Every law Congress has passed

712 laws of the 53rd Congress, 1893–1895

1. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver unserviceable or condemned cannon to the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to be used in decorating Battery Park.

   Public Resolution 22 · 28 Stat. 972 · February 27, 1895 · Original text

2. An Act Making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, and to provide for more efficient service in the surveyor’s office.

   Ch. 138 · 28 Stat. 689 · February 28, 1895 · Original text

3. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

   Ch. 139 · 28 Stat. 690 · February 28, 1895 · Original text

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

   Ch. 140 · 28 Stat. 691 · February 28, 1895 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of Charles A. Edwards.

   Ch. 141 · 28 Stat. 1035 · February 28, 1895 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of Dennis McIntyre.

   Ch. 142 · 28 Stat. 1035 · February 28, 1895 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of the First State Bank of Mound City, Illinois.

   Ch. 143 · 28 Stat. 1036 · February 28, 1895 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To authorize the appointment of women as public school trustees in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 144 · 28 Stat. 693 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

9. An Act To provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 145 · 28 Stat. 693 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

10. An Act To amend “An Act to amend section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and also to amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, “Regulation of steam vessels.”

    Ch. 146 · 28 Stat. 699 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the bona fide purchasers of land in section thirty-six, township one north, range nine west (San Bernardino meridian), in the State of California.

    Ch. 147 · 28 Stat. 700 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

12. An Act Relative to Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 148 · 28 Stat. 700 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

13. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay.”

    Ch. 149 · 28 Stat. 701 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

14. An Act Granting the Mount Vernon Barracks Military Reservation to the State of Alabama for public uses.

    Ch. 150 · 28 Stat. 701 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution In reference to the free zone along the northern frontier of Mexico and adjacent to the United States.

    Public Resolution 23 · 28 Stat. 973 · March 1, 1895 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Evalyn N. Van Vliet.

    Ch. 151 · 28 Stat. 1036 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act For the relief of Captain Ceran Saint Vrain’s Company of New Mexico Mounted Volunteers.

    Ch. 152 · 28 Stat. 1036 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act For the relief of Mathew S. Priest.

    Ch. 153 · 28 Stat. 1037 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of Witherby and Gaffney.

    Ch. 154 · 28 Stat. 1037 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of James Phelan, internal-revenue collector at Detroit, Michigan.

    Ch. 155 · 28 Stat. 1037 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For relief of William W. Buckley, late first lieutenant, One hundred and ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. 156 · 28 Stat. 1038 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Glenmore Distilling Company, of Daviess County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 157 · 28 Stat. 1038 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of the heirs and devisees of Jonathan Kirkwood, deceased.

    Ch. 158 · 28 Stat. 1038 · March 1, 1895 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the erection of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois,” approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

    Ch. 159 · 28 Stat. 701 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.

    Ch. 160 · 28 Stat. 702 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

26. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending dime thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 161 · 28 Stat. 703 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

27. 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. 162 · 28 Stat. 704 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

28. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield, Alabama.

    Ch. 163 · 28 Stat. 708 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

29. An Act To regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 164 · 28 Stat. 709 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the Wisconsin and New Duluth Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

    Ch. 165 · 28 Stat. 711 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

31. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 166 · 28 Stat. 713 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

32. An Act To authorize the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company, of Maryland, to extend its line of road into and within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 167 · 28 Stat. 717 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

33. An Act To incorporate the Capital Railway Company.

    Ch. 168 · 28 Stat. 721 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

34. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 169 · 28 Stat. 727 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

35. An Act To authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River.

    Ch. 170 · 28 Stat. 738 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Illinois River at or near the town of Hennepin.

    Ch. 171 · 28 Stat. 739 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

37. An Act To establish harbor regulations for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 172 · 28 Stat. 740 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

38. An Act To amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An Act to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States.”

    Ch. 173 · 28 Stat. 740 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

39. An Act Granting chief justice of United States courts in Territories power to appoint commissioners to take proof in land cases, and so forth.

    Ch. 174 · 28 Stat. 744 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

40. An Act To amend section nine of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 175 · 28 Stat. 744 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

41. 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-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 176 · 28 Stat. 744 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

42. 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-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 177 · 28 Stat. 766 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

43. An Act For the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 178 · 28 Stat. 809 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

44. An Act For the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 179 · 28 Stat. 811 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

45. An Act To amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the liens of judgments and decrees of the courts of the United States,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 180 · 28 Stat. 813 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

46. An Act To further amend section nine of the Act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico, passed March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. 181 · 28 Stat. 814 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to certify to the Secretary of the interior, for restoration to the public domain, lands in the States of Alabama and Mississippi not needed for naval purposes.

    Ch. 182 · 28 Stat. 814 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

48. An Act To amend the Act to incorporate the American University.

    Ch. 183 · 28 Stat. 814 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

49. An Act To grant a township of land to the State of Mississippi for the use-of the Institute and College for Girls.

    Ch. 184 · 28 Stat. 815 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

50. An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 185 · 28 Stat. 815 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

51. An Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 186 · 28 Stat. 825 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

52. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 28 Stat. 843 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

53. An Act Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 188 · 28 Stat. 876 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

54. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 189 · 28 Stat. 910 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

55. An Act To provide for the reimbursement of officers and seamen for property lost or destroyed in the naval service of the United States.

    Ch. 190 · 28 Stat. 962 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

56. An Act For the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United States.

    Ch. 191 · 28 Stat. 963 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

57. An Act To provide that all persons employing female help in stores, shops, or manufactories in the District of Columbia shall provide seats for the same when not actively employed

    Ch. 192 · 28 Stat. 964 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for the payment of accrued pensions in certain cases.

    Ch. 193 · 28 Stat. 964 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

59. An Act To amend section forty-nine hundred and sixty-five, chapter three, title sixty, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights.

    Ch. 194 · 28 Stat. 965 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the salaries of the judges and other officers of the United States court in the Indian Territory.

    Ch. 195 · 28 Stat. 966 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

61. Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of n bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law.

    Public Resolution 24 · 28 Stat. 973 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

62. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to citizens’ general committee on the Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Louisville, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, condemned cannon.

    Public Resolution 25 · 28 Stat. 973 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

63. Joint Resolution To extend the time for taking testimony in relation to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania.

    Public Resolution 26 · 28 Stat. 973 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution Continuing the present officers of the courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the judiciary of that Territory which has passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the signature of the President of the United States becomes a law.

    Public Resolution 27 · 28 Stat. 974 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

65. Joint Resolution To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia the sum appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.”

    Public Resolution 28 · 28 Stat. 974 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

66. Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of officials of the United States courts.

    Public Resolution 29 · 28 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Calling on the President to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement between the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States.

    Public Resolution 30 · 28 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution To extend time in which Members of the Fifty-third Congress may distribute documents.

    Public Resolution 31 · 28 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1895 · Original text

69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Martha Custis Carter, widow of the late Rear-Admiral S. P. Carter.

    Ch. 196 · 28 Stat. 1038 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee University), located at Lexington, Virginia.

    Ch. 197 · 28 Stat. 1039 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Maria T. Karge.

    Ch. 198 · 28 Stat. 1039 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To grant a pension to Ida C. Martin

    Ch. 199 · 28 Stat. 1039 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting a pension to Marian C. Gurney.

    Ch. 200 · 28 Stat. 1039 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Mary Tassin.

    Ch. 201 · 28 Stat. 1040 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of John and Sarah Griffin.

    Ch. 202 · 28 Stat. 1040 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel Springs, Tennessee.

    Ch. 203 · 28 Stat. 1040 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Bridget Devine.

    Ch. 204 · 28 Stat. 1040 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen Carney.

    Ch. 205 · 28 Stat. 1040 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act To pension John B. Leach.

    Ch. 206 · 28 Stat. 1041 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To pension Jane Webster.

    Ch. 207 · 28 Stat. 1041 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of William Albin, late of Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 208 · 28 Stat. 1041 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To pension David H. Sexton for services in Oregon Indian wars.

    Ch. 209 · 28 Stat. 1041 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph R. Brooks, father, by adoption, of Henry M. Brooks.

    Ch. 210 · 28 Stat. 1042 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act To pension Mary E. Hamilton, widow of David Hamilton, soldier in Indian war of eighteen hundred and eighteen.

    Ch. 211 · 28 Stat. 1042 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To pension Albert Munson.

    Ch. 212 · 28 Stat. 1042 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To pension Susannah Kepford, of Noble County, Indiana.

    Ch. 213 · 28 Stat. 1042 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act To pension Joseph W. Snyder, crippled son of a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 214 · 28 Stat. 1042 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth L. Markham.

    Ch. 215 · 28 Stat. 1043 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting a pension to Saloma Mangold.

    Ch. 216 · 28 Stat. 1043 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine Foote Fairfax.

    Ch. 217 · 28 Stat. 1043 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to Harrison C. Hobart, brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.

    Ch. 218 · 28 Stat. 1043 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To increase the pension of Major-General Julius H. Stahel.

    Ch. 219 · 28 Stat. 1043 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting a pension to James Jones.

    Ch. 220 · 28 Stat. 1044 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting a pension to Alexander M. Laughlin.

    Ch. 221 · 28 Stat. 1044 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. L. Eastman.

    Ch. 222 · 28 Stat. 1044 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting a pension to Major-General John A. McClernand.

    Ch. 223 · 28 Stat. 1044 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to Charity Ann Smith.

    Ch. 224 · 28 Stat. 1044 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting increase of pension to Jesse C. Pinney.

    Ch. 225 · 28 Stat. 1045 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act For the relief of Thorwald Olsen.

    Ch. 226 · 28 Stat. 1045 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To grant a pension to Mrs. Mary Button, of Arkansas, widow of Asa Button, deceased.

     Ch. 227 · 28 Stat. 1045 · March 2, 1895 · Private law · Original text