Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,683 laws of the 1820s

Constitution of 1790

1. An act to repeal a part of the second section of the act, entitled "An act to alter and amend the fee bill" - repeal - part of section 2

   Act 3 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

2. A supplement to the act relative to habitual Drunkards - amend - in what case real estate may be mortgaged or sold; notice for sale

   Act 4 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

3. An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act providing for the furnishing of the state capitol, and for other purposes therein mentioned - amend - $7,000 appropriated for furnishing state capitol; $3,000 to be paid Stephen Hills

   Act 5 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

4. An act for the relief of the Orphans' Society of Philadelphia

   Act 6 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

5. An act organizing Clearfield county for judicial purposes

   Act 7 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

6. An act to revive an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Gettysburg, in the county of Adams, and for other purposes

   Act 8 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

7. An act to authorise Magdalen Ewing, widow of John Ewing, deceased, to mortgage his real estate

   Act 9 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

8. An act for the relief of Daniel M'Neil, an old soldier

   Act 10 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

9. A supplement to "An act to erect the town of Bedford, in the county of Bedford, into a borough - amend - authority to appoint collector of taxes

   Act 11 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

10. An act to authorise the regulation of the streets, lanes and alleys within a part of Penn township, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 12 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

11. A supplement to "An act to enable the governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from the Susquehanna river at or near Wright's ferry, to the borough of York - amend - five managers only to be elected

    Act 13 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

12. An act to increase the salaries of the associate judges of the court of common pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia

    Act 14 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

13. A supplement to "An act to authorize the Governor to contract with John Bioren, for printing the sixth volume of the laws of this commonwealth - amend - $600 to be paid in advance

    Act 15 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

14. A supplement to "An act to erect the town of Bridgeport, in the county of Fayette, into a borough - amend - time of holding elections; powers of burgess and town council to appoint a collector of taxes

    Act 16 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

15. An act to enable the administrators of Joseph Ball, deceased, to maintain and defend suits, make conveyances and give releases in certain cases

    Act 17 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

16. An act compensating William Power, of Perry county, for services rendered

    Act 18 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

17. An act to authorise Isaac Leedom, guardian of Harriot Wining, to sell and convey certain real estate therein mentioned

    Act 19 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

18. An act to incorporate the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company

    Act 20 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

19. An act for the removal of such of the assessment lists from the commissioners office of Northumberland county, as refer to the counties of Union and Columbia, to the commissioners office of said counties respectively

    Act 21 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

20. A supplement to "An act concerning contempts of court - amend - powers of the courts

    Act 22 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

21. An act authorising an exemplification of the record for registering negroes, in the county of Washington

    Act 23 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

22. An act authorising the election of an additional constable in the township of Mount Pleasant, in Westmoreland county

    Act 24 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

23. An act for the relief of Molly M'Kolly, for her services during the revolutionary war

    Act 25 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

24. An act to render valid certain judgments irregularly rendered in the county of York

    Act 26 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

25. An act for the relief of William Harbison and Peter Kidd, old soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 27 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

26. An act to authorise the executors of the last will of George Haller, deceased, to sell certain real estate of the testator

    Act 28 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

27. An act authorising the laying out a certain state road from Pennsborough to Danville

    Act 29 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

28. An act for the removal of obstructions from certain navigable streams in the counties of Huntingdon and Centre

    Act 30 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

29. An act to provide for the election of constables in the borough of Strasburg and the village of Manheim, in the county of Lancaster

    Act 31 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

30. A supplement to "An act to enable the Governor to incorporate a company to make an artificial road from the court house, in the borough of Lewistown, to Alexander Reed's, in Kishacoquillas Valley - amend - time extended

    Act 32 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

31. A supplement to "An Act to erect the town of Berlin, in Somerset county, into a borough - amend - time of elections; no failure to elect officers to dissolve corporation

    Act 33 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

32. An act for the relief of sundry soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 34 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

33. An act altering the line dividing the counties of Crawford and Venango

    Act 35 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

34. An act for the relief of Moses Townsend, of Greene county, and Mary Hamilton, of Lancaster county

    Act 36 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

35. An act to authorise the trustees of the German Reformed Congregation in the city of Lancaster, to dispose of certain real estate

    Act 37 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

36. An act authorising a review of part of a state road in Franklin, Huntingdon and Bedford counties, and for other purposes

    Act 38 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

37. A supplement to "An act for the relief of Peter Fricker an old soldier" - amend - annuity to be paid to Jacob Goodman

    Act 39 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

38. An act to incorporate the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

    Act 40 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

39. An act authorising the election of an additional constable in the township of Mead, in the county of Crawford

    Act 41 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

40. An act for the removal of certain actions to Beaver county, which were instituted in Allegheny county, before the division thereof

    Act 42 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

41. An act vesting a title for ten acres and one hundred and fifty-three perches of land, situate in Franklin township, York county, in certain trustees and their successors, for the benefit of the congregation composed of the German Lutheran and Presbyterian

    Act 43 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

42. An act altering the place of holding elections for constables in Bullskin township, Fayette county

    Act 44 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

43. A supplement to "An act to authorise the laying out of a state road from Mount Pleasant, in Westmoreland county, to intersect the national road east of Washington, in Washington county - amend - report of commissioners confirmed; Charles Dehass to be

    Act 45 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

44. An act explanatory of An act supplementary to an act to raise by way of lottery a sum of money for the purchase of a burial ground for the society of Universalists, in the city of Philadelphia, and to pay a debt by them contracted in building a house for

    Act 46 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

45. An act authorising the State Treasurer to pay certain contractors of certain turnpike road companies

    Act 47 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

46. An act for the relief of the estate of William Bingham, deceased

    Act 48 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

47. An act to annul the marriage of John R. Livingston and Eliza his wife

    Act 49 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

48. A supplement to "An act erecting part of Cumberland county into a separate county, to be called Perry" - amend - commissioners appointed to view the sites for the seat of justice; power of county commissioners

    Act 50 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

49. A supplement to "An act to raise and collect county rates and levies - amend - powers of collectors; collector not to sue before aldermen or justice of the peace

    Act 51 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

50. A supplement to "An act for the improvement of the state" - amend - commissioners appointed to view two roads; duties of commissioners; bonds given in more than one county

    Act 52 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

51. An act to remedy defects in selecting jurors in the county of Union

    Act 53 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

52. An act to supply the city of Lancaster with pure water

    Act 54 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

53. An act incorporating the Presbyterian Congregations of Norriton and Lower Providence, in the county of Montgomery

    Act 55 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

54. A further supplement to "An act authorising the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the borough of Harrisburg, through Lewistown and Huntingdon to Pittsburg - amend - when the office of treasurer becomes vacant; accounts

    Act 56 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

55. A supplement to "An Act to authorise 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,

    Act 57 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

56. An act incorporating the town of Lewisburg, in Union county, into a borough

    Act 58 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

57. An act to enable Robert M. Waugh, administrator of William Brown, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate therein mentioned

    Act 59 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

58. A further supplement to "An act to authorise the Governor to contract with John Bioren, for printing the sixth volume of the laws of this Commonwealth - amend - authorised to publish a 7th volume; shall contain an index

    Act 60 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

59. An act to fix the number of Senators and Representatives and form the state into districts, in pursuance of the provisions of the constitution

    Act 61 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

60. An act allowing appeals to the owners of unseated lands, in certain cases therein mentioned

    Act 62 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

61. An act for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of John Dunn, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 63 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

62. A supplement to "An act for the improvement of the state" - amend - commissioners to view two routes; road continued; duty of commissioners; balance of appropriation

    Act 64 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

63. A supplement to "An act granting compensation to John Koons, few tracts of land certified to Connecticut claimants in the seventeen townships of the county of Luzerne - amend - Daniel Shoemaker

    Act 65 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

64. An act for the relief of Frederick Bird, Frederick Wendt and John M'Clain, soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 66 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

65. An act relative to the appropriation made to the Northumberland and Waterford Turnpike Road Companies

    Act 67 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

66. An act to authorise Samuel Bell, of Berks county, to erect a toll bridge over the river Schuylkill at or near his present fording place, and opposite the road known by the name of Lardner's lane

    Act 68 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

67. An act to prevent waste in certain cases within this commonwealth

    Act 69 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

68. An act authorising the laying out a state road from the borough of Kittanning to the city of Pittsburg, and for other purposes

    Act 70 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

69. An act for the relief of Sidney Pendergrass, Deborah M'Coy and Margaret Capple

    Act 71 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

70. An act to regulate the fees of inspection of flour and meal

    Act 72 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

71. An act to confer on John Kenworthy and Mary Kenworthy, the rights and privileges of children born in lawful wedlock

    Act 73 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

72. An act to increase the surety of the Sheriff and Coroner of Columbia, Mifflin and Huntingdon counties

    Act 74 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

73. An act incorporating the German Reformed and German Lutheran congregations of Whitemarsh township, in the county of Montgomery

    Act 75 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

74. An act to repeal "An act directing the county commissioners to transmit copies of the receipts and expenditures of the counties respectively for the use of the Legislature" - repeal

    Act 76 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

75. An act authorising the sale of certain lands belonging to the Commonwealth

    Act 77 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

76. An act to incorporate the trustees of the proprietors of Kingston, in Luzerne county

    Act 78 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

77. An act for the relief of sundry soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 79 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

78. An act for the relief of sundry soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act 80 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

79. An act to repeal so much of "An act declaring certain creeks public highways" - repeal - as declares White Deer Hole creek, a public highway from Stitzel's forge to Samuel Foresman's milldam

    Act 81 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

80. An act to incorporate The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

    Act 82 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

81. An act authorising the Governor to incorporate the Kimberton and Yellow Springs Turnpike company

    Act 83 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

82. A further supplement to "An act to raise and collect county rates and levies" - amend - appeals to be held in commissioners office; if collectors refuse to act, other may be appointed; compensation of the treasurer

    Act 84 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

83. A supplement to "An act to prevent the running of Swine at large" - amend - take up swine for the benefit of the poor

    Act 85 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

84. A supplement to "An act directing the recovery of the principal and interest due to the Commonwealth from persons holding lands by virtue of locations or other office titles, issued from or under the proprietary government, and for other purposes - amend

    Act 86 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

85. An act to enable the trustees of the Lutheran and Calvanist congregation of Trindle's Spring, in Cumberland county, to exchange part of the lands of said congregation

    Act 87 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

86. An act to provide for the education of children at the public expense, within the city and incorporated boroughs of the county of Lancaster

    Act 88 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

87. An act to prevent the destruction of Trout in part of the Big Spring, in Cumberland county

    Act 89 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

88. An act providing for the closing of the concerns of banking institutions

    Act 90 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

89. An act declaring Auchwick, Sidling Hill, Bald Eagle, Stoney, and Sinnemahoning creeks, and a further part of the Little Juniata river, in Huntingdon, Bedford, Somerset, Centre and M'Kean counties, public highways

    Act 91 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

90. An act authorising the commissioners of the counties of Potter and M'Kean, to clear the sites of the seats of justice in said counties

    Act 92 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

91. An act altering the times of holding the courts in the counties of Fayette, Greene and Washington

    Act 93 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

92. An act authorising the administratrix and administrator of the estate of James Lindsey, deceased, to convey certain lots of ground therein described

    Act 94 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

93. An act for the relief of Mary Guyer, widow of Peter Guyer, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act 95 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

94. A supplement to "An act to authorise the Governor to incorporate the president, managers and company of the Philadelphia and Great Bend turnpike road - amend - commissioners to be appointed to view section of 5 miles; erect gates

    Act 96 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

95. An act relative to the Paoli parade ground

    Act 97 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

96. A supplement to "An act for regulating the measurement of Corn and Salt imported into the port of Philadelphia" - amend - fees to be received by the deputies

    Act 98 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

97. An act for the prevention of nuisances in the river Susquehanna

    Act 99 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

98. An act for the relief of Samuel Kelly, an old soldier

    Act 100 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

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

    Act 101 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text

100. An act For the relief of the North Western and Centre Banks of Pennsylvania

     Act 102 of 1822 · 1822 · Original text