Every law Congress has passed

721 laws of the 52nd Congress, 1891–1893

1. An Act to establish West Point. Virginia, a subport of entry and delivery in the Collection district of Richmond, Virginia.

   Ch. 88 · 27 Stat. 41 · June 4, 1892 · Original text

2. An Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto.

   Ch. 89 · 27 Stat. 42 · June 6, 1892 · Original text

3. An Act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a point at or near the city of Havana, in Mason County, and a point on tin-opposite side of said river, in Fulton County, in the State of Illinois.

   Ch. 90 · 27 Stat. 43 · June 6, 1892 · Original text

4. An Act to enable the Centennial Board of Finance, incorporated by an act approved June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to close its affairs, and dissolving said corporation.

   Ch. 91 · 27 Stat. 45 · June 6, 1892 · Original text

5. An Act granting to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company of Kansas the right to erect and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas.

   Ch. 92 · 27 Stat. 46 · June 6, 1892 · Original text

6. An Act to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River.

   Ch. 93 · 27 Stat. 46 · June 6, 1892 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of John Warren.

   Ch. 94 · 27 Stat. 764 · June 6, 1892 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting a pension to George W. Jones.

   Ch. 95 · 27 Stat. 765 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act granting a pension to Ellen Maguire.

   Ch. 96 · 27 Stat. 765 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act granting a pension to Esther Doolittle.

    Ch. 97 · 27 Stat. 765 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act granting a pension to Sarah L. Henderson.

    Ch. 98 · 27 Stat. 765 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act to pension Jane Allen.

    Ch. 99 · 27 Stat. 765 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Boling.

    Ch. 100 · 27 Stat. 766 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Eliza Fays.

    Ch. 101 · 27 Stat. 766 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Wells Cheney.

    Ch. 102 · 27 Stat. 766 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Caroline E. Quigg, formerly C. Elizabeth Henry, an army nurse in the late war.

    Ch. 103 · 27 Stat. 766 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Kelly.

    Ch. 104 · 27 Stat. 766 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to pension Margaret Turner.

    Ch. 105 · 27 Stat. 767 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act to pension Lewis L. Lane.

    Ch. 106 · 27 Stat. 767 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act granting a pension to William F. C. Nindemann, late of the Jeannette expedition to the Arctic Ocean.

    Ch. 107 · 27 Stat. 767 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

21. Joint Resolution to authorize the loan of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers for the purpose of decorating the streets and buildings of Washington on the occasion of the Grand Army encampment in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Private Resolution 14 · 27 Stat. 807 · June 7, 1892 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to authorize the Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, Illinois.

    Ch. 108 · 27 Stat. 47 · June 8, 1892 · Original text

23. An Act to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Albert Keach.

    Ch. 109 · 27 Stat. 767 · June 8, 1892 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act granting an honorable discharge to William W. Wedgwood.

    Ch. 110 · 27 Stat. 768 · June 8, 1892 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of the estate of John W. Whitfield, late register of the land office in the Delaware land district of Kansas.

    Ch. 111 · 27 Stat. 768 · June 9, 1892 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act to pension Samuel O. Fisher, of Lynn, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 112 · 27 Stat. 769 · June 9, 1892 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Y. Wade.

    Ch. 113 · 27 Stat. 769 · June 9, 1892 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Jonathan Ramey, Mexican war veteran.

    Ch. 114 · 27 Stat. 769 · June 9, 1892 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act granting a pension to Mary Jewett Telford, an army nurse.

    Ch. 115 · 27 Stat. 769 · June 9, 1892 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act donating twenty acres of land from the Fort Sidney military reservation, on the northeast corner thereof, to the city of Sidney, Nebraska, for cemetery purposes.

    Ch. 116 · 27 Stat. 50 · June 10, 1892 · Original text

31. An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and other purposes

    Ch. 117 · 27 Stat. 50 · June 14, 1892 · Original text

32. Joint resolution relating to the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 15 · 27 Stat. 396 · June 14, 1892 · Original text

33. An Act granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park.

    Ch. 118 · 27 Stat. 50 · June 15, 1892 · Original text

34. An Act to authorize the Glen Echo Railroad Company to cross the Washington Aqueduct.

    Ch. 119 · 27 Stat. 51 · June 15, 1892 · Original text

35. An Act to provide for the disposition and sale of lands known as the Klamath River Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 120 · 27 Stat. 52 · June 17, 1892 · Original text

36. An Act to pension Elizabeth R. Crawford, widow of C. A. Crawford, soldier in Creek war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

    Ch. 121 · 27 Stat. 769 · June 17, 1892 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to increase the pension of Cassie A. Davis.

    Ch. 122 · 27 Stat. 770 · June 17, 1892 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act granting the right and authority to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, to build one bridge over each of the following-named rivers in the State of Alabama, namely: The Alabama River, the Warrior River, the Sipsey River and the Tennessee River: the said bridges to be used by the Mexican Gulf. Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company in carrying freight and passengers by rail and otherwise.

    Ch. 123 · 27 Stat. 53 · June 21, 1892 · Original text

39. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota.

    Ch. 124 · 27 Stat. 54 · June 22, 1892 · Original text

40. An Act authorizing the Continental Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Rio Grande River at or near Brownsville. Texas.

    Ch. 125 · 27 Stat. 56 · June 22, 1892 · Original text

41. An Act authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Quincy, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 126 · 27 Stat. 57 · June 22, 1892 · Original text

42. An Act to include lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the public reservation at that place.

    Ch. 127 · 27 Stat. 58 · June 22, 1892 · Original text

43. Joint resolution to authorize the Washington Schuetzen Verein to erect a bust of Baron von Steuben in one of the reservations in Washington.

    Public Resolution 16 · 27 Stat. 397 · June 22, 1892 · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Robert H. Montgomery.

    Ch. 128 · 27 Stat. 770 · June 22, 1892 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Francis W. Wickham.

    Ch. 129 · 27 Stat. 770 · June 22, 1892 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act to confirm New Madrid location survey numbered twenty-four hundred and seventy-five and to provide for the issue of a patent therefor.

    Ch. 130 · 27 Stat. 59 · June 24, 1892 · Original text

47. Joint resolution authorizing the resubdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, in the city of Washington.

    Public Resolution 17 · 27 Stat. 397 · June 24, 1892 · Original text

48. An Act directing the issue of duplicate United States bonds to Elijah P. T. Hollcroft, guardian of Burton J. Parr.

    Ch. 131 · 27 Stat. 771 · June 24, 1892 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act to provide an American register for the steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Ch. 132 · 27 Stat. 59 · June 25, 1892 · Original text

50. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 133 · 27 Stat. 59 · June 25, 1892 · Original text

51. An Act to relinquish the interest of the United States in a certain parcel of land in the city of Pensacola, Florida, to Escambia Lodge, Numbered Fifteen, Free and Accepted Masons.

    Ch. 134 · 27 Stat. 60 · June 25, 1892 · Original text

52. An Act to prevent cruelty to children or animals in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 135 · 27 Stat. 60 · June 25, 1892 · Original text

53. An Act granting an increase of pension to David Reed.

    Ch. 136 · 27 Stat. 771 · June 25, 1892 · Private law · Original text

54. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the President to proclaim a general holiday, commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Public Resolution 18 · 27 Stat. 397 · June 29, 1892 · Original text

55. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the seventh section thereof to the port of Saint Augustine, Florida.

    Ch. 137 · 27 Stat. 61 · June 30, 1892 · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company.

    Ch. 138 · 27 Stat. 61 · June 30, 1892 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the Expenditures of the Government.

    Public Resolution 19 · 27 Stat. 397 · June 30, 1892 · Original text

58. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect certain recommendations of the Mission Indian commission, and to issue patents for certain lands.

    Ch. 139 · 27 Stat. 61 · July 1, 1892 · Original text

59. An Act to provide for the opening of a part of the Colville reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 140 · 27 Stat. 62 · July 1, 1892 · Original text

60. An Act granting an increase of pension to George W. White

    Ch. 141 · 27 Stat. 771 · July 1, 1892 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Thomas A. McLaughlin.

    Ch. 142 · 27 Stat. 771 · July 1, 1892 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company.

    Ch. 143 · 27 Stat. 65 · July 5, 1892 · Original text

63. An Act to incorporate the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company.

    Ch. 144 · 27 Stat. 66 · July 5, 1892 · Original text

64. An Act to provide the times and places for holding terms of the United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming.

    Ch. 145 · 27 Stat. 72 · July 5, 1892 · Original text

65. An Act for preparation of a site and erection of a pedestal for statue of late General William T. Sherman, and appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars therefore.

    Ch. 146 · 27 Stat. 74 · July 5, 1892 · Original text

66. An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 147 · 27 Stat. 74 · July 5, 1892 · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Ferron, County of Emery, Territory of Utah.

    Ch. 148 · 27 Stat. 82 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

68. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to consent to the use of a portion of the public grounds of the United States in the town of Abingdon, Virginia, for a public street.

    Ch. 149 · 27 Stat. 83 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

69. An Act to authorize the Marinette and Western Railroad Company to construct a railroad through the Menominee. Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 150 · 27 Stat. 83 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

70. An Act supplementary and amendatory to an act entitled “An act to refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation and for other purposes,” approved October first eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 151 · 27 Stat. 86 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

71. An Act confirming title to lands in the subdivision of square two hundred and six in the City of Washington District of Columbia.

    Ch. 152 · 27 Stat. 86 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

72. An Act amendatory of an act entitled “An act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh Census”

    Ch. 153 · 27 Stat. 86 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

73. An Act to allow thirty days’ leave of absence to employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

    Ch. 154 · 27 Stat. 87 · July 6, 1892 · Original text

74. An Act granting a pension to Lucy Haskell, mother, by adoption, of John Haskell.

    Ch. 155 · 27 Stat. 772 · July 6, 1892 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act approving with amendments the funding act of Arizona,” approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 156 · 27 Stat. 87 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

76. 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. 157 · 27 Stat. 87 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

77. An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works or rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 158 · 27 Stat. 88 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

78. An Act to punish the carrying or selling of deadly or dangerous weapons within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 159 · 27 Stat. 116 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

79. An Act authorizing The Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas.

    Ch. 160 · 27 Stat. 118 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

80. An Act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 161 · 27 Stat. 119 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

81. An Act to amend the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, relating to the Hospital Corps of the Army.

    Ch. 162 · 27 Stat. 120 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

82. An Act authorizing the issuing of patents for locations with Certificates granted under the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An act for the relief of the legal heirs of Benjamin Metoyer.”

    Ch. 163 · 27 Stat. 120 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

83. 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 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 164 · 27 Stat. 120 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

84. An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 165 · 27 Stat. 145 · July 13, 1892 · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Jennie Vaughan.

    Ch. 166 · 27 Stat. 772 · July 13, 1892 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Eliza M. Boatright, the surviving widow of Alexander M. Boatright, who was a soldier in the Black Hawk war

    Ch. 167 · 27 Stat. 772 · July 13, 1892 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the first section thereof to the port of Fernandina, Florida.

    Ch. 168 · 27 Stat. 148 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

88. An Act to establish an intermediate rate of pension between thirty dollars and seventy-two dollars per month.

    Ch. 169 · 27 Stat. 149 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

89. An Act to authorize the Lake Charles Road and Bridge Company, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to construct and maintain bridges across English Bayou and Calcasieu River.

    Ch. 170 · 27 Stat. 149 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

90. An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 171 · 27 Stat. 150 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

91. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 172 · 27 Stat. 168 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

92. An Act to grant lot numbered one in block numbered seventy-two of the Hot Springs Reservation to the School district of the City of Hot Springs for School purposes.

    Ch. 173 · 27 Stat. 174 · July 14, 1892 · Original text

93. An Act to Pension Adeline Alexander.

    Ch. 174 · 27 Stat. 772 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Kate P. Mitchell, daughter of Stephen Mitchell, late of the Fifth Maine Battery.

    Ch. 175 · 27 Stat. 772 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 176 · 27 Stat. 773 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act to pension Mrs Adelia S. Ferris.

    Ch. 177 · 27 Stat. 773 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to pension Andrew J. Jones, for services in the Indian wars.

    Ch. 178 · 27 Stat. 773 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act to pension Nancy E. Renfro

    Ch. 179 · 27 Stat. 773 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting a pension to William S. Woodward.

    Ch. 180 · 27 Stat. 773 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act granting a pension to Bridget Maloy.

     Ch. 181 · 27 Stat. 774 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text