Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John J. Bowen.

   Ch. 305 · 30 Stat. 1544 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amanda Willmarth.

   Ch. 306 · 30 Stat. 1545 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting a pension to Jesse Everly.

   Ch. 307 · 30 Stat. 1545 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting a pension to William L. Quinn.

   Ch. 308 · 30 Stat. 1545 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting a pension to Allen Meeks.

   Ch. 309 · 30 Stat. 1545 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret A. Lowther.

   Ch. 310 · 30 Stat. 1545 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting a pension to Emily McLain.

   Ch. 311 · 30 Stat. 1546 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting a pension to Judith Doherty.

   Ch. 312 · 30 Stat. 1546 · February 28, 1899 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Indianapolis, Indiana.

   Ch. 313 · 30 Stat. 916 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

10. An Act To provide compensation for a bridge and for buildings and other improvements constructed by certain persons upon public lands afterwards set apart and reserved as the Yellowstone National Park.

    Ch. 314 · 30 Stat. 918 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

11. An Act Authorizing the legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico to create an additional indebtedness for the completion and furnishing of the Territorial capitol.

    Ch. 315 · 30 Stat. 918 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

12. An Act Granting to the Clearwater Short Line Railway Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian lands in Idaho.

    Ch. 316 · 30 Stat. 918 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

13. An Act For the erection of a public building at Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 317 · 30 Stat. 919 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

14. An Act To accept a site as a donation and erect thereon a custom-house and post-office building in the city of Bristol, State of Tennessee.

    Ch. 318 · 30 Stat. 920 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

15. An Act For enlarging the public building at Topeka, Kansas.

    Ch. 319 · 30 Stat. 920 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

16. An Act To provide for the disposition of assessment certificates of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 320 · 30 Stat. 921 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize a resurvey of certain lands in Cheyenne County, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 321 · 30 Stat. 921 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

18. An Act To regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 322 · 30 Stat. 922 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous or unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 323 · 30 Stat. 923 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

20. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 324 · 30 Stat. 924 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

21. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

    Ch. 325 · 30 Stat. 947 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

22. An Act To cause the removal of weeds from lands in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 326 · 30 Stat. 959 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

23. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

    Ch. 327 · 30 Stat. 959 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

24. An Act To amend section one of an Act to provide for the entry of lands in Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, to give preference right to settlers, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 328 · 30 Stat. 966 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Georgia Pine Railway, of Georgia, to construct a bridge across the Flint River, a navigable stream in Decatur County, Georgia.

    Ch. 329 · 30 Stat. 967 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

26. An Act For the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

    Ch. 330 · 30 Stat. 968 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the commercial exposition to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Public Resolution 24 · 30 Stat. 1390 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the Report on the Financial and Industrial Conditions of the Philippine Islands, by Edward W. Harden, special commissioner of the United States.

    Public Resolution 25 · 30 Stat. 1391 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

29. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare maps of Alaska, showing all known topographic and geologic features, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 26 · 30 Stat. 1391 · March 1, 1899 · Original text

30. An Act Granting a pension to George Hughes.

    Ch. 331 · 30 Stat. 1546 · March 1, 1899 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple.

    Ch. 332 · 30 Stat. 1546 · March 1, 1899 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act To reimburse George W. McKinsey, postmaster at Kokomo, Indiana, for money paid out by him as said postmaster.

    Ch. 333 · 30 Stat. 1546 · March 1, 1899 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Taylor.

    Ch. 334 · 30 Stat. 1547 · March 1, 1899 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act For a public building at the city of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 335 · 30 Stat. 968 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

35. An Act For the erection of a public building in the city of Elgin, Illinois.

    Ch. 336 · 30 Stat. 968 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

36. An Act To supplement and amend an Act entitled “An Act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New York, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Ch. 337 · 30 Stat. 969 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

37. An Act For the erection of a public building in the city of Blair, Nebraska.

    Ch. 338 · 30 Stat. 970 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

38. An Act To provide for the purchase of sites for public buildings in the cities of Hastings and Norfolk, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 339 · 30 Stat. 970 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

39. An Act For the erection of a public building at Aberdeen, South Dakota.

    Ch. 340 · 30 Stat. 971 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the construction of a public building at Butte City, Montana.

    Ch. 341 · 30 Stat. 972 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

41. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Joplin, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 342 · 30 Stat. 972 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

42. An Act Providing for the erection of a public building at the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington.

    Ch. 343 · 30 Stat. 973 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site for and the erection of a public building at Oakland, in the State of California.

    Ch. 344 · 30 Stat. 974 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

44. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Beaumont, Texas.

    Ch. 345 · 30 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

45. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Abilene, Texas.

    Ch. 346 · 30 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

46. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site, and for the erection of a public building thereon, at Salt Lake City, the capital of the State of Utah.

    Ch. 347 · 30 Stat. 975 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

47. An Act For the erection of a public building at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

    Ch. 348 · 30 Stat. 976 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

48. An Act For the investigation of leprosy.

    Ch. 349 · 30 Stat. 976 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

49. An Act To change and fix the time of holding the terms of the district and circuit courts at Batesville, Arkansas.

    Ch. 350 · 30 Stat. 976 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

50. An Act Authorizing the terms of the district court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi to be held hereafter at Biloxi.

    Ch. 351 · 30 Stat. 977 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

51. An Act For increasing the efficiency of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 352 · 30 Stat. 977 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

52. An Act To increase the limit of cost for the purchase of site and the erection of a public buildiug at Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 353 · 30 Stat. 981 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

53. An Act Providing for the erection of an addition to the United States public building at Canton, Ohio.

    Ch. 354 · 30 Stat. 982 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

54. An Act For the erection of a custom-house and post-office building at Brunswick, Georgia.

    Ch. 355 · 30 Stat. 982 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

55. An Act Providing for the erection of an addition to the United States custom-house and post-office building in the city of Dubuque, Iowa.

    Ch. 356 · 30 Stat. 982 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

56. An Act To erect a public building at Lawrence, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 357 · 30 Stat. 982 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

57. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

    Ch. 358 · 30 Stat. 983 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

58. An Act To provide for a building for the use of the post-office, and other civil offices in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    Ch. 359 · 30 Stat. 983 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

59. An Act For the erection of a public building at Menominee, Michigan.

    Ch. 360 · 30 Stat. 984 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

60. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Kansas City, Kansas.

    Ch. 361 · 30 Stat. 984 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

61. An Act Regulating the postage on letters written by the blind.

    Ch. 362 · 30 Stat. 984 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

62. An Act Providing for an annex to the Federal building at Jackson, Mississippi.

    Ch. 364 · 30 Stat. 984 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

63. An Act For the erection of a public building at the city of Jamestown, New York.

    Ch. 363 · 30 Stat. 985 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

64. An Act For the erection of a public building at Monmouth, Illinois.

    Ch. 365 · 30 Stat. 985 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

65. An Act Authorizing the construction of three bridges across the Conecuh River, a navigable stream, in Escambia County, Alabama.

    Ch. 366 · 30 Stat. 986 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

66. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Joliet, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 367 · 30 Stat. 986 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

67. An Act Authorizing and directing the construction of an addition to the United States post-office in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Ch. 368 · 30 Stat. 987 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 369 · 30 Stat. 988 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

69. An Act Authorizing the extension of the post-office building at Springfield, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 370 · 30 Stat. 988 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

70. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia.

    Ch. 371 · 30 Stat. 988 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

71. An Act Providing for the purchase of additional property for the use of the post-office and other Government offices in the city of Brooklyn, State of New York.

    Ch. 372 · 30 Stat. 989 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

72. An Act For the erection of a public building at Elmira, New York.

    Ch. 373 · 30 Stat. 989 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

73. An Act To provide for the acquiring of rights of way by railroad companies through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 374 · 30 Stat. 990 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

74. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building hereon at Clinton, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 375 · 30 Stat. 992 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

75. An Act Making an appropriation to carry out the obligations of the treaty between the United States and Spain concluded December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 376 · 30 Stat. 993 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

76. An Act To set aside a portion of certain lands in the State of Washington, now known as the Pacific Forest Reserve, as a public park, to be known as the Mount Ranier National Park.

    Ch. 377 · 30 Stat. 993 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

77. An Act Creating the office of Admiral of the Navy.

    Ch. 378 · 30 Stat. 995 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

78. An Act To attach Claiborne County, Mississippi, to the western division of the southern judicial district of Mississippi.

    Ch. 379 · 30 Stat. 995 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

79. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorising the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” and extending the time for constructing and operating the said railway for two years from the fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.

    Ch. 380 · 30 Stat. 995 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

80. An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Freeport, Illinois.

    Ch. 381 · 30 Stat. 996 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

81. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Streator, in the State of Illinois.

    Ch. 382 · 30 Stat. 996 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

82. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at the city of Eau Claire, in the State of Wisconsin.

    Ch. 383 · 30 Stat. 997 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

83. An Act To enlarge and improve the United States public building at Columbus, Georgia.

    Ch. 384 · 30 Stat. 997 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

84. An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Rome, in the State of New York.

    Ch. 385 · 30 Stat. 997 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

85. An Act For the erection of a public building at Carrollton, Kentucky.

    Ch. 386 · 30 Stat. 998 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

86. An Act To provide for a public building at Winston, North Carolina.

    Ch. 387 · 30 Stat. 999 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

87. An Act For the erection of a public building at Newport, Vermont.

    Ch. 388 · 30 Stat. 999 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

88. An Act Providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Leadville, Colorado.

    Ch. 389 · 30 Stat. 999 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

89. An Act For the erection of a public building at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

    Ch. 390 · 30 Stat. 1000 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

90. An Act To provide for the construction of a public building at Salem, Oregon.

    Ch. 391 · 30 Stat. 1000 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

91. An Act For the erection of a public building at Norwich, Connecticut.

    Ch. 392 · 30 Stat. 1001 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

92. An Act To provide for terms of the circuit and district courts of the western judicial district of the State of Texas to be held at the city of Laredo, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 393 · 30 Stat. 1002 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

93. An Act To provide for enlarging and improving the United States Government building at Macon, Georgia, and to appropriate fifty-eight thousand dollars therefor.

    Ch. 394 · 30 Stat. 1002 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

94. An Act For the erection of a public building at Anniston, Alabama.

    Ch. 395 · 30 Stat. 1003 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

95. An Act To provide for a public building at New Iberia, Louisiana.

    Ch. 396 · 30 Stat. 1003 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

96. An Act For the erection of a public building at Annapolis, Maryland.

    Ch. 397 · 30 Stat. 1003 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

97. An Act To provide for the construction of a public building at the city of Janesville, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 398 · 30 Stat. 1004 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

98. An Act For the erection of a public building at Creston, Iowa.

    Ch. 399 · 30 Stat. 1004 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

99. An Act To construct a public building at Oskaloosa, Iowa, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 400 · 30 Stat. 1004 · March 2, 1899 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Thomas Mullen.

     Ch. 401 · 30 Stat. 1547 · March 2, 1899 · Private law · Original text