Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,705 laws of the 1810s

Constitution of 1790

1. Act for the relief of Samuel Lucas of Indiana county, and Samuel Burns of Montgomery county, soldiers of the revolutionary war

   Act 112 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

2. Act releasing to Margaret Duncan the right of this commonwealth to a certain escheated estate

   Act 113 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

3. Act to authorize Lewis Rush to sell and convey a tract of land therein mentioned

   Act 114 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

4. Act incorporating the trustees of Franklin school

   Act 115 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

5. Act providing that the poor of the county of Berks, shall be maintained at the expense of the said county

   Act 116 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

6. Act confirming titles to and authorizing the sale of certain lands lying within the depreciation districts, north and west of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers

   Act 117 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

7. Act establishing an academy in the town of Athens, in Bradford county, and granting a sum of money thereto

   Act 118 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

8. Act granting a tract of donation land, to Thomas Little, a soldier in the revolutionary war

   Act 119 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

9. Act laying a tax on dogs, in the counties of Washington and Fayette, and for other purposes

   Act 120 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

10. Act vesting the title of a certain piece of land in Conamaugh township, in the county of Indiana, in certain trustees and their successors, for the use of a school

    Act 121 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

11. Act to enable John Carlile and George Bratton, administrators of John Carlile, late of Mifflin county, deceased, to convey a half lot of ground to William Chriswell

    Act 122 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

12. Act to authorize and empower the ministers, vestrymen and church wardens of the German Lutheran congregation, in and near the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, to sell, dispose of, and convey certain lands therein mentioned

    Act 123 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

13. Act fixing the salaries of the officers therein mentioned

    Act 124 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

14. Act enabling a committee appointed by the court of common pleas, of Bucks county, to sell and convey the real estate of Elizabeth Martin, a lunatic

    Act 125 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

15. Act concerning strays - amend - extended to all the counties except the counties of Erie, Crawford, Warren, Mercer, Potter, Schuylkill, Butler, Adams, Allegheny, and M'Kean

    Act 126 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

16. Act to amend and continue an act for establishing a health office, and to secure the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases, and the supplement thereto

    Act 127 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

17. Act making appropriations to defray certain expenses of government, therein mentioned

    Act 128 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

18. Act authorizing the trustees of the Christian church, in Centre township, Northumberland county, and Daniel Hassinger, executor of Jacob Hassinger, deceased, to make certain conveyances

    Act 129 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

19. Act to incorporate a company for the purpose of cutting and making a Canal between the river Delaware and the Chesapeake bay - amend - governor authorized to subscribe to shares

    Act 130 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

20. Act to amend and continue an act to incorporate the Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia

    Act 131 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

21. Act granting a tract of donation land to Thomas Vaughan, an old soldier

    Act 132 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

22. Act for the relief of William Campbell

    Act 133 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

23. Act to provide for the purchase of ammunition and military stores

    Act 134 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

24. Act to dissolve the marriage contract of William Wason, and Jemima his wife

    Act 135 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

25. Act to repeal the act for the limitation of actions to be brought for the inheritance or possession of real property, or upon penal acts of assembly, in all cases where title has been at any time claimed under the Susquehanna company or the state of Conne

    Act 136 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

26. Act authorizing the trustees of New Providence congregation, in the county of Greene, to convey a certain tract of land therein mentioned to Timothy Smith

    Act 137 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

27. Act to encourage the introduction of steam boats upon the Susquehanna river

    Act 138 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

28. Act authorizing a loan of money to Caleb Johnson, of the borough of Harrisburg

    Act 139 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

29. Act granting donation lands to the widow and children of William Noble, late a sergeant in the revolutionary war, and to Robert Hamilton, an old soldier

    Act 140 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

30. Act to enable William Boor and Lewis Zering, administrators of Adam Greigher, late of Allen township, in the county of Cumberland, deceased, to convey a tract of land to Phillip Pizel

    Act 141 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

31. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from the south side of Michael Geiselman's mill, adjoining the town of Berlin, in the county of Adams, through Abbotstown to Hanover in York county - amend - turnpike extended;

    Act 142 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

32. Act for the relief of Thomas Means

    Act 143 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

33. Act to incorporate the district of Southwark - amend - market houses to be erected

    Act 144 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

34. Act declaring Big Sandy creek a public highway

    Act 145 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

35. Act declaring Blacklick creek in the county of Indiana, from Charles Campbell's mill to its mouth, a public highway

    Act 146 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

36. Act granting to Andrew Finley two tracts of donation land

    Act 147 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

37. Act for the sale and settlement of the undrawn donation land, the property of this commonwealth

    Act 148 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

38. Act authorizing the guardians of the persons and estates of the minor children of Thomas M'Creary, deceased, to convey and receive conveyance of land

    Act 149 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

39. Act declaring certain creeks public highways

    Act 150 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

40. Act to authorize the guardian of the persons and estate of the minor children of John Jacobs, deceased, to convey a plantation or tract of land therein described

    Act 151 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

41. Act for the relief of Dennis Daley, John Harris and John M'Murdy, old soldiers

    Act 152 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

42. Act to enable Michael Crow, administrator with the will annexed, of John Huhn, deceased, to sell and convey a certain tract of land and mills therein mentioned

    Act 153 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

43. Act dissolving the marriage of Michael Miller and Catharine Miller

    Act 154 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

44. Act for the relief of John Blain, of Venango county, and David Ritchey, of Washington county, soldiers of the revolutionary war; and of Mary Bell, of York county

    Act 155 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

45. Act to enable Samuel Mason, of the city of Philadelphia, to execute a deed of conveyance of a lot of ground therein mentioned

    Act 156 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

46. Act granting a sum of money to aid in removing obstructions out of the Mushannon creek

    Act 157 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

47. Act to authorize the acting executors of James Bringhurst, deceased, to make a title to Augustine Bosquet for certain real estate therein mentioned

    Act 158 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

48. Act for the relief of Henry Zerfas

    Act 159 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

49. Act to establish an academy in the borough of Orwigsburg, in the county of Schuylkill, and to grant a sum of money thereto

    Act 160 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

50. Act authorizing James Wright and James Wright jun. administrators of the estate of Samuel Wright, late of the town of Columbia, deceased, to execute certain deeds

    Act 161 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

51. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for the purpose of making an artificial road from the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road - amend - privileges

    Act 162 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

52. Act to render valid the title of Samuel Winpenny, an alien, to a certain real estate therein mentioned

    Act 163 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

53. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from, at or near the village of Belmont, in the county of Wayne, in a southerly direction, along or near the route of the north and south state road, until it shall inter

    Act 164 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

54. Act establishing a public ferry on the south side of the west branch of the Susquehanna river, in the county of Lycoming, and to vest the right thereof in John Myers, his heirs and assigns

    Act 165 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

55. Act for the relief of sundry landholders in the manor of Springetsbury, in the county of York

    Act 166 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

56. Act to suspend the opening of certain streets, lanes and alleys in the district of Southwark

    Act 167 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

57. Act compensating Jared Ingersoll for his report on the penal code, and other services

    Act 168 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

58. Act directing the mode of selecting and returning jurors - amend - how many jurors the commonwealth may challenge in criminal cases

    Act 169 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

59. Act concerning the borough of Reading

    Act 170 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

60. Act to enable the militia or volunteers of this state, when in the military service of the United States or of this state, to exercise the rights of election

    Act 171 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

61. Act making a further appropriation for building a bridge over Neshannock creek

    Act 172 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

62. Act for the relief of George Smith of Bedford county, and of Bartholomew Meloy, of Washington county, old soldiers

    Act 173 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

63. Act to alter the time of holding several of the courts of quarter sessions and common pleas, in the third judicial districts or circuit - amend - time of holding certain courts within Northampton county

    Act 174 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

64. Act making further provision for the militia and volunteers of this state, in the service of the United States

    Act 175 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

65. Act for establishing and building a bridge across the river Schuylkill at or near the Falls thereof - amend - rates of toll

    Act 176 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

66. Act for the sale of two tracts of land to Ebenezer and Benjamin Slocum

    Act 177 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

67. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from Millerstown through M'Kessonsburg, and thence by Daniel Sprenkle's to the Franklin county line

    Act 178 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

68. Act offering compensation to the Pennsylvania claimants of certain lands within the seventeen townships in the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned - amend - Pennsylvania claimant to transmit a copy of verdict to the board of proper

    Act 179 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

69. Act for the further establishment and regulation of election districts

    Act 180 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

70. Act to improve the breed of sheep in certain counties of this commonwealth

    Act 181 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

71. Act authorizing the purchase of certain books therein mentioned

    Act 182 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

72. Act detaching the Germantown, the first county, and Frankford troops of horse from the regiment composed of the cavalry of the city and county of Philadelphia

    Act 183 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

73. Act to alter the judiciary system of this commonwealth - amend - time of holding certain courts within Adams and Franklin counties

    Act 184 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

74. Act for the relief James Crawford of Lycoming county, a major of the twelfth Pennsylvania regiment

    Act 185 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

75. Act for the relief of Dickinson college - amend - legal proceedings suspended

    Act 186 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

76. Act to authorize the sale of part of the real estate of Henry Musser, a lunatic

    Act 187 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

77. Act for the relief of the Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown turnpike road company

    Act 188 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

78. Act declaring Big Conoquinessing creek in the counties of Butler and Beaver, a public highway

    Act 189 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

79. Act declaring part of Swatara creek a public highway

    Act 190 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

80. Act for the relief of George Baumgartner of Westmoreland county, John Downs of Huntingdon county, and Robert Lyon of Northumberland county, and granting to James Sweeny, in trust for the heirs of Isaac Sweeny, deceased, a tract of donation land - enactmen

    Act 191 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

81. Act to annul the marriage of Samuel Robb and Louisa his wife

    Act 192 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

82. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company for opening a canal and lock navigation on the eastern side of the Susquehanna, opposite the Conewago falls

    Act 193 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

83. Act for the relief of Daniel Welker an old soldier

    Act 194 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

84. Act laying a tax on dogs in certain counties, and for other purposes - amend - extend section 5

    Act 195 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

85. Act to raise by way of lottery, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars for the use of, and benefit of the minister, wardens and vestry, of the African episcopal church of Saint Thomas, in the city of Philadelphia - amend - commissioners to carry act i

    Act 196 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

86. Act granting a tract of donation land to the legal heirs of John Knapsnyder, deceased, late a soldier in the Pennsylvania line

    Act 197 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

87. Act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the settlement of the public accounts and the payment of the public monies, and for other purposes - amend - powers vested in the auditor general

    Act 198 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

88. Act for the relief of the heirs of John Smith, an old soldier

    Act 199 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

89. Act authorizing the governor of this commonwealth to subscribe to a loan opened by the government of the United States - amend - Bank of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia bank are authorized to loan money to the government; duty of governor and state

    Act 200 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

90. Act to provide for the erection of an arsenal, in the city of Philadelphia

    Act 201 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

91. Act directing the manner in which certain money appropriated in aid of the Milford and Owego turnpike road shall be expended

    Act 202 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

92. Act for the regulation of the militia of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania - amend - brigade inspector's duties; duty of major general to call out militia; duty of general officer; pay of officers; pay for training; exempts; militia subject to same penalti

    Act 203 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

93. Act to establish a Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotages, and for other purposes - amend - additional allowance to pilots; outward bound vessels; compensation for first rate pilot carried to sea

    Act 204 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

94. Act to extend the state road laid out from Somerset to the borough of Washington, to the western boundary of this state

    Act 205 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

95. Act for regulating Weights and Measures - amend - penalty for selling dry measure without brand or mark; penalty for branding illegal measures; neglect of duties

    Act 206 of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

96. The declaration of war against the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, issued by the general government on the eighteenth of June last, was the result of solemn deliberation, sound wisdom and

    Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

97. The secretary of the commonwealth is hereby directed to furnish each member of the present legislature, and the door keeper of the senate, with one full set of the laws of Pennsylvania, and one copy of

    Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

98. Henry Voight, Robert Patterson, Nathan Sellers, Oliver Evans, Archibald Binny, Lewis Wermwag, Josiah White, and Samuel D. Ingham are hereby requested to make a strict examination of the machine

    Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

99. The governor is hereby requested to present the thanks of this commonwealth to commodore Stephen Decatur, of the frigate United States, and lieutenant James Biddle, of the ship Wasp, for their

    Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

100. The secretary of the commonwealth be required to distribute to the prothonotary of the city and different counties of this commonwealth, as many copies of the Smith's edition of the laws of Pennsylvania

     Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text