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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 Belle K. Theaker.
Ch. 680 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Girard Nichols.
Ch. 681 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ursula Bayard.
Ch. 682 · 33 Stat. 1853 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James V. Williams.
Ch. 683 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Salmon S. Mathews.
Ch. 684 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Clark.
Ch. 685 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Clark.
Ch. 685 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund B. Kanada.
Ch. 687 · 33 Stat. 1854 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Elizabeth McClaren.
Ch. 688 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Matthew F. Locke.
Ch. 689 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie C. Avis.
Ch. 690 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chittle Chittleson.
Ch. 691 · 33 Stat. 1855 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Sartwell.
Ch. 692 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Adam E. King.
Ch. 693 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anna M. Benny.
Ch. 694 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Charles Norris.
Ch. 695 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard B. Dickinson.
Ch. 696 · 33 Stat. 1856 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Sheppard.
Ch. 697 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard E. Hyde.
Ch. 698 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hamilton.
Ch. 699 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Lewis.
Ch. 700 · 33 Stat. 1857 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John O’Kief.
Ch. 701 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Cyrell Boutiette.
Ch. 702 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Conroy.
Ch. 703 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melkert H. Burton.
Ch. 704 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie A. Holden.
Ch. 705 · 33 Stat. 1858 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Slater.
Ch. 706 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen A. Cox.
Ch. 707 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levincy Walker.
Ch. 708 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles T. West.
Ch. 709 · 33 Stat. 1859 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Jane Johns.
Ch. 710 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orlando Kennedy.
Ch. 711 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin Gillett.
Ch. 712 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Laura E. Campbell.
Ch. 713 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Simeon V. Sherwood.
Ch. 714 · 33 Stat. 1860 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Dampier.
Ch. 715 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Moses Frost.
Ch. 716 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Salg.
Ch. 717 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Cowing.
Ch. 718 · 33 Stat. 1861 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ezra Walker Abbott.
Ch. 719 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 20, 1905 · Private law · Original text
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
An Act For the relief of William B. Barnes.
Ch. 721 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Laura S. Gillingwaters.
Ch. 722 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Gottlieb C. Rose.
Ch. 723 · 33 Stat. 1862 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act To amend the military record of John H. Skinner.
Ch. 724 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy McE. Andrews.
Ch. 725 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. O’Brien.
Ch. 726 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Galena Jouett.
Ch. 727 · 33 Stat. 1863 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bessy Forsyth Bache.
Ch. 728 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alma L’Hommedieu Ruggles.
Ch. 729 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Philip Lawotte.
Ch. 730 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Florence O. Whitman.
Ch. 731 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anne E. Wilson.
Ch. 732 · 33 Stat. 1864 · February 21, 1905 · Private law · Original text
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
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
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
An Act To reinstate Francis S. Nash as a surgeon in the Navy.
Ch. 736 · 33 Stat. 738 · February 23, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
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
An Act To mark the grave of Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant.
Ch. 741 · 33 Stat. 741 · February 23, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
An Act For the relief of M. L. Skidmore.
Ch. 745 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Phillips.
Ch. 746 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William McCloud.
Ch. 747 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to David P. Foster.
Ch. 748 · 33 Stat. 1865 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Hill.
Ch. 749 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Fetterhoff.
Ch. 750 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Johnson.
Ch. 751 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Baker.
Ch. 752 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Almon W. Gould.
Ch. 753 · 33 Stat. 1866 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis Wilson.
Ch. 754 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sara A. Haskell.
Ch. 755 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Maupin.
Ch. 756 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah S. Carleton.
Ch. 757 · 33 Stat. 1867 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Swinney.
Ch. 758 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Fulton.
Ch. 759 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Champlin.
Ch. 760 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Slater.
Ch. 761 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander C. Bowen.
Ch. 762 · 33 Stat. 1868 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James J. Boyd.
Ch. 763 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John White.
Ch. 764 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Besier.
Ch. 765 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Israel Purdy.
Ch. 766 · 33 Stat. 1869 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Ryon.
Ch. 767 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Pierce.
Ch. 768 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Quintus Hummel.
Ch. 769 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene Hepp.
Ch. 770 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to R. Howard Wallace.
Ch. 771 · 33 Stat. 1870 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Peoples.
Ch. 772 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel W. Smith.
Ch. 773 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harrison Ball.
Ch. 774 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thorndike P. Heath.
Ch. 775 · 33 Stat. 1871 · February 23, 1905 · Private law · Original text
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
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
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
An Act For the relief of certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama.
Ch. 779 · 33 Stat. 813 · February 24, 1905 · 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.