Every law Pennsylvania has passed

3,241 laws of the 1840s

Constitution of 1838

1. To enable the Commissioners of Greene county to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes

   Act 41 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

2. Act to incorporate the Bustleton and Summerton Turnpike Road Company - amend - Hanover township roads; public roads in Chester county; road from Birdsfield to Blackburn's mill in Bedford county; duty of commissioners

   Act 42 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

3. To incorporate the Springtown Horse Company, of Bucks county

   Act 43 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

4. For the relief of David Gring and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

   Act 44 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

5. Authorizing Jacob Erb, one of the Trustees of Christian Erb and Mary his wife, to sell and convey certain Real Estate

   Act 45 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

6. To enable the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the city of Pittsburg, by way of Braddocks field to Turtle creek, at or near the farm of Allen Brown, and for other purposes

   Act 46 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

7. Act to incorporate the Howelton Coal Company - amend - name changed to the Broad Mountain Coal Company; time for completion extended

   Act 47 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

8. Relative to the Estate of James O'Hara

   Act 48 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

9. Act to incorporate the township of Moyamensing, in Philadelphia county - amend - annual tax; ordinances; pedlars; paving; commissioners powers; poudrette pit; mortgage transferred; collateral inheritance tax

   Act 49 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

10. To change the venue in a certain action now pending in the court of Common Pleas, of Clarion county, and for other purposes

    Act 50 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

11. To allow the Susquehanna and Waterford Turnpike Road Company, to receive Toll for a Bridge built by said Company, over the Clarion river, and for other purposes

    Act 51 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

12. Authorizing the sale of certain real estate held by certain Congregations of the German Reformed Presbyterian Church, in the county of Perry

    Act 52 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

13. To incorporate the president and managers of the Kensington and Oxford turnpike road company

    Act 53 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

14. To authorize Richard U. Morgan to receive certain moneys

    Act 54 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

15. To annul the marriage contract of Charles R. Talley and Elizabeth Talley

    Act 55 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

16. Act to consolidate and amend the several acts relative to a general system of education by Common Schools - amend - adjusted valuation; new school district in Jefferson county

    Act 56 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

17. To authorize the citizens of Little Beaver township, in the county of Beaver, to elect two additional Supervisors of the highways, and for other purposes

    Act 57 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

18. To change the name of James Smith Otis, of the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes

    Act 58 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

19. Authorizing the trustees of "The First Independent Church of Christ, commonly called Universalists, meeting in their house of public worship, in Lombard street, in the city of Philadelphia," to convey all their estate to the said corporation, and to chang

    Act 59 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

20. For the relief of the Children of David Long, and for other purposes

    Act 60 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

21. To establish a new Judicial District out of the counties of Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield, Union and Clinton

    Act 61 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

22. To incorporate the President and Managers of the Doylestown and Danborough Turnpike Road Company, and for other purposes

    Act 62 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

23. Authorizing John Prall, to sell and convey certain real estate in Bucks county

    Act 63 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

24. To authorize the Governor to incorporate the Harrisburg and Pinegrove Rail Road Company

    Act 64 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

25. To authorize Jacob Miksch and Henry C. Beitel, surviving administrators, etc. of Christian Miksch, deceased, to sell and convey certain Real Estate

    Act 65 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

26. To incorporate the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, of Lancaster county

    Act 66 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

27. To incorporate the Mutual Beneficial Insurance Association of Bucks county, against losses sustained by fire, and for other purposes

    Act 67 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

28. Giving the assent of this Commonwealth to the act of the Legislature of New Jersey, entitled "An act to incorporate the Carpentersville Delaware Bridge Company"

    Act 68 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

29. To authorize Charles Smith to erect a Dam across Dunning creek, in Bedford county, and for other purposes

    Act 69 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

30. To authorize William Linn, trustee of the minor children of Robert and Ann Stockton, to sell and convey certain real estate and for other purposes

    Act 70 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

31. Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Clifford and Carbondale Turnpike Road Company, and for laying out a State Road from the Virginia state line, in the county of Fayette, to Centerville, in the county of Somerset, and for other purposes - enactmen

    Act 71 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

32. To appoint Commissioners to Re-survey and mark that portion of the county line, which divides the township of Bristol, in the county of Philadelphia, from the township of Cheltenham, in the county of Montgomery, and for other purposes

    Act 72 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

33. To enable the Bank of Pennsylvania to make an assignment for the payment of its debts, and for other purposes

    Act 73 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

34. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Company - amend - increase the capital stock; tolls pledged; net proceeds

    Act 74 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

35. To authorize the Governor to incorporate a company for the purpose of erecting a permanent bridge over the river Conemaugh, at or near Lockport, in Westmoreland county, and for laying out a state road from Blairsville, in Indiana county, to Mount Pleasant

    Act 75 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

36. To legalize certain proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, and for other purposes

    Act 76 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

37. Act granting jurisdiction to the Court of Common Pleas, of Adams county, in certain cases - repeal

    Act 77 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

38. 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, to Beallville, in Washington county, and for other purposes - enactme

    Act 78 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

39. Erecting a New county out of the Northern part of Luzerne county, to be called Wyoming

    Act 79 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

40. For the relief of John Gordon, and others, soldiers, and widows of soldiers, of the Revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 80 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

41. To authorize the construction of a toll bridge over the river Schuylkill, at or near Windsor Haven, in Berks county, and for other purposes

    Act 81 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

42. In relation to the County of Philadelphia

    Act 82 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

43. Act authorizing Jacob Sorrick and Michael Hettrick, trustees of the Lutheran congregation at Clover creek, Huntingdon county, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes

    Act 83 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

44. To reduce the capital stock of the Atlantic Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and for other purposes

    Act 84 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

45. Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Insurance company of North America - amend - Capital North American Insurance company reduced; meeting and assent of stockholders

    Act 85 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

46. To extend the time for completing "the Norristown and Valley rail road," and for other purposes

    Act 86 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

47. For the relief of the Reading Artillerists, of Berks county, and certain other Volunteer companies, of Lebanon county

    Act 87 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

48. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Delaware and Susquehanna Rail Road Company and for other purposes - amend - charter extended; commissioners appointed; money unexpended for the Big Bushkill creek appropriated; auditor general to bring suit;

    Act 88 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

49. Incorporating the Union Church and School, in the village of New Holland, in the county of York

    Act 89 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

50. Several acts relating to Auctions and Auctioneers, and for other purposes - amend - auctioneers appointed in Philadelphia and Pittsburg; tax; term of service of commissioners; duties of judges of election and notaries public; 16th division of militia divi

    Act 90 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

51. Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Tioga Navigation Company - amend - service of writ on company; election of officers in the 142 regiment; volunteer companies in Mifflin county to be called Brady regiment; adjutant general to furnish swords

    Act 91 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

52. To incorporate the Erie and North East Rail Road Company, and for other purposes

    Act 92 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

53. Act to re-establish the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster, and for other purposes - repeal - section 5

    Act 93 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

54. Relative to the last will of William M. Camac

    Act 94 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

55. Act in relation to the Philadelphia and Trenton Rail Road Company - repeal

    Act 95 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

56. For the settlement of certain incidental expenses on the unfinished lines of canal, and for other purposes

    Act 96 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

57. To annul the marriage contract between C. Glenn Peebles and Emily A Peebles his wife

    Act 97 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

58. To incorporate the Decatur Fire Company, of the borough of Frankford, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 98 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

59. To incorporate the village of New Germantown, in the county of Perry, into a borough

    Act 99 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

60. Act to incorporate the town of West Chester into a borough - amend - paving; water tax; power to regulate markets; removing nuisances and obstructions; penalty for corrupting water in reservoirs and defacing water works

    Act 100 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

61. To authorize the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the borough of Freeport, to the borough of Kittanning, Armstrong county

    Act 101 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

62. To establish an Institution by the name of "The Institute for Colored Youth"

    Act 102 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

63. To authorize Thomas Gardner, Benjamin J. Miller, and Isaac Coates, trustees, to sell and convey certain real estates, and for other purposes

    Act 103 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

64. Act erecting a new county out of the northern part of Luzerne county, to be called Wyoming - amend - boundary lines established

    Act 104 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

65. To incorporate the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia

    Act 105 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

66. Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to purchase Trucks for the transportation of section boats over the Philadelphia and Columbia, and the Allegheny Portage Rail Roads

    Act 106 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

67. Act authorizing the erection of an academy, for the use of the Sumneytown Society, for the advancement of literature, in Montgomery county, and for other purposes - amend - action against Philip Reed; board of appraisers; building committee; pedling butch

    Act 107 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

68. Relating to the Claims of Samuel S. Barton, and others, and for other purposes

    Act 108 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

69. To incorporate the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia and Bucks counties, and for other purposes

    Act 109 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

70. Regulating election districts and for other purposes

    Act 110 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

71. To abolish Imprisonment for debt, and to punish Fraudulent debtors

    Act 111 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

72. To annul the Marriage contract of Emily Albro and William Albro, of the county of Luzerne

    Act 112 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

73. Authorizing the Governor to Incorporate the Wiconisco Canal Company

    Act 113 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

74. Authorizing the governor to incorporate the Bear Mountain Rail Road Company, and for other purposes

    Act 114 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

75. To authorize the Trustee of Williamina E. McElwee to pay to her so much of the principal of a certain Trust Estate as may be necessary for the support of the said Williamina, and for the maintenance and education of her children, and for other purposes -

    Act 115 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

76. Concerning the Trust Estate of Hugh Roberts, deceased, and for other purposes

    Act 116 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

77. To authorize the court of Common Pleas, of Luzerne county, to appoint auditors in certain cases, and for other purposes

    Act 117 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

78. To incorporate the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad Company, and for other purposes

    Act 118 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

79. Concerning Executions

    Act 119 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

80. For the Relief of John Wier and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary and Indian wars

    Act 120 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

81. Authorizing the Governor to Incorporate the North Branch Canal Company

    Act 121 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

82. To reduce the Capital of the Southern Insurance and Trust Company, of Philadelphia, and for other purposes

    Act 122 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

83. Act incorporating the Offerman Rail Road and Mining Company - amend - name changed to Schuylkill Rail Road and Mining Company

    Act 123 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

84. Act to settle the estate of John Nicholson and Peter Baynton - amend - jurisdiction of Nicholson court

    Act 124 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

85. To incorporate the Liberty Fire Company, of Holmesburg, in the county of Philadelphia

    Act 125 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

86. To enable creditors to attach legacies and property inherited in the hands of Executors and Administrators, and for other purposes

    Act 126 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

87. To provide for the ordinary expenses of the government, payment of the interest upon the State debt, receiving of proposals for the sale of the public works, and for other purposes

    Act 127 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

88. To provide for the Education of the Poor in the non-accepting school districts of this Commonwealth, and for other purposes

    Act 128 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

89. Annexing the county of Schuylkill to the Eastern District of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes

    Act 129 of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

90. Resolution requesting our Senators and Members of Congress, to urge the passage of a law apportioning members of Congress among the States

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

91. Resolution changing the time of electing State Treasurer

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

92. Resolution an act to provide revenue to meet the demands on the Treasury, and for other purposes

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

93. Resolution relative to certain lots of ground in the borough of York

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

94. Resolution relating to the Claim of the West Chester Railroad Company

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

95. Resolution relative to the Records of the Susquehanna Company, and for other purposes

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

96. Resolution authorizing the Superintendent of Motive Power on the Philadelphia and Columbia Rail Road, to pay certain moneys to the widow of John B. Menough

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

97. Resolution extending the provisions of the resolution of June 24, 1839, relative to the Lumberman's Bank, of Warren, until the first day of March, 1843, and for other purposes

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

98. Resolution to correct an error that occurred in transcribing a Resolution relative to the Delaware Coal Company, approved April fifth, 1842

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

99. Resolution relative to the ordinary expenses of Government

    Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text

100. Resolution relative to the payment of interest to Domestic Creditors

     Resolution of 1842 · 1842 · Original text