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34th Congress · 1855–1857

Laws of the 34th Congress

Public laws · Private laws · Every Congress

265private laws on file 11, 35Statutes at Large volumes
The list

In the order GovInfo numbers them

11 Stat. 445 · February 20, 1856 An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register to the Bark Monmouth. 11 Stat. 445 · February 27, 1856 An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Name of the French-built Brig "Vigie" to "Minnie." 11 Stat. 445 · March 5, 1856 An Act to change the Name of the Brig "Hibernia" to "Victor of the Wave." 11 Stat. 446 · March 5, 1856 An Act to authorize the issuing of a Register or Enrolment to the Barque Cabargo. 11 Stat. 446 · March 13, 1856 An Act to admit to Register or Enrolment the Schooner Zadock Pratt. 11 Stat. 446 · April 1, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the Distributees of Colonel William Linn. 11 Stat. 446 · April 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Jacob Dodson. 11 Stat. 447 · April 18, 1856 An Act to authorize the Issue of a Register to the Brig "Echo" of Boston. 11 Stat. 447 · April 23, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Mary E. Tillman. 11 Stat. 447 · April 26, 1856 An Act to continue Half-pay to Mrs. Lewright Browning for a further term of five Years. 11 Stat. 447 · May 14, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Christian Hax, of the State of Maryland. 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Captain Langdon C. Easton, Assistant Quartermaster United States Army. 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John Crawford. 11 Stat. 448 · May 29, 1856 An Act for the Relief of William M. F. Magraw. 11 Stat. 448 · June 2, 1856 An Act to incorporate St. Thomas' Literary Society in the District of Columbia. 11 Stat. 449 · June 2, 1856 An Act for the Benefit of the Hebrew Congregation in the City of Washington. 11 Stat. 449 · June 2, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John S. Pendleton. 11 Stat. 450 · June 2, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Emma Bidamon. 11 Stat. 450 · June 2, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John Nugent. 11 Stat. 450 · June 14, 1856 An Act making Appropriation [s] for the Payment of certain Claims. 11 Stat. 451 · June 26, 1856 For the Relief of the Heirs of Col. Charles Simms, late Collector of the Port of Alexandria. 11 Stat. 451 · July 3, 1856 An Act authorizing a Settlement of the Accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian Agent at Detroit, in the State of Michigan. 11 Stat. 451 · July 3, 1856 An Act to authorize the issue of a Register to the Barque Tropic Bird. 11 Stat. 452 · July 14, 1856 An Act granting the Right of Way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad through the Arsenal, Magazine, and Jefferson Barracks, Tracts. 11 Stat. 452 · July 17, 1856 An Act to grant to L. Jane Horner and Children a Section of Land in Oregon. 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Captain J. P. Hatch, of the United States Army. 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Captain Joseph H. Whipple, deceased. 11 Stat. 453 · July 17, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Jacob Price, of Jefferson County, Virginia. 11 Stat. 453 · July 30, 1856 An Act to authorize the Entry of certain Lands in the State of Iowa by Mrs. Caroline Newington. 11 Stat. 453 · July 30, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth V. Lomax, only surviving Child of Captain William Lindsay, of the Revolution. 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Zadock Thompson, of Vermont. 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Samuel Scott. 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Levi Robinson. 11 Stat. 454 · July 30, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the Owners and Sharesmen of the Fishing Schooners Wanderer, Mary, Olive Branch, Two Brothers, and Brothers. 11 Stat. 455 · August 1, 1856 An Act directing a Settlement of the Account of David Gordon. 11 Stat. 455 · August 6, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Cephise Piseros, Widow of Louis Labranche, of the Parish of St. Charles, and State of Louisiana. 11 Stat. 455 · August 6, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Randall D. Livingston. 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Mrs. M. E. McKnight, Widow of Francis M. McKnight. 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Joseph Hill. 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 An Act to confirm Joseph Wandestrand in his Title to certain Lands. 11 Stat. 456 · August 6, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Richard Albritton. 11 Stat. 457 · August 11, 1856 An Act to incorporate the Columbia Library of Capitol Hill, in the City of Washington. 11 Stat. 458 · August 11, 1856 An Act to establish a Library for Young Men in the District of Columbia. 11 Stat. 460 · August 11, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Bridget Maher. 11 Stat. 460 · August 11, 1856 An Act to continue the Pension of Mrs. Nancy Weatherford. 11 Stat. 460 · August 11, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Benjamin La Fonte, William Altenburg, and others. 11 Stat. 460 · August 11, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Robert Mitchell. 11 Stat. 461 · August 11, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the "Columbian Harmony Society," of the City of Washington. 11 Stat. 461 · August 13, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Daniel Doland. 11 Stat. 461 · August 13, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Charles Stearns. 11 Stat. 461 · August 13, 1856 An Act to construe the Act entitled, "An Act for the Relief of James M. Goggin," approved twenty-seventh July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. 11 Stat. 462 · August 13, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Ansel Wilkinson. 11 Stat. 462 · August 13, 1856 An Act for the Relief of J. R. Powell. 11 Stat. 462 · August 16, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Olivia W. Cannon, Widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late a Midshipman in the United States Navy, now deceased. 11 Stat. 462 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Isaac Adams. 11 Stat. 463 · August 16, 1856 An Act restoring Joshua Mercer to the Roll of invalid Pensioners. 11 Stat. 463 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of West Drinkwater and others. 11 Stat. 463 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Amos B. Eaton, a Commissary of Subsistence in the United States Army. 11 Stat. 464 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Betsey Whipple. 11 Stat. 464 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Levi C. Harris. 11 Stat. 464 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Cezaire Wallace, of the Parish of Bossier, and State of Louisiana. 11 Stat. 465 · August 16, 1856 An Act to increase the Pension of Alpheus T. Palmer, late a Lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry. 11 Stat. 465 · August 16, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Nathaniel Mothershead, of Missouri. 11 Stat. 465 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Dempsey Pittman. 11 Stat. 465 · August 16, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Samuel B. Porter, a Soldier in the late War with Great Britain. 11 Stat. 466 · August 16, 1856 An Act to increase the Pension of Amaziah Goodwin, of the State of Maine. 11 Stat. 466 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Joseph Smith. 11 Stat. 466 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Samuel Forrest. 11 Stat. 466 · August 16, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Morris Powers. 11 Stat. 467 · August 16, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Norwood McClelland, Master of the Steamboat "New World." 11 Stat. 467 · August 16, 1856 An Act increasing the Pension of Albert Hart. 11 Stat. 467 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Thomas H. Baird. 11 Stat. 467 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Abraham Kintzing. 11 Stat. 467 · August 18, 1856 An Act granting Five Years' Half-Pay to Mrs. Ann Turner, Widow of Elbert Turner, deceased. 11 Stat. 468 · August 18, 1856 An Act granting a Revolutionary Pension to Sarah Blount. 11 Stat. 468 · August 18, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Nancy M. Gunsally, formerly Widow of Lyman M. Richmond, deceased. 11 Stat. 468 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X. Kelly. 11 Stat. 468 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Jabez B. Rooker, deceased. 11 Stat. 468 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt. 11 Stat. 469 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Adam D. Steuart, and of Alexander Randall, Executor of Daniel Randall. 11 Stat. 469 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Talbot C. Dousman. 11 Stat. 469 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Brevet Brigadier-General John B. Walbach, of the United States Army. 11 Stat. 470 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John Tucker. 11 Stat. 470 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of James Davidson, of Kentucky. 11 Stat. 470 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Isaac Cook and others. 11 Stat. 470 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Franck Taylor. 11 Stat. 470 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of the Representatives and Sureties of Robert King, deceased. 11 Stat. 471 · August 18, 1856 An Act granting a Pension to Benjamin Berry, a Soldier of the Revolution. 11 Stat. 471 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Anthony Rankin, of Tennessee. 11 Stat. 471 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Nancy Bowen and Sarah Larrabee. 11 Stat. 471 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John Poe, of Louisville, Kentucky. 11 Stat. 472 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Josiah S. Little. 11 Stat. 472 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Nathan M. Lounsbury. 11 Stat. 472 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Rebecca Halsey, Widow of Zephaniah Halsey, an Officer of the Revolution. 11 Stat. 472 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, Owners of the Steamer "Major Tompkins." 11 Stat. 473 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of F. A. Cunningham, Paymaster United States Army. 11 Stat. 473 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of John M. McIntosh. 11 Stat. 473 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Eliza B. McNeill. 11 Stat. 473 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Ambrose Lanfear, of Louisiana. 11 Stat. 474 · August 18, 1856 An Act for the Relief of Hannibal Faulk and Eliza S. Collier, (formerly Widow Scriber,) and the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Benjamin Scriber, deceased.

Source: GovInfo, U.S. Government Publishing Office — Public and Private Laws and United States Statutes at Large.