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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 Moses F. Colby.

    Ch. 1378 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Leichty.

    Ch. 1379 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert H. Estes.

    Ch. 1380 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Williams.

    Ch. 1381 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Rumsey.

    Ch. 1382 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet H. Heaton.

    Ch. 1383 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Hawkins.

    Ch. 1384 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren C. Gilbreath.

    Ch. 1385 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert T. Porter.

    Ch. 1386 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William G. Taylor.

    Ch. 1387 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram Burkholder.

    Ch. 1388 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isabel Nichols.

    Ch. 1389 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Engelhardt Roemer.

    Ch. 1390 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel V. Green.

    Ch. 1391 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William L. Waterman.

    Ch. 1392 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Miller.

    Ch. 1393 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaiah S. Winters.

    Ch. 1394 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rebecca C. Goodson.

    Ch. 1395 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Lessley.

    Ch. 1396 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. Hawkins.

    Ch. 1397 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Brick.

    Ch. 1398 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi L. Martz.

    Ch. 1399 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George C. Smith.

    Ch. 1400 · 33 Stat. 2004 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Coonrod.

    Ch. 1401 · 33 Stat. 2004 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1402 · 33 Stat. 845 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  26. 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 six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1403 · 33 Stat. 848 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  27. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1404 · 33 Stat. 849 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  28. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 1405 · 33 Stat. 861 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  29. 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 six, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1406 · 33 Stat. 883 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  30. An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.

    Ch. 1407 · 33 Stat. 915 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  31. An Act To revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1408 · 33 Stat. 928 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  32. An Act For the extension of M street east of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1409 · 33 Stat. 977 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  33. An Act To authorize the appointment of Acting Assistant Surgeon Leopold Herbert Schwerin, United States Navy, as an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy.

    Ch. 1410 · 33 Stat. 980 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  34. An Act To amend an Act authorizing the Secretary of War to cause to be erected monuments and markers on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the valorous deeds of certain regiments and batteries of the United States Army.

    Ch. 1411 · 33 Stat. 980 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  35. An Act To authorize the Anacostia, Surrattsville and Brandywine Electric Railway Company to extend its street railway in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1412 · 33 Stat. 980 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  36. An Act To provide for the performance, temporarily, of the duties of appraisers and assistant appraisers of merchandise.

    Ch. 1413 · 33 Stat. 983 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  37. An Act For the establishment of public convenience stations in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1414 · 33 Stat. 984 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  38. An Act Regulating the use of telegraph wires in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1415 · 33 Stat. 984 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  39. An Act To promote the efficiency of the reserve militia and to encourage rifle practice among the members thereof.

    Ch. 1416 · 33 Stat. 986 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  40. An Act Providing for the resurvey of township nineteen north, range six east, Montana meridian, Cascade County, State of Montana.

    Ch. 1417 · 33 Stat. 987 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  41. An Act To provide for an additional judge of the district court of the United States for the district of New Jersey.

    Ch. 1418 · 33 Stat. 987 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  42. An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Selma and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

    Ch. 1419 · 33 Stat. 987 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  43. An Act To enable independent school district, numbered twelve, Roseau County, Minnesota, to purchase certain lands.

    Ch. 1420 · 33 Stat. 989 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  44. An Act To cause certain lands heretofore withdrawn from market for reservoir purposes to be restored to the public domain, subject to entry under the homestead law, with certain restrictions.

    Ch. 1421 · 33 Stat. 990 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  45. An Act Relative to the commissions of officers who are under the direction and control of the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, respectively.

    Ch. 1422 · 33 Stat. 990 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  46. An Act Granting to the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company the power to sell and convey to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company all the railway property, rights, franchises, and privileges of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1423 · 33 Stat. 991 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  47. An Act To amend section twenty-two hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 1424 · 33 Stat. 991 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  48. An Act To reinstate Kenneth McAlpine as a lieutenant in the Navy.

    Ch. 1425 · 33 Stat. 992 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  49. An Act To authorize the resurvey of certain lands in the State of Wyoming.

    Ch. 1426 · 33 Stat. 992 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  50. An Act Providing for an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial circuit, and for the appointment of an additional judge for the northern district of Illinois and for creating an additional district in the State of Illinois, to be known as the eastern district of Illinois, and for the appointment of a judge and other officers of said district, and for changing the boundaries of the districts in Illinois, and for establishing places for holding court in the several districts thus created.

    Ch. 1427 · 33 Stat. 992 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  51. An Act Permitting the building of a railway bridge across White River, joining the township of Harrison, in Knox County, State of Indiana, and township of Washington, in Pike County, State of Indiana.

    Ch. 1428 · 33 Stat. 997 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  52. An Act To provide for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes

    Ch. 1429 · 33 Stat. 998 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  53. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange the site for a public building at Natchitoches, Louisiana.

    Ch. 1430 · 33 Stat. 999 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  54. An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Albany, Georgia.

    Ch. 1431 · 33 Stat. 999 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  55. An Act To amend section forty-nine hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes.

    Ch. 1432 · 33 Stat. 1000 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  56. An Act Setting aside a certain island in Bartlett Lake, Minnesota, as a park and forest reserve.

    Ch. 1433 · 33 Stat. 1001 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  57. An Act For the relief of street-car motormen.

    Ch. 1434 · 33 Stat. 1001 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  58. An Act For the extension of T street, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1435 · 33 Stat. 1001 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  59. An Act To amend chapter five hundred and eight of the United States Statutes at Large, volume thirty-two, part one, Fifty-seventh Congress, entitled “An Act to establish and provide for a clerk for the circuit and district courts of the United States held at Wilmington, North Carolina.”

    Ch. 1436 · 33 Stat. 1004 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  60. An Act To provide for terms of the United States district and circuit courts at Washington, North Carolina.

    Ch. 1437 · 33 Stat. 1004 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  61. An Act Authorizing the construction of a dam across Rock River at Lyndon, Illinois.

    Ch. 1438 · 33 Stat. 1004 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  62. An Act Extending the provisions of section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States to homestead settlers on lands in the State of Minnesota ceded under the Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

    Ch. 1439 · 33 Stat. 1005 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  63. An Act Providing for the acquirement of water rights in the Spokane River along the southern boundary of the Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, for the acquirement of lands on said reservation for sites for power purposes and the beneficial use of said water, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1440 · 33 Stat. 1006 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  64. An Act To amend section eleven hundred and forty-one of the “Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, as amended by the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 1441 · 33 Stat. 1006 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  65. An Act For the extension of Nineteenth street from Woodley road to Baltimore street.

    Ch. 1442 · 33 Stat. 1007 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  66. An Act To provide for the investigation of leprosy, with special reference to the care and treatment of lepers in Hawaii.

    Ch. 1443 · 33 Stat. 1009 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  67. An Act To provide for condemning the land necessary for joining Kalorama avenue and Prescott place.

    Ch. 1444 · 33 Stat. 1010 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  68. An Act To amend section six hundred and two of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” as amended.

    Ch. 1445 · 33 Stat. 1012 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  69. An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Tacoma, in the State of Washington, for use as a public park.

    Ch. 1446 · 33 Stat. 1013 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  70. An Act To extend the time within which actions for the recovery of duties paid in Porto Rico may be brought in the Court of Claims under the Act of April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two.

    Ch. 1447 · 33 Stat. 1013 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  71. An Act To define the limits of square eleven hundred and thirty-one in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

    Ch. 1448 · 33 Stat. 1014 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  72. An Act Validating certain conveyances of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the Northern Pacific Railway Company.

    Ch. 1449 · 33 Stat. 1014 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  73. An Act To provide for a land district in Wasatch, Uintah, and Carbon counties in the State of Utah, to be known as the Uintah land district, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1450 · 33 Stat. 1014 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  74. An Act Authorizing the Louisa and Fort Gay Bridge Company, of Louisa, Kentucky, to erect a bridge across the Tug and Levisa forks of the Big Sandy River.

    Ch. 1451 · 33 Stat. 1015 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  75. An Act To ratify and amend an agreement with the Indians residing on the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in the State of Wyoming and to make appropriations for carrying the same into effect.

    Ch. 1452 · 33 Stat. 1016 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  76. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 1453 · 33 Stat. 1022 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  77. An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and seventeen, forty-four hundred and fifty-three, forty-four hundred and eighty-eight, and forty-four hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes relating to the Steamboat-Inspection Service, and section fifty-three hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes relating to misconduct by officers or owners of vessels.

    Ch. 1454 · 33 Stat. 1023 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  78. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 1455 · 33 Stat. 1026 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  79. An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and eighteen, forty-four hundred and eighty, and forty-four hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes, and to repeal sections forty-four hundred and thirty-five, forty-four hundred and thirty-six, and forty-four hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes, all relating to the Steamboat-Inspection Service.

    Ch. 1456 · 33 Stat. 1027 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  80. An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and fifteen, forty-four hundred and sixteen, forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty-six, forty-four hundred and forty-nine, forty-four hundred and fifty-two, forty-four hundred and seventy, forty-four hundred and seventy-two, forty-four hundred and ninety-eight, and forty-two hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to steamboat inspection.

    Ch. 1457 · 33 Stat. 1028 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  81. An Act To extend the time for the commencement and completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Pierre, South Dakota.

    Ch. 1458 · 33 Stat. 1032 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  82. An Act To provide for the covering into the reclamation fund certain proceeds of sales of property purchased by the reclamation fund.

    Ch. 1459 · 33 Stat. 1032 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  83. An Act To aid in quieting title to certain lands within the Klamath Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon.

    Ch. 1460 · 33 Stat. 1033 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  84. An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. 1461 · 33 Stat. 1033 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  85. An Act To authorize the county of Quitman to construct a bridge across Coldwater River, Mississippi.

    Ch. 1462 · 33 Stat. 1033 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  86. An Act To authorize the county of Quitman to construct a bridge across the Tallahatchie River, Mississippi.

    Ch. 1463 · 33 Stat. 1034 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  87. An Act To authorize the county of Quitman to construct a bridge across Coldwater River, Mississippi.

    Ch. 1464 · 33 Stat. 1035 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  88. An Act To amend sections fifty-six, eighty, and eighty-six of “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred.

    Ch. 1465 · 33 Stat. 1035 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  89. An Act Authorizing the President to appoint S. J. Call surgeon in the Revenue-Cutter Service.

    Ch. 1466 · 33 Stat. 1036 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  90. An Act Supplemental to the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, and the Acts amendatory thereof.

    Ch. 1467 · 33 Stat. 1036 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  91. An Act For the resurvey of certain townships in the counties of Rock and Brown, in the State of Nebraska.

    Ch. 1468 · 33 Stat. 1037 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  92. An Act For the extension of Rittenhouse street, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 1469 · 33 Stat. 1038 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  93. An Act To authorize Everett Leftwich, of Williamson, West Virginia, to bridge the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at Nolan, Mingo County, West Virginia, where the same forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky.

    Ch. 1470 · 33 Stat. 1040 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  94. An Act Authorizing the construction of two bridges across the Ashley River, in the counties of Charleston and Dorchester, South Carolina.

    Ch. 1471 · 33 Stat. 1041 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  95. An Act To authorize the Borderland Coal Company, of Nolan, West Virginia, to bridge the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at a point about two miles east of Nolan, Mingo County, West Virginia, where the same forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky.

    Ch. 1472 · 33 Stat. 1042 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  96. An Act To authorize the levying of certain special assessments.

    Ch. 1473 · 33 Stat. 1043 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  97. An Act Permitting the building of a dam across the Mississippi River near the village of Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.

    Ch. 1474 · 33 Stat. 1043 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  98. An Act To incorporate the American Academy in Rome.

    Ch. 1475 · 33 Stat. 1044 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  99. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct dams across the Yellowstone River in Montana in connection with irrigation works.

    Ch. 1476 · 33 Stat. 1045 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

  100. An Act To authorize Trigg County, Kentucky, to bridge the Cumberland River at or near Canton, Trigg County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 1477 · 33 Stat. 1046 · March 3, 1905 · Original text

By Congress

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.