Every law Congress has passed

721 laws of the 52nd Congress, 1891–1893

1. An Act granting a pension to William M. Watson, of Walker County, Georgia.

   Ch. 55 · 27 Stat. 813 · February 1, 1893 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of William Smith and others.

   Ch. 56 · 27 Stat. 427 · February 2, 1893 · Original text

3. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the mouths of Pomme de Terre River and Buffalo Creek, in Benton County, Missouri.

   Ch. 57 · 27 Stat. 428 · February 3, 1893 · Original text

4. An Act relating to proof of citizenship of applicants for Indian-war pensions under the act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

   Ch. 58 · 27 Stat. 429 · February 3, 1893 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of War to investigate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters.

   Public Resolution 10 · 27 Stat. 754 · February 3, 1893 · Original text

6. An Act to amend the military record of Lucius L. Dyer.

   Ch. 59 · 27 Stat. 814 · February 3, 1893 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Clement Reeves.

   Ch. 60 · 27 Stat. 814 · February 3, 1893 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to provide for lowering the height of a bridge proposed to be constructed across the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, by the Cincinnati and Covington Rapid Transit Bridge Company.

   Ch. 61 · 27 Stat. 430 · February 4, 1893 · Original text

9. An Act to provide for the enlargement of the military post at Fort Wayne, Michigan.

   Ch. 62 · 27 Stat. 430 · February 4, 1893 · Original text

10. An Act establishing a fog signal at Tibbets Point, Lake Ontario, New York.

    Ch. 63 · 27 Stat. 430 · February 6, 1893 · Original text

11. An Act relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in the port of Chicago.

    Ch. 64 · 27 Stat. 431 · February 6, 1893 · Original text

12. An Act to amend an act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled, “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alabama River.”

    Ch. 65 · 27 Stat. 431 · February 7, 1893 · Original text

13. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mobile River by the Chicago, Mobile and Gulf Ports Railroad Company.

    Ch. 66 · 27 Stat. 431 · February 7, 1893 · Original text

14. An Act to amend “An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” and so forth.

    Ch. 67 · 27 Stat. 434 · February 7, 1893 · Original text

15. An Act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Matlock.

    Ch. 68 · 27 Stat. 814 · February 7, 1893 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act to make Rockport, Texas, a subport of entry.

    Ch. 69 · 27 Stat. 434 · February 8, 1893 · Original text

17. An Act to increase the pension of A. J. Copenhaver, late a soldier in the Mexican War.

    Ch. 70 · 27 Stat. 814 · February 8, 1893 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas Enlow.

    Ch. 71 · 27 Stat. 815 · February 8, 1893 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act granting a pension to Mrs Ann Mercer Slaughter.

    Ch. 72 · 27 Stat. 815 · February 8, 1893 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of James A. Finley.

    Ch. 73 · 27 Stat. 815 · February 8, 1893 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 74 · 27 Stat. 434 · February 9, 1893 · Original text

22. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Warrior River by the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway Company.

    Ch. 75 · 27 Stat. 437 · February 9, 1893 · Original text

23. An Act for the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.

    Ch. 76 · 27 Stat. 439 · February 9, 1893 · Original text

24. An Act to extend the provisions of an act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.

    Ch. 77 · 27 Stat. 440 · February 9, 1893 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution to provide for maintenance of order during Inaugural Ceremonies, March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Public Resolution 11 · 27 Stat. 754 · February 9, 1893 · Original text

26. An Act for the correction of the army record of David R. Wallace, deceased.

    Ch. 78 · 27 Stat. 815 · February 9, 1893 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act granting an honorable discharge to Frederick E. Kolter.

    Ch. 79 · 27 Stat. 815 · February 9, 1893 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to refer the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to certain lands, and the improvements thereon, in San Francisco, California, to the Court of Claims.

    Ch. 80 · 27 Stat. 816 · February 10, 1893 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas.”

    Ch. 81 · 27 Stat. 441 · February 11, 1893 · Original text

30. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cahaba River, in Bibb County, Alabama, by the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis Railway.

    Ch. 82 · 27 Stat. 441 · February 11, 1893 · Original text

31. An Act in relation to testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission, and in cases or proceedings under or connected with an act entitled “An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and amendments thereto.

    Ch. 83 · 27 Stat. 443 · February 11, 1893 · Original text

32. An Act granting a pension to Amanda Atherton.

    Ch. 84 · 27 Stat. 816 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act granting a pension to Lillie Ries, late a nurse at Jefferson Barracks.

    Ch. 85 · 27 Stat. 816 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Caroline Hardee Dyall, widow of James R. Dyall, veteran of the Florida war, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

    Ch. 86 · 27 Stat. 816 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act granting a pension to Abraham B. Simmons, of Captain Thomas Tripp's company, in Colonel Brisbane's regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Florida Indian war.

    Ch. 87 · 27 Stat. 817 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act to pension Susan S. Murphy.

    Ch. 88 · 27 Stat. 817 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to increase the pension of Amelia Graham.

    Ch. 89 · 27 Stat. 817 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to increase the pension of Harvey Lyon.

    Ch. 90 · 27 Stat. 817 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act granting a pension to Julia P. Wright.

    Ch. 91 · 27 Stat. 818 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act granting a pension to Joseph Fortier.

    Ch. 92 · 27 Stat. 818 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act granting a pension to Mary Millard.

    Ch. 93 · 27 Stat. 818 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act granting a pension to Alonzo D. Barber.

    Ch. 94 · 27 Stat. 818 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act granting a pension to Ellen Hewett.

    Ch. 95 · 27 Stat. 818 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act granting a pension to Sarah A. Hagan.

    Ch. 96 · 27 Stat. 819 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act granting a pension to Samuel Luttrell.

    Ch. 97 · 27 Stat. 819 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act granting a pension to Willis Luttrell.

    Ch. 98 · 27 Stat. 819 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act granting a pension to Martha A. Harris.

    Ch. 99 · 27 Stat. 819 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act granting a pension to Marion Kern Sharman.

    Ch. 100 · 27 Stat. 819 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant F. W. Davis, and granting him an honorable discharge.

    Ch. 101 · 27 Stat. 820 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Andrew B. Knapp.

    Ch. 102 · 27 Stat. 820 · February 11, 1893 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act to extend the provisions of section eight of the act entitled “An net to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes,” approved March third eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona.

    Ch. 103 · 27 Stat. 444 · February 13, 1893 · Original text

52. An Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier’s Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 104 · 27 Stat. 444 · February 13, 1893 · Original text

53. An Act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading, and to certain obligations, duties, and rights in connection with the carriage of property.

    Ch. 105 · 27 Stat. 445 · February 13, 1893 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution authorizing the loan, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition, of the picture entitled “The Recall of Columbus,” by Augustus G. Heaton.

    Public Resolution 12 · 27 Stat. 754 · February 13, 1893 · Original text

55. An Act authorizing Velasco and Surfside Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Galveston and Brazos Canal.

    Ch. 106 · 27 Stat. 446 · February 14, 1893 · Original text

56. An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Marys River, between the States of Florida and Georgia.

    Ch. 107 · 27 Stat. 447 · February 14, 1893 · Original text

57. An Act to authorize the Homestead and Pittsburg Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to Homestead.

    Ch. 108 · 27 Stat. 448 · February 14, 1893 · Original text

58. Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to loan to the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Flags, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 13 · 27 Stat. 755 · February 14, 1893 · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of S. J. Brooks.

    Ch. 109 · 27 Stat. 820 · February 14, 1893 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of Charles E. Heuston.

    Ch. 110 · 27 Stat. 821 · February 14, 1893 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of Charles S. Blood.

    Ch. 111 · 27 Stat. 821 · February 14, 1893 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act to correct the military record of Captain William C. Knowlton.

    Ch. 112 · 27 Stat. 821 · February 14, 1893 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the removal of the charge of desertion against William H. Holloway.

    Ch. 113 · 27 Stat. 821 · February 14, 1893 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service.

    Ch. 114 · 27 Stat. 450 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

65. An Act providing for sundry lighthouses and other aids to navigation.

    Ch. 115 · 27 Stat. 453 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

66. 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-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 116 · 27 Stat. 455 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

67. An Act to amend section forty-three hundred and forty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 117 · 27 Stat. 455 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

68. An Act to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to renew its railroad bridge across the Big Sandy River, upon such plans and location as may be approved by the Secretary of War.

    Ch. 118 · 27 Stat. 456 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

69. An Act for relief of certain settlers on public land in the Tucson land district in Arizona.

    Ch. 119 · 27 Stat. 456 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

70. An Act granting right of way to the Colorado River Irrigation Company through the Yuma Indian Reservation in California.

    Ch. 120 · 27 Stat. 456 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

71. An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at West Elizabeth, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 121 · 27 Stat. 457 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution providing for additional telegraphic and electric light facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Public Resolution 14 · 27 Stat. 755 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution to amend an act entitled “An act making Saturday a half holiday for banking and trust companies in the District of Columbia,” approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Public Resolution 15 · 27 Stat. 755 · February 15, 1893 · Original text

74. An Act for increase of pension of Frances P. Gardener.

    Ch. 122 · 27 Stat. 822 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act to increase the pension of Edward R. Chapman.

    Ch. 123 · 27 Stat. 822 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act to increase the pension of Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, late lieutenant-commander of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 124 · 27 Stat. 822 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act to restore to the pension roll Mary Eleanor White, as former widow of Captain George W. Hazzard.

    Ch. 125 · 27 Stat. 822 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act to grant a pension to Ida A. Taylor.

    Ch. 126 · 27 Stat. 822 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act to grant a pension to Lydia Bollman, a dependent sister.

    Ch. 127 · 27 Stat. 823 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act to pension Emma Johnson, blind and dependent daughter of Daniel D. Johnson, Company B, One hundred and forty-second New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 128 · 27 Stat. 823 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of Harriett E. Niles.

    Ch. 129 · 27 Stat. 823 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act granting a pension to the widow of James A. Kelly.

    Ch. 130 · 27 Stat. 823 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act granting a pension to Edward Smitherman.

    Ch. 131 · 27 Stat. 824 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act granting a pension to George W. Boyd.

    Ch. 132 · 27 Stat. 824 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act granting a pension to Druke Nettie Barnett.

    Ch. 133 · 27 Stat. 824 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act granting a pension to Jesse Cleaveland.

    Ch. 134 · 27 Stat. 824 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act granting a pension to Margaret Byron.

    Ch. 135 · 27 Stat. 824 · February 15, 1893 · Private law · Original text

88. 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. 136 · 27 Stat. 458 · February 18, 1893 · Original text

89. An Act to incorporate the Eclectic Medical Society of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 137 · 27 Stat. 461 · February 18, 1893 · Original text

90. An Act granting to the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company the right of way across the Whipple Barracks military reservation in Arizona.

    Ch. 138 · 27 Stat. 462 · February 18, 1893 · Original text

91. An Act to change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company.

    Ch. 139 · 27 Stat. 462 · February 18, 1893 · Original text

92. An Act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.

    Ch. 140 · 27 Stat. 462 · February 18, 1893 · Original text

93. An Act to permit the withdrawal of certain papers and the signing of certain receipts by John Finn.

    Ch. 141 · 27 Stat. 825 · February 18, 1893 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Fannie N. Belger.

    Ch. 142 · 27 Stat. 825 · February 18, 1893 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

    Ch. 143 · 27 Stat. 464 · February 20, 1893 · Original text

96. An Act to grant to the Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 144 · 27 Stat. 465 · February 20, 1893 · Original text

97. An Act to ratify and confirm agreement between the Puyallup Indiana and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for right of way through the Puyallup Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 145 · 27 Stat. 468 · February 20, 1893 · Original text

98. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain plans and specifications for public buildings to be erected under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and providing for local supervision of the construction of the same.

    Ch. 146 · 27 Stat. 468 · February 20, 1893 · Original text

99. An Act to restore to the public domain a portion of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 147 · 27 Stat. 469 · February 20, 1893 · Original text

100. An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement made bet ween the Seneca Nation of Indians and William B. Barker.

     Ch. 148 · 27 Stat. 470 · February 20, 1893 · Original text