Every law Congress has passed

1,959 laws of the 56th Congress, 1899–1901

1. An Act To amend an Act to incorporate the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

   Ch. 861 · 31 Stat. 708 · June 7, 1900 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Making an emergency appropriation for the repair of certain roads and bridges in the District of Columbia.

   Public Resolution 41 · 31 Stat. 722 · June 7, 1900 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution Donating a condemned cannon to the Commandery in Chief of the Sons of Veterans, United States of America.

   Public Resolution 42 · 31 Stat. 723 · June 7, 1900 · Original text

4. An Act For the relief of William Wolfe.

   Ch. 862 · 31 Stat. 1617 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Robinson.

   Ch. 863 · 31 Stat. 1617 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act For the relief of John C. Smith.

   Ch. 864 · 31 Stat. 1617 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Eastman.

   Ch. 865 · 31 Stat. 1618 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ida J. Peixotto.

   Ch. 866 · 31 Stat. 1618 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jonathan Mead.

   Ch. 867 · 31 Stat. 1618 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Friend.

    Ch. 868 · 31 Stat. 1618 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Oliver.

    Ch. 869 · 31 Stat. 1618 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary W. Clark.

    Ch. 870 · 31 Stat. 1619 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward J. Trussler.

    Ch. 871 · 31 Stat. 1619 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Anderson.

    Ch. 872 · 31 Stat. 1619 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph L. Thomas.

    Ch. 873 · 31 Stat. 1619 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Pepper.

    Ch. 874 · 31 Stat. 1620 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac B. Hoyt.

    Ch. 875 · 31 Stat. 1620 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen J. Watts.

    Ch. 876 · 31 Stat. 1620 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marie L. Apgar.

    Ch. 877 · 31 Stat. 1620 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Mills.

    Ch. 878 · 31 Stat. 1620 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wesley C. Sawyer.

    Ch. 879 · 31 Stat. 1621 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi S. Parrott.

    Ch. 880 · 31 Stat. 1621 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John K. Crosby.

    Ch. 881 · 31 Stat. 1621 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Townsend.

    Ch. 882 · 31 Stat. 1621 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen A. Spalding.

    Ch. 883 · 31 Stat. 1622 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert W. Brush.

    Ch. 884 · 31 Stat. 1622 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Holland.

    Ch. 885 · 31 Stat. 1622 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Uri S. Keith.

    Ch. 886 · 31 Stat. 1622 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Coggeshall.

    Ch. 887 · 31 Stat. 1623 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. McLyman.

    Ch. 888 · 31 Stat. 1623 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Buntin.

    Ch. 889 · 31 Stat. 1623 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to D. Cyrus Holdridge.

    Ch. 890 · 31 Stat. 1623 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John D. Craig.

    Ch. 891 · 31 Stat. 1623 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Helen Mauck.

    Ch. 892 · 31 Stat. 1624 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret M. Badger.

    Ch. 893 · 31 Stat. 1624 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melissa Rush.

    Ch. 894 · 31 Stat. 1624 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Hartley.

    Ch. 895 · 31 Stat. 1624 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Somerville Lion.

    Ch. 896 · 31 Stat. 1625 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evan M. Woodward.

    Ch. 897 · 31 Stat. 1625 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Lonergan.

    Ch. 898 · 31 Stat. 1625 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting a pension to Lucius K. Smalling.

    Ch. 899 · 31 Stat. 1625 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting a pension to Wilburn W. Testerman.

    Ch. 900 · 31 Stat. 1625 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting a pension to Melissa A. Trulock.

    Ch. 901 · 31 Stat. 1626 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting a pension to Jonah Duncan.

    Ch. 902 · 31 Stat. 1626 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting a pension to John F. Kelly.

    Ch. 903 · 31 Stat. 1626 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine B. Wood.

    Ch. 904 · 31 Stat. 1626 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah J. Peddycoart.

    Ch. 905 · 31 Stat. 1626 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting a pension to Annie E. Bell.

    Ch. 906 · 31 Stat. 1627 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting a pension to Zylpha J. Kelly.

    Ch. 907 · 31 Stat. 1627 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting a pension to Amanda Hurd.

    Ch. 908 · 31 Stat. 1627 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to Maria V. Sperry.

    Ch. 909 · 31 Stat. 1627 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting a pension to Virginia Hull.

    Ch. 910 · 31 Stat. 1628 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a pension to Lydia A. Stockwell.

    Ch. 911 · 31 Stat. 1628 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting a pension to Frank A. W. Shaw.

    Ch. 912 · 31 Stat. 1628 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Parrish.

    Ch. 913 · 31 Stat. 1628 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting a pension to Rachel M. Harvey.

    Ch. 914 · 31 Stat. 1628 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting a pension to Alice A. Hartz.

    Ch. 915 · 31 Stat. 1629 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting a pension to Louisa Weidner.

    Ch. 916 · 31 Stat. 1629 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting a pension to James M. Ellett.

    Ch. 917 · 31 Stat. 1629 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting a pension to Andrew Jackson.

    Ch. 918 · 31 Stat. 1629 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting a pension to Daniel Davis.

    Ch. 919 · 31 Stat. 1630 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting a pension to Hannah Kennedy.

    Ch. 920 · 31 Stat. 1630 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting a pension to Cyntha A. Middleton.

    Ch. 921 · 31 Stat. 1630 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting a pension to Lena E. Patterson.

    Ch. 922 · 31 Stat. 1630 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. White.

    Ch. 923 · 31 Stat. 1630 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate of lost check drawn by James B. Quinn, major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in favor of Henry L. Breneman.

    Ch. 924 · 31 Stat. 1631 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act For the relief of Stanley Snodgrass, of Jefferson County, Mississippi

    Ch. 925 · 31 Stat. 1631 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting a pension to Maggie D. Chapman.

    Ch. 926 · 31 Stat. 1631 · June 7, 1900 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act In relation to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the permanent seat of government in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1 · 31 Stat. 725 · December 7, 1900 · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Frank E. Kellogg, collector of the sixth internal-revenue district of Missouri.

    Ch. 2 · 31 Stat. 1633 · December 11, 1900 · Private law · Original text

71. Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred, on the twentieth day of said month.

    Public Resolution 1 · 31 Stat. 1459 · December 18, 1900 · Original text

72. An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge in and for the northern judicial district of the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 3 · 31 Stat. 726 · December 19, 1900 · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Colonel Charles B. Dougherty and other members of the Ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry.

    Ch. 4 · 31 Stat. 1633 · December 19, 1900 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Dempsey.

    Ch. 5 · 31 Stat. 1634 · December 20, 1900 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred.

    Ch. 6 · 31 Stat. 726 · December 21, 1900 · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David S. Snyder.

    Ch. 7 · 31 Stat. 1635 · December 21, 1900 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 8 · 31 Stat. 727 · January 4, 1901 · Original text

78. An Act Providing for the payment of electoral messengers.

    Ch. 9 · 31 Stat. 728 · January 11, 1901 · Original text

79. An Act Providing for the resurvey of township numbered eight, of range numbered thirty west, of the sixth principal meridian, in Frontier County, State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 10 · 31 Stat. 729 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

80. An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Osage River at the city of Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri.

    Ch. 11 · 31 Stat. 729 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

81. An Act For relief of occupants of lands included in the Algodones grant, in Arizona.

    Ch. 12 · 31 Stat. 729 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

82. An Act To amend an Act approved June first, anno Domini nineteen hundred, entitled “An Act to create the southern division of the southern district of Iowa for judicial purposes, and to fix the time and place for holding court therein.”

    Ch. 13 · 31 Stat. 730 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

83. Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Public Resolution 2 · 31 Stat. 1459 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

84. Joint Resolution Authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law.”

    Public Resolution 3 · 31 Stat. 1459 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

85. Joint Resolution Authorizing the appointment of Charles A. Boutelle as a captain on the retired list of the Navy.

    Public Resolution 4 · 31 Stat. 1460 · January 14, 1901 · Original text

86. An Act Granting a pension to William M. Ferry.

    Ch. 14 · 31 Stat. 1635 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Morrison.

    Ch. 15 · 31 Stat. 1635 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Tate.

    Ch. 16 · 31 Stat. 1635 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Jane McLaughlin.

    Ch. 17 · 31 Stat. 1636 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Irvin.

    Ch. 18 · 31 Stat. 1636 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting a pension to Nellie L. Groshon.

    Ch. 19 · 31 Stat. 1636 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mathew T. Jones.

    Ch. 20 · 31 Stat. 1636 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting a pension to Oliver Domon.

    Ch. 21 · 31 Stat. 1636 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marie Sharpe.

    Ch. 22 · 31 Stat. 1637 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. Stillman.

    Ch. 23 · 31 Stat. 1637 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of Henry O. Morse.

    Ch. 24 · 31 Stat. 1637 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of the Marion Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Samuel Milliken, deceased.

    Ch. 25 · 31 Stat. 1637 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act To remove the charges of desertion from the records of the War Department against Frederick Mehring.

    Ch. 26 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cornwell M. Brill.

    Ch. 27 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John J. Wilson.

     Ch. 28 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text