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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.
2,773 laws of the 57th Congress, 1901–1903
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James B. Taylor.
Ch. 907 · 32 Stat. 1683 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luther D. Goddard.
Ch. 908 · 32 Stat. 1683 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Noyes.
Ch. 909 · 32 Stat. 1683 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Albert M. Smith.
Ch. 910 · 32 Stat. 1683 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Napoleon B. Stockbridge.
Ch. 911 · 32 Stat. 1684 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Inez McCollum.
Ch. 912 · 32 Stat. 1684 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adah I. Miller.
Ch. 913 · 32 Stat. 1684 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund P. Fox.
Ch. 914 · 32 Stat. 1684 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Alice F. Smalley.
Ch. 915 · 32 Stat. 1684 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph D. Lockhart.
Ch. 916 · 32 Stat. 1685 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Evarts Ewing Munn.
Ch. 917 · 32 Stat. 1685 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Harold P. Waldo.
Ch. 918 · 32 Stat. 1685 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Radcliffe.
Ch. 919 · 32 Stat. 1685 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann A. Hersum.
Ch. 920 · 32 Stat. 1686 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Greenman.
Ch. 921 · 32 Stat. 1686 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Frederick S. Woodward.
Ch. 922 · 32 Stat. 1686 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John F. Briggs.
Ch. 923 · 32 Stat. 1686 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to S. Josie Hill.
Ch. 924 · 32 Stat. 1686 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alonzo Gilbert.
Ch. 925 · 32 Stat. 1687 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Willard A. Jackson.
Ch. 926 · 32 Stat. 1687 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caroline W. Bixby.
Ch. 927 · 32 Stat. 1687 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Austin L. Topliff.
Ch. 928 · 32 Stat. 1687 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William A. Dougan.
Ch. 929 · 32 Stat. 1688 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Marcia B. Ferguson.
Ch. 930 · 32 Stat. 1688 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Othniel P. Parcher.
Ch. 931 · 32 Stat. 1688 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fordyce M. Keith.
Ch. 932 · 32 Stat. 1688 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilbert E. Bushnell.
Ch. 933 · 32 Stat. 1688 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mitchell Hunt.
Ch. 934 · 32 Stat. 1689 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank Cleaves.
Ch. 935 · 32 Stat. 1689 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sophie S. Shaffer.
Ch. 936 · 32 Stat. 1689 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Leander W. Cogswell.
Ch. 937 · 32 Stat. 1689 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Halvor Paulsen.
Ch. 938 · 32 Stat. 1690 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Graham.
Ch. 939 · 32 Stat. 1690 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Henrietta V. West.
Ch. 940 · 32 Stat. 1690 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin N. Bond.
Ch. 941 · 32 Stat. 1690 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann M. Haskell.
Ch. 942 · 32 Stat. 1690 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah J. Hopkins.
Ch. 943 · 32 Stat. 1691 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Sheldon.
Ch. 944 · 32 Stat. 1691 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Boyington.
Ch. 945 · 32 Stat. 1691 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen R. Swett.
Ch. 946 · 32 Stat. 1691 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to A. Paul Horne.
Ch. 947 · 32 Stat. 1692 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin G. Cushing.
Ch. 948 · 32 Stat. 1692 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lavinia F. Poiron.
Ch. 949 · 32 Stat. 1692 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Monty.
Ch. 950 · 32 Stat. 1692 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo P. Duncklee.
Ch. 951 · 32 Stat. 1692 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Linda F. Moulton.
Ch. 952 · 32 Stat. 1693 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilman B. Johnson.
Ch. 953 · 32 Stat. 1693 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Maria A. Marden.
Ch. 954 · 32 Stat. 1693 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Cummings.
Ch. 955 · 32 Stat. 1693 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah C. Merrell.
Ch. 956 · 32 Stat. 1694 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann M. Jackman.
Ch. 957 · 32 Stat. 1694 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles L. Pinkham.
Ch. 958 · 32 Stat. 1694 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cyrus B. Norris.
Ch. 959 · 32 Stat. 1694 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Maggie V. Holstein.
Ch. 960 · 32 Stat. 1694 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rosetta E. Rafferty.
Ch. 961 · 32 Stat. 1695 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fanny Farmer.
Ch. 962 · 32 Stat. 1695 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie W. Rhoades.
Ch. 963 · 32 Stat. 1695 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary C. Couch.
Ch. 964 · 32 Stat. 1695 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elbert H. Dagnall.
Ch. 965 · 32 Stat. 1696 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. McHenry.
Ch. 966 · 32 Stat. 1696 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fanny B. Orwan.
Ch. 967 · 32 Stat. 1696 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to May Mosher Chase.
Ch. 968 · 32 Stat. 1696 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the executors of James P. Willett, deceased, late postmaster of the District of Columbia.
Ch. 969 · 32 Stat. 1696 · February 28, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia."
Ch. 970 · 32 Stat. 923 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad Company to bridge Pearl River in the State of Mississippi.
Ch. 971 · 32 Stat. 924 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee," approved March second, nineteen hundred and one.
Ch. 972 · 32 Stat. 925 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at or near Moors Rock, in the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 973 · 32 Stat. 926 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To create a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for terms of court at Texarkana, Texas, and for a clerk for said court, and for other purposes.
Ch. 974 · 32 Stat. 926 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.
Ch. 975 · 32 Stat. 927 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and amended April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Ch. 976 · 32 Stat. 943 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To increase the pensions of those who have lost limbs in the military or naval service of the United States.
Ch. 977 · 32 Stat. 944 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act Amending the Civil Code of Alaska, providing for the organization of private corporations, and for other purposes.
Ch. 978 · 32 Stat. 944 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act Providing for the conveyance of Widows Island, Maine, to the State of Maine.
Ch. 979 · 32 Stat. 952 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands.
Ch. 980 · 32 Stat. 952 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To confirm certain forest lieu selections made under the Act approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
Ch. 981 · 32 Stat. 955 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To extend to the port of Niagara Falls, New York, the privileges of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.
Ch. 982 · 32 Stat. 955 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act To authorize the settlement of the accounts of officers of the Army.
Ch. 990 · 32 Stat. 955 · March 2, 1903 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Henry P. Montgomery, surviving executor of Granville Garnett, deceased.
Ch. 983 · 32 Stat. 1697 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lavinia Cook.
Ch. 984 · 32 Stat. 1697 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Austin A. Yates.
Ch. 985 · 32 Stat. 1697 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Francis M. Oliver.
Ch. 986 · 32 Stat. 1698 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act To pay John F. Lawson two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents, balance due him for services as United States mail carrier.
Ch. 987 · 32 Stat. 1698 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Daniel F. Lee.
Ch. 988 · 32 Stat. 1698 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb C. Van Sickell.
Ch. 989 · 32 Stat. 1698 · March 2, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of George A. Detchemendy.
Ch. 991 · 32 Stat. 956 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
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 four, and for other purposes.
Ch. 992 · 32 Stat. 956 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act To establish a life-saving station at the mouth of Black River, at or near the city of Lorain, in the State of Ohio.
Ch. 993 · 32 Stat. 982 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
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 four, and for other purposes.
Ch. 994 · 32 Stat. 982 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.
Ch. 995 · 32 Stat. 1011 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act To authorize the promotion of Major William Crawford Gorgas, surgeon in the Army of the United States.
Ch. 996 · 32 Stat. 1022 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 997 · 32 Stat. 1022 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Regulating the importation of breeding animals.
Ch. 998 · 32 Stat. 1023 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands therein mentioned.
Ch. 999 · 32 Stat. 1024 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1000 · 32 Stat. 1024 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to locate a right of way for and granting the same and a right to operate and maintain a line of railroad through the Vancouver Barracks and Military Reservation, in the State of Washington, to the Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway Company, its successors and assigns.
Ch. 1001 · 32 Stat. 1028 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act To amend section one of the Act of Congress approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for a right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska.”
Ch. 1002 · 32 Stat. 1028 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act To authorize the President of the United States to appoint Kensey J. Hampton captain and quartermaster in the Army.
Ch. 1003 · 32 Stat. 1030 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act Granting the right of way to the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company through the Government lands at Lock Number Two, Big Sandy River, and at Lock Number Three, Big Sandy River, both in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Ch. 1004 · 32 Stat. 1030 · March 3, 1903 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert Brigham.
Ch. 1022 · 32 Stat. 1699 · March 3, 1903 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Anthony R. Ravenscroft.
Ch. 1023 · 32 Stat. 1699 · March 3, 1903 · Private law · Original text
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- 98th 1983 · 677
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- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
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.