Laws of the 53rd Congress

28 Stat. 1 · September 1, 1893 · S. 50 An Act In aid of the California Midwinter International Exposition. 28 Stat. 2 · September 7, 1893 · H.R. 4 An Act To provide for certain urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 2 · October 2, 1893 · S. 721 An Act To provide for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 3 · October 3, 1893 · H.R. 3607 An Act To extend the time for completing the work of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 3 · October 20, 1893 · S. 824 An Act Granting settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma Territory the right to commute their homestead entries, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 4 · October 31, 1893 · H.R. 3421 An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for the New England coast. 28 Stat. 4 · November 1, 1893 · H.R. 1986 An Act To amend section six of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes." 28 Stat. 4 · November 1, 1893 · H.R. 1 An Act To repeal a part of an act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes." 28 Stat. 5 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 2002 An Act To amend an act entitled "An act to provide the times and places for holding terms of United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming," approved July five, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 28 Stat. 5 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 2799 An Act To provide for the time and place of holding the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the State of South Dakota. 28 Stat. 6 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 3297 An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for service on the Great Lakes. 28 Stat. 6 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 3545 An Act To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to mining claims. 28 Stat. 7 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 3571 An Act To increase the number of officers of the Army to be detailed to colleges. 28 Stat. 7 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 3684 An Act To amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 28 Stat. 8 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 4015 An Act In aid of the World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition to be held at New York City. 28 Stat. 9 · November 3, 1893 · H.R. 4186 An Act To regulate the fees of the clerk of the United States Court for the Indian Territory. 28 Stat. 15 · December 12, 1893 · H.R. 3544 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," approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred … 28 Stat. 15 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 4177 An Act To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 16 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 4763 An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 20 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 146 An Act To extend North Capitol street to the Soldiers' Home, 28 Stat. 20 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 288 An Act To provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 21 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 2668 An Act Authorizing the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General to approve postmasters' bonds. 28 Stat. 21 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 3629 An Act To close alleys in square numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 21 · December 21, 1893 · H.R. 4243 An Act Granting the right of way for the construction of a railroad and other improvements over and on the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas 28 Stat. 22 · December 21, 1893 · S. 1021 An Act To grant the right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 26 · January 11, 1894 · H.R. 2796 An Act Relating to the disqualification of registers and receivers of the United States land offices, and making provision in case of such disqualification. 28 Stat. 26 · January 22, 1894 · S. 1378 An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, granting to the Aransas Pass Harbor Company the right to improve Aransas Pass. 28 Stat. 27 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 156 An Act For the establishment of a light and fog-signal station near Butler Flats, New Bedford, Massachusetts. 28 Stat. 27 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 299 An Act To extend the time for the construction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. 28 Stat. 27 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 340 An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. 28 Stat. 28 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 1920 An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty, Title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to inspection of iron or steel boiler plates. 28 Stat. 28 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 4340 An Act To amend section four hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes so as to require original receipts for deposits of postmasters to be sent to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department. 28 Stat. 29 · January 22, 1894 · H.R. 4414 An Act To amend an Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Company to construct two bridges across Boeuf River, in Louisiana. 28 Stat. 29 · January 27, 1894 · S. 339 An Act To authorize the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga. 28 Stat. 30 · January 27, 1894 · H.R. 3627 An Act Granting certain lands to the Territory of Arizona. 28 Stat. 30 · January 27, 1894 · H.R. 4610 An Act To improve the methods of accounting in the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 33 · January 27, 1894 · H.R. 4292 An Act To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to contracts for supplies in the Departments at Washington. 28 Stat. 34 · February 1, 1894 · H.R. 356 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 35 · February 2, 1894 · H.R. 3689 An Act Authorizing the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway Company to bridge the Neches and Sabine Rivers in the States of Texas and Louisiana. 28 Stat. 36 · February 8, 1894 · H.R. 2331 An Act To repeal all statutes relating to supervisors of elections and special deputy marshals, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 37 · February 9, 1894 · S. 758 An Act Extending the time allowed the Umatilla Irrigation Company for the construction of its ditch across the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 37 · February 10, 1894 · S. 824 An Act For the relief of certain settlers upon the Iowa Reservation, Oklahoma Territory. 28 Stat. 38 · February 21, 1894 · H.R. 4449 An Act Fixing the limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by Salt Lake City. 28 Stat. 38 · February 24, 1894 · S. 1126 An Act Granting to the Des Moines Rapids Power Company the right to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a wing dam, canal, and power station in the Mississippi River in Hancock County, Illinois. 28 Stat. 38 · March 6, 1894 · H.R. 5414 An Act To extend the time for building a street railway on the military reservation, Fort Riley, Kansas. 28 Stat. 39 · March 9, 1894 · H.R. 5833 An Act Providing for the rescue of the armament and wreck of the United States war ship Kearsarge. 28 Stat. 39 · March 9, 1894 · H.R. 4770 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River at or near Van Buren, Arkansas. 28 Stat. 40 · March 10, 1894 · S. 1306 An Act To establish a port of delivery at Bonners Ferry, Idaho. 28 Stat. 40 · March 12, 1894 · S. 1217 An Act To continue in force the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and entitled "An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a s… 28 Stat. 41 · March 12, 1894 · S. 1460 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," being title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes. 28 Stat. 41 · March 12, 1894 · H.R. 5646 An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 43 · March 14, 1894 · H.R. 9 An Act To transfer the Morris Island Life-Saving Station, near Charleston, South Carolina, to Sullivans Island. 28 Stat. 43 · March 14, 1894 · S. 432 An Act To provide an American register for the steamer El Callao. 28 Stat. 44 · March 14, 1894 · H.R. 4571 An Act To make service connections with water mains and sewers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 44 · March 14, 1894 · H.R. 5485 An Act To amend. "An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the East River, between the city of New York and. Long Island," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 28 Stat. 44 · March 24, 1894 · H.R. 4831 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge at or near Sioux City, Iowa," approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, e… 28 Stat. 45 · March 29, 1894 · S. 260 An Act To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the city of Kansas and the town of Sibley, in the county of Jackson and St… 28 Stat. 45 · March 29, 1894 · H.R. 5425 An Act For a charter for the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company. 28 Stat. 47 · March 29, 1894 · H.R. 5529 An Act To repeal section three hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to accounts of the Treasury of the United States. 28 Stat. 47 · March 29, 1894 · H.R. 5530 An Act To regulate the making of property returns by officers of the Government. 28 Stat. 47 · April 2, 1894 · S. 1749 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at Glenwood, Pennsylvania. 28 Stat. 48 · April 2, 1894 · H.R. 1918 An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers in the States of Louisiana and Texas. 28 Stat. 50 · April 5, 1894 · H.R. 1919 An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Caddo Lake at or near Mooringsport, Louisiana, and Cross Bayou, near Shreveport, Louisiana. 28 Stat. 52 · April 6, 1894 · S. 1836 An Act To give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and nin… 28 Stat. 55 · April 21, 1894 · H.R. 1917 An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas or in the State of Texas. 28 Stat. 57 · April 21, 1894 · H.R. 5041 An Act To extend the time authorizing the Saint Louis and Birmingham Railroad to build a bridge across Tennessee River at Clifton, Tennessee. 28 Stat. 57 · April 21, 1894 · H.R. 5356 An Act To authorize the West Braddock Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from the borough of Rankin to Mifflin Township. 28 Stat. 58 · April 21, 1894 · H.R. 6556 An Act To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 62 · April 21, 1894 · H.R. 1916 An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River, in the State of Arkansas. 28 Stat. 64 · April 24, 1894 · S. 1928 An Act To amend section one of an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An Act to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the treaty between the … 28 Stat. 64 · April 24, 1894 · H.R. 5978 An Act To authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. 28 Stat. 67 · April 30, 1894 · H.R. 3713 An Act To provide for the division of the eastern district of Michigan into the northern and southern divisions, and for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States therein, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 68 · May 1, 1894 · H.R. 4765 An Act To authorize the Saint Louis River Bridge Company and the Duluth Transfer Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Saint Louis River from a point at or near Grassy Point, in the villa… 28 Stat. 71 · May 4, 1894 · H.R. 5065 An Act To ratify the reservation of certain lands made for the benefit of Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 72 · May 7, 1894 · S. 1403 An Act To authorize the reconstruction of a bridge across the Niobrara River near the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, and making an appropriation therefor. 28 Stat. 72 · May 7, 1894 · H.R. 6055 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River in the city of Pittsburg. 28 Stat. 73 · May 7, 1894 · H.R. 6073 An Act To extend the limits of the port of New York. 28 Stat. 73 · May 7, 1894 · H.R. 6442 An Act To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 75 · May 11, 1894 · H.R. 3740 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia." 28 Stat. 76 · May 12, 1894 · H.R. 4419 An Act To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a patent to Mace-Clements's survey, numbered three hundred and eighty-six, in the Virginia military-district of Ohio. 28 Stat. 76 · May 12, 1894 · H.R. 6110 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Red Wing, Minnesota. 28 Stat. 78 · May 25, 1894 · S. 443 An Act To provide for the sale of new tickets by the street railway companies of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 78 · May 28, 1894 · S. 1808 An Act To amend the Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, South Dakota." 28 Stat. 78 · May 28, 1894 · H.R. 5771 An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company to bridge Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas. 28 Stat. 80 · May 28, 1894 · H.R. 6610 An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one mile above the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri. 28 Stat. 82 · May 28, 1894 · H.R. 6770 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange, in behalf of the United States, deeds of land with the Pemaquid Land Company of Maine, in settlement of a disputed boundary of the Pemaquid Point, Maine, lig… 28 Stat. 82 · May 28, 1894 · H.R. 6970 An Act To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at seas." 28 Stat. 83 · May 28, 1894 · H.R. 6838 An Act To construe the Act of Congress passed January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 84 · May 29, 1894 · H.R. 7072 An Act To amend section thirty-eight hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes relating to advances made to the Public Printer. 28 Stat. 84 · May 30, 1894 · S. 1467 An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoe and Missouria Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes," approved … 28 Stat. 84 · May 30, 1894 · H.R. 73 An Act Supplementary to the Act of Congress approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An Act defining the manner in which certain land scrip may be assigned and located or applied by a… 28 Stat. 85 · June 5, 1894 · S. 2020 An Act Supplementary to an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the execution of the award rendered at Paris, August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by the Tribunal of Arbitratio… 28 Stat. 85 · June 5, 1894 · S. 1886 An Act To facilitate the entry of steamships. 28 Stat. 86 · June 6, 1894 · S. 123 An Act Defining and permanently fixing the northern boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 86 · June 6, 1894 · S. 1226 An Act To extend and amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved… 28 Stat. 87 · June 6, 1894 · S. 755 An Act Granting the right of way to the Albany and Astoria Railroad Company through the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 88 · June 7, 1894 · H.R. 5779 An Act To grant certain lands to the township board of Inwood Township, Michigan, for cemetery purposes. 28 Stat. 88 · June 7, 1894 · H.R. 6123 An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at the foot of Dickson street, in the borough of Homestead, in the State of Pennsylvania. 28 Stat. 89 · June 7, 1894 · H.R. 6448 An Act To authorize the New York and New Jersey Bridge Companies to construct and maintain a bridge across the Hudson River between New York City and the State of New Jersey. 28 Stat. 90 · June 8, 1894 · S. 1424 An Act To amend section eight of "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River," approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.