Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act To authorize the Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to construct a dam and bridge across the Mississippi River.

   Ch. 211 · 30 Stat. 904 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

2. An Act Granting the right and authority to the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company to build bridges over certain rivers in the State of Alabama.

   Ch. 212 · 30 Stat. 905 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Providing for the further distribution of the Compiled Statutes of the District of Columbia.

   Public Resolution 18 · 30 Stat. 1389 · February 27, 1899 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of Thomas G. Tiernon, late Captain of Company H, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

   Ch. 213 · 30 Stat. 1527 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act To remove the charge of desertion now standing against George Alcott on rolls of the War Department.

   Ch. 214 · 30 Stat. 1527 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act To remove the charge of desertion against Carl F. W. Stolle, of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin.

   Ch. 215 · 30 Stat. 1528 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Henry C. Rawson.

   Ch. 216 · 30 Stat. 1528 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act To remove charge of desertion against Alexander McKee.

   Ch. 217 · 30 Stat. 1528 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

9. Joint Resolution Granting a life-saving medal to Michael F. Barry, of New York City.

   Private Resolution 19 · 30 Stat. 1589 · February 27, 1899 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Relative to the payment of claims for material and labor furnished for District of Columbia buildings.

    Ch. 218 · 30 Stat. 906 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

11. An Act Granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian lands in Idaho.

    Ch. 219 · 30 Stat. 906 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

12. An Act To provide for an appropriate National celebration of the establishment of the seat of Government in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 220 · 30 Stat. 908 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to rent or lease certain portions of forest reserve.

    Ch. 221 · 30 Stat. 908 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

14. An Act Providing for the sale of the surplus lands on the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo Indian reservations in Kansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 222 · 30 Stat. 909 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

15. An Act To grant to the Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway Company right of way and certain lands for railroad purposes through the San Gabriel Forest Reserve.

    Ch. 223 · 30 Stat. 910 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

16. An Act Granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 224 · 30 Stat. 911 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

17. An Act Authorizing the Sioux City and Omaha Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in Thurston County, Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 225 · 30 Stat. 912 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

18. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway Company for the purpose of constructing a railway, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to vest in The Denison, Bonham and Gulf Railway Company all the rights, privileges, and franchises therein granted to said first-named company.

    Ch. 226 · 30 Stat. 914 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

19. An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 227 · 30 Stat. 915 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

20. An Act Granting to the city of Boulder, in the State of Colorado, certain lands for park purposes and for the preservation of the native trees on said lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 228 · 30 Stat. 915 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

21. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Osborne W. Deignan a naval cadet at Annapolis.

    Public Resolution 20 · 30 Stat. 1389 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

22. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to alter, amend, or repeal certain health ordinances.

    Public Resolution 21 · 30 Stat. 1390 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

23. Joint Resolution To prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia.

    Public Resolution 22 · 30 Stat. 1390 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

24. Joint Resolution To amend section twenty-five of the Act passed June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes.”

    Public Resolution 23 · 30 Stat. 1390 · February 28, 1899 · Original text

25. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Harriet A. Ferguson.

    Ch. 229 · 30 Stat. 1528 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the naval record of Horace G. Reed.

    Ch. 230 · 30 Stat. 1529 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Minnie Frederich.

    Ch. 231 · 30 Stat. 1529 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of Samuel J. Brent, executor of the will of Frances Brent, and administrator de bonis non of the estate of Reverend J. Brent.

    Ch. 232 · 30 Stat. 1529 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to W. P. Snowden.

    Ch. 233 · 30 Stat. 1530 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting a pension to William J. Ford.

    Ch. 234 · 30 Stat. 1530 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Gresham.

    Ch. 235 · 30 Stat. 1530 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Thomas.

    Ch. 236 · 30 Stat. 1530 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John N. Corgan, of McPherson, Kansas.

    Ch. 237 · 30 Stat. 1531 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting a pension to Noah Pillsbury.

    Ch. 238 · 30 Stat. 1531 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Liscom.

    Ch. 239 · 30 Stat. 1531 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Brown.

    Ch. 240 · 30 Stat. 1531 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Helen A. De Russy.

    Ch. 241 · 30 Stat. 1531 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Increasing the pension of George W. Peters.

    Ch. 242 · 30 Stat. 1532 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jane V. Davidson.

    Ch. 243 · 30 Stat. 1532 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to First-class Pilot Captain James M. Herrington.

    Ch. 244 · 30 Stat. 1532 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting n pension to John C. Emery.

    Ch. 245 · 30 Stat. 1532 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma V. Gile.

    Ch. 246 · 30 Stat. 1532 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis E. Humpton.

    Ch. 247 · 30 Stat. 1533 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting a pension to Zenas T. Haines.

    Ch. 248 · 30 Stat. 1533 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Solomon Kline.

    Ch. 249 · 30 Stat. 1533 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Kyle.

    Ch. 250 · 30 Stat. 1533 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to Nellie M. Guild.

    Ch. 251 · 30 Stat. 1533 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting a pension to Georgia H. Berry.

    Ch. 252 · 30 Stat. 1534 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John McVicar.

    Ch. 253 · 30 Stat. 1534 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Tilton.

    Ch. 254 · 30 Stat. 1534 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Hatch.

    Ch. 255 · 30 Stat. 1534 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Washington Sweatt.

    Ch. 256 · 30 Stat. 1534 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Longley Hendricks.

    Ch. 257 · 30 Stat. 1535 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting a pension to John M. Palmer.

    Ch. 258 · 30 Stat. 1535 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret Wilber.

    Ch. 259 · 30 Stat. 1535 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David W. Pennywitt.

    Ch. 260 · 30 Stat. 1535 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting a pension to William B. Matchett.

    Ch. 261 · 30 Stat. 1536 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy D. Heady.

    Ch. 262 · 30 Stat. 1536 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting a pension to Barbara C. Lowe.

    Ch. 263 · 30 Stat. 1536 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting a pension to Julia Walke.

    Ch. 264 · 30 Stat. 1536 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting a pension to Alice Smith.

    Ch. 265 · 30 Stat. 1536 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Reuben H. Waters.

    Ch. 266 · 30 Stat. 1537 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William R. Christy.

    Ch. 267 · 30 Stat. 1537 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting a pension to Wilhelmina Barth.

    Ch. 268 · 30 Stat. 1537 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting a pension to Mary C. Bates.

    Ch. 269 · 30 Stat. 1537 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Sessions.

    Ch. 270 · 30 Stat. 1537 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Granting no increase of pension to Susan A. Gummer.

    Ch. 271 · 30 Stat. 1538 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert S. Moorhead.

    Ch. 272 · 30 Stat. 1538 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew S. Evans.

    Ch. 273 · 30 Stat. 1538 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Fletcher.

    Ch. 274 · 30 Stat. 1538 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret Thomas.

    Ch. 275 · 30 Stat. 1538 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

72. An Ant Granting a pension to Martini Allen.

    Ch. 276 · 30 Stat. 1539 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen Charlton.

    Ch. 277 · 30 Stat. 1539 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Yahne.

    Ch. 278 · 30 Stat. 1539 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bonaventura Heinz.

    Ch. 279 · 30 Stat. 1539 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet Tubman Davis.

    Ch. 280 · 30 Stat. 1539 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Rachel J. Comer.

    Ch. 281 · 30 Stat. 1540 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting a pension to Cordelia Cheney.

    Ch. 282 · 30 Stat. 1540 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting a pension to Belle Shumard.

    Ch. 283 · 30 Stat. 1540 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Bowen.

    Ch. 284 · 30 Stat. 1540 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Luke.

    Ch. 285 · 30 Stat. 1540 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel W. Gibson.

    Ch. 286 · 30 Stat. 1541 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act For the relief of Colonel George G. Pride.

    Ch. 287 · 30 Stat. 1541 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting increase of pension to William Rolley.

    Ch. 288 · 30 Stat. 1541 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jere Smith.

    Ch. 289 · 30 Stat. 1541 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Taylor McFarland.

    Ch. 290 · 30 Stat. 1541 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Albert Putnam.

    Ch. 291 · 30 Stat. 1542 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting a pension to Levi M. Truit.

    Ch. 292 · 30 Stat. 1542 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis Scott.

    Ch. 293 · 30 Stat. 1542 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph N. Harmon.

    Ch. 294 · 30 Stat. 1542 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Juliette Harrow.

    Ch. 295 · 30 Stat. 1542 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lemon Holton.

    Ch. 296 · 30 Stat. 1543 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting a pension to Justus Townsend.

    Ch. 297 · 30 Stat. 1543 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Increasing the pension of George Blakesley.

    Ch. 298 · 30 Stat. 1543 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Stephens.

    Ch. 299 · 30 Stat. 1543 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Townes.

    Ch. 300 · 30 Stat. 1543 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Woodmansy.

    Ch. 301 · 30 Stat. 1544 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To increase the pension of Michael Meehan.

    Ch. 302 · 30 Stat. 1544 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emer H. Aldrich.

    Ch. 303 · 30 Stat. 1544 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan C. Byrd.

     Ch. 304 · 30 Stat. 1544 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text