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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. To repeal certain acts creating Standing Stone creek, in the county of Huntingdon, a public highway. WHEREAb, Standing Stone creek, in the count}of Huntingdon, was many years ago declared by law to be a public highway for the purpose of rafting lumber on its waters, and the same is no longer used to any consideral)le extent for that purpose, and the expense and inconvenience of keeping the

    Act 940 of 1869 · P.L. 954 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  2. Supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Westmoreland Coal Company.

    Act 941 of 1869 · P.L. 955 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  3. To authorize the establishing of a law library for Cumberland county.

    Act 942 of 1869 · P.L. 955 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  4. To authorize the American Steel Company to borrow money.

    Act 943 of 1869 · P.L. 957 · 1869 · Scanned page

  5. To authorize the board of school directors of the borough of Youngsville, in the county of Warren, to borrow money for building

    Act 944 of 1869 · P.L. 958 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  6. To enable the judge of the court of criminal jurisdiction to hold certain courts.

    Act 945 of 1869 · P.L. 958 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  7. Authorizing the l)iirgess and town council of the borough of Danville, Montour county, to limit, by ordinance, the erection of wooden buildings in said borough.

    Act 946 of 1869 · P.L. 959 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  8. Supplement to an act incorporating the Union Banking Company, approved the eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one tliousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 947 of 1869 · P.L. 960 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  9. To incorporate the Scranton Trust Company and Savings Bank.

    Act 948 of 1869 · P.L. 961 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  10. To annul the marriagre contract between Elizabeth M. Biddle Baird and Matthew Baird, her husband.

    Act 949 of 1869 · P.L. 965 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  11. To authorize the select and common councils of the city of Pittsburg to vacate streets and alleys in said city.

    Act 950 of 1869 · P.L. 965 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  12. To authorize the commissioners of Lawrence county to refund certain taxes.

    Act 951 of 1869 · P.L. 966 · March 20, 1869 · Scanned page

  13. Relating to the fees of the treasurer of the city of Pittsburg.

    Act 952 of 1869 · P.L. 967 · March 12, 1869 · Scanned page

  14. Correcting an error in transcribins an act of the general assembly of Pennsylvania, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 953 of 1869 · P.L. 968 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  15. To incorporate the Miners' Relief Association, at Helfenstein.

    Act 954 of 1869 · P.L. 969 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  16. To repeal a part of an act, entitled "An Act to protect keepers of hotels, inns and boarding houses," approved the seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty -five, so far as it relates to the county of Erie,

    Act 956 of 1869 · P.L. 971 · 1869 · Scanned page

  17. To compensate the harbor master and port warden of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 957 of 1869 · P.L. 972 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  18. To repeal the provisions of an act, entitled "A furthei* supplement to the act of April third, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, rehitins to landlords and tenants in the counties of Mercer and Lawrence.

    Act 958 of 1869 · P.L. 972 · 1869 · Scanned page

  19. Authorizing the construction of a railroad turnout.

    Act 959 of 1869 · P.L. 973 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  20. Supplement to the act incorporating the Wheatley Dramatic Association, approved Februarj' twelfth, one thousmd eight hundred and

    Act 961 of 1869 · P.L. 974 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  21. To repeal a part of the third section of the act of the twenty -seventh of Mu3', one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, so far as it relates to the county of Tioga.

    Act 962 of 1869 · P.L. 975 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  22. Supplement to the act incorporating the city of Pittsburg, extending its boundaries, et cetera, approved April sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

    Act 963 of 1869 · P.L. 975 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  23. To incorporate the Shlppensburg Mutual Life Insurance Company of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 964 of 1869 · P.L. 976 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  24. For the relief of Paniel E. Stratton and.Jonathan Benn, sureties for T. O. French, collector of bounty tax for Troy township, Crawford county.

    Act 965 of 1869 · P.L. 977 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  25. To repeal the thirty -fourth section of an act relating to county rates and levies and township rates and levies, approved the fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty -four, so far as the same relates to Wilkins township, in the county of Allegheny,

    Act 966 of 1869 · P.L. 978 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  26. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act providing for the construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Main street, in the North district of Wilkesbarre township, in Luzerne county, between North street and Hollenback avenue," approved February tenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

    Act 961 of 1869 · P.L. 979 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  27. Relating to the sale of goods by sample in the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny.

    Act 968 of 1869 · P.L. 979 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  28. To extend the provisions of an act approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty -nine, relative to the licenses for for the sale of liquors in Robinson and other townships, in Allegheny county, to Union borough, Allegheny county.

    Act 969 of 1869 · P.L. 980 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  29. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Sumneytown and Gerysville Turnpike Road I'ompany, approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty

    Act 970 of 1869 · P.L. 981 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  30. Relative to delinquent as-sessors in Allegheny county.

    Act 971 of 1869 · P.L. 981 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  31. To increase the pay of election officers in Northampton county.

    Act 972 of 1869 · P.L. 982 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  32. Relating to the fees of supervisors of roads in Juniata and Perry counties.

    Act 973 of 1869 · P.L. 983 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  33. To incorporate the Tylersport and Telford Turnpike Road Company.

    Act 974 of 1869 · P.L. 983 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  34. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act establishing the Fite's Eddy ferry," approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-fivo.

    Act 976 of 1869 · P.L. 985 · 1869 · Scanned page

  35. For the relief of Joseph B. Morris and H. R.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 986 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  36. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act for the protection offish in Wayne county," approved February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

    Act 979 of 1869 · P.L. 987 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  37. Relative to the president, managers and company of the Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Hoad Company.

    Act 980 of 1869 · P.L. 988 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  38. Relating to the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny.

    Act 981 of 1869 · P.L. 988 · 1869 · Scanned page

  39. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Erie and Western Transportation Company, ' approved the twenty-tirst dayof.June,.\nno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty

    Act 083 of 1869 · P.L. 989 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  40. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act authorizing tiie burgess and town council of the borough of lOast Birmingham, in the eounty of Allegheny, to grade, pave and macadamize the streets, lanes and alleys of said l)orough, and to construct sewers therein, and to assess and collect the costs and expenses thereof," approved March nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

    Act 982 of 1869 · P.L. 989 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  41. To incorporate the Security, Trust and Improvement Company of Pennsylvania. Commissioners. Powers and privileges.

    Act 984 of 1869 · P.L. 990 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  42. To incorporate the Union Improvement Company.

    Act 985 of 1869 · P.L. 992 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  43. To incorporate the Fiscal Agency and Improvement Company of Pennsylvania.

    Act 986 of 1869 · P.L. 994 · 1869 · Scanned page

  44. To incorporate the Medical and Surgical Hospital of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

    Act 987 of 1869 · P.L. 997 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  45. Authorizing the Cambria Iron Company to maintain a bridge over Conemaugh river, in Cambria county.

    Act 988 of 1869 · P.L. 999 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  46. To annul the marriage contract between Richard Penistan and Emily Penistan, formerly Emily Bassan.

    Act 989 of 1869 · P.L. 1000 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  47. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the redaction of the capital stock of oil companies, and the equalizing of the taxes relative thereto,' approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, to extend the provisions of the same to the Feeder Dam Coal Company and to the American Kaolin Company.

    Act 990 of 1869 · P.L. 1001 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  48. To incorporate the Spring Valley Police Company of Crawford county.

    Act 991 of 1869 · P.L. 1002 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  49. To incorporate the Dictator Mining and Exploring Company,

    Act 992 of 1869 · P.L. 1003 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  50. To authorize Salem's Lutheran congregation of the borough of Lebanon and vicinity, in the county of Lebanon, to sell certain real estate.

    Act 993 of 1869 · P.L. 1004 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  51. Authorizing the re-auditing and adjustment of the boxmty accounts in the townships of Huntingdon and Latimore, in the county of Adams.

    Act 994 of 1869 · P.L. 1005 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  52. To exempt certain real estate from bounty tax in Perrysville borough, Juniata county.

    Act 995 of 1869 · P.L. 1006 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  53. To authorize the supervisors of North Shenango township, Crawford county, to purchase a town hall.

    Act 996 of 1869 · P.L. 1007 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  54. To enable the school directors of Spring Garden township, in the county of York, to collect outstanding bounty taxes of said township.

    Act 997 of 1869 · P.L. 1007 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  55. Supplement to an act incorporating the city of Meadville, approved the fifteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight liundred and sixty-six.

    Act 999 of 1869 · P.L. 1009 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  56. To repeal the act incorporating the Monongahela and Coal Hill Turnpike Road Company.

    Act 1000 of 1869 · P.L. 1010 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  57. To provide for the appointment of a special detective by the district attorney of the city and county of Philadelphia.

    Act 1001 of 1869 · P.L. 1011 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  58. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act for the relief of William Marshall, of Indiana county," approved March twenty -third, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1002 of 1869 · P.L. 1011 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  59. Entitled *'An Act to legalize the service of process in certain cases in Erie county.

    Act 1003 of 1869 · P.L. 1012 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  60. To incorporate the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Company of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 1004 of 1869 · P.L. 1013 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  61. the pension of Susan Wunder.

    Act 1005 of 1869 · P.L. 1015 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  62. Relative to the official title of aldermen in Pittsburg and Allegheny.

    Act 1007 of 1869 · P.L. 1017 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  63. To incorporate the Middletown Car and Manufacturing Company.

    Act 1008 of 1869 · P.L. 1018 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  64. To prohibit the issuing of licenses to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors in the township of Patton, in the county of Allegheny.

    Act 1009 of 1869 · P.L. 1022 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  65. To authorize the school directors of South Erie to borrow money and provide for the payment thereof.

    Act 1010 of 1869 · P.L. 1023 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  66. The charter of the Bethlehem Slate Company, incorporated August twenty, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, under an act relating to corporations for mechanical, manufacturing, mining and quarrying purposes, approved July eighteen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty

    Act 1011 of 1869 · P.L. 1023 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  67. To Incorporate the Wood Pavement Company,

    Act 1012 of 1869 · P.L. 1024 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  68. To the charter of the Delabole Slate Company, a company incorporated July twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, under an act relating to corporations for mechanical, manufacturing, mining and quarrying purposes, approved July eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

    Act 1013 of 1869 · P.L. 1025 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  69. Relative to Passenger railways in the city of Pittsburg.

    Act 1015 of 1869 · P.L. 1027 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  70. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Mercantile Library Hall Company of the citv of Pittsburg.

    Act 1016 of 1869 · P.L. 1027 · 1869 · Scanned page

  71. To incorporate the Pennsylvania Stone and Granite Company.

    Act 1017 of 1869 · P.L. 1028 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  72. To incorporate the Indiana County Soldiers' Monument Association.

    Act 1018 of 1869 · P.L. 1029 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  73. For the relief of Francis M. Hoopes, a blind soldier of the late war.

    Act 1019 of 1869 · P.L. 1030 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  74. To the charter of the borough of Lock Haven.

    Act 1020 of 1869 · P.L. 1030 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  75. To correct a clerical error.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1031 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  76. To imrchase riglit of way of Kidge Turnpike Company. Price, how deier- Hiiaed. Caijital s4oaJs. May borrow monsy and issue bonds tlierefor. No. 1022'. To incorporate the Roxborougli Passenger Railway Company.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1032 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  77. To prevent the destruftion of wild turko^-s in the county of Franklin.

    Act 1023 of 1869 · P.L. 1033 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  78. To authorize the court of common pleas of Montour county to restate the account of the school directors of Limestone township, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

    Act 1024 of 1869 · P.L. 1034 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  79. Relating to the records of the office of county surveyor in and for the county of Fayette.

    Act 1025 of 1869 · P.L. 1035 · 1869 · Scanned page

  80. Authorizing the levy of a poor tax upon unseated lands in Clinton township, Venango county.

    Act 1026 of 1869 · P.L. 1036 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  81. Relating to the sale of seated lands for non-payment of taxes in the county of Tioga.

    Act 1027 of 1869 · P.L. 1037 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  82. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Coalville Passenger Railway Company, approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1028 of 1869 · P.L. 1038 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  83. Relative to side-walks in unincorporated towns and villages in the county of Bucks.

    Act 1029 of 1869 · P.L. 1038 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  84. To araefld the road laws in the township of Girard, in the county of Erie,

    Act 1030 of 1869 · P.L. 1039 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  85. Relating to the settlement of bounty matters in Herrick township, Susquehanna county.

    Act 1031 of 1869 · P.L. 1040 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  86. Supplement to an act to establish a ferry over the Allegheny river, at Siggin's Landing, Harmony township, in the county of Venango, approved the fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty -six, to correct an error in the same.

    Act 1032 of 1869 · P.L. 1041 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  87. Relative to the relief of the poor in the borough of Danville and township of Mahoning, in Montour county.

    Act 1033 of 1869 · P.L. 1042 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  88. To authorize and require the commissioners of Cameron county to pay justices of the peace and constables.

    Act 1034 of 1869 · P.L. 1043 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  89. Authorizing the road commissioners of Plum township, Venango county, to levy additional road tax.

    Act 1035 of 1869 · P.L. 1043 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  90. To repeal the thirteenth section of an act approved the fifth daj' of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, relating to roads in Oliver and Wayne townships, in the county of Mifain. Kepeai of p«rtiim of act of 5tli April

    Act 1036 of 1869 · P.L. 1044 · 1869 · Scanned page

  91. To lay out a state road in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.

    Act 1037 of 1869 · P.L. 1044 · 1869 · Scanned page

  92. For the relief of Silas Fisher, a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Act 1038 of 1869 · P.L. 1046 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  93. Authorizing the assessment and collection of a bounty tax in Livermore borough and Derry township, Westmoreland county.

    Act 1039 of 1869 · P.L. 1046 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  94. To repeal an act authorizing the election of additional supervisors in Haycock township, Bucks county.

    Act 1040 of 1869 · P.L. 1048 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  95. Incorporating the Wyoming Bridge Company.

    Act 1042 of 1869 · P.L. 1049 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  96. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to provide for the collection of state, county, poor and military taxes in the county of Bedford," extending the same to Fulton county.

    Act 1043 of 1869 · P.L. 1050 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  97. To increase the pay of supervisors in the township of Latimore, in the couifty of Adams.

    Act 1044 of 1869 · P.L. 1051 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  98. To incorporate the Oil Creek Plank Road Company.

    Act 1045 of 1869 · P.L. 1051 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  99. Providing for the introduction of water into the borough of Lebanon.

    Act 1046 of 1869 · P.L. 1052 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  100. Fixing the number of directors of the Lehigh Slate Company.

    Act 1047 of 1869 · P.L. 1056 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

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