Every law Congress has passed

947 laws of the 54th Congress, 1895–1897

1. An Act For the relief Sophronia S. Stowell.

   Ch. 247 · 29 Stat. 729 · May 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilman Williams.

   Ch. 248 · 29 Stat. 729 · May 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting a pension to French W. Thornhill.

   Ch. 249 · 29 Stat. 729 · May 25, 1896 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To carry into effect a finding of the Court of Claims in favor of the estate of George Case, late of Independence County, Arkansas.

   Ch. 250 · 29 Stat. 730 · May 27, 1896 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Helen Morrell Carroll.

   Ch. 251 · 29 Stat. 730 · May 27, 1896 · Private law · Original text

6. 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-seven, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 252 · 29 Stat. 140 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

7. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North.

   Ch. 253 · 29 Stat. 186 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

8. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Capital Railway Company.” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

   Ch. 254 · 29 Stat. 187 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

9. An Act To amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to improve the merchant-marine engineer service and thereby also to increase the efficiency of the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 255 · 29 Stat. 188 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

10. An Act To authorize and empower the State of South Dakota to select the Fort Sully Military Reservation in said State as a part of the lands granted to the State under the provisions of an Act to provide for the admission of South Dakota into the Union, approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for indemnity school lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 256 · 29 Stat. 189 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

11. An Act Granting to the Denver, Cripple Creek and Southwestern Railroad Company a right of way for a railroad through the South Platte and Plum Creek forest reserves, in the State of Colorado.

    Ch. 257 · 29 Stat. 190 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

12. An Act Declaring a certain bridge across the Tallahatchie River, in Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi, a lawful structure, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 258 · 29 Stat. 190 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

13. Joint Resolution Granting permission to the circuit and county courts in Rockingham County, Virginia, to occupy the Federal court room in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

    Public Resolution 56 · 29 Stat. 475 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

14. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to lend to the mayors of the cities of East Saint Louis, Illinois, and Saint Louis, Missouri, and vicinity, a number of tents.

    Public Resolution 57 · 29 Stat. 475 · May 28, 1896 · Original text

15. An Act For the relief of George McFarland.

    Ch. 259 · 29 Stat. 730 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to T. Clarkson Ingalls.

    Ch. 260 · 29 Stat. 731 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting a pension to Maud Ardelle Bliss.

    Ch. 261 · 29 Stat. 731 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sophia D. Clendenin.

    Ch. 262 · 29 Stat. 731 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting a pension to Wallace McGrath.

    Ch. 263 · 29 Stat. 731 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Brown.

    Ch. 264 · 29 Stat. 731 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth New, widow of Jethrow New.

    Ch. 265 · 29 Stat. 732 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Bull.

    Ch. 266 · 29 Stat. 732 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting a pension to James Loyd Young, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.

    Ch. 267 · 29 Stat. 732 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of the late Philip Kearny, major-general, United States Army.

    Ch. 268 · 29 Stat. 732 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of the late Philip Kearny, major-general, United States Army.

    Ch. 269 · 29 Stat. 732 · May 28, 1896 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To amend section four hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 270 · 29 Stat. 191 · May 29, 1896 · Original text

27. An Act Granting a pension to Nancy Carson Blunt.

    Ch. 271 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 29, 1896 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting a pension to Emily B. Muncey.

    Ch. 272 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 29, 1896 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth E. Donohoe.

    Ch. 273 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 29, 1896 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Defining the standard shape and size for dry measures in use in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 274 · 29 Stat. 192 · May 30, 1896 · Original text

31. An Act Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish four pieces of condemned cannon to the city of Hastings, Michigan.

    Ch. 275 · 29 Stat. 193 · May 30, 1896 · Original text

32. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth J. Cook, of Arkadelphia. Clark County, Arkansas, widow of Robert T. Cook.

    Ch. 276 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Goldwater.

    Ch. 277 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting a pension to Matilda Gresham, widow of the late Walter Q. Gresham, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month.

    Ch. 278 · 29 Stat. 733 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to C. E. Philbrook, widow of Alvah Philbrook, major of Twenty-fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers.

    Ch. 279 · 29 Stat. 734 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Newman.

    Ch. 280 · 29 Stat. 734 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen Kingsley.

    Ch. 281 · 29 Stat. 734 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Clare Kelly.

    Ch. 282 · 29 Stat. 734 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathan Kimball.

    Ch. 283 · 29 Stat. 735 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting a pension to Carrie L. Yeaton.

    Ch. 284 · 29 Stat. 735 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of Nicolai Brothers.

    Ch. 285 · 29 Stat. 735 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of John S. Burwell, administrator of the estate of A. L. Burwell, deceased.

    Ch. 286 · 29 Stat. 735 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act For the relief of Mary Jane Lynn, the daughter of John R. Lynn, a Revolutionary soldier.

    Ch. 287 · 29 Stat. 736 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act For the relief of Kate Eberle, an Indian woman.

    Ch. 288 · 29 Stat. 736 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting a pension to William Grose.

    Ch. 289 · 29 Stat. 736 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act For the relief of Maria E. Wilson.

    Ch. 290 · 29 Stat. 736 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act To amend the military record of Jolin S. Evans.

    Ch. 291 · 29 Stat. 737 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Holaday.

    Ch. 292 · 29 Stat. 737 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting a pension to Martha McNeil.

    Ch. 293 · 29 Stat. 737 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased.

    Ch. 294 · 29 Stat. 737 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased.

    Ch. 295 · 29 Stat. 737 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret A. Luthy.

    Ch. 296 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Michael H. J. Crouch, late of Company M, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.

    Ch. 297 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To give increased pension to General James C. Parrott.

    Ch. 298 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Cassie A. Davis, widow of James P. Davis, and mother of Mary T. Davis, an invalid daughter.

    Ch. 299 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting a pension to John Caster.

    Ch. 300 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act To increase the pension of Kate Grant.

    Ch. 301 · 29 Stat. 738 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting a pension to Katherine S. McCartney, widow of William H. McCartney.

    Ch. 302 · 29 Stat. 739 · May 30, 1896 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act To amend the laws of the District of Columbia as to married women, to make parents the natural guardians of their minor children, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 303 · 29 Stat. 193 · June 1, 1896 · Original text

60. An Act To Incorporate the National University.

    Ch. 304 · 29 Stat. 194 · June 1, 1896 · Original text

61. An Act Granting a pension to Russel N. Reynolds.

    Ch. 305 · 29 Stat. 739 · June 1, 1896 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting a pension to Catherine Smith.

    Ch. 306 · 29 Stat. 739 · June 1, 1896 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Annie E. Colwell.

    Ch. 307 · 29 Stat. 740 · June 1, 1896 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen C. Ewing, widow of Brevet Major-General Thomas Ewing.

    Ch. 308 · 29 Stat. 740 · June 2, 1896 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act To amend section thirty-two hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits.

    Ch. 309 · 29 Stat. 195 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

66. An Act To repeal section sixty-one of an Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 310 · 29 Stat. 195 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.

    Ch. 311 · 29 Stat. 195 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

68. An Act Relating to commutations of homestead entries, and to confirm such entries when commutation proofs were received by local land officers prematurely.

    Ch. 312 · 29 Stat. 197 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

69. An Act To regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 313 · 29 Stat. 198 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

70. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 314 · 29 Stat. 202 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

71. An Act To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 315 · 29 Stat. 244 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of settlers on the Northern Pacific Railroad indemnity lands.

    Ch. 316 · 29 Stat. 245 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

73. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company.”

    Ch. 317 · 29 Stat. 246 · June 3, 1896 · Original text

74. An Act Increasing the pension of Jefferson Fueston, of Company M, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.

    Ch. 318 · 29 Stat. 740 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting a pension to Mary F. Davenport.

    Ch. 319 · 29 Stat. 741 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting pension to Henry V. Andrews, of Fulton County, Illinois, a survivor of the Black Hawk war.

    Ch. 320 · 29 Stat. 741 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Cynthia A. Lapham, widow of William B. Lapham.

    Ch. 321 · 29 Stat. 741 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James P. Hurley.

    Ch. 322 · 29 Stat. 741 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting a pension to John Dalton.

    Ch. 323 · 29 Stat. 741 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to Williamson Durley.

    Ch. 324 · 29 Stat. 742 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson.

    Ch. 325 · 29 Stat. 742 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Jones.

    Ch. 326 · 29 Stat. 742 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Miss Juliette Betts.

    Ch. 327 · 29 Stat. 742 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Catherine Gaffney.

    Ch. 328 · 29 Stat. 742 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To correct the military record of Elbridge McFadden.

    Ch. 329 · 29 Stat. 743 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act To pension Frances E. Wickware.

    Ch. 330 · 29 Stat. 743 · June 3, 1896 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Amending the Act of June eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to appoint an officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps to perform the duties of solicitor and judge-advocate-general, and so forth, and to fix the rank and pay of such officer,” and tor other purposes.

    Ch. 331 · 29 Stat. 251 · June 5, 1896 · Original text

88. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph R. West, brigadier and brevet major-general, United States Army Volunteers.

    Ch. 332 · 29 Stat. 743 · June 5, 1896 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act To increase the pension of Wilbur F. Cogswell.

    Ch. 333 · 29 Stat. 743 · June 5, 1896 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting a pension to General William H. Morris.

    Ch. 334 · 29 Stat. 744 · June 5, 1896 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Relating to the sale of gas in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 335 · 29 Stat. 251 · June 6, 1896 · Original text

92. An Act Granting the Flagstaff and Canyon Railroad Company right of way for railroad purposes through the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in northern Arizona.

    Ch. 336 · 29 Stat. 253 · June 6, 1896 · Original text

93. An Act Defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, mid exportation of “filled cheese.”

    Ch. 337 · 29 Stat. 253 · June 6, 1896 · Original text

94. 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. 338 · 29 Stat. 256 · June 6, 1896 · Original text

95. An Act Amending and extending the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act approving with amendments the funding Act of Arizona,” approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the Act amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto approved August third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 339 · 29 Stat. 262 · June 6, 1896 · Original text

96. An Act To increase the pension of Elizabeth T. Beall, widow of Benjamin L. Beall, late colonel First United States Cavalry.

    Ch. 340 · 29 Stat. 744 · June 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Hannah Newell Barrett.

    Ch. 341 · 29 Stat. 744 · June 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Annis H. Enochs, widow of General William H. Enochs, from twenty dollars to fifty dollars per month.

    Ch. 342 · 29 Stat. 744 · June 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Cray.

    Ch. 343 · 29 Stat. 745 · June 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Mary L. Aleshire.

     Ch. 344 · 29 Stat. 745 · June 6, 1896 · Private law · Original text