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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.
4,043 laws of the 58th Congress, 1903–1905
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Abbott.
Ch. 491 · 33 Stat. 1395 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles J. Clark.
Ch. 492 · 33 Stat. 1395 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John L. Rogers.
Ch. 493 · 33 Stat. 1396 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to George F. Smith.
Ch. 494 · 33 Stat. 1396 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Lewis.
Ch. 495 · 33 Stat. 1396 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward Blaisdell.
Ch. 496 · 33 Stat. 1396 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Alice K. Seligson.
Ch. 497 · 33 Stat. 1396 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charlotte J. Folsom.
Ch. 498 · 33 Stat. 1397 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathan M. Gove.
Ch. 499 · 33 Stat. 1397 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel A. Dickey.
Ch. 500 · 33 Stat. 1397 · March 8, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Yankton, Norfolk and Southern Railway Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota.
Ch. 501 · 33 Stat. 60 · March 9, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Mobile and West Alabama Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Black Warrior River, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in section three, township twenty-one south, range nine west of Huntsville meridian.
Ch. 502 · 33 Stat. 63 · March 9, 1904 · Original text
An Act Relating to applications, declaratory statements, entries, and final proofs under the homestead and other land laws, and to confirm the same in certain cases when made outside of the land district within which the land is situated.
Ch. 503 · 33 Stat. 64 · March 9, 1904 · Original text
An Act Granting additional lands adjacent to the site of the University of Montana to the State of Montana for the uses of said university.
Ch. 504 · 33 Stat. 64 · March 9, 1904 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant right of way for pipe lines through Indian lands.
Ch. 505 · 33 Stat. 65 · March 11, 1904 · Original text
An Act Permitting the Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway Company to sell and convey its railroad and other property in the Indian Territory to the Eastern Oklahoma Railway Company, and the Eastern Oklahoma Railway Company to lease all its railroad and other property in the Indian Territory to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and thereafter to sell its railroad and other property to said the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
Ch. 506 · 33 Stat. 66 · March 11, 1904 · Original text
An Act For the relief of N. F. Palmer, junior, and Company.
Ch. 507 · 33 Stat. 1397 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Darwin S. Hall.
Ch. 508 · 33 Stat. 1398 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Joseph M. Simms, captain, United States Revenue-Cutter Service (retired).
Ch. 509 · 33 Stat. 1398 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Caroline S. Winn.
Ch. 510 · 33 Stat. 1398 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Abbie E. Webster
Ch. 511 · 33 Stat. 1398 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Amanda Skinner.
Ch. 512 · 33 Stat. 1398 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Isabella Phelps.
Ch. 513 · 33 Stat. 1399 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to William J. Jackson.
Ch. 514 · 33 Stat. 1399 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to William H. Mount.
Ch. 515 · 33 Stat. 1399 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Jane E. Sutfin.
Ch. 516 · 33 Stat. 1399 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Celia C. Owen.
Ch. 517 · 33 Stat. 1400 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Annie Dorfner.
Ch. 518 · 33 Stat. 1400 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to James B. Combs.
Ch. 519 · 33 Stat. 1400 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ellen F. Lynch.
Ch. 520 · 33 Stat. 1400 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Robert H. Cooke.
Ch. 521 · 33 Stat. 1400 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Annie G. Norwood.
Ch. 522 · 33 Stat. 1401 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ellen A. Harmon.
Ch. 523 · 33 Stat. 1401 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Caroline Hurley.
Ch. 524 · 33 Stat. 1401 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Emma Crosier.
Ch. 525 · 33 Stat. 1401 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Herman Lemmerman.
Ch. 526 · 33 Stat. 1402 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Annie P. Erving, formerly Cilla Zerbe.
Ch. 527 · 33 Stat. 1402 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Shadrach D. Bardin.
Ch. 528 · 33 Stat. 1402 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Walter F. Horner.
Ch. 529 · 33 Stat. 1402 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Martha E. Nolen.
Ch. 530 · 33 Stat. 1402 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Georgia A. Whitehead.
Ch. 531 · 33 Stat. 1403 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Nettie A. Buell.
Ch. 532 · 33 Stat. 1403 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Moses Schuman.
Ch. 533 · 33 Stat. 1403 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Henry Austin.
Ch. 534 · 33 Stat. 1403 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lizzie M. Worster.
Ch. 535 · 33 Stat. 1404 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Maggie Fitzpatrick.
Ch. 536 · 33 Stat. 1404 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Virginia Boyd.
Ch. 537 · 33 Stat. 1404 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Tate.
Ch. 538 · 33 Stat. 1404 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Marceline P. Hamilton.
Ch. 539 · 33 Stat. 1404 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph H. Huie.
Ch. 540 · 33 Stat. 1405 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Farmers and Mechanics’ National Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ch. 541 · 33 Stat. 1405 · March 11, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River between the counties of Wright and Sherburne, in the State of Minnesota.
Ch. 542 · 33 Stat. 66 · March 12, 1904 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five.
Ch. 543 · 33 Stat. 67 · March 12, 1904 · Original text
An Act Authorizing bail in criminal cases upon appeal in the courts of Indian Territory.
Ch. 544 · 33 Stat. 80 · March 14, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Mercantile Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, from a point in the borough of North Charleroi, Washington County, to a point in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
Ch. 545 · 33 Stat. 80 · March 14, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Charleroi and Monessen Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River.
Ch. 546 · 33 Stat. 82 · March 14, 1904 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the editions to be printed of the annual and Special reports of the Librarian of Congress.
Public Resolution 9 · 33 Stat. 583 · March 14, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the conveyance to the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, for perpetual use as a public road, of a certain tract of land.
Ch. 547 · 33 Stat. 82 · March 15, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of bridges across a portion of the Minnesota River in the State of Minnesota.
Ch. 548 · 33 Stat. 83 · March 15, 1904 · Original text
An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay John F. Weston the sum of two hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty cents, and so forth.
Ch. 549 · 33 Stat. 1405 · March 15, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Creating an additional land office in the State of North Dakota.
Ch. 550 · 33 Stat. 83 · March 16, 1904 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Willey.
Ch. 551 · 33 Stat. 1405 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank L. Gray.
Ch. 552 · 33 Stat. 1406 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nicholas Reinhart.
Ch. 553 · 33 Stat. 1406 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eli Lachman.
Ch. 554 · 33 Stat. 1406 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Benefiel.
Ch. 555 · 33 Stat. 1406 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Barr.
Ch. 556 · 33 Stat. 1406 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ann M. Driggars.
Ch. 557 · 33 Stat. 1407 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Freeman York.
Ch. 558 · 33 Stat. 1407 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William D. Taylor.
Ch. 559 · 33 Stat. 1407 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marab E. Powell.
Ch. 560 · 33 Stat. 1407 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cyrus B. Dopp.
Ch. 561 · 33 Stat. 1408 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Denison L. Brown.
Ch. 562 · 33 Stat. 1408 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Day.
Ch. 563 · 33 Stat. 1408 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. McIntire.
Ch. 564 · 33 Stat. 1408 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Franklin Ferguson.
Ch. 565 · 33 Stat. 1408 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ory Warriner.
Ch. 566 · 33 Stat. 1409 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellis T. Peirce.
Ch. 567 · 33 Stat. 1409 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Reed.
Ch. 568 · 33 Stat. 1409 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nora J. Glahn.
Ch. 569 · 33 Stat. 1409 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard O. Ivory.
Ch. 570 · 33 Stat. 1410 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William O. Smith.
Ch. 571 · 33 Stat. 1410 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Addison B. Stone.
Ch. 572 · 33 Stat. 1410 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet S. Packard.
Ch. 573 · 33 Stat. 1410 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William G. Cronkite.
Ch. 574 · 33 Stat. 1410 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elwood Finley.
Ch. 575 · 33 Stat. 1411 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Armstrong.
Ch. 576 · 33 Stat. 1411 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lafayette M. Greene.
Ch. 577 · 33 Stat. 1411 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Korth.
Ch. 578 · 33 Stat. 1411 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Adams.
Ch. 579 · 33 Stat. 1412 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Nagle, junior.
Ch. 580 · 33 Stat. 1412 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clinton M. Casey.
Ch. 581 · 33 Stat. 1412 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Hayden.
Ch. 582 · 33 Stat. 1412 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Hoffman.
Ch. 583 · 33 Stat. 1412 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Frazier.
Ch. 584 · 33 Stat. 1413 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Mercer.
Ch. 585 · 33 Stat. 1413 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Foland.
Ch. 586 · 33 Stat. 1413 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha C. Kuhn.
Ch. 587 · 33 Stat. 1413 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph G. Thomas.
Ch. 588 · 33 Stat. 1414 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick A. Slocum.
Ch. 589 · 33 Stat. 1414 · March 16, 1904 · Private law · Original text
By Congress
- 119th 2025 · 136
- 118th 2023 · 274
- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 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.