Laws of the 49th Congress

24 Stat. 1 · January 19, 1886 · S. 128 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a duplicate certificate of deposit to the People's National Bank of Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. 24 Stat. 1 · January 19, 1886 · S. 471 An act to provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and Vice-President. 24 Stat. 2 · January 19, 1886 · S. 602 An act to legalize the election of the Territorial legislative assembly of Wyoming. 24 Stat. 2 · February 2, 1886 · S. 671 An act making an appropriation for the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building, and the site bounded by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore, and Water streets, New York City, for Army purposes. 24 Stat. 3 · February 9, 1886 · H.R. 5186 An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended balances for the relief of the Northern Cheyennes in Montana. 24 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1886 · S. 126 An act to change the name of The National Bank of Winona. 24 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1886 · S. 382 An act to authorize the Merchants' National Bank of Little Rock, Arkansas, to change its name to the First National Bank of Little Rock. 24 Stat. 4 · March 13, 1886 · S. 491 An act to provide for an American register for the steamship Caroline Miller, of Baltimore, Maryland. 24 Stat. 4 · March 16, 1886 · S. 610 An act to provide for a building for the use of the Federal courts, post-office, and internal-revenue and other civil offices, and a United States jail, in the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. 24 Stat. 5 · March 18, 1886 · H.R. 5219 An act to provide for an American register for the steamship Ozama, of New York City. 24 Stat. 5 · March 19, 1886 · H.R. 545 An act to increase the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors 24 Stat. 6 · March 26, 1886 · H.R. 5893 An act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 8 · March 29, 1886 · S. 1136 An act additional to an act entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," passed June third, eighteen hundred and… 24 Stat. 8 · March 29, 1886 · H.R. 1245 An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Shakopee Minnesota 24 Stat. 9 · March 29, 1886 · H.R. 4982 An act to enable the Public Printer to continue in effect the provisions of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to remove certain material from the Government Printing Office" … 24 Stat. 9 · March 30, 1886 · H.R. 4420 An act to authorize the publication of a new edition of the Postal Laws and Regulations. 24 Stat. 9 · March 31, 1886 · H.R. 5544 An act to amend section three hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing the temporary appointment of an Acting Assistant Treasurer. 24 Stat. 10 · April 15, 1886 · S. 44 An act providing for the erection of a public building at San Antonio, Texas. 24 Stat. 10 · April 15, 1886 An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River at or near Alton, Illinois, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 12 · April 15, 1886 · H.R. 1270 An act to authorize the Mississippi Water-Power and Boom Company, of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct a dam across the Mississippi River. 24 Stat. 12 · April 15, 1886 · H.R. 1297 An act authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional Library. 24 Stat. 14 · April 17, 1886 · H.R. 1151 An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Lieutenant William P. Randall a lieutenant-commander on the retired-list of the Navy. 24 Stat. 14 · April 22, 1886 · S. 633 An act to change the name of Uniontown to Anacostia. 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · S. 1476 An act to amend the act of Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers, in the State… 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · H.R. 2239 An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the rightful owners the contents of certain boxes deposited in the Treasury Department by the Secretary of War. 24 Stat. 15 · April 22, 1886 · H.R. 7632 An act to establish a light-ship off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. 24 Stat. 15 · April 29, 1886 · H.R. 444 An act to amend section thirty-three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 24 Stat. 16 · April 30, 1886 · S. 2239 An act extending the time for the completion of the records of the clerk of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and the transfer of the same to the Department of State. 24 Stat. 16 · May 1, 1886 · S. 82 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. 24 Stat. 17 · May 1, 1886 · S. 481 An act authorizing the partition of certain land in Louisville, Kentucky, belonging jointly to John Echols and the Government of the United States. 24 Stat. 17 · May 1, 1886 · S. 880 An act granting the right of way to the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company through the arsenal and naval asylum grounds at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24 Stat. 18 · May 1, 1886 · S. 2224 An act in aid of the national monument at Plymouth, Massachusetts. 24 Stat. 18 · May 1, 1886 · H.R. 327 An act to enable national banking associations to increase their capital stock and to change their names or locations. 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · H.R. 6980 An act making an appropriation to complete the public building at Jackson, Tennessee, and to reappropriate an unexpended balance therefor. 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · H.R. 7467 An act to grant for the use of the public a street across the United States grounds in the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee. 24 Stat. 19 · May 1, 1886 · H.R. 7647 An act to establish a light-house at Seul Choix Point, Michigan. 24 Stat. 20 · May 3, 1886 · S. 1487 An act to establish two additional land-districts in the State of Nebraska. 24 Stat. 20 · May 3, 1886 · H.R. 4493 An act to amend the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 21 · May 3, 1886 · H.R. 5549 An act limiting the cost of the erection of a public building at Rochester, New York. 24 Stat. 21 · May 6, 1886 · S. 1377 An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey, to the Morris County Railroad Company. 24 Stat. 22 · May 6, 1886 · H.R. 129 An act to protect homestead settlers within railway limits and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 23 · May 11, 1886 · S. 214 An act for the relief of Oscar Eastmond and James W. Atwill. 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · S. 216 An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates of discharge to certain members of the Missouri Home Guards. 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · S. 102 An act authorizing the District of Columbia to convey the alley, fifteen feet wide, running east and west between lots six and seven, in square six hundred and thirty-five, comprising an area of three thousand four hund… 24 Stat. 23 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 2993 An act to authorize the Chicago, Freeport and Saint Paul Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Croix River (or lake) at any accessible point between Prescott, Wisconsin, and Stillwater, Minnesota. 24 Stat. 25 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 3370 An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 27 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 3371 An act authorizing the construction of bridges across the Illinois River, in the State of Illinois, and the Des Moines River, in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 28 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 4765 An act to authorize the Red River Bridge Company of Texas to maintain a bridge across Red River. 24 Stat. 29 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 5543 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 … 24 Stat. 47 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 5673 An act to authorize the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from Winona, Minnesota, to the opposite shore in Wisconsin. 24 Stat. 48 · May 15, 1886 · H.R. 6558 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone River, in Montana. 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · S. 223 An act to regulate the promotion of graduates of the United States Military Academy. 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · S. 1013 An act providing for the establishment of a port of entry at Mount Desert Ferry, in the town of Hancock, in the State of Maine. 24 Stat. 50 · May 17, 1886 · S. 1105 An act granting the right of way to the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · S. 1471 An act to remove the charge of desertion from the rolls and records in the Office of the Adjutant-General of the Army against certain soldiers. 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 606 An act authorizing the removal of the statue of Major-General John A. Rawlins from its present location to a site to be selected by the Secretary of War. 24 Stat. 51 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 1027 An act for the extension and repair of the public building at Belfast, Maine. 24 Stat. 52 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 1360 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within ten miles below and five miles above the city of Kansas City, Missouri. 24 Stat. 53 · May 17, 1886 An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a bridge by the Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railroad Company over the Tennessee River. 24 Stat. 54 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 2410 An act for the addition of a third story to the public building in Dallas, Texas. 24 Stat. 55 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 3369 An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 57 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 3519 An act authorizing the Inter-State Rapid Transit Railway Company to build a bridge across the Kansas River. 24 Stat. 57 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 3775 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase an additional strip of ground on the east side of the United States court-house and post-office building at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be paid for out of the ap… 24 Stat. 58 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 4569 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected either in the counties of Clay and Jackson, in the State of Missouri, or in the county of Clay or Platte, in said Stat… 24 Stat. 59 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 5677 An act to authorize the construction of a pile and pontoon railway and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from the city of Red Wing Minnesota, to the opposite shore, in the State of Wisconsin. 24 Stat. 60 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 5684 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the mouth of the Femme Osage Creek and a point two miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the county of Sa… 24 Stat. 62 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 5685 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at the most accessible point in Saline City, or within five miles above or five miles below the same, in the county of Saline, in the State of Mis… 24 Stat. 63 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 5786 An act granting to the Gainesville and Chickasaw Bridge Company the consent of the United States to construct and maintain a bridge over Red River at or near Brown's Ferry, in Cooke County, Texas. 24 Stat. 64 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 6013 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point within two miles north and two miles south of the city of Atchison, in the county of Atchison, in the State of Kansas. 24 Stat. 65 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 7646 An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge by the Dakota Central Railway Company across the Missouri River, at Pierre, Dakota. 24 Stat. 67 · May 17, 1886 · H.R. 7651 An act to authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, Railway Company to construct, operate, and maintain a Bridge across the Missouri River near or in the vicinity of Chamberlain in the Territory of Dakota. 24 Stat. 68 · May 18, 1886 · H.R. 661 An act granting the right of way through the Fort Selden Military Reservation, in New Mexico, to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company. 24 Stat. 69 · May 20, 1886 · S. 1405 An act to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and of their effects upon the human system, in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, by the pupi… 24 Stat. 69 · May 20, 1886 · H.R. 7938 An act to authorize the Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railway and Bridge Company to erect a bridge across the Ohio River. 24 Stat. 69 · May 24, 1886 · S. 1387 An act for the completion of a public building at Wichita, Kansas. 24 Stat. 70 · May 26, 1886 · H.R. 7207 An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred and s… 24 Stat. 70 · May 27, 1886 · S. 1394 An act to provide for the ascertainment of the market value of certain property in the city of Chicago, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell and convey said property. 24 Stat. 71 · May 28, 1886 · H.R. 4968 An act to authorize and direct the registry and enrollment of the Barge Michigan, of Alpena, Michigan. 24 Stat. 72 · May 28, 1886 · H.R. 8762 An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for public printing, pensions and pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. 24 Stat. 73 · June 1, 1886 · S. 1484 An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 76 · June 1, 1886 · H.R. 5789 An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 24 Stat. 76 · June 1, 1886 · S. 91 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to grant a right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands of the Choctaw and Chicaksaw Nations of Indians to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, a… 24 Stat. 77 · June 2, 1886 · H.R. 6661 An act to provide for closing up the business and paying the expenses of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 78 · June 16, 1886 · S. 121 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Staten Island Sound, known as Arthur Kill, and to establish the same as a post-road. 24 Stat. 79 · June 19, 1886 · H.R. 4838 An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 83 · June 19, 1886 · H.R. 5910 An act to detach the counties of Howard, Little River, and Sevier from the western and add them to the eastern district of Arkansas. 24 Stat. 84 · June 19, 1886 · H.R. 6965 An act to authorize Columbia County, in Washington Territory, to issue bonds for the construction of a court-house 24 Stat. 84 · June 19, 1886 · H.R. 6975 An act to establish additional life-saving stations. 24 Stat. 84 · June 21, 1886 · S. 200 An act to authorize the purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge or the construction of a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Georgetown, District of Columbia. 24 Stat. 86 · June 29, 1886 · S. 1657 An act to legalize the incorporation of National Trades Unions. 24 Stat. 86 · June 29, 1886 · H.R. 4177 An act to reduce the fee on domestic money-orders for sums not exceeding five dollars. 24 Stat. 87 · June 29, 1886 · H.R. 4415 An act to make the allowances for clerk-hire, to postmasters of the first and second class post-offices cover the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 87 · June 29, 1886 · H.R. 5886 An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 24 Stat. 91 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 544 An act granting leave of absence to employees in the Government Printing Office 24 Stat. 91 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 5887 An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 24 Stat. 93 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 6395 An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 100 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 7481 An act making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. 24 Stat. 104 · June 30, 1886 · S. 2222 An act to authorize the Cheyenne and Northern Railway Company to build its road across the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie Military Reservations. 24 Stat. 104 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 5547 An act for the erection of a public building at Savannah, Georgia. 24 Stat. 105 · June 30, 1886 · H.R. 7735 An act making an appropriation to complete the public building at Hannibal, Missouri, in accordance with the original plan of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and to make the same fire-proof.