The Pennsylvania Register
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.
3,241 laws of the 1840s
Constitution of 1838
For the benefit of Bridget Trucks
Act 80 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the incorporation of a company to erect a bridge over the Kiskiminetas river, at or near Warren, Armstrong county
Act 81 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the river Schuylkill, at or near Phoenixville, in the county of Chester
Act 82 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Charter of the borough of York - amend - election of burgesses; taxes; width of pavements; vacancies; paving and improving; suspicious persons; turnpikes in the borough
Act 83 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to enable to Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the Springhouse tavern, in Montgomery county, and thence to the borough of Northampton, in the county of Lehigh, and to the town of Bethlehem, in the county of
Act 84 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To confer the rights of legitimacy on William Fredrick Myer, Julius Albert Beck, Henry Swink, Catharine Swink, and James Taylor
Act 85 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the claim of Patrick O'Hagan
Act 86 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the river Schuylkill, at Birdsborough, in the county of Berks
Act 87 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to public roads in Westmoreland and Beaver counties
Act 88 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To appropriate certain unseated land taxes, in the county of Bradford
Act 89 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relating to public schools in the borough of Kutztown, in the county of Berks
Act 90 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act relating to the lien of mechanics, and others, on buildings - amend - extended to the county of Northampton
Act 91 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the claim of Jason L. Fennimore
Act 92 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to change the name of a volunteer corps in Monroe county, from Democratic Guards to Independent Guards
Act 93 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the society of the Methodist Episcopal church of the borough of Dillsburg, in the county of York, with power to sell certain real estate
Act 94 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Incorporating the borough of Frankfort Springs, in Beaver county
Act 95 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act supplementary to an act relative to the organization of courts of justice - repeal
Act 96 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Making an appropriation for the repairs of the canals and railroads belonging to this commonwealth
Act 97 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Giving out for a term of years, all the public printing and binding of the commonwealth to the lowest bidder, with ample security for performance
Act 98 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Mutual insurance company of Lancaster and York counties
Act 99 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the governor to incorporate the Little Saw Mill Run turnpike road company, in Allegheny county
Act 100 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the trustees of Susanna Sigman, wife of Abraham Sigman, junior, to sell and convey certain real estate
Act 101 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Beaver Meadow railroad and coal company - amend - annual meeting; forfeiture of stock; rights, privileges, and restrictions
Act 102 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Authorizing the committee of Jacob K. Landis to purchase real estate
Act 103 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Authorizing the trustees of St. John the Baptist's Female academy to sell and convey a certain house and lot
Act 104 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Authorizing the sale of a certain lot and school house thereon in the township of Swatara, in the county of Dauphin
Act 105 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Changing the mode and manner of appointing collectors of taxes in the county of Lehigh
Act 106 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Fayette county mutual fire insurance company
Act 107 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize Mary M'Clenachan to sell and convey certain real estate
Act 108 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act authorizing the mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city of Pittsburg, to re-build or repair the aqueduct over the Allegheny river at said city - amend - power to collect tolls; repair aqueduct; tax; regulations
Act 109 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize certain proceedings in the court of common pleas of Philadelphia county, and the sale of certain real estate
Act 110 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act incorporating the Bear Mountain railroad company - amend - capital increased
Act 111 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act authorizing the laying out of certain state roads, and for other purposes - repeal - as relates to a certain state road leading from Allentown, in Lehigh county, to West Chester, in Chester county, and for other purposes
Act 112 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To alter the boundary lines of the borough of Orwigsburg
Act 113 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the governor to incorporate a company to erect a toll bridge over the river Susquehanna, at Pittston Ferry, in Luzerne county
Act 114 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Oregon fur company
Act 115 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Incorporating the trustees of the Western theological seminary of the Presbyterian church of the United States of America, at the city of Allegheny, in the state of Pennsylvania
Act 116 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of Ezekiel Daniels, and Candace, his wife
Act 117 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the adjutant general to furnish the Goshenhoppen Dragoons with arms
Act 118 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Spring Garden fire insurance company of the county of Philadelphia - amend - incorporation; surplus; powers; amount of certificates limited; liability; insurances
Act 119 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of Henry A. Boteler and Sophia, his wife
Act 120 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To annul the marriage of John Mang and Maria Mang
Act 121 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of William Leonard and Ann Elizabeth Leonard
Act 122 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Further supplement to an act to regulate fisheries in the river Susquehanna and its branches - repeal
Act 123 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act concerning a certain trial for murder in Cambria county - amend - one of the judges of supreme court to hold oyer and terminer in Cambria county; indictment to be tried in Huntingdon county; costs
Act 124 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to sheriffs' deeds
Act 125 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Declaring Babb's creek, in the county of Tioga, and Wallis' run, in Lycoming county, public highways
Act 126 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the sale and conveyance of certain real estate
Act 127 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to wolves and panthers in the counties of Clearfield and Centre, and for other purposes
Act 128 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Northern mutual insurance company of Lancaster county
Act 129 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the additional town of Warren, in the county of Armstrong, to sell and convey certain real estate
Act 130 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Allegheny county mutual insurance company
Act 131 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Edenburg, Mercer county, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes
Act 132 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Tioga mutual insurance company - amend - election made valid
Act 133 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relating to taxes on real estate in the county of Allegheny
Act 134 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize Jonathan Newmyer and Benjamin Shallenborger, executors of the last will and testament of John Pippit, deceased, late of Bullskin township, Fayette county, to sell real estate
Act 135 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act authorizing the laying out and locating a state road from the borough of Elizabethtown, in Allegheny county, to the borough of Brownsville, in Fayette county, and for other purposes - amend - powers extended to Bradford, Potter and Tioga counties;
Act 136 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the governor to incorporate the Hollidaysburg and Bennington railroad and mining company
Act 137 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Monroe county mutual fire insurance company
Act 138 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon railroad company - amend - letter patent confirmed; location and construction; tolls; prohibition; power to enter upon lands; legislative reservation
Act 139 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the president and directors of the Bank of Pennsylvania to reduce the capital of said bank
Act 140 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the Lackawaxen, at or near Paupack eddy, in the county of Wayne - amend - commencement limited; commissioners
Act 141 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the narrowing of Girard avenue, in Penn township, county of Philadelphia
Act 142 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Providing for the service of process on the commonwealth, in case of proceedings to perpetuate testimony
Act 143 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the publication of certain notices of the sheriff and commissioners, in the German language, in Northumberland county
Act 144 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Acts relating to orphans' courts - amend - partition of estates
Act 145 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the Lehigh coal and navigation company
Act 146 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Authorizing Benjamin Jones, junior, trustee of the children of Thomas Ash, deceased, to mortgage real estate, and for other purposes
Act 147 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the executors of David Wolmer, deceased, to sell and convey a certain ground rent
Act 148 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Extending the time for the completion of the Hollidaysburg and Bedford turnpike road
Act 149 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To provide for the election of directors of the Columbia Bank and Bridge company, and the Moyamensing Bank
Act 150 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act relating to elections of this commonwealth - amend - assessors in Bradford, Wyoming, Tioga, Susquehanna, Wayne, Montgomery and Clinton counties; Crawford county
Act 152 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To authorize the Practical house carpenters' society of the city and county of Philadelphia, to hold a certain amount of real estate
Act 153 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To provide for the education of the deaf mutes of this commonwealth
Act 154 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
For the relief of Peter Hess, and others, recently of Fayette county, Pennsylvania
Act 155 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act incorporating the Delaware mutual safety insurance company - amend - surplus certificates; insurance
Act 156 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate Emanuel church, Holmesburg, in the county of Philadelphia
Act 157 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Providing for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor of the city of Allegheny
Act 158 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relating to roads, highways and bridges in the counties of Warren, Venango and M'Kean, and for other purposes
Act 159 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relating to certain volunteer companies
Act 160 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To annul the marriage contract of Robert Barton and Caroline, his wife
Act 161 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To establish a new judicial district, composed of the counties of Schuylkill, Carbon and Monroe
Act 162 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act authorizing Alexander Crow to collect outstanding tax in Springhill township, Fayette county, and for other purposes
Act 163 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
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 - change of location; tolls; Chambersburg and Bedford turnpike road co
Act 164 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the Trustees of the Theological seminary of the German Reformed church in the United States, now located at Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania
Act 165 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Cumberland Valley mutual protection company of Dickinson township, Cumberland county - amend - powers, privileges and restrictions
Act 166 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relating to the high constable of the borough of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne
Act 167 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To legalize the marriage of Roman F. Brunson and Fanny J. Brunson, and to legitimate their children
Act 168 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Regulating election districts
Act 169 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To enable Shubael Dimock, executor of the estate of Simon Marcy, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate
Act 170 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Doylestown and Danborough turnpike road company - amend - vacancy; toll
Act 171 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Farmer's mutual fire insurance society of Warminster, in Bucks county - amend - insurance rates
Act 172 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Relative to the claim of Hathorn Freeland, and for other purposes
Act 173 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To prevent the destruction of insectiverous birds and game, in the counties of Philadelphia, Northampton, Bucks, Lancaster, Dauphin and Luzerne
Act 174 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to incorporate the Luthersburg and Punxatawney turnpike road company, and for other purposes - amend - Lancaster and Litiz turnpike road company; commissioners; location; tolls
Act 175 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To incorporate the Mercantile beneficial association of Philadelphia
Act 176 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
For the relief of John A. Smith, and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars
Act 177 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act to compel the supervisors of the unincorporated district of Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, to give security, and for other purposes - amend - Nescopeck bridge company, and Berwick hydraulic company separated; stock certificates; ra
Act 178 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor for the county of Lehigh
Act 179 of 1844 · 1844 · Original text
Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Schuylkill valley navigation and railroad company - amend - additional stock; location and width of railway; rights and privileges; toll; extension of road
Act 180 of 1844 · 1844 · 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.