Every law Pennsylvania has passed

3,241 laws of the 1840s

Constitution of 1838

1. Act to incorporate the Williamsport bridge company, in the county of Lycoming, and for other purposes - amend - election by ballot; number of votes

   Act 190 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

2. Act to erect the town of Mercersburg into a borough - amend - appoint additional officers; additional powers to constable; build lock-up house

   Act 191 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

3. Relative to the claim of James M'Cann and George W. Patton

   Act 192 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

4. Relating to the Mutual family burial ground association of the city and county of Philadelphia

   Act 193 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

5. To incorporate the Philadelphia cemetery company, in Passyunk township, county of Philadelphia

   Act 194 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

6. To attach the county of M'Kean to the western district of the supreme court

   Act 195 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

7. To authorize a state road to be laid out from opposite the store house of Robert Thompson, in Juniata county, to intersect the west end of the bridge at Millerstown, in Perry county, and to widen so much of the Reading road as lies between North Queen

   Act 196 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

8. To vacate Minnow run, in the city of Philadelphia

   Act 197 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

9. Authorizing the qualified voters of the Upper ward, Germantown, Philadelphia county, to elect three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to take charge of the public highways in said ward

   Act 198 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

10. To vest the right of this commonwealth in and to the estate of James Minehart, deceased, in Margaret Minehart

    Act 199 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

11. To confirm the title of Isaac Roach and others, to certain real estate, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 200 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

12. To confirm the title of Charles L. Knauss and James T. Borhek, to certain real estate

    Act 201 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

13. To incorporate the Richboro' and Pineville turnpike road company

    Act 202 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

14. To change the name of Jacob Forney to Jacob Howard Forney

    Act 203 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

15. To annul the marriage contract between Jacob Stehley and Susannah, his wife, and to legitimate Henry and Jacob Stehley

    Act 204 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

16. Relating to laying out certain streets, and erecting market houses, in the borough of Norristown

    Act 205 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

17. To annul the marriage contract between Edwin W. Wiltbank and Elizabeth M. Wiltbank, his wife

    Act 206 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

18. To authorize James Denton and O.N. Salsbury, of the village of Summit Hill, in the county of Carbon, and the burgess and town council of the borough of Tamaqua, in the county of Schuylkill, to provide lock-up houses

    Act 207 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

19. Extending the limits of the borough of Bedford

    Act 208 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

20. Extending the provisions of an act to alter the road laws in the township of Lenox, in the county of Susquehanna, and for other purposes

    Act 209 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

21. To provide for the repairs of the meadow banks upon the Delaware front, in the county of Philadelphia, above the city of Philadelphia, and extending the limits of Richmond district

    Act 210 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

22. To prevent fishing with seines and nets in the French Creek feeder of the Pennsylvania canal

    Act 211 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

23. Requiring the supervisors of Elk and Lancaster counties to give bail

    Act 212 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

24. Authorizing the governor to incorporate the Philadelphia and West Chester turnpike road company

    Act 213 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

25. To incorporate the Dry Ridge and Wills Creek turnpike road company

    Act 214 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

26. To authorize the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven railroad company to extend their railroad into Middle coal field

    Act 215 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

27. Act supplementary to the act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Milesburg and Smethport turnpike road company - amend - road divided into sections; care of Karthause bridge; repair of the Warren and Ridgeway turnpike road

    Act 216 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

28. Relating to interpleading in Berks and Schuylkill counties

    Act 217 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

29. Act for erecting Christ church and Saint Peter's church, in the city of Philadelphia, into separate corporations - amend - in relation to St. Paul's church, in Kittanning, Armstrong county, and to change the name of the Presbyterian congregation of the

    Act 218 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

30. Act to incorporate the town of Perrysville, in the county of Juniata, into a borough - amend - boundary line changed

    Act 219 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

31. To change the name of Charles Mitchell Smith to Charles Mitchell Smith Leslie, that of Christopher List to Charles List, and that of John Boartsenhart to John B. Hart, and that of William Black, Jr. to William Krebs

    Act 220 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

32. Law relating to defaulting public officers - amend - compensation of auditor appointed by the court in Philadelphia; state treasurer to receive state stock in payments of debts

    Act 221 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

33. Act supplementary to the acts relating to hawkers and pedlers and regulating auctions in the county of Schuylkill - amend - extended to Luzerne, Columbia, Monroe, Mercer, and Indiana counties; tin, copper and hollow ware pedlers restricted in Crawford cou

    Act 222 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

34. To incorporate the Odd Fellows' hall association of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 223 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

35. Act to incorporate the Pennsylvania railroad company - amend - subscribe for stock; borrow money; powers extended; assessment of damages; pay interest semi-annually; connect with Allegheny Portage railroad

    Act 224 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

36. To confirm the title of the General Greene beneficial society, of the city and county of Philadelphia, to certain ground rents

    Act 225 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

37. In relation to obstructions in Tionesta and Towanda creeks, and in Clarion river, in Elk and Jefferson counties

    Act 226 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

38. To limit the hours of labor, and to prevent the employment, in factories, of children under twelve years of age

    Act 227 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

39. Providing for laying out a state road from Berwick, in Columbia county, to Pottsville, in Schuylkill county, and to view and lay out a state road from Waynesburg, Greene county, to the widow Griffin's, in Fayette county

    Act 228 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

40. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the bank of the river Susquehanna, opposite Harrisburg, to Pittsburg - amend - making Stoystown a point in lieu of Somerset, and granting a charter to the president,

    Act 230 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

41. Designating the period for the commencement of the official term of the state treasurer

    Act 231 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

42. To annul the marriage contract between Samuel Stackhouse and Amelia, his wife

    Act 232 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

43. Act incorporating the Philadelphia and Reading railroad company - amend - stock to pay their indebtedness; extend road to Pottsville

    Act 233 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

44. To confer on Margaret Jane Campbell, of Lower Chanceford township, York county, the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock

    Act 234 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

45. For the relief of Frances Clementine Nathalie Morlot, and to authorize Charles Creacraft to convey certain real estate

    Act 235 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

46. Act to perfect the title to certain real estate in Adams county, heretofore conveyed by Alexander Mack to certain of his creditors - amend - authorized to make, execute and deliver a deed of conveyance

    Act 236 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

47. To authorize the Baltimore and Philadelphia steamboat company, to purchase certain real estate in the city of Philadelphia

    Act 237 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

48. To confer on Stanton Black, Jane Black and Matthew Black, all the rights and privileges of children born in lawful wedlock

    Act 238 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

49. Authorizing Miner S. Blackman, trustee of Eleazer Blackman, junior, and Mary Nesbitt, to make and convey title to certain real estate in Luzerne county

    Act 239 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

50. To authorize the administrators of John Farr, deceased, to convey certain real estate

    Act 240 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

51. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the Mahoning creek, Armstrong county, and for other purposes - amend - time for construction of bridge extended five years

    Act 241 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

52. To authorize two of the elders of the Menonist congregation, in the township of Conestoga, in the county of Lancaster, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 242 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

53. Act to incorporate the rector, church wardens and vestry-men of Protestant Episcopal church of Saint John, at Yorktown, in the county of York, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania - amend - not to sell land without the assent of the church of Pennsylvania;

    Act 243 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

54. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Manor turnpike road company - amend - point of commencement of road; commissioners appointed; collection of tolls

    Act 244 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

55. Providing for the appointment of a trustee in the room of John Kerlin, of Philadelphia county, deceased, and to appoint an additional trustee for the Union meeting house, in Centre county

    Act 245 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

56. To authorize William G Hawkins, administrator, to sell certain real estate

    Act 246 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

57. To authorize the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek navigation company to increase the tolls for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs

    Act 247 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

58. To authorize the trustees of the Second Presbyterian church, in the city of Philadelphia, to sell certain real estate

    Act 248 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

59. To incorporate the village of West Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny, into a borough

    Act 249 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

60. Relating to roads between the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio

    Act 250 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

61. To appoint E.R.E. Brady trustee of the person and estate of Robert Brady, and to sell certain real estate of the said Robert Brady, and to authorize George Davis to sell certain real estate

    Act 251 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

62. Act incorporating the borough of White Haven, in Luzerne county - amend - special election

    Act 252 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

63. Act relative to the organization of courts of justice - amend - time for holding courts in Perry county changed

    Act 253 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

64. To incorporate a company to erect a bridge of the river Schuylkill, at or near the Sweedes Ford, in the county of Montgomery

    Act 254 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

65. Act to incorporate the president and managers of the Danborough and Point Pleasant turnpike road company - amend - road to be inspected and licensed; borrow money; issue certificates of loans

    Act 255 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

66. To authorize the supervisors of Greene township, Clinton county, to subscribe to the stock of the Sugar Valley and White Deer turnpike road company

    Act 256 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

67. To change the name of Franklin Bear Swar to Franklin Swar Bryan, the name of a cavalry troop of Lehigh county, and the name of Haddington college to William Penn college

    Act 257 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

68. Declaring certain streams public highways, establishing a ferry in Warren county, and for the construction of a dam across the river Conemaugh

    Act 258 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

69. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor of Blair county

    Act 259 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

70. Authorizing an artificial road to be made on that part of the Southern post road which lies between the Woodlands cemetery gates and the intersection of Chesnut street

    Act 260 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

71. To authorize Benjamin Kunkel and Abraham Landis to construct a break-water in the Swatara creek

    Act 261 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

72. Act to authorize the New York and Erie railroad company to construct said railroad through Susquehanna county - amend - payment for damages

    Act 262 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

73. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the Monongahela and Coal Hill turnpike road, near the top of Coal Hill, in the county of Allegheny, in a direction towards Canonsburg, in the county of Washington, a

    Act 263 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

74. Authorizing an additional tax upon the borough of Towanda, in the county of Bradford

    Act 264 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

75. For the relief of Sandford, Moore and others

    Act 265 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

76. Changing the time when certain officers shall make their returns

    Act 266 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

77. Establishing the township of Cherry Grove, in the county of Warren, a separate election district, and to change the place for holding the election in Beaver township, Columbia county, Dallas township, Lehigh county, and Doylestown township, Bucks county -

    Act 267 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

78. Relating to certain highways, road taxes and township supervisors

    Act 268 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

79. Extending the improvements in the borough of Pottstown, in the county of Montgomery, and for other purposes

    Act 269 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

80. For the relief of Adam Diller, late adjutant general

    Act 270 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

81. To annul the marriage contract between Edward Lay and Aurelia, his wife

    Act 271 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

82. For the relief of Benjamin Bear and William Mackey

    Act 272 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

83. Relating to the estate of Mary Forepaugh, late of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, widow, deceased

    Act 273 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

84. To authorize the construction of a railroad from the iron works in Providence township, Luzerne county, to certain iron ore lands in the townships of Providence and Lackawanna

    Act 274 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

85. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor, in a district composed of the townships of Brown, Armagh, Union and Meno, in the county of Mifflin

    Act 275 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

86. Regulating election districts, and to authorize the electors residing in the borough of Greensburg, in Westmoreland county, to vote for overseers of the poor at the time and place of holding their spring elections

    Act 276 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

87. Act to incorporate the American insurance company of Philadelphia - amend - powers of the act to amend the act creating the Delaware mutual safety insurance company extended to said company

    Act 277 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

88. Relative to the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad company

    Act 278 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

89. Act relative to the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad company - amend - protection to property holders

    Act 279 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

90. Act to incorporate Kensington district of the Northern Liberties - amend - boundary extended; commissioners appointed; duties of commissioners; streets vacated; place of election; appointment of election officers; regulation of heights, levels and streets

    Act 280 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

91. Act to incorporate the Swatara and Good Spring Creek railroad company - amend - regulate motive power; tolls; construct branch railroads

    Act 281 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

92. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Fishing Creek, Swatara and Schuylkill railroad company - amend - rate of tolls; boundaries of railroad

    Act 282 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

93. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Mahoning, Kittanning and Freeport turnpike road company, and for other purposes - amend - time for completion of bridge extended; commissioners; stock reduced

    Act 283 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

94. To incorporate the Washington hall association

    Act 284 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

95. Regulating election districts, and for other purposes

    Act 285 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

96. To incorporate the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville, in the county of Columbia

    Act 286 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

97. Act relative to the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster railroad company - amend - constructing a branch road

    Act 287 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

98. To authorize Magdalena Leschall, to execute a deed to Jacob Gougler, of the city of Lancaster

    Act 288 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

99. To authorize the directors of the York County manufacturing company to wind up and settle the affairs of the company, and distribute the assets among the stockholders

    Act 289 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

100. Incorporating the congregation worshiping in the Union Bethel, by the name and style of the Church of God, at Harrisburg

     Act 290 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text