Every law Congress has passed

721 laws of the 52nd Congress, 1891–1893

1. An Act granting a pension to Noah Staley.

   Ch. 182 · 27 Stat. 774 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act granting a pension to James A. Davis.

   Ch. 183 · 27 Stat. 774 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act granting a pension to Harmon H. McElvey

   Ch. 184 · 27 Stat. 774 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act granting a pension to David C. Barrow.

   Ch. 185 · 27 Stat. 775 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act granting a pension to Mary Gatlin.

   Ch. 186 · 27 Stat. 775 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Elizabeth R. Willson.

   Ch. 187 · 27 Stat. 775 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act granting a pension to Herman Heinze.

   Ch. 188 · 27 Stat. 775 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act granting an increase of pension to William A. Birch.

   Ch. 189 · 27 Stat. 775 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act to increase the pension of Michael Lahey.

   Ch. 190 · 27 Stat. 776 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Frederick Meredith, late a soldier in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

    Ch. 191 · 27 Stat. 776 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act to increase the pension of Aaron V. Hamilton, late a member of Fremont's Battalion, Mexican War.

    Ch. 192 · 27 Stat. 776 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act increasing the pension of Meridy Smith, a Revolutionary pensioner.

    Ch. 193 · 27 Stat. 776 · July 14, 1892 · Private law · Original text

13. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”

    Public Resolution 20 · 27 Stat. 398 · July 15, 1892 · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth T. Boyd and Joel S. Hankins of Alabama,

    Ch. 194 · 27 Stat. 776 · July 15, 1892 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 27 Stat. 174 · July 16, 1892 · Original text

16. 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-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 196 · 27 Stat. 183 · July 16, 1892 · Original text

17. 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-three.

    Ch. 197 · 27 Stat. 223 · July 16, 1892 · Original text

18. An Act to amend section seven of the act approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred. and eighty-eight, entitled •• An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Omaha, Nebraska,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. 198 · 27 Stat. 234 · July 16, 1892 · Original text

19. An Act authorizing the Saint Joseph’s Church, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, to use the land quit-claimed to it by the United States for school purposes.

    Ch. 199 · 27 Stat. 234 · July 16, 1892 · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army.

    Ch. 200 · 27 Stat. 777 · July 16, 1892 · Private law · Original text

21. An act to vest the title of public square eleven hundred and two. in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in the trustees of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 201 · 27 Stat. 235 · July 18, 1892 · Original text

22. Joint resolution to authorize the President to invite certain Governments to send delegates to the Pan-American Medical Congress.

    Public Resolution 21 · 27 Stat. 398 · July 18, 1892 · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of the First Methodist Church, in the city of Jackson, Tennessee.

    Ch. 202 · 27 Stat. 777 · July 18, 1892 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act to correct the military record of Lieutenant Cornelius McLean.

    Ch. 203 · 27 Stat. 778 · July 18, 1892 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to refund, certain revenue taxes to Bonner and Merriman.

    Ch. 204 · 27 Stat. 778 · July 18, 1892 · Private law · Original text

26. An act granting to the County of Mariposa, in the State of California, the right of way for a free wagon road or turnpike across the Yosemite National Park, in said State.

    Ch. 205 · 27 Stat. 235 · July 19, 1892 · Original text

27. An act making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 206 · 27 Stat. 236 · July 19, 1892 · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of W. H. Howard

    Ch. 207 · 27 Stat. 778 · July 19, 1892 · Private law · Original text

29. An act to provide for holding terms of court in the district of Montana.

    Ch. 208 · 27 Stat. 252 · July 20, 1892 · Original text

30. An act providing when plaintiff may sue as a poor person and when counsel shall be assigned by the court.

    Ch. 209 · 27 Stat. 252 · July 20, 1892 · Original text

31. Joint resolution providing for an investigation relative to the “slums of cities.”

    Public Resolution 22 · 27 Stat. 399 · July 20, 1892 · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Law, widow of Captain Richard L. Law, United States Navy.

    Ch. 210 · 27 Stat. 778 · July 20, 1892 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah J. Waggoner.

    Ch. 211 · 27 Stat. 779 · July 20, 1892 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act to remove the political disabilities of William S. Walker, of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Ch. 212 · 27 Stat. 779 · July 20, 1892 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Mrs. E. Trask.

    Ch. 213 · 27 Stat. 779 · July 20, 1892 · Private law · Original text

36. An act granting the right of way to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company over and through the public lands of the United States in the States of Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, and Tennessee, and granting the right of way to said Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 214 · 27 Stat. 253 · July 21, 1892 · Original text

37. An act to extend the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the ports of Bangor and Vanceboro, Maine.

    Ch. 215 · 27 Stat. 254 · July 21, 1892 · Original text

38. An act authorizing the Leonard Avenue Street Railway Company to lay tracks upon certain streets abutting United States Military reservation in the City of Columbus, Ohio.

    Ch. 216 · 27 Stat. 254 · July 21, 1892 · Original text

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

    Ch. 217 · 27 Stat. 779 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to John Chamberlain.

    Ch. 218 · 27 Stat. 780 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting an increase of pension to Michael O'Brien.

    Ch. 219 · 27 Stat. 780 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the recognition of Henry O. Kent as colonel of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volunteers.

    Ch. 220 · 27 Stat. 781 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the correction of the military record of Wilhelm Spiegelburg.

    Ch. 221 · 27 Stat. 781 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Abigail L. Finney.

    Ch. 222 · 27 Stat. 781 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to pension Edith S. Read.

    Ch. 223 · 27 Stat. 781 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for relief of Dabney, Simmons and Company.

    Ch. 224 · 27 Stat. 781 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of John McMahan.

    Ch. 225 · 27 Stat. 782 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Harriett W. Shacklett.

    Ch. 226 · 27 Stat. 782 · July 21, 1892 · Private law · Original text

49. An act fixing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia.

    Ch. 227 · 27 Stat. 254 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

50. An act regulating the construction of buildings along alleyways in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 228 · 27 Stat. 254 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

51. An act to establish weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay islands in Lake Huron.

    Ch. 229 · 27 Stat. 255 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

52. An act to provide for the opening of Alleys in the District 01 Columbia.

    Ch. 230 · 27 Stat. 255 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

53. An act to fix the compensation of keepers and crews of lifesaving stations.

    Ch. 231 · 27 Stat. 257 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

54. Joint resolution extending the time in which certain street railroads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power to mechanical power, for one year.

    Public Resolution 23 · 27 Stat. 399 · July 22, 1892 · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Amelia R. Webster.

    Ch. 232 · 27 Stat. 782 · July 22, 1892 · Private law · Original text

56. 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. 233 · 27 Stat. 257 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

57. An act to amend sections twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-one hundred and forty, and twenty-one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes touching the sale of intoxicants in the Indian country, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 234 · 27 Stat. 260 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

58. An act to provide for a May term of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of South Carolina.

    Ch. 235 · 27 Stat. 261 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

59. An act to amend “An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Ch. 236 · 27 Stat. 261 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

60. An act to accept a bequest made by General George W. Cullum for the erection of a memorial hall at West Point, New York, and to carry the terms and conditions of the same into execution.

    Ch. 237 · 27 Stat. 262 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

61. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain lands in the city of Springfield and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    Ch. 238 · 27 Stat. 263 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

62. An act authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States, situate in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 239 · 27 Stat. 264 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

63. An act to establish a division line between land of the United States and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company.

    Ch. 240 · 27 Stat. 264 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

64. An act to establish a railroad bridge across the Black River, in Arkansas.

    Ch. 241 · 27 Stat. 265 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

65. Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a certain document therein stated.

    Public Resolution 24 · 27 Stat. 399 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

66. Joint resolution requesting the loan of certain articles for the Worlds Columbian Exposition.

    Public Resolution 25 · 27 Stat. 399 · July 23, 1892 · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of Patrick Hyland.

    Ch. 242 · 27 Stat. 782 · July 23, 1892 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Richard M. Edwards, of Cleveland, Tennessee.

    Ch. 243 · 27 Stat. 783 · July 23, 1892 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of P. B. Sinnott, late Indian agent at Grand Ronde Agency, State of Oregon.

    Ch. 244 · 27 Stat. 783 · July 23, 1892 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act granting a pension to Joseph J. Granberry.

    Ch. 245 · 27 Stat. 783 · July 23, 1892 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company.

    Ch. 246 · 27 Stat. 783 · July 23, 1892 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act granting a pension to Mary Isabella Hutchison.

    Ch. 247 · 27 Stat. 784 · July 25, 1892 · Private law · Original text

73. An act to enforce reciprocal commercial relations between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 248 · 27 Stat. 267 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

74. An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to provide mail service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 249 · 27 Stat. 268 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

75. An act to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Columbia and to create a board of children’s guardians.

    Ch. 250 · 27 Stat. 268 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

76. An act to amend Section two of an act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, being “An act for the relief of settlers on public lands.”

    Ch. 251 · 27 Stat. 270 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

77. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Bright-wood Railway Company of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 252 · 27 Stat. 270 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

78. An act to amend “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee,” approved August ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 253 · 27 Stat. 271 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

79. An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay over certain moneys to the State of South Carolina, as prescribed by the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “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. 254 · 27 Stat. 271 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

80. An act in relation to the execution of declarations and other papers in pension claims.

    Ch. 255 · 27 Stat. 272 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

81. An act to legalize the deed and other records of the Office of Indian Affairs, and to provide and authorize the use of a seal by said office

    Ch. 256 · 27 Stat. 272 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

82. An act authorizing the payment of a certificate of indebtedness of the District of Columbia, numbered forty-nine hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. 257 · 27 Stat. 273 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

83. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and send to the World's Columbian Exposition models, drawings, and so forth, prepared or invented by women.

    Public Resolution 26 · 27 Stat. 400 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

84. Joint resolution giving authority for the erection of overhead wires for the illumination of the city of Washington during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, during September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Public Resolution 27 · 27 Stat. 400 · July 26, 1892 · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of A. S. Lee.

    Ch. 258 · 27 Stat. 784 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Lang.

    Ch. 259 · 27 Stat. 784 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of Jerome H. Biddle.

    Ch. 260 · 27 Stat. 784 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of J. D. King.

    Ch. 261 · 27 Stat. 785 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of Henry S. Cohn, late of the one hundred and sixth Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. 262 · 27 Stat. 785 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of Julius C. Zanone, only heir of John B. Zanone late of Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois, deceased.

    Ch. 263 · 27 Stat. 785 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

91. Joint Resolution authorizing the acceptance of medals presented to the officers and crew of the United States steamship Baltimore by the King of Sweden.

    Private Resolution 28 · 27 Stat. 808 · July 26, 1892 · Private law · Original text

92. An act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Dunkirk, New York.

    Ch. 264 · 27 Stat. 273 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

93. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River.

    Ch. 265 · 27 Stat. 274 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

94. An act for the establishment of additional aids to navigation in Tampa Bay, Florida.

    Ch. 266 · 27 Stat. 275 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

95. An act to provide for the collection, custody, and arrangement of the military records of the American Revolution and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 267 · 27 Stat. 275 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

96. An act to furnish the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with specimens of arms, accouterments, and so forth, used by the armies in the battle of Gettysburg, for exhibition and preservation at the Gettysburg Museum.

    Ch. 268 · 27 Stat. 276 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

97. An act amending the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein.”

    Ch. 269 · 27 Stat. 276 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

98. An act to define the grade of certain medical officers of the Army, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 270 · 27 Stat. 276 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

99. An act to authorize the construction of jetties, piers, and breakwaters at private expense in the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of Ropes Pass, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 271 · 27 Stat. 277 · July 27, 1892 · Original text

100. An act to amend the Articles of War, and for other purposes.

     Ch. 272 · 27 Stat. 277 · July 27, 1892 · Original text