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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 Ezekiel Riggs.
Ch. 485 · 33 Stat. 1817 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Martin.
Ch. 486 · 33 Stat. 1818 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Reuben Allred.
Ch. 487 · 33 Stat. 1818 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pierpont H. B. Moulton.
Ch. 488 · 33 Stat. 1818 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Benedict.
Ch. 489 · 33 Stat. 1818 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Henry O. Kent.
Ch. 490 · 33 Stat. 1818 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elias Stillwell.
Ch. 491 · 33 Stat. 1819 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jeanie G. Lyles.
Ch. 492 · 33 Stat. 1819 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susie C. G. Seabury.
Ch. 493 · 33 Stat. 1819 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Minnick.
Ch. 494 · 33 Stat. 1819 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Kingman.
Ch. 495 · 33 Stat. 1820 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jerome Bradley.
Ch. 496 · 33 Stat. 1820 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin Mack.
Ch. 497 · 33 Stat. 1820 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Flora B. Bonham.
Ch. 498 · 33 Stat. 1820 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Stickley.
Ch. 499 · 33 Stat. 1820 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Margaret McKee Pentland, formerly Margaret McKee.
Ch. 500 · 33 Stat. 1821 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin Schubert.
Ch. 501 · 33 Stat. 1821 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sally Dickinson.
Ch. 502 · 33 Stat. 1821 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse Woodruff.
Ch. 503 · 33 Stat. 1821 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William A. Luther.
Ch. 504 · 33 Stat. 1822 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew S. Graham.
Ch. 505 · 33 Stat. 1822 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luther M. Bartlow.
Ch. 506 · 33 Stat. 1822 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Steele.
Ch. 507 · 33 Stat. 1822 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cyrus Wetherell.
Ch. 508 · 33 Stat. 1822 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Graham.
Ch. 509 · 33 Stat. 1823 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James McKim.
Ch. 510 · 33 Stat. 1823 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nelson P. Smith.
Ch. 511 · 33 Stat. 1823 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. Parish.
Ch. 512 · 33 Stat. 1823 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William V. Morrison.
Ch. 513 · 33 Stat. 1824 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary C. Buck.
Ch. 514 · 33 Stat. 1824 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James McAuliff.
Ch. 515 · 33 Stat. 1824 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Owen A. Willey.
Ch. 516 · 33 Stat. 1824 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jason R. C. Hoyt.
Ch. 517 · 33 Stat. 1824 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Hall.
Ch. 518 · 33 Stat. 1825 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alma Yohum.
Ch. 519 · 33 Stat. 1825 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jared Prindle.
Ch. 520 · 33 Stat. 1825 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles P. Thurston.
Ch. 521 · 33 Stat. 1825 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary J. Bartlett.
Ch. 522 · 33 Stat. 1826 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren P. Tenney.
Ch. 523 · 33 Stat. 1826 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Cordelia Bird.
Ch. 524 · 33 Stat. 1826 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy Lytton.
Ch. 525 · 33 Stat. 1826 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Hulme.
Ch. 526 · 33 Stat. 1826 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Smith.
Ch. 527 · 33 Stat. 1827 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Leonard Delamater.
Ch. 528 · 33 Stat. 1827 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Welch.
Ch. 529 · 33 Stat. 1827 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah W. Gordon.
Ch. 530 · 33 Stat. 1827 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim W. Harrington.
Ch. 531 · 33 Stat. 1828 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Sams.
Ch. 532 · 33 Stat. 1828 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles L. Harmon.
Ch. 533 · 33 Stat. 1828 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles R. Van Norman.
Ch. 534 · 33 Stat. 1828 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James McGinnis.
Ch. 535 · 33 Stat. 1828 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Jacob O. White.
Ch. 536 · 33 Stat. 1829 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William S. Moorhouse.
Ch. 537 · 33 Stat. 1829 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Feigley.
Ch. 538 · 33 Stat. 1829 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Dickinson.
Ch. 539 · 33 Stat. 1829 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adria M. S. Moale.
Ch. 540 · 33 Stat. 1830 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hattie F. Davis.
Ch. 541 · 33 Stat. 1830 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances C. Brown.
Ch. 542 · 33 Stat. 1830 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abner Taylor.
Ch. 543 · 33 Stat. 1830 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Bartlett.
Ch. 544 · 33 Stat. 1830 · February 6, 1905 · Private law · Original text
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 Rosebud Indian Reservation within the limits of Gregory County, South Dakota, and upon certain lands which were heretofore a part of the Devils Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of North Dakota.
Ch. 545 · 33 Stat. 700 · February 7, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize The Decatur Transportation and Manufacturing Company, a corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Tennessee River at or near the city of Decatur, Alabama.
Ch. 546 · 33 Stat. 700 · February 7, 1905 · Original text
An Act To exclude from the Yosemite National Park, California, certain lands therein described, and to attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve.
Ch. 547 · 33 Stat. 702 · February 7, 1905 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Kensington and Eastern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Calumet River.
Ch. 548 · 33 Stat. 703 · February 7, 1905 · Original text
An Act In relation to bonds on contracts with the District of Columbia.
Ch. 549 · 33 Stat. 704 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To amend the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory,” so as to prevent the importation and exportation of the same.
Ch. 550 · 33 Stat. 705 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To quiet titles to land in the city of Mobile, State of Alabama.
Ch. 551 · 33 Stat. 705 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the use of earth, stone, and timber on the public lands and forest reserves of the United States in the construction of works under the national irrigation law.
Ch. 552 · 33 Stat. 706 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To open to homestead settlement and entry the relinquished and undisposed of portions of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Ch. 553 · 33 Stat. 706 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To grant certain lands to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Oklahoma for college farm and experiment station purposes.
Ch. 554 · 33 Stat. 707 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize W. Denny and company to bridge Dog River, in the State of Mississippi.”
Ch. 555 · 33 Stat. 708 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To allow the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railway Company to acquire certain lands in the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota.
Ch. 556 · 33 Stat. 708 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 557 · 33 Stat. 709 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the relief of holders and owners of certain District of Columbia special-tax scrip.
Ch. 558 · 33 Stat. 709 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act Making an appropriation for fuel for the public schools of the District of Columbia.
Ch. 559 · 33 Stat. 710 · February 8, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the heirs of George McGhehey for services rendered as mail contractor.
Ch. 560 · 33 Stat. 1831 · February 8, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Church of Our Redeemer, Washington, District of Columbia.
Ch. 561 · 33 Stat. 1831 · February 8, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Noah Dillard.
Ch. 562 · 33 Stat. 1831 · February 8, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act To confirm title to lot five, in square south of square numbered nine hundred and ninety, in Washington, District of Columbia.
Ch. 563 · 33 Stat. 710 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
An Act To amend section nine of the Act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, concerning lists of passengers.
Ch. 564 · 33 Stat. 711 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Lyman County and Brule County, in the State of South Dakota.
Ch. 565 · 33 Stat. 711 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
An Act Granting to the Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power Company rights to construct and maintain for the improvement of navigation and development of water power a dam across the Mississippi River.
Ch. 566 · 33 Stat. 712 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
An Act Authorizing the changing of the levels of certain lakes and the disposal of certain lands under the terms of the national reclamation Act.
Ch. 567 · 33 Stat. 714 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Director of the Census to collect and publish additional statistics.
Public Resolution 16 · 33 Stat. 1282 · February 9, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the relief of the Gull River Lumber Company, its assigns or successors in interest.
Ch. 568 · 33 Stat. 1832 · February 9, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of H. B. Wise.
Ch. 569 · 33 Stat. 1832 · February 9, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of David V. Howell.
Ch. 570 · 33 Stat. 1832 · February 9, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend the western boundary line of the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 571 · 33 Stat. 714 · February 10, 1905 · Original text
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. 572 · 33 Stat. 715 · February 11, 1905 · Original text
An Act To correct the military record of William J. Barcroft.
Ch. 573 · 33 Stat. 1833 · February 11, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Declaring Grand River to be not a navigable stream.
Ch. 574 · 33 Stat. 715 · February 15, 1905 · Original text
An Act To amend sections one, five, and six of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a wagon, toll, and electric-railway bridge over the Missouri River, at Lexington, Missouri,” approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, extending the provisions thereof to steam-railway cars, locomotives, and other motive power, and extending the time for commencing actual construction of said bridge.
Ch. 575 · 33 Stat. 715 · February 15, 1905 · Original text
An Act Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.
Ch. 576 · 33 Stat. 716 · February 15, 1905 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a condemned cannon to the armory at Saint Paul, Minnesota, to construct a memorial tablet.
Public Resolution 17 · 33 Stat. 1282 · February 15, 1905 · Original text
Joint Resolution For appointment of a member of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Public Resolution 18 · 33 Stat. 1283 · February 15, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward J. Farrell.
Ch. 577 · 33 Stat. 1833 · February 15, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act To permit the legislative assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma to make appropriations for the erection of buildings for the Agricultural and Mechanical College of said Territory.
Ch. 578 · 33 Stat. 717 · February 16, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Leckrone and Little Whiteley Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.
Ch. 579 · 33 Stat. 717 · February 16, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the establishment of subports of entry at Rouses Point and Malone, New York.
Ch. 580 · 33 Stat. 718 · February 17, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the construction of a private conduit across D street northwest.
Ch. 581 · 33 Stat. 719 · February 17, 1905 · Original text
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- 117th 2021 · 365
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- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
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- 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.