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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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4,043 laws of the 58th Congress, 1903–1905

  1. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Belle K. Theaker.

    Ch. 680 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Girard Nichols.

    Ch. 681 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting a pension to Ursula Bayard.

    Ch. 682 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James V. Williams.

    Ch. 683 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Salmon S. Mathews.

    Ch. 684 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Clark.

    Ch. 685 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Clark.

    Ch. 685 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund B. Kanada.

    Ch. 687 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Elizabeth McClaren.

    Ch. 688 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Matthew F. Locke.

    Ch. 689 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie C. Avis.

    Ch. 690 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chittle Chittleson.

    Ch. 691 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Sartwell.

    Ch. 692 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adam E. King.

    Ch. 693 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anna M. Benny.

    Ch. 694 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting a pension to Charles Norris.

    Ch. 695 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard B. Dickinson.

    Ch. 696 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Sheppard.

    Ch. 697 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard E. Hyde.

    Ch. 698 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hamilton.

    Ch. 699 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Lewis.

    Ch. 700 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John O’Kief.

    Ch. 701 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting a pension to Cyrell Boutiette.

    Ch. 702 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Conroy.

    Ch. 703 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melkert H. Burton.

    Ch. 704 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie A. Holden.

    Ch. 705 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Slater.

    Ch. 706 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen A. Cox.

    Ch. 707 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levincy Walker.

    Ch. 708 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles T. West.

    Ch. 709 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting a pension to Jane Johns.

    Ch. 710 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orlando Kennedy.

    Ch. 711 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin Gillett.

    Ch. 712 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura E. Campbell.

    Ch. 713 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Simeon V. Sherwood.

    Ch. 714 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Dampier.

    Ch. 715 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Moses Frost.

    Ch. 716 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Salg.

    Ch. 717 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Cowing.

    Ch. 718 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting a pension to Ezra Walker Abbott.

    Ch. 719 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act To prevent the use of devices calculated to convey the impression that the United States Government certifies to the quality of gold or silver used in the arts.

    Ch. 720 · 33 Stat. 732 · February 21, 1905 · Original text

  42. An Act For the relief of William B. Barnes.

    Ch. 721 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act For the relief of Laura S. Gillingwaters.

    Ch. 722 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act For the relief of Gottlieb C. Rose.

    Ch. 723 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act To amend the military record of John H. Skinner.

    Ch. 724 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy McE. Andrews.

    Ch. 725 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. O’Brien.

    Ch. 726 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting a pension to Galena Jouett.

    Ch. 727 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bessy Forsyth Bache.

    Ch. 728 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alma L’Hommedieu Ruggles.

    Ch. 729 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting a pension to Philip Lawotte.

    Ch. 730 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Florence O. Whitman.

    Ch. 731 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anne E. Wilson.

    Ch. 732 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to better define and regulate the rights of aliens to hold and own real estate in the Territories,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

    Ch. 733 · 33 Stat. 733 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  55. An Act To amend chapter fifty-five of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 734 · 33 Stat. 733 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  56. An Act To designate parcels of land in the District of Columbia for the purposes of assessment and taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 735 · 33 Stat. 737 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  57. An Act To reinstate Francis S. Nash as a surgeon in the Navy.

    Ch. 736 · 33 Stat. 738 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  58. An Act Authorizing the closing of part of an alley in square numbered seven hundred and thirty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 737 · 33 Stat. 739 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  59. An Act To change the lunacy proceedings in the District of Columbia where the Commissioners of said District are the petitioners, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 738 · 33 Stat. 740 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  60. An Act To amend an Act approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and requiring said company to depress and elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 739 · 33 Stat. 740 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  61. An Act Permitting the Washington Market Company to lay a conduit across Seventh street west.

    Ch. 740 · 33 Stat. 741 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  62. An Act To mark the grave of Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

    Ch. 741 · 33 Stat. 741 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  63. An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to furnish Potomac water without charge to charitable institutions, and so forth, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 742 · 33 Stat. 742 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  64. An Act To close and open an alley in square numbered eight hundred and six in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 743 · 33 Stat. 742 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  65. An Act To promote the security of travel upon railroads engaged in interstate commerce, and to encourage the saving of life.

    Ch. 744 · 33 Stat. 743 · February 23, 1905 · Original text

  66. An Act For the relief of M. L. Skidmore.

    Ch. 745 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Phillips.

    Ch. 746 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McCloud.

    Ch. 747 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David P. Foster.

    Ch. 748 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Hill.

    Ch. 749 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Fetterhoff.

    Ch. 750 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Johnson.

    Ch. 751 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Baker.

    Ch. 752 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Almon W. Gould.

    Ch. 753 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis Wilson.

    Ch. 754 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sara A. Haskell.

    Ch. 755 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Maupin.

    Ch. 756 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah S. Carleton.

    Ch. 757 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Swinney.

    Ch. 758 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Fulton.

    Ch. 759 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Champlin.

    Ch. 760 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Slater.

    Ch. 761 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander C. Bowen.

    Ch. 762 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Boyd.

    Ch. 763 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John White.

    Ch. 764 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Besier.

    Ch. 765 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Israel Purdy.

    Ch. 766 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Ryon.

    Ch. 767 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Pierce.

    Ch. 768 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Quintus Hummel.

    Ch. 769 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene Hepp.

    Ch. 770 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to R. Howard Wallace.

    Ch. 771 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Peoples.

    Ch. 772 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel W. Smith.

    Ch. 773 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harrison Ball.

    Ch. 774 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thorndike P. Heath.

    Ch. 775 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act For the relief of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.

    Ch. 776 · 33 Stat. 1872 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act For the allowance of certain claims reported by the Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 777 · 33 Stat. 743 · February 24, 1905 · Original text

  99. An Act To amend an Act approved August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for the construction of public works.”

    Ch. 778 · 33 Stat. 811 · February 24, 1905 · Original text

  100. An Act For the relief of certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama.

    Ch. 779 · 33 Stat. 813 · February 24, 1905 · 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.