Every law Pennsylvania has passed

3,241 laws of the 1840s

Constitution of 1838

1. Relative to the election of Supervisors in Fannet township, in Franklin county

   Act 6 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

2. Authorizing the Commissioners of Huntingdon county to borrow a sum of money

   Act 7 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

3. Act to incorporate the President, Managers and Company, of the Bustleton and Sommerton Turnpike road company - amend - company may extend road to Buck tavern and change location; owners of property compensated

   Act 8 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

4. Act to encourage more effectually the destruction of wolves and panthers in the counties of Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, Jefferson, M'Kean, Tioga, Potter, Bradford, and Monroe, and for other purposes - repeal - as relates to the counties of Jefferso

   Act 9 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

5. Supplement to an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Pittsburg - amend - certain compensation to recorder of Pittsburg and Philadelphia repealed

   Act 10 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

6. To enable the heirs and representatives of Oliver Ormsby, late of St. Clair township, Allegheny county, deceased, to make partition of their estate

   Act 11 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

7. For the relief of John Stewart and others, soldiers, and Sarah Sebring and others, widows of soldiers, of the revolutionary and Indian wars

   Act 12 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

8. Authorizing the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry Men of Trinity Church, in the district of Southwark, to sell certain real estate

   Act 13 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

9. Act limiting the time during which judgments shall be a lien on real estate, and suite may be brought against the sureties of public officers - amend - render certain appeals from awards of arbitrators valid, and for other purposes

   Act 14 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

10. To authorize the Removal of the Seat of Justice in the County of Wayne

    Act 15 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

11. Relative to the claim of John Slaymaker

    Act 16 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

12. To authorize the New York and Erie Rail Road company to construct said road through a portion of Susquehanna county in the state of Pennsylvania

    Act 17 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

13. Act relating to the support and employment of the poor - amend - directors of poor of Perry county may bind out poor children without consent of magistrates

    Act 18 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

14. To revive and keep in force an act relative to the location of a state road, from Shippensburg in Cumberland county, to Drake's Ferry in Huntingdon county

    Act 19 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

15. To incorporate the Fourth Mountain Coal and Railroad Company

    Act 20 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

16. Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to contract with Milo Adams and Samuel P. Adams for water privileges

    Act 21 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

17. Relating to the Estates of David Woelper and Mary Pentland, deceased

    Act 22 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

18. To authorize Charles S. Bradford, trustee of Mary M. Brackenridge of the city of Alleghany, to sell and convey a certain ground rent

    Act 23 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

19. Act to incorporate the Stafford Coal Company - amend - time for completion extended; construct other railroads

    Act 24 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

20. To authorize the Auditor General to issue Certificates of State Stock to Samuel and James Corrie

    Act 25 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

21. Act for the regulation of the Militia of this Commonwealth - amend - third battalion established; training of the 2nd brigade in 9th division

    Act 26 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

22. To prevent the destruction of small insectivorous birds during their breeding time, and for the protection of game when out of season, in the county of Chester, and the township of Hellam in the county of York, and the township of Northampton, in the coun

    Act 27 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

23. To divide certain Wards, in the City of Philadelphia, into Election precincts, and to increase the number of Councilmen in the Borough of Manayunk

    Act 28 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

24. To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the Poor, in the county of Lycoming

    Act 29 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

25. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Codorus Navigation Company - amend - State pledged for the repayment of a loan

    Act 30 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

26. To enable William Price and Henry McLaughlin, junior, to sell certain real estate

    Act 31 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

27. To extend the time for the sale of certain stock in the Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 32 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

28. Changing the time of holding the January term of the several courts of Tioga county, and for other purposes

    Act 33 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

29. To establish an Asylum for the Insane of this Commonwealth

    Act 34 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

30. To incorporate the town of Adamsburg, in the county of Westmoreland, into a borough

    Act 35 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

31. Regulating Election Districts, and for other purposes

    Act 36 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

32. Act granting jurisdiction to the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams county, in certain cases - amend - county of York to pay certain expenses; treasurer of fire insurance company to exhibit condition of finances

    Act 37 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

33. Relating to the Estates of Thomas Palmer and James Cornish, deceased and for other purposes

    Act 38 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

34. Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Holidaysburg Water Company

    Act 39 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

35. Act to incorporate the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company - amend - increase capital stock; time for completion of tunnel extended; may purchase wharves

    Act 40 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

36. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Bald Eagle and Nittany Valley Turnpike and Railroad Company - amend - time for completion extended

    Act 41 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

37. Confirming the election of Justices of the Peace, in Marion township, Centre county, and for other purposes

    Act 42 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

38. To vacate that portion of the Bridgewater and Wilkesbarre Turnpike Road between the head of the Wyoming Valley and Tunkhannock, and for other purposes

    Act 43 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

39. To incorporate the Diamond Coal Company, and for other purposes

    Act 44 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

40. Acts relating to the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania - amend - capital stock and shares; certificates; charter perpetual

    Act 45 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

41. To authorize the Canal Commissioners to inquire into the claims for damages sustained by the Western Transportation Company, doing business under the firm of D. Leech and Company

    Act 46 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

42. Act to incorporate the Pittsburg Saving Fund Company, and the Carlisle Saving Fund Company - amend - name changed; increase capital stock; cashier bond; annual election of directors

    Act 47 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

43. To incorporate the Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company, and to extend the Mechanics' Lien Law to the county of Clinton

    Act 48 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

44. For the more convenient collection of the Tax on Collateral Inheritances

    Act 49 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

45. Act to incorporate the Shamokin Coal Company - amend - capital stock; Shamokin coal and Shamokin iron company united

    Act 50 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

46. Granting compensation to John Koons for certain lands situated in the townships of Huntingdon and Salem, two of the seventeen townships certified to Connecticut claimants, in the county of Luzerne

    Act 51 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

47. Act to incorporate the Towanda Railroad and Coal company - amend - construct canal up Towanda creek; company to pay State for the privilege of water

    Act 52 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

48. Act incorporating the Swatara and Good Spring Creek Railroad Company - amend - name changed; powers and privileges; branch or lateral railroads; increase of capital; certificates of shares

    Act 53 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

49. Act for acknowledging and recording of deeds - amend - recording deeds; unrecorded deeds not admitted as evidence

    Act 54 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

50. Authorizing the laying out and locating a State Road from Hollidaysburg, in Huntingdon county, to the Cherry Tree on the Susquehanna river, in Indiana county, and declaring Anderson's creek, in Clearfield county, public highway, and for other purposes - e

    Act 55 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

51. Relating to certain Public Roads, Bridges, and for other purposes

    Act 56 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

52. To prevent the destruction of Cranberries on the Peninsula of Presque Isle, in the county of Erie, between the first of July and the first Tuesday in October, and for other purposes

    Act 57 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

53. Authorizing the Commissioners of Franklin County, to borrow a sum of money, and for other purposes

    Act 58 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

54. Requiring the Burgess of the borough of Kittanning, Armstrong county, to perform certain duties

    Act 59 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

55. To authorize Gates Wilcox, William Perry and others, to erect a Wing Dam in the West Branch of the Susquehanna river

    Act 60 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

56. To provide for a survey of the borough of Frankford, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 61 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

57. To annul the marriage contract of Eliphalet Thompson with Phebe his wife

    Act 62 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

58. Acts relating to Tavern Licenses - amend - notice of intention to apply for license; gradation price of licenses; penalty for selling liquors by less measure than one quart

    Act 63 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

59. To extend the Charter of the Northampton Bank

    Act 64 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

60. Extending the time for the payment of the Stock of the Berks County Bank

    Act 65 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

61. To provide for the erection of a House for the Employment and Support of the Poor of the county of Bedford

    Act 66 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

62. To incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Montgomery county

    Act 67 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

63. Relative to the claims of Royer and Schmucker for damages sustained on the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata river, by the construction of the Pennsylvania Canal, and for other purposes

    Act 68 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

64. To encourage the destruction of Wolves, Panthers and other wild animals in Franklin, Cumberland, Bedford, and Indiana counties, and for other purposes

    Act 69 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

65. Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to settle with William B. Foster, for the expenses of the survey of the Lackawanna river and valley

    Act 70 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

66. Relative to the erection of a Lock-up House, in the borough of Elizabeth, in Allegheny county

    Act 71 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

67. Act for erecting the town of York, in the county of York, into a borough - amend - nuisances; tax collectors; qualifications of votes; Henry Etter authorized to erect a dam; state roads; commissioners

    Act 72 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

68. For the relief of certain associations of individuals, and for other purposes

    Act 73 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

69. Resolution authorizing the widening of Callowhill street, in the county of Philadelphia, and for other purposes - repeal

    Act 74 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

70. For the relief of John Woodcock and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 75 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

71. To incorporate the Black Creek Iron and Coal Company

    Act 76 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

72. 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

    Act 77 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

73. To incorporate the village of Clarion, in the county of Clarion, into a Borough, and for other purposes

    Act 78 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

74. Act incorporating the Borough of Carlisle - amend - fines recovered

    Act 79 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

75. Further supplement to an act to Graduate Lands on which money is due and unpaid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes - amend - duty of commissioners; original jurisdiction restored to court of common pleas

    Act 80 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

76. To annul the Marriage Contract of Jacob Bartow and Adeline his wife

    Act 81 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

77. Act to consolidate and amend the several acts relative to a General System of Education by Common Schools - amend - Doylestown election of school directors confirmed; new school district called Harmony; Southwark to elect a school director

    Act 82 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

78. To authorize John Dismant, Courtland J. Fell, and James Kerr, to sell and convey certain real estate

    Act 83 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

79. To incorporate the President and Managers of the Montrose and Summersville Turnpike Road Company

    Act 84 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

80. For the relief of William Hultz and others, Soldiers and Widows of Soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars

    Act 85 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

81. For the relief of James Warren and others, Soldiers and Widows of Soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars

    Act 86 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

82. To authorize the Governor to incorporate a company to make a Turnpike Road from the borough of Wilkesbarre, in Luzerne county, to the village of Hazelton, in said county

    Act 87 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

83. Relative to the Dauphin County Prison

    Act 88 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

84. To authorize the Pittsburg and Steubenville turnpike company to change the location of their road, in some instances, and to restrict the right of voting by proxy, and for other purposes

    Act 89 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

85. Authorizing the Governor to Incorporate a Company to erect a Bridge over the Mahoning Creek, Armstrong county, and for other purposes

    Act 90 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

86. To annul the marriage contract of Governeur M. Millspaugh and Harriet S., his wife

    Act 91 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

87. To incorporate the Equitable Insurance, Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company, and for other purposes

    Act 92 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

88. Further supplement to the 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 - elect auditors; compensation to president and managers; elect

    Act 93 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

89. To incorporate the President, Managers and Company of the Union Turnpike Road Company

    Act 94 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

90. To incorporate the Western Mutual Insurance Company, of Chester county

    Act 95 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

91. To incorporate the Reliance and Trust Insurance Company

    Act 96 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

92. Act to authorize S. B. Young, guardian of Emanuel and William Bowser, minor children of Matthias Bowser, late of Armstrong county, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes

    Act 97 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

93. For the relief of John Fisler, of Chester county, and for other purposes

    Act 98 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

94. To erect Gaysport, in the county of Huntingdon, into a Borough

    Act 99 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

95. Act to establish a District Court in the counties of Erie, Crawford and Venango - amend - extended to Mercer; duty of secretary of commonwealth, commissioner, and recorder; perpetuate testimony in Pittsburg

    Act 100 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

96. Act regulating election districts, and for other purposes - repeal - as authorizes the election of two Constables in the Borough of Bristol, in the county of Bucks

    Act 101 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

97. To compel the Supervisor of the unincorporated District of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, to give security, and for other purposes

    Act 102 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

98. To exempt from taxation, the property of the overseers of the Public School, founded by charter, in the town and county of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, and for other purposes

    Act 103 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

99. To authorize the Governor to Incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge and Railroad over the River Susquehanna, at or near the Mouth of the Shickshinny Creek, in the county of Luzerne

    Act 104 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text

100. To provide for the erection of a House for the Employment and Support of the Poor, in the county of Allegheny

     Act 105 of 1841 · 1841 · Original text