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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 Cyrenius Dennis.
Ch. 1571 · 33 Stat. 1609 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Monjar.
Ch. 1572 · 33 Stat. 1610 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. English.
Ch. 1573 · 33 Stat. 1610 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Audas.
Ch. 1574 · 33 Stat. 1610 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram Flint.
Ch. 1575 · 33 Stat. 1610 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Chester.
Ch. 1576 · 33 Stat. 1610 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Murray.
Ch. 1577 · 33 Stat. 1611 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Swords.
Ch. 1578 · 33 Stat. 1611 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Reubin W. Bartram.
Ch. 1579 · 33 Stat. 1611 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Fairhead.
Ch. 1580 · 33 Stat. 1611 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Whitman.
Ch. 1581 · 33 Stat. 1612 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Daly.
Ch. 1582 · 33 Stat. 1612 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Abbott.
Ch. 1583 · 33 Stat. 1612 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adeline Ballard.
Ch. 1584 · 33 Stat. 1612 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Hamly, alias George Garnett.
Ch. 1585 · 33 Stat. 1612 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Sparks.
Ch. 1586 · 33 Stat. 1613 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Aaron Bayles.
Ch. 1587 · 33 Stat. 1613 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abram Young.
Ch. 1588 · 33 Stat. 1613 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Dodd.
Ch. 1589 · 33 Stat. 1613 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Calhoun.
Ch. 1590 · 33 Stat. 1614 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ann Jones.
Ch. 1591 · 33 Stat. 1614 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John F. Burrows.
Ch. 1592 · 33 Stat. 1614 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Catherine Darr.
Ch. 1593 · 33 Stat. 1614 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to James P. Hurst.
Ch. 1594 · 33 Stat. 1614 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Thomas B. Forgan.
Ch. 1595 · 33 Stat. 1615 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan D. Lovell.
Ch. 1596 · 33 Stat. 1615 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah Hill.
Ch. 1597 · 33 Stat. 1615 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Middleton.
Ch. 1598 · 33 Stat. 1615 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah F. Burnet.
Ch. 1599 · 33 Stat. 1615 · April 23, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the disposal of the unsold lots in the Fort Crawford military tract at Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
Ch. 1600 · 33 Stat. 306 · April 25, 1904 · Original text
An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate of a lost check, drawn by Arthur J. Pritchard, pay director of the United States Navy, in favor of the Davis Coal and Coke Company.
Ch. 1601 · 33 Stat. 1616 · April 25, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act To regulate electrical wiring in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 1602 · 33 Stat. 306 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act To amend section twenty-four of the Act approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to amend the laws relating to American seamen, for the protection of such seamen, and to promote commerce.”
Ch. 1603 · 33 Stat. 308 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act To extend the time for completion of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company.
Ch. 1604 · 33 Stat. 308 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act To enable the Secretary of War to permit the erection of a lock and dam in aid of navigation in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1605 · 33 Stat. 309 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act granting the right to the Omaha Northern Railway Company to construct a railway across and establish stations on the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,’ by extending the time for the construction of said railway,” by a further extension of time for the construction of said railway.
Ch. 1606 · 33 Stat. 311 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act Granting to the State of North Dakota six hundred and forty acres of land, embracing the White Stone Hills battlefield and burial ground of soldiers killed in that engagement.
Ch. 1607 · 33 Stat. 312 · April 26, 1904 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the estate of Sven J. Johnson.
Ch. 1608 · 33 Stat. 1616 · April 26, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain,’ approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” and so forth, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1609 · 33 Stat. 312 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Providing for holding regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States at Great Falls, Montana.
Ch. 1610 · 33 Stat. 313 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Montgomery Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Ch. 1611 · 33 Stat. 313 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To promote the circulation of reading matter among the blind.
Ch. 1612 · 33 Stat. 313 · April 27, 1904 · 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. 1613 · 33 Stat. 313 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Permitting the Ozark and Cherokee Central Railroad Company and the Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company, and each or either of them, to sell and convey their railroads and other property in the Indian Territory to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company or to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1614 · 33 Stat. 314 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Declaring each of the tunnels under the Chicago River an obstruction to navigation, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1615 · 33 Stat. 314 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Beaumont.
Ch. 1616 · 33 Stat. 315 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1617 · 33 Stat. 315 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the apprehension and detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1618 · 33 Stat. 316 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act For the cession of one hundred and twenty acres of land to the Beecher Island Battle Memorial Association.
Ch. 1619 · 33 Stat. 319 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To modify and amend an agreement with the Indians of the Devils Lake Reservation, in North Dakota, to accept and ratify the same as amended, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect.
Ch. 1620 · 33 Stat. 319 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw Point, Michigan.
Ch. 1621 · 33 Stat. 324 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1622 · 33 Stat. 324 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Granting certain rights and privileges to the commissioners of waterworks in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Ch. 1623 · 33 Stat. 352 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To ratify and amend an agreement with the Indians of the Crow Reservation in Montana, and making appropriations to carry the same into effect.
Ch. 1624 · 33 Stat. 352 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To amend section three thousand and ninety-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to manner of importation.
Ch. 1625 · 33 Stat. 362 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Amendatory of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two.
Ch. 1626 · 33 Stat. 362 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To extend to Peoria, Illinois, the privileges of the seventh section of the Act of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of merchandise without appraisement.
Ch. 1627 · 33 Stat. 362 · April 27, 1904 · 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 five, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1628 · 33 Stat. 363 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act To authorize the appointment of road overseers and to create road districts in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1629 · 33 Stat. 391 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1630 · 33 Stat. 394 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for printing annually the Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture.
Public Resolution 29 · 33 Stat. 590 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and forty, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States.
Public Resolution 30 · 33 Stat. 590 · April 27, 1904 · Original text
An Act For the relief of W. S. Feland, late deputy collector second Kentucky district.
Ch. 1631 · 33 Stat. 1617 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of James T. Barry and Richard Cushion, executors of the last will and testament of Martin Dowling, deceased.
Ch. 1632 · 33 Stat. 1617 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David T. Towles.
Ch. 1633 · 33 Stat. 1617 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Weaver.
Ch. 1634 · 33 Stat. 1618 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Enoch Stabler.
Ch. 1635 · 33 Stat. 1618 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Heaney.
Ch. 1636 · 33 Stat. 1618 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Clarissa Wolcott.
Ch. 1637 · 33 Stat. 1618 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Michael O’Brien, alias Michael Clifford.
Ch. 1638 · 33 Stat. 1619 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac C. B. Suman.
Ch. 1639 · 33 Stat. 1619 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Matilda Witt.
Ch. 1640 · 33 Stat. 1619 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph P. Scott.
Ch. 1641 · 33 Stat. 1619 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edgar W. Thornton.
Ch. 1642 · 33 Stat. 1619 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Merton C. Sanborn.
Ch. 1643 · 33 Stat. 1620 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Martha Briscoe.
Ch. 1644 · 33 Stat. 1620 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Catharine Cook.
Ch. 1645 · 33 Stat. 1620 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Disbrow.
Ch. 1646 · 33 Stat. 1620 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to William H. Slough.
Ch. 1647 · 33 Stat. 1621 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ella C. Baker.
Ch. 1648 · 33 Stat. 1621 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Henry A. Hartley.
Ch. 1649 · 33 Stat. 1621 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rowland J. Roberts.
Ch. 1650 · 33 Stat. 1621 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucilius C. Moss.
Ch. 1651 · 33 Stat. 1622 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to David Kimball.
Ch. 1652 · 33 Stat. 1622 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John Whitehead.
Ch. 1653 · 33 Stat. 1622 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Harry Hirschensohn.
Ch. 1654 · 33 Stat. 1622 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hendrickson.
Ch. 1655 · 33 Stat. 1622 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luther F. Palmer.
Ch. 1656 · 33 Stat. 1623 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Prescilla C. Dodd.
Ch. 1657 · 33 Stat. 1623 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Schade, senior.
Ch. 1658 · 33 Stat. 1623 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Moore.
Ch. 1659 · 33 Stat. 1623 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Alice Jenifer.
Ch. 1660 · 33 Stat. 1624 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Broadwell.
Ch. 1661 · 33 Stat. 1624 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William S. Peck.
Ch. 1662 · 33 Stat. 1624 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Esdell.
Ch. 1663 · 33 Stat. 1624 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Susan T. Bunch.
Ch. 1664 · 33 Stat. 1624 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Silas R. Harris.
Ch. 1665 · 33 Stat. 1625 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Rearick.
Ch. 1666 · 33 Stat. 1625 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jonathan Klingenfus.
Ch. 1667 · 33 Stat. 1625 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James A. Porter.
Ch. 1668 · 33 Stat. 1625 · April 27, 1904 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.