Laws of the 34th Congress

11 Stat. 1 · February 20, 1856 · S. 57 An Act to relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the Performance of certain clerical Duties. 11 Stat. 1 · March 5, 1856 · S. 106 An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Names of Vessels in certain Cases. 11 Stat. 1 · March 19, 1856 · H.R. 156 An Act to define the Jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee. 11 Stat. 2 · March 28, 1856 · S. 6 An Act relating to Punishment in the Penitentiary. 11 Stat. 2 · April 5, 1856 · S. 97 An Act to continue temporarily the Land-Offices at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, and at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri. 11 Stat. 2 · April 5, 1856 · H.R. 64 An Act to constitute the Cities of Hannibal, Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, Ports of Delivery. 11 Stat. 3 · April 5, 1856 · H.R. 203 An Act making Appropriations for restoring and maintaining the peaceable Disposition of the Indian Tribes on the Pacific, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 3 · April 5, 1856 · H.R. 70 An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 4 · April 23, 1856 · H.R. 78 An Act to change the Times of holding the United States Courts in the Southern District of Illinois. 11 Stat. 5 · April 23, 1856 · H.R. 69 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 5 · April 23, 1856 · H.R. 129 An Act to repeal Part of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Safekeeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other Purposes." 11 Stat. 6 · April 23, 1856 · S. 80 An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Fees and Costs to be allowed Clerks, Marshals, and Attorneys of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, and for other Purposes." 11 Stat. 6 · April 30, 1856 · S. 33 An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Circuit Court of the United States in and for the State of California," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. 11 Stat. 7 · May 9, 1856 · H.R. 303 An Act creating Columbus, in Kentucky, a Port of Delivery. 11 Stat. 7 · May 9, 1856 · H.R. 121 An Act to surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland Road in said State. 11 Stat. 8 · May 14, 1856 · H.R. 8 An Act to amend the Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fi… 11 Stat. 9 · May 15, 1856 · H.R. 56 An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State. 11 Stat. 10 · May 15, 1856 · H.R. 68 An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. 11 Stat. 15 · May 16, 1856 · S. 125 An Act to provide for at least two Election Precincts in each Ward in the City of Washington, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 15 · May 17, 1856 · H.R. 322 An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said States. 11 Stat. 17 · June 2, 1856 · S. 263 An Act to transfer certain Rights and Duties conferred upon the Trustees of the Town of Vincennes, Indiana, to the Common Council of the City of Vincennes. 11 Stat. 17 · June 3, 1856 · H.R. 31 An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the State of Alabama to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State. 11 Stat. 18 · June 3, 1856 · H.R. 36 An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Louisiana, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. 11 Stat. 20 · June 3, 1856 · H.R. 326 An Act granting Public Lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. 11 Stat. 21 · June 3, 1856 · H.R. 172 An Act making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public Lands, to the State of Michigan, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 22 · June 14, 1856 · S. 232 An Act to change the Place of holding the Courts of the United States in the District of Delaware. 11 Stat. 22 · June 26, 1856 · H.R. 311 An Act to revive and continue in force the Provisions of the Act of 1853, in Relation to "Suspended Entries of Public Lands," and the Act of 1846, in Relation to "Suspended Preemption Land Claims." 11 Stat. 23 · June 26, 1856 · S. 156 An Act changing the time of holding the District Court of the United States at Wytheville, in the Western District of Virginia. 11 Stat. 23 · July 3, 1856 · H.R. 421 An Act to change the times of holding the United States Courts in Tennessee. 11 Stat. 23 · July 3, 1856 · H.R. 409 An Act granting to certain Citizens of the State of Missouri the Right to enter certain Lands in the Plattsburg District, in said State. 11 Stat. 24 · July 8, 1856 · S. 14 An Act to remove Obstructions to Navigation in the Mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass and Pass a l'Outre. 11 Stat. 25 · July 8, 1856 · S. 2 An Act making an Appropriation for deepening the Channel over the Flats of the St. Mary's River, in the State of Michigan. 11 Stat. 25 · July 8, 1856 · S. 1 An Act making an Appropriation for deepening the Channel over the St. Clair Flats, in the State of Michigan. 11 Stat. 26 · July 8, 1856 · H.R. 185 An Act to explain the Act approved twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act to establish additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota." 11 Stat. 26 · July 8, 1856 · H.R. 67 An Act to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota. 11 Stat. 27 · July 8, 1856 · H.R. 197 An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked. 11 Stat. 27 · July 22, 1856 · H.R. 417 An Act for the Construction of a Road from Fort Ridgley in the Territory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska. 11 Stat. 27 · August 1, 1856 · H.R. 152 An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 29 · August 1, 1856 · S. 76 An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the United States Sloop-of-war Albany, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 30 · August 6, 1856 · S. 117 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a Court for the Investigation of Claims against the United States," approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. 11 Stat. 30 · August 7, 1856 · H.R. 261 An Act to alter and amend "An Act to appropriate Money to remove Obstructions in the Savannah River, below the City of Savannah, in the State of Georgia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. 11 Stat. 30 · August 11, 1856 · H.R. 553 An Act granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of Mississippi to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 32 · August 11, 1856 · S. 353 An Act to amend the Charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia. 11 Stat. 33 · August 11, 1856 · H.R. 352 An Act to confirm to certain Persons therein named, their Titles to certain Lots in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. 11 Stat. 33 · August 11, 1856 · S. 341 An Act to provide for the Public Instruction of Youth in Primary Schools throughout the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, without the Limits of the Cities of Washington and Georgetown. 11 Stat. 42 · August 11, 1856 · H.R. 73 An Act to provide for carrying into Effect the first Article of the Treaty between the United States and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hu… 11 Stat. 43 · August 16, 1856 · S. 53 An Act to authorize and direct the Settlement of the Account of the Bank of the State of Missouri for Money advanced for the Subsistence and Transportation of Volunteers. 11 Stat. 43 · August 16, 1856 · S. 419 An Act to alter the Time for holding the District Court in South Carolina, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 43 · August 16, 1856 · H.R. 3 An Act to reimburse the State of Vermont the Expenses incurred by her in paying her Militia called out in eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine to preserve the Neutrality of the Country. 11 Stat. 44 · August 16, 1856 · S. 53 An Act for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Patapsco River, and to render the Port of Baltimore accessible to the War Steamers of the United States. 11 Stat. 44 · August 16, 1856 · H.R. 189 An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 48 · August 16, 1856 · S. 398 An Act to regulate the Compensation of Members of Congress. 11 Stat. 49 · August 16, 1856 · S. 381 Act to amend the Acts regulating the Fees, Costs, and other judicial Expenses of the Government in the States, Territories, and District of Columbia, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 51 · August 16, 1856 · S. 111 An Act providing for a necessary Increase and better Organization of the Medical and Hospital Department of the Army. 11 Stat. 51 · August 16, 1856 · H.R. 12 An Act for continuing the Improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, in the Mississippi River. 11 Stat. 52 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 549 An Act to regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States. 11 Stat. 65 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 71 An Act making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hu… 11 Stat. 81 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 201 An Act making Appropriations for certain Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 94 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 315 An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 95 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 451 An Act making Appropriations for Light-houses, Light-boats, Buoys, &c. and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 101 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 316 An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 102 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 202 An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 118 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 215 An Act to authorize the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia to decree the Sale of Real Estate in certain Cases. 11 Stat. 119 · August 18, 1856 · S. 339 An Act to authorize Protection to be given to Citizens of the United States who may discover Deposites of Guano. 11 Stat. 120 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 214 An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Washington over the lower Eastern Branch or Navy-yard Bridge, and to regulate Travel upon the upper Eastern Branch, or Benning's Bridge, and for other … 11 Stat. 120 · August 18, 1856 · S. 204 An Act to fix the Graduation Periods for Lands in the Greensburg District, in the State of Louisiana. 11 Stat. 121 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 180 An Act making Appropriations for Fortifications and other Works of Defence, and for Repairs of Barracks and Quarters, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 122 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 568 An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. 11 Stat. 138 · August 18, 1856 · S. 234 An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to amend the several acts respecting Copyright," approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. 11 Stat. 139 · August 18, 1856 · S. 264 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act requiring Foreign Regulations of Commerce to be laid annually before Congress," approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 139 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 574 An Act making an Appropriation for the Survey of the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory. 11 Stat. 140 · August 18, 1856 · H.R. 123 An Act to continue the Land Offices at Vincennes, Indiana, and to ascertain and adjust the Titles to certain Lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, formerly included within the Vincennes Land District. 11 Stat. 147 · August 28, 1856 · S. 463 An Act to supply an Omission in the Enrolment of a certain Act. 11 Stat. 147 · August 30, 1856 · H.R. 153 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. 11 Stat. 150 · August 30, 1856 · S. 465 An Act to fix the Times of holding, in the State of Delaware, the Election of a Representative in the Congress of the United States. 11 Stat. 153 · January 2, 1857 · S. 391 An Act providing for the compulsory Prepayment of Postage on all transient printed Matter. 11 Stat. 153 · January 16, 1857 · S. 113 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to promote the Efficiency of the Navy." 11 Stat. 155 · January 17, 1857 · H.R. 582 An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 11 Stat. 155 · January 21, 1857 · S. 363 An Act to procure a Bust, in Marble, of the late Chief Justice John Rutledge. 11 Stat. 155 · January 24, 1857 · H.R. 757 An Act more effectually to enforce the Attendance of Witnesses on the Summons of either House of Congress, and to compel them to discover Testimony. 11 Stat. 156 · January 26, 1857 · S. 211 An Act making a Reappropriation from the Surplus Fund for the Relief of Lieutenant John Guest, United States Navy, and others. 11 Stat. 156 · January 28, 1857 · H.R. 301 An Act authorizing the establishing of a Navy Depot on Blythe Island, at Brunswick, on the Coast of Georgia, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 157 · February 5, 1857 · H.R. 251 An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be procured, by Purchase or otherwise, a suitable Steamer as a Revenue Cutter. 11 Stat. 157 · February 7, 1857 · S. 447 An Act supplementary to "An Act to organize an Institution for the Insane of the Army and Navy, and of the District of Columbia, in the said District," approved March third, eighteen, hundred and fifty-five. 11 Stat. 158 · February 7, 1857 · S. 129 An Act for regulating the Terms of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 159 · February 7, 1857 · H.R. 607 An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 11 Stat. 160 · February 16, 1857 · H.R. 581 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 11 Stat. 161 · February 16, 1857 · H.R. 806 An Act to incorporate the Columbian Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. 11 Stat. 162 · February 17, 1857 · H.R. 710 An Act for the Construction of a Wagon Road from Fort Kearney via the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains and Great Salt Lake Valley, to the eastern Portion of the State of California, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 163 · February 21, 1857 · H.R. 782 An Act to increase the Pay of the Officers of the Army. 11 Stat. 163 · February 21, 1857 · S. 190 An Act relating to Foreign Coins and to the Coinage of Cents at the Mint of the United States. 11 Stat. 164 · February 21, 1857 · H.R. 400 An Act to divide the State of Texas into two Judicial Districts. 11 Stat. 166 · February 26, 1857 · H.R. 642 An Act to authorize the People of the Territory of Minnesota to form a Constitution and State Government, preparatory to their Admission in the Union on an equal Footing with the original States. 11 Stat. 168 · March 2, 1857 · H.R. 2 An Act making Appropriations for the Completion of Military Roads in Oregon Territory. 11 Stat. 168 · March 2, 1857 · H.R. 803 An Act to establish Augusta, in the State of Georgia, a Port of Delivery. 11 Stat. 168 · March 2, 1857 · H.R. 617 An Act to amend the twenty-eighth Section of the Act of Congress approved the thirtieth of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act to provide Revenue from Imports and to change and modify exist… 11 Stat. 169 · March 3, 1857 · H.R. 614 An Act making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and fi… 11 Stat. 185 · March 3, 1857 · S. 253 An Act to establish an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin. 11 Stat. 186 · March 3, 1857 · H.R. 804 An Act to confirm certain Entries of Land therein named. 11 Stat. 186 · March 3, 1857 · H.R. 212 An Act to establish three additional Land Districts in the Territory of Nebraska.