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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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2,773 laws of the 57th Congress, 1901–1903

  1. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jackson L. Wilson.

    Ch. 1268 · 32 Stat. 1481 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting a pension to Christopher S. Stephens.

    Ch. 1269 · 32 Stat. 1482 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Olson.

    Ch. 1270 · 32 Stat. 1482 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting a pension to Susan Walker.

    Ch. 1271 · 32 Stat. 1482 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Eveland.

    Ch. 1272 · 32 Stat. 1482 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse M. Peck.

    Ch. 1273 · 32 Stat. 1482 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard M. Kellough.

    Ch. 1274 · 32 Stat. 1483 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Carrie M. Schofield.

    Ch. 1275 · 32 Stat. 1483 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. Brown.

    Ch. 1276 · 32 Stat. 1483 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Smith.

    Ch. 1277 · 32 Stat. 1483 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 1278 · 32 Stat. 1484 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia B. Shurtleff.

    Ch. 1279 · 32 Stat. 1484 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anthony J. Railey.

    Ch. 1280 · 32 Stat. 1484 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting a pension to James B. Mahan.

    Ch. 1281 · 32 Stat. 1484 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting a pension to William F. Bowden.

    Ch. 1282 · 32 Stat. 1484 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Bonham.

    Ch. 1283 · 32 Stat. 1485 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin Beckwith.

    Ch. 1284 · 32 Stat. 1485 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Wall.

    Ch. 1285 · 32 Stat. 1485 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew E. Hicks.

    Ch. 1286 · 32 Stat. 1485 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund B. Appleton.

    Ch. 1287 · 32 Stat. 1486 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. White.

    Ch. 1288 · 32 Stat. 1486 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ella B. S. Mannix.

    Ch. 1289 · 32 Stat. 1486 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Conrad.

    Ch. 1290 · 32 Stat. 1486 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen B. Todd.

    Ch. 1291 · 32 Stat. 1486 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting a pension to Fannie Reardon.

    Ch. 1292 · 32 Stat. 1487 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Fusselman.

    Ch. 1293 · 32 Stat. 1487 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Miller.

    Ch. 1294 · 32 Stat. 1487 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting a pension to Mary C. Bickerstaff.

    Ch. 1295 · 32 Stat. 1487 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret S. Tod.

    Ch. 1296 · 32 Stat. 1488 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting a pension to Luther G. Edwards.

    Ch. 1297 · 32 Stat. 1488 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting a pension to Samantha Towner.

    Ch. 1298 · 32 Stat. 1488 · June 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 1399 · 32 Stat. 408 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

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

    Ch. 1300 · 32 Stat. 409 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

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

    Ch. 1301 · 32 Stat. 419 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  35. An Act To provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

    Ch. 1302 · 32 Stat. 481 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  36. An Act To fix the compensation of district superintendents in the Life-Saving Service.

    Ch. 1303 · 32 Stat. 484 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  37. An Act For the establishment of a subport of entry at Naco, Arizona.

    Ch. 1304 · 32 Stat. 484 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  38. An Act Relating to the construction of a dam across Rainy River.

    Ch. 1305 · 32 Stat. 485 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  39. An Act Appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars a year for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1306 · 32 Stat. 485 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  40. An Act To amend section twenty-five hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to ports of entry.

    Ch. 1307 · 32 Stat. 485 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  41. An Act To provide a commission to secure plans and designs for a monument or memorial to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.

    Ch. 1308 · 32 Stat. 486 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  42. An Act For the allowance of certain claims for property taken for military purposes within the United States during the war with Spain, reported by the Secretary of War in accordance with the requirements of an item contained in the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to investigate just claims against the United States for private property taken and used in the military service within the limits of the United States, and so forth.

    Ch. 1309 · 32 Stat. 486 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  43. An Act To provide for the erection, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, of the monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, which was ordered by Congress on the eighth day of April, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, should be erected.

    Ch. 1310 · 32 Stat. 491 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  44. An Act Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow medals upon First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Samuel J. Call, surgeon, all of the Revenue-Cutter Service.

    Ch. 1311 · 32 Stat. 492 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  45. An Act To amend the internal-revenue laws in regard to storekeepers and gaugers.

    Ch. 1312 · 32 Stat. 492 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  46. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Harriman Southern Railroad Company.

    Ch. 1313 · 32 Stat. 492 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  47. An Act To authorize the Charleston, Suburban and Summerville Railway Company to construct and maintain two bridges across Ashley River, in the State of South Carolina.

    Ch. 1314 · 32 Stat. 493 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  48. An Act To authorize the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, in the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, and in the county of Mills, in the State of Iowa.

    Ch. 1315 · 32 Stat. 496 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  49. An Act For the purchase of real estate, for revenue and customs purposes, at Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Ch. 1316 · 32 Stat. 497 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  50. Joint Resolution Relative to the disposition of patent specifications and drawings in the western district of Pennsylvania.

    Public Resolution 35 · 32 Stat. 746 · June 28, 1902 · Original text

  51. An Act To correct the record of John O’Brien.

    Ch. 1317 · 32 Stat. 1488 · June 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act For the relief of S. J. Bayard Schindel.

    Ch. 1318 · 32 Stat. 1488 · June 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act To correct the military record of Reinhard Schneider.

    Ch. 1319 · 32 Stat. 1489 · June 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act To correct the military record of James M. Olmstead.

    Ch. 1320 · 32 Stat. 1489 · June 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act To authorize the West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 1321 · 32 Stat. 497 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  56. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Emory River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Tennessee Central Railway or its successors.

    Ch. 1322 · 32 Stat. 499 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  57. An Act To ratify and confirm a supplemental agreement with the Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1323 · 32 Stat. 500 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  58. An Act To authorize the city of Little Falls, Minnesota, to construct a wagon and foot bridge across the Mississippi River within the limits of said city.

    Ch. 1324 · 32 Stat. 505 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  59. An Act To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 1325 · 32 Stat. 506 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  60. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.

    Ch. 1326 · 32 Stat. 506 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  61. An Act To amend the Act of May twelfth, nineteen hundred, authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps.

    Ch. 1327 · 32 Stat. 506 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

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

    Ch. 1328 · 32 Stat. 507 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  63. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 1329 · 32 Stat. 520 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  64. An Act Confirming in the State of South Dakota title to a section of land heretofore granted to said State.

    Ch. 1330 · 32 Stat. 546 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  65. An Act To prevent any consular officer of the United States from accepting any appointment from any foreign state as administrator, guardian, or to any other office of trust, without first executing a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of State.

    Ch. 1331 · 32 Stat. 546 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  66. An Act Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1332 · 32 Stat. 547 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  67. An Act Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year.

    Ch. 1333 · 32 Stat. 548 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  68. An Act Extending the time for making final proof in desert-land entries in Yakima County, State of Washington.

    Ch. 1334 · 32 Stat. 548 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  69. An Act Amending an Act creating the middle district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 1335 · 32 Stat. 549 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  70. An Act To change the terms of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. 1336 · 32 Stat. 549 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  71. An Act Amending the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “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. 1337 · 32 Stat. 549 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  72. An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Valdosta, Georgia.

    Ch. 1338 · 32 Stat. 550 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  73. An Act To establish a regular term of United States district court in Roanoke City, Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1339 · 32 Stat. 551 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  74. Joint Resolution Providing for the binding and distribution of public documents held in the custody of the Superintendent of Documents, unbound, upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, when such documents are not called for within two years after printing.

    Public Resolution 36 · 32 Stat. 746 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  75. Joint Resolution Limiting the gratuitous distribution of the “Woodsman’s Handbook” to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department of Agriculture.

    Public Resolution 37 · 32 Stat. 746 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  76. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica.

    Public Resolution 38 · 32 Stat. 747 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  77. Joint Resolution In relation to monument to prison-ship martyrs at Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York.

    Public Resolution 39 · 32 Stat. 747 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  78. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Director of the Census to compile statistics relating to irrigation.

    Public Resolution 40 · 32 Stat. 747 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  79. Joint Resolution Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.

    Public Resolution 41 · 32 Stat. 748 · June 30, 1902 · Original text

  80. An Act Correcting the record of Levi Wells.

    Ch. 1340 · 32 Stat. 1489 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clara W. McNair.

    Ch. 1341 · 32 Stat. 1489 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint George H. Paul a warrant machinist in the Navy.

    Ch. 1342 · 32 Stat. 1490 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adelaide G. Hatch.

    Ch. 1343 · 32 Stat. 1490 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act For the promotion of First Lieutenant Joseph M. Simms, Revenue-Cutter Service.

    Ch. 1344 · 32 Stat. 1490 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clayton P. Van Houten.

    Ch. 1345 · 32 Stat. 1491 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Turner.

    Ch. 1346 · 32 Stat. 1491 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act For the relief of Daniel Cherry.

    Ch. 1347 · 32 Stat. 1491 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act For the relief of Joseph H. Penny, John W. Penny, Thomas Penny, and Harvey Penny, surviving partners of Penny and Sons.

    Ch. 1348 · 32 Stat. 1492 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act For the relief of John Hornick.

    Ch. 1349 · 32 Stat. 1492 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act To pay the claim of Stephen B. Halsey.

    Ch. 1350 · 32 Stat. 1492 · June 30, 1902 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 1351 · 32 Stat. 552 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  92. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1352 · 32 Stat. 590 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  93. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges.

    Ch. 1353 · 32 Stat. 629 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  94. An Act For the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.

    Ch. 1354 · 32 Stat. 629 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  95. An Act For the further distribution of the reports of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1355 · 32 Stat. 630 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  96. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories.”

    Ch. 1356 · 32 Stat. 631 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  97. An Act To prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are made or produced.

    Ch. 1357 · 32 Stat. 632 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  98. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

    Ch. 1358 · 32 Stat. 632 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  99. An Act Relating to transportation of dutiable merchandise at subports of Tacoma and Seattle, State of Washington.

    Ch. 1359 · 32 Stat. 636 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

  100. An Act To extend the time for the construction of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company.

    Ch. 1360 · 32 Stat. 636 · July 1, 1902 · Original text

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From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.