89. An Act to provide for a term of the United States circuit and district courts at Evanston, Wyoming.

    Ch. 77 · 27 Stat. 39 · May 23, 1892 · Original text

90. An Act to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west 01 Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 78 · 27 Stat. 39 · May 25, 1892 · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of holders of drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 79 · 27 Stat. 40 · May 25, 1892 · Original text

92. An Act authorizing the payment of the pension of Edward S. Smith, accrued at the date of his death, to his mother Catherine.

    Ch. 80 · 27 Stat. 764 · May 25, 1892 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of Betsey Worthington.

    Ch. 81 · 27 Stat. 764 · May 25, 1892 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act granting a pension to Jane Shierry.

    Ch. 82 · 27 Stat. 764 · May 25, 1892 · Private law · Original text

95. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month.

    Public Resolution 13 · 27 Stat. 396 · May 27, 1892 · Original text

96. An Act for the protection of livery-stable keepers and other persons keeping horses at livery within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 83 · 27 Stat. 40 · May 31, 1892 · Original text

97. An Act to provide for a pension for Obe Sutherland, late a teamster in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States volunteer Army.

    Ch. 84 · 27 Stat. 764 · May 31, 1892 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act making Laredo, Texas, a subport of entry.

    Ch. 85 · 27 Stat. 40 · June 3, 1892 · Original text

99. An Act to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 86 · 27 Stat. 41 · June 3, 1892 · Original text

100. An Act to repeal the license tax of twenty-five dollars per year now imposed upon produce-dealers in the markets of the District of Columbia.

     Ch. 87 · 27 Stat. 41 · June 3, 1892 · Original text