Every law Congress has passed

1,438 laws of the 55th Congress, 1897–1899

1. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie Waltz.

   Ch. 116 · 30 Stat. 1516 · February 4, 1899 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas S. Tefft.

   Ch. 117 · 30 Stat. 1516 · February 4, 1899 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jordan Thomas.

   Ch. 118 · 30 Stat. 1516 · February 4, 1899 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Justin O. Hottenstein.

   Ch. 119 · 30 Stat. 1516 · February 4, 1899 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To revive, reenact, and amend an Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri.

   Ch. 120 · 30 Stat. 821 · February 8, 1899 · Original text

6. An Act To prevent the abatement of certain actions.

   Ch. 121 · 30 Stat. 822 · February 8, 1899 · Original text

7. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of the buildings on the Fort Supply Military Reservation by Oklahoma Territory for an insane asylum.

   Ch. 122 · 30 Stat. 822 · February 8, 1899 · Original text

8. An Act For adjusting clothing account for deceased soldiers, in certain cases.

   Ch. 123 · 30 Stat. 822 · February 8, 1899 · Original text

9. An Act For the benefit of J. C. Rudd.

   Ch. 124 · 30 Stat. 1516 · February 8, 1899 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Samuel D. Hubbard.

    Ch. 125 · 30 Stat. 1517 · February 8, 1899 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Daniel Straw, late private, Company F, Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers.

    Ch. 126 · 30 Stat. 1517 · February 8, 1899 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Boonville, Missouri, by the Boonville and Howard County Bridge Company.

    Ch. 127 · 30 Stat. 823 · February 9, 1899 · Original text

13. An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

    Ch. 128 · 30 Stat. 823 · February 9, 1899 · Original text

14. An Act To authorize the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company to construct and maintain lines and offices for general business purposes in the Ponca, Otoe, and Missouria Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma.

    Ch. 129 · 30 Stat. 834 · February 9, 1899 · Original text

15. Joint Resolution Granting authority to the Republic of Venezuela to send a cadet to West Point Military Academy.

    Public Resolution 13 · 30 Stat. 1388 · February 9, 1899 · Original text

16. An Act Granting a pension to Charlotte Poe.

    Ch. 130 · 30 Stat. 1517 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting a pension to Henry Farmer.

    Ch. 131 · 30 Stat. 1517 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William W. Tumblin, of Bradford County, Florida.

    Ch. 132 · 30 Stat. 1518 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eva W. Brannan.

    Ch. 133 · 30 Stat. 1518 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting a pension to Jane B. Johnston.

    Ch. 134 · 30 Stat. 1518 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting a pension to John Green.

    Ch. 135 · 30 Stat. 1518 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting a pension to Charles H. Streeter.

    Ch. 136 · 30 Stat. 1518 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Byron R. Pierce.

    Ch. 137 · 30 Stat. 1519 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting a pension to Lillian M. Yost.

    Ch. 138 · 30 Stat. 1519 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting a pension to Lydia E. Bowers.

    Ch. 139 · 30 Stat. 1519 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting a pension to Martha E. Huddleston.

    Ch. 140 · 30 Stat. 1519 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act To pension William Russell for services in Oregon Indian wars.

    Ch. 141 · 30 Stat. 1519 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie E. Joseph.

    Ch. 142 · 30 Stat. 1520 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret Love Skerrett.

    Ch. 143 · 30 Stat. 1520 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Gould.

    Ch. 144 · 30 Stat. 1520 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eleazer Smith.

    Ch. 145 · 30 Stat. 1520 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Beaty.

    Ch. 146 · 30 Stat. 1520 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act To correct the war record of George W. McBride.

    Ch. 147 · 30 Stat. 1521 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting a pension to Georgie Smiley.

    Ch. 148 · 30 Stat. 1521 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act To restore Captain Robert W. Dowdy to the active list of the Army.

    Ch. 149 · 30 Stat. 1521 · February 9, 1899 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act To extend Rhode Island avenue.

    Ch. 150 · 30 Stat. 834 · February 10, 1899 · Original text

37. An Act To receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties and costs.

    Ch. 151 · 30 Stat. 835 · February 10, 1899 · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the removal of snow and ice in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 152 · 30 Stat. 835 · February 11, 1899 · Original text

39. An Act To amend an Act granting to the Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 153 · 30 Stat. 836 · February 13, 1899 · Original text

40. An Act To amend section twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relative to the apportionment and election of Representatives.

    Ch. 154 · 30 Stat. 836 · February 14, 1899 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Hammond, Indiana.

    Ch. 155 · 30 Stat. 836 · February 14, 1899 · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of Joseph Tousaint, alias Touzin.

    Ch. 156 · 30 Stat. 1521 · February 14, 1899 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Providing for the entry, free of customs duties, of certain bells presented by Edwin M. Stanton to the Iowa Agricultural College, of Ames, Iowa.

    Ch. 157 · 30 Stat. 837 · February 15, 1899 · Original text

44. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica.

    Public Resolution 14 · 30 Stat. 1388 · February 15, 1899 · Original text

45. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia.

    Public Resolution 15 · 30 Stat. 1388 · February 15, 1899 · Original text

46. An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against Dennis Fitzpatrick.

    Ch. 158 · 30 Stat. 1521 · February 15, 1899 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Charles T. Plunkett, of Lynchburg, Virginia.

    Ch. 159 · 30 Stat. 1522 · February 15, 1899 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act To grant lands to the State of Alabama for the use of the Industrial School for Girls of Alabama and of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

    Ch. 160 · 30 Stat. 837 · February 18, 1899 · Original text

49. An Act For the establishment of a light and fog-signal station on or near Hog Island Shoal, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

    Ch. 161 · 30 Stat. 837 · February 18, 1899 · Original text

50. An Act For a light vessel off Tail of Horse Shoe, Chesapeake Bay.

    Ch. 162 · 30 Stat. 837 · February 18, 1899 · Original text

51. An Act Granting to the mayor of the city of Victor, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, the right to enter certain lands, therein described, for city purposes.

    Ch. 163 · 30 Stat. 838 · February 18, 1899 · Original text

52. An Act Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.

    Ch. 164 · 30 Stat. 838 · February 18, 1899 · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of Samuel Racey.

    Ch. 165 · 30 Stat. 1522 · February 18, 1899 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act To correct the military record of William D. Kurliss.

    Ch. 166 · 30 Stat. 1522 · February 18, 1899 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the Light-House Board to provide a steam whistle at Michigan City, Indiana.

    Ch. 167 · 30 Stat. 838 · February 20, 1899 · Original text

56. An Act To locate the office of the deputy collector of the port of East Pascagoula, Mississippi, at Scranton, Mississippi.

    Ch. 168 · 30 Stat. 838 · February 20, 1899 · Original text

57. Joint Resolution To provide for the removal of snow and ice in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 16 · 30 Stat. 1388 · February 20, 1899 · Original text

58. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the sum of four hundred dollars to The Brownell and Company, Dayton, Ohio, on account of penalty erroneously imposed by the Light-House Board.

    Ch. 169 · 30 Stat. 1523 · February 20, 1899 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act For a public building at the city of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 171 · 30 Stat. 839 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

60. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extending the privileges of the first section thereof to the subport of Miami, Florida.

    Ch. 172 · 30 Stat. 839 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

61. An Act For the erection of a public building for the use of the custom-house and post-office at Newport News, in the district of Newport News, Virginia.

    Ch. 173 · 30 Stat. 839 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

62. An Act To amend an Act entitled “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. 174 · 30 Stat. 840 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

63. An Act For the establishment of a light-house and fog signal at or near Point Arguello, California.

    Ch. 175 · 30 Stat. 840 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

64. An Act To establish a national military park to commemorate the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg.

    Ch. 176 · 30 Stat. 841 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

65. An Act To amend section thirty-two hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the drawing off, gauging, marking, and removal of spirits.

    Ch. 177 · 30 Stat. 843 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

66. An Act To extend and amend the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to grant the right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes,” approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and also to extend and amend the provisions of a supplemental Act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to extend and amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to grant the right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.’”

    Ch. 178 · 30 Stat. 844 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

67. An Act For a roadway in the District of Columbia from Brightwood avenue across Rock Creek Park.

    Ch. 179 · 30 Stat. 845 · February 21, 1899 · Original text

68. An Act To increase the pension of Thomas J. Haughey.

    Ch. 170 · 30 Stat. 1523 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Edwin De Leon, deceased, late consul-general of the United States in Egypt.

    Ch. 180 · 30 Stat. 1523 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen M. Davis.

    Ch. 181 · 30 Stat. 1523 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting a pension to Harriette F. Hovey.

    Ch. 182 · 30 Stat. 1523 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act For the relief of William A. Cowles.

    Ch. 183 · 30 Stat. 1524 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Millie A. Berry.

    Ch. 184 · 30 Stat. 1524 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act For the relief of Benjamin F. Jones.

    Ch. 185 · 30 Stat. 1524 · February 21, 1899 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Providing an additional circuit judge in the third judicial circuit.

    Ch. 186 · 30 Stat. 846 · February 23, 1899 · Original text

76. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 187 · 30 Stat. 846 · February 24, 1899 · Original text

77. An Act To correct the relative rank of Richard R. Steedman, captain, Eleventh Infantry, United States Army.

    Ch. 188 · 30 Stat. 1525 · February 24, 1899 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act For the relief of certain homestead settlers in Florida.

    Ch. 189 · 30 Stat. 890 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

79. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint additional cadets at large at the United States Naval Academy.

    Ch. 190 · 30 Stat. 890 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

80. An Act To permit volunteer regiments to retain their colors.

    Ch. 191 · 30 Stat. 890 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

81. An Act Setting apart a certain tract of land in Oklahoma Territory to the Stella Friends Academy and Church Association.

    Ch. 192 · 30 Stat. 891 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

82. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act to grant to the Gainesville, McAlester and Saint Louis Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory.”

    Ch. 193 · 30 Stat. 891 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

83. An Act For the widening of Nineteenth street northwest.

    Ch. 194 · 30 Stat. 891 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to pay certain laborers, workmen, and mechanics at United States navy-yards and naval stations fifty per centum additional for work performed in excess of eight hours per diem.

    Public Resolution 17 · 30 Stat. 1389 · February 25, 1899 · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chauncey A. Bradley.

    Ch. 195 · 30 Stat. 1525 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting a pension to Flora Stanton Kalk.

    Ch. 196 · 30 Stat. 1525 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Isom Gibson.

    Ch. 197 · 30 Stat. 1525 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amanda F. Jumper.

    Ch. 198 · 30 Stat. 1525 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of George A. Dickel and Company, at Nashville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 199 · 30 Stat. 1526 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter E. Sbipler.

    Ch. 200 · 30 Stat. 1526 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Luella Steele.

    Ch. 201 · 30 Stat. 1526 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act To increase the pension of Joseph H. McGee.

    Ch. 202 · 30 Stat. 1526 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Taylor.

    Ch. 203 · 30 Stat. 1527 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act For relief of certain tobacconists of Lynchburg, Virginia.

    Ch. 204 · 30 Stat. 1527 · February 25, 1899 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause public lands to be surveyed in certain cases.

    Ch. 205 · 30 Stat. 892 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

96. An Act To authorize the Saint Louis, Siloam and Southern Railroad Company, of Missouri and Arkansas, to construct a bridge across White River in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 206 · 30 Stat. 893 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

97. An Act Withdrawing from.entry and sale and granting unto the State of Wisconsin certain lands therein described.

    Ch. 207 · 30 Stat. 893 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

98. An Act For the relief of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry.

    Ch. 208 · 30 Stat. 894 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

99. An Act To construct a telephone from Table Bluff to Salmon Creek, in Humboldt County, California.

    Ch. 209 · 30 Stat. 895 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

100. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

     Ch. 210 · 30 Stat. 895 · February 27, 1899 · Original text