Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,683 laws of the 1820s

Constitution of 1790

1. An act appointing a trustee of certain trust estates and property of Ann Penn Greenleaf, wife of James Greenleaf

   Act 148 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

2. An act authorising the Orphans' Court of the county of Philadelphia to empower John Willis, the trustee of John Lockhart and Elizabeth Lockhart, to dispose of certain real estate in the county of Philadelphia

   Act 149 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

3. An act appropriating a sum of money for the erection of a bridge across the Conodoguinnet creek, in Cumberland county

   Act 150 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

4. An act to authorise the trustees under the last will of James Lyle, deceased, to make investments of his estate

   Act 151 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

5. An act to enable the Governor to appoint a Notary Public in the district of Spring Garden, in the county of Philadelphia, and for other purposes

   Act 152 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

6. An act appropriating a sum of money in aid of the erection of a bridge over Stony creek, being the line between Somerset and Cambria counties

   Act 153 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

7. An act to empower James Cummins, guardian of the minor children of Thomas Acheson, to execute a deed

   Act 154 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

8. An act for the relief of Christopher Sype, a soldier of the revolutionary war

   Act 155 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

9. An act for the relief of the lineal heirs of David Bell, a soldier of the revolutionary war

   Act 156 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

10. An act repealing so much of the act of sixth February, seventeen hundred and thirty, as relates to cooper shops within the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 157 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

11. An act authorising the governor to incorporate the Faulkner swamp and Berks county turnpike road company

    Act 158 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

12. An act to incorporate the owners and occupiers of the Wicacoa and Moyamensing Meadows, in the county of Philadelphia, for the sole purpose of keeping the banks, dams, sluices and flood gates in repair, and to raise a fund to defray the expenses thereof -

    Act 159 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

13. An act relative to certain public landings and wharves, in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia county, vested in the commissioners of the incorporated district of the Northern Liberties

    Act 160 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

14. An act appropriating a sum of money for opening and improving that part of the state road from Smethport, in M'Kean county, in a western direction to the western line of the state, which lies in the county of Crawford , and appropriating certain depreciat

    Act 161 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

15. An act authorising Peter Kafroth and Christian Carpenter, executors of the last will and testament of Jacob Kafroth, deceased, and the said Peter Kafroth as trustee under the last will and testament of Catharine Greider, deceased, to purchase real estate

    Act 162 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

16. An act for the better regulation of the city of Lancaster, and relative to the repair of the public bridges in Lancaster county

    Act 163 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

17. An act granting authority to purchase real estate with certain moneys of Samuel Dickson M'Cloy a minor, and authorising the guardian of John Evans, a minor, to purchase certain real estate

    Act 164 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

18. An act for the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, and granting relief to Martin Weaver, administrator of the estate of John Baldy, deceased

    Act 165 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

19. An act erecting the towns of Allegheny, Birmingham, Franklin and Northumberland into boroughs, and to give effect to the act incorporating the borough of Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster

    Act 166 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

20. An act regulating Election Districts and for other purposes

    Act 167 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

21. An act authorising the sale and conveyance of certain real estate

    Act 168 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

22. An act to incorporate the Orwigsburg rail road company

    Act 169 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

23. A further supplement to an Act to authorise the governor to incorporate a company to make a lock navigation on the east branch of the river Schuylkill, called the Little Schuylkill - amend - make a rail road in lieu of a canal; tolls; time extended; rail

    Act 170 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

24. A supplement to an Act authorising the governor to incorporate the Schuylkill valley navigation company - amend - make a rail road in lieu of a canal; tolls; time extended; rail road not to obstruct any public road; causeways to be made for accommodation

    Act 171 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

25. A supplement to an Act to incorporate the Danville and Pottsville rail road company - amend - commissioners to receive subscriptions of stock; route of rail road; charge toll; time extended; make branch rail roads

    Act 172 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

26. An act to authorise John Towers, to erect a bridge over the canal and river Schuylkill, at a town called Manayunk, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 173 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

27. An act for the relief of sundry soldiers, and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 174 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

28. An act authorising the stockholders of the Schuylkill Falls bridge company to sell and convey the property of the said company, and for other purposes

    Act 175 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

29. An act to provide for making and keeping in repair the public roads and highways of the township of Blockley, in the county of Philadelphia, and for other purposes

    Act 176 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

30. An act authorising the executors of Peter Dreher, of Schuylkill county, deceased to sell certain real estate

    Act 177 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

31. A supplement to an Act to compel assignees to settle their accounts, and for other purposes - amend - notice in newspapers; courts to issue citation to assignee; assignees to file an inventory; accounts excepted to may be referred to auditors

    Act 178 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

32. A supplement to an Act enabling certain trustees to sell and convey the real estate of Henry Stratler, a lunatic - amend - Mordecai Moore, of Tioga county, appointed trustee

    Act 179 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

33. An act to facilitate the recovery of debts due by incorporated companies

    Act 180 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

34. An act to vest in Isaac Angney, junior, and Jane his wife formerly Jane Huston, the right of this commonwealth to the estate of Jonathan Huston, of Cumberland county

    Act 181 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

35. An act to annul the marriage contract of Henry Heihl and Rosa his wife

    Act 182 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

36. An act to provide for payment of the expenses attending the trial of the issues upon the charter of the Harrisburg canal, Fire Insurance, and Water company

    Act 183 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

37. An act authorising a temporary loan

    Act 184 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

38. A supplement to an Act establishing a bank in the borough of Erie, in the county of Erie, and for other purposes - amend - stockholders of Erie bank may choose directors

    Act 185 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

39. A supplement to an Act to enable the governor to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from the northern termination of the York and Conewago turnpike road, to the west end of the Harrisburg bridge, and to legalize a certain election held by Belle

    Act 186 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

40. A supplement to an Act to alter the Judiciary system of this commonwealth - amend - extended to judges of district court of Lancaster and York counties

    Act 187 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

41. An act to authorise the appointment of commissioners to take the acknowledgement of deeds and instruments of writing underseal

    Act 188 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

42. An act declaring Little Toby's creek, Black Lick creek, Little Oil creek, and Clark's creek, public highways

    Act 189 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

43. AN act making further appropriations to the erection of a Penitentiary in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 190 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

44. An act relative to the District Court of Dauphin county

    Act 191 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

45. A supplement to an Act to remedy the destruction and loss of the records, of the county of Erie - amend - extended for five years

    Act 192 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

46. An act to prevent the failure of trusts, to provide for the settlement of accounts of trustees and for other purposes

    Act 193 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

47. An act making appropriation to defray certain expenses of government

    Act 194 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

48. An act to enable the Hebrew congregation known by the name and style of Kaal Kadosh Mickve Israel, of the city of Philadelphia, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to lease on ground rent a lot of ground in the city of Philadelphia belonging to said cong

    Act 195 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

49. An act to enable the controllers of the public schools, for the city and county of Philadelphia, and the commissioners of said county, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 196 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

50. An act to provide for the registering certain wills and bonds in the Register's Office, in Westmoreland county, and in the city and county of Philadelphia, and validating certain records in the county of Lancaster

    Act 197 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

51. A supplement to an Act for the better regulation of the city of Lancaster, and relative to the repair of the public bridges in Lancaster county - amend - proceedings for ascertaining the damages sustained by the owner

    Act 198 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

52. A supplement to an Act for the relief of the creditors of the Harrisburg, Carlisle and Chambersburg turnpike road, and for divers other purposes - amend - court of common pleas of Cumberland county to distribute money; time for completion of bridge extend

    Act 199 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

53. An act for the relief of James Sawyer, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 200 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

54. An act to authorise the Sandy and Beaver canal company, to extend a canal into Pennsylvania

    Act 201 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

55. An act declaring the Tunuangwant creek a public highway

    Act 202 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

56. An act relative to the state road leading from Landisburg, in Perry county, to Carlisle, in Cumberland county, and granting a sum of money to aid in its completion

    Act 203 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

57. An act declaring the streets, lanes and alleys, in the town of Washington, in Columbia county, public highways

    Act 204 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

58. An act for the relief of George Harman, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 205 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

59. An act for the relief of Everhart Ohl, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 206 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

60. An act for the relief of William Kinsey and Thomas Bodley, soldiers, and Catherine Roberts, widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 207 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

61. A supplement to an Act for the promotion of Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures - amend - extended for 7 years

    Act 208 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

62. A supplement to an Act to alter the judiciary system of this commonwealth - amend - jurisdiction of circuit courts; judges sitting in bank may fix times for holding circuit courts in any county; judges to alternate; share of intestate estate to remain a l

    Act 209 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

63. A supplement to an Act authorising the governor to incorporate the Susquehanna and Delaware canal and rail road company - amend - Daniel Stroud appointed a commissioner; when letters patent may issue; purchase lands

    Act 210 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

64. An act authorising the laying out, review and revival, of certain state roads therein mentioned

    Act 211 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

65. A further supplement to an Act for acknowledging and recording of deeds - amend - any release or other instrument in writing being used as evidence

    Act 212 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

66. An act requiring county treasurers to give bonds, with security, to the commonwealth, for the faithful discharge of certain duties, and to repeal certain laws relating to treasures bonds

    Act 213 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

67. An act supplementary to an Act for the regulation of militia of this commonwealth, and the several supplements thereto - amend - election of officers; brigade inspector compensation; election of brigadier general, colonel, etc.; militia laws to be printed

    Act 214 of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

68. Resolutions

    Resolution of 1828 · 1828 · Original text

69. Authorising the executors of Abraham Gross, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 1 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

70. Authorising a loan for the continuance of the Pennsylvania canal and rail-road, and for other purposes

    Act 2 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

71. Act to enable the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road - amend - declaring dividends on stock

    Act 3 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

72. For the relief of Elizabeth Labar and Barbara King, widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, and for the relief of Isaac Gibson, James Francis and George Fisher, soldiers of the revolution

    Act 4 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

73. To remedy the loss of certain dockets and records of the court of common pleas, of the county of Dauphin

    Act 5 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

74. To legitimate Emiline, daughter of Michael M. Gunkle

    Act 6 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

75. To authorise Peter Snyder, executor of Peter Herbein, late of Berks county deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 7 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

76. For the relief of Abraham Smith and Richard Mattox, soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 8 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

77. Act authorising the Governor to incorporate the Schuylkill Valley Navigation Company - amend - shares to be incorporated; officers chosen

    Act 9 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

78. For the relief of Christian Correll, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 10 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

79. Act incorporating the Hanover and Carlisle turnpike road company - amend - vote without stock book

    Act 11 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

80. For the relief of Anna Maria Dornbach, a widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war, and for the relief of Jacob Rittenhouse, a soldier of the revolution

    Act 12 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

81. To enable the trustees of the Presbyterian congregation of the town of Williamsburg, in Huntingdon county, to re-convey a lot of ground to Jacob Ake

    Act 13 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

82. To authorize George Musser, surviving executor of Matthias Young, late of the city of Lancaster, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 14 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

83. Relative to Catharine Weidner

    Act 15 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

84. Relative to the county rates and levies of the county of Union

    Act 16 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

85. Authorising Jacob Funk, one of the surviving members of the Menonist congregation of Northampton county, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 17 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

86. Establishing an academy in the town of Smethsport, in the county of McKean

    Act 18 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

87. Authorising Alexander Miller to make a deed for a certain tract of land in Beaver county

    Act 19 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

88. Act to enable the guardians of the minor children of Thomas J. Paschall and Mary H. Morris, to sell and lease, on improvement, certain land in Schuylkill county - amend - sell estate and interest of wards

    Act 20 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

89. For the relief of Daniel Johnston

    Act 21 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

90. Act to incorporate and endow the Pennsylvania institution for the deaf and dumb - amend - time extended

    Act 22 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

91. Act to erect the town of Milton, in the county of Northumberland, and the town of Butler, in the county of Butler, into boroughs - amend - elect town council and supervisors

    Act 23 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

92. Granting compensation to George Schnell, of the borough of Reading, Berks county

    Act 24 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

93. For erecting Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, in the city of Philadelphia, and St. James' Church, in the same city, into two separate corporations

    Act 25 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

94. To authorise the executors of Margaret Gallaher, deceased, to convey certain real estate

    Act 26 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

95. Authorising James Mustard, junior, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 27 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

96. For the relief of Margaret Gillespie, widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 28 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

97. The law declaring Shearman's creek, in the county of Perry, a public highway - repeal

    Act 29 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

98. For the relief of Mary Mantz, Catharine Burke, and Priscilla Adams, widows of revolutionary soldiers

    Act 30 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

99. For the relief of William McGahey, William Spear and George Goashorn, soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 31 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text

100. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor, in the county of Cumberland

     Act 32 of 1829 · 1829 · Original text