The Pennsylvania Register
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.
5,365 laws of the 1870s
Constitution of 1838
To incorporate the Commercial Printing Company.
Act 1033 of 1873 · P.L. 967 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Central Pennsylvania Mining Company.
Act 1034 of 1873 · P.L. 968 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Manor Railroad Company, approved the twentieth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Act 1035 of 1873 · P.L. 970 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Rtfinerj' Company of Pennsylvania.
Act 1036 of 1873 · P.L. 970 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Granite Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company.
Act 1037 of 1873 · P.L. 971 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act to incorporate the American Home, approved twenty-first March, one thousand eight hundred and
Act 1038 of 1873 · P.L. 972 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Shippensburg Improvement Company.
Act 1039 of 1873 · P.L. 973 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Germantown Deposit, Trust and lusurauce Company.
Act 1040 of 1873 · P.L. 973 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Deer Lodge Improvement Companv.
Act 1041 of 1873 · P.L. 974 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the North- Western Mining and Transportation Company.
Act 1042 of 1873 · P.L. 976 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the New Carriers' Company.
Act 1043 of 1873 · P.L. 977 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Home Improvement Company.
Act 1046 of 1873 · P.L. 980 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Harrison Land Company.
Act of 1873 · P.L. 981 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Northumberland County Improvement Company.
Act 1049 of 1873 · P.L. 982 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Keystone Express and Transportation Company.
Act 1051 of 1873 · P.L. 985 · June 2, 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Collins Mineral, Land and Mining Company.
Act 1053 of 1873 · P.L. 986 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Bethlehem Trust and Safe Deposit Company," approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1056 of 1873 · P.L. 990 · June 2, 1873 · Scanned page
Relative to the title of certain real estate in the borough of Leechburg, in the county of Armstrong.
Act of 1873 · P.L. 991 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the American Volunteer Printing Company.
Act 1068 of 1873 · P.L. 992 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Ham-lton Bank, to be located at Philadelphia.
Act 1060 of 1873 · P.L. 995 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Glen Olden Land Association, in the county of Delaware.
Act 1061 of 1873 · P.L. 998 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Northern Railroad and Navigation Company.
Act 1062 of 1873 · P.L. 999 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Mauch Chunk Savings Bank, to be located in the borough of Mauch Chunk, Carbon county.
Act 1063 of 1873 · P.L. 999 · 1873 · Scanned page
Incorporating the Manchester Loan Association of Allegheny.
Act 1064 of 1873 · P.L. 1001 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Franklin Sewing Machine Company.
Act 1065 of 1873 · P.L. 1003 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Millerstown Iron Company.
Act 1066 of 1873 · P.L. 1004 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Tuscarora Valley Railroad Company.
Act 1068 of 1873 · P.L. 1009 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act, entitled "An Act incorporating the Philadelphia Jtlarah Land and Drainage Company." feECTioN 1.
Act 1069 of 1873 · P.L. 1011 · 1873 · Scanned page
To authorize the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad Company to construct branches.
Act of 1873 · P.L. 1012 · 1873 · Scanned page
1872. 1015 No. 10T4. Incorporatinj? the Black Barren Sprin? Company.
Act of 1873 · P.L. 1015 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Lj-coming County Savings Bank.
Act 1015 of 1873 · P.L. 1016 · 1873 · Scanned page
To amend the charter of the Pittsburg and Baltimore Coal, Coke and Iron Company.
Act 1077 of 1873 · P.L. 1020 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Bethlehem Trust and Safe Deposit Company," approved one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1078 of 1873 · P.L. 1021 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the North- Western Mining and Exchange Company of Erie, Peimsylvania.
Act 1079 of 1873 · P.L. 1021 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act to incorporate the Gettysburg Springs Hotel Company, approved tweiiiy-eiglitli June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1080 of 1873 · P.L. 1023 · March 16, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act incorporating the Stroudsburg Passenger Railway Company, approved February fourteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Act 1081 of 1873 · P.L. 1023 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Ligonier and Latrobe Railroad Company," approved the fifteenth of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Mar extend road iSection 1,
Act 1084 of 1873 · P.L. 1026 · 1873 · Scanned page
To Incorporate the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, coiporators.
Act 1085 of 1873 · P.L. 1026 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Homer, Cherry Tree and Susquehanna Railroad Company, with power to construct a rail, road," approved March twenty-fourth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, validating the granting of letters patent and extending time for completing the road.
Act 1086 of 1873 · P.L. 1028 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Saint Clair Iron Company.
Act 1089 of 1873 · P.L. 1031 · 1873 · Scanned page
To an aet, entitled "An Act to incorporate tlie East Broad Top TiaiJroad and Coal Company," and a supplement thereto, approved the twenty-fourth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. Authorized to con.
Act 1090 of 1873 · P.L. 1032 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Raven Run Coal and Iron Company.
Act 1091 of 1873 · P.L. 1032 · 1873 · Scanned page
To confirm the title of certain real estate in the city of Philadelphia.
Act 1092 of 1873 · P.L. 1034 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Somerset County Bank.
Act 1093 of 1873 · P.L. 1040 · March 26, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Steuben Iron Companj of Centre county.
Act 1094 of 1873 · P.L. 1042 · 1873 · Scanned page
Tx) incorporate the Watsontown Bank, to be located at Watsontown, in the county of Northumberland.
Act 1095 of 1873 · P.L. 1043 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act to incorporate the Highland Improvement Company, approved the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1096 of 1873 · P.L. 1045 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Mount Washington Laud and Improvement pany.
Act 1097 of 1873 · P.L. 1045 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Fidelity Land and Improvement Company.
Act 1098 of 1873 · P.L. 1048 · March 28, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplementary to an aot to incorporate the Clarion River Navigation Company, approved the twenty-first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Act 1099 of 1873 · P.L. 1049 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Union Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
Act 1100 of 1873 · P.L. 1051 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Mechanics' Mutual Cottage Company.
Act 1101 of 1873 · P.L. 1053 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Sharon, Sharpsville and Mercer Railroad Company.
Act 1103 of 1873 · P.L. 1056 · 1873 · Scanned page
To exempt from taxation the parsonage house and lot used and occupied by the bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the diocese of Piitsburg, situate in the city of Pittsburg.
Act 1104 of 1873 · P.L. 1058 · 1873 · Scanned page
To authorize certain persons to sell and convey certain real estate, church property.
Act 1105 of 1873 · P.L. 1058 · April 2, 1873 · Scanned page
Ta exempt the parsonage of African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, in the city of Philadelphia, from taxation.
Act 1106 of 1873 · P.L. 1059 · April 2, 1873 · Scanned page
To act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Bethlehem Street Railway Company," approved April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Act 1107 of 1873 · P.L. 1059 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate Wyoming Lodge, number thirty-nine, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Act 1108 of 1873 · P.L. 1059 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the State police of Crawford and Erie counties.
Act 1109 of 1873 · P.L. 1061 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Waynesboro' and Blue Ridge Railroad Company.
Act 1110 of 1873 · P.L. 1062 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Brownsville and Youghiogheny Railway Company.
Act 1111 of 1873 · P.L. 1063 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mahoning and Susquehanna Railroad Company," approved the nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Act 1112 of 1873 · P.L. 1064 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Woodruff Sleeping and Parlor Coach Company," approved the nineteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1113 of 1873 · P.L. 1064 · 1873 · Scanned page
To authorize the Mauch Chank Gas Company to increase its capital stock.
Act 1114 of 1873 · P.L. 1065 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Penn Safe Deposit, Trust and Insurance Company.
Act 1116 of 1873 · P.L. 1067 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Duncannon, Bloomfield and Loysville Railroad Company.
Act 1117 of 1873 · P.L. 1067 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Riverside Coal Company.
Act 1118 of 1873 · P.L. 1068 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Citizens' Mutual Life Insurance and Trust Company of Pennsylvania.
Act 1120 of 1873 · P.L. 1071 · April 4, 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Saint Charles Improvement and Mining Company. loipomtors.
Act 1121 of 1873 · P.L. 1072 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Union Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company, Corporators.
Act 1123 of 1873 · P.L. 1074 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the I'alls City and West Virginia Railroad Company.
Act 1124 of 1873 · P.L. 1076 · 1873 · Scanned page
To iucorporate the Freehold Mutual Building and Loan Company.
Act 1125 of 1873 · P.L. 1077 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Protection Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company of the city of Philadelphia.
Act 1126 of 1873 · P.L. 1078 · 1873 · Scanned page
To exempt certain parsonages in the county of Bradford from taxation.
Act 1128 of 1873 · P.L. 1082 · April 9, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act to incorporate the Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester Central Railroad Companies of the counties of Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester, approved March seventeenth, (17,) one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1130 of 1873 · P.L. 1084 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Western City Telegraph Company.
Act 1131 of 1873 · P.L. 1084 · 1873 · Scanned page
To exempt the parsonages of the Evangelical Lutheran and Presbyterian congregations of Greencastle from taxation.
Act 1132 of 1873 · P.L. 1085 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Commercial Insurance Company.
Act 1133 of 1873 · P.L. 1085 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act incorporating the Northern Railroad and Navigation Company, approved the twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
Act 1134 of 1873 · P.L. 1087 · 1873 · Scanned page
To Incorporate the Excelsior Insurance Company of Pennsylvania.
Act 1135 of 1873 · P.L. 1088 · April 9, 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad Company, approved March seventeenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Act 1136 of 1873 · P.L. 1091 · April 9, 1873 · Scanned page
Empowering the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Meadville, and the city authorities thereof, to remove the interments remaining in the old burial ground in said city to Greenwood cemetery, and to sell or otherwise dispose of the ground thus occupied.
Act 1137 of 1873 · P.L. 1091 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act to incorporate tha Wrightsville, New Holland and Conewago Railroad Company.
Act 1138 of 1873 · P.L. 1092 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Mechanics' and Miners' Co-operative Loan Association of
Act 1139 of 1873 · P.L. 1093 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate Fairlawn Street Railroad Company of
Act 1140 of 1873 · P.L. 1094 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Chartiers Improvement Company, and to define the powers thereof.
Act 1141 of 1873 · P.L. 1096 · 1873 · Scanned page
Relative to the Farmer's Bone and Fertilizing Company.
Act 1142 of 1873 · P.L. 1097 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Citizens' Gas and Water Company.
Act 1144 of 1873 · P.L. 1099 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Deposit and Savings Bank," approved May twenty-sixth, one thousand eiglit hundred and seventy-one, providing for the election of an additional director and changing the name of said bank.
Act 1145 of 1873 · P.L. 1099 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Citizens' and Miners' Savings Bank and Trust Company.
Act 1146 of 1873 · P.L. 1100 · April 13, 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Hemlock Iniproveuient Company.
Act 1147 of 1873 · P.L. 1103 · April 13, 1873 · Scanned page
Authorizing the sale of certain real estate bequeathed to Jane Ayres.
Act 1148 of 1873 · P.L. 1105 · April 13, 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Dunmore Bank.
Act 1149 of 1873 · P.L. 1106 · 1873 · Scanned page
To authorize Yarnall Hallowell and John J. Hallowell, surviving trustees, both of Abington township, in the county of Montgomery, to sell and convey certain real estate.
Act 1150 of 1873 · P.L. 1109 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Temperanceville and West Pittsburg Savings Bank.
Act 1151 of 1873 · P.L. 1110 · April 13, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Black Lick Navigation and Improvement Company," approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Act 1152 of 1873 · P.L. 1112 · April 13, 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act to incorporate the Peabody Mutual Life Insurance and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, changing the name, style and title of said company, et cetera.
Act 1153 of 1873 · P.L. 1113 · 1873 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Logan Bank.
Act 1154 of 1873 · P.L. 1114 · 1873 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act incorporating tlie Middle Creek Railroad Company, approved March twenty-third, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and the supplement thereto, changing the name thereof to the Sunkfury and Lewistown Railroad Company, approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy. Second and third
Act 1155 of 1873 · P.L. 1116 · 1873 · Scanned page
Authorizing the examination and payment of the claim of S. W. Heiutzleman, deceased.
Act of 1873 · P.L. 1117 · 1873 · Scanned page
By decade
Constitution of 18741874–1967
Constitution of 17761776–1789
- 1780s 567
1682–1801: the Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. 1802–1974: the Pamphlet Laws (Laws of the General Assembly). Both from the scans published by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, which link to each original page. 1975 onward: the General Assembly’s own record of legislation enacted, which adds approval dates and bill numbers. Years the Bureau hasn’t indexed act by act come from the annual Laws of the General Assembly as scanned by the Internet Archive and Google Books: we split each volume into acts by their approval lines, and each one links to its scanned page. Before 1975 each year’s appropriation acts were scanned as one bundle, so they aren’t listed one by one. Proposed constitutional amendments, vetoed bills and reorganization plans are left out. Subject lines are the Bureau’s and the General Assembly’s, not the laws’ full titles.