Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Granting a pension to John Black.

   Ch. 720 · 31 Stat. 1770 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles T. Shaw.

   Ch. 721 · 31 Stat. 1770 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elias M. Lynch.

   Ch. 722 · 31 Stat. 1770 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jeremiah Jackson.

   Ch. 723 · 31 Stat. 1770 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting a pension to William P. Payne.

   Ch. 724 · 31 Stat. 1771 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Theron Johnson.

   Ch. 725 · 31 Stat. 1771 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Smith.

   Ch. 726 · 31 Stat. 1771 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Colhoun.

   Ch. 727 · 31 Stat. 1771 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Shelt.

   Ch. 728 · 31 Stat. 1772 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 729 · 31 Stat. 1772 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Ryan.

    Ch. 730 · 31 Stat. 1772 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Granting a pension to Frances Helen Lewis.

    Ch. 731 · 31 Stat. 1772 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting a pension to Harriet S. Richards.

    Ch. 732 · 31 Stat. 1772 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting a pension to Jane W. Wood.

    Ch. 733 · 31 Stat. 1773 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stacy H. Cogswell.

    Ch. 734 · 31 Stat. 1773 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Bellinger.

    Ch. 735 · 31 Stat. 1773 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Asa W. Taylor.

    Ch. 736 · 31 Stat. 1773 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act Granting a pension to James Dorcey.

    Ch. 737 · 31 Stat. 1774 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marvin V. Tufford.

    Ch. 738 · 31 Stat. 1774 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henrietta M. Leiper.

    Ch. 739 · 31 Stat. 1774 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. O’Brien.

    Ch. 740 · 31 Stat. 1774 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Eichelberger.

    Ch. 741 · 31 Stat. 1774 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Norman Stewart.

    Ch. 742 · 31 Stat. 1775 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Esther Ann Grills.

    Ch. 743 · 31 Stat. 1775 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting a pension to Minerva M. Helmer.

    Ch. 744 · 31 Stat. 1775 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George C. Jarvis.

    Ch. 745 · 31 Stat. 1775 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Comegys.

    Ch. 746 · 31 Stat. 1776 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George N. Tarburton.

    Ch. 747 · 31 Stat. 1776 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia Crenshaw.

    Ch. 748 · 31 Stat. 1776 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret A. Potts.

    Ch. 749 · 31 Stat. 1776 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucie M. Mabry.

    Ch. 750 · 31 Stat. 1776 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Marsh.

    Ch. 751 · 31 Stat. 1777 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah F. Bridges.

    Ch. 752 · 31 Stat. 1777 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting a pension to Jessie A. Bruner.

    Ch. 753 · 31 Stat. 1777 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Scott.

    Ch. 754 · 31 Stat. 1777 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert H. Jones.

    Ch. 755 · 31 Stat. 1778 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Granting a pension to Louise Wolcott Knowlton Browne.

    Ch. 756 · 31 Stat. 1778 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert H. Fairchild.

    Ch. 757 · 31 Stat. 1778 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Bughman.

    Ch. 758 · 31 Stat. 1778 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting a pension to Corinne R. Strickland.

    Ch. 759 · 31 Stat. 1778 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Selah V. Reeve.

    Ch. 760 · 31 Stat. 1779 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting a pension to Samuel F. Radford.

    Ch. 761 · 31 Stat. 1779 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Scott.

    Ch. 762 · 31 Stat. 1779 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Philetus M. Axtell.

    Ch. 763 · 31 Stat. 1779 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Wimer.

    Ch. 764 · 31 Stat. 1780 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel W. Warren.

    Ch. 765 · 31 Stat. 1780 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to Maggie Alice Brady.

    Ch. 766 · 31 Stat. 1780 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting a pension to Lizzie Wattles.

    Ch. 767 · 31 Stat. 1780 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund Cragg.

    Ch. 768 · 31 Stat. 1780 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting a pension to Charity McKenney.

    Ch. 769 · 31 Stat. 1781 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to Martin Dismukes.

    Ch. 770 · 31 Stat. 1781 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Taylor.

    Ch. 771 · 31 Stat. 1781 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Phillips.

    Ch. 772 · 31 Stat. 1781 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles R. Cole.

    Ch. 773 · 31 Stat. 1782 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Ball.

    Ch. 774 · 31 Stat. 1782 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel J. B. Williams.

    Ch. 775 · 31 Stat. 1782 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary M. Hyde.

    Ch. 776 · 31 Stat. 1782 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting a pension to Kate M. Scott.

    Ch. 777 · 31 Stat. 1782 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Fryer, now Gardner.

    Ch. 778 · 31 Stat. 1783 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Priscilla Allen, now Barry.

    Ch. 779 · 31 Stat. 1783 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren Damon.

    Ch. 780 · 31 Stat. 1783 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adolphus Richardson.

    Ch. 781 · 31 Stat. 1783 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Harden.

    Ch. 782 · 31 Stat. 1784 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John F. Townsend.

    Ch. 783 · 31 Stat. 1784 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Georgina M. Mack.

    Ch. 784 · 31 Stat. 1784 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary C. Holmes.

    Ch. 785 · 31 Stat. 1784 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Merit C. Welsh.

    Ch. 786 · 31 Stat. 1784 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Zadok S. Howe.

    Ch. 787 · 31 Stat. 1785 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hubert Bascombe.

    Ch. 788 · 31 Stat. 1785 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin Rodman.

    Ch. 789 · 31 Stat. 1785 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Linsay C. Jones.

    Ch. 790 · 31 Stat. 1785 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse Millard.

    Ch. 791 · 31 Stat. 1786 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Whitney.

    Ch. 792 · 31 Stat. 1786 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Starr.

    Ch. 793 · 31 Stat. 1786 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Fury.

    Ch. 794 · 31 Stat. 1786 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eunice Henry.

    Ch. 795 · 31 Stat. 1787 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca J. Gray.

    Ch. 796 · 31 Stat. 1787 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting a pension to Ernestine Lavigne.

    Ch. 797 · 31 Stat. 1787 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting a pension to the minor children of Henry R. Hinkle.

    Ch. 798 · 31 Stat. 1787 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to William Allen.

    Ch. 799 · 31 Stat. 1787 · March 1, 1901 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act To carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States and Spain concluded on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 800 · 31 Stat. 877 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

82. An Act To create a new Federal judicial district in Pennsylvania, to be called the middle district.

    Ch. 801 · 31 Stat. 880 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

83. An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 802 · 31 Stat. 882 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

84. An Act Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 803 · 31 Stat. 895 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

85. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 804 · 31 Stat. 910 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

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

    Ch. 805 · 31 Stat. 922 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

87. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder.

    Ch. 806 · 31 Stat. 938 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

88. An Act For the relief of settlers under the public-land laws to lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

    Ch. 807 · 31 Stat. 950 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

89. An Act Authorizing the Attorney-General, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to appear in suits brought by States relative to school lands.

    Ch. 808 · 31 Stat. 950 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

90. An Act To prevent the failure of military justice, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 809 · 31 Stat. 950 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

91. An Act To restore to the public domain a small tract of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona.

    Ch. 810 · 31 Stat. 952 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

92. An Act To refund excessive postage paid on certain newspapers.

    Ch. 811 · 31 Stat. 952 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

93. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,” approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, and to increase the salary of the commissioner of education provided for by said Act.

    Ch. 812 · 31 Stat. 953 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

94. An Act Authorizing the Citizens’ Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River.

    Ch. 813 · 31 Stat. 954 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

95. An Act To amend section nineteen of chapter two hundred and fifty-two, Twenty-ninth Statutes at Large, approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

    Ch. 814 · 31 Stat. 956 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

96. An Act Relative to the suit instituted for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Potomac River Flats.

    Ch. 815 · 31 Stat. 956 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

97. An Act To revive and amend an Act entitled “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. 816 · 31 Stat. 957 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

98. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee.

    Ch. 817 · 31 Stat. 957 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

99. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Pearl River at Monticello, Mississippi.

    Ch. 818 · 31 Stat. 958 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

100. An Act For the relief of Nathan S. Jarvis.

     Ch. 819 · 31 Stat. 960 · March 2, 1901 · Original text