Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,705 laws of the 1810s

Constitution of 1790

1. The secretary of the commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to cause the further supplement to the act for the regulation of the militia of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to be printed in

   Resolution of 1813 · 1813 · Original text

2. Act providing for the payment of that part of the direct tax of the United States which was apportioned to this state

   Act 1 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

3. Act for the relief of Arthur St. Clair

   Act 2 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

4. Act erecting part of Northumberland county, into a separate county, to be called Columbia - amend - courts of Columbia; suits affected; criminal prosecutions

   Act 3 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

5. Act to enable the governor of this commonwealth, to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, by the best and nearest route, from the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road, through the village of Strasburg in Lancaster county, to the Susqueh

   Act 4 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

6. Act to enable the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, beginning at the intersection of the Egypt road with the Ridge turnpike road, two miles above Norristown, in the county of Montgomery, and thence to Pawling's ford bridge

   Act 5 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

7. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, from the Milford and Owego turnpike, where Broad street in the town of Milford intersects the same, thence by the nearest and best route to Carpenter's ferry, on the river

   Act 6 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

8. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company to erect a toll bridge over Big Beaver creek, at or near Wolf lane in the county of Beaver

   Act 7 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

9. Act authorising the Governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company for the purpose of making an artificial or turnpike road from the Lancaster and Susquehanna turnpike road, near the river shore in the town of Columbia, from thence up the river

   Act 8 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

10. Act allowing compensation to constables for attending the several courts within this commonwealth

    Act 9 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

11. Act confirming the title of Caleb Hoopes to a tract of land in Delaware county

    Act 10 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

12. Act relative to the courts of common pleas in the county of Cumberland - amend - special courts

    Act 11 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

13. Act to incorporate the Washington Steam Mill and Manufacturing Company

    Act 12 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

14. Act granting to Charles Campbell the exclusive right to use a salt spring, which he has recently discovered in the river Conemaugh

    Act 13 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

15. Act to encourage the constructing of certain great and leading roads within this commonwealth, and the erection of bridges over the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, Northumberland, Columbia and M'Call's ferry - amend - shares of the state in the Harrisburg brid

    Act 14 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

16. Act to authorize Isaac W. Norris, administrator with the will annexed, of Joseph Summerl, late of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, deceased, to grant and convey the real estate of the said Joseph Summerl, directed by his will to be sold

    Act 15 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

17. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, at or near the borough of Marietta, in the county of Lancaster

    Act 16 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

18. Act declaring the power and authority given by any last will and testament to executors to sell and convey real estates, to be and remain in the survivors or survivor of them, unless otherwise expressed in the will of the testator, and for other purposes

    Act 17 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

19. Act to provide a more effectual method of settling the public accounts of the commissioners and treasurers of the respective counties - amend - time of service of auditors; filling vacancies

    Act 18 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

20. Act providing for the sale of the estate of lunatics, or persons non compos mentis, in certain cases

    Act 19 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

21. Act for the regulation of the militia of this commonwealth - amend - military orders to be issued to generals and inspectors; major general in certain cases to organize

    Act 20 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

22. Act for the relief of disabled, aged, and poor revolutionary officers, and soldiers - amend - description of officers and soldiers shall be placed on the pension list; board of enquiry may revise their decisions

    Act 21 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

23. Act to provide for the support of the government of this commonwealth - amend - additional compensation allowed to members of the legislature

    Act 22 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

24. Act releasing to John Easterline and Magdalena Easterline the right of this commonwealth to a certain escheated estate

    Act 23 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

25. Act to incorporate the Phoenix Insurance Company of Philadelphia - amend - capital stock

    Act 24 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

26. Act for the relief of Henry Walker, an old soldier

    Act 25 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

27. Act to raise and collect county rates and levies - amend - pay of county commissioners

    Act 26 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

28. Act providing for the settlement of certain disputed titles to land north and west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny, and Conewango creek, and for other purposes - amend - parts of former law revived

    Act 27 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

29. Act to confirm to William Lawson the right to a certain tract of land therein mentioned

    Act 28 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

30. Act further to encourage and promote the construction of a turnpike road over the Allegheny mountain and Laurel hill, on the northern route

    Act 29 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

31. Act to incorporate the German religious society of Seventh day Baptists, of Ephrata, in the township of Cocalico, in the county of Lancaster, and for other purposes

    Act 30 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

32. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, beginning at the intersection of Vine and Tenth streets, Philadelphia, and thence to Perkiomen bridge, in the county of Montgomery - amend - additional tolls; president man

    Act 31 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

33. Act to prevent the destruction of the spawn or brood of fish in the river Conestoga

    Act 32 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

34. Act granting certain powers to the commissioners of the counties of Bradford and Susquehanna

    Act 33 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

35. Act authorising the commissioners of the county of Berks to erect a stone bridge over the river Schuylkill, near the town of Reading, in said county - amend - contracts to be made with persons

    Act 34 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

36. Act erecting parts of Dauphin and Lancaster counties into a separate county, to be called Lebanon - amend - names and duties of commissioners; acts of the register of Lebanon county confirmed

    Act 35 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

37. Act remedying certain defects of process

    Act 36 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

38. Act to provide for the enumeration of the taxable inhabitants and slaves within this commonwealth

    Act 37 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

39. Act for the relief of the militia of this state when called into the service of the United States

    Act 38 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

40. Act for the election of a constable in the borough of Orwigsburg

    Act 39 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

41. Act releasing to Anna Maria Loyer the right of this commonwealth to a certain escheated estate

    Act 40 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

42. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, beginning at or near Downingstown, in the county of Chester, to Cornwall furnace, in the county of Dauphin, and from thence to the borough of Harrisburg - amend - time exte

    Act 41 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

43. Act to regulate fences and to appoint appraisers in each township, in the counties of Bedford, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Washington, and Fayette, and to encourage the raising of swine - repeal - as respects the county of Fayette

    Act 42 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

44. Act to contract the limits of the borough of Beaver, in the county of Beaver

    Act 43 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

45. Act incorporating the president, managers and company of the Marietta, Richland and Mountjoy turnpike road - amend - duties of the president and managers: capital to be delivered over to the company

    Act 44 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

46. Act for the better employment, relief and support of the poor in the township of Germantown in the county of Philadelphia - amend - when the managers hold meetings; accounts settled

    Act 45 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

47. Acts for the erection of houses for the employment and support of the poor in the counties of Chester, Lancaster and Montgomery, so far as respects the counties of Lancaster and Montgomery - amend - duties of the directors of the poor; employ a clerk: pow

    Act 46 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

48. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company, to make an artificial road beginning at the end of Little Conestoga turnpike road, in the county of Berks, thence through Morgantown, and Churchtown, to the Blue ball tavern in Lancaster county - enactm

    Act 47 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

49. Act to incorporate the town of Columbia in the county of Lancaster

    Act 48 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

50. Act authorizing the governor to negociate a loan for the use of the commonwealth

    Act 49 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

51. Act to provide for the custody of prisoners committed under the authority of the United States - amend - prisoners of war to be received by sheriffs; privileges of the marshal; sheriffs to keep a calendar

    Act 50 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

52. Act to erect the town of Bridgeport in the county of Fayette into a borough

    Act 51 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

53. Act vesting a certain escheated estate, late the property of Jabez Bailey, of Chester county, deceased

    Act 52 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

54. Act to authorize the administrators of David Brandt, deceased, to convey a tract of land in Allen township, Cumberland county

    Act 53 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

55. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the bank of the river Susquehanna opposite Harrisburg to Pittsburg - amend - governor to incorporate five companies; issue letters patent; rate of tolls; road viewed

    Act 54 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

56. Act to provide for the erection of an additional court for the city and county of Philadelphia - amend - compensation of judges; jurisdiction of the district court to extend to cases of insolvency

    Act 55 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

57. Act to validate and confirm the proceedings of Joshua Davis, late justice of the peace in Northampton county

    Act 56 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

58. Act for the relief of Joseph Horner

    Act 57 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

59. Act for the relief of John Stengor

    Act 58 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

60. Act for the relief of John Fogle

    Act 59 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

61. Act to annul the marriage of Michael Kapp, Junior, and Catharine his wife

    Act 60 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

62. Act for the relief of the heirs of James Armstrong, deceased

    Act 61 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

63. Act to repeal certain acts therein mentioned, relative to intrusion on lands in Luzerne and other counties within this commonwealth, and for other purposes

    Act 62 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

64. Act to improve the breed of sheep in certain counties of this commonwealth - amend - extend to the counties of Chester, Beaver, Butler, Mercer, Venango, Crawford, Somerset and Allegheny

    Act 63 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

65. Act for dividing certain counties of this commonwealth into districts for the appointment of justices of the peace

    Act 64 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

66. Act to regulate the general elections, within this commonwealth - amend - as respects the city of Philadelphia

    Act 65 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

67. Act for the relief of sundry persons who furnished provisions and other necessaries for those volunteers who marched to the relief of the frontiers of the state of Ohio

    Act 66 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

68. Act releasing to Rebecca Reed the right of this commonwealth to a certain escheated estate

    Act 67 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

69. Act providing for the inspection of spirituous liquors

    Act 68 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

70. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, at the Great Bend, where the ferry is now kept, opposite the houses of Abraham Dubois and Sylvanus Hatch, in the district of Willingborough and county

    Act 69 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

71. Act releasing to Melshey Patton the right of this commonwealth to a certain escheated estate

    Act 70 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

72. Act to incorporate the town of Gettysburg in the county of Adams - amend - burgesses and other borough officers to continue until the next annual election; manner of filling vacancies; duties of road and street commissioners

    Act 71 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

73. Act for the sale of vacant lands within this commonwealth - amend - warrant holder

    Act 72 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

74. Act for the sale of the residue of the reserve tract of land at the mouth of Big Beaver creek

    Act 73 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

75. Act providing for the payment of the detachment of militia which marched to the defence of Elkton in Maryland

    Act 74 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

76. Act to enable the purchasers at sheriffs or coroners sales to obtain possession - amend - persons in possession under defendants to have benefits

    Act 75 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

77. Act for the relief of Henry Lutz, Michael Langenback and George Bieghy, old soldiers

    Act 76 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

78. Act granting relief to Thomas Butts, William Russel, Henry Breneman, and John Gilbert, soldiers

    Act 77 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

79. Act authorizing the governor to appoint commissioners to review a road laid out from John Campbell's bridge, in Huntingdon county, by Sinkey's Gap, to intersect the public road in Kishacoquillis valley in Mifflin county

    Act 78 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

80. Act divorcing John Rose, and Martha his wife, from the bonds of matrimony

    Act 79 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

81. Act to enable the governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company for making an artificial road by the best and nearest route from Waterford, in the county of Erie, through Meadville and Franklin to the river Susquehanna, at or near the mouth of

    Act 80 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

82. Act for the relief of James O'Hara, an old soldier

    Act 81 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

83. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from the Valley Forge, in Montgomery county, to intersect the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road, at or near the eight mile stone

    Act 82 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

84. Act for the relief of Elizabeth Harkins

    Act 83 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

85. Act for the consolidation and amendment of the laws as far as they respect the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, and township of the Northern Liberties - amend - duties of garnishee; guardians to receive the rents; managers to c

    Act 84 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

86. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from the Harrisburg bridge to the head of the York and Conewago canal turnpike road

    Act 85 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

87. Act for erecting the town of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland into a borough, for regulating the buildings, preventing nuisances and encroachments on the commons, squares, streets, lanes and alleys of the same, and for other purposes - amend - name a

    Act 86 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

88. Act establishing an academy in the borough of Northampton, in Lehigh county and granting a sum of money thereto

    Act 87 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

89. Act for acknowledging and recording of deeds - amend - power of acknowledging deeds extended to aldermen and justices of the peace

    Act 88 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

90. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company, for making a turnpike road from the Harrisburg bridge to Berlin in Adams county

    Act 89 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

91. Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making a canal and lock navigation on the waters of the river Susquehanna near Harrisburg

    Act 90 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

92. Act for re-establishing the charter of the Second Presbyterian church in the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned - amend - articles of separation of the church; trustees authorized to convey real estate; may hold property

    Act 91 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

93. Act for the relief of Henry M'Ewen and Jacob Rosenstelle, old soldiers

    Act 92 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

94. Act to erect the towns of Bellefonte and Smithfield in Centre county into a borough, and to repeal the act heretofore passed incorporating the borough of Bellefonte

    Act 93 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

95. Act for the relief of John Robison and Alexander M'Curdy, old soldiers

    Act 94 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

96. Act concerning the borough of Reading - amend - certain officers to be chosen for the borough of Reading

    Act 95 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

97. Act for the election of an additional constable in the borough of Chambersburg in Franklin county

    Act 96 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

98. Act to authorize the governor to appoint commissioners to lay out certain roads therein mentioned and for other purposes - amend - commissioners to be appointed; court to direct the opening of the road

    Act 97 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

99. Act regulating banks

    Act 98 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text

100. Acts for the inspection of butter, and hogs lard, intended for exportation - amend - kegs to be branded; inspectors duty and compensation; importation

     Act 99 of 1814 · 1814 · Original text