United States Statutes at Large/Volume 14/39th Congress
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, A.D. 1865, and ended on Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of July, A.D. 1866.
Andrew Johnson, President. La Fayette S. Foster, President of the Senate. La Fayette S. Foster was elected President of the Senate pro tempore on the seventh day of March, and so acted until the end of the Session. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
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| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the Selection of Jurors to serve in the several Courts of the District of Columbia." | Dec. 18, 1865 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to prevent the Spread of foreign Diseases among the Cattle of the United States. | Dec. 18, 1865 |
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| 184 | Chapter CLXXXIV. | An Act to reduce Internal Taxation and to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and Acts amendatory thereof. | July 13, 1866 |
| 200 | Chapter CC. | An Act to continue in force and to amend "An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees," and for other Purposes. | July 16, 1866 |
| 201 | Chapter CCI. | An Act further to prevent Smuggling and for other Purposes. | July 18, 1866 |
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| 242 | Chapter CCXLII. | An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon. | July 25, 1866 |
| 243 | Chapter CCXLIII. | An Act to change the Place of holding Court in the Northern District of Georgia. | July 25, 1866 |
| 244 | Chapter CCXLIV. | An Act granting to A. Sutro the Right of Way, and granting other Privileges to aid in the Construction of a Draining and Exploring Tunnel to the Comstock Lode, in the State of Nevada. | July 25, 1866 |
| 245 | Chapter CCXLV. | An Act to regulate the Times and Manner of holding Elections for Senators in Congress. | July 25, 1866 |
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| 312 | Chapter CCCXII. | An Act to prevent Officers of the Navy from being deprived of their regular Promotion on Account of Wounds received in Battle, and for other Purposes. | July 28, 1866 |