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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. To authorize tho Allegheny Valley railroad to mortgage its road and branches, to complete the same.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 367 · March 8, 1867 · Scanned page

  2. Relative to cemeteries in Allegheny county.

    Act 351 of 1867 · P.L. 369 · March 8, 1867 · Scanned page

  3. To authorize the payment of State agents at Washington.

    Act 352 of 1867 · P.L. 370 · March 8, 1867 · Scanned page

  4. To regulate the salaries of the county auditors, and also the salaries of the township auditors, and their clerks, in the county of York.

    Act 353 of 1867 · P.L. 370 · March 8, 1867 · Scanned page

  5. To extend the provisions of an act to prolaiTDit the issuing of iicense!? within certain boroughs, in the counties of Armstrong, Potter, Indiana and Perry, or within two miles of the same, in the connties in which such horou<^hs are located, approved twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and »ixty-six, to the boroughs of New Alexandria and Bolivar, in the county of Westmoreland.

    Act 355 of 1867 · P.L. 372 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  6. In relation to the fees of notaries public in the counties of Bedford, Fulton, Somerset and Delaware.

    Act 359 of 1867 · P.L. 375 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  7. Relative to the duties of district attorney for the county of Erie.

    Act 360 of 1867 · P.L. 376 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  8. Authorizing tlie trustees of the liroprietors of Hanover township, in Luzerne county, to collect and pay over moneys to the Central poor district.

    Act 361 of 1867 · P.L. 376 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  9. To authorize the school directors of the borough of Honesdale, in Wayne county, to borrow money, issue bonds, and levy and collect taxes for payment thereof.

    Act 362 of 1867 · P.L. 377 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  10. Supplement to an act to authorize tlie erection of a poor house, by the township of Wilke.sbarre, in Luzerne county, approved second of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

    Act 361 of 1867 · P.L. 378 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  11. Relative to auctions and gift enterprises in the county of Mercer.

    Act 363 of 1867 · P.L. 378 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  12. To authorise the Governoito appoint an additional notary public for the county of Mercer, to reside in the borough of Sharon, in said county; and an additional notary public for the county of Centre, to reside at Phillipsburg.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 381 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  13. Relative to the fees of the coroner of Allegheny county.

    Act 368 of 1867 · P.L. 382 · March 9, 1867 · Scanned page

  14. Authorizing the directors of the Middle Creek Railroad Company to I fill the vacancy in the office of president of said railroad, caused by the death of Abuer Thompson.

    Act 369 of 1867 · P.L. 383 · March 11, 1867 · Scanned page

  15. To authorize the governor to appoint an additional notary public for the borough of Milton, Northumberland county.

    Act 370 of 1867 · P.L. 383 · March 11, 1867 · Scanned page

  16. To rejieal a certain act relative to the public roads in INIaueh Chunk township, Carbon county, approved sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 371 of 1867 · P.L. 384 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  17. Supplement to an act to authorize the road commissioners of Freehold township to levy an additional tax, approved April eleventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 372 of 1867 · P.L. 385 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  18. To provide for the election of burgess and town council in the borough of Danville, Montour county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 373 of 1867 · P.L. 385 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  19. To vacate part of Woodpecker, or Rising Sun lane, in the Twenty-first ward of the city of

    Act 375 of 1867 · P.L. 398 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  20. To extend the provisions of an act laying a tax on dogs in certain townships, in the county of Chester, relative to elections in West Philadelphia, and to assessors in Millerstown, Perry county, approved the eleventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and tifty, so far as provides for the taxing of dogs, to the township of Londonderry, in the county of Chester.

    Act 377 of 1867 · P.L. 400 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  21. Fo an act to incorporate the Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company of the city of Philadelphia, passed the twenty-second day of March, Anno Domip.i one thousand eight hundred and

    Act 381 of 1867 · P.L. 403 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  22. 404 'LAWS/ OF PEKIS'S¥I.VA.5riA, No, 3S2. Hepealing an act relative to tlie coroner of Annstrong

    Act 382 of 1867 · P.L. 404 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  23. To exteud the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act relative to mC' chanics' liens, in the counties of Luzerne and Schuylkill," approved February seventeenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, to the county of Northumberland.

    Act 383 of 1867 · P.L. 404 · 1867 · Scanned page

  24. No. S85, 'To an act passedthe thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight h'andred and sixty-two, to authorize the arrest of professional thieves, ■burglars, et cetera, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 405 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  25. To correct an act to incorporate the Williamsport Ha;ll and'Market Conipanj^, approved April twentietii, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 334 of 1867 · P.L. 405 · 1867 · Scanned page

  26. To extend the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act to require the register of wills, in and for Luzerne county, to record in a book, or books, the appraisements, inventories and vendue lists of personal property," to the counties of Monroe and Carbon.

    Act 388 of 1867 · P.L. 408 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  27. Annexing the borough of Manchester to Allegheny city.

    Act 389 of 1867 · P.L. 409 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  28. To vacate parts of Eailroad street, in the borough of

    Act 390 of 1867 · P.L. 410 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  29. Boroiigh autlaorized to con struct public water works. Authorized to buy works of existing water <ompanies. Proviso. Water commissioners, election of. Power and authority. Terms of office. One to be elected annually. Vacancies. Authorized to issue bonds. Exempt from taxation. Is^o. 392. To the borough of Ea.«iton, authorizing the town council of said borough 1o construct and ijrovide public

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 412 · March 12, 1867 · Scanned page

  30. Supplement to the act incorporating the borough of Doylestown, entitled "An Act authorizing the Governor to incoiporate the Bri.stol Steam Tow Boat and Transportation Company, and for other purposes.

    Act 393 of 1867 · P.L. 414 · March 13, 1867 · Scanned page

  31. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Cresheim Turnpike and Bridge Company, approved the sixteenth day of March, one thousand eiglit hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 394 of 1867 · P.L. 417 · March 13, 1867 · Scanned page

  32. Uelati've lo justices at the peace> burgesses and notaries public, in the county of

    Act 395 of 1867 · P.L. 417 · March 13, 1867 · Scanned page

  33. To confirm the title of John Hanley to certain real estate, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 396 of 1867 · P.L. 418 · March 13, 1867 · Scanned page

  34. To incorporate the Farmers' Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania.

    Act 402 of 1867 · P.L. 425 · March 13, 1867 · Scanned page

  35. To increase the duties of the Citizens' Association of Pennsylvania.

    Act 403 of 1867 · P.L. 426 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  36. To authorize the owners of certain mills, on the Delaware river, at Morrisville, to extend their wing dam.

    Act 404 of 1867 · P.L. 427 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  37. Limiting the provisions of a further supplement to the act incorporating the borough of Washington.

    Act 405 of 1867 · P.L. 428 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  38. Relative to I'oada In the county of Franklin,

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 429 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  39. Payment of road tax. Compensation of supervisors. Repeal, No. 401 n %Ki Meiating td A certain highway, in tlie Tvventy-second ward, of the city of Philadelphia, requiring tlie removal of a toll house and gatOj in GermantowHi Preamble.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 432 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  40. To authorize the school directors of the borough of Lock Haven, county of Clinton, to borrow money for building purposes.

    Act 408 of 1867 · P.L. 433 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  41. Authorizing tlie commissioners of Lycoming county to borrow money, to build a new jail.

    Act 409 of 1867 · P.L. 434 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  42. To authorize the election of four supervisors in the townships of Dover and Manchester, in the county of York, and South Strabane townshiiJ, Washington county, and the townsliip of Tinicum, in the county of Bucks.

    Act 410 of 1867 · P.L. 434 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  43. To incorporate the Pine Creek Bridge Company,

    Act 411 of 1867 · P.L. 435 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  44. To authorize the supervisors of West Branch and Pleasant Valley townships, Potter county, to levy an additional road tax.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 439 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  45. To prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks in the townships of Economy and Independence, in the county of Beaver,

    Act 414 of 1867 · P.L. 440 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  46. For the better regulation of public halls and places of amusement, in the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsbui-g and Allegheny.

    Act 415 of 1867 · P.L. 440 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  47. To authorize the board of school directors of Venango City, Venango county, to borrow money.

    Act 417 of 1867 · P.L. 442 · 1867 · Scanned page

  48. To prohibit the entrapping, ensnaring, or capturing, of wild turkeys and partridges, by any other means tlian shooting, in tlie county of Blair.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 443 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  49. To amend an act, and correct an error therein, entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act appointing commissioners to lay out and open a State road in the counties of Cameron and Potter,' approved the twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtj^-five, " approved the fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 4 of 1867 · P.L. 445 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  50. I'd an act to incorporate the Titusville and Pit-Hole Plank Road Company, approved the second day of Marchj one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 421 of 1867 · P.L. 445 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  51. To repeal an act authorizing the road commissioners of Sugar Grove township, Warren county, to levy additional road tax, approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 447 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  52. Authorizing the supervisors of Blythe and Norwegian townships, Schuyl-. kill county, to make and repair the public roads, taridges and culverts, in said townships.

    Act 426 of 1867 · P.L. 449 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  53. To levy an additional tax in Sheffield township, Warren county, for bounty purposes.

    Act 427 of 1867 · P.L. 450 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  54. SESSION OP 1867. 451 N.o 428. 5l«lative to tlie fees of certain township and county officers, in the county df Beaver.

    Act 428 of 1867 · P.L. 451 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  55. S. Ziegier to act as justice of the peace in the borough of Butler, Butler county, while residing outside the limits of said

    Act 429 of 1867 · P.L. 451 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  56. To prevent the hunting of deer with clogs, in the county of Wyoming.

    Act 433 of 1867 · P.L. 455 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  57. Increasing the fees of justices of the peace, road commissioners, auditors and constables, in the counties of Bradford, Wyoming and Susquehaniia.

    Act 435 of 1867 · P.L. 456 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  58. To authorize the Governor to appoint five additional notaries pulalic for the city of Pliiladelphia.

    Act 436 of 1867 · P.L. 457 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  59. Legalizing the action of the burgess and town council of the borough of Montrose, Susquehanna county, and to fix the limits of said borough.

    Act 437 of 1867 · P.L. 457 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  60. To repeal an act to amend the road laws of Montgomeiy county, passed March fifteenth, Anno Domini cme thousand eight hundred and fiftynine.

    Act 438 of 1867 · P.L. 458 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  61. Supplement to an act in relation to huckstering in the counties of Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and York, approved the eighteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 439 of 1867 · P.L. 459 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  62. Authorizing the supervisors of Green township, in the county of Mercer, to collect a tax, and pay certain bounties, and refund money advanced to pay bounties.

    Act 440 of 1867 · P.L. 459 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  63. To divide the Twenty-first ward, in the city of Philadelphia, into two wards, and to create a new ward, to be called the Twenty-eighth ward.

    Act 441 of 1867 · P.L. 460 · March 14, 1867 · Scanned page

  64. To incorporate the Empire Hook and Ladder Company, number one, of Altoona, Blair county.

    Act 44 of 1867 · P.L. 462 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  65. Providing for the compensation of the commissioners of Northampton county.

    Act 442 of 1867 · P.L. 462 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  66. To provide for the enlj^gement of the Erie canal, to authorize the mortgaging of the same, and the issue of bonds, and to increase the capital stock, and regulate the tolls.

    Act 444 of 1867 · P.L. 463 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  67. irelalioli to bounties, in the township of Montgomery, in the county of Franklin.

    Act 446 of 1867 · P.L. 465 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  68. No. 44g. K6lative to the common council of the city of TitusviUe, antf ftxfttg tteindebtedness of said city.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 468 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  69. Relating to fees of notaries public in the county of Erie.

    Act 450 of 1867 · P.L. 471 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  70. To increase the pay of the county auditors and the supervisors and township auditors of the several townships, of Northumberland

    Act 451 of 1867 · P.L. 471 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  71. In relation to lost recoi-da, deeds and other papers, in the county of Franklin.

    Act 453 of 1867 · P.L. 472 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  72. To legitimate Annie Grain, of Huntingdon county, and confer on her the rights and privileges of a child born in wedlock.

    Act 454 of 1867 · P.L. 474 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  73. Relating to the fees of District Attorney for the counties of Greene and

    Act 455 of 1867 · P.L. 474 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  74. Changing the number of overseers of the poor in the borough of Butler, and authorizing the overseers of said borough to make sale of certain real estate.

    Act 456 of 1867 · P.L. 475 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  75. To authorize the school directors of Taylor school district, in Lawrence county, to borrow money.

    Act 457 of 1867 · P.L. 476 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  76. Supplement to the act incorporating the Lehigh and Delaware Water Gap Railroad Company.

    Act 458 of 1867 · P.L. 476 · March 15, 1867 · Scanned page

  77. Relative to the election of school directors and supervisors of roads in the township of Allegheny, in the county of Armstrong.

    Act 459 of 1867 · P.L. 477 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  78. Supplement to an act a-ppointing cCmmisSionets to layout and open A State road, iti the counties of Potter and Clinton, approved the sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Bbotign 1.

    Act 460 of 1867 · P.L. 477 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  79. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Erie Dime Savings and Loan Company," approved the sixteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hunch-ed and sixty-six, extending to said com' pany the provisions of certain acts of assembly, and also extending the time for its organization, and fixing the time for the payment of bonus.

    Act 462 of 1867 · P.L. 479 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  80. Supplement to the act, entitled "An Act to incorporate tlie M'Kean and Elk Land and Improvement Company," approved the sixth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, authorizing said company to borrow money and mortgage lands. Sectiox 1.

    Act 464 of 1867 · P.L. 481 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  81. Allowing to the mercantile appraisers of Allegheny county the same fees allowed in other counties of the State.

    Act 465 of 1867 · P.L. 482 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  82. Supplement to the act, approved April eleventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, establishing the board of controllers of the public schools of the borough of Allentown. Section \. Beit enacted by the benaie and House of Representaiives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the avihoriiy of the same, That the board

    Act 466 of 1867 · P.L. 482 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  83. 484 liAYrS OF PUJTJTSYLVAmiij Ifo. 46S-. ^4^ ^^^ SappIemeCftary to anact, entitled "An Act appohating coffimtssibners:'' to lay out and open a State road in the counties' of M'Keaa, Elk, For-est and Clarion," approved on the first day of May^ Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, reviving the third sectionof said act, and authorizing the commissionersto borrov/ money.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 484 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  84. 469, "To increase the eompeiisation of the county commissioner's and atidi-tors, of the county of Monroe. Section 1. Pe it enacted by the Senate and S&use of Eepresenlatives of the Commonwealth, of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the' same,- That the county commissioners and county auditors^ of Monroe county, shall hereafter, and

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 484 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  85. Reiari S'e to hawking, peddling, and selling by sample, inthe county of

    Act 472 of 1867 · P.L. 486 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  86. To legalize the assessment of taxes levied by the school directors of the borough of Kingston, Luzeme county, for the payment of money ad_ vanced for the purpose of paying bounty to volunteers.

    Act 473 of 1867 · P.L. 488 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  87. Relative to the fees of notaries public, in the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon.

    Act 474 of 1867 · P.L. 489 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  88. Incorporating the Mechanics' Savings Bank.

    Act 475 of 1867 · P.L. 489 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  89. To legalize the assessment, levy and collection of bounty tax, and to provide for the collection of the same for bounty purposes, in Sjiringfield township, Bucks county.

    Act 476 of 1867 · P.L. 492 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  90. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Point Breeze Park Association, approved February eight, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

    Act 477 of 1867 · P.L. 492 · March 16, 1867 · Scanned page

  91. To incorporate the Pennsylvania Club- SectioJv' 1.

    Act 478 of 1867 · P.L. 493 · March 18, 1867 · Scanned page

  92. Authorizing the supervisors of Jackson towTiship) in Luzerne county^ to collect, in money, one-third of the tax levied for road purposes in said

    Act 479 of 1867 · P.L. 494 · March 18, 1867 · Scanned page

  93. To Vaca'fce a pal-t oT Schuylkill itrect, in the boiroiigii of

    Act 484 of 1867 · P.L. 499 · March 19, 1867 · Scanned page

  94. OF PB]?KSTIiTA3nA7 "Fo fix tbe Si&e of tke comirrenceinent of the Jiiire tefmoi tiie-sevefa^ courts of Beater county, Bection T.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 500 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  95. To annex the farms of Samuel Powers, John Hunter, James Cunningham, John Conway and James Rutlidge, of Derry township, to Livermore borough, in Westmoreland county, for school purposes.

    Act 487 of 1867 · P.L. 501 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  96. Appropriating moneys arising from fines and forfeitures, ia- Cliestes' county.

    Act 488 of 1867 · P.L. 502 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  97. Relating to hawkers and pedlcrs of ready-made clothing, in the connty of Greene.

    Act 489 of 1867 · P.L. 503 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  98. Supplement to an act to authorize the school directors of the borough of West Greenville, in Mercer county, to borrow money to erect a public school house in said borough.

    Act 490 of 1867 · P.L. 503 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  99. To authorize the clerk of the courts of quarter sessions, oyer and terminer and orphans' court of Lehigh county, to appoint deputies.

    Act 491 of 1867 · P.L. 504 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

  100. Supplement to an act to increase the compensation of the county commissioners, auditors, jurors, assessors, witnesses and suiter visors of Indiana county, and to authorize the collection of road taxes in Burrell townshiiJ, in said county, in money.

    Act of 1867 · P.L. 505 · March 20, 1867 · Scanned page

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