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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 Moses F. Colby.
Ch. 1378 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Leichty.
Ch. 1379 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert H. Estes.
Ch. 1380 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Williams.
Ch. 1381 · 33 Stat. 1999 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Rumsey.
Ch. 1382 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet H. Heaton.
Ch. 1383 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Hawkins.
Ch. 1384 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren C. Gilbreath.
Ch. 1385 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert T. Porter.
Ch. 1386 · 33 Stat. 2000 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William G. Taylor.
Ch. 1387 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram Burkholder.
Ch. 1388 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isabel Nichols.
Ch. 1389 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Engelhardt Roemer.
Ch. 1390 · 33 Stat. 2001 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel V. Green.
Ch. 1391 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William L. Waterman.
Ch. 1392 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Miller.
Ch. 1393 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaiah S. Winters.
Ch. 1394 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rebecca C. Goodson.
Ch. 1395 · 33 Stat. 2002 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Lessley.
Ch. 1396 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. Hawkins.
Ch. 1397 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Brick.
Ch. 1398 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi L. Martz.
Ch. 1399 · 33 Stat. 2003 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George C. Smith.
Ch. 1400 · 33 Stat. 2004 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Coonrod.
Ch. 1401 · 33 Stat. 2004 · March 2, 1905 · Private law · Original text
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Act For the establishment of public convenience stations in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 1414 · 33 Stat. 984 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
An Act Regulating the use of telegraph wires in the District of Columbia.
Ch. 1415 · 33 Stat. 984 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Act To reinstate Kenneth McAlpine as a lieutenant in the Navy.
Ch. 1425 · 33 Stat. 992 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
An Act To authorize the resurvey of certain lands in the State of Wyoming.
Ch. 1426 · 33 Stat. 992 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Act For the relief of street-car motormen.
Ch. 1434 · 33 Stat. 1001 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
An Act For the extension of T street, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1435 · 33 Stat. 1001 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
An Act Authorizing the construction of a dam across Rock River at Lyndon, Illinois.
Ch. 1438 · 33 Stat. 1004 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
An Act For the extension of Nineteenth street from Woodley road to Baltimore street.
Ch. 1442 · 33 Stat. 1007 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Act For the extension of Rittenhouse street, and for other purposes.
Ch. 1469 · 33 Stat. 1038 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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
An Act To authorize the levying of certain special assessments.
Ch. 1473 · 33 Stat. 1043 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
An Act To incorporate the American Academy in Rome.
Ch. 1475 · 33 Stat. 1044 · March 3, 1905 · Original text
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
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
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- 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.