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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 To amend section forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to design patents.
Ch. 783 · 32 Stat. 193 · May 9, 1902 · Original text
An Act To make oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of any State, or Territory or the District of Columbia into which they are transported, and to change the tax on oleomargarine, and to impose a tax, provide for the inspection, and regulate the manufacture and sale of certain dairy products, and to amend an Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
Ch. 784 · 32 Stat. 193 · May 9, 1902 · Original text
An Act Fixing the terms of the circuit and district courts in and for the district of South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Ch. 785 · 32 Stat. 197 · May 9, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Walker.
Ch. 786 · 32 Stat. 1388 · May 12, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of citizens of the French West Indies.
Ch. 787 · 32 Stat. 198 · May 13, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.
Public Resolution 20 · 32 Stat. 740 · May 13, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian land in Idaho."
Ch. 788 · 32 Stat. 198 · May 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To provide an American register for the bark Otto Gildemeister.
Ch. 789 · 32 Stat. 198 · May 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit.
Ch. 790 · 32 Stat. 199 · May 14, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for expenses of the dedication of the statue of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.
Public Resolution 21 · 32 Stat. 741 · May 15, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Arivella D. Meeker.
Ch. 791 · 32 Stat. 1388 · May 15, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service in the Republic of Cuba.
Ch. 792 · 32 Stat. 199 · May 16, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Relating to publications of the Geological Survey.
Public Resolution 22 · 32 Stat. 741 · May 16, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary F. Zollinger.
Ch. 793 · 32 Stat. 1388 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to DeWitt C. Bennett.
Ch. 794 · 32 Stat. 1388 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Samuel S. Beaver.
Ch. 795 · 32 Stat. 1388 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eben C. Winslow.
Ch. 796 · 32 Stat. 1389 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Etta Adair Anderson.
Ch. 797 · 32 Stat. 1389 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca Coppinger.
Ch. 798 · 32 Stat. 1389 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred M. Wheeler.
Ch. 799 · 32 Stat. 1389 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George McDowell.
Ch. 800 · 32 Stat. 1390 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ruth H. Ferguson.
Ch. 801 · 32 Stat. 1390 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John Coolen.
Ch. 802 · 32 Stat. 1390 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ada V. Park.
Ch. 803 · 32 Stat. 1390 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma S. Hanna.
Ch. 804 · 32 Stat. 1390 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Nelson.
Ch. 805 · 32 Stat. 1391 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Philo F. Englesby.
Ch. 806 · 32 Stat. 1391 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Edens.
Ch. 807 · 32 Stat. 1391 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth C. Vincent.
Ch. 808 · 32 Stat. 1391 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hallowell Goddard.
Ch. 809 · 32 Stat. 1392 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Collier.
Ch. 810 · 32 Stat. 1392 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph D. Hazzard.
Ch. 811 · 32 Stat. 1392 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Paul Fuchs.
Ch. 812 · 32 Stat. 1392 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Horn.
Ch. 813 · 32 Stat. 1392 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marietta L. Adams.
Ch. 814 · 32 Stat. 1393 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Robert J. Spottswood and the heirs of William C. McClellan, deceased.
Ch. 815 · 32 Stat. 1393 · May 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the protection of cities and towns in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.
Ch. 816 · 32 Stat. 200 · May 19, 1902 · Original text
An Act To apportion the term of office of senators elected at the first general election in the Territory of Hawaii.
Ch. 817 · 32 Stat. 200 · May 19, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the printing annually of franks required for sending out seed.
Public Resolution 23 · 32 Stat. 741 · May 19, 1902 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee.
Ch. 818 · 32 Stat. 201 · May 20, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."
Ch. 819 · 32 Stat. 202 · May 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act Reserving from the public lands in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of land herein described, and so forth.
Ch. 820 · 32 Stat. 202 · May 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act To allow the commutation of and second homestead entries in certain cases.
Ch. 821 · 32 Stat. 203 · May 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act To place the name of Paul Crum on the muster rolls of Company B, First Regiment North Dakota Volunteer Infantry.
Ch. 822 · 32 Stat. 1393 · May 22, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and amended by an Act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and by an Act approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to authorize the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, successor to the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company, to complete, reconstruct, and change a bridge for railway, street railway, vehicle, pedestrian, and other highway purposes over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.
Ch. 823 · 32 Stat. 204 · May 23, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Maria J. Wilson.
Ch. 824 · 32 Stat. 1393 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Tate.
Ch. 825 · 32 Stat. 1394 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Marnane.
Ch. 826 · 32 Stat. 1394 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Erma G. Harvey.
Ch. 827 · 32 Stat. 1394 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren W. H. Lawrence.
Ch. 828 · 32 Stat. 1394 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Roath.
Ch. 829 · 32 Stat. 1394 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Matthews.
Ch. 830 · 32 Stat. 1395 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Frances J. Abercrombie.
Ch. 831 · 32 Stat. 1395 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James C. G. Smith.
Ch. 832 · 32 Stat. 1395 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Frank W. Lynn.
Ch. 833 · 32 Stat. 1395 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to George Tucker.
Ch. 834 · 32 Stat. 1396 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Shelton Huston.
Ch. 835 · 32 Stat. 1396 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Dixon.
Ch. 836 · 32 Stat. 1396 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Holdridge.
Ch. 837 · 32 Stat. 1396 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alvin J. Hartzell.
Ch. 838 · 32 Stat. 1396 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth P. Sigfried.
Ch. 839 · 32 Stat. 1397 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Enos G. Budd.
Ch. 840 · 32 Stat. 1397 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John G. Sanders.
Ch. 841 · 32 Stat. 1397 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oscar W. Lowery.
Ch. 842 · 32 Stat. 1397 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Fitch.
Ch. 843 · 32 Stat. 1398 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Wood.
Ch. 844 · 32 Stat. 1398 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Austin.
Ch. 845 · 32 Stat. 1398 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Ashley.
Ch. 846 · 32 Stat. 1398 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Oliver Kerr.
Ch. 847 · 32 Stat. 1398 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Dewitt Clinton Letts.
Ch. 848 · 32 Stat. 1399 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Peterson.
Ch. 849 · 32 Stat. 1399 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Lewis.
Ch. 850 · 32 Stat. 1399 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannibal C. Saint Clair.
Ch. 851 · 32 Stat. 1399 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Matthew V. Ellis.
Ch. 852 · 32 Stat. 1400 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Weidel.
Ch. 853 · 32 Stat. 1400 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel S. Lyman.
Ch. 854 · 32 Stat. 1400 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Uriah Garber.
Ch. 855 · 32 Stat. 1400 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lunsford Y. Bailey.
Ch. 856 · 32 Stat. 1400 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Helen F. Lasher.
Ch. 857 · 32 Stat. 1401 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert A. Finn.
Ch. 858 · 32 Stat. 1401 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Burket.
Ch. 859 · 32 Stat. 1401 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elvin A. Esty.
Ch. 860 · 32 Stat. 1401 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to James T. Steele.
Ch. 861 · 32 Stat. 1402 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Williams.
Ch. 862 · 32 Stat. 1402 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Hamilton.
Ch. 863 · 32 Stat. 1402 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Alice D. H. Krause.
Ch. 864 · 32 Stat. 1402 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Merrick.
Ch. 865 · 32 Stat. 1402 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albion P. Stiles.
Ch. 866 · 32 Stat. 1403 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb C. Briggs.
Ch. 867 · 32 Stat. 1403 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Hatton.
Ch. 868 · 32 Stat. 1403 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles M. Montgomery.
Ch. 869 · 32 Stat. 1403 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John J. Manner.
Ch. 870 · 32 Stat. 1404 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan A. Volkmar.
Ch. 871 · 32 Stat. 1404 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hannah A. Timmons.
Ch. 872 · 32 Stat. 1404 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Wertz.
Ch. 873 · 32 Stat. 1404 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edgar T. Daniels.
Ch. 874 · 32 Stat. 1404 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb W. Story.
Ch. 875 · 32 Stat. 1405 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick O. Clark.
Ch. 876 · 32 Stat. 1405 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Agnes Clark.
Ch. 877 · 32 Stat. 1405 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Erwin A. Burke, alias Burt A. Erwin.
Ch. 878 · 32 Stat. 1405 · May 23, 1902 · Private law · Original text
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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.