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119th Congress

Volume 29

1895–1897 · 54th Congress · sessions 1–2 · 860 public laws.

  1. Public Law 54–1Chapter 1: Making an appropriation for the expanses of a commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana.Dec 21, 1895
  2. Public Law 54–2Chapter 2: To amend section twenty-six hundred and one of the Revised Statutes relative to Ports of Entry.Dec 27, 1895
  3. Public Law 54–3Chapter 3: Fixing the times for holding the Circuit and District Courts of the Northern District of Iowa, and of the Southern District of Iowa.Jan 4, 1896
  4. Public Law 54–4Chapter 4: To make Palm Beach, Florida, a subport of entry and delivery.Jan 6, 1896
  5. Public Law 54–5Chapter 5: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of (Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Jan 21, 1896
  6. Public Law 54–6Chapter 6: For improving Aransas Pass.Jan 21, 1896
  7. Public Law 54–7Chapter 7: To provide an American register for the steamer Miami.Jan 22, 1896
  8. Public Law 54–8Chapter 8: To amend an Act entitled “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 and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof.”Jan 23, 1896
  9. Public Law 54–9Chapter 9: To reconvene the delegates of the United Status to the International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.Feb 5, 1896
  10. Public Law 54–10Chapter 10: To incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia.Feb 7, 1896
  11. Public Law 54–11Chapter 11: To provide American registers for the barks Minde and Johan Ludwig.Feb 7, 1896
  12. Public Law 54–12Chapter 12: To prohibit prize-fighting and pugilism and fights between men and animals and to provide penalties therefor, in the Territories and District of Columbia.Feb 7, 1896
  13. Public Law 54–14Chapter 14: To extend the jurisdiction of the United States circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, over certain suits now pending therein on appeal and writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory.Feb 8, 1896
  14. Public Law 54–18Chapter 18: To amend section four of an Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes.Feb 12, 1896
  15. Public Law 54–19Chapter 19: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Feb 13, 1896
  16. Public Law 54–20Chapter 20: To amend chapter seventy-six, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Feb 15, 1896
  17. Public Law 54–21Chapter 21: To extend the time for the completion of the incline railway on West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation.Feb 15, 1896
  18. Public Law 54–22Chapter 22: To amend section thirteen hundred and nine, Revised Statutes, providing a chaplain for the Military Academy.Feb 18, 1896
  19. Public Law 54–23Chapter 23: To incorporate The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.Feb 20, 1896
  20. Public Law 54–24Chapter 24: To extend the mineral-land laws of the United States to lands embraced in the north half of the Colville Indian Reservation.Feb 20, 1896
  21. Public Law 54–25Chapter 25: To amend an Act entitled “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,” approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.Feb 20, 1896
  22. Public Law 54–26Chapter 26: To amend section twenty-one of an Act entitled “An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations, and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.Feb 20, 1896
  23. Public Law 54–27Chapter 27: Extending the time within which the Maryland and Washington Railway Company shall be required to complete the building of the road of said company, under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.Feb 20, 1896
  24. Public Law 54–28Chapter 28: To open forest, reservations in the State of Colorado for the location of mining claims.Feb 20, 1896
  25. Public Law 54–29Chapter 29: Granting to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company a right of way through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Chippewa Indian Reservation, in Minnesota.Feb 24, 1896
  26. Public Law 54–30Chapter 30: To authorize the Arkansas and Choctaw Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.Feb 24, 1896
  27. Public Law 54–31Chapter 31: Granting leave of absence for one year to homestead settlers upon the Yankton Indian Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.Feb 26, 1896
  28. Public Law 54–32Chapter 32: To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota.”Feb 26, 1896
  29. Public Law 54–33Chapter 33: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other purposes.Feb 26, 1896
  30. Public Law 54–34Chapter 34: Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Feb 26, 1896
  31. Public Law 54–35Chapter 35: To change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee.Feb 27, 1896
  32. Public Law 54–36Chapter 36: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon mid four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to W. H. Wallace Poet, Numbered Sixty-six, Grand Army of the Republic, of Eldorado, Kansas, and for other purposes.Feb 27, 1896
  33. Public Law 54–37Chapter 37: To amend section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes.Mar 2, 1896
  34. Public Law 54–38Chapter 38: To grant the Fort Smith and Western Coal Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for oilier purposes.Mar 2, 1896
  35. Public Law 54–39Chapter 39: To provide for the extension of the time within which suits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents, and for other purposes.Mar 2, 1896
  36. Public Law 54–40Chapter 40: Relating to final proof in timber-culture entries.Mar 4, 1896
  37. Public Law 54–41Chapter 41: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to grant to the Gainesville, McAlester and Saint Louis Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory.”Mar 4, 1896
  38. Public Law 54–42Chapter 42: Granting to the Columbia and Red Mountain Railway Company a right of way through the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.Mar 6, 1896
  39. Public Law 54–46Chapter 46: Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.Mar 6, 1896
  40. Public Law 54–47Chapter 47: To authorize the construction of a bridge across Lake Saint Francis, in the State of Arkansas.Mar 6, 1896
  41. Public Law 54–48Chapter 48: Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Mar 6, 1896
  42. Public Law 54–49Chapter 49: Relating to the anchorage and movements of vessels in Saint Marys River.Mar 6, 1896
  43. Public Law 54–51Chapter 51: Granting to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman’s Relief Corps of Taylorville. Illinois, four condemned cannon and four condemned cannon balls for the purpose of decorating a soldiers’ monument lately erected there by said corps; and, also, to the town of Newton, in the State of New Jersey, four pieces of condemned cannon and twenty cannon halls for the decoration of the new soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in that town.Mar 7, 1896
  44. Public Law 54–52Chapter 52: To repeal section five hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, requiring the district judge for the southern district of Florida to reside at Key West.Mar 13, 1896
  45. Public Law 54–53Chapter 53: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Chamberlain, South Dakota.Mar 13, 1896
  46. Public Law 54–54Chapter 54: Regulating proof of death in certain Pension cases.Mar 13, 1896
  47. Public Law 54–55Chapter 55: Granting to the First Regiment North Carolina State Guard two condemned cannon.Mar 13, 1896
  48. Public Law 54–56Chapter 56: To incorporate the Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree of Scottish Rite Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.Mar 13, 1896
  49. Public Law 54–57Chapter 57: To incorporate the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of Washington.Mar 16, 1896
  50. Public Law 54–58Chapter 58: To reorganize the customs collection district of Alaska.Mar 16, 1896
  51. Public Law 54–59Chapter 59: Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Mar 16, 1896
  52. Public Law 54–60Chapter 60: To authorize the Saint Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian and Oklahoma Territories, and for other purposes.Mar 18, 1896
  53. Public Law 54–62Chapter 62: To extend the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans.Mar 20, 1896
  54. Public Law 54–63Chapter 63: To authorize the First National Bank of Sprague, Washington, to change its location and name.Mar 20, 1896
  55. Public Law 54–64Chapter 64: Donating one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to Stone River Post, Numbered Seventy-four, Grand Army of the Republic, Sedan, Kansas, and for other purposes.Mar 20, 1896
  56. Public Law 54–65Chapter 65: To provide for printing and binding for the Navy Department.Mar 20, 1896
  57. Public Law 54–66Chapter 66: To repeal section six of an Act entitled “An Act to define the duties of pension agents, to prescribe the manner of paying pensions, and for other purposes,” approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and now being section forty-seven hundred and eighty-four, Revised Statutes of the United States.Mar 23, 1896
  58. Public Law 54–67Chapter 67: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, in the county of Aitkin, State of Minnesota.Mar 23, 1896
  59. Public Law 54–73Chapter 73: To regulate the issue and recording of the commissions of officers in several of the Departments.Mar 28, 1896
  60. Public Law 54–74Chapter 74: To amend section nine of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”Mar 28, 1896
  61. Public Law 54–75Chapter 75: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River.Mar 28, 1896
  62. Public Law 54–76Chapter 76: To authorize the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company to extend its line of railroad into the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.Mar 28, 1896
  63. Public Law 54–77Chapter 77: For the right of the Rock Island, Muscatine and Southwestern Railway Company to build a bridge across the Illinois and Mississippi canal.Mar 28, 1896
  64. Public Law 54–78Chapter 78: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tennessee.Mar 28, 1896
  65. Public Law 54–79Chapter 79: For the reconstruction of the Rock Island bridge.Mar 28, 1896
  66. Public Law 54–82Chapter 82: Authorizing the Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.Mar 30, 1896
  67. Public Law 54–83Chapter 83: To grant certain condemned cannon and cannon balls to the Thirteenth and Forty-third Separate Companies National Guard of State of New York.Mar 31, 1896
  68. Public Law 54–84Chapter 84: To repeal section twelve hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by chapter forty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, relating to appointment of officers in the Army or Navy of the United States.Mar 31, 1896
  69. Public Law 54–85Chapter 85: Providing for disposal of lands lying within the Fort Klamath Hay Reservation, not included in the Klamath Indian Reservation, in Oregon.Mar 31, 1896
  70. Public Law 54–87Chapter 87: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers,” and so forth, approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Apr 1, 1896
  71. Public Law 54–88Chapter 88: To provide an American register for the steamer Matteawan.Apr 4, 1896
  72. Public Law 54–90Chapter 90: To provide an American register for the steamer Matteawan.Apr 6, 1896
  73. Public Law 54–91Chapter 91: For the establishment of a light-house and fog-signal station at or near the entrance to Maurice River, New Jersey.Apr 6, 1896
  74. Public Law 54–92Chapter 92: Authorizing the sale of title of the United States to certain tracts of hind in the District of Columbia to Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R. Scott.Apr 6, 1896
  75. Public Law 54–93Chapter 93: Authorizing the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.Apr 6, 1896
  76. Public Law 54–94Chapter 94: To confirm certain cash entries of offered lands.Apr 7, 1896
  77. Public Law 54–95Chapter 95: To authorize the leasing of lands for educational purposes in Arizona.Apr 7, 1896
  78. Public Law 54–96Chapter 96: To authorize the Light-House Board to proceed with the construction of the light-house and fog signal on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.Apr 13, 1896
  79. Public Law 54–98Chapter 98: For the relief of settlers upon lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company.Apr 14, 1896
  80. Public Law 54–99Chapter 99: Repealing chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Supplement of the Revised Statutes of the United States.Apr 14, 1896
  81. Public Law 54–100Chapter 100: Granting to the Duluth and North Dakota Railroad Company right of way through certain Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.Apr 14, 1896
  82. Public Law 54–101Chapter 101: To amend an Act to authorize the Interoceanic Railway Company to construct and operate railway, telegraph, and telephone lines through the Indian Territory.Apr 14, 1896
  83. Public Law 54–103Chapter 103: Authorizing the construction of a fog signal on the north pier of the entrance to Menominee Harbor, Michigan.Apr 15, 1896
  84. Public Law 54–104Chapter 104: To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near the city of Columbia, Alabama.Apr 16, 1896
  85. Public Law 54–107Chapter 107: Providing for disposal of lands on abandoned portions of the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation in Montana, and for the relief of certain settlers thereon.Apr 18, 1896
  86. Public Law 54–108Chapter 108: Granting to the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad Company and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, its lessee in perpetuity, the right of way over a part of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation in the States of Kansas and Nebraska.Apr 18, 1896
  87. Public Law 54–119Chapter 119: Authorizing the transfer of a cannon from the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, to Grant Park, in Galena, Illinois.Apr 24, 1896
  88. Public Law 54–120Chapter 120: Providing for a naval training station on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes.Apr 24, 1896
  89. Public Law 54–121Chapter 121: To grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.Apr 24, 1896
  90. Public Law 54–122Chapter 122: To amend an Act approved August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to authorize purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers, privileges, and franchises vested in that company.”Apr 24, 1896
  91. Public Law 54–123Chapter 123: To authorize reassessments for improvements and general taxes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Apr 24, 1896
  92. Public Law 54–140Chapter 140: Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Apr 25, 1896
  93. Public Law 54–141Chapter 141: To grant to railroad companies in Indian Territory additional powers to secure depot grounds.Apr 25, 1896
  94. Public Law 54–147Chapter 147: To provide for reimbursement of the expense of constructing a sewer upon the permanent reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas.May 1, 1896
  95. Public Law 54–150Chapter 150: 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 establish it as a post road.”May 4, 1896
  96. Public Law 54–151Chap. 151: To revive and reenact the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.May 4, 1896
  97. Public Law 54–152Chap. 152: Authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas.May 4, 1896
  98. Public Law 54–153Chap. 153: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River,” approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.May 4, 1896
  99. Public Law 54–154Chap. 154: To provide for the incorporation and regulation of medical and dental colleges in the District of Columbia.May 4, 1896
  100. Public Law 54–155Chap. 155: To establish and provide for the government of Greer County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.May 4, 1896
  101. Public Law 54–161Chap. 161: To provide for the fulfillment of the stipulations of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at Washington on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.May 7, 1896
  102. Public Law 54–162Chap. 162: Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish not more than four pieces of condemned cannon to the village of New Rochelle, New York.May 8, 1896
  103. Public Law 54–163Chap. 163: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate condemned cannon to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and Mathies Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Burlington, Iowa.May 9, 1896
  104. Public Law 54–164Chap. 164: To amend section twenty-eight hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, fixing time for vessels to unlade.May 9, 1896
  105. Public Law 54–167Chap. 167: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange in behalf of the United States the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, now belonging to the United States and held for light-house purposes, with the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company for any other tract or parcel of land in said county equally well or better adapted to use for light-house purposes.May 11, 1896
  106. Public Law 54–168Chap. 168: To provide for the disposal of public reservations in vacated town sites or additions to town sites in the Territory of Oklahoma.May 11, 1896
  107. Public Law 54–169Chap. 169: To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the cemetery association in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be used at or near the foot of the soldiers’ monument in said cemetery.May 11, 1896
  108. Public Law 54–175Chap. 175: Making provision for the deportation of refugee Canadian Cree Indians from the State of Montana and their delivery to the Canadian authorities.May 13, 1896
  109. Public Law 54–176Chap. 176: To revive and reenact an Act to authorize the construction of a free bridge across Arkansas River, connecting Little Rock and Argenta.May 13, 1896
  110. Public Law 54–177Chap. 177: To regulate marriages in the District of Columbia.May 13, 1896
  111. Public Law 54–179Chap. 179: To amend the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, granting the right of way upon the public lands for reservoir and canal purposes.May 14, 1896
  112. Public Law 54–181Chap. 181: To permit Rene C. Banghman to lay pipes in a certain street in the city of Washington.May 15, 1896
  113. Public Law 54–182Chap. 182: Authorizing the Secretary of War to make certain uses of national military parks.May 15, 1896
  114. Public Law 54–191Chap. 191: Constituting Syracuse, New York, a port of delivery.May 18, 1896
  115. Public Law 54–192Chap. 192: To provide a life-saving station at or near Point Bonita, at the Golden Gate, in the State of California.May 18, 1896
  116. Public Law 54–193Chap. 193: Authorizing the county of Navajo, Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction of a court-house and jail at the county seat thereof.May 18, 1896
  117. Public Law 54–194Chap. 194: To regulate the business of storage in District of Columbia.May 18, 1896
  118. Public Law 54–195Chap. 195: To allow the return free of duty of certain articles exported from the United States for exhibition purposes.May 18, 1896
  119. Public Law 54–199Chap. 199: To provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers.May 19, 1896
  120. Public Law 54–200Chap. 200: To establish the port of Conneaut, in the State of Ohio, as a subport of entry in the district of Cuyahoga, in said State of Ohio.May 19, 1896
  121. Public Law 54–201Chap. 201: To abolish days of grace on promissory notes, drafts, and so forth, in the District of Columbia.May 19, 1896
  122. Public Law 54–202Chap. 202: To restore the lands embraced in the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, in the State of Colorado, to the public domain.May 19, 1896
  123. Public Law 54–203Chap. 203: To permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington.May 19, 1896
  124. Public Law 54–204Chap. 204: Amending the statutes relating to the sale of printed copies of patents.May 19, 1896
  125. Public Law 54–205Chap. 205: To authorize and regulate the sale of unclaimed freight, baggage, and other property in the District of Columbia.May 19, 1896
  126. Public Law 54–206Chap. 206: To provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia.May 19, 1896
  127. Public Law 54–207Chap. 207: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to reconvey to the former owners a certain tract of land in Valverde County, Texas.May 19, 1896
  128. Public Law 54–208Chap. 208: To establish certain harbor regulations for the District of Columbia.May 19, 1896
  129. Public Law 54–212Chap. 212: To grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines in the States of Colorado and Wyoming.May 21, 1896
  130. Public Law 54–213Chap. 213: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Denison and Northern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.”May 21, 1896
  131. Public Law 54–214Chap. 214: Requiring bills of sale, conditional sales, mortgages, or deeds of trust of chattels in the District of Columbia to be recorded.May 21, 1896
  132. Public Law 54–215Chap. 215: To authorize the sale of the title of the United States in lot five, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington.May 21, 1896
  133. Public Law 54–216Chap. 216: Granting to Major C. A. Angel Post, Numbered Twenty, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lambertville, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls.May 21, 1896
  134. Public Law 54–217Chap. 217: To amend section twenty-nine hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.May 21, 1896
  135. Public Law 54–218Chap. 218: To donate eight condemned cannon and one hundred cannon shot to the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Association of Colorado.May 21, 1896
  136. Public Law 54–219Chap. 219: Granting to A. L. Robeson Post, Numbered Forty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls.May 21, 1896
  137. Public Law 54–220Chap. 220: Granting to the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association, of the county of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, four condemned cannon and thirty cannon balls.May 21, 1896
  138. Public Law 54–221Chap. 221: Donating four condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the Soldiers’ Monument Association of Allegan, Michigan.May 21, 1896
  139. Public Law 54–222Chap. 222: Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic Post, Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three, of Evans City, Pennsylvania.May 21, 1896
  140. Public Law 54–223Chap. 223: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and condemned cannon balls to U. S. Grant Post, Numbered Seventy-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Washington, Indiana, Department of Indiana, and for other purposes.May 21, 1896
  141. Public Law 54–224Chap. 224: To establish a railroad bridge across the Illinois River near Grafton, Illinois.May 21, 1896
  142. Public Law 54–225Chap. 225: Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls.May 21, 1896
  143. Public Law 54–226Chap. 226: Donating one condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic, L. W. Cooper Post, Department of Missouri, Numbered Eighty-one, of Lathrop, Missouri.May 21, 1896
  144. Public Law 54–227Chap. 227: Granting to Budlong Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Westerly, Rhode Island, two condemned mounted brass cannon.May 21, 1896
  145. Public Law 54–230Chap. 230: Donating two condemned cannon to Custer Post, Numbered Thirty-eight, Grand Army of the Republic, of Etna, Pennsylvania, and two condemned cannon to James G. Clark Post, Numbered One hundred and sixty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.May 22, 1896
  146. Public Law 54–231Chap. 231: To authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Departments.May 22, 1896
  147. Public Law 54–232Chap. 232: To establish customs ports of delivery at Pueblo, Durango, and Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.May 22, 1896
  148. Public Law 54–233Chap. 233: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River, in the town of Lewiston, in the county of Niagara, State of New York.May 22, 1896
  149. Public Law 54–238Chap. 238: Changing the time of holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the northern district of California.May 25, 1896
  150. Public Law 54–239Chap. 239: To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes relative to guarantees on proposals for naval supplies.May 25, 1896
  151. Public Law 54–240Chap. 240: Authorizing the Secretary of Navy to deliver one condemned cannon to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, and for other purposes.May 25, 1896
  152. Public Law 54–241Chap. 241: Making one year’s residence in a Territory a prerequisite to obtaining a divorce there.May 25, 1896
  153. Public Law 54–242Chap. 242: Making it unlawful to shoot at or into any railway locomotive or car, or at any person thereon, or to throw any rock or other missile at or into any locomotive or car in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.May 25, 1896
  154. Public Law 54–243Chap. 243: To provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida.May 25, 1896
  155. Public Law 54–244Chap. 244: To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at Port Huron, on the coast of Lake Huron, Michigan.May 25, 1896
  156. Public Law 54–245Chap. 245: Relating to the testimony of physicians in the courts of the District of Columbia.May 25, 1896
  157. Public Law 54–246Chap. 246: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Boonville, Missouri.May 25, 1896
  158. Public Law 54–252Chap. 252: Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.May 28, 1896
  159. Public Law 54–253Chap. 253: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North.May 28, 1896
  160. Public Law 54–254Chap. 254: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Capital Railway Company.” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.May 28, 1896
  161. Public Law 54–255Chap. 255: To amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to improve the merchant-marine engineer service and thereby also to increase the efficiency of the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes.May 28, 1896
  162. Public Law 54–256Chap. 256: To authorize and empower the State of South Dakota to select the Fort Sully Military Reservation in said State as a part of the lands granted to the State under the provisions of an Act to provide for the admission of South Dakota into the Union, approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for indemnity school lands, and for other purposes.May 28, 1896
  163. Public Law 54–257Chap. 257: Granting to the Denver, Cripple Creek and Southwestern Railroad Company a right of way for a railroad through the South Platte and Plum Creek forest reserves, in the State of Colorado.May 28, 1896
  164. Public Law 54–258Chap. 258: Declaring a certain bridge across the Tallahatchie River, in Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi, a lawful structure, and for other purposes.May 28, 1896
  165. Public Law 54–270Chap. 270: To amend section four hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia.May 29, 1896
  166. Public Law 54–274Chap. 274: Defining the standard shape and size for dry measures in use in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.May 30, 1896
  167. Public Law 54–275Chap. 275: Empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish four pieces of condemned cannon to the city of Hastings, Michigan.May 30, 1896
  168. Public Law 54–303Chap. 303: To amend the laws of the District of Columbia as to married women, to make parents the natural guardians of their minor children, and for other purposes.Jun 1, 1896
  169. Public Law 54–304Chap. 304: To Incorporate the National University.Jun 1, 1896
  170. Public Law 54–309Chap. 309: To amend section thirty-two hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits.Jun 3, 1896
  171. Public Law 54–310Chap. 310: To repeal section sixty-one of an Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.Jun 3, 1896
  172. Public Law 54–311Chap. 311: Authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.Jun 3, 1896
  173. Public Law 54–312Chap. 312: Relating to commutations of homestead entries, and to confirm such entries when commutation proofs were received by local land officers prematurely.Jun 3, 1896
  174. Public Law 54–313Chap. 313: To regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District of Columbia.Jun 3, 1896
  175. Public Law 54–314Chap. 314: Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.Jun 3, 1896
  176. Public Law 54–315Chap. 315: To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia.Jun 3, 1896
  177. Public Law 54–316Chap. 316: For the relief of settlers on the Northern Pacific Railroad indemnity lands.Jun 3, 1896
  178. Public Law 54–317Chap. 317: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company.”Jun 3, 1896
  179. Public Law 54–331Chap. 331: Amending the Act of June eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An Act to authorize the President to appoint an officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps to perform the duties of solicitor and judge-advocate-general, and so forth, and to fix the rank and pay of such officer,” and tor other purposes.Jun 5, 1896
  180. Public Law 54–335Chap. 335: Relating to the sale of gas in the District of Columbia.Jun 6, 1896
  181. Public Law 54–336Chap. 336: Granting the Flagstaff and Canyon Railroad Company right of way for railroad purposes through the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in northern Arizona.Jun 6, 1896
  182. Public Law 54–337Chap. 337: Defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, mid exportation of “filled cheese.”Jun 6, 1896
  183. Public Law 54–338Chap. 338: Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.Jun 6, 1896
  184. Public Law 54–339Chap. 339: Amending and extending the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act approving with amendments the funding Act of Arizona,” approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the Act amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto approved August third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.Jun 6, 1896
  185. Public Law 54–370Chap. 370: To regulate mail matter of the fourth class.Jun 8, 1896
  186. Public Law 54–371Chap. 371: To expedite the delivery of imported parcels and packages not exceeding five hundred dollars in value.Jun 8, 1896
  187. Public Law 54–372Chap. 372: To authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia.Jun 8, 1896
  188. Public Law 54–373Chap. 373: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other purposes.Jun 8, 1896
  189. Public Law 54–386Chap. 386: Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Jun 9, 1896
  190. Public Law 54–387Chap. 387: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska.”Jun 9, 1896
  191. Public Law 54–394Chap. 394: Changing the time for holding circuit court of the United States at Hartford, in the district of Connecticut.Jun 10, 1896
  192. Public Law 54–395Chap. 395: To extend the routes of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and of the Belt Railway Company, of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Jun 10, 1896
  193. Public Law 54–396Chap. 396: To provide an American register for the steamer Menemsha.Jun 10, 1896
  194. Public Law 54–397Chap. 397: Disposing of two condemned cannon.Jun 10, 1896
  195. Public Law 54–398Chap. 398: Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.Jun 10, 1896
  196. Public Law 54–399Chap. 399: Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.Jun 10, 1896
  197. Public Law 54–400Chap. 400: To establish a site for the erection of a penitentiary on the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and for other purposes.Jun 10, 1896
  198. Public Law 54–401Chap. 401: To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”Jun 10, 1896
  199. Public Law 54–402Chap. 402: To authorize and encourage the holding of a transmississippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety eight.Jun 10, 1896
  200. Public Law 54–403Chap. 403: To provide for subports of entry and delivery in the State of Florida.Jun 10, 1896
  201. Public Law 54–404Chap. 404: To make the city of Santa Barbara, county of Santa Barbara, State of California, a subport of entry.Jun 10, 1896
  202. Public Law 54–405Chap. 405: To authorize the Secretary of War to improve and maintain the public roads within the limits of the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Jun 10, 1896
  203. Public Law 54–406Chap. 406: To establish a life-saving station on the coast of New Hampshire or Massachusetts between the Hampton and the Merrimac rivers.Jun 10, 1896
  204. Public Law 54–407Chap. 407: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate condemned cannon and condemned cannon balls to certain posts of the Grand Army of the Republic.Jun 10, 1896
  205. Public Law 54–408Chap. 408: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish to George F. Fuller Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Manistique, Michigan, a condemned cannon.Jun 10, 1896
  206. Public Law 54–409Chap. 409: To grant a right of way through the new Fort Bliss Military Reservation to the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad Company.Jun 10, 1896
  207. Public Law 54–414Chap. 414: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Warrior River by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.Jun 11, 1896
  208. Public Law 54–415Chap. 415: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cahaba River, in Bibb County, Alabama, by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.Jun 11, 1896
  209. Public Law 54–416Chap. 416: To authorize tin: construction of a bridge across the Alabama River by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.Jun 11, 1896
  210. Public Law 54–417Chap. 417: To authorize the Butler and Pittsburg Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Allegheny River.Jun 11, 1896
  211. Public Law 54–418Chap. 418: To make the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, a port of immediate transportation.Jun 11, 1896
  212. Public Law 54–419Chap. 419: Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Colombia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.Jun 11, 1896
  213. Public Law 54–420Chap. 420: Making appropriations for sundry civil expanses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.Jun 11, 1896
  214. Public Law 54–421Chap. 421: To authorize the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, to build or authorize the building of a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, at a point near Fond du Lac, in said State of Minnesota.Jun 11, 1896
  215. Public Law 54–422Chap. 422: To change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas.Jun 11, 1896
  216. Public Law 54–423Chap. 423: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for expenses of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.Jun 11, 1896
  217. Public Law 54–424Chap. 424: To amend section one of “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act authorising the Postmaster-General to adjust certain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire or other unavoidable casualty,’” approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.Jun 11, 1896
  218. Public Law 54–1Chap. 1: To aid and encourage the holding of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville, Tennessee, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and making an appropriation therefor.Dec 22, 1896
  219. Public Law 54–2Chap. 2: Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.Dec 22, 1896
  220. Public Law 54–3Chap. 3: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes.Dec 22, 1896
  221. Public Law 54–4Chap. 4: To amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes, relating to copyrights.Jan 6, 1897
  222. Public Law 54–5Chap. 5: Authorizing the issuing and loaning of the ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, of the United States for the purpose of decorating the streets of the city of Washington on the occasion of inaugural ceremonies on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.Jan 6, 1897
  223. Public Law 54–7Chap. 7: Extending the time within which the University of Utah shall occupy hinds heretofore granted to it.Jan 8, 1897
  224. Public Law 54–8Chap. 8: To refer the claim of the owners of the brig Tally-Ho to the Court of Claims.Jan 9, 1897
  225. Public Law 54–9Chap. 9: To amend chapter one hundred and eleven of the Acts of the third session of the Fifty-third Congress.Jan 9, 1897
  226. Public Law 54–11Chap. 11: Providing for the locution and purchase of public lands for reservoir sites.Jan 13, 1897
  227. Public Law 54–12Chap. 12: To approve and ratify the construction of a bridge over and across Caddo Lake, at Mooringsport, Louisiana, by the Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway Company.Jan 13, 1897
  228. Public Law 54–13Chap. 13: Authorizing the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Black River, in Louisiana.Jan 13, 1897
  229. Public Law 54–29Chap. 29: To reduce the cases in which the penalty of death may be inflicted.Jan 15, 1897
  230. Public Law 54–30Chap. 30: Approving certain acts of the legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, authorizing the issue of certain bonds of said Territory, and for other purposes.Jan 16, 1897
  231. Public Law 54–61Chap. 61: Providing for certain requirements for vessels propelled by gas, fluid, naphtha, or electric motors.Jan 18, 1897
  232. Public Law 54–62Chap. 62: To provide for the entry of lands in Greer County, Oklahoma, to give preference rights to settlers, and for other purposes.Jan 18, 1897
  233. Public Law 54–66Chap. 66: To provide an American register for the steamer Kahului.Jan 20, 1897
  234. Public Law 54–67Chap. 67: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section forty-one hundred and seventy-eight, Revised Statutes, in relation to the marking of vessels’ names at how and stern, and also to provide for marking the draft,” approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.Jan 20, 1897
  235. Public Law 54–68Chap. 68: To withdraw from the Supreme Court jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital and confer the same on the circuit courts of appeals.Jan 20, 1897
  236. Public Law 54–69Chap. 69: To approve and ratify the construction of a bridge across the Red River, between the States of Arkansas and Texas, at a point above the town of Fulton, in Arkansas, on said river, built by the Texarkana Northern Railway Company, but now owned and operated by the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company, and to authorize the latter company to maintain said bridge over said waterway, subject to certain stipulations and conditions.Jan 20, 1897
  237. Public Law 54–70Chap. 70: To validate the appointments, acts, and services of certain deputy United States marshals in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.Jan 20, 1897
  238. Public Law 54–83Chap. 83: Construing the Acts of Congress in relation to the award of life-saving medals.Jan 21, 1897
  239. Public Law 54–86Chap. 86: To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to furnish condemned cannon to Fort Thomas, Kentucky.Jan 22, 1897
  240. Public Law 54–90Chap. 90: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River from the borough of Braddock to the township of Mifflin, Pennsylvania.Jan 26, 1897
  241. Public Law 54–91Chap. 91: To authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.Jan 26, 1897
  242. Public Law 54–92Chap. 92: For the relief of telegraph operators who served in the war of the rebellion.Jan 26, 1897
  243. Public Law 54–93Chap. 93: Authorizing the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River at the city of Alexandria, Louisiana.Jan 26, 1897
  244. Public Law 54–94Chap. 94: To incorporate the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf.Jan 26, 1897
  245. Public Law 54–95Chap. 95: To enable the town of Flagstaff, in the Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds to construct a water system.Jan 26, 1897
  246. Public Law 54–96Chap. 96: To provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia by drawback certificates.Jan 26, 1897
  247. Public Law 54–99Chap. 99: Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River, in the State of Washington.Jan 27, 1897
  248. Public Law 54–106Chap. 106: To detach the county of Audrain from the western district of Missouri and to attach the same to the eastern district of said State of Missouri.Jan 28, 1897
  249. Public Law 54–108Chap. 108: To authorize the Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Western Railroad Company to construct and operate a line of railway through Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.Jan 29, 1897
  250. Public Law 54–109Chap. 109: To prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians, providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.Jan 30, 1897
  251. Public Law 54–110Chap. 110: Authorizing the establishment of a life-saving station on the coast of Maryland.Jan 30, 1897
  252. Public Law 54–111Chap. 111: To confirm certain cash entries of public lands.Jan 30, 1897
  253. Public Law 54–112Chap. 112: To establish railroad bridges across the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, in Kentucky.Jan 30, 1897
  254. Public Law 54–113Chap. 113: Extending the time for the completion of the bridge across the East River, between the city of New York and Long Island, now in course of construction, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.Jan 30, 1897
  255. Public Law 54–121Chap. 121: To provide for an examination and survey of a water route from the mouth of the jetties at the city of Galveston, Texas, through the ship channel and up Buffalo Bayou to the city of Houston, Texas.Feb 1, 1897
  256. Public Law 54–122Chap. 122: To authorize the construction or acquisition of a bridge across the Rio Grande River at El Paso, in the State of Texas.Feb 1, 1897
  257. Public Law 54–136Chap. 136: Relating to mortgages in the Indian Territory.Feb 3, 1897
  258. Public Law 54–145Chap. 145: To provide an American register for the barge Black Diamond.Feb 4, 1897
  259. Public Law 54–146Chap. 146: To authorize officers who served daring the war of the rebellion in the Regular Army to hear the title and, on occasions of ceremony, wear the uniform of their highest rank.Feb 4, 1897
  260. Public Law 54–167Chap. 167: For the protection of yacht owners and shipbuilders of the United States.Feb 5, 1897
  261. Public Law 54–169Chap. 169: Authorizing the establishment of a pierhead light at or near South Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin.Feb 6, 1897
  262. Public Law 54–170Chap. 170: To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company right of way through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in the State of Nebraska,” by extending the time for the Construction of said railway.Feb 6, 1897
  263. Public Law 54–172Chap. 172: To prevent the carrying of obscene literature and articles designed for indecent and immoral use from one State or Territory into another State or Territory.Feb 8, 1897
  264. Public Law 54–173Chap. 173: To approve and ratify the construction of a bridge across the Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas, by the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company.Feb 8, 1897
  265. Public Law 54–174Chap. 174: To authorize the construction by the Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railroad Company of a bridge across the Sabine River between the States of Louisiana and Texas.Feb 8, 1897
  266. Public Law 54–175Chap. 175: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri,” approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.Feb 8, 1897
  267. Public Law 54–176Chap. 176: To authorize the mayor and city council of Monroe, and the police jury of the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana, to construct a traffic bridge across the Ouachita River opposite said city.Feb 8, 1897
  268. Public Law 54–177Chap. 177: To provide an American register for the bark Ceres.Feb 8, 1897
  269. Public Law 54–178Chap. 178: To constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court.Feb 8, 1897
  270. Public Law 54–179Chap. 179: To correct the muster roll of Company I of the Seventh Iowa Infantry Volunteers.Feb 8, 1897
  271. Public Law 54–205Chap. 205: To amend section forty-eight hundred and twenty-nine of the United States Revised Statutes concerning surgeons, assistant surgeons, and other medical officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Feb 9, 1897
  272. Public Law 54–213Chap. 213: To quiet title and possession with respect to certain unconfirmed and located private land claims in the State of Louisiana.Feb 10, 1897
  273. Public Law 54–214Chap. 214: Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.Feb 10, 1897
  274. Public Law 54–216Chap. 216: To authorize the entry and patenting of lands containing petroleum and other mineral oils under the placer-mining laws of the United States.Feb 11, 1897
  275. Public Law 54–221Chap. 221: To commission passed assistant surgeons in the United States Navy, and to provide for their examination preliminary to their promotion to the grade of surgeon.Feb 13, 1897
  276. Public Law 54–222Chap. 222: To provide an American register for bark Vila.Feb 13, 1897
  277. Public Law 54–223Chap. 223: To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Great Boars Head, on the coast of New Hampshire.Feb 13, 1897
  278. Public Law 54–224Chap. 224: To provide an American register for the bark E. C. Mowatt, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Feb 13, 1897
  279. Public Law 54–228Chap. 228: To grant to the Hudson Reservoir and Canal Company the right of way through the Gila River Indian Reservation.Feb 15, 1897
  280. Public Law 54–229Chap. 229: To amend so much of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the Statutes of the United States of America, passed at the third session of the Fifty third Congress, and approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as requires that the lower portion of the Rock Island Bridge shall not be occupied by any street railway company without paying a reasonable rent therefor.Feb 15, 1897
  281. Public Law 54–230Chap. 230: To extend and amend an Act entitled “An Act to grant the right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company through this Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes,” approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Feb 15, 1897
  282. Public Law 54–231Chap. 231: To amend “An Act to amend ‘An Act to amend section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels.’ approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” and also to amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, “Regulation of steam vessels.”Feb 15, 1897
  283. Public Law 54–234Chap. 234: To provide for appointment by brevet of active or retired officers of the United States Army.Feb 16, 1897
  284. Public Law 54–236Chap. 236: To amend an Act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” passed finally June third, eighteen hundred, and ninety-six.Feb 17, 1897
  285. Public Law 54–237Chap. 237: To permit a part of the Fort Lyon Military Reservation to be occupied, improved, and controlled for a soldiers’ home by the State of Colorado.Feb 17, 1897
  286. Public Law 54–238Chap. 238: Authorizing the Cleveland Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Arkansas River between Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and the Osage Indian Reservation.Feb 17, 1897
  287. Public Law 54–239Chap. 239: To authorize a survey for construction of a bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River in line with Massachusetts avenue extended eastward.Feb 17, 1897
  288. Public Law 54–240Chap. 240: To authorize the construction by the Duluth and North Dakota Railroad Company of two bridges across the Red River of the North between the States of Minnesota and North Dakota.Feb 17, 1897
  289. Public Law 54–241Chap. 241: To enable certain persons in the State of Mississippi to procure title to public lands.Feb 17, 1897
  290. Public Law 54–242Chap. 242: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga,” giving the said company more time in which to begin and complete said bridge.Feb 17, 1897
  291. Public Law 54–243Chap. 243: To amend an act authorizing the West Braddock Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from the borough of Rankin to Mifflin Township.Feb 17, 1897
  292. Public Law 54–244Chap. 244: Relating to the improvement of Eastchester Creek, State of New York.Feb 17, 1897
  293. Public Law 54–250Chap. 250: 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 and ninety, and the several acts amendatory thereof.Feb 18, 1897
  294. Public Law 54–251Chap. 251: To provide a life-saving station at or near Point Arena, Mendocino County, in the State of California.Feb 18, 1897
  295. Public Law 54–263Chap. 263: To amend the Act creating the circuit court of appeals in regard to fees and costs, and for other purposes.Feb 19, 1897
  296. Public Law 54–264Chap. 264: Conferring jurisdiction upon the supreme court of the District of Columbia, having general equity jurisdiction, to decree the sale, lease or surrender of any lease of real estate in said District, belonging to insane persons, for purpose of reinvestment, and for other purposes.Feb 19, 1897
  297. Public Law 54–265Chap. 265: Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.Feb 19, 1897
  298. Public Law 54–267Chap. 267: To extend North Capitol street northward through the property of the Prospect Hill Cemetery, to pay for hind to be taken for such purpose, and for other purposes.Feb 20, 1897
  299. Public Law 54–268Chap. 268: Making appropriations for tile diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.Feb 20, 1897
  300. Public Law 54–269Chap. 269: To reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes.Feb 20, 1897
  301. Public Law 54–308Chap. 308: To extend the time for the completion of the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.Feb 23, 1897
  302. Public Law 54–310Chap. 310: Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue Springfield rifles to each State and Territory for the National Guards thereof, in exchange for other rifles now held.Feb 24, 1897
  303. Public Law 54–311Chap. 311: To provide for the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces.Feb 24, 1897
  304. Public Law 54–312Chap. 312: Providing for the erection of a light-house at Orient Point, Long Island, New York.Feb 24, 1897
  305. Public Law 54–313Chap. 313: To prevent forest tires on the public domain.Feb 24, 1897
  306. Public Law 54–315Chap. 315: To license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Feb 25, 1897
  307. Public Law 54–316Chap. 316: To prevent the purchasing of or speculating in claims against the Federal Government by United States officers.Feb 25, 1897
  308. Public Law 54–317Chap. 317: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River from the city of McKeesport to the township of Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.Feb 25, 1897
  309. Public Law 54–332Chap. 332: For the better improvement of the Government reservation at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes.Feb 26, 1897
  310. Public Law 54–333Chap. 333: To provide for closing the crevasse in Pass a Loutre, one of the outlets of the Mississippi River.Feb 26, 1897
  311. Public Law 54–334Chap. 334: To authorize the Montgomery, Hayneville and Camden Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River between Lower Peachtree and Prairie Bluff, Alabama.Feb 26, 1897
  312. Public Law 54–335Chap. 335: To provide for the use and occupation of reservoir sites reserved.Feb 26, 1897
  313. Public Law 54–336Chap. 336: Concerning certain homestead lands in Florida.Feb 26, 1897
  314. Public Law 54–340Chap. 340: To amend the postal laws, providing limited indemnity for loss of registered mail matter.Feb 27, 1897
  315. Public Law 54–341Chap. 341: To remove doubts as to the power of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to provide for a vacancy in the office of attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia.Feb 27, 1897
  316. Public Law 54–342Chap. 342: To authorize the extension of the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, of the District of Columbia.Feb 27, 1897
  317. Public Law 54–353Chap. 353: To grant a right of way through the Fort Spokane Military Reservation, in the State of Washington, to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company.Mar 2, 1897
  318. Public Law 54–354Chap. 354: To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for of her purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, as amended by an Act approved August third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.Mar 2, 1897
  319. Public Law 54–355Chap. 355: To establish tin additional land office in the State of Montana.Mar 2, 1897
  320. Public Law 54–356Chap. 356: To vacate Sugar Loaf Reservoir site in Colorado and to restore the lands contained in the same to entry.Mar 2, 1897
  321. Public Law 54–357Chap. 357: To authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.Mar 2, 1897
  322. Public Law 54–353Chap. 353: To prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea.Mar 2, 1897
  323. Public Law 54–359Chap. 359: To provide for the removal of the Interstate National Bank of Kansas City, from Kansas City, Kansas, to Kansas City, Missouri.Mar 2, 1897
  324. Public Law 54–360Chap. 360: To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia.”Mar 2, 1897
  325. Public Law 54–361Chap. 361: For the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, cross walks, and gutters in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.Mar 2, 1897
  326. Public Law 54–362Chap. 362: Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.Mar 2, 1897
  327. Public Law 54–363Chap. 363: To better define and regulate the rights of aliens to hold and own real estate in the Territories.Mar 2, 1897
  328. Public Law 54–364Chap. 364: To punish the impersonation of inspectors of the health and other departments of the District of Columbia.Mar 2, 1897
  329. Public Law 54–365Chap. 365: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the interment of bodies in Graceland Cemetery, in the District of Columbia,” passed August third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.Mar 2, 1897
  330. Public Law 54–366Chap. 366: To provide times and places for holding terms of United States courts in Utah.Mar 2, 1897
  331. Public Law 54–372Chap. 372: To prevent trespassing upon and providing for the protection of national military parks.Mar 3, 1897
  332. Public Law 54–373Chap. 373: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Montgomery Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.Mar 3, 1897
  333. Public Law 54–374Chap. 374: To define the rights of purchasers under mortgages authorized by an Act of Congress approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, concerning the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.Mar 3, 1897
  334. Public Law 54–375Chap. 375: Declaring the Potomac Flats a public park, under the name of the Potomac Park.Mar 3, 1897
  335. Public Law 54–376Chap. 376: To provide for the representation of the United States by commissioners at any international monetary conference hereafter to be called, and to enable the President to otherwise promote an international agreement.Mar 3, 1897
  336. Public Law 54–377Chap. 377: To amend section fifty-four hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes, prescribing the punishment for mutilating United States coins and for uttering or passing or attempting to utter or pass such mutilated coins.Mar 3, 1897
  337. Public Law 54–378Chap. 378: To amend section forty-eight hundred and seventy-eight of the Revised Statutes relating to burials in national cemeteries.Mar 3, 1897
  338. Public Law 54–379Chap. 379: To allow the bottling of distilled spirits in bond.Mar 3, 1897
  339. Public Law 54–380Chap. 380: To provide for light-houses and other aids to navigation.Mar 3, 1897
  340. Public Law 54–381Chap. 381: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yazoo River at or near the city of Greenwood, in Leflore County, in the State of Mississippi.Mar 3, 1897
  341. Public Law 54–382Chap. 382: Regulating fraternal beneficial associations in the District of Columbia.Mar 3, 1897
  342. Public Law 54–383Chap. 383: To prevent the spread of contagions diseases in the District of Columbia.Mar 3, 1897
  343. Public Law 54–384Chap. 384: Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, tor the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.Mar 3, 1897
  344. Public Law 54–385Chap. 385: Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.Mar 3, 1897
  345. Public Law 54–386Chap. 386: Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.Mar 3, 1897
  346. Public Law 54–387Chap. 387: Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.Mar 3, 1897
  347. Public Law 54–388Chap. 388: Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River to the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, from some suitable point between the north line of Saint Clair County, Illinois, and the southwest line of said county.Mar 3, 1897
  348. Public Law 54–389Chap. 389: To amend the laws relating to navigation.Mar 3, 1897
  349. Public Law 54–390Chap. 390: To authorize the Supreme Court of the United States to issue writs of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia in the same cases and manner that it may do in respect of the circuit court of appeals.Mar 3, 1897
  350. Public Law 54–391Chap. 391: Revising and amending the statutes relating to patents.Mar 3, 1897
  351. Public Law 54–392Chap. 392: To amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights.Mar 3, 1897
  352. Public Law 54–393Chap. 393: Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to charge a fee for the issuance of transcripts from the records of the health department.Mar 3, 1897
  353. Public Law 54–394Chap. 394: To amend section forty of “An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, so as to authorize the sale of forfeited domestic smoking opium to the highest bidder.Mar 3, 1897
  354. Public Law 54–395Chap. 395: Defining the jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts in cases brought for the infringement of letters patent.Mar 3, 1897
  355. Public Law 54–396Chap. 396: To repeal chapter one thousand and sixty-one, Fiftieth Congress, approved October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, being an Act to grant right of way through the military reservation at Fort Morgan to the Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Cove Harbor Railway Company, and for other purposesMar 3, 1897
  356. Public Law 54–397Chap. 397: To revive and reenact a law to authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River.Mar 3, 1897
  357. Private Law 54–13Chap. 13: For the relief of the Independence National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Feb 7, 1896
  358. Private Law 54–15Chap. 15: Granting a pension to Mrs. Eva Davis Cogswell, widow of Brigadier-General William Cogswell.Feb 8, 1896
  359. Private Law 54–16Chap. 16: Granting an increase of pension to James H. Osgood.Feb 8, 1896
  360. Private Law 54–17Chap. 17: Granting a pension to Annie M. Greene.Feb 8, 1896
  361. Private Law 54–43Chap. 43: Granting a pension to George W. Case, late private, Company B, Twenty-second New York Cavalry.Mar 4, 1896
  362. Private Law 54–44Chap. 44: Granting a pension to Anna Kelley.Mar 4, 1896
  363. Private Law 54–45Chap. 45: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Jane Dulany.Mar 4, 1896
  364. Private Law 54–50Chap. 50: Granting a pension to Julia A. Hill.Mar 6, 1896
  365. Private Law 54–61Chap. 61: To authorize the Auditor for the War Department to audit certain quartermaster’s vouchers alleged to belong to John Finn, of Saint Louis, Missouri.Mar 19, 1896
  366. Private Law 54–68Chap. 68: For the relief of Halvor K. Omlie, of Homen, North Dakota.Mar 23, 1896
  367. Private Law 54–69Chap. 69: For the relief of W. H. Ferguson, administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Millsaps.Mar 23, 1896
  368. Private Law 54–70Chap. 70: For the relief of Frances R. Jack, Elizabeth J. Jack, and Matilda W. Jack.Mar 23, 1896
  369. Private Law 54–71Chap. 71: For the relief of George H. Lott.Mar 23, 1896
  370. Private Law 54–72Chap. 72: To reimburse W. W. Rockhill for moneys erroneously paid United States.Mar 25, 1896
  371. Private Law 54–80Chap. 80: For the relief of Kate Winter.Mar 28, 1896
  372. Private Law 54–81Chap. 81: To pension Michael E. Bricker, of Edgerton, Indiana.Mar 28, 1896
  373. Private Law 54–86Chap. 86: For the relief of Michael Ryan.Mar 31, 1896
  374. Private Law 54–89Chap. 89: For the relief of James Linskey from the operation of the Act restricting the ownership of real estate in the Territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens.Apr 4, 1896
  375. Private Law 54–97Chap. 97: For the relief of Frederick B. Betts, surviving partner of the firm of Betts, Nichols and Company.Apr 13, 1896
  376. Private Law 54–102Chap. 102: To increase the pension of Uzziel B. Church.Apr 14, 1896
  377. Private Law 54–105Chap. 105: For the relief of John C. Cutter, late first lieutenant, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.Apr 16, 1896
  378. Private Law 54–106Chap. 106: To correct the muster of Lieutenant Gilman L. Johnson.Apr 16, 1896
  379. Private Law 54–109Chap. 109: Granting a pension to Catherine R. Jardine, widow of Brigadier-General Edward Jardine.Apr 18, 1896
  380. Private Law 54–110Chap. 110: Granting a pension to Mary A. Hall.Apr 18, 1896
  381. Private Law 54–111Chap. 111: To pension Mollie Crandall.Apr 18, 1896
  382. Private Law 54–112Chap. 112: To increase the pension of Joseph W. Fisher.Apr 18, 1896
  383. Private Law 54–113Chap. 113: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Moore English.Apr 18, 1896
  384. Private Law 54–114Chap. 114: Granting a pension to Miss Mary E. Hull, dependent sister of John A. Hull, deceased, late of Company F, Eighty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the late war of the rebellion.Apr 18, 1896
  385. Private Law 54–115Chap. 115: Granting an increase of pension to A. H. McLaws.Apr 18, 1896
  386. Private Law 54–116Chap. 116: For the relief of Clifton R. Anderson.Apr 18, 1896
  387. Private Law 54–117Chap. 117: For the relief of Clifton R. Anderson.Apr 18, 1896
  388. Private Law 54–118Chap. 118: Granting an increase of pension to Horace Townsend.Apr 21, 1896
  389. Private Law 54–124Chap. 124: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Bottle the claims of the legal representatives of S. W. Marston, late United States Indian agent at Union Agency, Indian Territory, for services and expenses.Apr 24, 1896
  390. Private Law 54–125Chap. 125: Granting a pension to Joseph Porter.Apr 24, 1896
  391. Private Law 54–126Chap. 126: To fix the date of the discharge of Thomas Johnson.Apr 24, 1896
  392. Private Law 54–127Chap. 127: Granting a pension to Annie J. Corbett, of Providence, Rhode Island.Apr 24, 1896
  393. Private Law 54–128Chap. 128: Granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Keith.Apr 24, 1896
  394. Private Law 54–129Chap. 129: Granting a pension to Kate A. Pitman.Apr 24, 1896
  395. Private Law 54–130Chap. 130: To grant an increase of pension to Elizabeth Deshler Whiting, widow of Lieutenant Henry Whiting.Apr 24, 1896
  396. Private Law 54–131Chap. 131: Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Corigan.Apr 24, 1896
  397. Private Law 54–132Chap. 132: To restore to the pension rolls the name of Agnes A. Blackman.Apr 24, 1896
  398. Private Law 54–133Chap. 133: Granting a pension to Caroline Parker.Apr 24, 1896
  399. Private Law 54–134Chap. 134: To amend an Act increasing the pension of Marcus D. Box.Apr 24, 1896
  400. Private Law 54–135Chap. 135: Granting a pension to Peter B. Palmenteer.Apr 24, 1896
  401. Private Law 54–136Chap. 136: Granting a pension to Rita Stine.Apr 24, 1896
  402. Private Law 54–137Chap. 137: For the relief of John E. Evans.Apr 24, 1896
  403. Private Law 54–138Chap. 138: To increase the pension of Mrs. Eunice Ida Rhoades.Apr 24, 1896
  404. Private Law 54–139Chap. 139: Granting a pension to Sophia J. Hamilton, widow of Charles S. Hamilton, major-general of volunteers.Apr 24, 1896
  405. Private Law 54–142Chap. 142: Granting a pension to Joseph A. Cooper.Apr 25, 1896
  406. Private Law 54–143Chap. 143: Granting a pension to Martha Brooks.Apr 25, 1896
  407. Private Law 54–144Chap. 144: To grant an increase of pension to Mary B. Houk.Apr 25, 1896
  408. Private Law 54–145Chap. 145: For the relief of the estate of John R. Bigelow.Apr 27, 1896
  409. Private Law 54–146Chap. 146: Granting an increase of pension to Mary Doubleday, widow of Brevet Major-General Abner Doubleday.Apr 27, 1896
  410. Private Law 54–148Chap. 148: To execute the findings of the Court of Claims in the matter of the claim of John J. Shipman against the United States.May 1, 1896
  411. Private Law 54–149Chap. 149: Granting an increase of pension to Lewis C. Schilling.May 2, 1896
  412. Private Law 54–156Chap. 156: To amend the military record of Dan S. Place, first lieutenant, Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers.May 4, 1896
  413. Private Law 54–157Chap. 157: Granting a pension to Josephine Foote Fairfax.May 4, 1896
  414. Private Law 54–158Chap. 158: Granting a pension to Eliza Wilson.May 4, 1896
  415. Private Law 54–159Chap. 159: For the relief of E. R. Shipley.May 4, 1896
  416. Private Law 54–160Chap. 160: For the relief of A. T. Hensley.May 6, 1896
  417. Private Law 54–165Chap. 165: For the relief of Captain George H. Perkins.May 9, 1896
  418. Private Law 54–166Chap. 166: Granting a pension to Arminda Stucker, of Gallatin, Missouri.May 9, 1896
  419. Private Law 54–170Chap. 170: For the relief of J. J. Lints.May 11, 1896
  420. Private Law 54–171Chap. 171: For the relief of James Duke.May 11, 1896
  421. Private Law 54–172Chap. 172: Granting an honorable discharge to F. L. Taylor from December second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.May 11, 1896
  422. Private Law 54–173Chap. 173: Granting a pension to Sarah A. Boyd.May 11, 1896
  423. Private Law 54–174Chap. 174: To amend the record of William H. De Freest.May 11, 1896
  424. Private Law 54–178Chap. 178: For the relief of Enoch Davis.May 13, 1896
  425. Private Law 54–180Chap. 180: Granting a pension to Mary Ann Tracy.May 14, 1896
  426. Private Law 54–183Chap. 183: For the relief of the National New Haven Bank of the State of Connecticut.May 15, 1896
  427. Private Law 54–184Chap. 184: Granting an increase of pension to Francis Walsh, of Stockham, Nebraska.May 15, 1896
  428. Private Law 54–185Chap. 185: For the relief of the widow of Thomas L. Young.May 15, 1896
  429. Private Law 54–186Chap. 186: For the relief of Frederick Van Guilder.May 15, 1896
  430. Private Law 54–187Chap. 187: Granting a pension to Sarah G. Ives.May 15, 1896
  431. Private Law 54–188Chap. 188: Granting a pension to Helen A. Jackman, dependent daughter of Lieutenant William Jackman, late of Company I, Fourteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers.May 15, 1896
  432. Private Law 54–189Chap. 189: For the relief of Anton Gloetzuer.May 15, 1896
  433. Private Law 54–190Chap. 190: To pay Peter P. Ferguson one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars.May 15, 1896
  434. Private Law 54–196Chap. 196: Granting an increase of pension to William W. French.May 18, 1896
  435. Private Law 54–197Chap. 197: For the relief of William Gray.May 18, 1896
  436. Private Law 54–198Chap. 198: For the relief of A. P. Brown, late postmaster at Le Mars, Iowa.May 18, 1896
  437. Private Law 54–209Chap. 209: To increase the pension of Albert Ellis.May 20, 1896
  438. Private Law 54–210Chap. 210: To increase the pension of John S. Cochenour.May 20, 1896
  439. Private Law 54–211Chap. 211: Granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer G. Howell, late a private Company F, One hundred and sixtieth New York Volunteers.May 20, 1896
  440. Private Law 54–228Chap. 228: To correct the records of the War Department in the case of Captain Henry S. Pratt.May 21, 1896
  441. Private Law 54–229Chap. 229: For the relief of F. Alberts and Company, Muskegon, Michigan.May 21, 1896
  442. Private Law 54–234Chap. 234: For the relief of Frederick Gramm.May 22, 1896
  443. Private Law 54–235Chap. 235: For the relief of Henry H. Sohrawder.May 22, 1896
  444. Private Law 54–236Chap. 236: To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Michael McKenna.May 22, 1896
  445. Private Law 54–237Chap. 237: To correct military record of Charles K. Jenree, and so forth.May 22, 1896
  446. Private Law 54–247Chap. 247: For the relief Sophronia S. Stowell.May 25, 1896
  447. Private Law 54–248Chap. 248: Granting an increase of pension to Gilman Williams.May 25, 1896
  448. Private Law 54–249Chap. 249: Granting a pension to French W. Thornhill.May 25, 1896
  449. Private Law 54–250Chap. 250: To carry into effect a finding of the Court of Claims in favor of the estate of George Case, late of Independence County, Arkansas.May 27, 1896
  450. Private Law 54–251Chap. 251: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Helen Morrell Carroll.May 27, 1896
  451. Private Law 54–259Chap. 259: For the relief of George McFarland.May 28, 1896
  452. Private Law 54–260Chap. 260: Granting an increase of pension to T. Clarkson Ingalls.May 28, 1896
  453. Private Law 54–261Chap. 261: Granting a pension to Maud Ardelle Bliss.May 28, 1896
  454. Private Law 54–262Chap. 262: Granting an increase of pension to Sophia D. Clendenin.May 28, 1896
  455. Private Law 54–263Chap. 263: Granting a pension to Wallace McGrath.May 28, 1896
  456. Private Law 54–264Chap. 264: Granting an increase of pension to William Brown.May 28, 1896
  457. Private Law 54–265Chap. 265: Granting a pension to Elizabeth New, widow of Jethrow New.May 28, 1896
  458. Private Law 54–266Chap. 266: Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Bull.May 28, 1896
  459. Private Law 54–267Chap. 267: Granting a pension to James Loyd Young, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers.May 28, 1896
  460. Private Law 54–268Chap. 268: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of the late Philip Kearny, major-general, United States Army.May 28, 1896
  461. Private Law 54–269Chap. 269: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Watts Kearny, daughter of the late Philip Kearny, major-general, United States Army.May 28, 1896
  462. Private Law 54–271Chap. 271: Granting a pension to Nancy Carson Blunt.May 29, 1896
  463. Private Law 54–272Chap. 272: Granting a pension to Emily B. Muncey.May 29, 1896
  464. Private Law 54–273Chap. 273: Granting a pension to Elizabeth E. Donohoe.May 29, 1896
  465. Private Law 54–276Chap. 276: For the relief of Elizabeth J. Cook, of Arkadelphia. Clark County, Arkansas, widow of Robert T. Cook.May 30, 1896
  466. Private Law 54–277Chap. 277: Granting a pension to Samuel Goldwater.May 30, 1896
  467. Private Law 54–278Chap. 278: Granting a pension to Matilda Gresham, widow of the late Walter Q. Gresham, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month.May 30, 1896
  468. Private Law 54–279Chap. 279: Granting an increase of pension to C. E. Philbrook, widow of Alvah Philbrook, major of Twenty-fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers.May 30, 1896
  469. Private Law 54–280Chap. 280: Granting a pension to Mary Newman.May 30, 1896
  470. Private Law 54–281Chap. 281: Granting a pension to Ellen Kingsley.May 30, 1896
  471. Private Law 54–282Chap. 282: Granting a pension to Mary Clare Kelly.May 30, 1896
  472. Private Law 54–283Chap. 283: Granting an increase of pension to Nathan Kimball.May 30, 1896
  473. Private Law 54–284Chap. 284: Granting a pension to Carrie L. Yeaton.May 30, 1896
  474. Private Law 54–285Chap. 285: For the relief of Nicolai Brothers.May 30, 1896
  475. Private Law 54–286Chap. 286: For the relief of John S. Burwell, administrator of the estate of A. L. Burwell, deceased.May 30, 1896
  476. Private Law 54–287Chap. 287: For the relief of Mary Jane Lynn, the daughter of John R. Lynn, a Revolutionary soldier.May 30, 1896
  477. Private Law 54–288Chap. 288: For the relief of Kate Eberle, an Indian woman.May 30, 1896
  478. Private Law 54–289Chap. 289: Granting a pension to William Grose.May 30, 1896
  479. Private Law 54–290Chap. 290: For the relief of Maria E. Wilson.May 30, 1896
  480. Private Law 54–291Chap. 291: To amend the military record of Jolin S. Evans.May 30, 1896
  481. Private Law 54–292Chap. 292: Granting a pension to Thomas Holaday.May 30, 1896
  482. Private Law 54–293Chap. 293: Granting a pension to Martha McNeil.May 30, 1896
  483. Private Law 54–294Chap. 294: Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased.May 30, 1896
  484. Private Law 54–295Chap. 295: Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, deceased.May 30, 1896
  485. Private Law 54–296Chap. 296: Granting a pension to Margaret A. Luthy.May 30, 1896
  486. Private Law 54–297Chap. 297: For the relief of Michael H. J. Crouch, late of Company M, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.May 30, 1896
  487. Private Law 54–298Chap. 298: To give increased pension to General James C. Parrott.May 30, 1896
  488. Private Law 54–299Chap. 299: Granting a pension to Cassie A. Davis, widow of James P. Davis, and mother of Mary T. Davis, an invalid daughter.May 30, 1896
  489. Private Law 54–300Chap. 300: Granting a pension to John Caster.May 30, 1896
  490. Private Law 54–301Chap. 301: To increase the pension of Kate Grant.May 30, 1896
  491. Private Law 54–302Chap. 302: Granting a pension to Katherine S. McCartney, widow of William H. McCartney.May 30, 1896
  492. Private Law 54–305Chap. 305: Granting a pension to Russel N. Reynolds.Jun 1, 1896
  493. Private Law 54–306Chap. 306: Granting a pension to Catherine Smith.Jun 1, 1896
  494. Private Law 54–307Chap. 307: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Annie E. Colwell.Jun 1, 1896
  495. Private Law 54–308Chap. 308: Granting a pension to Ellen C. Ewing, widow of Brevet Major-General Thomas Ewing.Jun 2, 1896
  496. Private Law 54–318Chap. 318: Increasing the pension of Jefferson Fueston, of Company M, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.Jun 3, 1896
  497. Private Law 54–319Chap. 319: Granting a pension to Mary F. Davenport.Jun 3, 1896
  498. Private Law 54–320Chap. 320: Granting pension to Henry V. Andrews, of Fulton County, Illinois, a survivor of the Black Hawk war.Jun 3, 1896
  499. Private Law 54–321Chap. 321: Granting a pension to Cynthia A. Lapham, widow of William B. Lapham.Jun 3, 1896
  500. Private Law 54–322Chap. 322: Granting an increase of pension to James P. Hurley.Jun 3, 1896
  501. Private Law 54–323Chap. 323: Granting a pension to John Dalton.Jun 3, 1896
  502. Private Law 54–324Chap. 324: Granting a pension to Williamson Durley.Jun 3, 1896
  503. Private Law 54–325Chap. 325: Granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson.Jun 3, 1896
  504. Private Law 54–326Chap. 326: Granting an increase of pension to James H. Jones.Jun 3, 1896
  505. Private Law 54–327Chap. 327: For the relief of Miss Juliette Betts.Jun 3, 1896
  506. Private Law 54–328Chap. 328: Granting a pension to Mrs. Catherine Gaffney.Jun 3, 1896
  507. Private Law 54–329Chap. 329: To correct the military record of Elbridge McFadden.Jun 3, 1896
  508. Private Law 54–330Chap. 330: To pension Frances E. Wickware.Jun 3, 1896
  509. Private Law 54–332Chap. 332: Granting a pension to Joseph R. West, brigadier and brevet major-general, United States Army Volunteers.Jun 5, 1896
  510. Private Law 54–333Chap. 333: To increase the pension of Wilbur F. Cogswell.Jun 5, 1896
  511. Private Law 54–334Chap. 334: Granting a pension to General William H. Morris.Jun 5, 1896
  512. Private Law 54–340Chap. 340: To increase the pension of Elizabeth T. Beall, widow of Benjamin L. Beall, late colonel First United States Cavalry.Jun 6, 1896
  513. Private Law 54–341Chap. 341: For the relief of Hannah Newell Barrett.Jun 6, 1896
  514. Private Law 54–342Chap. 342: To increase the pension of Mrs. Annis H. Enochs, widow of General William H. Enochs, from twenty dollars to fifty dollars per month.Jun 6, 1896
  515. Private Law 54–343Chap. 343: Granting a pension to Mary Cray.Jun 6, 1896
  516. Private Law 54–344Chap. 344: To increase the pension of Mrs. Mary L. Aleshire.Jun 6, 1896
  517. Private Law 54–345Chap. 345: For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Williams, of Monroe County, Tennessee.Jun 6, 1896
  518. Private Law 54–346Chap. 346: Granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Sargent.Jun 6, 1896
  519. Private Law 54–347Chap. 347: Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Scott.Jun 6, 1896
  520. Private Law 54–348Chap. 348: Granting an increase of pension to Caroline E. Purdum.Jun 6, 1896
  521. Private Law 54–349Chap. 349: To increase the pension of Peter Rafferty.Jun 6, 1896
  522. Private Law 54–350Chap. 350: Granting an increase of pension to William T. Applegate.Jun 6, 1896
  523. Private Law 54–351Chap. 351: Granting a pension to Catharine Dillon.Jun 6, 1896
  524. Private Law 54–352Chap. 352: Granting a pension to Ada J. Schwatka, widow of the late Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka.Jun 6, 1896
  525. Private Law 54–353Chap. 353: Granting a pension to Mrs. Eleanor Carroll Poe.Jun 6, 1896
  526. Private Law 54–354Chap. 354: Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth W. Sutherland.Jun 6, 1896
  527. Private Law 54–355Chap. 355: Granting a pension to Lue R. Brown.Jun 6, 1896
  528. Private Law 54–356Chap. 356: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. H. J. Kiernan.Jun 6, 1896
  529. Private Law 54–357Chap. 357: To increase the pension of Ann Catherine Hull.Jun 6, 1896
  530. Private Law 54–358Chap. 358: To increase the pension of Harriet C. Gregg, widow of Colonel and Brevet Major-General John Irvin Gregg, from thirty dollars to fifty dollars per month.Jun 6, 1896
  531. Private Law 54–359Chap. 359: Granting a pension to Elvin J. Brown.Jun 6, 1896
  532. Private Law 54–360Chap. 360: Granting a pension to Carrie H. Greene.Jun 6, 1896
  533. Private Law 54–361Chap. 361: Granting a pension to Elmira E. Dustin.Jun 6, 1896
  534. Private Law 54–362Chap. 362: To remove the charge of desertion now standing against Henry H. Bailey.Jun 6, 1896
  535. Private Law 54–363Chap. 363: Granting a pension to Thomas Brewer.Jun 6, 1896
  536. Private Law 54–364Chap. 364: Granting a pension to Delia A. Marsh.Jun 6, 1896
  537. Private Law 54–365Chap. 365: Granting a pension to Nancy Gentry.Jun 6, 1896
  538. Private Law 54–366Chap. 366: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Julia A. Jameson.Jun 6, 1896
  539. Private Law 54–367Chap. 367: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Marshall.Jun 6, 1896
  540. Private Law 54–368Chap. 368: For the relief of Solomon Hyams.Jun 6, 1896
  541. Private Law 54–369Chap. 369: Granting an increase of pension to Michael S. Pettit.Jun 6, 1896
  542. Private Law 54–374Chap. 374: Granting a pension to Mrs. Emily M. Van Derveer, widow of the late Brigadier-General Ferdinand Van Derveer.Jun 8, 1896
  543. Private Law 54–375Chap. 375: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. William Loring Spencer.Jun 8, 1896
  544. Private Law 54–376Chap. 376: For the relief of George Hager.Jun 8, 1896
  545. Private Law 54–377Chap. 377: To relieve the North Georgia Agricultural College from the payment of four hundred and fifty dollars for damaged gun.Jun 8, 1896
  546. Private Law 54–378Chap. 378: Granting an honorable discharge to John B. Besler.Jun 8, 1896
  547. Private Law 54–379Chap. 379: Granting a pension to Jerusha H. Brown.Jun 8, 1896
  548. Private Law 54–380Chap. 380: Granting an increase of pension to Abraham H. Parker.Jun 8, 1896
  549. Private Law 54–381Chap. 381: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Hazlip.Jun 8, 1896
  550. Private Law 54–382Chap. 382: Granting an increase of pension to Lambert L. Mulford.Jun 8, 1896
  551. Private Law 54–383Chap. 383: Granting a pension to Cyrus Thomas.Jun 8, 1896
  552. Private Law 54–384Chap. 384: Granting a pension to Richard P. Pilkington.Jun 8, 1896
  553. Private Law 54–385Chap. 385: Granting a pension to Jesse McMillan.Jun 8, 1896
  554. Private Law 54–388Chap. 388: To increase the pension of Mrs. Emily E. Cash.Jun 9, 1896
  555. Private Law 54–389Chap. 389: Granting a pension to Eliza Sandford.Jun 9, 1896
  556. Private Law 54–390Chap. 390: For the relief of Sophia Sparks and Julia C. Sparks, of Annapolis, Maryland.Jun 9, 1896
  557. Private Law 54–391Chap. 391: Granting a pension to Henry Prince.Jun 9, 1896
  558. Private Law 54–392Chap. 392: To pension the minor children of Patrick F. Reynolds.Jun 9, 1896
  559. Private Law 54–393Chap. 393: Granting a pension to Rhoda Angusta Thompson, daughter of the late Thaddeus Thompson, a private in the Revolutionary war.Jun 9, 1896
  560. Private Law 54–410Chap. 410: Increasing the pension of Daniel D. Jennings, late of Company C, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteers.Jun 10, 1896
  561. Private Law 54–411Chap. 411: For the relief of James A. Moore.Jun 10, 1896
  562. Private Law 54–412Chap. 412: To correct the military record of Charles W. Rinehardt and to grant him an honorable discharge.Jun 10, 1896
  563. Private Law 54–413Chap. 413: Granting a pension to Francis E. Hoover.Jun 10, 1896
  564. Private Law 54–425Chap. 425: For the relief of Edward Rice.Jun 11, 1896
  565. Private Law 54–426Chap. 426: For the relief of William H. Scofield, Jacob Brady, James Ketcham, Annie Booth, as administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of George W. Booth, deceased; Wilson P. Billar, Ezra L. Waterhouse, Moses C. Bell, George W. Byles, and George A. Scofield.Jun 11, 1896
  566. Private Law 54–427Chap. 427: For the relief of Captain James Regan, United States Army.Jun 11, 1896
  567. Private Law 54–428Chap. 428: For the relief of Arthur P. Selby.Jun 11, 1896
  568. Private Law 54–429Chap. 429: For the relief of B. J. Van Vleck, administrator of Henry Van Vleck, deceased.Jun 11, 1896
  569. Private Law 54–430Chap. 430: Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Eliza G. Pyne.Jun 11, 1896
  570. Private Law 54–431Chap. 431: To pension Mrs. Martha M. Gibson.Jun 11, 1896
  571. Private Law 54–7Chap. 7: For the relief of A. A. Hosmer.Jan 8, 1897
  572. Private Law 54–10Chap. 10: For the relief of Emmart, Dunbar and Company.Jan 9, 1897
  573. Private Law 54–14Chap. 14: Granting increase of pension to John Coombs.Jan 13, 1897
  574. Private Law 54–15Chap. 15: To grant a pension to Armstead M. Rawlings, of Arkansas.Jan 13, 1897
  575. Private Law 54–16Chap. 16: Granting a pension to Phoebe M. Woolley Palmeter.Jan 13, 1897
  576. Private Law 54–17Chap. 17: Granting a pension to Neil McNeil.Jan 13, 1897
  577. Private Law 54–18Chap. 18: To place the name of Robert Smalls on the pension rolls.Jan 13, 1897
  578. Private Law 54–19Chap. 19: Granting a pension to Mary Martin.Jan 13, 1897
  579. Private Law 54–20Chap. 20: Granting a pension to Celestia R. Barry.Jan 13, 1897
  580. Private Law 54–21Chap. 21: For the relief of Samuel Burrell.Jan 13, 1897
  581. Private Law 54–22Chap. 22: To increase the pension of Mary C. Thompson.Jan 13, 1897
  582. Private Law 54–23Chap. 23: To increase the pension of Theresa Peebles, of Jefferson County, Georgia.Jan 13, 1897
  583. Private Law 54–24Chap. 24: Granting an increase of pension to Orleina J. Clark, of Louisville, Kentucky.Jan 13, 1897
  584. Private Law 54–25Chap. 25: Granting an increase of pension to John L. Britton.Jan 13, 1897
  585. Private Law 54–26Chap. 26: To grant a pension to Charlotte O. Van Cleve, widow of General Horatio P. Van Cleve.Jan 13, 1897
  586. Private Law 54–27Chap. 27: Granting a pension to Elvira Bachelder.Jan 14, 1897
  587. Private Law 54–28Chap. 28: Granting a pension to Jane Fisher.Jan 14, 1897
  588. Private Law 54–31Chap. 31: To remove the charge of desertion now standing against Oscar A. Bulette, known in his military title as Austin Bulette, late private in Company E, Fifty-second Illinois Infantry Volunteers, during late war.Jan 16, 1897
  589. Private Law 54–32Chap. 32: Granting a pension to Emeline Filgate.Jan 16, 1897
  590. Private Law 54–33Chap. 33: Granting a pension to Lydia Chapman.Jan 16, 1897
  591. Private Law 54–34Chap. 34: Granting a pension to Ira Harris.Jan 16, 1897
  592. Private Law 54–35Chap. 35: Granting a pension to Frances E. Helfenstein.Jan 16, 1897
  593. Private Law 54–36Chap. 36: For the relief of Arminda White, widow of Israel White.Jan 16, 1897
  594. Private Law 54–37Chap. 37: Granting a pension to Maria Gibbons.Jan 16, 1897
  595. Private Law 54–38Chap. 38: Granting a pension to Augustus G. Cary.Jan 16, 1897
  596. Private Law 54–39Chap. 39: Granting a pension to Ransom C. Hazelip.Jan 16, 1897
  597. Private Law 54–40Chap. 40: Granting a pension to Sarah Ann Wible.Jan 16, 1897
  598. Private Law 54–41Chap. 41: For the relief of Lucinda Rickards, widow, and the minor children of John D. Rickards, deceased.Jan 16, 1897
  599. Private Law 54–42Chap. 42: Granting a pension to Margaret J. Young.Jan 16, 1897
  600. Private Law 54–43Chap. 43: For the relief of M. R. William Grebe.Jan 16, 1897
  601. Private Law 54–44Chap. 44: Granting an increase of pension to Helen M. Mallery.Jan 16, 1897
  602. Private Law 54–45Chap. 45: For the relief of Hiram P. Pauley.Jan 16, 1897
  603. Private Law 54–46Chap. 46: To increase the pension of Byron Cotton.Jan 16, 1897
  604. Private Law 54–47Chap. 47: Granting a pension to Sarah Weedon Jones.Jan 16, 1897
  605. Private Law 54–48Chap. 48: Granting a pension to Mary Prince, widow of Ellis Prince.Jan 16, 1897
  606. Private Law 54–49Chap. 49: Granting a pension to Nancy B. Prince, widow of Elbert Prince.Jan 16, 1897
  607. Private Law 54–50Chap. 50: Granting a pension to Catharine Darragh.Jan 16, 1897
  608. Private Law 54–51Chap. 51: Granting a pension to Katherine Zeigenheim, of Louisville, Kentucky.Jan 16, 1897
  609. Private Law 54–52Chap. 52: To grant a pension to Mrs. Lucy A. Allen.Jan 16, 1897
  610. Private Law 54–53Chap. 53: Granting a pension to Charlotte A. Welton.Jan 16, 1897
  611. Private Law 54–54Chap. 54: For the relief of Stratton H. Benscoter.Jan 16, 1897
  612. Private Law 54–55Chap. 55: To pension William H. Nesbitt.Jan 16, 1897
  613. Private Law 54–56Chap. 56: Granting an increase of pension to Isaac H. Whetsel, of Louisville, Kentucky.Jan 16, 1897
  614. Private Law 54–57Chap. 57: To increase the pension of Mary L. Bacon, widow of the late George B. Bacon, late lieutenant-commander of the United States Navy.Jan 16, 1897
  615. Private Law 54–58Chap. 58: For the relief of Henry A. F. Worth.Jan 16, 1897
  616. Private Law 54–59Chap. 59: To increase the pension of George V. Barnard.Jan 16, 1897
  617. Private Law 54–60Chap. 60: To increase the pension of Andrew R. Ladd.Jan 16, 1897
  618. Private Law 54–63Chap. 63: For the relief of William B. Ellis.Jan 18, 1897
  619. Private Law 54–64Chap. 64: For the relief of Patrick Rainey.Jan 18, 1897
  620. Private Law 54–65Chap. 65: To increase the pension of Caroline S. Baker.Jan 19, 1897
  621. Private Law 54–71Chap. 71: To remove the charge of desertion and grant an honorable discharge to Helmuth F. Sœckel.Jan 20, 1897
  622. Private Law 54–72Chap. 72: For the relief of the heirs of D. Fulford.Jan 20, 1897
  623. Private Law 54–73Chap. 73: For relief of Augusta Tuller.Jan 20, 1897
  624. Private Law 54–74Chap. 74: Granting a pension to Henderson Marple.Jan 20, 1897
  625. Private Law 54–75Chap. 75: Granting a pension to George William Hodgdon.Jan 20, 1897
  626. Private Law 54–76Chap. 76: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Anna Wedel.Jan 20, 1897
  627. Private Law 54–77Chap. 77: To grant a pension to Mrs. Keturah Wilson, widow of James Wilson, deceased.Jan 20, 1897
  628. Private Law 54–78Chap. 78: Granting a pension to Mary Collins.Jan 20, 1897
  629. Private Law 54–79Chap. 79: For the relief of Lydia Boynton Ferris.Jan 20, 1897
  630. Private Law 54–80Chap. 80: Granting an increase of pension to George Johnson, of Lenox, Iowa.Jan 20, 1897
  631. Private Law 54–81Chap. 81: Granting a pension to Eleanor L. Curtiss.Jan 20, 1897
  632. Private Law 54–82Chap. 82: Granting a pension to Samuel D. Gilman.Jan 20, 1897
  633. Private Law 54–84Chap. 84: Granting a pension to Thomas Pollock.Jan 21, 1897
  634. Private Law 54–85Chap. 85: Granting a pension to Anna P. Johnson.Jan 21, 1897
  635. Private Law 54–87Chap. 87: For the relief of John Kehl and to restore him to his former rating.Jan 25, 1897
  636. Private Law 54–88Chap. 88: Granting a pension to Margaret A. Kidwell.Jan 25, 1897
  637. Private Law 54–89Chap. 89: To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of George W. Taylor.Jan 25, 1897
  638. Private Law 54–97Chap. 97: For the relief of Ellis H. Roberts.Jan 26, 1897
  639. Private Law 54–98Chap. 98: To correct the military record of Edward H. Munson, late a private in Company H, Thirty-second New York Regiment Infantry.Jan 26, 1897
  640. Private Law 54–100Chap. 100: Granting a pension to George M. Brooks.Jan 27, 1897
  641. Private Law 54–101Chap. 101: Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Comly, widow of Major Clifton Comly.Jan 27, 1897
  642. Private Law 54–102Chap. 102: Granting a pension to Richard Brookins.Jan 27, 1897
  643. Private Law 54–103Chap. 103: Granting a pension to Fanny Moale Gihbon.Jan 27, 1897
  644. Private Law 54–104Chap. 104: Granting a pension to Susan E. Cunningham.Jan 27, 1897
  645. Private Law 54–105Chap. 105: For the relief of John Keefe.Jan 27, 1897
  646. Private Law 54–107Chap. 107: Granting increase of pension to Alfred P. Buss.Jan 28, 1897
  647. Private Law 54–114Chap. 114: Granting an increase of pension to George C. Abbey.Jan 30, 1897
  648. Private Law 54–115Chap. 115: Granting an increase of pension to Celeste A. Bougbton, widow of Brevet Brigadier-General Horace Bougbton.Jan 30, 1897
  649. Private Law 54–116Chap. 116: Granting an increase of pension to Rufus H. Paine.Jan 30, 1897
  650. Private Law 54–117Chap. 117: Granting a pension to Mrs. Jane Stewart Whiting.Jan 30, 1897
  651. Private Law 54–118Chap. 118: Granting an increase of pension to William T. Walker.Jan 30, 1897
  652. Private Law 54–119Chap. 119: Granting pension to Lena D. Smith.Jan 30, 1897
  653. Private Law 54–120Chap. 120: For the relief of John Ruhm, senior, Nashville, Tennessee.Jan 30, 1897
  654. Private Law 54–123Chap. 123: For the relief of Reverend Edwin Warriner.Feb 1, 1897
  655. Private Law 54–124Chap. 124: For the relief of Rufus Betz.Feb 1, 1897
  656. Private Law 54–125Chap. 125: Granting honorable discharge to Andrew V. Sende.Feb 1, 1897
  657. Private Law 54–126Chap. 126: To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Anthony O’Grady, alias John Davis.Feb 1, 1897
  658. Private Law 54–127Chap. 127: For the relief of Abraham O. Waucop.Feb 1, 1897
  659. Private Law 54–128Chap. 128: For the relief of George T. Stevens, assistant surgeon Seventy-seventh New York Volunteers.Feb 1, 1897
  660. Private Law 54–129Chap. 129: Granting an increase of pension to Annie Thompson.Feb 2, 1897
  661. Private Law 54–130Chap. 130: To increase the pension of Elise Blenker from thirty to fifty dollars.Feb 2, 1897
  662. Private Law 54–131Chap. 131: For the relief of Pricilla R. Burns.Feb 2, 1897
  663. Private Law 54–132Chap. 132: Granting a pension to Samuel Holliday.Feb 2, 1897
  664. Private Law 54–133Chap. 133: Granting a pension to Jacob Brown.Feb 2, 1897
  665. Private Law 54–134Chap. 134: Granting a pension to Frederick Lierman.Feb 2, 1897
  666. Private Law 54–135Chap. 135: To confirm the title to certain lands in William Morgan and Harrison Moore, and to require the issue of patents therefor.Feb 2, 1897
  667. Private Law 54–137Chap. 137: To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Augustus P. Burditt.Feb 3, 1897
  668. Private Law 54–138Chap. 138: Granting a pension to Isabella Morrow.Feb 3, 1897
  669. Private Law 54–139Chap. 139: To pension Hannah Yazell.Feb 3, 1897
  670. Private Law 54–140Chap. 140: For the relief of Bluford Reeder.Feb 3, 1897
  671. Private Law 54–141Chap. 141: Granting a pension to Emily Elliott.Feb 3, 1897
  672. Private Law 54–142Chap. 142: To increase the pension of Alexander McBride.Feb 3, 1897
  673. Private Law 54–143Chap. 143: Increasing the pension of Mary T. Young.Feb 3, 1897
  674. Private Law 54–144Chap. 144: Granting a pension to Alice Gard.Feb 3, 1897
  675. Private Law 54–147Chap. 147: Granting a pension to Mary Ann Lafferty.Feb 4, 1897
  676. Private Law 54–148Chap. 148: For the relief of John Duncan.Feb 4, 1897
  677. Private Law 54–149Chap. 149: Granting increase of pension to Thomas D. Walker.Feb 4, 1897
  678. Private Law 54–150Chap. 150: To increase the pension of Melita E. White.Feb 4, 1897
  679. Private Law 54–151Chap. 151: Granting a pension to Amanda Woodcock.Feb 4, 1897
  680. Private Law 54–152Chap. 152: Granting a pension to Jared S. Chamberlain.Feb 4, 1897
  681. Private Law 54–153Chap. 153: For the relief of Cogswell and Company.Feb 4, 1897
  682. Private Law 54–154Chap. 154: Granting a pension to Anna M. Newton, widow of General John Newton.Feb 4, 1897
  683. Private Law 54–155Chap. 155: For the relief of Dolly S. Brown.Feb 4, 1897
  684. Private Law 54–156Chap. 156: To increase the pension of Joseph J. Hudson.Feb 4, 1897
  685. Private Law 54–157Chap. 157: Granting a pension to Silas S. White.Feb 4, 1897
  686. Private Law 54–158Chap. 158: To pension Hester A. Bostwick.Feb 4, 1897
  687. Private Law 54–159Chap. 159: Granting increase of pension to John W. Hines.Feb 4, 1897
  688. Private Law 54–160Chap. 160: To grant a pension to Miss Jennie E. Moore.Feb 4, 1897
  689. Private Law 54–161Chap. 161: For the relief of Eliza J. Holman.Feb 4, 1897
  690. Private Law 54–163Chap. 163: Granting a pension to William Greer.Feb 4, 1897
  691. Private Law 54–164Chap. 164: Granting a pension to John W. Bruner.Feb 4, 1897
  692. Private Law 54–165Chap. 165: For the relief of W. H. Wade, late captain and acting regimental quartermaster Thirty-first Ohio Volunteers.Feb 4, 1897
  693. Private Law 54–166Chap. 166: Granting a pension to Mirnm C. Peck.Feb 4, 1897
  694. Private Law 54–168Chap. 168: For the relief John A. Lynch.Feb 5, 1897
  695. Private Law 54–171Chap. 171: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sarah B. Leet.Feb 6, 1897
  696. Private Law 54–180Chap. 180: For the relief of George H. Plant, of the District of Columbia.Feb 8, 1897
  697. Private Law 54–181Chap. 181: For the relief of Henry A. Webb.Feb 8, 1897
  698. Private Law 54–182Chap. 182: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands to A. L. Williams, and for other purposes.Feb 8, 1897
  699. Private Law 54–183Chap. 183: For the relief of Mrs. Sarah Martin.Feb 8, 1897
  700. Private Law 54–184Chap. 184: Granting a pension to Archibald Hunley.Feb 8, 1897
  701. Private Law 54–185Chap. 185: To increase the pension of Richard S. Phillips.Feb 8, 1897
  702. Private Law 54–186Chap. 186: Granting increase of pension to Alexander C. Morrison.Feb 8, 1897
  703. Private Law 54–187Chap. 187: Granting a pension to Gideon L. McGinnis.Feb 8, 1897
  704. Private Law 54–188Chap. 188: To amend an Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Jesse McMillan” received by the President May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.Feb 8, 1897
  705. Private Law 54–189Chap. 189: Increasing the pension of Melancthon McCoy, of Company K, One hundred and forty-eighth Illinois Infantry.Feb 8, 1897
  706. Private Law 54–190Chap. 190: To increase the pension of Bennett S. Shaug.Feb 8, 1897
  707. Private Law 54–191Chap. 191: Granting a pension to George W. Bagley.Feb 8, 1897
  708. Private Law 54–192Chap. 192: Granting a pension to Mrs. Sarah A. Aspold.Feb 8, 1897
  709. Private Law 54–193Chap. 193: Granting an honorable discharge to Wilson Kale.Feb 8, 1897
  710. Private Law 54–194Chap. 194: Granting a pension to Thomas S. Daugherty.Feb 8, 1897
  711. Private Law 54–195Chap. 195: Granting an increase of pension to John R. Row, of Toronto, Kansas.Feb 8, 1897
  712. Private Law 54–196Chap. 196: Granting a pension to John W. Pogue.Feb 8, 1897
  713. Private Law 54–197Chap. 197: Granting a pension to Thomas J. Thorp.Feb 8, 1897
  714. Private Law 54–198Chap. 198: Granting a pension to Mary Pelham.Feb 8, 1897
  715. Private Law 54–199Chap. 199: Granting an increase of pension to Gabriel Widmer.Feb 8, 1897
  716. Private Law 54–200Chap. 200: Granting an increase of pension to Patsey E. Broaddus, of Marion, Kansas.Feb 8, 1897
  717. Private Law 54–201Chap. 201: To restore the name of Ethan A. Sellman to the pension roll.Feb 8, 1897
  718. Private Law 54–202Chap. 202: Granting pension to Barton S. Dawson.Feb 8, 1897
  719. Private Law 54–203Chap. 203: Granting a pension to Samuel McKinsey.Feb 8, 1897
  720. Private Law 54–204Chap. 204: To increase the pension of Adam Dennis.Feb 8, 1897
  721. Private Law 54–206Chap. 206: To increase the pension of Ambrose D. Manion.Feb 9, 1897
  722. Private Law 54–207Chap. 207: For the relief of Christopher Ellis.Feb 9, 1897
  723. Private Law 54–208Chap. 208: Granting an increase of pension to Annie E. Nolan.Feb 9, 1897
  724. Private Law 54–209Chap. 209: Granting an increase of pension to Silas M. Stevens.Feb 9, 1897
  725. Private Law 54–210Chap. 210: Granting a pension to Harriet F. Herrick.Feb 9, 1897
  726. Private Law 54–211Chap. 211: Granting a pension to Harriet F. Herrick.Feb 9, 1897
  727. Private Law 54–211Chap. 211: To authorize the adjustment and settlement of accounts of John Y. Williams.Feb 9, 1897
  728. Private Law 54–212Chap. 212: Granting a pension to Francis Brown.Feb 9, 1897
  729. Private Law 54–215Chap. 215: For the relief of Hiram T. Corum and Silas W. Davis, of Oregon.Feb 10, 1897
  730. Private Law 54–217Chap. 217: To remove the political disabilities of Colonel John Taylor Wood.Feb 11, 1897
  731. Private Law 54–218Chap. 218: To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Wear Crawford.Feb 12, 1897
  732. Private Law 54–219Chap. 219: To correct the military record of Homer C. McCuskey.Feb 12, 1897
  733. Private Law 54–220Chap. 220: For the relief of Peter Young.Feb 12, 1897
  734. Private Law 54–225Chap. 225: Granting a pension to Mary W. Keeffe.Feb 13, 1897
  735. Private Law 54–226Chap. 226: Granting a pension to Nancy T. Duncklee.Feb 13, 1897
  736. Private Law 54–227Chap. 227: For the relief of Peter Cook, of Arkansas.Feb 13, 1897
  737. Private Law 54–232Chap. 232: Granting a pension to James L. Wing.Feb 15, 1897
  738. Private Law 54–233Chap. 233: For the relief of Elnora Shuman.Feb 15, 1897
  739. Private Law 54–235Chap. 235: For the relief of John N. Quackenbush, late a commander in the United States Navy.Feb 16, 1897
  740. Private Law 54–245Chap. 245: For the relief of Silas P. Keller.Feb 17, 1897
  741. Private Law 54–246Chap. 246: For the relief of H. C. Herndon.Feb 17, 1897
  742. Private Law 54–247Chap. 247: To cure the title to certain real estate in the District of Columbia.Feb 17, 1897
  743. Private Law 54–248Chap. 248: Granting pensions to Gray’s Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers.Feb 17, 1897
  744. Private Law 54–249Chap. 249: For the relief of Barzilla C. Hudson.Feb 17, 1897
  745. Private Law 54–252Chap. 252: Granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Towne.Feb 18, 1897
  746. Private Law 54–253Chap. 253: Granting an increase of pension to John Nichols.Feb 18, 1897
  747. Private Law 54–254Chap. 254: Granting an increase of pension to Marion McKibben.Feb 18, 1897
  748. Private Law 54–255Chap. 255: Granting an increase of pension to Adelaide Morris.Feb 18, 1897
  749. Private Law 54–256Chap. 256: Granting a pension to Robert Kiracofe.Feb 18, 1897
  750. Private Law 54–257Chap. 257: Granting an increase of pension to Shubael Gould.Feb 18, 1897
  751. Private Law 54–258Chap. 258: Granting an increase of pension to Dudley F. Brown.Feb 18, 1897
  752. Private Law 54–259Chap. 259: To increase the pension of Elizabeth L. Larrabee, widow of Colonel C. H. Larrabee, late of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.Feb 18, 1897
  753. Private Law 54–260Chap. 260: Granting an additional pension to Captain Bradbury W. Hight.Feb 18, 1897
  754. Private Law 54–261Chap. 261: Granting a pension to Mary E. Ely.Feb 18, 1897
  755. Private Law 54–262Chap. 262: To increase the pension of Caroline A. Hough, widow of Brigadier-General John Hough.Feb 18, 1897
  756. Private Law 54–266Chap. 266: For the relief of James Stewart.Feb 19, 1897
  757. Private Law 54–270Chap. 270: To execute the findings of the Court of Claims m the matter of William B. Isaacs and Company.Feb 20, 1897
  758. Private Law 54–271Chap. 271: Granting a pension to Miriam V. Kenney, widow of Samuel W. Kenney.Feb 20, 1897
  759. Private Law 54–272Chap. 272: To increase the pension of Mary S. Higgins.Feb 20, 1897
  760. Private Law 54–273Chap. 273: To increase the pension of Clara L. Nichols, widow of Brevet Major-General W. A. Nichols.Feb 20, 1897
  761. Private Law 54–274Chap. 274: Granting a pension to Betsey J. Webber.Feb 22, 1897
  762. Private Law 54–275Chap. 275: Granting an increase of pension to Hans Johnson.Feb 22, 1897
  763. Private Law 54–276Chap. 276: Granting an increase of pension to George B. Custer.Feb 22, 1897
  764. Private Law 54–277Chap. 277: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs., Laura A. Nelson.Feb 22, 1897
  765. Private Law 54–278Chap. 278: For the relief of Laura C. Dodge.Feb 22, 1897
  766. Private Law 54–279Chap. 279: Granting an increase of pension to Nettie A. Cheeks.Feb 22, 1897
  767. Private Law 54–280Chap. 280: For the relief of Henry F. Thornton.Feb 22, 1897
  768. Private Law 54–281Chap. 281: To increase the pension of Josiah P. Hill, late of Company F, Eighty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion.Feb 22, 1897
  769. Private Law 54–282Chap. 282: To grant a pension to Uriah Andricks, Fifty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.Feb 22, 1897
  770. Private Law 54–283Chap. 283: To increase the pension of Charles H. Twomey.Feb 22, 1897
  771. Private Law 54–284Chap. 284: Granting a pension to Lauretta L. Prince.Feb 22, 1897
  772. Private Law 54–285Chap. 285: Granting increase of pension to Henry Slaughter.Feb 22, 1897
  773. Private Law 54–286Chap. 286: Granting an increase of pension to Lemuel J. Essex.Feb 22, 1897
  774. Private Law 54–287Chap. 287: Granting a pension to George B. Merchant.Feb 22, 1897
  775. Private Law 54–288Chap. 288: To increase the pension of Mrs. Virginia E. Turtle, of the District of Columbia.Feb 22, 1897
  776. Private Law 54–289Chap. 289: To pension James L. McKinney for services in Oregon Indian wars.Feb 22, 1897
  777. Private Law 54–290Chap. 290: To pension Daniel Giles for services in Oregon Indian wars.Feb 22, 1897
  778. Private Law 54–291Chap. 291: To reinstate William Waldrup on pension roll.Feb 22, 1897
  779. Private Law 54–292Chap. 292: Granting a pension to Mellisa Adams, widow of Silas Adams.Feb 22, 1897
  780. Private Law 54–293Chap. 293: To pension Ira Powers, of Henderson County, Tennessee.Feb 22, 1897
  781. Private Law 54–294Chap. 294: To grant pension to Jane Cunningham, widow of James Cunningham.Feb 22, 1897
  782. Private Law 54–295Chap. 295: To increase the pension of Josephine Glover.Feb 22, 1897
  783. Private Law 54–296Chap. 296: Granting a pension to Minnie Parker, widow of Colonel anti Brevet Brigadier-General Ely S. Parker, late of the United States Army.Feb 22, 1897
  784. Private Law 54–297Chap. 297: To restore the name of James R. Pack to the pension roll.Feb 22, 1897
  785. Private Law 54–298Chap. 298: To grant a pension to Mrs. Helen A. Funkhouser.Feb 22, 1897
  786. Private Law 54–299Chap. 299: To increase a pension to Richard C. Enright.Feb 22, 1897
  787. Private Law 54–300Chap. 300: Granting a pension to James Warbrook.Feb 22, 1897
  788. Private Law 54–301Chap. 301: Granting a pension to William Edwards, Company D, Tenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers.Feb 22, 1897
  789. Private Law 54–302Chap. 302: To pension Lewellyn D. King.Feb 22, 1897
  790. Private Law 54–303Chap. 303: Granting an increase of pension to Lewis Keiser.Feb 22, 1897
  791. Private Law 54–304Chap. 304: Granting a pension to Annie Schifirli.Feb 22, 1897
  792. Private Law 54–305Chap. 305: To grant an honorable discharge to Adam Hand, as first lieutenant of Company B, One hundred and eighty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers.Feb 22, 1897
  793. Private Law 54–306Chap. 306: Act To increase the pension of Joseph E. Vantine.Feb 22, 1897
  794. Private Law 54–307Chap. 307: To correct and amend the military record of John Long, late private Company H, Thirty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteers.Feb 22, 1897
  795. Private Law 54–309Chap. 309: For the relief of John J. Guerin.Feb 24, 1897
  796. Private Law 54–314Chap. 314: To remove the political disabilities of Colonel William E. Simms.Feb 24, 1897
  797. Private Law 54–318Chap. 318: Granting a pension to James W. Dunn.Feb 25, 1897
  798. Private Law 54–319Chap. 319: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Lucy Alexander Payne, widow of Captain J. Scott Payne, Fifth United States Cavalry.Feb 25, 1897
  799. Private Law 54–320Chap. 320: To increase the pension of Major-General Julius H. Stahel.Feb 25, 1897
  800. Private Law 54–321Chap. 321: For the relief of Daniel T. Tollett.Feb 25, 1897
  801. Private Law 54–322Chap. 322: To increase the pension of Julia H. H. Crosby.Feb 25, 1897
  802. Private Law 54–323Chap. 323: Granting a pension to Annie M. Ermer.Feb 25, 1897
  803. Private Law 54–324Chap. 324: To correct the war record of David Sample.Feb 25, 1897
  804. Private Law 54–325Chap. 325: Granting a pension to Mary L. Arnold.Feb 25, 1897
  805. Private Law 54–326Chap. 326: Granting a pension to Frederick A. Driscol.Feb 25, 1897
  806. Private Law 54–327Chap. 327: To restore Mrs. Elizabeth T. Anderson to the pension roll.Feb 25, 1897
  807. Private Law 54–328Chap. 328: For the relief John McLain, alias Michael McLain.Feb 25, 1897
  808. Private Law 54–329Chap. 329: To increase the pension of Elizabeth Wellons.Feb 25, 1897
  809. Private Law 54–330Chap. 330: For the relief of Ira H. Sweatt.Feb 25, 1897
  810. Private Law 54–331Chap. 331: Directing the Secretary of War to grant an honorable discharge to William M. Dalzell.Feb 25, 1897
  811. Private Law 54–337Chap. 337: Granting relief to the heirs of Albert Augustine for property taken for the Cayuse war.Feb 26, 1897
  812. Private Law 54–338Chap. 338: For the relief of Basil Moreland.Feb 26, 1897
  813. Private Law 54–339Chap. 339: For the relief of William Gemmill.Feb 26, 1897
  814. Private Law 54–343Chap. 343: Granting a pension to Mary O. H. Stoneman.Feb 27, 1897
  815. Private Law 54–344Chap. 344: Granting a pension to Emma Weir Casey.Feb 27, 1897
  816. Private Law 54–345Chap. 345: Granting a pension to Hiram Santas.Feb 27, 1897
  817. Private Law 54–346Chap. 346: Granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Gould Carr, widow of the late Brigadier and Brevet Major General Joseph B. Carr, United States Volunteers, deceased.Feb 27, 1897
  818. Private Law 54–347Chap. 347: For the relief of Hugh McLaughlin.Feb 27, 1897
  819. Private Law 54–348Chap. 348: Granting a pension to Margaret Kirkpatrick.Feb 27, 1897
  820. Private Law 54–349Chap. 349: Granting an increase of pension to George W. Ferree.Feb 27, 1897
  821. Private Law 54–350Chap. 350: To increase the pension of Edward Vunk.Mar 1, 1897
  822. Private Law 54–351Chap. 351: Granting a pension to Amanda M. Way, as army nurse.Mar 1, 1897
  823. Private Law 54–352Chap. 352: For the relief of Daniel E. De Clute.Mar 1, 1897
  824. Private Law 54–367Chap. 367: For the relief of John F. McRae.Mar 2, 1897
  825. Private Law 54–368Chap. 368: Granting an honorable discharge to Seth Porter Church, alias Samuel Church.Mar 2, 1897
  826. Private Law 54–369Chap. 369: Granting a pension to Ann Maria Meinhofer.Mar 2, 1897
  827. Private Law 54–370Chap. 370: For the relief Thomas W. Scott, late United States marshal.Mar 2, 1897
  828. Private Law 54–371Chap. 371: Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth D. Marthon.Mar 2, 1897
  829. Private Law 54–398Chap. 398: Authorizing the persons herein named to accept certain decorations and testimonials from the late Hawaiian Government.Mar 3, 1897
  830. Private Law 54–399Chap. 399: Authorizing Rear-Admiral W. A. Kirkland to accept a gold box presented to him by the Emperor of Germany.Mar 3, 1897
  831. Private Law 54–400Chap. 400: Authorizing Herbert H. D. Peirce to accept a medal from the Russian Government.Mar 3, 1897
  832. Private Law 54–401Chap. 401: For the relief of Charles Deal.Mar 3, 1897
  833. Private Law 54–402Chap. 402: Granting a pension to Edward C. Spofford.Mar 3, 1897
  834. Private Law 54–403Chap. 403: For the relief of Hattie A. Beach, dependent and helpless child of Erastus D. Beach, late a private in Company H, One hundred and forty-third New York Volunteers.Mar 3, 1897
  835. Private Law 54–404Chap. 404: Granting a pension to Charlotte Weirer.Mar 3, 1897
  836. Private Law 54–405Chap. 405: Granting a pension to Lydia W. Holliday.Mar 3, 1897
  837. Private Law 54–406Chap. 406: Granting a pension to Andrew J. Molder.Mar 3, 1897
  838. Private Law 54–407Chap. 407: Granting a pension to Mrs. Catherine G. Lee.Mar 3, 1897
  839. Private Law 54–408Chap. 408: For the relief of Abner Abercrombie.Mar 3, 1897
  840. Private Law 54–409Chap. 409: Granting a pension to Rebecca A. Kirkpatrick.Mar 3, 1897
  841. Private Law 54–410Chap. 410: To increase the pension of Joseph M. Donohue.Mar 3, 1897
  842. Private Law 54–411Chap. 411: Granting a pension to Malachi Salters.Mar 3, 1897
  843. Private Law 54–412Chap. 412: Granting a pension to Eliza Craig Heckman, widow of Brigadier-General Charles A. Heckman.Mar 3, 1897
  844. Private Law 54–413Chap. 413: Granting a pension to Mrs. Julia Jones Duncan, widow of Brevet Major-General Samuel A. Duncan.Mar 3, 1897
  845. Private Law 54–414Chap. 414: Granting a pension to Jane H. Vandever.Mar 3, 1897
  846. Private Law 54–415Chap. 415: Granting a pension to John J. Copley.Mar 3, 1897
  847. Private Law 54–416Chap. 416: Granting a pension to John Zellers.Mar 3, 1897
  848. Private Law 54–417Chap. 417: Granting pension to Francis M. Ross.Mar 3, 1897
  849. Private Law 54–418Chap. 418: Granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. Williams.Mar 3, 1897
  850. Private Law 54–419Chap. 419: Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Sentman.Mar 3, 1897
  851. Private Law 54–420Chap. 420: Granting an increase of pension to Jesse Durnell.Mar 3, 1897
  852. Private Law 54–421Chap. 421: Granting an increase of pension to Greenville Puckett.Mar 3, 1897
  853. Private Law 54–422Chap. 422: Granting an increase of pension to Elihu Jones.Mar 3, 1897
  854. Private Law 54–423Chap. 423: To increase the pension of Levi T. E. Johnson.Mar 3, 1897
  855. Private Law 54–424Chap. 424: To increase the pension of Josiah P. Bradbury.Mar 3, 1897
  856. Private Law 54–425Chap. 425: For the relief of Harrison Wagner.Mar 3, 1897
  857. Private Law 54–426Chap. 426: For the relief of William G. Buck.Mar 3, 1897
  858. Private Law 54–427Chap. 427: For the relief of Captain W. J. Kountz.Mar 3, 1897
  859. Private Law 54–428Chap. 428: Granting a pension to Caroline D. Mowatt.Mar 3, 1897
  860. Private Law 54–429Chap. 429: Granting a pension to Rachel Patton.Mar 3, 1897