The Laws of the United States in three volumes, published with authority (compiled by Zephaniah Swift; published by Richard Folwell)…
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ACT of 1862 (Transcontinental Railroad) [37th Congress, Chapter 120, 12 Stat. 489-498] The Northern Pacific Railroad Act…
MORRILL LAND GRANT COLLEGE ACT of 1862 [37th Congress, Chapter 130, 12 Stat. 503-505, 7 U.S.C. 301] The Morrill Land…
The SUGAR ACT OF 1764, Chapter XV, Volume XXVI of Danby Pickering’s Statutes at Large, printed by Joseph Bentham in…
Hening’s Statutes at Large: A Collection of the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of Legislature in the Year…
DECLARATORY ACT of 1766, Chapter 12, Volume XXVII of Danby Pickering’s Statutes at Large, printed by John Archdeacon in 1767…
ACT ESTABLISHING THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 30, 1798 Acts of the Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter LII (1 Stat.…
Act Establishing and Organizing the Marine Corps: Acts of the Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter LXXIX (1 Stat. 594-596) published…
FIRST FEDERAL MILITARY PENSIONS The first federal pension laws were adopted during the Revolutionary War in 1776. Enacted on August…
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 [Ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403] Click here for a link to the Act…