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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. Declaring Cross Forks creek, in the county of Potter, a public highway.

    Act 444 of 1864 · P.L. 507 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  2. Relating to the publication of legal advertisements in the county of Franklin.

    Act 445 of 1864 · P.L. 508 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  3. Supplement to an act relative to the West Chester Railroad, the Delaware County Miitual Protection Company, and the West-town and Thornbury Eastern School District.

    Act 446 of 1864 · P.L. 509 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  4. To incorporate the North Lebanon and Jonesto'n'u Turnpike Company.

    Act 447 of 1864 · P.L. 510 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  5. To enable the citizens of Hopewell township, Washington connty, to avail themselves of the provisions of an act, entitled ' 'An Act relating to the payment of bounties to volunteers," approved March twentyfifth. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

    Act 448 of 1864 · P.L. 511 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  6. In relation to sidewalks in the township of Fairview, in Erie county.

    Act 44 of 1864 · P.L. 512 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  7. Supplement to an act relative to the removal of the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, from a portion of Liherty street, in the city of Pittslaurg, approved April iifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

    Act 451 of 1864 · P.L. 514 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  8. Eelating to the office of fire marshal of the police department of the citj of Philadelphia.

    Act 453 of 1864 · P.L. 515 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  9. To incorporate the Old Man's Home.

    Act 454 of 1864 · P.L. 516 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  10. To incorporate the Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 455 of 1864 · P.L. 518 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  11. Supplement to an act to incorporate the New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad Company.

    Act of 1864 · P.L. 521 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  12. To incorporate the Oil Creek and Warren Transportation company,

    Act 458 of 1864 · P.L. 521 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  13. Relating to tlie Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburg Railroad Company.

    Act 459 of 1864 · P.L. 523 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  14. To incorporate the New Castle Gas ami Coke Company.

    Act 460 of 1864 · P.L. 524 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  15. To incorporate the Berks and Chester Railroad

    Act 461 of 1864 · P.L. 525 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  16. To incorporate the Clinton Coal and Iron Company. Preamble. WnEREAS, Georpre Trotter, and James G. Clark, hold the title to a tract of unseated land, in the counties of Clinton and Centre, in tliis commonwealth, in trust for the stockholders of an unincorporated association, called the Clinton Coal and Iron Company : And whereas, The said land is entirely undeveloped, by reason of the absence

    Act 463 of 1864 · P.L. 528 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  17. To incorporate the Carter Eilge Tool and Agricultural Implement Manufacturing Company. Sectiok 1.

    Act 464 of 1864 · P.L. 530 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  18. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Bedford Improvement Company," approved the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eigbi hundred and sixty-three.

    Act 465 of 1864 · P.L. 532 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  19. Supplement to an act to authorize the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company to ex- *• tend their railroad from White Haven to Mauch Chunk.

    Act 466 of 1864 · P.L. 533 · April 20, 1864 · Scanned page

  20. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

    Act 467 of 1864 · P.L. 535 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  21. To lay out a State road iu Berks, Lancaster, and Chester counties.

    Act 468 of 1864 · P.L. 536 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  22. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Northern Soup Society of Philadelphia.

    Act 469 of 1864 · P.L. 537 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  23. Supplement to an act to extend the Waynesburg turnpike road, and to increase its corporate powers, approved the twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and extend the supplement to an act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Waynesburg Turnpike Road Company, and for other purposes.

    Act 472 of 1864 · P.L. 540 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  24. Relating to the East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railrond Company.

    Act 475 of 1864 · P.L. 542 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  25. For the relief of John E. Carrol, late treasurer of Jefferson county.

    Act 476 of 1864 · P.L. 543 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  26. Authorizing the county commissioners, of Wayne county, to refund to Virgil Grennell, late treasurer of said county, certain moneys.

    Act 477 of 1864 · P.L. 543 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  27. Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act to authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of I'ittston to levy and collect a tax to pay bounties," approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen liundred and sixty four.

    Act 478 of 1864 · P.L. 544 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  28. Prescribing the time and manner of submitting to the people, for theii' approval and ratification, or rejection, the proposed amendments to the Constitution.

    Act 480 of 1864 · P.L. 545 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  29. 'To an act, entitled "An Act for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, in the city of Philadelphia," passed the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

    Act 482 of 1864 · P.L. 549 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  30. Relative to railroads using steam in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 483 of 1864 · P.L. 550 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  31. To repeal the special roaJ. law in Texas township, Wayne connty.

    Act 485 of 1864 · P.L. 551 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  32. Regulating the mileage fees of constables in the county of Bucks.

    Act 486 of 1864 · P.L. 551 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  33. To change the road laws in the township of Newberry, York county. Section 1. Be il enacted hy the Senate and House of HepresentaJiveii of the Comnionicealth of Finnsi/lvania in General A.ssembhj met, and il is heri'by enacted by the authority of the same, ffpecial road That all special laws, relatinp: to roads, in the township of laws repealed. Newberry, York county, be and the same are

    Act of 1864 · P.L. 552 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  34. To incorporate the Honey Brook Coal Company.

    Act 489 of 1864 · P.L. 554 · 1864 · Scanned page

  35. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Pha3nlx Hotel Company cf Wilkesbarre, approved the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and

    Act 493 of 1864 · P.L. 563 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  36. To enable Jolin C. Smith, of Montgomery county, to sell, and conveyv real estate.

    Act 494 of 1864 · P.L. 564 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  37. To incorporate the Meadville Telegraph Company.

    Act of 1864 · P.L. 567 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  38. Relating to the Columbia Bridge Company.

    Act 497 of 1864 · P.L. 568 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  39. To incorporate the Lackawanna Valley Coal Company.

    Act 499 of 1864 · P.L. 571 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  40. Supplementary to an act to incorporate tlie Foster Coal and Iron Corcpanr, passed April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

    Act 500 of 1864 · P.L. 573 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  41. To incorporate the Lawrence Railroad and Transportation Company.

    Act 501 of 1864 · P.L. 573 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  42. To increase the pay of jurors ami witnesses in the counties of Camtlria and Allegheny.

    Act 503 of 1864 · P.L. 576 · April 23, 1864 · Scanned page

  43. Supplement To an act for the protection of fruit, in the county of Beaver.

    Act 508 of 1864 · P.L. 582 · April 26, 1864 · Scanned page

  44. Relating to the Junction Railroad Company.

    Act 511 of 1864 · P.L. 609 · April 26, 1864 · Scanned page

  45. Supplement To the act incorporating the Tremont Coal Company, formerly the Eagl« Iron Company, approved the twentyninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

    Act 512 of 1864 · P.L. 610 · April 26, 1864 · Scanned page

  46. To incorporate the Furnace Run Improvement Company.

    Act 513 of 1864 · P.L. 610 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  47. Relating to certain streets in the Twenty-fourth ward, of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 516 of 1864 · P.L. 615 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  48. To revive and amend an act in relation to the accounts of Allen M'Kean, late prothonotary of Bradford county, approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree.

    Act 517 of 1864 · P.L. 616 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  49. Supplement to an act to change the width of York street, in the city of Philadelpliia, approved the seventeenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and aixty-four.

    Act 518 of 1864 · P.L. 617 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  50. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act relating to railroad companies," passed May sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

    Act 519 of 1864 · P.L. 617 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  51. Regulating the standard number of shingle.s, and lumber, used in cooperage.

    Act 520 of 1864 · P.L. 618 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  52. To erect an independent school district, from portions of the townships of Davidson, Sullivan county, and Penn and Franklin townships, Lycoming county.

    Act 521 of 1864 · P.L. 619 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  53. To incorporate the Local Telegraph Company.

    Act 523 of 1864 · P.L. 622 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  54. To authorize the trustees of the Brush Creek Qerman Lutheran and German Reformed congregations of Westmoreland countj, to sell the coal under certain real estate.

    Act 524 of 1864 · P.L. 626 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  55. To incorporate the Wyoming Coal and Transportation Company.

    Act 526 of 1864 · P.L. 629 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  56. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree.

    Act 527 of 1864 · P.L. 631 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  57. Supplement To an act relative to the Greenwood Cemetery, of New Castle, Lawrence county.

    Act 528 of 1864 · P.L. 632 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  58. To the charter of the AUentown Iron Company.

    Act 529 of 1864 · P.L. 633 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  59. Relating to the Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

    Act 530 of 1864 · P.L. 634 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  60. For the relief of John Roherts, Treasurer of Somerset county.

    Act 5 of 1864 · P.L. 636 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  61. To open Franklin street, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 532 of 1864 · P.L. 637 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  62. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Big Spring and Beaver Valley Turnpike Road Company.,

    Act 533 of 1864 · P.L. 637 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  63. Supplement To the act to incorporate the city of Philadelphia, relative to filling vacancies in Councils.

    Act 534 of 1864 · P.L. 638 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  64. Supplement to an act to modify the existing auction laws of this Commonwealth, and to provide more effectually for the collection of the state tax, or duty, on auction sales, in the city of Philadelphia, and the county of Allegheny, passed the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and fiftynine.

    Act 535 of 1864 · P.L. 639 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  65. To open Lehigh avenue and a part of Fourth street, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 536 of 1864 · P.L. 640 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  66. To detach. Union and Snyder counties from the Northenl district of the Supreme Court, and annex the same to the Eastern district.

    Act 537 of 1864 · P.L. 641 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  67. Relative to costs in cases of partition.

    Act 538 of 1864 · P.L. 641 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  68. To extend the provisions of the act, approved thirty-first July, one thonnand eight hundred and sixty-three, to the counties of Northumberland and Crawford.

    Act 539 of 1864 · P.L. 642 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  69. Delating to tlie advertising of slieriff's sales, in Montgomery county.

    Act 540 of 1864 · P.L. 643 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  70. Supplement to an act to incorporate the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 541 of 1864 · P.L. 643 · April 27, 1864 · Scanned page

  71. Relative to the satisfaction of a certain mortgage, in Clearfield county.

    Act 543 of 1864 · P.L. 644 · April 28, 1864 · Scanned page

  72. Relating to the site of a proposed railroad depot.

    Act of 1864 · P.L. 650 · April 28, 1864 · Scanned page

  73. To correct an error in House bill, number five hundred and

    Act 550 of 1864 · P.L. 652 · April 28, 1864 · Scanned page

  74. To incorporate the Soldiers' Orphan Home, in Allegheny county.

    Act 551 of 1864 · P.L. 652 · April 28, 1864 · Scanned page

  75. To appoint Commissioners to run and establish the County Line between Westmoreland and Somerset counties.

    Act 552 of 1864 · P.L. 653 · April 28, 1864 · Scanned page

  76. To incorporate the Tioga Telegrapli Company.

    Act 55 of 1864 · P.L. 655 · April 8, 1864 · Scanned page

  77. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Keystone Gold and Silver Mining Company, approved July eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree.

    Act 555 of 1864 · P.L. 657 · April 29, 1864 · Scanned page

  78. To incorporate the Burnside Coal and Iron Company.

    Act 556 of 1864 · P.L. 657 · April 29, 1864 · Scanned page

  79. Supplement to an act relating to corporations for mechanical, manufacturing, mining' and quarrying purposes, approved the eighteenth day of July, on« thousand eight hundred and srixty-three.

    Act 557 of 1864 · P.L. 660 · 1864 · Scanned page

  80. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Tioga Improvement Company, approved th« seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

    Act 559 of 1864 · P.L. 661 · April 29, 1864 · Scanned page

  81. Relative to the pay of the county commissioners, and jurors, of Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.

    Act 561 of 1864 · P.L. 663 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  82. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Winslow Colliery, approved the tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

    Act 563 of 1864 · P.L. 666 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  83. To incorporate the Dauphin and Colorado Gold Mining Companj.

    Act 565 of 1864 · P.L. 668 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  84. To confirm certain Land Titles in Jefferson county.

    Act 566 of 1864 · P.L. 669 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  85. Supplement To the act incorporating the Susquehanna Canal Company, approved the fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and tliirty-five.

    Act 569 of 1864 · P.L. 676 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  86. To increase the capital stock of the Eagle Cqtton Works of Allegheny city.

    Act 570 of 1864 · P.L. 677 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  87. No. 571 )1 Cf "To an act, entitled "A supplement to the act consolidating the city of Philadelphia," relative to taxes in the Twenty-third ward of said city, approved May third, eighteen hundred and sixty.

    Act 571 of 1864 · P.L. 677 · April 30, 1864 · Scanned page

  88. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Brady's Bend Iron Company.

    Act 572 of 1864 · P.L. 678 · April 29, 1864 · Scanned page

  89. To change tte place of holding the elections in, and for, the township of Worth, in the county of Centre.

    Act 573 of 1864 · P.L. 679 · May 2, 1864 · Scanned page

  90. Relating to the Powell Tract Coal Company.

    Act 574 of 1864 · P.L. 679 · May 2, 1864 · Scanned page

  91. To grant to tlie county of Erie the interest of the Commonwealth, in a strip of laud, on the we.st side of the tract formerly granted to said county, for the use of the poor of said county.

    Act 575 of 1864 · P.L. 680 · 1864 · Scanned page

  92. Supplement To an act to incorporate tlie Yougliioglieny Coal Hollow Coal Company, approved March, the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

    Act 578 of 1864 · P.L. 683 · April 29, 1864 · Scanned page

  93. To incorporate the Keystone Mining Company of Colorado. SECTiOii I.

    Act 579 of 1864 · P.L. 683 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  94. Supplement to an act to encourage the manufacture of iron with coke or mineral coal, and for other purposes, approved the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix.

    Act 582 of 1864 · P.L. 686 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  95. To incorporate tlie New Street Bridge Company of Bethlehem,

    Act 583 of 1864 · P.L. 687 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  96. To incorporate the Arizona Gold and Silver Mining Company.

    Act 584 of 1864 · P.L. 688 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  97. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Big Mountain Improvement Company," approved April twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

    Act 585 of 1864 · P.L. 689 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  98. To vacate part of Allegheny and New Brighton Turnpike Road, in Allegheny county.

    Act 586 of 1864 · P.L. 690 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  99. To the several acts incorporating the borough of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill.

    Act 588 of 1864 · P.L. 691 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

  100. For the relief of George Lose.

    Act 589 of 1864 · P.L. 692 · May 3, 1864 · Scanned page

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