Every law Pennsylvania has passed

3,241 laws of the 1840s

Constitution of 1838

1. Relative to the removal of the seat of justice, in Delaware county

   Act 291 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

2. To re-incorporate the Beaver Falls water company, change its name, and enlarge its powers

   Act 292 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

3. To re-incorporate the New Brighton water company, and enlarge its powers

   Act 293 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

4. Relative to the claim of Buyers and Umble

   Act 294 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

5. Act to erect the village of Honesdale, in the county of Wayne, into a borough - amend - powers to compel owners to pave side walks; jurisdiction of burgess; publication of ordinances

   Act 295 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

6. To authorize the trustees of Erie academy to make title to certain lands, formerly the property of said academy

   Act 296 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

7. Act to incorporate the borough of West Philadelphia and relative to the borough of Tamaqua and the erection of a poor house in the township of Mahoning, in the county of Columbia - amend - powers and duties of commissioners; borrow money; boundaries

   Act 297 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

8. Authorizing the governor to incorporate the Centreville water company, of Buckingham

   Act 298 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

9. Relative to the destruction of fish in the counties of Cumberland, Franklin, Westmoreland and Clarion; to vacate a portion of Nixon street, in Spring Garden; authorizing the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon railroad company to increase their capital stock one

   Act 299 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

10. To incorporate the Homeopathic medical college of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia

    Act 300 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

11. Providing for the more effectual preservation of the Cumberland road

    Act 301 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

12. To incorporate the Sisters of Mercy of the county of Allegheny

    Act 302 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

13. Relative to the Berks county prison, and to discharged convicts

    Act 303 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

14. Relative to the Towanda academy, the Union academy, of Doylestown, the Reading academy, and to certain school districts in Indiana, Clearfield, Union and Westmoreland counties

    Act 304 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

15. To incorporate the town of New Buffalo, in the county of Perry, into a borough

    Act 305 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

16. Act relating to roads, highways and bridges - amend - roads opened made valid

    Act 306 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

17. Act erecting the town of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny, into a borough, and relating to the pay of the county commissioners of Lebanon county - amend - duties of town council; duty of viewers of damages; amount of liens to be recoverable

    Act 307 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

18. Regulating the sale of corn meal in the counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and the city and county of Philadelphia, for the extension of the Springhouse and Sumneytown turnpike road, and for the relief of S.W. Lippencott

    Act 308 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

19. Act to provide for the election of prothonotaries, clerks, recorders and registers - amend - Northampton county

    Act 309 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

20. Authorizing certain state roads

    Act 310 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

21. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the president, managers and company of the Lackawaxen, Belmonte and Oghquago, and Belmonte and Easton turnpike road - amend - duties of inquisition; change location; extended to the Easton and Oghquago, and

    Act 311 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

22. Penal laws of this state - amend - time of prosecutions limited; arbitration act extended to the Eastern and Western penitentiary

    Act 312 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

23. Relative to the supervisors of Franklin township, Armstrong county, the supervisors of South Lebanon township, Lebanon county, and to extend the boundaries and police power of the borough of Erie

    Act 313 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

24. In relation to the sale of certain real estate, and the orphans' courts

    Act 314 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

25. Act to incorporate the towns of Columbia, in the county of Lancaster - amend - secure the payment of taxes in the borough of Harrisburg

    Act 315 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

26. For the relief of colonel John Cresswell, Thomas Wallace and Peter Livingston

    Act 316 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

27. Authorizing the board of canal commissioners to examine the claim of H. L. Patterson, of Blair county, for work done on the Eastern reservoir, Juniata division, Pennsylvania canal

    Act 317 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

28. Act to incorporate the North Branch canal company - amend - time extended

    Act 318 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

29. Relative to certain suits pending in the court of common pleas of Blair county, providing for service of process against sheriffs and their sureties, and for other purposes

    Act 319 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

30. Authorizing the sale of certain real estate, and relative to the collection of taxes in certain townships in Monroe, Berks and Lancaster counties, and certain school districts in Butler, Franklin, Mifflin, Indiana and Schuylkill counties

    Act 320 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

31. To incorporate the Lewisburg cemetery association, in Union county

    Act 321 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

32. Extending the chancery powers of, and to the jurisdiction and proceedings in, certain courts

    Act 322 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

33. To annul the marriage contract between Amelia S. Brisben and James C. Brisben

    Act 323 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

34. To vacate part of a certain road in York county, and relative to the Lycoming and Tioga plank road company

    Act 324 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

35. To incorporate the village of Friendsville, into a borough

    Act 325 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

36. Act to incorporate the Goschenhoppen mutual fire insurance company - amend - time of holding elections; suits

    Act 326 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

37. To incorporate the Rosine association of Philadelphia

    Act 327 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

38. Act relating to premiums on wolf scalps, in the counties of Monroe, Pike, Potter and Westmoreland - amend - relating to wild cat and fox scalps, in Elk and Mifflin counties; extended to M'Kean county

    Act 328 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

39. Act to incorporate the Susquehanna canal company - amend - power of deed of trust for improvement to works

    Act 329 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

40. Regulating election districts

    Act 330 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

41. Authorizing the laying out of a state road from Danborough, Bucks county, to Skippackville, Montgomery county, concerning road views in Northampton county, and to extend the time for commencing and completing a bridge over the Little Conemaugh, in Cambria

    Act 331 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

42. To authorize a lateral railroad, from the Harrisburg furnace, to connect with the Pennsylvania railroad

    Act 332 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

43. To incorporate the Washington Express horse company, of Roxborough, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 333 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

44. For the relief of the sureties of William Parsons, late collector at Lockport; relating to the Mutual fire insurance company of Montgomery county

    Act 334 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

45. Relative to the borough of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 335 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

46. In relation to the courts in the twenty-first judicial district

    Act 336 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

47. To enable the committees appointed by a "Zion's church" and others, situate in West Brunswick and other townships, in the county of Schuylkill, to sell and make title to certain real estate

    Act 337 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

48. Declaring Hare's creek, in Erie, a public highway

    Act 338 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

49. Relative to the claim of Miles Covel

    Act 339 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

50. Act to prevent waste in certain cases within this commonwealth - amend - extended to estates and tenants for life

    Act 340 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

51. Act to authorize the commissioners of Lycoming county to borrow money, and for other purposes - repeal - section 3 and part of 8

    Act 341 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

52. To annul the marriage contract between William A.S. Van Duzer, and Martha Ward Van Duzer, his wife

    Act 342 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

53. To incorporate the Franklin literary society of Jefferson college, and relative to the first school district of Pennsylvania

    Act 343 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

54. Fixing the place of holding elections in Piney township, and regulating the boundaries of Toby township election district, in the county of Clarion, and also regulating certain other election districts

    Act 344 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

55. Authorizing the town council of the borough of Williamsport, to receive certain deeds of conveyance, and to convey certain property, and to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rimersburg, in Toby township, Clarion county, and

    Act 345 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

56. Act authorizing the laying out of certain state roads, and for other purposes - amend - view and open a state road from Mifflinville, Columbia county, to Conyngham, Luzerne county

    Act 346 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

57. Relative to the claim of Isaac Knight, to the estate of Thomas Hale, deceased, to the estate of Dr. George Huey, to the estate of William Smith, deceased, incorporating the Lockport and Ridgeway turnpike road company, relative to the estate of Christian

    Act 347 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

58. To authorize the governor to incorporate the North and South Lebanon turnpike road company

    Act 348 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

59. Vesting title to land in the school directors of the township of Bushkiln, in the county of Northampton, extending the time of commencing and completing the Allegheny and Bald Eagle railroad, and relative to the Delaware and Hudson canal company - enactme

    Act 349 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

60. Authorizing the recording of certain powers of attorney executed by Joseph Harrison, junior, and his wife, and to incorporate the Loyalsock boom company

    Act 350 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

61. Incorporating the First Universalist society, in the borough of Conneautville, in the county of Crawford, to declare certain creeks, in Crawford and Jefferson counties, public highways, to authorize the overseers of the poor, in Sadsbury township, Crawfor

    Act 351 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

62. Relative to the Wills hospital for the relief of the indigent blind and lame; also in reference to the Mill Creek and Mine Hill railroad company; to the election of school directors in the first school district; to the division line between certain counti

    Act 352 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

63. To establish a uniform line along the river Delaware, in front of the incorporated districts of the Northern Liberties and Kensington, in reference to country Bridges, changing the name of Andrew Jackson Glarfke, to Andrew G. Jackson, to issuing subpoenas

    Act 353 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

64. For the relief of William Burns and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars, and in reference to acts of incorporation and supplements thereto, passed at the present session of the legislature

    Act 354 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

65. Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the Allegheny river, at or near Sharpsburg, in Allegheny county - amend - time extended

    Act 355 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

66. Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Susquehanna and Delaware canal and railroad company - amend - time extended

    Act 356 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

67. For the relief of John H. Morrison, collector of tolls on the Susquehanna division of the Pennsylvania canal; fixing the age at which children shall be admitted into the schools of the first school district; relative to the taxation of bank dividends, and

    Act 357 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

68. Act relating to the elections in this commonwealth - amend - time for holding the election for president; duty and compensation of assessors

    Act 358 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

69. For the relief of John Donnally, of Blair county

    Act 359 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

70. Act to incorporate the Mount Carbon railroad company - amend - construct lateral railroads

    Act 360 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

71. To confer on Mary Ann Harper, the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock

    Act 361 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

72. Authorizing the citizens of Blakely township, Luzerne county, to elect an additional justice of the peace in said township

    Act 362 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

73. To authorize Margaret Parthemore, administratix with the will annexed of John Parthemore, deceased, to collect certain outstanding taxes of the North ward of the borough of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, relative to school taxes in Manor township,

    Act 363 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

74. To provide for the ordinary expenses of government, the repairs of the canals and railroads belonging to the state, and the payment of other claims upon the commonwealth

    Act 364 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

75. Authorizing the executors of doctor Samuel Du Fresne, of the city of Lancaster, deceased, to sell certain real estate, and relating to discharge of insolvent applicants, and so forth

    Act 365 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

76. Relative to public schools

    Act 366 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

77. To annul the marriage contract of Robert Henry Leese and Elizabeth Allen Leese

    Act 367 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

78. To incorporate the Philadelphia and Atlantic steam navigation company

    Act 368 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

79. Act incorporating the guardians of the poor of the city of Pittsburg - amend - powers of guardians of the poor of the city of Pittsburg; arresting the parents of children and seizing their estates

    Act 369 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

80. To encourage the further development of the mineral resources of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Act 370 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

81. Act to establish an asylum for the insane poor of this commonwealth - amend - name changed; state contribution towards erection of buildings

    Act 371 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

82. Act relative to the Le Raysville Phalanx - amend - relative to obligors and obligees, to secure the right of married women, in relation to defalcation, and to extend the boundaries of the borough of Ligonier

    Act 372 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

83. Relating to the lien of judgments in certain cases

    Act 373 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

84. Declaring Youngwomanstown creek, in the county of Clinton, and Cedar run, in the county of Lycoming, public highways, and relative to notes and bills of exchange

    Act 374 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

85. Act to incorporate the Danville and Pottsville railroad company - amend - purchasers to hold the estate and privileges free of incumbrance; exempt from taxation; tolls regulated

    Act 375 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

86. Declaring Stump creek, in the county of Jefferson, a public highway, and to extend the charter of the Farmers' Bank of Bucks County, for one year

    Act 376 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

87. Authorizing the trustee of Ellen Livingood, to sell and convey certain real estate, and authorizing the Richborough and Feasterville turnpike road company to borrow money

    Act 377 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

88. To incorporate the Ocean, Delaware and Philadelphia telegraphic company

    Act 378 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

89. To annul the marriage contract of Francis D. Todd and Catharine S., his wife

    Act 379 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

90. Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Brooklyn and Lenox turnpike road company

    Act 380 of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

91. Resolution relative to the expenses of the contested election of James W. Goff

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

92. Resolution relative to cheap postage

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

93. Resolution relating to Asa Whitney's plan for constructing a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific ocean

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

94. Resolution relative to damages on the Conneaut line of the Erie extension of the Pennsylvania canal

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

95. Resolution relative to the claim of James Mehaffy, of Lancaster county

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

96. Resolution providing for the payment of expenses attending the investigation of the matters of inquiry relative to Hon. W. N. Irvine, and in relation to the payment of the expenses of the senate committee of

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

97. Resolution relative to international exchanges proposed by Alexander Vattemare

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

98. Resolution in relation to the expenses of the funeral of Robert Black, deceased

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

99. Resolution relative to the specimens collected in the geological survey

    Resolution of 1848 · 1848 · Original text

100. Relative to the estate of James Coleman, deceased

     Act 1 of 1849 · 1849 · Original text