Every law Congress has passed

947 laws of the 54th Congress, 1895–1897

1. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates for necessary repairs at Cleveland Harbor.

   Public Resolution 34 · 29 Stat. 469 · March 23, 1896 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of Halvor K. Omlie, of Homen, North Dakota.

   Ch. 68 · 29 Stat. 710 · March 23, 1896 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of W. H. Ferguson, administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Millsaps.

   Ch. 69 · 29 Stat. 710 · March 23, 1896 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Frances R. Jack, Elizabeth J. Jack, and Matilda W. Jack.

   Ch. 70 · 29 Stat. 710 · March 23, 1896 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of George H. Lott.

   Ch. 71 · 29 Stat. 711 · March 23, 1896 · Private law · Original text

6. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Fairport Harbor.

   Public Resolution 36 · 29 Stat. 469 · March 24, 1896 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to furnish an estimate for deepening the channel from Hampton Roads to the navy-yard at Norfolk, Virginia, and also for improving the western branch of the Elizabeth River.

   Public Resolution 35 · 29 Stat. 1495 · March 24, 1896 · Original text

8. An Act To reimburse W. W. Rockhill for moneys erroneously paid United States.

   Ch. 72 · 29 Stat. 711 · March 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To regulate the issue and recording of the commissions of officers in several of the Departments.

   Ch. 73 · 29 Stat. 75 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

10. An Act To amend section nine of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 74 · 29 Stat. 75 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

11. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River.

    Ch. 75 · 29 Stat. 76 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

12. An Act To authorize the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company to extend its line of railroad into the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 76 · 29 Stat. 77 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

13. An Act For the right of the Rock Island, Muscatine and Southwestern Railway Company to build a bridge across the Illinois and Mississippi canal.

    Ch. 77 · 29 Stat. 78 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 78 · 29 Stat. 79 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

15. An Act For the reconstruction of the Rock Island bridge.

    Ch. 79 · 29 Stat. 80 · March 28, 1896 · Original text

16. An Act For the relief of Kate Winter.

    Ch. 80 · 29 Stat. 711 · March 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act To pension Michael E. Bricker, of Edgerton, Indiana.

    Ch. 81 · 29 Stat. 711 · March 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

18. Joint Resolution Providing for the disposition of certain property now in the hands of the receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

    Private Resolution 37 · 29 Stat. 758 · March 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Authorizing the Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 82 · 29 Stat. 80 · March 30, 1896 · Original text

20. An Act To grant certain condemned cannon and cannon balls to the Thirteenth and Forty-third Separate Companies National Guard of State of New York.

    Ch. 83 · 29 Stat. 84 · March 31, 1896 · Original text

21. An Act To repeal section twelve hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by chapter forty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, relating to appointment of officers in the Army or Navy of the United States.

    Ch. 84 · 29 Stat. 84 · March 31, 1896 · Original text

22. An Act Providing for disposal of lands lying within the Fort Klamath Hay Reservation, not included in the Klamath Indian Reservation, in Oregon.

    Ch. 85 · 29 Stat. 84 · March 31, 1896 · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Michael Ryan.

    Ch. 86 · 29 Stat. 711 · March 31, 1896 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers,” and so forth, approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 87 · 29 Stat. 85 · April 1, 1896 · Original text

25. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing Bernard R. Green to exercise the duties and powers heretofore conferred upon the late General Thomas L. Casey, in relation to the construction and completion of the Library of Congress.

    Public Resolution 38 · 29 Stat. 470 · April 2, 1896 · Original text

26. Joint Resolution To authorize Benjamin Harrison to accept certain medals presented to him while President of the United States.

    Private Resolution 39 · 29 Stat. 759 · April 2, 1896 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Matteawan.

    Ch. 88 · 29 Stat. 85 · April 4, 1896 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of James Linskey from the operation of the Act restricting the ownership of real estate in the Territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens.

    Ch. 89 · 29 Stat. 712 · April 4, 1896 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Matteawan.

    Ch. 90 · 29 Stat. 85 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

30. An Act For the establishment of a light-house and fog-signal station at or near the entrance to Maurice River, New Jersey.

    Ch. 91 · 29 Stat. 86 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing the sale of title of the United States to certain tracts of hind in the District of Columbia to Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R. Scott.

    Ch. 92 · 29 Stat. 86 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 93 · 29 Stat. 87 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

33. Joint Resolution Authorizing the immediate use of a portion of the unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore made for construction of canal and locks at the Cascades of the Columbia River in construction of protecting walls necessary to the opening of said canal and locks to navigation.

    Public Resolution 40 · 29 Stat. 470 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

34. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates of cost of further improvement of Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

    Public Resolution 41 · 29 Stat. 470 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

35. Joint Resolution Providing for immediate destruction of income-tax returns, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 42 · 29 Stat. 470 · April 6, 1896 · Original text

36. An Act To confirm certain cash entries of offered lands.

    Ch. 94 · 29 Stat. 90 · April 7, 1896 · Original text

37. An Act To authorize the leasing of lands for educational purposes in Arizona.

    Ch. 95 · 29 Stat. 90 · April 7, 1896 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of War to prepare and submit estimates for the improvement of the harbor at Portland, Maine.

    Public Resolution 43 · 29 Stat. 471 · April 10, 1896 · Original text

39. An Act To authorize the Light-House Board to proceed with the construction of the light-house and fog signal on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.

    Ch. 96 · 29 Stat. 91 · April 13, 1896 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Frederick B. Betts, surviving partner of the firm of Betts, Nichols and Company.

    Ch. 97 · 29 Stat. 712 · April 13, 1896 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of settlers upon lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company.

    Ch. 98 · 29 Stat. 91 · April 14, 1896 · Original text

42. An Act Repealing chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Supplement of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 99 · 29 Stat. 91 · April 14, 1896 · Original text

43. An Act Granting to the Duluth and North Dakota Railroad Company right of way through certain Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 100 · 29 Stat. 92 · April 14, 1896 · Original text

44. An Act To amend an Act to authorize the Interoceanic Railway Company to construct and operate railway, telegraph, and telephone lines through the Indian Territory.

    Ch. 101 · 29 Stat. 93 · April 14, 1896 · Original text

45. An Act To increase the pension of Uzziel B. Church.

    Ch. 102 · 29 Stat. 712 · April 14, 1896 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Authorizing the construction of a fog signal on the north pier of the entrance to Menominee Harbor, Michigan.

    Ch. 103 · 29 Stat. 94 · April 15, 1896 · Original text

47. An Act To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near the city of Columbia, Alabama.

    Ch. 104 · 29 Stat. 94 · April 16, 1896 · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of John C. Cutter, late first lieutenant, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 105 · 29 Stat. 713 · April 16, 1896 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act To correct the muster of Lieutenant Gilman L. Johnson.

    Ch. 106 · 29 Stat. 713 · April 16, 1896 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Providing for disposal of lands on abandoned portions of the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation in Montana, and for the relief of certain settlers thereon.

    Ch. 107 · 29 Stat. 95 · April 18, 1896 · Original text

51. An Act Granting to the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad Company and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, its lessee in perpetuity, the right of way over a part of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation in the States of Kansas and Nebraska.

    Ch. 108 · 29 Stat. 95 · April 18, 1896 · Original text

52. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to transmit to Congress a report on survey of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound, at Salmon Bay, with Lakes Union and Washington, and to submit an estimate of the cost of constructing said waterway.

    Public Resolution 44 · 29 Stat. 471 · April 18, 1896 · Original text

53. Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit a plan and estimate for the improvement of the Nebraska side of the Missouri River, opposite Sioux City, Iowa.

    Public Resolution 45 · 29 Stat. 471 · April 18, 1896 · Original text

54. An Act Granting a pension to Catherine R. Jardine, widow of Brigadier-General Edward Jardine.

    Ch. 109 · 29 Stat. 713 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Hall.

    Ch. 110 · 29 Stat. 713 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To pension Mollie Crandall.

    Ch. 111 · 29 Stat. 713 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To increase the pension of Joseph W. Fisher.

    Ch. 112 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Moore English.

    Ch. 113 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting a pension to Miss Mary E. Hull, dependent sister of John A. Hull, deceased, late of Company F, Eighty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the late war of the rebellion.

    Ch. 114 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to A. H. McLaws.

    Ch. 115 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Clifton R. Anderson.

    Ch. 116 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act For the relief of Clifton R. Anderson.

    Ch. 117 · 29 Stat. 714 · April 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

63. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Public Printer to print the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Const and Geodetic Survey in quarto form and to bind it in one volume.

    Public Resolution 46 · 29 Stat. 471 · April 20, 1896 · Original text

64. Joint Resolution To appoint four members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Public Resolution 47 · 29 Stat. 472 · April 21, 1896 · Original text

65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace Townsend.

    Ch. 118 · 29 Stat. 715 · April 21, 1896 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Authorizing the transfer of a cannon from the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, to Grant Park, in Galena, Illinois.

    Ch. 119 · 29 Stat. 96 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

67. An Act Providing for a naval training station on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 120 · 29 Stat. 96 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

68. An Act To grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

    Ch. 121 · 29 Stat. 97 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

69. An Act To amend an Act approved August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to authorize purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers, privileges, and franchises vested in that company.”

    Ch. 122 · 29 Stat. 98 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize reassessments for improvements and general taxes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 123 · 29 Stat. 98 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

71. Joint Resolution Relative to the improvement of the harbor of Erie, Pennsylvania.

    Public Resolution 48 · 29 Stat. 472 · April 24, 1896 · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Bottle the claims of the legal representatives of S. W. Marston, late United States Indian agent at Union Agency, Indian Territory, for services and expenses.

    Ch. 124 · 29 Stat. 715 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph Porter.

    Ch. 125 · 29 Stat. 715 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act To fix the date of the discharge of Thomas Johnson.

    Ch. 126 · 29 Stat. 716 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting a pension to Annie J. Corbett, of Providence, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 127 · 29 Stat. 716 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Keith.

    Ch. 128 · 29 Stat. 716 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Kate A. Pitman.

    Ch. 129 · 29 Stat. 716 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act To grant an increase of pension to Elizabeth Deshler Whiting, widow of Lieutenant Henry Whiting.

    Ch. 130 · 29 Stat. 716 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Corigan.

    Ch. 131 · 29 Stat. 717 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act To restore to the pension rolls the name of Agnes A. Blackman.

    Ch. 132 · 29 Stat. 717 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting a pension to Caroline Parker.

    Ch. 133 · 29 Stat. 717 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To amend an Act increasing the pension of Marcus D. Box.

    Ch. 134 · 29 Stat. 717 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting a pension to Peter B. Palmenteer.

    Ch. 135 · 29 Stat. 717 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Rita Stine.

    Ch. 136 · 29 Stat. 718 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act For the relief of John E. Evans.

    Ch. 137 · 29 Stat. 718 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Eunice Ida Rhoades.

    Ch. 138 · 29 Stat. 718 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Sophia J. Hamilton, widow of Charles S. Hamilton, major-general of volunteers.

    Ch. 139 · 29 Stat. 718 · April 24, 1896 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 140 · 29 Stat. 99 · April 25, 1896 · Original text

89. An Act To grant to railroad companies in Indian Territory additional powers to secure depot grounds.

    Ch. 141 · 29 Stat. 109 · April 25, 1896 · Original text

90. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph A. Cooper.

    Ch. 142 · 29 Stat. 718 · April 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to Martha Brooks.

    Ch. 143 · 29 Stat. 719 · April 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To grant an increase of pension to Mary B. Houk.

    Ch. 144 · 29 Stat. 719 · April 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the estate of John R. Bigelow.

    Ch. 145 · 29 Stat. 719 · April 27, 1896 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Doubleday, widow of Brevet Major-General Abner Doubleday.

    Ch. 146 · 29 Stat. 720 · April 27, 1896 · Private law · Original text

95. Joint Resolution To provide for the proper distribution of the publication entitled “Messages and Papers of the Presidents.”

    Public Resolution 50 · 29 Stat. 472 · April 30, 1896 · Original text

96. An Act To provide for reimbursement of the expense of constructing a sewer upon the permanent reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    Ch. 147 · 29 Stat. 110 · May 1, 1896 · Original text

97. An Act To execute the findings of the Court of Claims in the matter of the claim of John J. Shipman against the United States.

    Ch. 148 · 29 Stat. 720 · May 1, 1896 · Private law · Original text

98. Joint Resolution Relative to the medal of honor authorized by the Acts of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

    Public Resolution 51 · 29 Stat. 473 · May 2, 1896 · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis C. Schilling.

    Ch. 149 · 29 Stat. 720 · May 2, 1896 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road.”

     Ch. 150 · 29 Stat. 110 · May 4, 1896 · Original text