Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Granting a pension to Nellie A. West.

   Ch. 376 · 31 Stat. 1532 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act Restoring to the pension roll the name of Francis H. Staples.

   Ch. 377 · 31 Stat. 1532 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caroline B. Bradford.

   Ch. 378 · 31 Stat. 1533 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Holland.

   Ch. 379 · 31 Stat. 1533 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Stevens.

   Ch. 380 · 31 Stat. 1533 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act Granting a pension to Seleder Burnham.

   Ch. 381 · 31 Stat. 1533 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act Granting a pension to Emily A. Larimer.

   Ch. 382 · 31 Stat. 1533 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act Granting a pension to Margaretha Lippert.

   Ch. 383 · 31 Stat. 1534 · May 5, 1900 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the appointment of an additional United States commissioner in the northern judicial district of the Indian Territory.

   Ch. 384 · 31 Stat. 170 · May 7, 1900 · Original text

10. An Act In amendment of sections two and three of an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents,” approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.

    Ch. 385 · 31 Stat. 170 · May 9, 1900 · Original text

11. An Act To amend the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 386 · 31 Stat. 171 · May 9, 1900 · Original text

12. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to make regulations governing the running of loose logs, steamboats, and rafts on certain rivers and streams.

    Ch. 387 · 31 Stat. 172 · May 9, 1900 · Original text

13. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Back Bay, at Biloxi, Mississippi.

    Ch. 388 · 31 Stat. 172 · May 10, 1900 · Original text

14. An Act Relating to the Twelfth and subsequent censuses, and giving the Director thereof additional power and authority in certain cases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 389 · 31 Stat. 174 · May 10, 1900 · Original text

15. An Act To provide for sittings of the circuit and district courts of South Carolina in the city of Florence, South Carolina.

    Ch. 390 · 31 Stat. 174 · May 10, 1900 · Original text

16. An Act To amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the northern district of New York, to divide the same into two districts, and provide for the terms of court to he held therein and the officers thereof and the disposition of pending causes.

    Ch. 391 · 31 Stat. 175 · May 12, 1900 · Original text

17. An Act To authorize the establishment, at some point in North Carolina, of a station for the investigation of problems connected with marine fishery interests of the middle and south Atlantic coast.

    Ch. 392 · 31 Stat. 177 · May 12, 1900 · Original text

18. An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps.

    Ch. 393 · 31 Stat. 177 · May 12, 1900 · Original text

19. An Act To grant authority to change the name of the steamship Paris.

    Ch. 394 · 31 Stat. 178 · May 12, 1900 · Original text

20. An Act To pay the General Marine Insurance Company of Dresden the sum of one thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and twelve cents for certain coupons detached from United States bonds, which said coupons were lost on the Cunard steamship Oregon, sunk at sea March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

    Ch. 395 · 31 Stat. 1534 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah G. Strong.

    Ch. 396 · 31 Stat. 1534 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 397 · 31 Stat. 1535 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Agnes K. Capron.

    Ch. 398 · 31 Stat. 1535 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lillian Capron.

    Ch. 399 · 31 Stat. 1535 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anna H. Tupper.

    Ch. 400 · 31 Stat. 1535 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Walker.

    Ch. 401 · 31 Stat. 1536 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isabel B. Hamilton.

    Ch. 402 · 31 Stat. 1536 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Doolittle.

    Ch. 403 · 31 Stat. 1536 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Zedock C. Andrews.

    Ch. 404 · 31 Stat. 1536 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Chapman.

    Ch. 405 · 31 Stat. 1536 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act Granting a pension to Cordelia Sessions.

    Ch. 406 · 31 Stat. 1537 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Simon Price.

    Ch. 407 · 31 Stat. 1537 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace N. Brackett.

    Ch. 408 · 31 Stat. 1537 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas R. Harris.

    Ch. 409 · 31 Stat. 1537 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank C. Stevens.

    Ch. 410 · 31 Stat. 1538 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas T. Garrison.

    Ch. 411 · 31 Stat. 1538 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dolly L. Harrell.

    Ch. 412 · 31 Stat. 1538 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Schnetberg.

    Ch. 413 · 31 Stat. 1538 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act Granting a pension to Matilda O’Connor.

    Ch. 414 · 31 Stat. 1538 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jeremiah B. Moore.

    Ch. 415 · 31 Stat. 1539 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting a pension to Matilda Hennessy.

    Ch. 416 · 31 Stat. 1539 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine A. Haley.

    Ch. 417 · 31 Stat. 1539 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia A. Floyd.

    Ch. 418 · 31 Stat. 1539 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adolphus Lavine.

    Ch. 419 · 31 Stat. 1540 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act Granting a pension to Margaret Burns.

    Ch. 420 · 31 Stat. 1540 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham Sanford.

    Ch. 421 · 31 Stat. 1540 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act Granting a pension to Annie M. Churchward.

    Ch. 422 · 31 Stat. 1540 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Hyatt.

    Ch. 423 · 31 Stat. 1540 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Austin J. Pickett.

    Ch. 424 · 31 Stat. 1541 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis S. Wolfe.

    Ch. 425 · 31 Stat. 1541 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting a pension to Flora B. Hinds.

    Ch. 426 · 31 Stat. 1541 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George H. French.

    Ch. 427 · 31 Stat. 1541 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act Granting a pension to Anna Hering.

    Ch. 428 · 31 Stat. 1542 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 429 · 31 Stat. 1542 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act Granting a pension to Mary M. Young.

    Ch. 430 · 31 Stat. 1542 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act Granting a pension to Catharine A. Schwunger.

    Ch. 431 · 31 Stat. 1542 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act Granting a pension to Isaac Price.

    Ch. 432 · 31 Stat. 1542 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha E. Graves.

    Ch. 433 · 31 Stat. 1543 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William G. Willoughby.

    Ch. 434 · 31 Stat. 1543 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander P. Baugher.

    Ch. 435 · 31 Stat. 1543 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Whitmore.

    Ch. 436 · 31 Stat. 1543 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Arnold Bloom.

    Ch. 437 · 31 Stat. 1543 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act Granting a pension to Livingston B. Gregory.

    Ch. 438 · 31 Stat. 1544 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James R. Green.

    Ch. 439 · 31 Stat. 1544 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chester Willis.

    Ch. 440 · 31 Stat. 1544 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Carlton.

    Ch. 441 · 31 Stat. 1544 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Bradley.

    Ch. 442 · 31 Stat. 1545 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Maria Egan.

    Ch. 443 · 31 Stat. 1545 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John N. Breed.

    Ch. 444 · 31 Stat. 1545 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Granting a pension to Mira B. Woolson.

    Ch. 445 · 31 Stat. 1545 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clare H. Burleigh.

    Ch. 446 · 31 Stat. 1545 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza Wight.

    Ch. 447 · 31 Stat. 1546 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David P. Stewart.

    Ch. 448 · 31 Stat. 1546 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pleasant H. McBride.

    Ch. 449 · 31 Stat. 1546 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting a pension to Alice D. Roatch.

    Ch. 450 · 31 Stat. 1546 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Winnie.

    Ch. 451 · 31 Stat. 1546 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting a pension to John Vogler.

    Ch. 452 · 31 Stat. 1547 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Steffens.

    Ch. 453 · 31 Stat. 1547 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting a pension to Sophronia Seely.

    Ch. 454 · 31 Stat. 1547 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting a pension to John B. Wetherbee.

    Ch. 455 · 31 Stat. 1547 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edgar H. Stevens.

    Ch. 456 · 31 Stat. 1547 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. Lake.

    Ch. 457 · 31 Stat. 1548 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting a pension to Louisa C. Germain.

    Ch. 458 · 31 Stat. 1548 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bell Fries.

    Ch. 459 · 31 Stat. 1548 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Boyakin.

    Ch. 460 · 31 Stat. 1548 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chill W. Hazzard.

    Ch. 461 · 31 Stat. 1549 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel H. Kent.

    Ch. 462 · 31 Stat. 1549 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel L. Colson.

    Ch. 463 · 31 Stat. 1549 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting a pension to Alvin Seagroves.

    Ch. 464 · 31 Stat. 1549 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Roger Fenton.

    Ch. 465 · 31 Stat. 1549 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Catharine A. Brown.

    Ch. 466 · 31 Stat. 1550 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander N. Shipley.

    Ch. 467 · 31 Stat. 1550 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Rudiger.

    Ch. 468 · 31 Stat. 1550 · May 12, 1900 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act To authorize needed repairs of the graveled or macadamized road from the city of Newbern, North Carolina, to the national cemetery near said city.

    Ch. 469 · 31 Stat. 178 · May 14, 1900 · Original text

95. Joint Resolution Providing for the printing and distribution of the general report of the expedition of the steamer Fishhawk to Puerto Rico, including the chapter relating to the fish and fisheries of Puerto Rico, as contained in the Fish Commission Bulletin for nineteen hundred.

    Public Resolution 26 · 31 Stat. 717 · May 14, 1900 · Original text

96. An Act For the relief of W. H. L. Pepperell, of Concordia, Kansas.

    Ch. 470 · 31 Stat. 1550 · May 14, 1900 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act For the relief of Edwin L. Field.

    Ch. 471 · 31 Stat. 1550 · May 16, 1900 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Angel.

    Ch. 472 · 31 Stat. 1551 · May 16, 1900 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting a pension to Cora I. Cromwell.

    Ch. 473 · 31 Stat. 1551 · May 16, 1900 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margarett L. Coleman.

     Ch. 474 · 31 Stat. 1551 · May 16, 1900 · Private law · Original text