Every law Congress has passed

947 laws of the 54th Congress, 1895–1897

1. An Act To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

   Ch. 151 · 29 Stat. 111 · May 4, 1896 · Original text

2. An Act Authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas.

   Ch. 152 · 29 Stat. 111 · May 4, 1896 · Original text

3. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River,” approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

   Ch. 153 · 29 Stat. 112 · May 4, 1896 · Original text

4. An Act To provide for the incorporation and regulation of medical and dental colleges in the District of Columbia.

   Ch. 154 · 29 Stat. 112 · May 4, 1896 · Original text

5. An Act To establish and provide for the government of Greer County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 155 · 29 Stat. 113 · May 4, 1896 · Original text

6. An Act To amend the military record of Dan S. Place, first lieutenant, Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers.

   Ch. 156 · 29 Stat. 721 · May 4, 1896 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. 157 · 29 Stat. 721 · May 4, 1896 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting a pension to Eliza Wilson.

   Ch. 158 · 29 Stat. 721 · May 4, 1896 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of E. R. Shipley.

   Ch. 159 · 29 Stat. 721 · May 4, 1896 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of A. T. Hensley.

    Ch. 160 · 29 Stat. 721 · May 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To provide for the fulfillment of the stipulations of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at Washington on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 161 · 29 Stat. 115 · May 7, 1896 · Original text

12. An Act Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish not more than four pieces of condemned cannon to the village of New Rochelle, New York.

    Ch. 162 · 29 Stat. 115 · May 8, 1896 · Original text

13. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate condemned cannon to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and Mathies Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Burlington, Iowa.

    Ch. 163 · 29 Stat. 115 · May 9, 1896 · Original text

14. An Act To amend section twenty-eight hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, fixing time for vessels to unlade.

    Ch. 164 · 29 Stat. 115 · May 9, 1896 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of Captain George H. Perkins.

    Ch. 165 · 29 Stat. 722 · May 9, 1896 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting a pension to Arminda Stucker, of Gallatin, Missouri.

    Ch. 166 · 29 Stat. 722 · May 9, 1896 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange in behalf of the United States the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, now belonging to the United States and held for light-house purposes, with the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company for any other tract or parcel of land in said county equally well or better adapted to use for light-house purposes.

    Ch. 167 · 29 Stat. 116 · May 11, 1896 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the disposal of public reservations in vacated town sites or additions to town sites in the Territory of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 168 · 29 Stat. 116 · May 11, 1896 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the cemetery association in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be used at or near the foot of the soldiers’ monument in said cemetery.

    Ch. 169 · 29 Stat. 117 · May 11, 1896 · Original text

20. An Act For the relief of J. J. Lints.

    Ch. 170 · 29 Stat. 722 · May 11, 1896 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act For the relief of James Duke.

    Ch. 171 · 29 Stat. 722 · May 11, 1896 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting an honorable discharge to F. L. Taylor from December second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

    Ch. 172 · 29 Stat. 722 · May 11, 1896 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah A. Boyd.

    Ch. 173 · 29 Stat. 723 · May 11, 1896 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act To amend the record of William H. De Freest.

    Ch. 174 · 29 Stat. 723 · May 11, 1896 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Making provision for the deportation of refugee Canadian Cree Indians from the State of Montana and their delivery to the Canadian authorities.

    Ch. 175 · 29 Stat. 117 · May 13, 1896 · Original text

26. An Act To revive and reenact an Act to authorize the construction of a free bridge across Arkansas River, connecting Little Rock and Argenta.

    Ch. 176 · 29 Stat. 118 · May 13, 1896 · Original text

27. An Act To regulate marriages in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 177 · 29 Stat. 118 · May 13, 1896 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Enoch Davis.

    Ch. 178 · 29 Stat. 723 · May 13, 1896 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, granting the right of way upon the public lands for reservoir and canal purposes.

    Ch. 179 · 29 Stat. 120 · May 14, 1896 · Original text

30. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Ann Tracy.

    Ch. 180 · 29 Stat. 724 · May 14, 1896 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To permit Rene C. Banghman to lay pipes in a certain street in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 181 · 29 Stat. 120 · May 15, 1896 · Original text

32. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to make certain uses of national military parks.

    Ch. 182 · 29 Stat. 120 · May 15, 1896 · Original text

33. An Act For the relief of the National New Haven Bank of the State of Connecticut.

    Ch. 183 · 29 Stat. 724 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis Walsh, of Stockham, Nebraska.

    Ch. 184 · 29 Stat. 724 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act For the relief of the widow of Thomas L. Young.

    Ch. 185 · 29 Stat. 724 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of Frederick Van Guilder.

    Ch. 186 · 29 Stat. 725 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah G. Ives.

    Ch. 187 · 29 Stat. 725 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a pension to Helen A. Jackman, dependent daughter of Lieutenant William Jackman, late of Company I, Fourteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers.

    Ch. 188 · 29 Stat. 725 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Anton Gloetzuer.

    Ch. 189 · 29 Stat. 725 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To pay Peter P. Ferguson one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars.

    Ch. 190 · 29 Stat. 725 · May 15, 1896 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Constituting Syracuse, New York, a port of delivery.

    Ch. 191 · 29 Stat. 121 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

42. An Act To provide a life-saving station at or near Point Bonita, at the Golden Gate, in the State of California.

    Ch. 192 · 29 Stat. 121 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

43. An Act Authorizing the county of Navajo, Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction of a court-house and jail at the county seat thereof.

    Ch. 193 · 29 Stat. 121 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

44. An Act To regulate the business of storage in District of Columbia.

    Ch. 194 · 29 Stat. 122 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

45. An Act To allow the return free of duty of certain articles exported from the United States for exhibition purposes.

    Ch. 195 · 29 Stat. 122 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

46. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Mountain View Cemetery Association, at Oakland, California, certain cannon, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 52 · 29 Stat. 473 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

47. Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits, and allowing articles imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition to be imported free of duty, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Public Resolution 53 · 29 Stat. 473 · May 18, 1896 · Original text

48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William W. French.

    Ch. 196 · 29 Stat. 726 · May 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of William Gray.

    Ch. 197 · 29 Stat. 726 · May 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act For the relief of A. P. Brown, late postmaster at Le Mars, Iowa.

    Ch. 198 · 29 Stat. 726 · May 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

51. Joint Resolution For the relief of ex-Naval Cadet Henry T. Baker.

    Private Resolution 54 · 29 Stat. 759 · May 18, 1896 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers.

    Ch. 199 · 29 Stat. 122 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

53. An Act To establish the port of Conneaut, in the State of Ohio, as a subport of entry in the district of Cuyahoga, in said State of Ohio.

    Ch. 200 · 29 Stat. 123 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

54. An Act To abolish days of grace on promissory notes, drafts, and so forth, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 201 · 29 Stat. 123 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

55. An Act To restore the lands embraced in the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, in the State of Colorado, to the public domain.

    Ch. 202 · 29 Stat. 123 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

56. An Act To permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 203 · 29 Stat. 124 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

57. An Act Amending the statutes relating to the sale of printed copies of patents.

    Ch. 204 · 29 Stat. 124 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize and regulate the sale of unclaimed freight, baggage, and other property in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 205 · 29 Stat. 124 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

59. An Act To provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 206 · 29 Stat. 125 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

60. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to reconvey to the former owners a certain tract of land in Valverde County, Texas.

    Ch. 207 · 29 Stat. 126 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

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

    Ch. 208 · 29 Stat. 126 · May 19, 1896 · Original text

62. An Act To increase the pension of Albert Ellis.

    Ch. 209 · 29 Stat. 726 · May 20, 1896 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act To increase the pension of John S. Cochenour.

    Ch. 210 · 29 Stat. 727 · May 20, 1896 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer G. Howell, late a private Company F, One hundred and sixtieth New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 211 · 29 Stat. 727 · May 20, 1896 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines in the States of Colorado and Wyoming.

    Ch. 212 · 29 Stat. 127 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

66. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Denison and Northern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 213 · 29 Stat. 128 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

67. An Act Requiring bills of sale, conditional sales, mortgages, or deeds of trust of chattels in the District of Columbia to be recorded.

    Ch. 214 · 29 Stat. 128 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

68. An Act To authorize the sale of the title of the United States in lot five, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington.

    Ch. 215 · 29 Stat. 128 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

69. An Act Granting to Major C. A. Angel Post, Numbered Twenty, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lambertville, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls.

    Ch. 216 · 29 Stat. 129 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

70. An Act To amend section twenty-nine hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

    Ch. 217 · 29 Stat. 129 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

71. An Act To donate eight condemned cannon and one hundred cannon shot to the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Association of Colorado.

    Ch. 218 · 29 Stat. 129 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

72. An Act Granting to A. L. Robeson Post, Numbered Forty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls.

    Ch. 219 · 29 Stat. 130 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

73. An Act Granting to the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association, of the county of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, four condemned cannon and thirty cannon balls.

    Ch. 220 · 29 Stat. 130 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

74. An Act Donating four condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the Soldiers’ Monument Association of Allegan, Michigan.

    Ch. 221 · 29 Stat. 130 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

75. An Act Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic Post, Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three, of Evans City, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 222 · 29 Stat. 130 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

76. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and condemned cannon balls to U. S. Grant Post, Numbered Seventy-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Washington, Indiana, Department of Indiana, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 223 · 29 Stat. 131 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

77. An Act To establish a railroad bridge across the Illinois River near Grafton, Illinois.

    Ch. 224 · 29 Stat. 131 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

78. An Act Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls.

    Ch. 225 · 29 Stat. 132 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

79. An Act Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic, L. W. Cooper Post, Department of Missouri, Numbered Eighty-one, of Lathrop, Missouri.

    Ch. 226 · 29 Stat. 133 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

80. An Act Granting to Budlong Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Westerly, Rhode Island, two condemned mounted brass cannon.

    Ch. 227 · 29 Stat. 133 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

81. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver condemned cannon to Chamberlain Post, Grand Army of the Republic, to be posted by the soldiers’ monument at Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.

    Public Resolution 55 · 29 Stat. 473 · May 21, 1896 · Original text

82. An Act To correct the records of the War Department in the case of Captain Henry S. Pratt.

    Ch. 228 · 29 Stat. 727 · May 21, 1896 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of F. Alberts and Company, Muskegon, Michigan.

    Ch. 229 · 29 Stat. 727 · May 21, 1896 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Donating two condemned cannon to Custer Post, Numbered Thirty-eight, Grand Army of the Republic, of Etna, Pennsylvania, and two condemned cannon to James G. Clark Post, Numbered One hundred and sixty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 230 · 29 Stat. 133 · May 22, 1896 · Original text

85. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Departments.

    Ch. 231 · 29 Stat. 133 · May 22, 1896 · Original text

86. An Act To establish customs ports of delivery at Pueblo, Durango, and Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 232 · 29 Stat. 134 · May 22, 1896 · Original text

87. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River, in the town of Lewiston, in the county of Niagara, State of New York.

    Ch. 233 · 29 Stat. 134 · May 22, 1896 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of Frederick Gramm.

    Ch. 234 · 29 Stat. 728 · May 22, 1896 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of Henry H. Sohrawder.

    Ch. 235 · 29 Stat. 728 · May 22, 1896 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Michael McKenna.

    Ch. 236 · 29 Stat. 728 · May 22, 1896 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act To correct military record of Charles K. Jenree, and so forth.

    Ch. 237 · 29 Stat. 728 · May 22, 1896 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Changing the time of holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the northern district of California.

    Ch. 238 · 29 Stat. 135 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

93. An Act To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes relative to guarantees on proposals for naval supplies.

    Ch. 239 · 29 Stat. 136 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Navy to deliver one condemned cannon to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 240 · 29 Stat. 136 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

95. An Act Making one year’s residence in a Territory a prerequisite to obtaining a divorce there.

    Ch. 241 · 29 Stat. 136 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

96. An Act Making it unlawful to shoot at or into any railway locomotive or car, or at any person thereon, or to throw any rock or other missile at or into any locomotive or car in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 242 · 29 Stat. 136 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida.

    Ch. 243 · 29 Stat. 137 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

98. An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at Port Huron, on the coast of Lake Huron, Michigan.

    Ch. 244 · 29 Stat. 188 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

99. An Act Relating to the testimony of physicians in the courts of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 245 · 29 Stat. 188 · May 25, 1896 · Original text

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

     Ch. 246 · 29 Stat. 188 · May 25, 1896 · Original text