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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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7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907

  1. Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and five, on the twentieth day of said month.

    Public Resolution 1 · 34 Stat. 821 · December 8, 1905 · Original text

  2. An Act To authorize the Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad Company to construct bridges across Ouachita River and other navigable rivers in the State of Arkansas.

    Ch. 1 · 34 Stat. 1 · December 15, 1905 · Original text

  3. An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Portland and Seattle Railway Company.

    Ch. 2 · 34 Stat. 2 · December 21, 1905 · Original text

  4. An Act Supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,” approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and making appropriation for Isthmian Canal construction, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 3 · 34 Stat. 5 · December 21, 1905 · Original text

  5. An Act To aid the Council City and Solomon River Railroad Company.

    Ch. 4 · 34 Stat. 6 · January 11, 1906 · Original text

  6. Joint Resolution Relating to the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.

    Public Resolution 2 · 34 Stat. 821 · January 17, 1906 · Original text

  7. An Act Authorizing the Washington Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Columbia River near the city of Wenatchee, Washington.

    Ch. 5 · 34 Stat. 6 · January 20, 1906 · Original text

  8. Joint Resolution To authorize use of transport Sumner to convey members of Santiago Battlefield Commission and others to Cuba and return.

    Public Resolution 3 · 34 Stat. 821 · January 25, 1906 · Original text

  9. An Act Authorizing the Jasper and Eastern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct and operate a railroad bridge across the Sabine River, in the States of Texas and Louisiana.

    Ch. 6 · 34 Stat. 7 · January 26, 1906 · Original text

  10. An Act To provide for the extension of time within which homestead settlers may establish their residence upon certain lands which were heretofore a part of the Uinta Indian Reservation, within the counties of Uinta and Wasatch, in the State of Utah.

    Ch. 7 · 34 Stat. 9 · January 27, 1906 · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Wilson.

    Ch. 8 · 34 Stat. 1429 · January 31, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act To amend an Act approved February third, nineteen hundred and five, authorizing the construction of a bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana.

    Ch. 9 · 34 Stat. 9 · February 2, 1906 · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Armstrong.

    Ch. 10 · 34 Stat. 1429 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James T. Berry.

    Ch. 11 · 34 Stat. 1429 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram F. Armstrong.

    Ch. 12 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Raigle.

    Ch. 13 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George E. Brickett.

    Ch. 14 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Castlow.

    Ch. 15 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Bean.

    Ch. 16 · 34 Stat. 1430 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Picket.

    Ch. 17 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting a pension to Lydia A. Jewell.

    Ch. 18 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sterns D. Platt.

    Ch. 19 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Kelley.

    Ch. 20 · 34 Stat. 1431 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Camillus B. Leftwich.

    Ch. 21 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Hobart.

    Ch. 22 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David H. Quigg.

    Ch. 23 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Birmingham.

    Ch. 24 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cornelius A. Hallenbeck.

    Ch. 25 · 34 Stat. 1432 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank W. Weeks.

    Ch. 26 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melissa S. Lee.

    Ch. 27 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George S. McGregor.

    Ch. 28 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hugh Lokerson.

    Ch. 29 · 34 Stat. 1433 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Stone.

    Ch. 30 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James C. Plybon.

    Ch. 31 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Shade.

    Ch. 32 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Johnson.

    Ch. 33 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Perry Egge.

    Ch. 34 · 34 Stat. 1434 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma Rowe.

    Ch. 35 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Morris Bennett.

    Ch. 36 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Lezenby.

    Ch. 37 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura J. Forbes.

    Ch. 38 · 34 Stat. 1435 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Christopher Clinton.

    Ch. 39 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting a pension to Hilia Ann Connor.

    Ch. 40 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi Bearss.

    Ch. 41 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Hare.

    Ch. 42 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Foster.

    Ch. 43 · 34 Stat. 1436 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Plumpton.

    Ch. 44 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Crites.

    Ch. 45 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Meadows.

    Ch. 46 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert C. Smyth.

    Ch. 47 · 34 Stat. 1437 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bruno Tiesler.

    Ch. 48 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Moorhead.

    Ch. 49 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McNair.

    Ch. 50 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney S. Brigham.

    Ch. 51 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Palmer.

    Ch. 52 · 34 Stat. 1438 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William B. Kimball.

    Ch. 53 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Chamberlain.

    Ch. 54 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harvey Gaskill.

    Ch. 55 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alpheus A. Rockwell.

    Ch. 56 · 34 Stat. 1439 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Cranston.

    Ch. 57 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ferdinand Weise.

    Ch. 58 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. McCormick.

    Ch. 59 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John V. Sanders.

    Ch. 60 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Silas B. Hovious.

    Ch. 61 · 34 Stat. 1440 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Hoover.

    Ch. 62 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting a pension to Augustus Foss.

    Ch. 63 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Nulton.

    Ch. 64 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Wildy.

    Ch. 65 · 34 Stat. 1441 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry G. Sternberg.

    Ch. 66 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Mohan.

    Ch. 67 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Winans

    Ch. 68 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Boon.

    Ch. 69 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McCraw.

    Ch. 70 · 34 Stat. 1442 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Thompson Hurst, alias Elijah Thompson.

    Ch. 71 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William L. Beeks.

    Ch. 72 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Knight.

    Ch. 73 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adelle Tobey.

    Ch. 74 · 34 Stat. 1443 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Long.

    Ch. 75 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting a pension to Louis Dieckgraefe.

    Ch. 76 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Price.

    Ch. 77 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Bierer.

    Ch. 78 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Payton S. Lynn.

    Ch. 79 · 34 Stat. 1444 · February 2, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  83. Joint Resolution For the publication of eulogies delivered in Congress on Honorable John W. Cranford, late a Representative in Congress.

    Public Resolution 15 · 34 Stat. 826 · February 4, 1906 · Original text

  84. An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota.

    Ch. 80 · 34 Stat. 9 · February 5, 1906 · Original text

  85. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad 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. 81 · 34 Stat. 10 · February 5, 1906 · Original text

  86. An Act To authorize the Mobile Railway and Dock Company to construct and maintain a bridge or viaduct across the water between the end of Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.

    Ch. 82 · 34 Stat. 10 · February 5, 1906 · Original text

  87. An Act To provide for a land district in Yellowstone, Carbon, and Rosebud counties, in the State of Montana, to be known as the Billings land district.

    Ch. 83 · 34 Stat. 11 · February 5, 1906 · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to August Westfield.

    Ch. 84 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie E. Shehan.

    Ch. 85 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting a pension to Mary G. Bright.

    Ch. 86 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Bradbury.

    Ch. 87 · 34 Stat. 1445 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Curtis A. Carpenter.

    Ch. 88 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene P. Kingsley.

    Ch. 89 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John D. McFadden.

    Ch. 90 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter P. Chacey.

    Ch. 91 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Wiper.

    Ch. 92 · 34 Stat. 1446 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Minerva Briggs.

    Ch. 93 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patrick McCue.

    Ch. 94 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cassius Lisk.

    Ch. 95 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucius A. Lincoln.

    Ch. 96 · 34 Stat. 1447 · February 5, 1906 · Private law · 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.