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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 enable Eliza J. Osburn to convey certain real estate in fee simple.

    Act 1048 of 1869 · P.L. 1056 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  2. Relating to roads and highways in the toAvnship of Troy, in the county of Bradford.

    Act 1049 of 1869 · P.L. 1057 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  3. To repeal an act, entitled "An Act fixing the number of collectors of taxes in the cities of Meadville and Titusville," approved the fifth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty -nine, so far as the same relates to the city of Meadville.

    Act 1050 of 1869 · P.L. 1058 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  4. To establish a ferry over the Monongahela river, in Fayette and Washington counties.

    Act 1051 of 1869 · P.L. 1058 · 1869 · Scanned page

  5. To amend the charter of the borough of Logansville, York county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 1052 of 1869 · P.L. 1059 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  6. To incorporate the Journeymen Brickmakers' Association of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 1054 of 1869 · P.L. 1062 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  7. To repeal an act to levy a tax on dogs in the township of Wallace, Chester county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 1055 of 1869 · P.L. 1064 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  8. To regulate medical practice in the counties of York, Indiana, Perry, Juniata, Adams, Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh and Elk.

    Act 1057 of 1869 · P.L. 1067 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  9. Relating to supervisors and road taxes in Unity township, Westj moreland county.

    Act 1058 of 1869 · P.L. 1068 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  10. Relating to auditinj; and publishing the accounts of the supervisors of Peters nnil Carroll townships, Washington county.

    Act 1059 of 1869 · P.L. 1069 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  11. To authorize the purchaser or purchasers of the property of the SJiawmut Coal Company, of Elk county, to re-organize said company.

    Act 1060 of 1869 · P.L. 1069 · 1869 · Scanned page

  12. Ncorporating the Sugar Loaf Seminary, in Luzerne

    Act 1061 of 1869 · P.L. 1070 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  13. To Incorporate the Juniata Railroad Company.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1073 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  14. To incorporate the Intercourse Association of Lancaster county, for the recovery of stolen horses and other stolen property and detection of thieves.

    Act 1064 of 1869 · P.L. 1076 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  15. To authorize the borough authorities of South Erie to contract with the water commissioners of Erie city for the extension of their water works through the streets of South Erie, and to provide for the payment thereof, and to autliorize such extension.

    Act 1065 of 1869 · P.L. 1078 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  16. To incorporate the Spring Creek Fish Company.

    Act 1066 of 1869 · P.L. 1079 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  17. Repeal of portion of former act Termiaiis of road. Commissioners may employ addi kienal persons. §1 c^ttppkm^nt To the act, entitled "An Act to lay out and open a state road fronrj Foundryville, in Columbia county, to the public road near Good's school house, in Luzerne county,' approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1067 of 1869 · P.L. 1080 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  18. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Titusville Gas and Water Company, approved February seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

    Act 1068 of 1869 · P.L. 1081 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  19. To authorize the school directors of the borough of Wrightsville, in the county of York, to purchase ground and erect such school house or houses as may be necessary to accommodate the growing wants of said school district.

    Act 1069 of 1869 · P.L. 1082 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  20. Supplement to an act appointing commissioners to lay out and open a state road from Ridgway, via Johnsonsburg and Wilcox, in Elk county, to the borough of Kane, in M'Kean county, approved the sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1083 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  21. Establishing the lines and width of a road in Wilkesbarre township and borough, county of Luzerne.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1083 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  22. To authorize the school commissioners of the city of Corry to levy a tax to build a school house.

    Act 1072 of 1869 · P.L. 1085 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  23. To incorporate the Broad Street Bridge Company of Bethlehem.

    Act 1073 of 1869 · P.L. 1086 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  24. To prevent the destruction of fish in the Eastern reservoir and tributaries thereof.

    Act 1075 of 1869 · P.L. 1088 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  25. To prevent the hunting of deer with dogs in the county of Hunt' ingdon.

    Act 1076 of 1869 · P.L. 1089 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  26. For the relief of constables, jurors and witnesses in the county of Crawford.

    Act 1079 of 1869 · P.L. 1092 · 1869 · Scanned page

  27. To separate the office of recorder, in Centre county, from the offices of register and clerk of the orphans' court.

    Act 1080 of 1869 · P.L. 1093 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  28. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Clinton County Coal Company, approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and changed to the name of the Eagleton Coal Company, by act of March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty -nine, authorizing a sale of the property, railroad and franchises of said company, now the Eagleton Coal and Iron Company, upou

    Act 1081 of 1869 · P.L. 1093 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  29. Relating to the register of Delaware county.

    Act 1083 of 1869 · P.L. 1095 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  30. Relating to thecollection of road tax in Shirley township, Huntingdon county.

    Act 1084 of 1869 · P.L. 1096 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  31. To incorporate the Whitehallville and Newville Turnpike Road company.

    Act 1086 of 1869 · P.L. 1097 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  32. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to authorize the commissioners of Clinton county to borrow money for the purpose of building a new court house in said county," approved the fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1086 of 1869 · P.L. 1098 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  33. To authorize the laying out of a state road in the counties of Montgomery and Delaware, from a point in the Haverford road, on the line of said counties, to a point in the Lancaster turnpike, on the line of said counties, and also from a point about midway between the above named points, to a point in the Cooperstown road, at or near the store of Bartine Smith.

    Act 1087 of 1869 · P.L. 1099 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  34. Supplement to an act to erect the town of Cliambersburg, in the county of Franklin, into a borough. 6ECTI0N 1.

    Act 1088 of 1869 · P.L. 1101 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  35. Supplement to an act to prevent fishing with seines and nets in the streams, lakes and reservoirs of Crawford county, approved the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1089 of 1869 · P.L. 1102 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  36. Supplement to an act relating to boroughs in the county of Chester, approved the eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

    Act 1090 of 1869 · P.L. 1103 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  37. To prevent the placing of obstrnctions across Hunlock's creok and its tributaries, and theoutletsof the North and South ponds, in Rov^s and Union townships, In Luzerne county.

    Act 1091 of 1869 · P.L. 1103 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  38. Establishing a district for road purposes in the township of Chester, in the county of Delaware.

    Act 1092 of 1869 · P.L. 1104 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  39. Supplement to an act to prohibit the taking or killing of pickerel in Lathrop's lakes, in Dimock township, in Susquehanna county, passed March thirtieth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

    Act 1093 of 1869 · P.L. 1106 · April 15, 1869 · Scanned page

  40. Supplement to an act relating to the powers of the board of health of the city of Pittsburg.

    Act 1094 of 1869 · P.L. 1106 · April 16, 1869 · Scanned page

  41. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company.

    Act 1095 of 1869 · P.L. 1107 · April 16, 1869 · Scanned page

  42. Supplement to an act to incorporate the town of Minersville. in the county of Schuylkill, into a borough.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1108 · 1869 · Scanned page

  43. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from Honesdale to tlie Belmont and Easton turnpike, or the Milford and Owego turnpike, within two miles of Clarksville, in Wayne county," approved the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1110 · April 16, 1869 · Scanned page

  44. Fixing the annual salary for the county commissioners of Nothampton county.

    Act 1098 of 1869 · P.L. 1110 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  45. To authorize the Governor to appoint an additional notary public for the county of Beaver.

    Act 1099 of 1869 · P.L. 1111 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  46. Authorizing the commissioners of Venango county to levy and collect an additional tax for county purposes.

    Act 1100 of 1869 · P.L. 1112 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  47. Supplement to an act to authorize the governor to incorporate the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Company, approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

    Act 1101 of 1869 · P.L. 1112 · April 14, 1869 · Scanned page

  48. Supplement to an act for the protection of sheep in certain counties, extending the same to Tuscarora township, in Bradford county.

    Act 1103 of 1869 · P.L. 1115 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  49. To incorporate the Philadelphia Slate Company.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1116 · 1869 · Scanned page

  50. Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the school directors of Saegertown, Crawford county, to borrow money," approved the fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1118 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  51. Relative to the expense of maintaining children committed to the house of refuge of western Pennsylvania, from the county of Lawrence.

    Act 1108 of 1869 · P.L. 1118 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  52. Relative to the fees of the coroner of Northampton county.

    Act 1109 of 1869 · P.L. 1119 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  53. Regulating the granting of licenses to taverns, eating houses, breweries and venders of liquors, with or without other goods, in the city of Titusville, in the county of Crawford.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1120 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  54. To protect the health of the citizens of Philadelphia.

    Act 1110 of 1869 · P.L. 1120 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  55. To vest the title to certain real estate in the school directors of the borough of Selinsgrove, in the county of Snyder,

    Act 1114 of 1869 · P.L. 1123 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  56. Relative to Tioga borough school district.

    Act 1115 of 1869 · P.L. 1124 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  57. Supplement to an act relative to the fees of district attorneys in the counties of Beaver and Clarion, approved the twenty -seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty -five, extending the same to the county of Northumberland.

    Act 1116 of 1869 · P.L. 1125 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  58. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act for the protection of farmers and owners of cattle, horses, sheep and swine along the line of railroads in Warren county," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and extending the same to the counties of Bradford, M'Kean and Venango.

    Act 1117 of 1869 · P.L. 1125 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  59. To repeal a certain part of an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act of April third, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty," relating to landlords and tenants for the counties of Mercer and Lawrence, so far as Mercer county is concerned.

    Act 1118 of 1869 · P.L. 1126 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  60. Ill No. 1110. I'o an act, entitled ''A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act supplementary to the acts regulating hawkers and pedlers,' approved April sixtpenth, eighteen hundred and forty, for the county of Bradford," approved Marcli twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

    Act 1119 of 1869 · P.L. 1127 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  61. Organizing a company to construct a turnpike road from Rehrersburg to Womelsdorf.

    Act 1120 of 1869 · P.L. 1128 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  62. To authorize the Garrett Ford Plank Road Company to issue preferred stock.

    Act 1121 of 1869 · P.L. 1129 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  63. To protect fish in the townships of Barrett and Price, in the county of Monroe.

    Act 1122 of 1869 · P.L. 1129 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  64. To authorize the Auditor General to deliver to the receiver of the Petroleum Bank of Titusville, Crawford county, and to the receiver of the Venango Bank of Franklin, Venango county, the United States bonds now remaining in his hands, originally de_ posited with him by said banks as a security for the redemption of the circulating notes of said banks.

    Act 1123 of 1869 · P.L. 1130 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  65. Supplement to an act to incorporate the borough of Titusville, Crawford county, into a city, approved the twenty-eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 1124 of 1869 · P.L. 1132 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  66. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of an act passed for the county of Delaware, approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, relating to billiard saloons, to the counties of Erie, Crawford, Warren, Tioga, Potter and M'Kean," approved the sixteenth day March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 1125 of 1869 · P.L. 1132 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  67. Requiring the Monongahela Bridge Company to light the bridge crossing the Monongahela river, at Bridgeport, with gas

    Act 1126 of 1869 · P.L. 1133 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  68. Granting a pension to Mary Weimer, a widow of a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Act 1121 of 1869 · P.L. 1134 · 1869 · Scanned page

  69. To incorporate the Sheep Brokers' Association of Philadelphia.

    Act 1128 of 1869 · P.L. 1134 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  70. Extending the provisions of an act to prevent cattle, horses, mules, sheep and hogs from running at large in Venango township, Erie county, and Little Beaver township, Lawrence county, to North Beaver township, Lawrence county.

    Act 1129 of 1869 · P.L. 1137 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  71. To incorporate the Minersville and Susquehanna Turnpike Company.

    Act 1130 of 1869 · P.L. 1137 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  72. For the taxing of dogs in the county of Lancaster, for the henefit the Home for friendless children of the city and county of Lancaster.

    Act 1131 of 1869 · P.L. 1138 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  73. To prohibit the hawking, peddling or sale of malt or brewed liquors in the counties of Northampton, Lehigh and Berks, by brewers or their agents, residents of another state, without a county license.

    Act 1132 of 1869 · P.L. 1139 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  74. Supplement to an act for the better preservation of game, approved April fourteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

    Act 1133 of 1869 · P.L. 1140 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  75. For the relief of Daniel Fry, of Montgomery county, a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Act 1134 of 1869 · P.L. 1141 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  76. Authorizing tlie laying out of a certain road in Lycoming, Sullivan and Bradford counties. Conuniaaionera. Duiies of commissioners. To maik route of road. May employ Hurveyor, iic. Compeusatioa. Surveyor to make out drafts.

    Act 1135 of 1869 · P.L. 1142 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  77. Supplement to an act relating to aldermen in the cities of Philadelphia and Lancaster, approved the twelfth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight and sixty

    Act 1136 of 1869 · P.L. 1144 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  78. Authorizing the German Reformed congregation of Northern Liberties to remove the dead and sell certain real estate situated in Ireland street.

    Act 1137 of 1869 · P.L. 1144 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  79. Relating to the authority of the directors of the poor and justices of the peace, in the county of Chester, to extend relief to the poor of said county.

    Act 1138 of 1869 · P.L. 1146 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  80. To refund money appropriated from dog fund of Aston township, county of Delaware, state of Pennsylvania, to road purposes in said township.

    Act 1139 of 1869 · P.L. 1146 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  81. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Hcwne for Little Wanderers," approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

    Act 1140 of 1869 · P.L. 1147 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  82. Supplement to an act incorporating the city of Carbondale.

    Act 1141 of 1869 · P.L. 1148 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  83. Relative to the election of an additional constable in the township of Kingston, in the county of Luzerne.

    Act 1142 of 1869 · P.L. 1149 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  84. To prevent the httnting of deer in White Deer and Gregg townships, in the county of Union, and in the county of Snyder.

    Act 1143 of 1869 · P.L. 1149 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  85. Supplement to an act approved May foiirth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty -four, for the organization, discipline and regulation of the militia, so far as it applies to the county of Dauphin. Persons subject to military duty, to become members of organization or pay certain sums. Receiver of taxes to collect. Dipbursement of fund thus realized.

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1150 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  86. To prevent horses, mules, sheep and hogs from running at large in North Heidelburg township, in the county of Berks.

    Act 1146 of 1869 · P.L. 1152 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  87. To repeal an act, entitled "An Act relative to the purchase of a la-w library in Clearfield county.

    Act 1147 of 1869 · P.L. 1153 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  88. Incorporating the Fannettsburg, Loudon and Mercersburg Turnpike Road Company.

    Act 1148 of 1869 · P.L. 1154 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  89. Providing for the better protection of fish in the county of Blair.

    Act 1149 of 1869 · P.L. 1156 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  90. To incorporate the Scrubgrass and Mechanicsville Turnpike Company.

    Act 11 of 1869 · P.L. 1157 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  91. Authorizing the school directors of the borough of Middleburg to assess and levy a tax for building purposes,

    Act 1150 of 1869 · P.L. 1157 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  92. To jrirorporate the Scranton Law and Library Association, in the city of

    Act of 1869 · P.L. 1158 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  93. To authorize the borough of Alexandria, in the county of nuntinfrdon, to borrow money for building purposes.

    Act 1153 of 1869 · P.L. 1160 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  94. To incorporate the Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike Road Company.

    Act 1155 of 1869 · P.L. 1163 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  95. Authorizing the Wilmington and Western Railroad Company to connect their railroad with the Delaware and Pennsylvania railroad within this commonwealth.

    Act 1156 of 1869 · P.L. 1164 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  96. To establish a law librarj^ in the county of Lehigh.

    Act 1157 of 1869 · P.L. 1166 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  97. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act relative to the roads laws in certain townships in Sullivan county,"' approved February fourteenth, oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

    Act 1158 of 1869 · P.L. 1167 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  98. Authorizing the councils of the city of Allegheny to purchase the rights of any or all the chartered road companies to such part or parts of their roads as may be within the corporate limits of said city.

    Act 1159 of 1869 · P.L. 1168 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  99. Relating to the Reading Library Company.

    Act 1160 of 1869 · P.L. 1168 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

  100. Authorizing the payment of a gratuity and an annuity to Daniel Bolin, a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Act 1161 of 1869 · P.L. 1169 · April 17, 1869 · Scanned page

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