Major Legislation
- May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
- August 2, 1882: River and Harbors Act of 1882
- January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Act
- March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)
Read more about this topic: 47th United States Congress
Famous quotes containing the words major and/or legislation:
“He could jazz up the map-reading class by having a full-size color photograph of Betty Grable in a bathing suit, with a co- ordinate grid system laid over it. The instructor could point to different parts of her and say, “Give me the co-ordinates.”... The Major could see every unit in the Army using his idea.... Hot dog!”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“Statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, much legislation is moral legislation because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres of life.”
—George F. Will (b. 1941)