Every law Congress has passed

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

1. An Act Providing for free homesteads on the public lands for actual and bona fide settlers in the north one-half of the Colville Indian Reservation, State of Washington, and reserving the public lands for that purpose.

   Ch. 514 · 32 Stat. 803 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

2. An Act For the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Charleston, lost in the Philippine Islands November second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.

   Ch. 515 · 32 Stat. 804 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

3. An Act For the improvement and care of Confederate Mound, in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor.

   Ch. 516 · 32 Stat. 804 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

4. An Act To cancel certain taxes assessed against the Kall tract.

   Ch. 517 · 32 Stat. 805 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

5. An Act To correct errors in dates of original appointments of Captain James J. Hornbrook and others.

   Ch. 518 · 32 Stat. 805 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To extend the time for construction of the Akron, Sterling and Northern Railroad in Alaska.

   Public Resolutions 5 · 32 Stat. 1230 · February 7, 1903 · Original text

7. An Act Directing the issue of a check in lieu of a lost check drawn by Captain E. O. Fechet, disbursing officer United States Signal Service Corps, in favor of the Bishop Gutta Percha Company.

   Ch. 519 · 32 Stat. 1607 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act For the relief of Colonel H. B. Freeman.

   Ch. 520 · 32 Stat. 1607 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act For the relief of George P. White.

   Ch. 521 · 32 Stat. 1607 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Hunter.

    Ch. 522 · 32 Stat. 1607 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act For the relief of the estate of Leander C. McLelland, deceased.

    Ch. 523 · 32 Stat. 1608 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act Granting a pension to Carter B. Harrison.

    Ch. 524 · 32 Stat. 1608 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act Granting to Nellie Ett Heen the south half of the northwest quarter and lot four of section two, and lot one of section three, in township one hundred and fifty-four north, of range one hundred and one west, in the State of North Dakota.

    Ch. 525 · 32 Stat. 1608 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Weden O’Neal.

    Ch. 526 · 32 Stat. 1608 · February 7, 1903 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act To provide for an additional judge of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.

    Ch. 527 · 32 Stat. 805 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

16. An Act For the erection of a building for the use and accommodation of the Department of Agriculture.

    Ch. 528 · 32 Stat. 806 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

17. An Act To provide for the removal of persons accused of crime to and from the Philippine Islands for trial.

    Ch. 529 · 32 Stat. 806 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

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

    Ch. 530 · 32 Stat. 807 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

19. An Act To extend the provisions of chapter eight, title thirty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, entitled “Reservation and sale of town sites on the public lands,” to the ceded Indian lands in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 531 · 32 Stat. 820 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

20. An Act To detach the county of Dimmit from the southern judicial district of Texas and to attach it to the western judicial district of Texas.

    Ch. 532 · 32 Stat. 820 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

21. An Act To fix the time for holding the United States district and circuit courts in the northern and middle districts of Alabama.

    Ch. 533 · 32 Stat. 820 · February 9, 1903 · Original text

22. An Act For the relief of L. A. Noyes.

    Ch. 534 · 32 Stat. 1608 · February 9, 1903 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act For relief of the Christian Church of Henderson, Kentucky.

    Ch. 535 · 32 Stat. 1609 · February 9, 1903 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act For the relief of William P. Marshall.

    Ch. 536 · 32 Stat. 1609 · February 9, 1903 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act Authorizing the appointment of John Russell Bartlett, a captain on the retired list of the Navy, as a rear-admiral on the retired list of the Navy.

    Ch. 537 · 32 Stat. 821 · February 10, 1903 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize the Oklahoma City and Western Railroad Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Sill Military Reservation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 538 · 32 Stat. 821 · February 10, 1903 · Original text

27. An Act To establish a fog bell and lens-lantern light on the southeastern end of Southampton Shoal, San Francisco Bay, California.

    Ch. 539 · 32 Stat. 822 · February 10, 1903 · Original text

28. Joint Resolution Dedicating to the city of Columbus, in the State of Ohio, for uses and purposes of the public streets, part of property conveyed to the United States by Robert Neil by deed dated February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, recorded in Deed Book Seventy-six, page five hundred and seventy-two, and so forth, Franklin County records.

    Public Resolutions 6 · 32 Stat. 1230 · February 10, 1903 · Original text

29. An Act For the relief of Henry G. Rogers.

    Ch. 540 · 32 Stat. 1609 · February 10, 1903 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act Directing the issue of a check in lieu of a lost check drawn by George A. Bartlett, disbursing clerk, in favor of Fannie T. Sayles, executrix, and others.

    Ch. 541 · 32 Stat. 1609 · February 10, 1903 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act For the relief of Clara H. Fulford.

    Ch. 542 · 32 Stat. 1610 · February 10, 1903 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act Granting to the State of California six hundred and forty acres of land in lieu of section sixteen, township seven south, range eight east, San Bernardino meridian, State of California, now occupied by the Torros band or village of Mission Indians.

    Ch. 542 · 32 Stat. 822 · February 11, 1903 · Original text

33. An Act Adjusting certain conflicts respecting State school indemnity selections in lieu of school sections in abandoned military reservations.

    Ch. 543 · 32 Stat. 822 · February 11, 1903 · Original text

34. An Act To expedite the hearing and determination of suits in equity pending or hereafter brought under the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or any other Acts having a like purpose that may be hereafter enacted.

    Ch. 544 · 32 Stat. 823 · February 11, 1903 · Original text

35. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate The National Florence Crittenton Mission.”

    Ch. 545 · 32 Stat. 824 · February 11, 1903 · Original text

36. Joint Resolution Requesting State authorities to cooperate with Census Office in securing a uniform system of birth and death registration.

    Public Resolutions 7 · 32 Stat. 1231 · February 11, 1903 · Original text

37. An Act Authorizing the restoration of the name of Thomas H. Carpenter, late captain, Seventeenth United States Infantry, to the rolls of the Army, and providing that he be placed on the list of retired officers.

    Ch. 546 · 32 Stat. 824 · February 12, 1903 · Original text

38. An Act To fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States.

    Ch. 547 · 32 Stat. 825 · February 12, 1903 · Original text

39. An Act Defining what shall constitute and providing for assessments on oil mining claims.

    Ch. 548 · 32 Stat. 825 · February 12, 1903 · Original text

40. An Act For the relief of William M. Bird, James F. Redding, Henry F. Welch, and others.

    Ch. 549 · 32 Stat. 1610 · February 12, 1903 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act For the relief of the legal representative of Major William Kendall.

    Ch. 550 · 32 Stat. 1611 · February 12, 1903 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act For the relief of William E. Anderson.

    Ch. 551 · 32 Stat. 1611 · February 12, 1903 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To establish the Department of Commerce and Labor.

    Ch. 552 · 32 Stat. 825 · February 14, 1903 · Original text

44. An Act To increase the efficiency of the Army.

    Ch. 553 · 32 Stat. 830 · February 14, 1903 · Original text

45. An Act To amend an Act to add certain counties in Alabama to the northern district therein, and to divide the said northern district, after the addition of said counties, into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes, approved May second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

    Ch. 554 · 32 Stat. 832 · February 16, 1903 · Original text

46. An Act Fixing terms of United States courts in Colorado, and other purposes.

    Ch. 555 · 32 Stat. 833 · February 16, 1903 · Original text

47. An Act For the relief of Edward S. Grill.

    Ch. 556 · 32 Stat. 1611 · February 16, 1903 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act For the relief of Lebbeus H. Rogers and the administrators of William B. Moses, deceased.

    Ch. 557 · 32 Stat. 1611 · February 16, 1903 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act For the relief of the Florida Brewing Company.

    Ch. 558 · 32 Stat. 1612 · February 17, 1903 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act To refer the claim of Joseph W. Parish to the Secretary of the Treasury for examination and payment of any balance found due.

    Ch. 559 · 32 Stat. 1612 · February 17, 1903 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between the city of Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota.

    Ch. 560 · 32 Stat. 833 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

52. An Act Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Saint Francis River, in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 561 · 32 Stat. 834 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

53. An Act To authorize the board of commissioners for the Connecticut bridge and highway district to construct a bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut.

    Ch. 562 · 32 Stat. 836 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

54. An Act To authorize the Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River.

    Ch. 563 · 32 Stat. 837 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

55. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to cause to be erected monuments and markers on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the valorous deeds of certain regiments and batteries of the United States Army.

    Ch. 564 · 32 Stat. 838 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

56. An Act To extend the time granted to the Muscle Shoals Power Company by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, within which to commence and complete the work authorized in the said Act to be done by said company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 565 · 32 Stat. 839 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

57. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Bogue Chitto, in the State of Louisiana.

    Ch. 566 · 32 Stat. 839 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

58. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Eastern Railroad Company.

    Ch. 567 · 32 Stat. 839 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

59. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to the Rochford Cemetery Association to certain lands for cemetery purposes.

    Ch. 568 · 32 Stat. 840 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

60. An Act Permitting the town of Montrose, Colorado, to enter one hundred and sixty acres of land for reservoir and water purposes.

    Ch. 569 · 32 Stat. 841 · February 18, 1903 · Original text

61. An Act For the relief of the estate of M. J. Grealish, deceased.

    Ch. 570 · 32 Stat. 1613 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Charles F. Woodford and grant him an honorable discharge.

    Ch. 571 · 32 Stat. 1613 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act For the relief of the Propeller Tow Boat Company, of Savannah.

    Ch. 572 · 32 Stat. 1613 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act To correct the military record of Thomas J. Morman.

    Ch. 573 · 32 Stat. 1614 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Heinzman.

    Ch. 574 · 32 Stat. 1614 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Hart.

    Ch. 575 · 32 Stat. 1614 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act Granting a pension to Laura Levenseler.

    Ch. 576 · 32 Stat. 1614 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac F. Russell.

    Ch. 577 · 32 Stat. 1614 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bridget Agnes Tridel.

    Ch. 578 · 32 Stat. 1615 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Asa Tarbox.

    Ch. 579 · 32 Stat. 1615 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Smith.

    Ch. 580 · 32 Stat. 1615 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan E. Duncan.

    Ch. 581 · 32 Stat. 1615 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Brill.

    Ch. 582 · 32 Stat. 1616 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Damon.

    Ch. 583 · 32 Stat. 1616 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram S. Thompson.

    Ch. 584 · 32 Stat. 1616 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Tuper.

    Ch. 585 · 32 Stat. 1616 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Billingsley.

    Ch. 586 · 32 Stat. 1616 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act Granting a pension to John Sullivan.

    Ch. 587 · 32 Stat. 1617 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. Stanley.

    Ch. 588 · 32 Stat. 1617 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Grace A. Negley.

    Ch. 589 · 32 Stat. 1617 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ozro F. Cheney.

    Ch. 590 · 32 Stat. 1617 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Buckholz.

    Ch. 591 · 32 Stat. 1618 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Erastus E. Edmunds.

    Ch. 592 · 32 Stat. 1618 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Wilson.

    Ch. 593 · 32 Stat. 1618 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia A. Cook.

    Ch. 594 · 32 Stat. 1618 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gottlieb Kafer.

    Ch. 595 · 32 Stat. 1618 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Ehmke.

    Ch. 596 · 32 Stat. 1619 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oscar Brewster.

    Ch. 597 · 32 Stat. 1619 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Parfitt.

    Ch. 598 · 32 Stat. 1619 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Contal.

    Ch. 599 · 32 Stat. 1619 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John G. Nowman.

    Ch. 600 · 32 Stat. 1620 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Sherry.

    Ch. 601 · 32 Stat. 1620 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cyrus V. Gorrell.

    Ch. 602 · 32 Stat. 1620 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Reuben F. Carter.

    Ch. 603 · 32 Stat. 1620 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Rader.

    Ch. 604 · 32 Stat. 1620 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abel Fleming.

    Ch. 605 · 32 Stat. 1621 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ira L. Evans.

    Ch. 606 · 32 Stat. 1621 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Aurelia M. Power.

    Ch. 607 · 32 Stat. 1621 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie H. Cramer.

    Ch. 608 · 32 Stat. 1621 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John R. Curry.

     Ch. 609 · 32 Stat. 1622 · February 18, 1903 · Private law · Original text