Laws of the 52nd Congress

27 Stat. 1 · January 22, 1892 · H.R. 123 An act fixing the times for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the northern district of Iowa. 27 Stat. 1 · January 28, 1892 · H.R. 517 An act providing for the completion of the allotment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. 27 Stat. 2 · February 3, 1892 · H.R. 28 An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory." 27 Stat. 2 · February 9, 1892 · H.R. 2785 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia," approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 27 Stat. 3 · February 9, 1892 · H.R. 3931 An act to detach Montgomery County from the Western and add it to the Eastern District of Arkansas. 27 Stat. 3 · February 11, 1892 · S. 1604 An act to provide for the creation of a fourth judicial district in the Territory of Utah. 27 Stat. 3 · February 15, 1892 · H.R. 217 An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the construction of a rail-road and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at South Saint Paul, Minnesota", approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety. 27 Stat. 4 · February 18, 1892 · H.R. 4107 An act to change the corporate name of the National Safe Deposit Company, of Washington. 27 Stat. 4 · February 26, 1892 · S. 1183 An act to extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the port of Sandusky, Ohio. 27 Stat. 5 · March 8, 1892 · H.R. 532 An act to constitute Newark, in the State of New Jersey, a port of immediate transportation. 27 Stat. 5 · March 8, 1892 · H.R. 5399 An act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the expenses of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 7 · March 9, 1892 · H.R. 435 An act to provide an additional mode of taking depositions of witnesses in causes pending in the courts of the United States. 27 Stat. 7 · March 10, 1892 · S. 821 An act to provide for a term of the circuit and district court at Littleton, New Hampshire. 27 Stat. 7 · March 18, 1892 · H.R. 3980 An act ratifying the act of the sixteenth territorial legislative assembly of Arizona, approved nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making appropriation in aid of Arizona's exhibit at the World's Columbian Expo… 27 Stat. 7 · March 18, 1892 · H.R. 6836 An act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 8 · March 18, 1892 · H.R. 6876 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 ninety-two. 27 Stat. 10 · March 21, 1892 · S. 1058 An act to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants and other consignees of goods and other property in the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 11 · March 21, 1892 · H.R. 5755 An act to provide for terms of the United States circuit and district courts at Cumberland, Maryland. 27 Stat. 11 · March 24, 1892 · H.R. 2568 An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the town of Chelan, in Okanogan County, State of Washington. 27 Stat. 11 · March 25, 1892 · H.R. 3933 An act to set apart a tract of land in the State of California for the use of the Lick Observatory of the astronomical department of the University of California. 27 Stat. 12 · March 26, 1892 · H.R. 128 An act to provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 27 Stat. 12 · March 29, 1892 · H.R. 6071 An act to amend section twelve hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes, relative to certificates of merit to the enlisted men of the Army. 27 Stat. 12 · March 31, 1892 · H.R. 497 An act to determine the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin. 27 Stat. 12 · March 31, 1892 · H.R. 2384 An act to change the name of the customs collection district and port of Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 13 · March 31, 1892 · H.R. 5118 An act to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and fo… 27 Stat. 13 · April 1, 1892 · H.R. 5891 An act to authorize the appointment of clerk for the circuit and district courts in the Texarkana division of the eastern district of Arkansas. 27 Stat. 13 · April 1, 1892 · S. 494 An act granting to the State of South Dakota section numbered thirty-six in township numbered ninety-four north of range numbered fifty-six west, in the county of Yankton, in said State, for the purpose of an asylum for… 27 Stat. 14 · April 5, 1892 · S. 1884 An act to prevent fraud upon the water revenues of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 14 · April 6, 1892 · S. 2315 An act to protect foreign exhibitors at the World's Columbian Exposition from prosecution for exhibiting wares protected by American patents and trade marks. 27 Stat. 14 · April 6, 1892 · S. 2643 An act changing the time for holding the circuit and district courts in the district of West Virginia. 27 Stat. 14 · April 7, 1892 · S. 808 An act establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Iowa. 27 Stat. 15 · April 7, 1892 · H.R. 4631 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight" as amended by act appr… 27 Stat. 15 · April 7, 1892 · H.R. 5176 An act to change the time of holding the courts in the eastern judicial district of Texas. 27 Stat. 15 · April 11, 1892 · H.R. 3867 An act to amend the act concerning officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 16 · April 11, 1892 · S. 2056 An act to repeal the provisions of an act entitled "An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring life-saving appliances on steame… 27 Stat. 16 · April 13, 1892 · H.R. 610 An act extending the privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the transportation of merchandise without appraisement, to the port of Ogdensburg … 27 Stat. 16 · April 13, 1892 · H.R. 4534 An act to extend to Marquette, Michigan, the privilege of immediate transportation of unappraised merchandise. 27 Stat. 16 · April 15, 1892 · S. 440 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city of Chamberlain, in Brulé County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota. 27 Stat. 18 · April 15, 1892 · S. 1643 An act authorizing the Velasco Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos River, in the State of Texas. 27 Stat. 19 · April 15, 1892 · S. 1645 An act making Velasco a subport of entry. 27 Stat. 19 · April 18, 1892 · S. 2388 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to… 27 Stat. 20 · April 19, 1892 · S. 418 An act to change the times for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Missouri. 27 Stat. 20 · April 23, 1892 · S. 113 An act to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas. 27 Stat. 21 · April 23, 1892 · S. 1492 An act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of plumbing in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 22 · April 28, 1892 · H.R. 5978 An act to extend the time for making an assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia, outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown. 27 Stat. 22 · April 28, 1892 · H.R. 4429 An act to empower the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to grant respites and pardons in certain cases. 27 Stat. 22 · April 30, 1892 · H.R. 2786 An act to amend the act giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad in the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 23 · April 30, 1892 · H.R. 6286 An act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company. 27 Stat. 24 · May 3, 1892 · H.R. 7020 An act to create a third division of the district of Kansas for judicial purposes, and to fix the time for holding court therein. 27 Stat. 25 · May 5, 1892 · H.R. 6185 An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States. 27 Stat. 26 · May 9, 1892 · S. 3022 An act authorizing the Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company to sell, transfer, and assign to the Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company the rights and franchises as granted by acts of Congress approved … 27 Stat. 27 · May 9, 1892 · S. 2305 An act to provide for the permanent preservation and custody of the records of the volunteer armies, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 27 · May 10, 1892 · H.R. 7023 An act to encourage American shipbuilding. 27 Stat. 28 · May 11, 1892 · H.R. 8503 An act making appropriations for expenses that may be incurred under the treaties between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth and April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ni… 27 Stat. 28 · May 11, 1892 · H.R. 6295 An act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 29 · May 11, 1892 · H.R. 6788 An act to establish sub-ports of entry and delivery at Superior, Wisconsin, and at Ashland, Wisconsin, in the Superior collection district of Michigan and Wisconsin. 27 Stat. 29 · May 11, 1892 · H.R. 5444 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company, of Washington," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. 27 Stat. 30 · May 12, 1892 · H.R. 250 All act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt, Carroll county, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road. 27 Stat. 31 · May 12, 1892 · H.R. 5354 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, between the town of Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, in Benton County, Missouri. 27 Stat. 33 · May 12, 1892 · H.R. 5108 An act to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana. 27 Stat. 33 · May 12, 1892 · H.R. 8001 An act to authorize a national bank at Chicago, Illinois, to establish a branch office upon the grounds of the World's Columbian Exposition. 27 Stat. 33 · May 13, 1892 · H.R. 7818 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 ninety-two, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 37 · May 13, 1892 · H.R. 7727 An act to authorize the construction of a telephone line on the coast of Virginia from Cape Charles to Assateague Island, in aid of the preservation of life and property. 27 Stat. 37 · May 13, 1892 · H.R. 4845 An act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to tax sales and taxes in the District of Columbia." 27 Stat. 38 · May 23, 1892 · H.R. 7360 An act authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri. 27 Stat. 39 · May 23, 1892 · H.R. 507 An act to provide for a term of the United States circuit and district courts at Evanston, Wyoming. 27 Stat. 39 · May 25, 1892 · H.R. 6658 An act to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west or Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 40 · May 25, 1892 · H.R. 4533 An act for the relief of holders of drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and ninety. 27 Stat. 40 · May 31, 1892 · S. 1975 An act for the protection of livery-stable keepers and other persons keeping horses at livery within the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 40 · June 3, 1892 · S. 1646 An act making Laredo, Texas, a subport of entry. 27 Stat. 41 · June 3, 1892 · S. 2613 An act to amend sections twenty-eight hundred and seven and twenty-eight hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes. 27 Stat. 41 · June 3, 1892 · S. 2460 An act to repeal the license tax of twenty-five dollars per year now imposed upon produce-dealers in the markets of the District of Columbia. 27 Stat. 41 · June 4, 1892 · H.R. 4004 An act to establish West Point, Virginia, a subport of entry and delivery in the Collection district of Richmond, Virginia. 27 Stat. 42 · June 6, 1892 · S. 661 An act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto. 27 Stat. 43 · June 6, 1892 · S. 1935 An act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a point at or near the city of Havana, in Mason County, and a point on the opposite side of said river, in Fulton County, in the State of Illinois. 27 Stat. 45 · June 6, 1892 · S. 2107 An act to enable the Centennial Board of Finance, incorporated by an act approved June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to close its affairs, and dissolving said corporation. 27 Stat. 46 · June 6, 1892 · S. 2437 An act granting to the Topeka Water and Electric Power Company of Kansas the right to erect and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. 27 Stat. 46 · June 6, 1892 · H.R. 7092 An act to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River. 27 Stat. 47 · June 8, 1892 · H.R. 7365 An act to authorize the Illinois and Iowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, Illinois. 27 Stat. 50 · June 10, 1892 · S. 1950 An act donating twenty acres of land from the Fort Sidney military reservation, on the northeast corner thereof, to the city of Sidney, Nebraska, for cemetery purposes. 27 Stat. 50 · June 14, 1892 · H.R. 9118 An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and other purposes 27 Stat. 50 · June 15, 1892 · H.R. 8420 An act granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park. 27 Stat. 51 · June 15, 1892 · H.R. 8295 An act to authorize the Glen Echo Railroad Company to cross the Washington Aqueduct. 27 Stat. 52 · June 17, 1892 · H.R. 38 An act to provide for the disposition and sale of lands known as the Klamath River Indian Reservation. 27 Stat. 53 · June 21, 1892 · S. 2021 An act granting the right and authority to the Mexican Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, to build one bridge over each of the follow… 27 Stat. 54 · June 22, 1892 · S. 442 An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota. 27 Stat. 56 · June 22, 1892 · S. 1644 An act authorizing the Continental Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Rio Grande River at or near Brownsville, Texas. 27 Stat. 57 · June 22, 1892 · S. 2254 An act authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi River at the city of Quincy, in the State of Illinois. 27 Stat. 58 · June 22, 1892 · S. 2597 An act to include lot numbered fifty-three in block eighty-nine, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the public reservation at that place. 27 Stat. 59 · June 24, 1892 · S. 3036 An act to confirm New Madrid location survey numbered twenty-four hundred and seventy-five and to provide for the issue of a patent therefor. 27 Stat. 59 · June 25, 1892 · S. 153 An act to provide an American register for the steamer Foxhall, of New Orleans, Louisiana. 27 Stat. 59 · June 25, 1892 · S. 1380 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes." 27 Stat. 60 · June 25, 1892 · S. 81 An act to relinquish the interest of the United States in a certain parcel of land in the city of Pensacola, Florida, to Escambia Lodge, Numbered Fifteen, Free and Accepted Masons. 27 Stat. 60 · June 25, 1892 · S. 1714 An act to prevent cruelty to children or animals in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 61 · June 30, 1892 · S. 1952 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, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, by extendin… 27 Stat. 61 · June 30, 1892 · H.R. 8861 An act for the relief of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company. 27 Stat. 61 · July 1, 1892 · S. 2049 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect certain recommendations of the Mission Indian commission, and to issue patents for certain lands. 27 Stat. 62 · July 1, 1892 · H.R. 7557 An act to provide for the opening of a part of the Colville Reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. 27 Stat. 65 · July 5, 1892 · H.R. 410 An act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railroad Company. 27 Stat. 66 · July 5, 1892 · H.R. 429 An act to incorporate the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company.