Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Granting a pension to Benjamin F. Trapp.

   Ch. 128 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Van Gelder.

   Ch. 129 · 31 Stat. 1659 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cornelius Shroder.

   Ch. 130 · 31 Stat. 1659 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Cluke.

   Ch. 131 · 31 Stat. 1659 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elam Kirk.

   Ch. 132 · 31 Stat. 1659 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Oliver.

   Ch. 133 · 31 Stat. 1660 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lunsford Ellis.

   Ch. 134 · 31 Stat. 1660 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William R. McMaster.

   Ch. 135 · 31 Stat. 1660 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Dornon.

   Ch. 136 · 31 Stat. 1660 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Harrison.

    Ch. 137 · 31 Stat. 1660 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Schutz.

    Ch. 138 · 31 Stat. 1661 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adam Velten.

    Ch. 139 · 31 Stat. 1661 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eben E. Pushor.

    Ch. 140 · 31 Stat. 1661 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting a pension to Julia Van Wicklen.

    Ch. 141 · 31 Stat. 1661 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting a pension to Henry K. Davis.

    Ch. 142 · 31 Stat. 1662 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting a pension to Augustus R. Rollins, alias Rhenault A. Rollins.

    Ch. 143 · 31 Stat. 1662 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting a pension to Prudence Reamer.

    Ch. 144 · 31 Stat. 1662 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caroline Z. Repetti.

    Ch. 145 · 31 Stat. 1662 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sylvester Solomon.

    Ch. 146 · 31 Stat. 1662 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Coombs.

    Ch. 147 · 31 Stat. 1663 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting a pension to Hester A. Phillips.

    Ch. 148 · 31 Stat. 1663 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting a pension to Anna E. Littlefield.

    Ch. 149 · 31 Stat. 1663 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edyth M. Muck.

    Ch. 150 · 31 Stat. 1663 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Gratton.

    Ch. 151 · 31 Stat. 1664 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting a pension to Frances M. Cellar.

    Ch. 152 · 31 Stat. 1664 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Brooks.

    Ch. 153 · 31 Stat. 1664 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances E. Childs.

    Ch. 154 · 31 Stat. 1664 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Irvine.

    Ch. 155 · 31 Stat. 1664 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert A. Roberts.

    Ch. 156 · 31 Stat. 1665 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Smith.

    Ch. 157 · 31 Stat. 1665 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Rippleman.

    Ch. 158 · 31 Stat. 1665 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Longfellow.

    Ch. 159 · 31 Stat. 1665 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy E. Danilson.

    Ch. 160 · 31 Stat. 1666 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse F. Gates.

    Ch. 161 · 31 Stat. 1666 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilbert F. Colby.

    Ch. 162 · 31 Stat. 1666 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act For the relief of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 163 · 31 Stat. 1666 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act To create a new division in the western judicial district of the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 164 · 31 Stat. 739 · January 24, 1901 · Original text

38. An Act Authorizing the Solicitor of the Treasury to quitclaim and release certain title and interest of the United States to Mrs. Lutie M. Nowlin.

    Ch. 165 · 31 Stat. 1667 · January 24, 1901 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Revoking and annulling the subdivision of Pencote Heights, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 166 · 31 Stat. 740 · January 25, 1901 · Original text

40. An Act To provide for the closing of part of an alley in square one hundred and sixty-nine, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for the sale thereof to the Young Men’s Christian Association of the city of Washington.

    Ch. 167 · 31 Stat. 740 · January 25, 1901 · Original text

41. An Act Granting a pension to J. J. Groff.

    Ch. 168 · 31 Stat. 1667 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha G. D. Lyster.

    Ch. 169 · 31 Stat. 1667 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Coventon.

    Ch. 170 · 31 Stat. 1668 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting a pension to Erie E. Farmer.

    Ch. 171 · 31 Stat. 1668 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. D. Wiswell.

    Ch. 172 · 31 Stat. 1668 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edith Lockwood Sturdy.

    Ch. 173 · 31 Stat. 1668 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura Ann Smith.

    Ch. 174 · 31 Stat. 1668 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth W. Eldridge.

    Ch. 175 · 31 Stat. 1669 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gertrude B. Wilkinson.

    Ch. 176 · 31 Stat. 1669 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Claiborne.

    Ch. 177 · 31 Stat. 1669 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Emily Wilcox.

    Ch. 178 · 31 Stat. 1669 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charlotte W. Drew.

    Ch. 179 · 31 Stat. 1670 · January 25, 1901 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act To allow the commutation of homestead entries in certain cases.

    Ch. 180 · 31 Stat. 740 · January 26, 1901 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Grays Point, Missouri.

    Ch. 181 · 31 Stat. 741 · January 26, 1901 · Original text

55. An Act For the relief of Reverend William T. McElroy.

    Ch. 182 · 31 Stat. 1670 · January 26, 1901 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend the criminal laws of the District of Columbia,” approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 183 · 31 Stat. 744 · January 28, 1901 · Original text

57. An Act To establish a branch soldiers’ home at or near Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee.

    Ch. 184 · 31 Stat. 745 · January 28, 1901 · Original text

58. An Act Granting a pension to William Lyman Chittenden.

    Ch. 185 · 31 Stat. 1670 · January 30, 1901 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Extending the mining laws to saline lands.

    Ch. 186 · 31 Stat. 745 · January 31, 1901 · Original text

60. An Act Granting a pension to B. H. Randall.

    Ch. 187 · 31 Stat. 1670 · January 31, 1901 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting a pension to John Calvin Lane.

    Ch. 188 · 31 Stat. 1671 · January 31, 1901 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To amend the law establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Iowa.

    Ch. 189 · 31 Stat. 745 · February 1, 1901 · Original text

63. An Act Providing for leaves of absence to certain employees of the Government.

    Ch. 190 · 31 Stat. 746 · February 1, 1901 · Original text

64. An Act To provide for the construction of a bridge by the Fargo, Duluth and Northwestern Railroad Company across the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota.

    Ch. 191 · 31 Stat. 746 · February 1, 1901 · Original text

65. An Act To increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment of the United States.

    Ch. 192 · 31 Stat. 748 · February 2, 1901 · Original text

66. An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for service in the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 193 · 31 Stat. 758 · February 4, 1901 · Original text

67. An Act To establish a lobster hatchery in the State of Maine.

    Ch. 194 · 31 Stat. 759 · February 4, 1901 · Original text

68. An Act To amend section thirty-two hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits.

    Ch. 195 · 31 Stat. 759 · February 4, 1901 · Original text

69. An Act To correct the military record of William Lapoint.

    Ch. 196 · 31 Stat. 1671 · February 4, 1901 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act To correct the military record of George J. Titcomb.

    Ch. 197 · 31 Stat. 1671 · February 4, 1901 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of William Burke.

    Ch. 198 · 31 Stat. 1671 · February 4, 1901 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 199 · 31 Stat. 759 · February 5, 1901 · Original text

73. An Act Extending the time for the commencement and completion of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South Dakota.

    Ch. 200 · 31 Stat. 760 · February 5, 1901 · Original text

74. An Act For the promotion and retirement of Passed Assistant Surgeon John F. Bransford, of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 201 · 31 Stat. 1672 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate of a lest check drawn by E. B. Atwood, lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general, United States Army, in favor of Alfred C. Cass.

    Ch. 202 · 31 Stat. 1672 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to F. W. Baker.

    Ch. 203 · 31 Stat. 1672 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Jackson.

    Ch. 204 · 31 Stat. 1673 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pinnie L. Carr.

    Ch. 205 · 31 Stat. 1673 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Ferree.

    Ch. 206 · 31 Stat. 1673 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hutchens.

    Ch. 207 · 31 Stat. 1673 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Turnipseed.

    Ch. 208 · 31 Stat. 1673 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting a pension to Sayer Jensen.

    Ch. 209 · 31 Stat. 1674 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Catherine A. Young.

    Ch. 210 · 31 Stat. 1674 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel Frisbey.

    Ch. 211 · 31 Stat. 1674 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellis P. Phipps.

    Ch. 212 · 31 Stat. 1674 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting a pension to Eli F. Chittenden.

    Ch. 213 · 31 Stat. 1674 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alvin N. Sabin.

    Ch. 214 · 31 Stat. 1675 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Sanders.

    Ch. 215 · 31 Stat. 1675 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting a pension to Otto Haltnorth.

    Ch. 216 · 31 Stat. 1675 · February 5, 1901 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Amending the Act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaties and stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. 217 · 31 Stat. 760 · February 6, 1901 · Original text

91. An Act To reincorporate and preserve all the corporate franchises and property rights of the de facto corporation known as the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 218 · 31 Stat. 761 · February 6, 1901 · Original text

92. An Act To enable the directors of Providence Hospital to increase the accommodations of that institution.

    Ch. 219 · 31 Stat. 762 · February 6, 1901 · Original text

93. An Act For the relief of the devisees and legal representatives of D. L. Huskey, deceased.

    Ch. 220 · 31 Stat. 1675 · February 6, 1901 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Americus V. Rice.

    Ch. 221 · 31 Stat. 1676 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura P. Lee.

    Ch. 222 · 31 Stat. 1676 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert M. Bennett.

    Ch. 223 · 31 Stat. 1676 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to Rosa G. Thompson, formerly Rosa G. Edwards.

    Ch. 224 · 31 Stat. 1676 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mattie Otis Dickinson.

    Ch. 225 · 31 Stat. 1676 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting a pension to James T. Donaldson, junior.

    Ch. 226 · 31 Stat. 1677 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting a pension to Francis A. Kitchen.

     Ch. 227 · 31 Stat. 1677 · February 7, 1901 · Private law · Original text