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Every law Pennsylvania has passed

55,382 acts of the General Assembly, from William Penn’s first assembly in 1682 to 2026. Until 1874 much of the Assembly’s work was “special” legislation for a single person, company or town: a divorce, a road, a tavern license. That year’s constitution barred local and special laws on most subjects, and the yearly count fell; lately it is about 150.

Not yet complete · The state has not yet digitized its session laws act by act for most years between 1851 and 1949. We filled what we could from scans of the printed volumes: every year from 1851 to 1875 and most sessions from 1877 to 1907. A computer read those titles, so they can contain misspellings, and a few acts in each year were missed. Most years from 1909 to 1949 are still thin (marked below). Every other year is complete, from 1682 through 1850 and from 1950 to today.

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7,883 laws of the 1860s

Constitution of 1838

  1. Extending the time for the removal of the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from a portion of Liberty street, in the city of Pittsburg.

    Act 204 of 1863 · P.L. 194 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  2. To incorporate the Tinicum Fishing Company of Philadelphia. Sectiox 1.

    Act 206 of 1863 · P.L. 196 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  3. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Washington and Maryhmd Line Railroad Company.

    Act 207 of 1863 · P.L. 197 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  4. Relating to sheriff's sales in Susquehanna county.

    Act 208 of 1863 · P.L. 198 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  5. Relative to the school house and propertyV the Sisters of the Holy Cross, in the city of

    Act 209 of 1863 · P.L. 199 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  6. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Philadelphia Lying-in Charity for attending indigent females at their own houses," passed the seventh day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

    Act 210 of 1863 · P.L. 199 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  7. Relative to the Woman's Hospital of Pliiladelpliia.

    Act 212 of 1863 · P.L. 201 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  8. Authorizing the sale of a certain lot of ground hy the Society of Friends in the county of Washington.

    Act 213 of 1863 · P.L. 201 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  9. Relative to the Roxborough Lyceum.

    Act 214 of 1863 · P.L. 202 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  10. To the acts of assembly relating to auctions in the city of Lancaster, and other towns in this Commonwealth.

    Act 215 of 1863 · P.L. 202 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  11. Relative to the Colnmbia school district, in Lancaster county.

    Act 216 of 1863 · P.L. 203 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  12. To authorize the Commissioners of Indiana county to sell and convey certain real estate.

    Act 217 of 1863 · P.L. 204 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  13. Relative to the perpetuation of testimony in cases of lost records.

    Act 218 of 1863 · P.L. 205 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  14. Supplement to the act incorporating the Duncannon, Landisburg, and Broad Tof Railroad Company.

    Act 219 of 1863 · P.L. 206 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  15. To authorize the Philadelphia, Germantown, aud Norristown Railroad Company to sell certain real estate.

    Act 220 of 1863 · P.L. 207 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  16. To exempt tlie Beallsville Temetery, in the county of Washington, from taxation.

    Act 221 of 1863 · P.L. 207 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  17. To repeal the ninth section of an act authorizing the laying out of a State Road from the borough of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, to intersect a public road leading from Easton to Mauch Chunk, and for other purposes.

    Act 222 of 1863 · P.L. 208 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  18. To incorporate the Jones and Nimick Manufacturing Company.

    Act 223 of 1863 · P.L. 209 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  19. To lay oiit a State Eoad in Berks and Lancaster counties.

    Act 224 of 1863 · P.L. 211 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  20. Supplement to the act to secure the rights of married women, passed the eleventh day of x\pril, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

    Act 225 of 1863 · P.L. 212 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  21. To vacate a certain road in the borough of Millersburg, in the county of Dauphin.

    Act 226 of 1863 · P.L. 213 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  22. To accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges.

    Act 227 of 1863 · P.L. 213 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  23. To extend tlie jurisdiction of justices of the peace to certain criminal proceedings in the county of Crawford.

    Act 228 of 1863 · P.L. 215 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  24. To extend the time for the payment of the enrolment tax on an act to incorporate the Dark Hollow New Hope Cemetery Company.

    Act 229 of 1863 · P.L. 215 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  25. Relative to the claim of John Loban.

    Act 230 of 1863 · P.L. 216 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  26. To extend an act to authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of Kittanning to grade, curb and pave certain side-walks.

    Act 231 of 1863 · P.L. 217 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  27. Supplement to an act relative to the collection of State and county taxes in the township of Maxatawny, in Berks county.

    Act 232 of 1863 · P.L. 217 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  28. To incorporate the Philadelphia Military College.

    Act 234 of 1863 · P.L. 219 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  29. For the relief of John A. Nash, treasurer of Huntingdon county.

    Act 235 of 1863 · P.L. 220 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  30. To settle and pay the claim of John P.

    Act 236 of 1863 · P.L. 221 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  31. To anthoriae the sale of a oertaia ground rent belonging to the esoheAtod estate of Maria Bojle, deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 233 of 1863 · P.L. 222 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  32. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act for the protection of Sheep in certain connties," approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

    Act 237 of 1863 · P.L. 222 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  33. Eelating to livery stable keepers in Allegheny county.

    Act 238 of 1863 · P.L. 223 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  34. To change the limits of the Schellsburg school district, in Bedford county

    Act 239 of 1863 · P.L. 223 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  35. To exempt from taxation the Spring Garden ar«i Moyamensing Literarj Institutes.

    Act 240 of 1863 · P.L. 224 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  36. Supplement to an act to erect a Poor House for Texas township, and the borough of Honesdale, in Wayne county.

    Act 241 of 1863 · P.L. 225 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  37. To repeal the sixty-third section of the act of thirteenth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act relating to executions," so far as the same relates to the county of Cambria.

    Act 242 of 1863 · P.L. 225 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  38. To incorporate the Hopewell and Pattousville Turnpike and Plank Roa-l Company.

    Act of 1863 · P.L. 227 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  39. For preservation of certain records in the county of Franklin.

    Act 246 of 1863 · P.L. 229 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  40. Relative to assessing taxes in the borough of Mauch Chunk, and for other purposes.

    Act 247 of 1863 · P.L. 229 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  41. To authorize the road commissioners of Summit township to erect a housefor the use of said township, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the expense thereof.

    Act 248 of 1863 · P.L. 230 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  42. To provide for the collection of certain taxes in the school district of Wharton, in the county of Potter.

    Act 249 of 1863 · P.L. 231 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  43. Relating to a certain highway in Norriton township, Montgomery county.

    Act 250 of 1863 · P.L. 232 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  44. Supplement to an act, entitled ' ' An Act to authorize the erection of a i^oor house hy the borough of Dunmore, borough of Scranton, and township of Providence, in the county of Luzerne, ' ' approved the ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty

    Act 251 of 1863 · P.L. 233 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  45. Relating to the collection of Dog Tax in the borough of West Chester.

    Act 252 of 1863 · P.L. 234 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  46. To provide for the erection of a Poor House in certain townships in Bradford county.

    Act 253 of 1863 · P.L. 234 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  47. To authorize the Commissioners of the city and county of Philadelphia to draw their warrant for certain services in the register of wills' office.

    Act 254 of 1863 · P.L. 242 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  48. To validate the act of Daniel Bixler, justice of the peace for Frailey township, Schuylkill county, and to empower the secretary of the commonwealth to issue a new commission.

    Act 255 of 1863 · P.L. 243 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  49. Relative to the township elections in Lai)orte township, Sullivan county.

    Act 256 of 1863 · P.L. 244 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  50. Supplement to an act to incorporate the city of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin.

    Act 257 of 1863 · P.L. 244 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  51. To incorporate the Altoona Hall and Market Company.

    Act 258 of 1863 · P.L. 246 · April 1, 1863 · Scanned page

  52. To revive and continue the act cliartering the Excelsior Raih'oad and Coal Company, incorporated the twentysixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-live.

    Act 259 of 1863 · P.L. 248 · April 2, 1863 · Scanned page

  53. To authorize the coTirt of common pleas, for Allegheny county, to appoint an auditor to examine and correct certain accounts in said county.

    Act of 1863 · P.L. 250 · April 2, 1863 · Scanned page

  54. Relating to writs of estrepement.

    Act 262 of 1863 · P.L. 250 · April 2, 1863 · Scanned page

  55. To pay the claims of L. A. Maokey, Jacob Slenker, and W. S. Wood and Company, for work done and materials furnished on the West Branch canal.

    Act 263 of 1863 · P.L. 251 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  56. Relative to floating timber in Tusoarora creek, Juniata county.

    Act 264 of 1863 · P.L. 252 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  57. Relating to oosta in Lozeme

    Act 260 of 1863 · P.L. 253 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  58. Authorizing the school directors of the borougli of Kutztown, Berks county, to borrow money; transferring farms of Tliomas Slater and Samuel D. M'Cloy from Cecil to Chartiers township, Washington county, for school purposes, and attaching certain farms to the township of Frankstown, in Blair county, for school purposes, and relative to the farm of Samuel Vaneman, in Washington county.

    Act 266 of 1863 · P.L. 253 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  59. to an act, entitled ' 'An Act to incorporate the village of Dunmore, in the county of Luzerne, into a borough," approved the tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

    Act 268 of 1863 · P.L. 255 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  60. Changing the mode and time of laying the Road taxes in the township of Maxatawney, in Berks county, et cetera.

    Act 269 of 1863 · P.L. 256 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  61. To annex the farm of Daniel Geiselman, in Union township, to Conewago township, for school purposes.

    Act 270 of 1863 · P.L. 257 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  62. Supplement to an act incorporating the Big Black Creek Improvement Company, approved twelfth April, one thousand eight hundred and

    Act 271 of 1863 · P.L. 258 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  63. To authorize the erection of a poor house by the township of Franklin, in the county of Carbon.

    Act 272 of 1863 · P.L. 258 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  64. Supplement To an act to lay out a certain State Road in Armstrong county.

    Act 273 of 1863 · P.L. 263 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  65. To authorize the Commissioners of Lehigh county to erect a Bridge over the river Lehigh, at Allentown, in said county.

    Act 274 of 1863 · P.L. 264 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  66. To authorize the Wyoming Canal Comi^any, and its creditors, to agree to an adjustment of their respective rights.

    Act 275 of 1863 · P.L. 265 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  67. Relative to the house and grounds of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, at Chestnut Hill, in the Twenty-second ward of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 276 of 1863 · P.L. 269 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  68. Supplement to an act to incori^orate the Germautown Passenger Railway Company, approved the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

    Act 277 of 1863 · P.L. 270 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  69. To incorporate the Cooper Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company.

    Act 278 of 1863 · P.L. 271 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  70. I'd incorporate the Line Lexington Fire Insurance Company of Bucks and Montgomery counties.

    Act 279 of 1863 · P.L. 273 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  71. To incorporate the Moravian College and Theological Seminary, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Act 280 of 1863 · P.L. 276 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  72. Supplement to an act, entitled " An Act to incorporate the Conestoga and Big Spring Valley Turnpike Road Company," passed April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty

    Act 281 of 1863 · P.L. 278 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  73. To incorporat« the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Act 282 of 1863 · P.L. 279 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  74. To iucorporate the Linden Hall Seminary, at Litiz, Lancaster county.

    Act 283 of 1863 · P.L. 281 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  75. Changing the lines of Mount Pleasant township, Washington county, for school purposes.

    Act of 1863 · P.L. 284 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  76. To an aet, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled " An Act to incorporate the Powelton Coal and Iron Company.

    Act 288 of 1863 · P.L. 285 · April 3, 1863 · Scanned page

  77. To autliorize the Pliiladelphia and Erie Railroad Company to isyne, to the county of Erie, the stock of said railroad company, in lieu of the stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company.

    Act 289 of 1863 · P.L. 286 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  78. To incorporate the "First Troop Pliiladelpliia Cavalry.

    Act 291 of 1863 · P.L. 289 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  79. To armul the marriage contract between William Allen, senior, and Catharine, his wife.

    Act 292 of 1863 · P.L. 290 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  80. Relative to the real estate of Jacob SclioU, deceased.

    Act 293 of 1863 · P.L. 291 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  81. Ilelative to the draining of wet or spouty lands in certain counties.

    Act 295 of 1863 · P.L. 293 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  82. For the improvement of certain roads in Buffalo township, Washington county.

    Act 294 of 1863 · P.L. 294 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  83. Fixing the compensation of the County Treasurer of Delaware county.

    Act 297 of 1863 · P.L. 295 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  84. Authorizing John Ransom, of Montoursville, to establish and maintain a Ferry over the Susquehanna river, near the "Cannon Hole," in Lycoming county.

    Act 298 of 1863 · P.L. 295 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  85. Relative to obstructions in Loyalsock creek and its tributaries, in the counties of Lycoming and

    Act 299 of 1863 · P.L. 297 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  86. To vacate a part of Sixty-Second street, in the Twenty-Fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 300 of 1863 · P.L. 297 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  87. Supplement to an act to authorize the erection of a poor house by the township of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne.

    Act 301 of 1863 · P.L. 298 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  88. Relative to the property of the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

    Act 302 of 1863 · P.L. 299 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  89. A'atliorizing the Lehigh Slate Company to reduce its capital stock.

    Act 304 of 1863 · P.L. 301 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  90. To incorporate tlie Franklin Gas Company.

    Act 305 of 1863 · P.L. 301 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  91. Supplement to an act inoorporating the Wilkesbarre and Kingston Railroad Companj.

    Act 303 of 1863 · P.L. 302 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  92. To incorporate the Venango Water Company.

    Act 306 of 1863 · P.L. 302 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  93. To incorporate the Hartslog Valley Turnpike Company.

    Act 308 of 1863 · P.L. 303 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  94. For th.e relief of William B. Mullen and Son,

    Act 309 of 1863 · P.L. 304 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  95. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Oil Creek Transportation Company.

    Act 307 of 1863 · P.L. 305 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  96. Supplement To an act to incorporate the Towanda Bridge Company.

    Act 310 of 1863 · P.L. 305 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  97. Supplement to an act for making a turnpike road over Peter's Mountain, in Daupliin county.

    Act 311 of 1863 · P.L. 306 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  98. Entitled "An Act to avitliorize the Commissioners of Carbon county to borrow money.

    Act 312 of 1863 · P.L. 307 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  99. For the sale of a certain school lot in Lurgan township, Franklin county.

    Act 313 of 1863 · P.L. 307 · April 4, 1863 · Scanned page

  100. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Daguscahonda Improvement Company, approved the twelfth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight him dred and fifty-seven.

    Act 314 of 1863 · P.L. 308 · April 7, 1863 · Scanned page

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