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Every law Pennsylvania has passed
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.
2,121 laws of the 1830s
Constitution of 1790
To exempt the Erie Academy, in the borough of Erie, the lot on which it is erected, and all other lots and lands granted to the said academy, from taxation
Act Act 0108 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of the legal heirs and representatives of William Woods
Act Act 0109 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the trustees of Rebecca Eneu to invest moneys of said Rebecca Eneu
Act Act 0110 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Assessing a tax on personal property, to be collected with the county rates and levies, for the use of the commonwealth
Act Act 0111 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To increase the county rates and levies, for the use of the commonwealth
Act Act 0112 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from Bethany to Honesdale
Act Act 0114 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the supervisor of the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal to put in repair a certain road or highway on the south side of the river Lehigh
Act Act 0115 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the repair of the chute in the dam over Penns Creek, at Snyder's mill
Act Act 0116 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Joseph M'Dermot, and others, revolutionary soldiers
Act Act 0117 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the widening of certain streets in the county of Philadelphia
Act Act 0118 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To enlarge the buildings of the State Penitentiary, for the Eastern district, and for other purposes
Act Act 0119 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Erecting the village of Athens, in the county of Bradford, into a borough
Act Act 0120 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of Rudolph Stauffer and Mary his wife
Act Act 0121 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act incorporating the town of Wellsborough into a borough - amend - horses, cattle, sheep or swine running at large
Act Act 0122 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To provide for the erection of a new prison and a debtor's apartment within the city and county of Philadelphia, and for the sale of the county prison in Walnut-street, in said city
Act Act 0123 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the Governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the river Susquehanna, at York Haven
Act Act 0124 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To revive and further to continue an act to encourage the warranting and patenting of lands north and west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny and Conewango Creek
Act Act 0125 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To confirm the proceedings of the several courts in Tioga county, at May term, 1830
Act Act 0126 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
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 counties of Bedford, Cambria, Tioga, and Armstrong
Act Act 0127 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Adam Cramling and Andrew Little, soldiers of the revolution
Act Act 0128 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act to incorporate Loller Academy, in the village of Hatborough, in the county of Montgomery - amend - election for trustees in case of neglect
Act Act 0129 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Kensington district of the Northern Liberties - amend - places of holding general election; time of meetings; qualification of commissioners
Act Act 0130 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to the liens of mechanics, and others
Act Act 0131 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To extend the charter of the bank of the Northern Liberties, and the charter of the Monongahela bank of Brownsville
Act Act 0132 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Directing the Auditor General to settle the accounts of certain collectors of toll and lock keepers, on the Pennsylvania canal
Act Act 0133 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Warren and Ridgeway turnpike road company
Act Act 0134 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising a loan of monies to be invested in the internal improvement fund, to be applied to the payment of repairs, damages, and other demands upon said fund, and for other purposes
Act Act 0135 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Lorberry creek rail-road company
Act Act 0136 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the Governor to incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from the nearest eligible place on the Bethany and Dingman's Choice turnpike, not to exceed four miles from Honesdale, to the Narrows of the Delaware river, at Big Eddy, in Wayn
Act Act 0137 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the Governor to incorporate the president, managers and company of the Bald Eagle, Nittany and Bellefonte turnpike road company
Act Act 0137 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Bald Eagle and Nittany Valley Turnpike and Rail-road Company
Act Act 0139 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to the expenditure of the road taxes in Fayette county, and to appeals from assessments in Crawford, Erie, Warren and Venango counties
Act Act 0140 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To change the name of Samuel Woodcock, of the county of Luzerne, to that of Samuel L. Wood, and to legitimate Samuel Breder, of Northampton county
Act Act 0141 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To confer on Sarah Jones, the rights, privileges and benefits of a child born in lawful wedlock
Act Act 0142 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act authorising the trustees of Nancy Wharton, to sell and convey certain property - amend - Elizabeth and Benjamin Tilghman trustees; investment of proceeds
Act Act 0143 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relating to certain state roads
Act Act 0144 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Lizard creek, Lehigh and Loyalhanna bridge companies and for other purposes
Act Act 0145 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the town of Minersville, in the county of Schuylkill, into a borough
Act Act 0146 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate a company to make a turnpike road, from Williamsport, in Lycoming county, by Spalding's, Troy and South creek, to the New York state line
Act Act 0147 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To establish a Bank at Northumberland, in Northumberland county, and to revive the act incorporating a bank of Lebanon, in Lebanon county
Act Act 0148 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For laying out certain state roads in Schuylkill, Northampton, Butler, Luzerne, Lycoming, Chester and Berks counties, and for other purposes
Act Act 0149 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company
Act Act 0150 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to certain streets and alleys in the city of Pittsburg, and for other purposes
Act Act 0151 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Pennsylvania Fire Company, and the Diligent Fire Engine Company of Philadelphia
Act Act 0152 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To alter the time of holding the courts in Delaware and Schuylkill counties
Act Act 0153 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to the probate of a certain will
Act Act 0154 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the guardian of the minor children of Andrew Cairns, to sell certain real estate
Act Act 0155 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising John Shindle and Henry Wingert, executors of the last will and testament of Peter Shindle to sell and convey certain real estate
Act Act 0156 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the commissioners of Bucks county, to apply certain moneys arising from the tax on dogs, in said county, to county purposes
Act Act 0157 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the auditors of Gibson township, in the county of Clearfield, to settle the account of William Leonard, late a supervisor of Lawrence and Gibson townships, in said county
Act Act 0158 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising Benjamin Martin, under the direction of the orphans' court of Bedford county, to execute a deed to Henry Whilt
Act Act 0159 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of the administrators of John Kendall, deceased, and Isaac Griffith
Act Act 0160 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Fishing creek rail-road company
Act Act 0161 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Concerning the Allentown Academy, in the borough of Northampton, in the county of Lehigh, and for other purposes
Act Act 0162 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to township auditors, in the counties of Montgomery and Chester
Act Act 0163 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To establish a seventeenth judicial district, and for other purposes
Act Act 0164 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Declaring Chester and Ridley creeks, in the county of Delaware, public highways
Act Act 0165 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act to regulate fences, and encourage the raising of swine - repeal - as regards Lycoming county
Act Act 0166 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Abraham Frayer
Act Act 0167 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To erect Youngstown, in the county of Westmoreland, into a borough
Act Act 0168 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act erecting the town of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny, into a borough - amend - separation from township
Act Act 0169 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To alter the boundaries of the borough of Jersey Shore, in the county of Lycoming
Act Act 0170 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of John Santee, a soldier of the revolution
Act Act 0171 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Robert Wright, a soldier of the revolutionary war
Act Act 0172 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the Governor to incorporate the Philadelphia and Delaware county, and Southwark Rail-road companies
Act Act 0173 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Swatara and Good Spring creek rail-road company
Act Act 0174 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Roush creek rail-road company
Act Act 0175 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the trustees of the township and borough of Wilkesbarre, the trustees of the township of Plymouth, and the trustees of the township of Hanover, in the county of Luzerne
Act Act 0176 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Declaring Big Sugar creek, in Venango county, and Muddy creek, in Crawford county, public highways
Act Act 0177 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to the Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike road company
Act Act 0178 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company - amend - time for commencing western section extended
Act Act 0179 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate the Cumberland Valley rail-road company
Act Act 0180 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Providing for the establishment of a general system of education
Act Act 0181 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise Peter Richter to use the towing path side of the Pennsylvania canal, to load and unload property at his store house
Act Act 0182 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising Jacob Kirk, of Lancaster county, to sell and convey certain real estate
Act Act 0183 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising Daniel Esterly, administrator of the estate of Daniel Drenkel, deceased, Catharine Etter, guardian of her five minor children, and Daniel Focht and Daniel A. Bertolet, to sell certain real estate
Act Act 0184 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act to erect Norristown, in Montgomery county, into a borough - amend - members and duties of council; collection of tax; court of appeal; powers of burgess; election and powers of constable; borrow money; sell or rent water
Act Act 0185 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the laying out a state road in Berks and Schuylkill counties
Act Act 0186 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the governor to incorporate the Wyalusing Salt Manufacturing company
Act Act 0187 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of James Underwood and Margaret his wife, David Conyngham and Maria his wife, Philip Bush and Esther his wife, and James Dove and Ann Dorothea his wife
Act Act 0188 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the laying out a graded road from Robbstown, by way of General Markle's mill, Greensburg, and to intersect the Northern turnpike road, at New Alexandria, in Westmoreland county
Act Act 0189 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To incorporate a company to make a free road from Abraham Hays, on the Somerset and Mountpleasant turnpike, to Walthour's, on the Greenburg and Pittsburg turnpike, in the county of Westmoreland
Act Act 0190 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Jacob Galentine, Philip Longstreth and Joshua Napp, soldiers of the revolution
Act Act 0191 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Relative to real estate, and vesting the interest of this commonwealth in escheated estates, in certain persons therein named
Act Act 0192 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road
Act Act 0193 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor, in the county of Schuylkill
Act Act 0194 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To authorise the Governor to incorporate a company, to make a canal navigation round the western abutment of the permanent bridge, over the river Schuylkill, at the city of Philadelphia
Act Act 0195 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To alter an act to erect the town of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill, into a borough; and supplementary to the act incorporating the borough of Lewistown; and also to alter an act authorising the election of a constable, in the borough of Pottsvil
Act Act 0196 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the supervisors of public roads and highways, in Cambria township, in the county of Cambria, to assess and levy an additional road tax, for certain purposes
Act Act 0197 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To provide for defraying certain contingent and other expenses, in the offices of the Auditor General, and Secretary of the Land Office
Act Act 0198 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To enable the Roseburg and Mercer turnpike road company, to collect the subscriptions of stock to said company
Act Act 0199 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of James McNamee
Act Act 0200 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the court of common pleas of the county of Berks, to direct the docket of Adolph Hatzfield, to be delivered to some other justice of the peace, and to appoint a committee to take charge of the property of said Adolph Hatzfield
Act Act 0201 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of Washington College
Act Act 0202 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of John Harman and James Dungan, soldiers, and Mary Albert, the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war
Act Act 0203 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Authorising the supervisors of Saville township, in the county of Perry, to open a certain part of the state road, leading from Landisburg to Mifflintown
Act Act 0204 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
For the relief of John Byers, a soldier of the revolutionary war
Act Act 0205 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of John Weaver, and Catharine his wife
Act Act 0206 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Act for the levy and collection of taxes upon proceedings in courts, and in the offices of register and recorder, and for other purposes - amend - as respects the commissions of the officers of Jefferson county
Act Act 0207 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
Several acts incorporating the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company - amend - laws relative to damages extended to cases where claimants die before settlement; powers vested in executors or administrators
Act Act 0208 of 1831 · 1831 · Original text
By decade
Constitution of 18741874–1967
Constitution of 17761776–1789
- 1780s 567
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.