Every law Congress has passed

712 laws of the 53rd Congress, 1893–1895

1. An Act Regulating the procedure in criminal causes in the district of Minnesota.

   Ch. 132 · 28 Stat. 102 · July 12, 1894 · Original text

2. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate four obsolete gun carriages to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa.

   Ch. 133 · 28 Stat. 103 · July 13, 1894 · Original text

3. An Act To provide for the restoration to the State of Michigan two flags carried by the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry Volunteers and now in the War Department.

   Ch. 134 · 28 Stat. 103 · July 13, 1894 · Original text

4. An Act Making an appropriation for rewriting the Consular Regulations.

   Ch. 135 · 28 Stat. 103 · July 16, 1894 · Original text

5. An Act To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the South, or Main, Canadian River at or near the town of Noble, in Oklahoma Territory.

   Ch. 136 · 28 Stat. 103 · July 16, 1894 · Original text

6. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

   Ch. 137 · 28 Stat. 104 · July 16, 1894 · Original text

7. An Act To enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and.State government, and to he admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

   Ch. 138 · 28 Stat. 107 · July 16, 1894 · Original text

8. An Act To remove the political disabilities of Charles Iverson Graves, of Home, in the State of Georgia.

   Ch. 139 · 28 Stat. 989 · July 16, 1894 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the right of way through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.

   Ch. 140 · 28 Stat. 112 · July 18, 1894 · Original text

10. 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-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 141 · 28 Stat. 113 · July 18, 1894 · Original text

11. An Act To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to mining claims.

    Ch. 142 · 28 Stat. 114 · July 18, 1894 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction of a county building at the county seat thereof.

    Ch. 143 · 28 Stat. 114 · July 18, 1894 · Original text

13. An Act To fix a term of the Federal district and circuit courts of the southern judicial district of Mississippi, to be field at Meridian, Mississippi, to include the counties named.

    Ch. 144 · 28 Stat. 114 · July 18, 1894 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize Professor Asaph Hall, of the United States Navy, to accept a gold medal from the Academy of Science of France.

    Ch. 145 · 28 Stat. 989 · July 18, 1894 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of William J. Cornell and Joseph M. Cornell.

    Ch. 146 · 28 Stat. 990 · July 18, 1894 · Private law · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To permit Captain T. O. Selfridge, junior, United States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France.

    Private Resolution 36 · 28 Stat. 1018 · July 18, 1894 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Providing an additional circuit judge in the eighth judicial circuit.

    Ch. 147 · 28 Stat. 115 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at the foot of Main street, in the borough of Bellevernon, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 148 · 28 Stat. 116 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

19. An Act To change the boundaries of the judicial districts of the State of Florida.

    Ch. 149 · 28 Stat. 117 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

20. An Act To authorize the Secretary of Stale to accept for the United States of America a painting by G. F. Watts, Koval Academician, entitled “Love and Life.”

    Ch. 150 · 28 Stat. 117 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

21. An Act Granting to the University of Utah a site off the public domain.

    Ch. 151 · 28 Stat. 117 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

22. An Act Granting to the Columbia Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian Reservation, in Washington.

    Ch. 152 · 28 Stat. 118 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River from a point within the limits of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, known as Eagle Point, to the opposite bank of said river in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 153 · 28 Stat. 119 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Associaton.

    Public Resolution 37 · 28 Stat. 587 · July 23, 1894 · Original text

25. An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against the-name of Joseph G. Utter.

    Ch. 154 · 28 Stat. 990 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Authorizing John E. Johnson and others to accept medals of honor and diplomas from the Government of Spain.

    Ch. 155 · 28 Stat. 990 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To authorize Rear-Admiral John G. Walker and Surgeon-General Rufus Tryon, of the United States Navy, to accept the decorations of the “Busto del Libertador,” of the third class from the President of Venezuela.

    Ch. 156 · 28 Stat. 990 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing Commander C. H. Davis, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Spain.

    Ch. 157 · 28 Stat. 991 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the benefit of sundry persons residing in the vicinity of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

    Ch. 158 · 28 Stat. 991 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting a pension to Earnest C. Emerson.

    Ch. 159 · 28 Stat. 991 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To pension Mary Brown, of Berlin, Vermont.

    Ch. 160 · 28 Stat. 992 · July 23, 1894 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of John M. Rice.

    Ch. 161 · 28 Stat. 992 · July 24, 1894 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at. or near the city of Lexington, Missouri.

    Ch. 162 · 28 Stat. 120 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

34. An Act Prescribing limitations of time for completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and commonly known as the “Donation Act,” and for the protection of purchasers and occupants on said lands.

    Ch. 163 · 28 Stat. 122 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

35. An Act Extending the time fur final proof and payment on lands claimed under the public land laws of the United States.

    Ch. 164 · 28 Stat. 123 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

36. An Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen handled and ninety-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 165 · 28 Stat. 123 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

37. An Act Making appropriation for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

    Ch. 166 · 28 Stat. 141 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

38. An Act Making appropriations for the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

    Ch. 167 · 28 Stat. 151 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

39. An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States as to soldiers’ homes.

    Ch. 168 · 28 Stat. 159 · July 26, 1894 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of the securities of John S. Bradford.

    Ch. 169 · 28 Stat. 992 · July 26, 1894 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park.

    Ch. 170 · 28 Stat. 159 · July 30, 1894 · Original text

42. An Act To release a certain limitation existing in an Act of Congress touching the Episcopal Church at Saint Augustine, Florida.

    Ch. 171 · 28 Stat. 160 · July 30, 1894 · Original text

43. An Act To amend sections four, six, and ten of the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 172 · 28 Stat. 160 · July 30, 1894 · Original text

44. An Act To remove the political disabilities of Caleb Huse.

    Ch. 173 · 28 Stat. 992 · July 30, 1894 · Private law · Original text

45. 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-five, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 174 · 28 Stat. 162 · July 31, 1894 · Original text

46. An Act Granting certain property to the city of Newport, Kentucky.

    Ch. 175 · 28 Stat. 211 · July 31, 1894 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”

    Public Resolution 38 · 28 Stat. 587 · July 31, 1894 · Original text

48. An Act Relating to the pay and retirement of mates in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 176 · 28 Stat. 212 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

49. An Act Donating condemned cannon to the Saint Lawrence State Hospital at Ogdensburg, New York.

    Ch. 177 · 28 Stat. 212 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

50. 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. 177 · 28 Stat. 212 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

51. An Act To regulate enlistments in the Army of the United States.

    Ch. 179 · 28 Stat. 215 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

52. An Act To provide a register for the steamer Goldsworthy.

    Ch. 180 · 28 Stat. 216 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

53. An Act To provide a register for the schooner barge Astoria.

    Ch. 181 · 28 Stat. 217 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation relative to the work and wages of women and children.

    Public Resolution 39 · 28 Stat. 587 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution To establish an observatory circle as a provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 40 · 28 Stat. 588 · August 1, 1894 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American schooner Maggie E. Wells, and also for the relief of the sole survivor of the rescuing party.

    Ch. 182 · 28 Stat. 992 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of General Napoleon J. T. Dana.

    Ch. 183 · 28 Stat. 993 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act For the relief of Major-General George S. Greene.

    Ch. 184 · 28 Stat. 993 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of William B. Chapman, George W. Street, John W. Hoes, Emmet C. Tuthill, and Joseph H. Curtis.

    Ch. 185 · 28 Stat. 994 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To pension the minor children of Alfred Phipps.

    Ch. 186 · 28 Stat. 994 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act To authorize a corrected patent to be issued for the donation laud claim of Wheelock Simmons and wife.

    Ch. 187 · 28 Stat. 994 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To place Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired list of the Army.

    Ch. 188 · 28 Stat. 995 · August 1, 1894 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to change its motive power for the propulsion of the cars of said company.

    Ch. 189 · 28 Stat. 217 · August 2, 1894 · Original text

64. An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Oceano, of Now York, New York.

    Ch. 190 · 28 Stat. 219 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

65. An Act Granting jurisdiction and authority to the Court of Claims in the case of the towboat Future City, her barges, cargoes, and so forth.

    Ch. 191 · 28 Stat. 219 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

66. An Act To promote the efficiency of the naval militia.

    Ch. 192 · 28 Stat. 219 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

67. An Act To prohibit the interment of bodies in Graceland Cemetery in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 193 · 28 Stat. 220 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

68. An Act To fix the times and places for holding the Federal courts in the Suite and district of Nebraska.

    Ch. 194 · 28 Stat. 221 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

69. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 195 · 28 Stat. 221 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

70. An Act Authorizing the State of Montana to make selections from certain public lands.

    Ch. 196 · 28 Stat. 222 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

71. An Act Adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in the State of Connecticut, to the customs district of Hartford, Connecticut, and making the city of Rocksville, Connecticut, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 197 · 28 Stat. 222 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

72. An Act Concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park.

    Ch. 198 · 28 Stat. 222 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

73. An Act For the disposal of the accretions of the Virginias indemnity fund.

    Ch. 199 · 28 Stat. 223 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

74. An Act To amend section fifteen of an Act approving, with amendments. the funding Act of Arizona approved Juno twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 200 · 28 Stat. 224 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

75. An Act To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the interstate fair at Tacoma, Washington, from the payment of duties.

    Ch. 201 · 28 Stat. 224 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

76. An Act To amend section five of the Act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to organize the Life-Saving Service.”

    Ch. 202 · 28 Stat. 225 · August 3, 1894 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Andrew Gray.

    Ch. 203 · 28 Stat. 995 · August 3, 1894 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief Charles T. Russell.

    Ch. 204 · 28 Stat. 996 · August 3, 1894 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To remove charge of desertion standing against Oliver O’Brien.

    Ch. 205 · 28 Stat. 996 · August 3, 1894 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Authorizing the Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company to construct and maintain a bridge over the South Canadian River at or within one mile of the town of Lexington, county of Cleveland, Territory of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 206 · 28 Stat. 225 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

81. An Act Providing for the sale of the old customhouse and lot connected therewith in the city of Louisville, Kentucky.

    Ch. 207 · 28 Stat. 226 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

82. An Act For the relief of persons who have filed declarations of intention to enter desert lands.

    Ch. 208 · 28 Stat. 226 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

83. An Act Establishing a log signal at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 209 · 28 Stat. 227 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

84. An Act Authorizing the construction of a lightship, with fog signal, to be established to the eastward of Boston Light, Massachusetts, and for the establishment of range lights in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 210 · 28 Stat. 227 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

85. An Act To provide for the validation of affidavits made before United States Commissioners in all land entries.

    Ch. 211 · 28 Stat. 227 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

86. An Act To amend an Act to authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    Ch. 212 · 28 Stat. 228 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

87. An Act Extending the benefits of the marine hospitals to the keepers and crews of life-saving stations.

    Ch. 213 · 28 Stat. 229 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

88. An Act To authorize a compromise and settlement with the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 214 · 28 Stat. 229 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

89. An Act To grant to the Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 215 · 28 Stat. 229 · August 4, 1894 · Original text

90. An Act Granting a pension to Frances Corse, widow of General John M. Corse.

    Ch. 216 · 28 Stat. 996 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To pension Mary E. Trickey.

    Ch. 217 · 28 Stat. 997 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret English.

    Ch. 218 · 28 Stat. 997 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza K. Starr.

    Ch. 219 · 28 Stat. 997 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting a pension to Harriet T. Vosburgh.

    Ch. 220 · 28 Stat. 997 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting a pension to Washington Hislop.

    Ch. 221 · 28 Stat. 997 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting a pension to Celestin P. Hartt.

    Ch. 222 · 28 Stat. 998 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Benjamin F. Poteet.

    Ch. 223 · 28 Stat. 998 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon.

    Ch. 224 · 28 Stat. 998 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of Andrew L. Grugett as a former member of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, in the war of the rebellion, and to grant him an honorable discharge therefrom.

    Ch. 225 · 28 Stat. 998 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text

100. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve a certain lease made in Polk County, Minnesota.

     Private Resolution 41 · 28 Stat. 1018 · August 4, 1894 · Private law · Original text