Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act For the relief of Cordell B. Green, Company D, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry.

   Ch. 514 · 30 Stat. 1470 · June 27, 1898 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act To correct the military record of N. Ward Cady, late major, Second Mounted Rifles, New York Volunteers, and to grant him an honorable discharge.

   Ch. 515 · 30 Stat. 1470 · June 27, 1898 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act For the relief of John B. Tyre.

   Ch. 516 · 30 Stat. 1471 · June 27, 1898 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 517 · 30 Stat. 495 · June 28, 1898 · Original text

5. An Act To restore to the State of New York the flag carried by the One hundred and fourth New York Volunteer Infantry.

   Ch. 518 · 30 Stat. 519 · June 28, 1898 · Original text

6. An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” and for other purposes

   Ch. 519 · 30 Stat. 519 · June 28, 1898 · Original text

7. Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of additional copies of certain volumes of Decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands for sale and distribution.

   Resolution 52 · 30 Stat. 749 · June 28, 1898 · Original text

8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Palmer.

   Ch. 520 · 30 Stat. 1471 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Mullen.

   Ch. 521 · 30 Stat. 1471 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel A. Smith.

    Ch. 522 · 30 Stat. 1471 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi K. Long.

    Ch. 523 · 30 Stat. 1471 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act To pension Mrs. Susan M. Sessford.

    Ch. 524 · 30 Stat. 1472 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Paul Carr.

    Ch. 525 · 30 Stat. 1472 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting a pension to Jesse O. Davy.

    Ch. 526 · 30 Stat. 1472 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca E. Kutz.

    Ch. 527 · 30 Stat. 1472 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Madden.

    Ch. 528 · 30 Stat. 1473 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting a pension to Charles E. Mann.

    Ch. 529 · 30 Stat. 1473 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Brown.

    Ch. 530 · 30 Stat. 1473 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting a pension to William J. Williams.

    Ch. 531 · 30 Stat. 1473 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting a pension to Julia E. Warner.

    Ch. 532 · 30 Stat. 1473 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting a pension to Nancy Barger.

    Ch. 533 · 30 Stat. 1474 · June 28, 1898 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Relating to the Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company, of Montgomery County, Maryland.

    Ch. 534 · 30 Stat. 520 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

23. An Act To authorize the Montgomery-Elmore Bridge and Improvement Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama.

    Ch. 535 · 30 Stat. 521 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

24. An Act To designate Gladstone, Michigan, a subport of entry.

    Ch. 536 · 30 Stat. 522 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

25. An Act To provide for the construction of a bridge across Niagara River.

    Ch. 537 · 30 Stat. 522 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

26. An Act To amend section ten of an Act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for temporarily increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of war, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 538 · 30 Stat. 525 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

27. Joint Resolution Relating to the purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers for the military information division, Adjutant, General’s Office.

    Resolution 53 · 30 Stat. 749 · June 29, 1898 · Original text

28. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Thomas J. Chace and Thomas J. Chace, junior, into of Monticello, Florida.

    Ch. 539 · 30 Stat. 1474 · June 29, 1898 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 540 · 30 Stat. 525 · June 30, 1898 · Original text

30. An Act To establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States.

    Ch. 541 · 30 Stat. 544 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

31. An Act To ratify the agreement between the Dawes Commission and the Seminole Nation of Indians.

    Ch. 542 · 30 Stat. 567 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

32. An Act To vest in the Commissioners of the District of Columbia control of street parking in said District.

    Ch. 543 · 30 Stat. 570 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

33. An Act To authorize appointment of a military storekeeper in the Army.

    Ch. 544 · 30 Stat. 571 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

34. 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, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 545 · 30 Stat. 571 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

35. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 546 · 30 Stat. 597 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

36. An Act To authorize the White and Black River Valley Railway Company to build a bridge across the Black River in Arkansas.

    Ch. 547 · 30 Stat. 650 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

37. An Act Extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota.

    Ch. 548 · 30 Stat. 651 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution For improvement of San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California.

    Resolution 54 · 30 Stat. 750 · July 1, 1898 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Moses Pendergrass, of Missouri.

    Ch. 549 · 30 Stat. 1474 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank Rockwith.

    Ch. 550 · 30 Stat. 1474 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Osborn.

    Ch. 551 · 30 Stat. 1475 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph C. Berry, alias Joseph White.

    Ch. 552 · 30 Stat. 1475 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph R. Mathers.

    Ch. 553 · 30 Stat. 1475 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lauritz Olsen.

    Ch. 554 · 30 Stat. 1475 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Christenberry.

    Ch. 555 · 30 Stat. 1475 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act To increase the pension of Mary Broggan.

    Ch. 556 · 30 Stat. 1476 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to John A. Bingham.

    Ch. 557 · 30 Stat. 1476 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George H. Givens.

    Ch. 558 · 30 Stat. 1476 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Act Granting an increase of pension to William L. Smithson.

    Ch. 559 · 30 Stat. 1476 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To amend “An Act for the correction of the military record of Wilhelm Spiegelburg,” approved July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

    Ch. 560 · 30 Stat. 1476 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To remove the charge of desertion against Edwin Higgins.

    Ch. 561 · 30 Stat. 1477 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act To correct the military record of Patrick Hanley.

    Ch. 562 · 30 Stat. 1477 · July 1, 1898 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To relieve owners of mining claims who enlist in the military or naval service of the United States for duty in the war with Spain from performing assessment work during such term of service.

    Ch. 563 · 30 Stat. 651 · July 2, 1898 · Original text

54. An Act Designating Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, a port of delivery in the customs collection district of Erie, Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 564 · 30 Stat. 652 · July 2, 1898 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Finetta Nalle.

    Ch. 565 · 30 Stat. 1477 · July 2, 1898 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act For the relief of Michael McNulty.

    Ch. 566 · 30 Stat. 1477 · July 2, 1898 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act For the relief of Theodore F. Swayze, administrator de bonis non of the estate of John S. P. Wheeler, deceased.

    Ch. 567 · 30 Stat. 1478 · July 2, 1898 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Relative to the Corps of Engineers of the Army.

    Ch. 568 · 30 Stat. 652 · July 5, 1898 · Original text

59. An Act For the relief of Blanche T. Hunton.

    Ch. 569 · 30 Stat. 1478 · July 5, 1898 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act For the relief of Martha E. Fleschert.

    Ch. 570 · 30 Stat. 1478 · July 5, 1898 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 571 · 30 Stat. 652 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

62. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Quartermaster’s Department of the Army.

    Ch. 572 · 30 Stat. 714 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

63. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Subsistence Department of the Army.

    Ch. 573 · 30 Stat. 715 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

64. 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. 574 · 30 Stat. 715 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

65. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi,” approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 575 · 30 Stat. 716 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

66. An Act To protect the harbor defenses and fortifications constructed or used by the United States from malicious injury, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 576 · 30 Stat. 717 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

67. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over Tombigbee River, in the State of Mississippi.

    Ch. 577 · 30 Stat. 718 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section forty-seven hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 578 · 30 Stat. 718 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

69. An Act To require the Brightwood Railway Company to abandon its overhead trolley on Kenyon street, between Seventh and Fourteenth streets.

    Ch. 579 · 30 Stat. 719 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

70. An Act To provide for a temporary increase in the Inspector-General’s Department of the Army.

    Ch. 580 · 30 Stat. 720 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

71. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, to build, or authorize the building of, a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, at a point near Fond du Lac, in said State of Minnesota,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 581 · 30 Stat. 720 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

72. An Act To increase the force of the Ordnance Department.

    Ch. 582 · 30 Stat. 720 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

73. An Act Directing the enlistment of cooks in the Regular and Volunteer armies of the United States.

    Ch. 583 · 30 Stat. 721 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

74. An Act To amend the Act relating to pay of volunteer officers and soldiers.

    Ch. 584 · 30 Stat. 721 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

75. Joint Resolution To provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.

    Resolution 55 · 30 Stat. 750 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

76. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Librarian of Congress to accept the collection of engravings proposed to be donated to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard.

    Resolution 56 · 30 Stat. 751 · July 7, 1898 · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Benjamin S. Barnes.

    Ch. 585 · 30 Stat. 1478 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting a pension to William J. Murray.

    Ch. 586 · 30 Stat. 1479 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alvah A. Eaton.

    Ch. 587 · 30 Stat. 1479 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham T. Casey.

    Ch. 588 · 30 Stat. 1479 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John N. Landon.

    Ch. 589 · 30 Stat. 1479 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To increase the pension of Mary C. Cook.

    Ch. 590 · 30 Stat. 1480 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie Kautz.

    Ch. 591 · 30 Stat. 1480 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting a pension to James C. Young.

    Ch. 592 · 30 Stat. 1480 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting a pension to Barney Smith.

    Ch. 593 · 30 Stat. 1480 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Hinckley.

    Ch. 594 · 30 Stat. 1480 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Patrick Breen.

    Ch. 595 · 30 Stat. 1481 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Act Granting a pension to Cornelia M. Mason.

    Ch. 596 · 30 Stat. 1481 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting a pension to John R. Bevan.

    Ch. 597 · 30 Stat. 1481 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act For the relief of P. F. Dundon, of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 598 · 30 Stat. 1481 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Kline.

    Ch. 599 · 30 Stat. 1481 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim C. Baldwin.

    Ch. 600 · 30 Stat. 1482 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting a pension to Margerett Ferriter.

    Ch. 601 · 30 Stat. 1482 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward R. Young.

    Ch. 602 · 30 Stat. 1482 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel Blackman.

    Ch. 603 · 30 Stat. 1482 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting a pension to Jacob Miller.

    Ch. 604 · 30 Stat. 1482 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to Susan I. Barrows

    Ch. 605 · 30 Stat. 1483 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Manley.

    Ch. 606 · 30 Stat. 1483 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act To increase the pension of Jeremiah Hackett.

    Ch. 607 · 30 Stat. 1483 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Almon Stuart.

     Ch. 608 · 30 Stat. 1483 · July 7, 1898 · Private law · Original text