Every law Congress has passed

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

1. Joint Resolution Giving the Commissioners of the District of Columbia authority to provide for the public comfort.

   Public Resolution 14 · 31 Stat. 1464 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

2. Joint Resolution Providing for the publication of the report of the board of management of the United States Government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.

   Public Resolution 15 · 31 Stat. 1464 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

3. Joint Resolution To regulate the distribution of public documents to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange.

   Public Resolution 16 · 31 Stat. 1464 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

4. Joint Resolution Concerning printing of additional copies of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey.

   Public Resolution 17 · 31 Stat. 1465 · March 2, 1901 · Original text

5. An Act For the relief of John M. Guyton.

   Ch. 820 · 31 Stat. 1788 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Referring to the Court of Claims the claim of William E. Woodbridge for compensation for the use by the United States of his invention relating to projectiles, for which letters patent were ordered to issue to him March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

   Ch. 821 · 31 Stat. 1788 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act For the relief of Olivia M. Clifford.

   Ch. 822 · 31 Stat. 1789 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of James Kelly.

   Ch. 823 · 31 Stat. 1789 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York.

   Ch. 824 · 31 Stat. 1789 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act For the relief of Leonard Wilson.

    Ch. 825 · 31 Stat. 1790 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the trustees of Holston Seminary, at Newmarket, Tennessee.

    Ch. 826 · 31 Stat. 1790 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act For the relief of the widows and children of William Ryan and John S. Taylor, deceased.

    Ch. 827 · 31 Stat. 1790 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act For the relief of Charles M. Kennerly.

    Ch. 828 · 31 Stat. 1791 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson.

    Ch. 829 · 31 Stat. 1791 · March 2, 1901 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 830 · 31 Stat. 960 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

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

    Ch. 831 · 31 Stat. 1010 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

17. 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 two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 832 · 31 Stat. 1058 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

18. An Act Granting homesteaders on the abandoned Fort Fetterman Military Reservation in Wyoming the right to purchase one quarter section of public land on said reservation as pasture or grazing land.

    Ch. 833 · 31 Stat. 1085 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

19. An Act To amend “An Act authorizing certain officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to administer oaths,” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

    Ch. 834 · 31 Stat. 1086 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

20. An Act Authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to grant the right of way for and the right to operate and maintain a line of railroad through the Fort Ontario Military Reservation, in the State of New York, to the Oswego and Rome Railroad Company.

    Ch. 835 · 31 Stat. 1086 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

21. An Act To amend “An Act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service,” approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. 836 · 31 Stat. 1086 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

22. An Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of the immediate transportation Act to Fall River, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 837 · 31 Stat. 1087 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

23. An Act To provide an American register for the barkentine J. C. Pfluger, of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 838 · 31 Stat. 1087 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

24. An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River.

    Ch. 839 · 31 Stat. 1088 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

25. An Act To authorize the Montgomery and Autauga Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama.

    Ch. 840 · 31 Stat. 1088 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

26. An Act To provide an American register for the steam yacht May.

    Ch. 841 · 31 Stat. 1089 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

27. An Act Authorizing the Texas and Pacific Railway Company to construct a bridge across Red River, Louisiana.

    Ch. 842 · 31 Stat. 1089 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

28. An Act Authorizing the board of supervisors of Pima County, Arizona Territory, to issue fifty-year four per centum bonds of Pima County, Arizona Territory, to redeem certain bonded indebtedness of said county.

    Ch. 843 · 31 Stat. 1090 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

29. An Act To amend the Acts for the protection of birds, game, and fish in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 844 · 31 Stat. 1091 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

30. An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and fixing the compensation of commissioners in such cases.

    Ch. 845 · 31 Stat. 1093 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

31. An Act To supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth.

    Ch. 846 · 31 Stat. 1093 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

32. An Act To enlarge the powers of the courts of the District of Columbia in cases involving delinquent children, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 847 · 31 Stat. 1095 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

33. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the mayor and city council of Baltimore, Maryland, Ionic columns.

    Ch. 848 · 31 Stat. 1096 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

34. An Act Increasing the limit of cost of certain public buildings, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 849 · 31 Stat. 1097 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

35. An Act For the reward of enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps.

    Ch. 850 · 31 Stat. 1099 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

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

    Ch. 851 · 31 Stat. 1099 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

37. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 852 · 31 Stat. 1107 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

38. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 853 · 31 Stat. 1133 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

39. An Act To establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 854 · 31 Stat. 1189 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

40. An Act To extend the provisions of section eight of the Act entitled “An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for putting timber on public lands, to California, Oregon, and Washington.

    Ch. 855 · 31 Stat. 1436 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

41. An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to the heir or heirs of one Tawamnoha, or Martha Crayon, conveying to them certain lands in the State of North Dakota, confirming certain conveyances thereof, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 856 · 31 Stat. 1436 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

42. An Act Extending to the city of Everett, Washington, a subport of entry, the privileges of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 857 · 31 Stat. 1437 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

43. An Act To provide for subports of entry and delivery in the Territory of Hawaii.

    Ch. 858 · 31 Stat. 1437 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

44. An Act To amend section two hundred and three of title three of the Act entitled “An Act making further provisions for a civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 859 · 31 Stat. 1438 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

45. An Act Granting a charter to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.

    Ch. 860 · 31 Stat. 1438 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

46. An Act To establish Lowelltown, Maine, a subport of entry.

    Ch. 861 · 31 Stat. 1439 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

47. An Act To amend chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

    Ch. 862 · 31 Stat. 1439 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

48. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to loan naval equipment to certain military schools.

    Ch. 863 · 31 Stat. 1440 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

49. An Act To provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri.

    Ch. 864 · 31 Stat. 1440 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

50. An Act Amending section forty-seven hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to pensions to remarried widows.

    Ch. 865 · 31 Stat. 1445 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

51. An Act Requiring common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to make full reports of all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission.

    Ch. 866 · 31 Stat. 1446 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

52. An Act To amend an Act amending the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the receipt of United States gold coin in exchange for gold bars.”

    Ch. 867 · 31 Stat. 1446 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

53. An Act to amend section six, chapter one hundred and nineteen, United States Statutes at Large numbered twenty-four.

    Ch. 868 · 31 Stat. 1447 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

54. An Act Granting a right of way to the Jamestown and Northern Railway through the Devils Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of North Dakota.

    Ch. 869 · 31 Stat. 1447 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

55. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act conferring on the supreme court of the District of Columbia jurisdiction to take proof of the execution of wills affecting real estate, and for other purposes,” approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 870 · 31 Stat. 1448 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

56. An Act To amend section fifty-one hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 871 · 31 Stat. 1448 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

57. An Act To establish the National Bureau of Standards.

    Ch. 872 · 31 Stat. 1449 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

58. An Act To amend section fifty-five hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 873 · 31 Stat. 1450 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

59. An Act To authorize the Charleroi and Monessen Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.

    Ch. 874 · 31 Stat. 1451 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

60. An Act To provide an American register for the foreign-built ship Balclutha.

    Ch. 875 · 31 Stat. 1453 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

61. An Act To incorporate the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 876 · 31 Stat. 1453 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

62. An Act To authorize the Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River, in the State of Texas.

    Ch. 877 · 31 Stat. 1454 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

63. An Act to authorize the Pigeon River Improvement, Slide, and Boom Company, of Minnesota, to enter upon the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, and improve the Pigeon River in said State at what is known as the cascades of said river.

    Ch. 878 · 31 Stat. 1455 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

64. An Act To authorize the Portland, Nehalem and Tillamook Railway Company to construct a bridge across Nehalem Bay and River, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 879 · 31 Stat. 1456 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

65. An Act To authorize the city of Nashville, Tennessee, to construct a free public bridge across the Cumberland River within the corporate limits of said city.

    Ch. 880 · 31 Stat. 1457 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

66. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Sherman, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court, and for other purposes,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and one.

    Ch. 881 · 31 Stat. 1458 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

67. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to cause bronze medals to be struck and distributed to certain officers and men who participated in the war with Spain, and for other purposes.

    Public Resolution 18 · 31 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

68. Joint Resolution Ratifying agreement between Tennessee and Virginia with reference to the boundary line of said States.

    Public Resolution 19 · 31 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1901 · Original text

69. An Act For the relief of John M. Davis.

    Ch. 882 · 31 Stat. 1791 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act For the relief of Isaac McConnaughay, private, Company H, Fortieth Iowa Infantry Volunteers.

    Ch. 883 · 31 Stat. 1791 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act For the relief of Daniel Coonan.

    Ch. 884 · 31 Stat. 1792 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act To authorize the appointment of Thomas Lutz Stitt as an officer in the Navy.

    Ch. 885 · 31 Stat. 1792 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act For the relief of Frank B. Case.

    Ch. 886 · 31 Stat. 1792 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Authorizing the appointment of James A. Hutton to a captaincy of infantry in the United States Army.

    Ch. 887 · 31 Stat. 1792 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act For the relief of Isaac R. Dunkelberger.

    Ch. 888 · 31 Stat. 1793 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act For the relief of Richard H. Townley, a lieutenant (junior grade) on the retired list of the United States Navy.

    Ch. 889 · 31 Stat. 1793 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act For the relief of Arba N. Waterman.

    Ch. 890 · 31 Stat. 1793 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Black.

    Ch. 891 · 31 Stat. 1794 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act For the relief of W. T. Fitzpatrick, Bedford City, Virginia.

    Ch. 892 · 31 Stat. 1794 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act For the relief of Arthur Connell.

    Ch. 893 · 31 Stat. 1794 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting a pension to Charles M. Neet.

    Ch. 894 · 31 Stat. 1794 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act To remove the charge of desertion and grant an honorable discharge to John C. Weckler.

    Ch. 895 · 31 Stat. 1795 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred H. Jones.

    Ch. 896 · 31 Stat. 1795 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac H. Duvall.

    Ch. 897 · 31 Stat. 1795 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary L. Cramer.

    Ch. 898 · 31 Stat. 1795 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act For the relief of Meriwether Snuff and Tobacco Company, at Clarksville, Tennessee.

    Ch. 899 · 31 Stat. 1795 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting a pension to Melvina Greenawalt.

    Ch. 900 · 31 Stat. 1796 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Little.

    Ch. 901 · 31 Stat. 1797 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act For the relief of the administrator of Mary R. Frost, deceased.

    Ch. 902 · 31 Stat. 1797 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act To pay Eliza R. Crawford the amount of a United States loan certificate issued in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine.

    Ch. 903 · 31 Stat. 1797 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Baxter.

    Ch. 904 · 31 Stat. 1797 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting a pension to Levi C. Mann.

    Ch. 905 · 31 Stat. 1798 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter M. Hill.

    Ch. 906 · 31 Stat. 1798 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Bouslough.

    Ch. 907 · 31 Stat. 1798 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting a pension to Maria E. Hamill.

    Ch. 908 · 31 Stat. 1798 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting a pension to Annie Chamberlain.

    Ch. 909 · 31 Stat. 1799 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting a pension to John G. Barr.

    Ch. 910 · 31 Stat. 1799 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Barron.

    Ch. 911 · 31 Stat. 1799 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Causey.

    Ch. 912 · 31 Stat. 1799 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting a pension to Armilda J. Luttrell.

     Ch. 913 · 31 Stat. 1799 · March 3, 1901 · Private law · Original text