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119th Congress

Volume 13

1864–1865 · 38th Congress · sessions 1–2 · 397 public laws.

  1. Public Law 38–IChapter I: declaring the Assent of Congress to an Act of the Legislature of the State, of Illinois, therein named.Jan 16, 1864
  2. Public Law 38–IIChapter II: to authorize the President to appoint a Second Assistant Secretary of War.Jan 22, 1864
  3. Public Law 38–IIIChapter III: to provide for the Deficiency in the Appropriation for the Pay of Officers and Men actually employed in the Western Department, or Department of Missouri.Jan 22, 1864
  4. Public Law 38–IVChapter IV: to amend the Law prescribing the Articles to be admitted into the Mails of the United States.Jan 22, 1864
  5. Public Law 38–VChapter V: to change the Place of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, for the District of West Tennessee, and for other Purposes.Jan 26, 1864
  6. Public Law 38–VIChapter VI: relating to the Admission of Patients to the Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia.Jan 28, 1864
  7. Public Law 38–VIIChapter VII: 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 sixty five.Jan 29, 1864
  8. Public Law 38–VIIIChapter VIII: authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.Feb 12, 1864
  9. Public Law 38–IXChapter IX: making an Appropriation for rebuilding the Stable at the President’s.Feb 13, 1864
  10. Public Law 38–XIChapter XI: amendatory of and supplementary to “An Act to provide Circuit Courts for the Districts of California and Oregon, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Feb 19, 1864
  11. Public Law 38–XIIIChapter XIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act for enrolling and calling out the National Forces, and for other Purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Feb 24, 1864
  12. Public Law 38–XIVChapter XIV: reviving the Grade of Lieutenant-General in the United States Army.Feb 29, 1864
  13. Public Law 38–XVChapter XV: to extend the Time for the Withdrawal of Goods from public Stores and bonded Warehouses, and for other Purposes.Feb 29, 1864
  14. Public Law 38–XVIChapter XVI: to authorize the Appointment of a Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia.Feb 29, 1864
  15. Public Law 38–XVIIChapter XVII: supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Mar 3, 1864
  16. Public Law 38–XVIIIChapter XVIII: to provide for the Protection of Overland Emigration to the States and Territories of the Pacific.Mar 3, 1864
  17. Public Law 38–XXChapter XX: to increase the Internal Revenue, and for other Purposes.Mar 7, 1864
  18. Public Law 38–XXIChapter XXI: to incorporate the Washington City Savings Bank.Mar 8, 1864
  19. Public Law 38–XXIIChapter XXII: to enable Guardians and Committees of Lunatics, appointed in the several States, to act within the District of Columbia.Mar 8, 1864
  20. Public Law 38–XXIIIChapter XXIII: to apportion the Expenses of the Levy Court of the County of Washington upon the Basis of Population.Mar 8, 1864
  21. Public Law 38–XXIVChapter XXIV: to authorize the Enrolment and License of the Steam-tugs B. F. Davidson and W. K. Muir.Mar 8, 1864
  22. Public Law 38–XXVIIChapter XXVII: to establish a uniform System of Ambulances in the Armies of the United States.Mar 11, 1864
  23. Public Law 38–XXVIIIChapter XXVIII: to constitute Parkersburg, in the State of West Virginia, a Port of Delivery.Mar 11, 1864
  24. Public Law 38–XXXChapter XXX: to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and for other Purposes.Mar 14, 1864
  25. Public Law 38–XXXIChapter XXXI: in Relation to University Lands in Washington Territory.Mar 14, 1864
  26. Public Law 38–XXXIIIChapter XXXIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers,” approved June, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.Mar 15, 1864
  27. Public Law 38–XXXIVChapter XXXIV: making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.Mar 16, 1864
  28. Public Law 38–XXXIVChapter XXXIV: in Addition to an Act to amend the Laws relating to the Post-Office Department, approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Mar 16, 1864
  29. Public Law 38–XXXVIChapter XXXVI: to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States.Mar 21, 1864
  30. Public Law 38–XXXVIIChapter XXXVII: to enable the People of Colorado to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Pooling with the original States.Mar 21, 1864
  31. Public Law 38–XXXVIIIChapter XXXVIII: amendatory of the Homestead Law, and for other Purposes.Mar 21, 1864
  32. Public Law 38–XLChapter XL: to provide for carrying the Mails from the United States to foreign Ports and for other Purposes.Mar 25, 1864
  33. Public Law 38–XLIChapter XLI: to authorize the President to negotiate a Treaty with the Klamath, Modoc, and other Indian tribes in Southeastern Oregon.Mar 25, 1864
  34. Public Law 38–XLIIChapter XLII: to carry into Effect the Convention with Ecuador for the mutual Adjustment of Claims.Mar 28, 1864
  35. Public Law 38–XLVChapter XLV: making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty five.Apr 1, 1864
  36. Public Law 38–XLVIChapter XLVI: to increase the Pension of the Revolutionary Pensioners note on the Rolls of the Pension Office.Apr 1, 1864
  37. Public Law 38–XLVIIChapter XLVII: relating to Acting Assistant Paymasters to the Navy, and regulating the Appointment of Cadets in the Naval Academy.Apr 1, 1864
  38. Public Law 38–XLVIIIChapter XLVIII: to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California.Apr 8, 1864
  39. Public Law 38–XLIXChapter XLIX: incorporate the Union Gaslight Company of the District of Columbia.Apr 8, 1864
  40. Public Law 38–LChapter L: to incorporate Providence Hospital of the City of Washington, District of Columbia.Apr 8, 1864
  41. Public Law 38–LIChapter LI: concerning Notaries Public for the District of Columbia.Apr 8, 1864
  42. Public Law 38–LIIChapter LII: to authorize the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind to confer Degrees.Apr 8, 1864
  43. Public Law 38–LIIIChapter LIII: to amend Section nine of the Act approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled An Act to define the Pay and Emoluments of certain Officers of the Army, and for other Purposes.Apr 9, 1864
  44. Public Law 38–LIVChapter LIV: to appoint an Appraiser and Assistant Appraiser for the Port of Portland, and for other Purpose.Apr 9, 1864
  45. Public Law 38–LVIIIChapter LVIII: extending the Time within which the States and Territories may accept the Grant of Lands made by the Act entitled #x201C;An Act donating public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,” approved My second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Apr 14, 1864
  46. Public Law 38–LIXChapter LIX: enable the People of Nebraska to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the union on an equal Footing with the original States.Apr 19, 1864
  47. Public Law 38–LXChapter LX: in Addition to “An Act for the Establishment of certain Arsenals.Apr 19, 1864
  48. Public Law 38–LXIChapter LXI: fixing the Date of the Loss of the U. S. Brig “Bainbridge,” and for the Relief of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the same, and for other Purposes.Apr 19, 1864
  49. Public Law 38–LXIIIChapter LXIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish and equalize the Grade of Line Officers of the United States Navy,” approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Apr 21, 1864
  50. Public Law 38–LXIVChapter LXIV: to amend an Act for enrolling and calling out the National Forces so as to increase the Rank, Pay, and Emoluments of the Provost-Marshal General.Apr 21, 1864
  51. Public Law 38–LXVChapter LXV: to change the Name of the District and Port of Presque Isle to the District and Port of Erie.Apr 21, 1864
  52. Public Law 38–LXVIChapter LXVI: in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act relating to Foreign Coins and the Coinage, of Cents at the Mint of the United States,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.Apr 22, 1864
  53. Public Law 38–LXVIIChapter LXVII: for a Charter of Masonic Hall Association, in Washington City, District of Columbia.Apr 26, 1864
  54. Public Law 38–LXVIIIChapter LXVIII: to authorize the Issuing of a Register to the Steam Vessel “John Martin.”Apr 26, 1864
  55. Public Law 38–LXIXChapter LXIX: fixing certain Rides and Regulations for preventing Collisions on the Water.Apr 29, 1864
  56. Public Law 38–LXXChapter LXX: to provide for the Collection of Hospital Dues from Vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign Ports or Waters.Apr 29, 1864
  57. Public Law 38–LXXIChapter LXXI: to increase the Compensation of Inspectors of Customs in certain Ports.Apr 29, 1864
  58. Public Law 38–LXXIIChapter LXXII: in Reference to Donation Claims in Oregon and Washington.Apr 29, 1864
  59. Public Law 38–LXXIIIChapter LXXIII: for the Relief of Postmasters who have been robbed by confederate Forces or Rebel Guerrillas.Apr 29, 1864
  60. Public Law 38–LXXIVChapter LXXIV: to aid the Indian Refugees to return to their Homes in the Indian Territory.May 3, 1864
  61. Public Law 38–LXXVIIChapter LXXVII: to vacate and sell the present Indian Reservations in Utah Territory, and to settle the Indians of said Territory in the Uinta Valley.May 5, 1864
  62. Public Law 38–LXXVIIIChapter LXXVIII: for the Prevention and Punishment of Frauds in Relation to the Names of Vessels.May 5, 1864
  63. Public Law 38–LXXIXChapter LXXIX: making a Grant of Lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the Construction of the Railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior.May 5, 1864
  64. Public Law 38–LXXXChapter LXXX: granting Lands to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in the State of Wisconsin.May 5, 1864
  65. Public Law 38–LXXXIChapter LXXXI: to amend “An Act to incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington,” passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twenty.May 5, 1864
  66. Public Law 38–LXXXIIChapter LXXXII: for the Relief of the Settlers upon certain Lands in California.May 5, 1864
  67. Public Law 38–LXXXIIIChapter LXXXIII: to regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the United States.May 6, 1864
  68. Public Law 38–LXXXIVChap. LXXXIV: for a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of a Railroad in said State.May 12, 1864
  69. Public Law 38–LXXXVChap. LXXXV: concerning the Disposition of Convicts in the Courts of the United States, for the Subsisting of Persons confined in Jails charged with violating the Laws of the United States, and for diminishing the Expenses in Relation thereto.May 12, 1864
  70. Public Law 38–LXXXVIChap. LXXXVI: relating to Appointments in the Naval Service and Courts-Martial.May 16, 1864
  71. Public Law 38–LXXXVIIChap. LXXXVII: to establish a Postal Money-Order System.May 17, 1864
  72. Public Law 38–LXXXIXChap. LXXXIX: to appoint certain Officers of the Navy.May 17, 1864
  73. Public Law 38–XCIIChap. XCII: to organize a Regiment of Veteran Volunteer Engineers.May 20, 1864
  74. Public Law 38–XCIIIChap. XCIII: making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.May 21, 1864
  75. Public Law 38–XCIVChap. XCIV: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission, of such State into the Union on an equal Pooling with the original States.May 21, 1864
  76. Public Law 38–XCVChap. XCV: to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana.May 26, 1864
  77. Public Law 38–XCVIChap. XCVI: for the Classification of the Clerks to Paymasters in the Navy, and graduating their Pay.May 26, 1864
  78. Public Law 38–XCVIIChap. XCVII: making Appropriations for the Payment of the Awards made by the Commissioners appointed under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the Belief of Persons for Damages sustained by Reason of the Depredations and Injuries by certain Bands of Sioux Indians.” Approved, February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty three.May 28, 1864
  79. Public Law 38–XCVIIIChap. XCVIII: authorizing the Establishment of Ocean Mail Steamship Service between the United States and Brazil.May 28, 1864
  80. Public Law 38–XCIXChap. XCIX: for the Relief of the Citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.May 28, 1864
  81. Public Law 38–CIChap. CI: to provide for the Payment of the Claims of Peruvian Citizens, under the Convention between the United States and Peru, of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Jun 1, 1864
  82. Public Law 38–CIIChap. CII: in Relation to Franked Matter.Jun 1, 1864
  83. Public Law 38–CIIIChap. CIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act making a Grant of Land[s] to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State,” approved May fifteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.Jun 2, 1864
  84. Public Law 38–CIVChap. CIV: to incorporate the News-boys’ Home.Jun 2, 1864
  85. Public Law 38–CVIChap. CVI: to provide a National Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof.Jun 3, 1864
  86. Public Law 38–CVIIChap. CVII: to amend an Act relative to the Public Printing.Jun 3, 1864
  87. Public Law 38–CVIIIChap. CVIII: to repeal the first Section of the Joint Resolution relative to the Transfer of Persons in the Military Service to the Naval Service, approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Jun 3, 1864
  88. Public Law 38–CIXChap. CIX: to reestablish the principal Port of Entry for the District of Champlain at Plattsburgh, and for other Purposes.Jun 3, 1864
  89. Public Law 38–CXChap. CX: to amend an Act entitled “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.Jun 7, 1864
  90. Public Law 38–CXIChap. CXI: to provide for granting an honorable Discharge to Coal-heavers and Firemen in the Naval Service.Jun 7, 1864
  91. Public Law 38–CXIIIChap. CXIII: to create an additional Supervising Inspector of Steamboats and two local Inspectors of Steamboats for the Collection District of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local Inspectors for the Collection District of Oregon, and for other Purposes.Jun 8, 1864
  92. Public Law 38–CXIVChap. CXIV: to punish and prevent the Counterfeiting of Coin of the United States.Jun 8, 1864
  93. Public Law 38–CXVChap. CXV: to provide for the Payment of the second Regiment, third Brigade, Ohio Volunteer Militia, during the Time they were mustered into the Service of the United States.Jun 8, 1864
  94. Public Law 38–CXVIChap. CXVI: to provide for the Execution of Treaties between the United States and foreign Nations respecting Consular Jurisdiction over the Crews of Vessels of such foreign Nations in the Waters and Ports of the United States.Jun 11, 1864
  95. Public Law 38–CXVIIChap. CXVII: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to stipulate for the Release from Attachment or other Process, of Property claimed by the United States, and for other Purposes.Jun 11, 1864
  96. Public Law 38–CXVIIIChap. CXVIII: in Relation to the Limitation of Actions in certain Cases.Jun 11, 1864
  97. Public Law 38–CXIXChap. CXIX: relating to Members of Congress, Heads of Departments, and other Officers of the Government.Jun 11, 1864
  98. Public Law 38–CXXChap. CXX: to change and define the Boundaries of the Eastern and Western Judicial Districts of Virginia, and to alter the Names of said Districts, and for other Purposes.Jun 11, 1864
  99. Public Law 38–CXXIChap. CXXI: to provide for the summary Trial of minor Offences against the Laws of the United States.Jun 11, 1864
  100. Public Law 38–CXXIIChap. CXXII: to abolish the Collection Districts of Port Orford and Cape Perpetua, in the State of Oregon.Jun 11, 1864
  101. Public Law 38–CXXIIIChap. CXXIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims in the territory of Hew Mexico.”Jun 11, 1864
  102. Public Law 38–CXXIVChap. CXXIV: making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jun 15, 1864
  103. Public Law 38–CXXVChap. CXXV: to incorporate the Home for Friendless Women and Children.Jun 15, 1864
  104. Public Law 38–CXXVIChap. CXXVI: concerning certain School Lands in Township forty-five North, Range seven East, in the State of Missouri.Jun 15, 1864
  105. Public Law 38–CXXVIIChap. CXXVII: to prohibit certain Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange.Jun 17, 1864
  106. Public Law 38–CXXVIIIChap. CXXVIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to extend the Time for the Withdrawal of Goods from Public Stores and Bonded Warehouses, and for other Purposes,” approved twenty-ninth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Jun 17, 1864
  107. Public Law 38–CXXIXChap. CXXIX: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown, to the District of Columbia, to lay and collect a Water Tax, and for other Purposes,” approved May twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Jun 17, 1864
  108. Public Law 38–CXXXChap. CXXX: to regulate the Foreign Coasting Trade on the Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern Frontiers of the United States, and for other Purposes.Jun 17, 1864
  109. Public Law 38–CXXXIChap. CXXXI: to regulate the Veto Power in the Territory of Washington.Jun 17, 1864
  110. Public Law 38–CXXXIIChap. CXXXII: to empower the Superannuated Fund Society of the Maryland Annual Conference to hold Properly in the District of Columbia and to take a Devise under the Will of the late William Doughty.Jun 17, 1864
  111. Public Law 38–CXXXIIIChap. CXXXIII: to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Settlers on the Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in the State of California.Jun 17, 1864
  112. Public Law 38–CXXXIVChap. CXXXIV: extending the Time for the Completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad, of the State of Michigan.Jun 18, 1864
  113. Public Law 38–CXXXVChap. CXXXV: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the People of Colorado to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States.”Jun 18, 1864
  114. Public Law 38–CXXXVIChap. CXXXVI: making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jun 20, 1864
  115. Public Law 38–CXXXVIIChap. CXXXVII: granting Lands to the State of Michigan for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads for Military and Postal Purposes.Jun 20, 1864
  116. Public Law 38–CXXXVIIIChap. CXXXVIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Payment of the Claims of Peruvian Citizens, under the Convention between the United States and Peru of the twelfth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,” approved June first, eighteen hundred anti sixty-four.Jun 20, 1864
  117. Public Law 38–CXXXIXChap. CXXXIX: requiring Proof of Payment of Duties on foreign Salt before Payment of the Allowances provided for by the Acts of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen.Jun 20, 1864
  118. Public Law 38–CXLChap. CXL: to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the Marine Hospital and Grounds at Chicago, Illinois, and to purchase a new Site and build a new Hospital.Jun 20, 1864
  119. Public Law 38–CXLIChap. CXLI: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Idaho,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Jun 20, 1864
  120. Public Law 38–CXLIIChap. CXLII: to confirm certain Entries of Land in the State of Missouri.Jun 20, 1864
  121. Public Law 38–CXLIIIChap. CXLIII: to detach the Counties of Calhoun and Branch from the Western Judicial District, and annex the same to the Eastern District of the State of Michigan.Jun 20, 1864
  122. Public Law 38–CXLIVChap. CXLIV: concerning Lands in the State of California.Jun 20, 1864
  123. Public Law 38–CXLVChap. CXLV: to increase the Pay of Soldiers in the United States Army, and for other Purposes.Jun 20, 1864
  124. Public Law 38–CXLVIIChap. CXLVII: making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  125. Public Law 38–CXLVIIIChap. CXLVIII: 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 sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  126. Public Law 38–CXLIXChap. CXLIX: to provide for the Examination of certain Officers of the Army.Jun 25, 1864
  127. Public Law 38–CLChap. CL: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the Payment of Horses and other Property destroyed in the Military Service of the United States.”Jun 25, 1864
  128. Public Law 38–CLIChap. CLI: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish and equalize the Grade of Line Officers of the United States Navy,” approved July sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Jun 25, 1864
  129. Public Law 38–CLIIChap. CLII: to amend the Act of the twenty-five December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled “An Act to further promote the Efficiency of the Navy.”Jun 25, 1864
  130. Public Law 38–CLIIIChap. CLIII: granting Lands to the State of Wisconsin to build a Military Road to Lake Superior.Jun 25, 1864
  131. Public Law 38–CLIVChap. CLIV: to amend the Act of Congress making Donations to the Settlers on the Public Lands in Oregon, approved September twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Acts amendatory thereto.Jun 25, 1864
  132. Public Law 38–CLVChap. CLV: to expedite and regulate the Printing of Public Documents, and for other Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  133. Public Law 38–CLVIChap. CLVI: to provide for the Public Instruction of Youth in the County of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  134. Public Law 38–CLVIIChap. CLVII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to define the Powers and Duties of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, District of Columbia.”Jun 25, 1864
  135. Public Law 38–CLVIIIChap. CLVIII: to authorize the Bailiff of the Orphans’ Court, in the County of Washington and District of Columbia, to serve Processes issued by said Court, and for other Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  136. Public Law 38–CLIXChap. CLIX: amendatory of an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the Progress of the Useful Arts,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Jun 25, 1864
  137. Public Law 38–CLXChap. CLX: to grant to the State of California certain Lands for State Prison Purposes.Jun 25, 1864
  138. Public Law 38–CLXIIChap. CLXII: to carry into Effect a Treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson’s Bay and Puget’s Sound Agricultural Companies.Jun 27, 1864
  139. Public Law 38–CLXIIIChap. CLXIII: in Relation to the Pees and Emoluments of the Marshal, Attorney, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.Jun 27, 1864
  140. Public Law 38–CLXIVChap. CLXIV: to prevent Smuggling, and for other Purposes.Jun 27, 1864
  141. Public Law 38–CLXVChap. CLXV: in Relation to the Circuit Court in and for the District of Wisconsin, and for other Purposes.Jun 27, 1864
  142. Public Law 38–CLXVIChap. CLXVI: to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all Acts and Parts of Acts for the Rendition of Fugitive Slaves.Jun 28, 1864
  143. Public Law 38–CLXVIIChap. CLXVII: to provide for the Improvement of the Grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane by an Exchange of Land.Jun 28, 1864
  144. Public Law 38–CLXVIIIChap. CLXVIII: to provide for the Repair and Preservation of certain Public works of the United States.Jun 28, 1864
  145. Public Law 38–CLXIXChap. CLXIX: to incorporate the Colored Catholic Benevolent Society.Jun 28, 1864
  146. Public Law 38–CLXXChap. CLXX: repealing certain Provisions of Law concerning Seamen on board public and private Vessels of the United States.Jun 28, 1864
  147. Public Law 38–CLXXIChap. CLXXI: to increase Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes.Jun 30, 1864
  148. Public Law 38–CLXXIIChap. CLXXII: to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government, and for other Purposes.Jun 30, 1864
  149. Public Law 38–CLXXIIIChap. CLXXIII: to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes.Jun 30, 1864
  150. Public Law 38–CLXXIVChap. CLXXIV: to regulate Prize Proceedings and the Distribution of Prize Money, and for other Purposes.Jun 30, 1864
  151. Public Law 38–CLXXVChap. CLXXV: to establish certain Post-Roads.Jun 30, 1864
  152. Public Law 38–CLXXVIChap. CLXXVI: to amend the Charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company.Jun 30, 1864
  153. Public Law 38–CLXXVIIChap. CLXXVII: to and in the Settlement, Subsistence, and Support of the Navajoe Indian Captives upon a Reservation in the Territory of New Mexico.Jun 30, 1864
  154. Public Law 38–CLXXVIIIChap. CLXXVIII: to carry into Effect a Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia.Jun 30, 1864
  155. Public Law 38–CLXXIXChap. CLXXIX: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a Commission to select a Site for a Navy Yard or Naval Station on the Western Waters, and for other Purposes.Jun 30, 1864
  156. Public Law 38–CLXXXChap. CLXXX: granting certain Privileges to the “Guardian Society” of the District of Columbia.Jun 30, 1864
  157. Public Law 38–CLXXXIChap. CLXXXI: to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with certain Indians of Middle Oregon for a Relinquishment of certain Rights secured to them by Treaty.Jun 30, 1864
  158. Public Law 38–CLXXXIIChap. CLXXXII: in Relation to the Village of Deposit, Delaware County, New York.Jun 30, 1864
  159. Public Law 38–CLXXXIIIChap. CLXXXIII: relating to the Compensation of Pension Agents.Jun 30, 1864
  160. Public Law 38–CLXXXIVChap. CLXXXIV: authorizing a Grant to the State of California of the “Yo-Semite Valley,” and of the Land embracing the “Mariposa Dig Tree Grove.”Jun 30, 1864
  161. Public Law 38–CLXXXVChap. CLXXXV: authorizing the Issue of Patents for Locations made with Certificates granted under Authority of the Act of Congress, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, allowing Floats in Satisfaction of Lands sold by the United States within the Limits of the Las Ormegas and La Nana Grants in Louisiana.Jun 30, 1864
  162. Public Law 38–CLXXXIXChap. CLXXXIX: to facilitate Trade on the Red Riner of the North.Jul 1, 1864
  163. Public Law 38–CXCChap. CXC: to incorporate the “Metropolitan Railroad Company” on the District of Columbia.Jul 1, 1864
  164. Public Law 38–CXCIChap. CXCI: to incorporate the Potomac Ferry Company.Jul 1, 1864
  165. Public Law 38–CXCIIChap. CXCII: authorizing the Levy Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, to levy and collect its Portion of the Direct Tax imposed by the Act of Congress of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.Jul 1, 1864
  166. Public Law 38–CXCIIIChap. CXCIII: to authorize the Corporation of Washington to levy and collect the Direct Tax imposed by Act approved August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.Jul 1, 1864
  167. Public Law 38–CXCIVChap. CXCIV: toexpedite the Settlement of Titles to Lands in the State of California.Jul 1, 1864
  168. Public Law 38–CXCVChap. CXCV: for the Sale of a Lot of Land in Iowa, in the Fort Crawford Reservation.Jul 1, 1864
  169. Public Law 38–CXCVIChap. CXCVI: to regulate the Compensation of Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices in the several States and Territories, in the Location of Lands by States and Corporations under Grants from Congress.Jul 1, 1864
  170. Public Law 38–CXCVIIChap. CXCVII: to establish Salaries for Postmasters, and for other Purposes.Jul 1, 1864
  171. Public Law 38–CXCVIIIChap. CXCVIII: making an additional Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of Railroad and Telegraph Lines.Jul 1, 1864
  172. Public Law 38–CXCIXChap. CXCIX: to encourage and facilitate. Telegraphic Communication between the Eastern and Western Continents.Jul 1, 1864
  173. Public Law 38–CCChap. CC: repealing so much of “An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other Purposes,” approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as appropriates twenty-five thousand Dollars for erecting a Naval Hospital al Kittery, Maine.Jul 1, 1864
  174. Public Law 38–CCIChap. CCI: to provide for the Efficiency of the Navy.Jul 1, 1864
  175. Public Law 38–CCIIChap. CCII: to establish Portland, in the State of Oregon, and Leavenworth, in the State of Pansas, Parts of Delivery.Jul 1, 1864
  176. Public Law 38–CCIIIChap. CCIII: to compensate the Officers and Crew of the iron-dad Gunboat Essex for the Destruction of the rebel Dam Arkansas.Jul 1, 1864
  177. Public Law 38–CCIVChap. CCIV: prescribing the Punishment for enticing or aiding Seamen to desert the Naval Service of the United States.Jul 1, 1864
  178. Public Law 38–CCVChap. CCV: for the Disposal of Coal Lands and of Town Property in the Public Domain.Jul 1, 1864
  179. Public Law 38–CCIXChap. CCIX: to repeal the Act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, prohibiting the Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange.Jul 2, 1864
  180. Public Law 38–CCXChap. CCX: making Appropriations far sundry Civil Expenses of the Government far the Year ending the Thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jul 2, 1864
  181. Public Law 38–CCXIChap. CCXI: making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications and other Works of Defence for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.Jul 2, 1864
  182. Public Law 38–CCXIIChap. CCXII: to authorize the United States to acquire Land in Wall about Bay, belonging to the City of Brooklyn, and to authorize the Exchange of other Lands therefor.Jul 2, 1864
  183. Public Law 38–CCXIIIChap. CCXIII: granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a Military Road from Eugene City to the Eastern Boundary of said State.Jul 2, 1864
  184. Public Law 38–CCXIVChap. CCXIV: to establish Collar Street in the City of Washington and District of Columbia.Jul 2, 1864
  185. Public Law 38–CCXVChap. CCXV: to provide for the more speedy Punishment of Guerilla Marauders, and for other Purposes.Jul 2, 1864
  186. Public Law 38–CCXVIChap. CCXVI: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Jul 2, 1864
  187. Public Law 38–CCXVIIChap. CCXVII: granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Lake Superior to Puget’s Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the Northern Route.Jul 2, 1864
  188. Public Law 38–CCXVIIIChap. CCXVIII: to quiet Vie Titles to Lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Cal Id, in the State of California.Jul 2, 1864
  189. Public Law 38–CCXIXChap. CCXIX: to authorize assimilated Rank to be given to the Warrant Officers of the United States Navy, and for other Purposes.Jul 2, 1864
  190. Public Law 38–CCXXChap. CCXX: for increased Facilities of Telegraph Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States and the Territory of Idaho.Jul 2, 1864
  191. Public Law 38–CCXXIChap. CCXXI: in Relation to the Sale of Reservations of the Public Lands.Jul 2, 1864
  192. Public Law 38–CCXXIIChap. CCXXII: relating to the Law of Evidence in the District of Columbia.Jul 2, 1864
  193. Public Law 38–CCXXIIIChap. CCXXIII: authorizing the Erection of Buildings for the Branch-Mint at San Francisco.Jul 2, 1864
  194. Public Law 38–CCXXIVChap. CCXXIV: prescribing the Terms on which Exemplifications shall be furnished by the General Land-Office.Jul 2, 1864
  195. Public Law 38–CCXXVChap. CCXXV: in addition to the several Acts concerning Commercial intercourse between loyal and insurrectionary States, and to provide for the Collection of captured and abandoned Property, and the Prevention of Frauds in States declared in insurrection.Jul 2, 1864
  196. Public Law 38–CCXXVIChap. CCXXVI: providing for satisfying Claims for Bounty Lands, and for other Purposes.Jul 2, 1864
  197. Public Law 38–CCXXXVIIChap. CCXXXVII: further to regulate and provide far the enrolling and calling out the National Forces, and for other Purposes.Jul 4, 1864
  198. Public Law 38–CCXXXVIIIChap. CCXXXVIII: to repeal a Joint Resolution entitled “Joint Resolution to grant additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department,” and for other Purposes.Jul 4, 1864
  199. Public Law 38–CCXXXIXChap. CCXXXIX: making an Appropriation to carry into Effect “An Act to prevent Smuggling.”Jul 4, 1864
  200. Public Law 38–CCXLChap. CCXL: to restrict the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and to provide for the Payment of certain Demands for Quartermasters’ Stores and Subsistence Supplies famished to the Army of the United States.Jul 4, 1864
  201. Public Law 38–CCXLIChap. CCXLI: to correct a clerical Error in the Law of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, relating to the Post-Office Department.Jul 4, 1864
  202. Public Law 38–CCXLIIChap. CCXLII: to establish a Branch Mint of the United States at Dalles City, in the State of Oregon.Jul 4, 1864
  203. Public Law 38–CCXLIIIChap. CCXLIII: to regulate Proceedings in Cases between Landlord and Tenants in the District of Columbia.Jul 4, 1864
  204. Public Law 38–CCXLIVChap. CCXLIV: to provide for the Supervision, Repairs, Liabilities, and Completion of the Washington Aqueduct.Jul 4, 1864
  205. Public Law 38–CCXLVChap. CCXLV: to regulate the Sessions of the Circuit and District Courts for the Northern District of New York, and for other Purposes.Jul 4, 1864
  206. Public Law 38–CCXLVIChap. CCXLVI: to encourage Immigration.Jul 4, 1864
  207. Public Law 38–CCXLVIIChap. CCXLVII: sedimentary to an Act entitled “An Act to grant pensions,” approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Jul 4, 1864
  208. Public Law 38–CCXLVIIIChap. CCXLVIII: for the Relief of Seamen and Others borne on the Books of Vessels wrecked or lost in the Naval Service.Jul 4, 1864
  209. Public Law 38–CCXLIXChap. CCXLIX: further to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels.Jul 4, 1864
  210. Public Law 38–CCLChap. CCL: to pay, in Part, for publishing the Debates of Congress, and for other Purposes.Jul 4, 1864
  211. Public Law 38–CCLIChap. CCLI: making an Appropriation for testing Submarine Inventions.Jul 4, 1864
  212. Public Law 38–CCLIIChap. CCLII: to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the Education of Naval Constructors and Steam Engineers, and for other Purposes.Jul 4, 1864
  213. Public Law 38–CCLIIIChap. CCLIII: to provide for the better Organization of the Quartermaster’s Department.Jul 4, 1864
  214. Public Law 38–IChap. I: in Addition to the “Act respecting Quarantines and Health Laws,” approved February twenty-fifth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for the better Execution of the third Section thereof.Dec 15, 1864
  215. Public Law 38–IIChap. II: authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.Dec 20, 1864
  216. Public Law 38–IIIChap. III: to authorize the Purchase or Construction of Revenue Cutters on the Lakes.Dec 20, 1864
  217. Public Law 38–VIChap. VI: to establish the Grade of Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy.Dec 21, 1864
  218. Public Law 38–VIIIChap. VIII: to amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the public Debt, and for other Purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Dec 22, 1864
  219. Public Law 38–IXChap. IX: to extend the Time allowed for the Withdrawal of certain Goods therein named from public Stores.Dec 22, 1864
  220. Public Law 38–XIChap. XI: to repeal the Provision of Law requiring certain Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to be Members of the National Institute.Jan 10, 1865
  221. Public Law 38–XIIChap. XII: 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 sixty-six.Jan 11, 1865
  222. Public Law 38–XIIIChap. XIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Punishment of Crimes in the District of Columbia,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.Jan 13, 1865
  223. Public Law 38–XVIChap. XVI: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for carrying the Mails from the United States to Foreign Parts, and for other Purposes,” approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Jan 20, 1865
  224. Public Law 38–XVIIIChap. XVIII: making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Jan 24, 1865
  225. Public Law 38–XIXChap. XIX: to provide for an Advance of Rank to Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps for distinguished Merit.Jan 24, 1865
  226. Public Law 38–XXChap. XX: Act supplementary to on Act entitled “An Act to prescribe an Oath of Office, and for other Purposes,” approved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Jan 24, 1865
  227. Public Law 38–XXIIChap. XXII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government, and for other Purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Jan 28, 1865
  228. Public Law 38–XXIIIChap. XXIII: making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Jan 28, 1865
  229. Public Law 38–XXIVChap. XXIV: to amend the Charter of the “Washington Gas-Light Company.”Jan 30, 1865
  230. Public Law 38–XXVChap. XXV: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Company, in the District of Co lum bia,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Jan 30, 1865
  231. Public Law 38–XXVIChap. XXVI: to amend the Act entitled “An Act to amend and extend the Charter of the Franklin Insurance Company,” approved second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.Jan 30, 1865
  232. Public Law 38–XXIXChap. XXIX: for the Relief of certain friendly Indians of the Sioux Nation, in Minnesota.Feb 9, 1865
  233. Public Law 38–XXXChap. XXX: to extend to certain Persons in the Employ of the Government, the Benefits of the Asylum for the Insane in the District of Columbia.Feb 9, 1865
  234. Public Law 38–XXXIIChap. XXXII: to provide for Acting Assistant Treasurers or Depositaries of the United States in certain Cases.Feb 13, 1865
  235. Public Law 38–XXXIVChap. XXXIV: to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company of Washington.Feb 14, 1865
  236. Public Law 38–XXXVChap. XXXV: for the Relief of Collectors and Surveyors of the Customs in certain Cases.Feb 14, 1865
  237. Public Law 38–XXXVIIChap. XXXVII: to authorize the Establishment of Ocean Mail-Steamship Service between the United States and China.Feb 17, 1865
  238. Public Law 38–XXXVIIIChap. XXXVIII: supplementary to an Act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An Act to establish certain Post-Roads.”Feb 17, 1865
  239. Public Law 38–XXXIXChap. XXXIX: to establish a Bridge across the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, a Post-Road.Feb 17, 1865
  240. Public Law 38–XLIChap. XLI: authorizing the President to appoint a Second Assistant Secretary of War.Feb 20, 1865
  241. Public Law 38–XLIIChap. XLII: to enlarge the Port of Entry and Delivery for the District of Philadelphia.Feb 20, 1865
  242. Public Law 38–XLIIIChap. XLIII: to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to remove the United States Arsenal from the City of Saint Louis, and to provide for the Sale of the Lands on which the same is located.”Feb 20, 1865
  243. Public Law 38–XLVChap. XLV: to extinguish the Indian Title to Lands in the Territory of Utah suitable for agricultural and mineral Purposes.Feb 23, 1865
  244. Public Law 38–XLVIChap. XLVI: to provide fir the Payment of the Value of certain Lands and Improvements of private Citizens, appropriated by the United States for Indian Reservations, in the Territory of Washington.Feb 23, 1865
  245. Public Law 38–XLVIIChap. XLVII: to facilitate the Collection of certain Debts due the United States.Feb 23, 1865
  246. Public Law 38–XLVIIIChap. XLVIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington, passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twenty,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Feb 23, 1865
  247. Public Law 38–XLIXChap. XLIX: to incorporate the Sisters of Mercy in the District of Columbia.Feb 23, 1865
  248. Public Law 38–LChap. L: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,” approved February sixteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.Feb 23, 1865
  249. Public Law 38–LIIChap. LII: to prevent Officers of the Army and Navy, and other Persons engaged in the military and naval Service of the United States, from interfering in Elections in the States.Feb 25, 1865
  250. Public Law 38–LIIIChap. LIII: to increase the Efficiency of the Medical Corps of the Army.Feb 25, 1865
  251. Public Law 38–LIVChap. LIV: to create the Eastern Judicial District of the State of New York.Feb 25, 1865
  252. Public Law 38–LVChap. LV: supplemental ta an Act entitled “An Act to annex a Part of the State of New Jersey to the Collection District of New York, and to appoint an Assistant Collector to reside at Jersey City,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.Feb 25, 1865
  253. Public Law 38–LVIChap. LVI: to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown to levy certain Taxes.Feb 25, 1865
  254. Public Law 38–LVIIChap. LVII: authorizing and requiring the Opening of Sixth Street West.Feb 25, 1865
  255. Public Law 38–LVIIIChap. LVIII: in Reference to Prosecutions for Libel in the District of Columbia.Feb 25, 1865
  256. Public Law 38–LIXChap. LIX: for changing the Time for holding the Circuit Courts in the District of Virginia.Feb 25, 1865
  257. Public Law 38–LXIVChap. LXIV: providing for a District and a Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, and for other Purposes.Feb 27, 1865
  258. Public Law 38–LXVIIChap. LXVII: to revive certain Provisions of the Act entitled “An Act further to provide for the Collection of Unties on Imports and Tonnage,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and for other Purposes.Feb 28, 1865
  259. Public Law 38–LXVIIIChap. LXVIII: making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications and other Works of Defence, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Feb 28, 1865
  260. Public Law 38–LXIXChap. LXIX: relating to the Enrolment and License of certain Vessels.Feb 28, 1865
  261. Public Law 38–LXXChap. LXX: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the United States,” approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Feb 28, 1865
  262. Public Law 38–LXXIChap. LXXI: concerning the Collection District of Salem and Beverly, in Massachusetts.Feb 28, 1865
  263. Public Law 38–LXXIIChap. LXXII: granting to the Michigan City Harbor Company the Use of Government Piers in said Harbor for the purpose of protecting said Harbor.Feb 28, 1865
  264. Public Law 38–LXXIIIChap. LXXIII: making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and additional Appropriations for the current fiscal Year.Mar 2, 1865
  265. Public Law 38–LXXIVChap. LXXIV: making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Mar 2, 1865
  266. Public Law 38–LXXVChap. LXXV: making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Mar 2, 1865
  267. Public Law 38–LXXVIChap. LXXVI: to establish the Office of Solicitor and Naval Judge-Advocate.Mar 2, 1865
  268. Public Law 38–LXXVIIChap. LXXVII: to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government.Mar 3, 1865
  269. Public Law 38–LXXVIIIChap. LXXVIII: to amend an Act entitled “Ah Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Mar 3, 1865
  270. Public Law 38–LXXIXChap. LXXIX: to amend the several Acts heretofore passed to provide for the Enrolling and Calling out the National Forces, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  271. Public Law 38–LXXXChap. LXXX: amendatory of certain Acts imposing Duties upon foreign Importations.Mar 3, 1865
  272. Public Law 38–LXXXIChap. LXXXI: making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Mar 3, 1865
  273. Public Law 38–LXXXIIChap. LXXXII: to amend 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.”Mar 3, 1865
  274. Public Law 38–LXXXIIIChap. LXXXIII: to prevent the Enlistment of Persons charged with Crime in the District of Columbia, as Substitute [s] or as Volunteers in the Army or Navy, and to prevent Frauds al the District Jail, in the City of Washington.Mar 3, 1865
  275. Public Law 38–LXXXIVChap. LXXXIV: supplementary io the several Acts relating to Pensions.Mar 3, 1865
  276. Public Law 38–LXXXVChap. LXXXV: to provide for a Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant-General commanding die Armies of the United States.Mar 3, 1865
  277. Public Law 38–LXXXVIChap. LXXXVI: regulating Proceedings in criminal Cases, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  278. Public Law 38–LXXXVIIChap. LXXXVII: further to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Collection of direct Tares in the insurrectionary Districts within the United States, and for other Purposes,” approved fine seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.Mar 3, 1865
  279. Public Law 38–LXXXVIIIChap. LXXXVIII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for postal, military, and other Purposes,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to amend an Act amendatory thereof, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.Mar 3, 1865
  280. Public Law 38–LXXXIXChap. LXXXIX: relating to the postal Laws.Mar 3, 1865
  281. Public Law 38–XCChap. XC: to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees.Mar 3, 1865
  282. Public Law 38–XCIChap. XCI: to incorporate a national military and naval Asylum for the Relief of the totally disabled Officers and Men of the Volunteer Forces of the United States.Mar 3, 1865
  283. Public Law 38–XCIIChap. XCII: to incorporate the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company.Mar 3, 1865
  284. Public Law 38–XCIIIChap. XCIII: for the better Organization of the Subsistence Department.Mar 3, 1865
  285. Public Law 38–XCIVChap. XCIV: to provide for two assistant local Inspectors of Steamboats in the City of New York, and for two local Inspectors at Galena, Illinois, and to reestablish the Board of local Inspectors at Wheeling; and also to amend the Act approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, entitled “An Act to create an additional Inspector of Steamboats and two local Inspectors of Steamboats for Collection Districts of Memphis and Oregon, and for other Purposes.”Mar 3, 1865
  286. Public Law 38–XCVChap. XCV: to provide for the Publication of the Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the United States.Mar 3, 1865
  287. Public Law 38–XCVIChap. XCVI: to remove all Disqualification of Color in carrying the Mails.Mar 3, 1865
  288. Public Law 38–XCVIIChap. XCVII: relating to the Clerkships in the Post-Office Department.Mar 3, 1865
  289. Public Law 38–XCVIIIChap. XCVIII: amendatory of the Acts relative to the Attorney-General’s Office, and to fix the Compensation of his Assistant and Clerks.Mar 3, 1865
  290. Public Law 38–XCIXChap. XCIX: to provide for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads in the Territories of Idaho, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska.Mar 3, 1865
  291. Public Law 38–CChap. C: to authorize the Coinage of Three-Cent Pieces, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  292. Public Law 38–CIChap. CI: to regulate the Fees of Custom-House Officers on the Northern, Northeastern, and North western Frontiers of the United States.Mar 3, 1865
  293. Public Law 38–CIIChap. CII: granting Land to the State of Michigan, to aid in building a Harbor and Ship-Canal at Portage Lake, Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior.Mar 3, 1865
  294. Public Law 38–CIIIChap. CIII: to extend the Time for the Completion of certain Railroads to which Land Grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin.Mar 3, 1865
  295. Public Law 38–CIVChap. CIV: to establish certain Post-Roads.Mar 3, 1865
  296. Public Law 38–CVChap. CV: extending the Time for the Completion of certain Land-grant Rail roads in the States of Minnesota and Iowa, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  297. Public Law 38–CVIChap. CVI: to regulate the Taking of Depositions in certain Cases.Mar 3, 1865
  298. Public Law 38–CVIIChap. CVII: supplemental to the Act approved first July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, “for the Disposal of Coal Lands and of Town Property in the Public Domain.”Mar 3, 1865
  299. Public Law 38–CVIIIChap. CVIII: to amend an Act entitled “Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act making a Grant of alternate Sections of Public Lands to the State of Michigan, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes.’”Mar 3, 1865
  300. Public Law 38–CIXChap. CIX: to authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain Lands in the Town of Stockbridge, State of Wisconsin, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  301. Public Law 38–CXChap. CX: to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in actual Possession of Lands situated in the District of Columbia.Mar 3, 1865
  302. Public Law 38–CXIChap. CXI: further to Provide for the Verification of Invoices.Mar 3, 1865
  303. Public Law 38–CXIIChap. CXII: amendatory of “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to promote the Progress of the useful Arts,’ approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.”Mar 3, 1865
  304. Public Law 38–CXIIIChap. CXIII: to amend the third Section of an Act entitled “An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes,” so far as the same relates to Witnesses in the Courts of the United States.Mar 3, 1865
  305. Public Law 38–CXIVChap. CXIV: in Relation to the Naval Observatory.Mar 3, 1865
  306. Public Law 38–CXVChap. CXV: for the Relief of the Occupants of the Lands of the Ex-mission of San José, in the State of California.Mar 3, 1865
  307. Public Law 38–CXVIChap. CXVI: to enable the accounting Officers of the Treasury to settle the Claim of the State of Kansas.Mar 3, 1865
  308. Public Law 38–CXVIIChap. CXVII: to extend the Provisions of the first Section of “An Act for the Government of Persons in certain Fisheries,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirteen.Mar 3, 1865
  309. Public Law 38–CXVIIIChap. CXVIII: to incorporate the Colored Union Benevolent Association.Mar 3, 1865
  310. Public Law 38–CXIXChap. CXIX: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Company in the District of Columbia.”Mar 3, 1865
  311. Public Law 38–CXXChap. CXX: to incorporate the Continental Hotel Company of the City of Washington.Mar 3, 1865
  312. Public Law 38–CXXIChap. CXXI: providing for the Confinement of juvenile Offenders against the Laws of the United States in Houses of Refuge.Mar 3, 1865
  313. Public Law 38–CXXIIChap. CXXII: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California.”Mar 3, 1865
  314. Public Law 38–CXXIIIChap. CXXIII: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to lease or sell certain Property of the United States situated at Bath, in the State of Maine.Mar 3, 1865
  315. Public Law 38–CXXIVChap. CXXIV: to increase the Pay of Midshipmen and others.Mar 3, 1865
  316. Public Law 38–CXXVChap. CXXV: to incorporate the “Capitol Hotel Company,” in Washington City, District of Columbia.Mar 3, 1865
  317. Public Law 38–CXXVIChap. CXXVI: supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to amend the several Acts respecting Copyright,” approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to the Acts in Addition thereto and Amendment thereof.Mar 3, 1865
  318. Public Law 38–CXXVIIChap. CXXVII: making Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with carious Indian Tribes fir the Tear ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes.Mar 3, 1865
  319. Private Law 38–XChap. X: to indemnify the Owners of the British Schooner Glen.Feb 13, 1864
  320. Private Law 38–XIIChap. XII: for the Relief of the Heirs of Noah Wiswall.Feb 22, 1864
  321. Private Law 38–XIXChap. XIX: to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of Paymaster E. C. Doran.Mar 3, 1864
  322. Private Law 38–XXVChap. XXV: for the Relief of John H. Shepherd and Walter K. Caldwell, of Missouri.Mar 8, 1864
  323. Private Law 38–XXVIChap. XXVI: for the Relief of L. F. Cartee.Mar 8, 1864
  324. Private Law 38–XXIXChap. XXIX: for the Benefit of John Dickson, of Illinois.Mar 11, 1864
  325. Private Law 38–XXXIIChap. XXXII: granting a Pension to John L. Burns, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Mar 14, 1864
  326. Private Law 38–XXXVIIIChap. XXXVIII: for the Relief of the Owners of the French Ship “La Manche.”Mar 22, 1864
  327. Private Law 38–XLIIIChap. XLIII: for the Relief of E. F. and Samuel A. Wood.Mar 28, 1864
  328. Private Law 38–XLIVChap. XLIV: in Favor of the Legal Representatives of Israel C. Wait.Mar 28, 1864
  329. Private Law 38–LVChap. LV: for the Relief of Daniel Wormer.Apr 9, 1864
  330. Private Law 38–LVIChap. LVI: for the Relief of Darius S. Cole.Apr 9, 1864
  331. Private Law 38–LVIIChap. LVII: for the Relief of William G. Brown.Apr 9, 1864
  332. Private Law 38–LXIIChap. LXII: confirming the Title of Joseph Ford to certain Lands in Rice County, in the State of Minnesota.Apr 19, 1864
  333. Private Law 38–LXXVChap. LXXV: for the Relief of William C. Walker, and Others.May 3, 1864
  334. Private Law 38–LXXVIChap. LXXVI: for the Relief of Jesse Williams.May 3, 1864
  335. Private Law 38–LXXXVIIChap. LXXXVII: to authorize the Settlement of the Accounts of A. Bush, late Public Printer for the Territory of Oregon.May 16, 1864
  336. Private Law 38–XCChap. XC: for the Relief of Margaret M. Stafford, Widow of Reuben Stafford, of Coshocton County, Ohio.May 19, 1864
  337. Private Law 38–XCIChap. XCI: for the Relief of Charles L. Nelson.May 19, 1864
  338. Private Law 38–CChap. C: for the Relief of Julia A. Ames.May 28, 1864
  339. Private Law 38–CVChap. CV: for the Relief of Frederick A. Beelen, late Secretary of Legation to Chili.Jun 2, 1864
  340. Private Law 38–CXIIChap. CXII: for the Relief of Warren W. Green.Jun 7, 1864
  341. Private Law 38–CXLVIChap. CXLVI: for the Relief of Rhoda Wolcott, Widow of Henry Wolcott.Jun 20, 1864
  342. Private Law 38–CLXIChap. CLXI: to increase the Pension of Isaac Allen.Jun 25, 1864
  343. Private Law 38–CLXXXVIChap. CLXXXVI: concerning certain Locations of Lands in the State of Missouri.Jun 30, 1864
  344. Private Law 38–CLXXXVIIChap. CLXXXVII: for the Relief of Lieutenant William P. Richner, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.Jun 30, 1864
  345. Private Law 38–CLXXXVIIIChap. CLXXXVIII: for the Relief of the Estate of B. F. Kendall.Jun 30, 1864
  346. Private Law 38–CCVIChap. CCVI: to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a Land Warrant to Richard Fitch, of Ohio.Jul 1, 1864
  347. Private Law 38–CCVIIChap. CCVII: for the Relief of George F. Nesbitt.Jul 1, 1864
  348. Private Law 38–CCVIIIChap. CCVIII: for the Relief of Ida Hoffman.Jul 1, 1864
  349. Private Law 38–CCXXVIIChap. CCXXVII: for the Relief of Richard G. Murphy.Jul 2, 1864
  350. Private Law 38–CCXXVIIIChap. CCXXVIII: for the Relief of the Widow of C. A. Haun.Jul 2, 1864
  351. Private Law 38–CCXXIXChap. CCXXIX: for the Relief of John Williams.Jul 2, 1864
  352. Private Law 38–CCXXXChap. CCXXX: for the Relief of Major N. S. Brenton, a Paymaster in the United States Army.Jul 2, 1864
  353. Private Law 38–CCXXXIChap. CCXXXI: for the Relief of William Sawyer and Others, of the State of Ohio.Jul 2, 1864
  354. Private Law 38–CCXXXIIChap. CCXXXII: for the Relief of Martha Jane Skaggs.Jul 2, 1864
  355. Private Law 38–CCXXXIIIChap. CCXXXIII: for the Relief of Eliza Cass Woodbridge.Jul 2, 1864
  356. Private Law 38–CCXXXIVChap. CCXXXIV: to amend an Act entitled “An Act to enable the Trustees of the Blue Mont College to preëmpt a certain Quarter Section of Land,” approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.Jul 2, 1864
  357. Private Law 38–CCXXXVChap. CCXXXV: for the Relief of Sarah Robinson, Widow of Hon. John L. Robinson, late United States Marshal for the District of Indiana.Jul 2, 1864
  358. Private Law 38–CCXXXVIChap. CCXXXVI: for the Relief of Dr. Charles M. Wetherill.Jul 2, 1864
  359. Private Law 38–CCLIVChap. CCLIV: for the Relief of John C. McConnell.Jul 4, 1864
  360. Private Law 38–CCLVChap. CCLV: for the Relief of Horace Gates.Jul 4, 1864
  361. Private Law 38–CCLVIChap. CCLVI: for the Relief of Richard G. Murphy.Jul 4, 1864
  362. Private Law 38–IVChap. IV: for the Relief of William H. Jameson, a Paymaster in the United States Army.Dec 20, 1864
  363. Private Law 38–VChap. V: for the Relief of George W. Murray.Dec 20, 1864
  364. Private Law 38–VIIChap. VII: for the Relief of Deborah Jones.Dec 21, 1864
  365. Private Law 38–XChap. X: for the Relief of Charles M. Pott.Dec 22, 1864
  366. Private Law 38–XIVChap. XIV: for the Relief of Charles Anderson, Assignee of John James, of Texas.Jan 18, 1865
  367. Private Law 38–XVChap. XV: for the Relief of George Mowry.Jan 18, 1865
  368. Private Law 38–XVIIChap. XVII: for the Relief of Jacob Weber.Jan 20, 1865
  369. Private Law 38–XXIChap. XXI: for the Relief of Emily A. Lyon.Jan 24, 1865
  370. Private Law 38–XXVIIChap. XXVII: for the Relief of Isaac R. Diller.Jan 30, 1865
  371. Private Law 38–XXVIIIChap. XXVIII: for the Relief of Mary Scales Accardi.Jan 30, 1865
  372. Private Law 38–XXXIChap. XXXI: for the Relief of Louis Roberts.Feb 9, 1865
  373. Private Law 38–XXXIIIChap. XXXIII: for the Relief of Solomon Wadsworth.Feb 13, 1865
  374. Private Law 38–XXXVIChap. XXXVI: for the Relief of Alexander J. Atocha.Feb 14, 1865
  375. Private Law 38–XLChap. XL: for the Relief of the Heirs of Almond D. Fisk, deceased.Feb 17, 1865
  376. Private Law 38–XLIVChap. XLIV: for the Relief of Henry A. Brigham.Feb 20, 1865
  377. Private Law 38–LIChap. LI: for the Relief of George A. Schreiner.Feb 23, 1865
  378. Private Law 38–LXChap. LX: for the Relief of Harriet and Emily W. Morris, unmarried Sisters of the late Commodore Henry W. Morris.Feb 25, 1865
  379. Private Law 38–LXIChap. LXI: to change the Name of Dorsey Edwin William Towson, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to that of Dorsey Edwin William Carter.Feb 25, 1865
  380. Private Law 38–LXIIChap. LXII: for the Relief of Mary Shircliff.Feb 25, 1865
  381. Private Law 38–LXIIIChap. LXIII: for the Relief of Rebecca S. Harrison.Feb 25, 1865
  382. Private Law 38–LXVChap. LXV: to pay to each of the surviving Soldiers of the Revolution, five in Number, whose Names are on the Pension Roll, three hundred Dollars annually, as a Gratuity, in Addition to the Pension now paid them.Feb 27, 1865
  383. Private Law 38–LXVIChap. LXVI: for the Relief of Chapin Hall.Feb 27, 1865
  384. Private Law 38–CXXVIIIChap. CXXVIII: for the Relief of Charles A. Pitcher.Mar 3, 1865
  385. Private Law 38–CXXIXChap. CXXIX: granting a Pension to Sophia Brooke Taylor, Widow of the late Major Francis Taylor.Mar 3, 1865
  386. Private Law 38–CXXXChap. CXXX: for the Relief of W. H. and C. S. Duncan.Mar 3, 1865
  387. Private Law 38–CXXXIChap. CXXXI: for the Relief of Samuel L. Gerould.Mar 3, 1865
  388. Private Law 38–CXXXIIChap. CXXXII: for the Relief of John Hastings, Collector of the Port of Pittsburg.Mar 3, 1865
  389. Private Law 38–CXXXIIIChap. CXXXIII: for the Relief of Mary A. Baker, Widow of Brigadier-General Edward D. Baker.Mar 3, 1865
  390. Private Law 38–CXXXIVChap. CXXXIV: granting a Pension to Ellen M. Whipple, Widow of the late Major-General Amiel W. Whipple, of the United States Army.Mar 3, 1865
  391. Private Law 38–CXXXVChap. CXXXV: granting a Pension to the Widow of the late Major-General Hiram G. Berry.Mar 3, 1865
  392. Private Law 38–CXXXVIChap. CXXXVI: granting a Pension to Ezekiel Darling.Mar 3, 1865
  393. Private Law 38–CXXXVIIChap. CXXXVII: for the Relief of Jean M. Lander, Widow of F. W. Lander, deceased.Mar 3, 1865
  394. Private Law 38–CXXXVIIIChap. CXXXVIII: granting a Pension to Thomas Booth.Mar 3, 1865
  395. Private Law 38–CXXXIXChap. CXXXIX: granting a Pension to Elizabeth B. Leppien.Mar 3, 1865
  396. Private Law 38–CXLChap. CXL: granting a Pension to Rachel Mills, Widow of Peter Mills, deceased, late a Major in the United States Army.Mar 3, 1865
  397. Private Law 38–CXLIChap. CXLI: for the Relief of Benjamin Vreeland, Surgeon in the Navy of the United States.Mar 3, 1865