# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 15/40th Congress

The 40th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867, to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Johnson's presidency.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTIETH 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 March, A. D. 1867; was adjourned on Saturday, the thirtieth day of March, A. D. 1867, to meet on Wednesday, the third day of July, A. D. 1867; met on the said third day of July, and continued in session until Saturday, the twentieth day of said July, on which day it adjourned to meet on Thursday, the twenty-first day of November, A. D. 1867; met on the said twenty-first day of November, and ended the second day of December, A. D. 1867.
Andrew Johnson, President. Benjamin F. Wade, President of the Senate. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate a National Military and Naval Asylum for the Relief of the totally disabled Officers and Men of the Volunteer Forces of the United States,'" approved March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. | March 12, 1867 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act making Appropriations for the Expenses of Commissioners sent by the President to the Indian Country. | March 14, 1867 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act to repeal a Joint Resolution entitled "A Resolution to provide for the Removal of the Wreck of the Steamship Scotland," approved January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. | March 16, 1867 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act to clothe the maimed and destitute Soldiers. | March 22, 1867 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act amendatory of "An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for contingent Expenses of the Senate of the United States for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes. | July 20, 1867 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTIETH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, A. D. 1867; was adjourned on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, A. D. 1868, to meet at Washington, on Monday, the twenty-first day of September, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said twenty-first day of September, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet at Washington on Friday the sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said sixteenth day of October, and was, on that day, adjourned to meet at Washington on Tuesday the tenth day of November, A. D. 1868; met at Washington on said tenth day of November, and was then adjourned without day.
Andrew Johnson, President. Benjamin F. Wade, President of the Senate. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act granting a certain Right of Way to the Hudson River West Shore Railroad Company. | December 14, 1867 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to provide for changing of Names of Persons in the District of Columbia. | December 20, 1867 |
| 185 | Chapter CLXXXV. | An Act declaratory of the Law in Regard to Officers cashiered or dismissed from the Army by the Sentence of a general Court-Martial. | July 20, 1868 |
| 186 | Chapter CLXXXVI. | An Act imposing Taxes on distilled Spirits and Tobacco, and for other Purposes. | July 20, 1868 |
| 276 | Chapter CCLXXVI. | An Act regulating Judicial Proceedings in certain Cases, for the Protection of Officers and Agents of the Government, and for the better Defence of the Treasury against unlawful Claims. | July 27, 1868 |