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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.

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2,121 laws of the 1830s

Constitution of 1790

  1. Authorising a temporary loan for the continuance of the Pennsylvania Canal and Rail-road

    Act Act 0001 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  2. For the relief of John Breitigam, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0002 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  3. Act enabling a committee appointed by the court of common pleas of Westmoreland county, to sell and convey the real estate of Catharine Waldour, a lunatic - amend - James Irwin invested with powers; disposal of purchase money

    Act Act 0003 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  4. Authorising the citizens of the town of Henrysburg, in the county of Centre, to levy tax on real property, for the purpose of keeping in repair the pipes conveying the water to said town

    Act Act 0004 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  5. For the relief of John Warren, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0005 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  6. To authorise James Hughes, Boyd Mercer and Joseph Harris, guardians of certain minor children therein mentioned, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act Act 0006 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  7. To relinquish the purchase money and interest due the commonwealth, on a certain piece of land in Berks county, to the Hill Church

    Act Act 0007 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  8. Authorising loans from certain banks

    Act Act 0008 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  9. Act to encourage the destruction of foxes and wild cats - amend - extended to Bradford, Huntingdon, Indiana and Mercer counties

    Act Act 0009 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  10. For the relief of Janet Mathison, the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0010 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  11. Act to authorise the Governor to incorporate a company to make a lock navigation on the river Schuylkill - amend - powers extended for 15 yrs.; publishing dividends; provisions relative to damages

    Act Act 0011 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  12. For dividing the city of Pittsburg into four wards, and providing for the choice of judges of the general elections, and other purposes

    Act Act 0012 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  13. Extending the time for closing the concerns of the bank of Washington

    Act Act 0013 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  14. Authorising the laying out of a state road from Connellsville, in Fayette county, to intersect the Mount Pleasant and Robbstown turnpike, at or near the commencement of the graded road leading to Larimer's, in Westmoreland county

    Act Act 0014 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  15. Act authorising the laying out of certain state roads - amend - time extended

    Act Act 0015 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  16. Establishing an academy at Le Raysville, Pike township, in the county of Bradford

    Act Act 0016 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  17. Authorising the laying out of a state road from Petersburg, on the national road, in Somerset county, to Connelsville, in Fayette county

    Act Act 0017 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  18. For the relief of Jacob Shrite, a soldier of the revolution, and for other purposes

    Act Act 0018 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  19. Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Pittsburg and Birmingham turnpike road company

    Act Act 0019 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  20. Relative to the duties of supervisors of public highways, in the counties of Northumberland, Centre, Venango, Beaver, Crawford and Mercer, and for the election of township auditors in certain counties

    Act Act 0020 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  21. Sanctioning the loan of one hundred and six thousand dollars, made by the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Banks and Columbia Bridge Company, for canal and rail-road purposes

    Act Act 0021 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  22. Declaring Little Mahoning creek and Spring creek public highways

    Act Act 0022 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  23. For the relief of Henry Schatz, a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0023 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  24. Declaring East Sandy creek and Big Hickory creek, public highways

    Act Act 0024 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  25. For the relief of James Peyton and others, soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0025 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  26. Declaring certain parts of the east branch of Oil creek and Kenjua creek, public highways

    Act Act 0026 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  27. Authorising the Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Harrisburg to elect an additional number of vestry-men

    Act Act 0027 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  28. Act authorising the Governor to incorporate the Mill creek and Mine-Hill navigation and rail-road company - amend - rate of toll; connecting lateral rail-roads

    Act Act 0028 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  29. Act affording immediate relief to Michael Mullen, and granting him an annuity - amend - Robert Nixon to receive annuity

    Act Act 0029 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  30. For the relief of John King

    Act Act 0030 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  31. Extending the provisions of the lien laws to the plumbers of the city and county of Philadelphia

    Act Act 0030 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  32. Act to amend and consolidate with its supplements, the act for the recovery of debts and demands not exceeding one hundred dollars, before a justice of the peace, and for the election of constables and for other purposes - amend - constables may appoint

    Act Act 0031 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  33. Act securing to mechanics and others payment for their labor and materials, in erecting any house or other building, within the city and county of Philadelphia - amend - extending to the borough of Easton, Northampton county

    Act Act 0032 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  34. To declare the marriage of Mary Blakeney with John Brown lawful, and to divorce the said Mary from William Blakeney

    Act Act 0033 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  35. Regulating tin and clock pedlars

    Act Act 0034 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  36. Relative to the accounts of supervisors of highways and overseers of the poor, in Susquehanna and Luzerne counties

    Act Act 0035 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  37. Relative to the duties of supervisors, and the election of township auditors, in Huntingdon and Warren counties

    Act Act 0036 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  38. 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 - ame

    Act Act 0037 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  39. For the relief of sundry soldiers, and Mary Magdalen Nicholas, widow of a soldier of the revolution

    Act Act 0038 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  40. To establish an academy in the town of Dundaff, in the county of Susquehanna, and for other purposes

    Act Act 0039 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  41. To annul the marriage contract between Joseph Walter and Catharine his wife

    Act Act 0040 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  42. To prevent the issuing of bank notes of a certain amount

    Act Act 0041 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  43. To incorporate the Penn's Creek navigation company

    Act Act 0042 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  44. Authorising the Auditor General to settle the accounts of Matthew Stanley, late inspector of the second brigade, third division, Pennsylvania militia

    Act Act 0043 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  45. Act to incorporate the district of Spring Garden - amend - election and term of commissioners; extended to Moyamensing

    Act Act 0044 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  46. Act to enable the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from Jersey Shore, in the county of Lycoming, to Coudersport, in the county of Potter - amend - Potter county may take stock

    Act Act 0045 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  47. Relative to the discharge of mortgages filed in the Land Office

    Act Act 0046 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  48. Authorising the stockholders to close the concerns of the Westmoreland Bank of Pennsylvania

    Act Act 0047 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  49. Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Shippenville and Emlenton turnpike road company

    Act Act 0048 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  50. To enable Henry Russel, of Greene county, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act Act 0049 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  51. To legitimate Province M'Cormick

    Act Act 0050 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  52. For the relief of certain county treasurers

    Act Act 0051 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  53. Relative to the election of constables in certain townships in the counties of Cumberland and Perry

    Act Act 0052 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  54. Act relative to the patenting of lands - amend - relating to interest

    Act Act 0053 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  55. To authorise the president and managers of the Ridge Turnpike to grant to the corporation of Spring Garden, so much of the Ridge Turnpike as lies within the district of Spring Garden, upon the conditions hereinafter specified, and for other purposes - ena

    Act Act 0054 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  56. Act for the prevention of vice and immorality, and for lawful gaming, and restraining disorderly sports and dissipation - amend - penalty on cock fighting

    Act Act 0055 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  57. To incorporate the Fire Insurance Company of Northampton county

    Act Act 0056 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  58. To authorise a loan to defray the expenses of the Pennsylvania canal and rail road, and to continue for a further time "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of Pennsylvania, " and for other purposes

    Act Act 0057 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  59. To incorporate the Philipsburg and Juniata Rail-road Company

    Act Act 0058 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  60. To authorise the Governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the Monongahela river

    Act Act 0059 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  61. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Lebanon

    Act Act 0060 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  62. Incorporating the town of Wellsborough into a borough

    Act Act 0061 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  63. Relative to constables in Susquehanna and Beaver counties

    Act Act 0062 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  64. Act to protect the public in the full benefit and enjoyment of the works constructed for the purposes of inland navigation - amend - weight of boats and cargoes; settlement of disputes between lock-keepers and boatmen; rope guard; bow light; no socket pol

    Act Act 0063 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  65. Granting a gratuity to Captain William Morrow

    Act Act 0064 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  66. Act to incorporate the Kensington District of the Northern Liberties - amend - paving debts a lien on real estate; elect additional constables

    Act Act 0065 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  67. Act to authorise the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road by the nearest and best route, through the counties of Wayne and Luzerne, beginning at the river Delaware, where the proposed bridge is to be built, near the town of Milf

    Act Act 0066 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  68. To authorise the Governor to incorporate the president, managers and company of the Indiana and Kiskiminetas turnpike road

    Act Act 0067 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  69. Act to regulate the general elections within this commonwealth - amend - as relates to the county of Crawford

    Act Act 0068 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  70. For the relief of Jesse Smith, of Bradford county

    Act Act 0069 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  71. For the relief of Catherine Cryder and Elizabeth Budding, widows of revolutionary soldiers

    Act Act 0070 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  72. Making further appropriations for canals and roads

    Act Act 0071 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  73. Extending the time of holding the courts of common pleas in Bradford county, and changing the time of holding the courts in Tioga, M'Kean and Potter counties

    Act Act 0072 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  74. For the relief of Samuel Gibson and William Riddles, late supervisors of Nippenose township, in the county of Lycoming, and John Vanhorn, late supervisor of Perry township, Jefferson county

    Act Act 0073 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  75. For the relief of Andrew Stough and other soldiers, and Sarah Lebo, the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0074 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  76. Act to endow the House of Refuge, and for other purposes - amend - annual appropriation increased

    Act Act 0075 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  77. Act to enable the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road, by the best and nearest route, from the borough of Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland, to the borough of Reading, in the county of Berks - amend - company of officers

    Act Act 0076 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  78. Act to authorise the Governor to incorporate the Columbia, Washington and Port Deposit road company, in Lancaster county, the Monongahela and Coal Hill turnpike road company, in the county of Allegheny, and the Mount Pleasant free road company in the

    Act Act 0077 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  79. Relative to the state road between Greersburg, in Beaver county, and the Ohio state line, in the direction of Petersburg

    Act Act 0078 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  80. To authorise the commissioners of Potter, Allegheny and Lancaster counties, to perform certain acts therein named, and for appointing trustees of the estate of James Decker, of Luzerne county, a maniac

    Act Act 0079 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  81. To enable Mary Hamilton, widow of James Hamilton, late of Cumberland county, deceased, Alexander Hamilton, a son of said deceased, who is of full age, and Mary Hamilton and James Given, guardians of the minor children of the said deceased, to sell certain

    Act Act 0080 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  82. For the relief of Martin Miller, a soldier of the revolution

    Act Act 0081 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  83. For the relief of Sophia App, widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0082 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  84. For the relief of sundry soldiers of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0083 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  85. For the relief of Frederick Burkhart, a soldier of the revolution

    Act Act 0084 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  86. For the relief of the heirs of Paul Bonnel, a soldier of the revolution

    Act Act 0085 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  87. For the relief of John Weller, a soldier, and Rosanna Shelly, the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war

    Act Act 0086 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  88. For the relief of Sarah Smith and Catharine Stengle, widows of revolutionary soldiers

    Act Act 0087 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  89. 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 - power of court of quarter sessions

    Act Act 0088 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  90. For regulating hawkers and pedlars

    Act Act 0089 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  91. Act to authorise the Governor to incorporate the Juniata bridge company, in the county of Huntingdon - amend - extend time for completing the Abington and Waterford turnpike road

    Act Act 0090 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  92. To authorise the Governor to incorporate the Armagh and Conemaugh turnpike road company

    Act Act 0091 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  93. To incorporate a company for making a turnpike road, from Honesdale to the Belmont and Easton turnpike, or the Milford and Owego turnpike, within two miles of Clarksville, in Wayne county

    Act Act 0092 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  94. Directing re-payment of loans from certain banks

    Act Act 0093 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  95. Authorising the supervisors of East Huntingdon township, in Westmoreland county, to assess and collect certain taxes

    Act Act 0094 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  96. To enable Molton C. Rogers and Nathaniel W. Sample, junior, guardians of the minor children of Jasper Slaymaker, deceased, to sell and convey their interest in certain real estate

    Act Act 0095 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  97. To legitimate Harison Ely, son of Cornelius Ely

    Act Act 0096 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  98. To enable Jacob Mawrer and Daniel Levan, guardians of the minor children of Henry Kline, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act Act 0097 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  99. Act relating to collateral inheritances - amend - per centage allowed county treasurers

    Act Act 0098 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

  100. To organize the provisional county of Jefferson for judicial purposes

    Act Act 0099 of 1830 · 1830 · Original text

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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.