Every law Congress has passed

712 laws of the 53rd Congress, 1893–1895

1. An Act To repeal the Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver.”

   Ch. 52 · 28 Stat. 1027 · January 28, 1895 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Michael Scanlon.

   Ch. 53 · 28 Stat. 1027 · January 31, 1895 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas.

   Ch. 54 · 28 Stat. 641 · February 1, 1895 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution To provide for the expenditure of the appropriation heretofore made for the dredging of Everett Harbor.

   Public Resolution 8 · 28 Stat. 968 · February 1, 1895 · Original text

5. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota,” and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers of the circuit find district courts of the said judicial district.

   Ch. 55 · 28 Stat. 642 · February 4, 1895 · Original text

6. An Act To provide an American register for the barkentine James H. Hamlen.

   Ch. 56 · 28 Stat. 643 · February 4, 1895 · Original text

7. An Act For discharge of Julius L. Briggs as sergeant.

   Ch. 57 · 28 Stat. 1028 · February 4, 1895 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against the name of Edward J. Butler.

   Ch. 58 · 28 Stat. 1028 · February 4, 1895 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution To revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army.

   Public Resolution 9 · 28 Stat. 968 · February 5, 1895 · Original text

10. An Act Providing for an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial circuit, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 59 · 28 Stat. 643 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to beautify and use as a public, park the United States mint property in said city, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Ch. 60 · 28 Stat. 643 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

12. An Act To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. 61 · 28 Stat. 643 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing the El Reno Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the South Canadian River, between Blaine County, Oklahoma, and the Wichita Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 62 · 28 Stat. 644 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

14. An Act Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi.

    Ch. 63 · 28 Stat. 645 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

15. An Act To regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters.

    Ch. 64 · 28 Stat. 645 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

16. Joint Resolution To print extra copies of the decisions of Interior Department relating to public lands and pensions.

    Public Resolution 10 · 28 Stat. 969 · February 8, 1895 · Original text

17. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Katharine Todd Crittenden.

    Ch. 65 · 28 Stat. 1028 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Grace Roberts, doctor of medicine.

    Ch. 66 · 28 Stat. 1028 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting a pension to Martha A. Geer.

    Ch. 67 · 28 Stat. 1028 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To increase the pension of Marcus D. Box.

    Ch. 68 · 28 Stat. 1029 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of John J. Patman.

    Ch. 69 · 28 Stat. 1029 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act To pension G. O. Greiner, of Texas.

    Ch. 70 · 28 Stat. 1029 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Margaret Smith.

    Ch. 71 · 28 Stat. 1029 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To increase the pension of Pickens T. Reynolds, of Hall County, Georgia.

    Ch. 72 · 28 Stat. 1030 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Finnerty.

    Ch. 73 · 28 Stat. 1030 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting a pension to Rosanna Cobb, widow of Edmond Cobb, deceased, late of Sac and Fox war.

    Ch. 74 · 28 Stat. 1030 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To pension Nancy Gabrilla Anderson.

    Ch. 75 · 28 Stat. 1030 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah M. Brown.

    Ch. 76 · 28 Stat. 1030 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Harriet Clayton.

    Ch. 77 · 28 Stat. 1031 · February 8, 1895 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the immediate relief of the Buttering poor of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 78 · 28 Stat. 650 · February 9, 1895 · Original text

31. An Act Changing the name of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 79 · 28 Stat. 650 · February 11, 1895 · Original text

32. An Act To establish a national military park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 80 · 28 Stat. 651 · February 11, 1895 · Original text

33. An Act Granting right of way to the Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company through the Sioux Indian Reservation.

    Ch. 81 · 28 Stat. 653 · February 12, 1895 · Original text

34. An Act To sell certain lands in Montgomery County, Arkansas, to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

    Ch. 82 · 28 Stat. 654 · February 12, 1895 · Original text

35. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 83 · 28 Stat. 654 · February 12, 1895 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the appointment of cadets to the Naval Academy.

    Ch. 84 · 28 Stat. 663 · February 12, 1895 · Original text

37. An Act For the relief of William T. Holman.

    Ch. 85 · 28 Stat. 1031 · February 12, 1895 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act To pension Maria Davis.

    Ch. 86 · 28 Stat. 1031 · February 12, 1895 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear the same, and for other purposes, approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 87 · 28 Stat. 664 · February 13, 1895 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the erection of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois.

    Ch. 88 · 28 Stat. 664 · February 13, 1895 · Original text

41. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck.

    Public Resolution 11 · 28 Stat. 969 · February 13, 1895 · Original text

42. An Act Granting a pension to Julia E. Lock, formerly widow of the late General Daniel McCook.

    Ch. 89 · 28 Stat. 1031 · February 13, 1895 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine P. Kelton, widow of Brigadier-General John C. Kelton, late Adjutant-General United States Army, deceased.

    Ch. 90 · 28 Stat. 1032 · February 13, 1895 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Ellery.

    Ch. 91 · 28 Stat. 1032 · February 13, 1895 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To amend and extend the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 92 · 28 Stat. 664 · February 15, 1895 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice.

    Public Resolution 12 · 28 Stat. 969 · February 15, 1895 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution To restore the status of the Missouri Militia who served during the late war.

    Public Resolution 13 · 28 Stat. 970 · February 15, 1895 · Original text

48. An Act To correct the military record of George Whittaker, late a private of Company C, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers.

    Ch. 93 · 28 Stat. 1032 · February 16, 1895 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Providing an additional circuit judge in the ninth judicial circuit.

    Ch. 94 · 28 Stat. 665 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

50. An Act Granting to the Gila Valley, Globe, and Northern Railway Company a right of way through the San Carlos Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 95 · 28 Stat. 665 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

51. An Act To amend the Act entitled “Au Act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain eases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Ch. 96 · 28 Stat. 666 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

52. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend the laws relative to shipping commissioners.” approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 97 · 28 Stat. 667 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

53. An Act To bridge the Newark Bay.

    Ch. 98 · 28 Stat. 668 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

54. Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Michigan the flags of certain regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry.

    Public Resolution 14 · 28 Stat. 970 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

55. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four for Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor.

    Public Resolution 15 · 28 Stat. 970 · February 18, 1895 · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of the representatives of Daniel C. Rodman, deceased, and others.

    Ch. 99 · 28 Stat. 1032 · February 18, 1895 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, and to regulate the proceedings before them.

    Ch. 100 · 28 Stat. 668 · February 19, 1895 · Original text

58. An Act To readjust the salaries and allowances of the postmasters at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory.

    Ch. 101 · 28 Stat. 671 · February 19, 1895 · Original text

59. An Act To adopt special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, supplementary to the Act of August nineteenth, eighteeen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

    Ch. 102 · 28 Stat. 672 · February 19, 1895 · Original text

60. An Act To establish a life-saving station at or near City Point, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 103 · 28 Stat. 672 · February 19, 1895 · Original text

61. An Act To relieve Abraham D. Prince.

    Ch. 104 · 28 Stat. 1033 · February 19, 1895 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To provide for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Colorado.

    Ch. 105 · 28 Stat. 673 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

63. An Act For the encouragement of education in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 106 · 28 Stat. 673 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

64. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Paterson, New Jersey.

    Ch. 107 · 28 Stat. 673 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

65. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at South Omaha, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 108 · 28 Stat. 674 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

66. An Act For the erection of a public building at Brockton, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 109 · 28 Stat. 675 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

67. An Act To erect a public building at Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 110 · 28 Stat. 675 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

68. An Act For the erection of a public building at Newport, Kentucky.

    Ch. 111 · 28 Stat. 676 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

69. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of Cumberland, Maryland.

    Ch. 112 · 28 Stat. 676 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

70. An Act To disapprove the treaty heretofore made with the Southern Ute Indians to be removed to the Territory of Utah, and providing for settling them down in severalty where they may so elect and are qualified, and to settle all those not electing to take lands in severalty on the west forty miles of present reservation and in portions of New Mexico, and for other purposes, and to carry out the provisions of the treaty with said Indians June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty

    Ch. 113 · 28 Stat. 677 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of certain Winnebago Indians in Minnesota.

    Ch. 114 · 28 Stat. 679 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

72. Joint Resolution To confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the allotment of same.

    Public Resolution 16 · 28 Stat. 970 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

73. Joint Resolution Relative to the British Guiana-Venezuela boundary dispute.

    Public Resolution 17 · 28 Stat. 971 · February 20, 1895 · Original text

74. An Act Granting cannon to the historical museum, Des Moines, Iowa.

    Ch. 115 · 28 Stat. 679 · February 21, 1895 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution Extending from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the time for making returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 18 · 28 Stat. 971 · February 21, 1895 · Original text

76. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Brower, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion.

    Ch. 116 · 28 Stat. 1033 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act To repeal the special Act granting a pension to Louisa M. Sippell.

    Ch. 117 · 28 Stat. 1033 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia Weeks.

    Ch. 118 · 28 Stat. 1033 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To pension Mrs. Mary L. Clark.

    Ch. 119 · 28 Stat. 1033 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to William Armstrong.

    Ch. 120 · 28 Stat. 1034 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To pension Samuel F. Tenant.

    Ch. 121 · 28 Stat. 1034 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To pension Mary R. Williams.

    Ch. 122 · 28 Stat. 1034 · February 21, 1895 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting a pension to Pauline M. Pooler.

    Ch. 123 · 28 Stat. 1034 · February 22, 1895 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Marrilla Parsons, of Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 124 · 28 Stat. 1034 · February 22, 1895 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To grant a pension to Sarah E. Roebuck.

    Ch. 125 · 28 Stat. 1035 · February 22, 1895 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting a pension to Richard R. Knight.

    Ch. 126 · 28 Stat. 1035 · February 22, 1895 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To postpone the enforcement of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

    Ch. 127 · 28 Stat. 680 · February 23, 1895 · Original text

88. An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy.

    Ch. 128 · 28 Stat. 680 · February 25, 1895 · Original text

89. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in the county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and in the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 129 · 28 Stat. 681 · February 25, 1895 · Original text

90. An Act To amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 130 · 28 Stat. 682 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

91. An Act To provide for the examination and classification of certain mineral lands in the States of Montana and Idaho.

    Ch. 131 · 28 Stat. 683 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

92. An Act For the promotion of anatomical science, and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 132 · 28 Stat. 686 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 133 · 28 Stat. 687 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

94. An Act To authorize the adoption of children in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 134 · 28 Stat. 687 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone River, in the county of Dawson, State of Montana.

    Ch. 135 · 28 Stat. 688 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

96. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan.

    Public Resolution 19 · 28 Stat. 971 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

97. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, certain cannon, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 20 · 28 Stat. 972 · February 26, 1895 · Original text

98. An Act Granting a pension to Caroline E. Wessells.

    Ch. 136 · 28 Stat. 1035 · February 26, 1895 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy relative to punishment on conviction by court-martial.

    Ch. 137 · 28 Stat. 689 · February 27, 1895 · Original text

100. Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

     Public Resolution 21 · 28 Stat. 972 · February 27, 1895 · Original text