Every law Congress has passed

947 laws of the 54th Congress, 1895–1897

1. An Act Granting a pension to Fanny Moale Gihbon.

   Ch. 103 · 29 Stat. 779 · January 27, 1897 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting a pension to Susan E. Cunningham.

   Ch. 104 · 29 Stat. 779 · January 27, 1897 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John Keefe.

   Ch. 105 · 29 Stat. 779 · January 27, 1897 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act To detach the county of Audrain from the western district of Missouri and to attach the same to the eastern district of said State of Missouri.

   Ch. 106 · 29 Stat. 502 · January 28, 1897 · Original text

5. An Act Granting increase of pension to Alfred P. Buss.

   Ch. 107 · 29 Stat. 780 · January 28, 1897 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To authorize the Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Western Railroad Company to construct and operate a line of railway through Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 108 · 29 Stat. 503 · January 29, 1897 · Original text

7. An Act To prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians, providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 109 · 29 Stat. 506 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

8. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a life-saving station on the coast of Maryland.

   Ch. 110 · 29 Stat. 507 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

9. An Act To confirm certain cash entries of public lands.

   Ch. 111 · 29 Stat. 507 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

10. An Act To establish railroad bridges across the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, in Kentucky.

    Ch. 112 · 29 Stat. 507 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

11. An Act Extending the time for the completion of the bridge across the East River, between the city of New York and Long Island, now in course of construction, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

    Ch. 113 · 29 Stat. 509 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

12. Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use Fort Bidwell for an Indian training school.

    Public Resolution 7 · 29 Stat. 698 · January 30, 1897 · Original text

13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George C. Abbey.

    Ch. 114 · 29 Stat. 780 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Celeste A. Bougbton, widow of Brevet Brigadier-General Horace Bougbton.

    Ch. 115 · 29 Stat. 780 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rufus H. Paine.

    Ch. 116 · 29 Stat. 780 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Stewart Whiting.

    Ch. 117 · 29 Stat. 781 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Walker.

    Ch. 118 · 29 Stat. 781 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting pension to Lena D. Smith.

    Ch. 119 · 29 Stat. 781 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act For the relief of John Ruhm, senior, Nashville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 120 · 29 Stat. 781 · January 30, 1897 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act To provide for an examination and survey of a water route from the mouth of the jetties at the city of Galveston, Texas, through the ship channel and up Buffalo Bayou to the city of Houston, Texas.

    Ch. 121 · 29 Stat. 509 · February 1, 1897 · Original text

21. An Act To authorize the construction or acquisition of a bridge across the Rio Grande River at El Paso, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 122 · 29 Stat. 509 · February 1, 1897 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of Reverend Edwin Warriner.

    Ch. 123 · 29 Stat. 781 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For the relief of Rufus Betz.

    Ch. 124 · 29 Stat. 782 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting honorable discharge to Andrew V. Sende.

    Ch. 125 · 29 Stat. 782 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Anthony O’Grady, alias John Davis.

    Ch. 126 · 29 Stat. 782 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act For the relief of Abraham O. Waucop.

    Ch. 127 · 29 Stat. 782 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of George T. Stevens, assistant surgeon Seventy-seventh New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 128 · 29 Stat. 783 · February 1, 1897 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie Thompson.

    Ch. 129 · 29 Stat. 783 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act To increase the pension of Elise Blenker from thirty to fifty dollars.

    Ch. 130 · 29 Stat. 783 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act For the relief of Pricilla R. Burns.

    Ch. 131 · 29 Stat. 783 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Holliday.

    Ch. 132 · 29 Stat. 783 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting a pension to Jacob Brown.

    Ch. 133 · 29 Stat. 784 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting a pension to Frederick Lierman.

    Ch. 134 · 29 Stat. 784 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act To confirm the title to certain lands in William Morgan and Harrison Moore, and to require the issue of patents therefor.

    Ch. 135 · 29 Stat. 784 · February 2, 1897 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Relating to mortgages in the Indian Territory.

    Ch. 136 · 29 Stat. 510 · February 3, 1897 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Extending time for compliance by Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and the Belt Railway Company with provisions of section one of an Act entitled an Act to extend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Public Resolution 8 · 29 Stat. 698 · February 3, 1897 · Original text

37. An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Augustus P. Burditt.

    Ch. 137 · 29 Stat. 784 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting a pension to Isabella Morrow.

    Ch. 138 · 29 Stat. 785 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act To pension Hannah Yazell.

    Ch. 139 · 29 Stat. 785 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of Bluford Reeder.

    Ch. 140 · 29 Stat. 785 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting a pension to Emily Elliott.

    Ch. 141 · 29 Stat. 785 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act To increase the pension of Alexander McBride.

    Ch. 142 · 29 Stat. 786 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Increasing the pension of Mary T. Young.

    Ch. 143 · 29 Stat. 786 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting a pension to Alice Gard.

    Ch. 144 · 29 Stat. 786 · February 3, 1897 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act To provide an American register for the barge Black Diamond.

    Ch. 145 · 29 Stat. 511 · February 4, 1897 · Original text

46. An Act To authorize officers who served daring the war of the rebellion in the Regular Army to hear the title and, on occasions of ceremony, wear the uniform of their highest rank.

    Ch. 146 · 29 Stat. 511 · February 4, 1897 · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Ann Lafferty.

    Ch. 147 · 29 Stat. 786 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of John Duncan.

    Ch. 148 · 29 Stat. 787 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting increase of pension to Thomas D. Walker.

    Ch. 149 · 29 Stat. 787 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To increase the pension of Melita E. White.

    Ch. 150 · 29 Stat. 787 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to Amanda Woodcock.

    Ch. 151 · 29 Stat. 787 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting a pension to Jared S. Chamberlain.

    Ch. 152 · 29 Stat. 787 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Cogswell and Company.

    Ch. 153 · 29 Stat. 788 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting a pension to Anna M. Newton, widow of General John Newton.

    Ch. 154 · 29 Stat. 788 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Dolly S. Brown.

    Ch. 155 · 29 Stat. 788 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To increase the pension of Joseph J. Hudson.

    Ch. 156 · 29 Stat. 788 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting a pension to Silas S. White.

    Ch. 157 · 29 Stat. 788 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act To pension Hester A. Bostwick.

    Ch. 158 · 29 Stat. 789 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting increase of pension to John W. Hines.

    Ch. 159 · 29 Stat. 789 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act To grant a pension to Miss Jennie E. Moore.

    Ch. 160 · 29 Stat. 789 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of Eliza J. Holman.

    Ch. 161 · 29 Stat. 789 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting a pension to William Greer.

    Ch. 163 · 29 Stat. 790 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting a pension to John W. Bruner.

    Ch. 164 · 29 Stat. 790 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act For the relief of W. H. Wade, late captain and acting regimental quartermaster Thirty-first Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. 165 · 29 Stat. 790 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting a pension to Mirnm C. Peck.

    Ch. 166 · 29 Stat. 790 · February 4, 1897 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act For the protection of yacht owners and shipbuilders of the United States.

    Ch. 167 · 29 Stat. 511 · February 5, 1897 · Original text

67. An Act For the relief John A. Lynch.

    Ch. 168 · 29 Stat. 791 · February 5, 1897 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Authorizing the establishment of a pierhead light at or near South Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 169 · 29 Stat. 512 · February 6, 1897 · Original text

69. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company right of way through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in the State of Nebraska,” by extending the time for the Construction of said railway.

    Ch. 170 · 29 Stat. 512 · February 6, 1897 · Original text

70. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public, spaces in city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 9 · 29 Stat. 699 · February 6, 1897 · Original text

71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sarah B. Leet.

    Ch. 171 · 29 Stat. 791 · February 6, 1897 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory.

    Ch. 172 · 29 Stat. 512 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

73. An Act To approve and ratify the construction of a bridge across the Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas, by the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company.

    Ch. 173 · 29 Stat. 513 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

74. An Act To authorize the construction by the Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railroad Company of a bridge across the Sabine River between the States of Louisiana and Texas.

    Ch. 174 · 29 Stat. 513 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

75. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri,” approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

    Ch. 175 · 29 Stat. 514 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

76. An Act To authorize the mayor and city council of Monroe, and the police jury of the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, to construct a traffic bridge across the Ouachita River opposite said city.

    Ch. 176 · 29 Stat. 515 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

77. An Act To provide an American register for the bark Ceres.

    Ch. 177 · 29 Stat. 516 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

78. An Act To constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court.

    Ch. 178 · 29 Stat. 516 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

79. An Act To correct the muster roll of Company I of the Seventh Iowa Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. 179 · 29 Stat. 517 · February 8, 1897 · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of George H. Plant, of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 180 · 29 Stat. 791 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act For the relief of Henry A. Webb.

    Ch. 181 · 29 Stat. 791 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands to A. L. Williams, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 182 · 29 Stat. 792 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Sarah Martin.

    Ch. 183 · 29 Stat. 792 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to Archibald Hunley.

    Ch. 184 · 29 Stat. 793 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act To increase the pension of Richard S. Phillips.

    Ch. 185 · 29 Stat. 793 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting increase of pension to Alexander C. Morrison.

    Ch. 186 · 29 Stat. 793 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Gideon L. McGinnis.

    Ch. 187 · 29 Stat. 793 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Jesse McMillan” received by the President May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 188 · 29 Stat. 794 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Increasing the pension of Melancthon McCoy, of Company K, One hundred and forty-eighth Illinois Infantry.

    Ch. 189 · 29 Stat. 794 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To increase the pension of Bennett S. Shaug.

    Ch. 190 · 29 Stat. 794 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to George W. Bagley.

    Ch. 191 · 29 Stat. 795 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Aspold.

    Ch. 192 · 29 Stat. 795 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting an honorable discharge to Wilson Kale.

    Ch. 193 · 29 Stat. 795 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas S. Daugherty.

    Ch. 194 · 29 Stat. 796 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John R. Row, of Toronto, Kansas.

    Ch. 195 · 29 Stat. 796 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting a pension to John W. Pogue.

    Ch. 196 · 29 Stat. 796 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas J. Thorp.

    Ch. 197 · 29 Stat. 797 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Pelham.

    Ch. 198 · 29 Stat. 797 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gabriel Widmer.

    Ch. 199 · 29 Stat. 797 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patsey E. Broaddus, of Marion, Kansas.

     Ch. 200 · 29 Stat. 797 · February 8, 1897 · Private law · Original text