Every law Pennsylvania has passed

5,365 laws of the 1870s

Constitution of 1838

1. To an actt-> promote the more certain and equal asaessuient of taxes in Philadelphia, approved the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eijiht hundred and sixty-five, relatiug to the assessors and assessment in said city.

   Act 190 of 1873 · P.L. 715 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

2. Supplement to an act relating to the coUeciion of taxes in the county of Lawrence.

   Act 792 of 1873 · P.L. 717 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

3. Toauthoflxe the erection of a poor house in the borough of Susquehanna Depot and township of OaklaoJ, in the county of Susquehanna, state of Pennsylvania.

   Act 793 of 1873 · P.L. 717 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

4. Confirming the sale and ijnrchas9 of the union church property of the Lutheran and German Reformed coriiiregatioiis nf Royercown, Berks ooutjty, Pennsylvania, and authnrizmg the German Reformed congregation to uisinter and remove the dead from a portion of their burial grouud, and after such removal to sell a portion of said ground.

   Act 795 of 1873 · P.L. 719 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

5. To procure biHiks, a-ud uuiuber and •iescribo roads by v.'.cLionx. To sell lepulw- Ko. 799. To provide for the bptter wnrlvina; and improving of the roads of Salem township, in the county of Wayne.

   Act of 1873 · P.L. 722 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

6. Supplemental to an act, declirinw Soldier run, in the connty of Jefferson, a public highway, approved May first, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

   Act 198 of 1873 · P.L. 722 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

7. For the registration of births, marriages and deaths in the city of Allentown.

   Act 800 of 1873 · P.L. 724 · 1873 · Scanned page

8. To incorporate the Newport and Shermans' Valley Narrow Gaiige Railroad Company.

   Act 802 of 1873 · P.L. 728 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

9. For the relief of William A. Oaks and the heirs of Andrew Porter Wilson, deceased.

   Act 804 of 1873 · P.L. 730 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

10. To authorize the horonsh of Kennetc Sqa ire to erect water works and to supply the said boro ij^h with water.

    Act 805 of 1873 · P.L. 731 · 1873 · Scanned page

11. To prevent horses, s-heep and swinn from running at largie in the township of MiUbrd, in the county of Pike, and to make the owners liabl.,' for (iamages.

    Act 806 of 1873 · P.L. 733 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

12. Authorizing the electors of the borough of Lykens, in the county of Dauphin, to elect one supervisor for said borough, et cetera.

    Act 808 of 1873 · P.L. 735 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

13. To prevent the carrying of deadly weapons Avithin the city of

    Act 810 of 1873 · P.L. 735 · April 12, 1873 · Scanned page

14. To declare Henry Torrence Sallade, the adopted son and heir-at-law of Jacob Sallade.

    Act 812 of 1873 · P.L. 739 · 1873 · Scanned page

15. To divide the township of Southampton, in the county of Bedford, into three e]ecti'on districts.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 740 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

16. To extend the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act relati^ e to the election of township officers in township of Butler and county of Schuylkill," approved the ninth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventj', to the township of Mahanoy in said county.

    Act 815 of 1873 · P.L. 742 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

17. To extend the provisions of an act relating to costs in Luzerne county, approved the second day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty -three, to the county of York, with a proviso, et cetera.

    Act 816 of 1873 · P.L. 742 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

18. Supplement to an act to authorize the erection of a poor house, by the borough of Danville, and township of Mahoning, in the county of Montour, approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and lifty-four.

    Act 817 of 1873 · P.L. 743 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

19. To repeal an act defining the duties of constables in the counties of Susquehanna and Bradford, approved March nineteentli, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, so far as relates to the county of Susquehanna.

    Act 818 of 1873 · P.L. 743 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

20. To repeal an act, entitled "An Act to vacate an alley in the borough of Danville.

    Act 819 of 1873 · P.L. 744 · 1873 · Scanned page

21. Extending the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act relative to roads and public highways in Fulton township, Lancaster countj^" approved the sixteenth dax^ of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and to Peach Bottom township, in the county of York.

    Act 820 of 1873 · P.L. 744 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

22. To repeal an act, entitled "An Act extendinp; the provisions of an act, entitled 'An Act relating to roads in Worth township, Butler county, to ConnoquenPssin<^ and Brady townships, in said county,'" so far as the same relates to Connoquenessing township.

    Act 821 of 1873 · P.L. 745 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

23. Changing the maximum, rate of road tax in the township of Saville, in the county of Perry.

    Act 823 of 1873 · P.L. 746 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

24. To increase the salary of supervisors of Lincoln township, Allegheny county.

    Act 824 of 1873 · P.L. 746 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

25. Relative to the compensation of road commissioners, road viewers, reviewers and surveyors in the county of Venango,

    Act 825 of 1873 · P.L. 746 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

26. Authorizing the auditors of Forest county to re-audit the accounts of James P. Sigijins, late treasurer of said county.

    Act 826 of 1873 · P.L. 747 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

27. To authorize the town council of the borough of Canton, county of Jiradford, to levy and collect an additional tax for borou<;h purposes.

    Act 827 of 1873 · P.L. 747 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

28. Authorizing J. D. Risher, a justice of the peace in the township of Shenango, Mercer county, to remove his office into the corporate limits of tlie borough of West Middlesex,

    Act 828 of 1873 · P.L. 748 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

29. To provide for the purchase of law library for the use of the attor- '■ ney general's office.

    Act 829 of 1873 · P.L. 748 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

30. To incorporate Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia.

    Act 831 of 1873 · P.L. 749 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

31. To authorise n,nd empower Randall Bishop, his executors or adminis' trators, to make distribution of the trust funds in his hands, under the will of Esiher Davis, deceased, to and among the heirs and legal representatives of the said Esther Davis, according to law.

    Act 832 of 1873 · P.L. 750 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

32. To authorize the guardians of the minor children of Elizabeth M. Tarr, deceased, to lease ground and expend money in operating for oil. Whekeas, Elizabeth M. Tarr died on the twelfth day of August, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, seized in fee of one undivided third of one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, in Cornplanter township, Venango county, and stale

    Act 833 of 1873 · P.L. 751 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

33. To authorize tlie authorities of the borough of Thompaontown, county of Juniata, to levy and collect an additional tax for borough purposes.

    Act 834 of 1873 · P.L. 752 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

34. Relating to the guttering of streets, collecting the cost thereof, and the filing of liens in the borough of Manheim. Weiereas, The burgess and town council of the borough of Manheim, in the county of Lancaster, have entered intcTa contract for macadamizing and guttering the streets of said borough : And whereas, It is necessary, in order to have the gutters uniform and of regular grade, that

    Act 835 of 1873 · P.L. 753 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

35. Supplement to an act to authorize the erection of a poor house by the township of Wilkes Barre, in the county of Luzerne.

    Act 836 of 1873 · P.L. 753 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

36. Supplement to an act iacorporating the city of Monongahola City, in the county of Washington.

    Act 838 of 1873 · P.L. 755 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

37. Relative to the pay of witnesses in the counties of Clinton and Centre.

    Act 839 of 1873 · P.L. 756 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

38. To merge and unite into one corporation, to be called the trustees of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church of the city of Philadelphia, the two corporations called the trustees of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, in the city of Philadelphia, and the trustees of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 840 of 1873 · P.L. 756 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

39. Authorizins the scb(x»l directors of Lower Saint Clair township, in the county of Allegheny, to levy and collect a tax for the payment of expenses of investigating the bounty accounts of said township.

    Act 841 of 1873 · P.L. 758 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

40. In ^H Requirinfr the aldermen and the justices of the peace of the county of Lnn^aster to return to the clerk of the court of quarter sessions all the recoguizmces eniere.i into before them at least twenty days before the cuuunencemeut of the session to which they are made returnable.

    Act 842 of 1873 · P.L. 759 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

41. Relative to the management and control of the Blair county jail.

    Act 843 of 1873 · P.L. 759 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

42. Supplement to an act authorizing the school district of the borough of South Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, to borrow money and provide for the payment thereof, and to sell real estate, et cetera, approved the twelfth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

    Act 844 of 1873 · P.L. 760 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

43. To repeal an act to lay out and make a state road in Clearfield county, and to regulate the application of taxes on the lands therein named. c«rtaia provisions

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 762 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

44. Authorizing tlie burgess and town council of the borough of Manheiin to improve the Kauffman park and to make and enforce laws, ordinances, by-laws and regulations for the proper government thereof.

    Act 848 of 1873 · P.L. 768 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

45. To extend to Robert L. Fetrow, son of Ellis L. JFetrow, the benefit of the laws providing for the education and maintenance of soldiers' orphans.

    Act 849 of 1873 · P.L. 769 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

46. To authorize the school directors of the Smethport school district to borrow money. Section 1.

    Act 850 of 1873 · P.L. 769 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

47. To repeal the fifth section of an act, entitled "An Act to encourage, more eflfectually, the destruction of wolves and panthers in the counties of Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pil^e, Jefferson, M'Kean, Tioga, Potter, Bradford aud Monroe, and for other purposes," approved the twentieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty.

    Act 852 of 1873 · P.L. 771 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

48. Authorizing the road commissioners of Spring Creek township, Warren county, to borrow money and collect taxes to erect bridges in said township.

    Act 853 of 1873 · P.L. 771 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

49. To repeal an act, entitled "An Act relative to change of method of working and improving roads in Harford township, Susquehanna county," approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and validating certain taxes levied in year one thoi^sand eight hundred and seventy-two. Si^cTioN 1.

    Act 854 of 1873 · P.L. 771 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

50. Extending the provisions of an act relative to public roads in Luzerne township, Fayette county, approved the eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, to. the townships of Salt Lick and Connellsville, in said county of Fayette.

    Act 855 of 1873 · P.L. 772 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

51. To authorize the guardians of the poor of the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny to bind as apprentices to the Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburg and Allegheny and the Catholic Asyluna of Pittsburg, children in the custody of said asylum, who have been abandoned by their parents.

    Act 856 of 1873 · P.L. 773 · 1873 · Scanned page

52. To authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of Marion, Indiana county, to levy and collect an additional tax for borough purposes.

    Act 857 of 1873 · P.L. 773 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

53. To extend the provisions of an act regulating the election and terms of office of burgess and town council of the boroughs of Brookville and Indiana, to Blairsville, Indiana county.

    Act 858 of 1873 · P.L. 774 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

54. Supplement to an act incorporating the South-western Normal School.

    Act 859 of 1873 · P.L. 774 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

55. To authorize the school directors of Conemaugh township, Indiana county, to issue a new warrant to collect certain unpaid bounty tax in said township.

    Act 860 of 1873 · P.L. 775 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

56. In relation to bonds of indemnity given to the sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, in his oflEicial capacity, for executing writs.

    Act 861 of 1873 · P.L. 776 · 1873 · Scanned page

57. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Company, approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred

    Act 862 of 1873 · P.L. 776 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

58. To authorize the Philadelphia and Newtown and New York Railroad Company to bridge the Delaware river, with the assent of the state of New Jersey.

    Act 863 of 1873 · P.L. 777 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

59. Supplement to the act to erect the town of Huntingdon, in the county of Huntingdon, into a borough, approved the twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and ninety-six, authorizing the said borough to borrow money, to levy and collect an additional tax, to create additional wards, et cetera.

    Act 864 of 1873 · P.L. 777 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

60. Supplement to an act to repeal part of the third section of an act relating to the fees of road commissioners and auditors in the township of Elk Creek, in the county of Erie, approved March twenty-first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

    Act 865 of 1873 · P.L. 779 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

61. To incorporate the Neafie and Levy Steam Engine, Boiler and Ship- Building Company, and to authorize the executors of John P. Levy to subscribe to the stock of said company.

    Act 866 of 1873 · P.L. 780 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

62. To annul the marriage contract between Carl Augustus Thiele and Mary Louise, his wife.

    Act 867 of 1873 · P.L. 780 · 1873 · Scanned page

63. To annul the marriage contract between Andrew J. Burbank and Esther A., his wife.

    Act 868 of 1873 · P.L. 781 · 1873 · Scanned page

64. To incorporate the Exchange vSavings Bank and Trust Company, to be located in Phcenixville, Chester county.

    Act 869 of 1873 · P.L. 781 · April 15, 1873 · Scanned page

65. To ineorporate the Philadelphia and Merion Railroad Company.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 786 · April 15, 1873 · Scanned page

66. Annexing the township of M'Clure, in the county of Allegheny, to the city of Allegheny.

    Act 873 of 1873 · P.L. 787 · April 15, 1873 · Scanned page

67. To incorporate the People's Passenger Railway Company, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 874 of 1873 · P.L. 788 · April 15, 1873 · Scanned page

68. To incorporate the West End Passenger Railway Company of Philadelphia.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 791 · April 15, 1873 · Scanned page

69. To open a street called Silliman street, in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 794 · April 16, 1873 · Scanned page

70. To divorce Thomas H. Leh and Mary J., his wife.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 795 · April 16, 1873 · Scanned page

71. Supplement to an act to incorporate the trustees of the Fire Association of Philadelphia. How

    Act 878 of 1873 · P.L. 796 · 1873 · Scanned page

72. To vacate Gray's lane, from Vine to Callowhill street, in the Twentyfourth ward, city of Philadelphia.

    Act 879 of 1873 · P.L. 796 · 1873 · Scanned page

73. Supplement to an act to extend certain avenues In the city of Scranton, approved tlie third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

    Act 880 of 1873 · P.L. 797 · April 17, 1873 · Scanned page

74. Authorizing such changes in the lines and grades of Main street, Twenty-first ward, in the city of Philadelphia, as will adapt it to the eastern approach of the proposed West Laurel Hill bridge.

    Act 881 of 1873 · P.L. 800 · 1873 · Scanned page

75. To lay out, open and consts-uct a state road from the south-east end of Montgomery avenue, in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, to Belmont avenue, in the city of Philadelphia, with a branch road to Fairmount Park, in the said city.

    Act 884 of 1873 · P.L. 803 · 1873 · Scanned page

76. Authorizing the construction of a railroad and toll-bridge across the Monongahela river.

    Act 886 of 1873 · P.L. 807 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

77. To authorize the commissiooers of Mifflin county to cause a public bridge to be erected over the Juniata river at the borough of Lewistown.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 808 · 1873 · Scanned page

78. For the more safe and speedy collection of taxes in the city of Pittsburg.

    Act 889 of 1873 · P.L. 810 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

79. Relative to laying out, opening and grading streets in the city of Lancaster.

    Act 891 of 1873 · P.L. 811 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

80. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad Coiii" pany, authorizing said company to borrow money and to consolidate its indebtedness.

    Act 892 of 1873 · P.L. 814 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

81. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Lombafd and South Street Passenger Railway Company," passed May sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, authorizing the laying of a railway on^Snyder avenue, Twelfth street, Dickinson street, Eighth street, Christian street. Fifth street, and Mifflin street, and to extend railway tracks on Front street.

    Act 893 of 1873 · P.L. 815 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

82. 894. ^lemliersbip. tock holders to iTept act. ^ ^ximMnmt To the charter of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, altering and amending the same.

    Act 894 of 1873 · P.L. 816 · 1873 · Scanned page

83. To authorize the board of directors of the State Capital Loan and Savings Association of Harrisburg to purchase real estate securities or loan the funds of the association to persons not members thereof.

    Act 895 of 1873 · P.L. 817 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

84. To divorce William J. Mullln from his wife, Margaret A.

    Act 896 of 1873 · P.L. 817 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

85. Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Steuben Insurance Company," approved the second day of April, Anno Uomini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, authorizing an increase of capital stock and mode of voting, and increasing the nximber of directors and changing coiporate title of corporation.

    Act 897 of 1873 · P.L. 818 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

86. To prevent cattle and other animals from running at large in certain townships of Lycoming county. Certain animals

    Act 898 of 1873 · P.L. 818 · April 10, 1873 · Scanned page

87. 899. ^ ^npplcmfni 0 an act to revise and amend the health laws of the city of Pittsburg, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 819 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

88. Supplement to an act to authorize the trustees of the Franklin Land Company to malce exchange of certain lots of ground, approved twenty-seventh January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

    Act of 1873 · P.L. 820 · April 18, 1873 · Scanned page

89. Supplement to an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Wilkes Barre Water Company," approved the twelfth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

    Act 901 of 1873 · P.L. 821 · April 19, 1873 · Scanned page

90. To incorporate the Hanover and York Railroad Company.

    Act 902 of 1873 · P.L. 822 · 1873 · Scanned page

91. Authorizing the borough of Verona, in the county of Allegheny, to open any part or parts of streets.

    Act 904 of 1873 · P.L. 824 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

92. To incorporate the Farmers' and Mechanics' Land Association of Pittsburg.

    Act 905 of 1873 · P.L. 824 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

93. Relating to the proposed widening of tlie Delaware avenue, from Dock street to Sliacliamaxon street, in tlie city of Piiiladelphia.

    Act 907 of 1873 · P.L. 828 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

94. Authorizing and directing the commissioners of highways of the city of Philadelphia to open and lay out Columbia avenue, from Lancaster avenue to Old Lancaster road, in the Twenty-fourth ward, and to assess the damages thereon.

    Act 908 of 1873 · P.L. 828 · April 21, 1873 · Scanned page

95. Authorizing the court of common pleas of Berks county to grant charters of incorporation to building and savings associations, in which the shares shall not exceed the par value of five hundred dollars, and validating certain charters heretofore granted.

    Act 909 of 1873 · P.L. 829 · April 22, 1873 · Scanned page

96. To vacate private alley in the city of Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 910 of 1873 · P.L. 829 · 1873 · Scanned page

97. Supplement to an act to incorporate the Iron Bank of Phoenisville, approved the fourth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, authorizing the payment of deposits and interest thereon to married women and minors, and correcting a clerical error in the original act. Deposits l)y minors

    Act 911 of 1873 · P.L. 830 · April 22, 1873 · Scanned page

98. To establish a board of health for the city of Reading, in the county of Berks and commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Act 913 of 1873 · P.L. 831 · April 22, 1873 · Scanned page

99. Supplemental to an act to incorporate the Berks County Railroad Coffl-» pany, approved the twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

    Act 913 of 1873 · P.L. 834 · April 22, 1873 · Scanned page

100. Relative to the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company incorporated in accordance with the provisions of the general act, approved April seventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, authorizing an increase of capital stock of said corporation, and also authorizing dividends to be made payable in stock.

     Act 914 of 1873 · P.L. 835 · April 22, 1873 · Scanned page