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.
5,371 laws of the 1850s
Constitution of 1838
To incorporate the Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Navigation Company.
Act 157 of 1851 · P.L. 208 · March 18, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing Watson Comly, Josiah Walton, and Charles Warmsley, to sell and convey certain real estate, and relative to the taxation of moneys at interest in the borough of Doylestown and township of Richland, in Bucks county.
Act 159 of 1851 · P.L. 212 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To perfect the title to Samuel Williamson of certain real estate, and relative to the Western Pennsylvania Coal Company.
Act 161 of 1851 · P.L. 214 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Carbon Run Improvement Company.
Act 162 of 1851 · P.L. 215 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act erecting parts of Bedford county into a separate county, to be called Fulton, approved the nineteenth day of April, Anno Domiiii, one thousanl eight hundred and fifty.
Act 163 of 1851 · P.L. 216 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Union Turnpike Road Company.
Act 164 of 1851 · P.L. 221 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize the German congregation of Moore township, Northampton county, to make saie of fourteen acres and one hundred and forty perches of land.
Act 165 of 1851 · P.L. 224 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act entitled " An Act to incorporate the town of Freeport, in the county of Armstrong.
Act 166 of 1851 · P.L. 224 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize William B. Fling, trustee under the will of Mary A. Haydock, deceased, and his successors; the Pennsylvania Company for insurance on lives and granting annuities; John Foreman, the executors of Joseph A. Needles, and the trustee under the will of Francis Milligan, deceased, to sell real estate.
Act 167 of 1851 · P.L. 225 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Somerset and JohnstoA'n Plank Road Company, relating to the half pilotage law, and in relation to elections in Tioga county.
Act 168 of 1851 · P.L. 229 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act passed the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Ligett'sGap Railroad Company.
Act 169 of 1851 · P.L. 231 · 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize A. K. Lewis (trustee) to sell certain real estate in the city of Pittsburg, and relative to the estate of Arthur Graham, late of Lebanon county, deceased, authorizing the administrators of Dr. James Clarkson, deceased, to sell certain real estate, Francis Patrick Kenrick, bishop of Philadelphia, to convey certain real estate in the borough of Columbia, relative to the collection
Act 170 of 1851 · P.L. 232 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To confer on Robert Robinson, Harriet Burgon, and Seth Robinson, illegitimate children of Robert Robinson, of the county of Greene, the rights, privileges, benefits, and advantages of children born in lawful wedlock.
Act 171 of 1851 · P.L. 234 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing certain commissioners therein named to review and re-lay out parts of the Edgmont Great Road, in Delaware county, relative to the estate of William Wollerton, in Chester county, and relative to tax on dogs in certain townships in said county.
Act 172 of 1851 · P.L. 235 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize the directors of the common schools for the borough of Schuylkill Haven, to borrow an acUHtional sum of money, relative to the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Schuylkill county, and to Bethel School District, in Lebanon county, and for other purposes.
Act 173 of 1851 · P.L. 237 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Good Will Hose Company of Spring Garden district, in county of Philadelphia.
Act 174 of 1851 · P.L. 238 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the school directors of Oley and Amity townships to borrow money, relative to tlie collection of taxes and security of supervisors in Muhlenberg township, vacating a certain street in the city of Reading, and incorporating St. John's church, in Bobeson township, Berks county.
Act 175 of 1851 · P.L. 240 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
Relating to the repairs of county bridges, to the collection of taxes in Colebrook- (lale, Maxatavvney, and Greenwich townships, to the election of county treasurer, to the dividends of the Reading Gas Company, and to the boundaries of the township of Oley, in the county of Berks, and to incorporate the Odd Felloivs' Hall Association of New London, Chester county.
Act 176 of 1851 · P.L. 242 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorpornte the Millerstown, Andersonbiirg, and New Germantown Plank Road Company.
Act 177 of 1851 · P.L. 244 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Butler Cemetery Association.
Act 180 of 1851 · P.L. 246 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Monongahela Mining Company.
Act 181 of 1851 · P.L. 248 · March 26, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Wattsburg and State Line Plank Road Company, to change the name of Wirtz McMicken Johnson to Winz McMicken, relative to the estates of Jane Morehead, of Indiana county, a lunatic, and of John Stewart Riddle, deceHsed, to authorize John F. Means and Simon Stevens to establish a ferry over the Susquehanna river, in Bradford county, and to authorize Alvin H. Parker, trustee,
Act 184 of 1851 · P.L. 255 · March 25, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act entitled " An Act for the relief of Barbara Patrick, widow of Robert Patrick, a soldier ef the revolutionary war, and to incorporate the Conemaugh and Indiana Plank Road Company, and for other purposes," approved the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Act 184 of 1851 · P.L. 258 · February 15, 1851 · Scanned page
To provide for the erection of a house for the feupport and employment of the poor in the county cf Beaver.
Act 185 of 1851 · P.L. 260 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
For the relief of Bernard Kelly, of Blair county, to enlarge the limits of the borough of Sliiileysburg, Huntingdon county, and relative to the guardians of the poor of Philadelphia county.
Act 180 of 1851 · P.L. 265 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Pennsylvania Academy at Sunbury, in Northumberland county.
Act 187 of 1851 · P.L. 266 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize the Auditor General to transfer the stock of the Commonweahh in tlie P.ttsbiug and Builer turnpike road, to the Allegheny and Builer Plank Road Company.
Act 189 of 1851 · P.L. 269 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Philadelphia Insurance Company.
Act 191 of 1851 · P.L. 270 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the laying out of a State road from Petersburg, in Huntingdon county, to a point known as Brown's Mills, in Mifflin county.
Act 192 of 1851 · P.L. 271 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize the laying out of a State road from Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, to a point at or near Straustovvn, Berks county, relative to a State road from Honeybrook township, Chester county, to Readins, to incorporate the Shrewsbury, Hopewell, and Chanceford Plank Road Company, relative to a road commissioner in Schuylkill county, and to the jurisdictinn of aldermen, justice of the
Act 193 of 1851 · P.L. 272 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Relative to voting at elections in Bradford county, and to the Tioga Railroad Company.
Act 194 of 1851 · P.L. 275 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Relative to the estate of George W. Morgan, deceased, to authorize J. Fisher Learning to sell real estate, and relative to certain trust estates devised by James C. Fisher to his grand daughters.
Act 195 of 1851 · P.L. 276 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To confer on Jacob Shank, of Lancaster county, the rights, privileges, and advantages of a child born in lawful wedlock, and to incorporate the borough of Mechanicsburg, in York county.
Act 196 of 1851 · P.L. 278 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize the County Commissioners of Berks county to construct a bridge over the river Scljuylkill, at or near Hamburg, and to borrow money, empowering James Darrah and the administrators of Thomas H. Jones, deceased, to sell certain real estate.
Act 197 of 1851 · P.L. 280 · 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Marietta and Mount Joy Turnpike Road Company, and lelative to the collection of taxes in Manheiin township, Lancaster county.
Act 198 of 1851 · P.L. 283 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Abington Turnpike and Plank Road Company, and conferring certain powers upon the supervisors of Exeter township, Luzerne county.
Act 199 of 1851 · P.L. 284 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Philadelphia and Atlantic Steam Navigation Company," and relative to filling vacancies in the school board of second section, first district.
Act 200 of 1851 · P.L. 285 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Catfish and Clarion Turnpike Road Company, and for the relief of Austin Thompson, and relative to the estate of Elizabeth D.
Act 201 of 1851 · P.L. 286 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Honesdale and Delaware Plank Road Company," approved the third day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Act 202 of 1851 · P.L. 288 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the board of elders of the northern diocese of the Church of tlie United Brethren in llie United States of America.
Act 204 of 1851 · P.L. 291 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To provide for the payment of the First and Second Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteers who served in the late war with Mexico.
Act 205 of 1851 · P.L. 292 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To regulate certain election districts, defining the duties of the street commissioners of New Brighton, Beaver county, providing for the widening of Broad street, relative to the election of cashiers and solicitors of banks in Philadelphia county, authorizing the corporation of the city of Philadelphia to lay gas pipes through public highways, changing the name of Charles Orrick
Act 206 of 1851 · P.L. 293 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
To change the name of Thomas Orrin Nutting to Thomas Xerxes, and relative to the Buck Mountain Coal Company.
Act 207 of 1851 · P.L. 297 · March 11, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Tangascootack Improvement Company, and relative to auditing the account of the Treasurer of the Board of School Directors of the borough of Williamsport, Lycoming county, to the Tovi^n Council of Manaynnkj street in the county of Philadelphia, and to certain collectors on the public
Act 208 of 1851 · P.L. 298 · March 18, 1851 · Scanned page
To "otifirm the title of James Nevins, and to authorize Michael Shoemaker and George Bush to sell certain real estate, an 1 relative to Girard Avenue an<J Thompson street, in the county of Pliiladeljiliia.
Act 209 of 1851 · P.L. 300 · March 29, 1851 · Scanned page
to certain tarnpike road companies in Lancaster county, and to authorize Samael Ludwig to peddle merchandize in said county.
Act 210 of 1851 · P.L. 300 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To chanje the name of the borough of West Philadelphia to the District of West Philadelphia, and relative to highways in the Districts of Kensington and Richmond, in the county of Philadelphia.
Act of 1851 · P.L. 302 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplementary to an act passed the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled " An Act relating to Orphans' Courts," and relating to contracts of decedents and escheats in certain cases, and relative to the District Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, and to Registers of Wills.
Act 212 of 1851 · P.L. 305 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the laying out of a State road from New Brighton, in Beaver county, to Allegheny city, in Allegheny county, to incorporate the New Castle Cemetery Association, to erect Harmony township, in the county of Beaver, and for the relief of David T.
Act 213 of 1851 · P.L. 308 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Jefferson and Ebensbiirg Plank Road Company, to authorize John Maclay, guardian of James H. Maciay and William J. Maclay, to sell cetain real estate, and relative to a tavern license in Mifflin county, and to the claim of George Morton.
Act 214 of 1851 · P.L. 311 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing Daniel Slieesley, trustee of Thoinag Harrison Jones and Mary- Jones, to sell and convey certain real estate.
Act 215 of 1851 · P.L. 313 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the'Independent Company of Montgomery and Bucks counties for the recovery of stolen horses and detection of thieves, to authorize Elijah F. Pennypacker and others, trustees, to sell certain real estate in Norristown, and William Carney, guardian of John Cadwalader, to sell certain standing timber in Montgomery county, to authorize the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county
Act 216 of 1851 · P.L. 314 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To reduce the expenses of collecting State and county taxes in the county of Venango, to incorporate the Greenville and Ohio State Line Plank Road Company, and authorize the appointment of an auctioneer in the county of Lawrence.
Act 217 of 1851 · P.L. 317 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
Regulating boroughs.
Act 218 of 1851 · P.L. 320 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
For the relief of a certain soldier and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
Act 219 of 1851 · P.L. 328 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporote tlie president and managers of the Beech Creek Plank Road Company, relative to the fees of the Prothonotary of Lycoming county, for the acknowledgement of Treasurer's deeds, and for the relief of Amos Addis.
Act 220 of 1851 · P.L. 329 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To confirm the title of certain real estate in Delaware county, conferring; cer tain powers on the Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company, and ■■'^^■'■''■" to the trust estate of Marion W. Kingsbury, in the borough of Towa relative inda.
Act 221 of 1851 · P.L. 330 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate tlie Rays Hill, Werefordsburg, and Maryland Line Turnpike Road Company, authorizing John Payne to sell and convey or let upon grotind rent certain real estate, fixing the place of holding elections in IVIiddle Woodbury township, Bedford county, confirming certain elections in Fulton county, and certain legal proceedings in Bedford county, changing the road laws in Tioga
Act 222 of 1851 · P.L. 332 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To extend tlie limits of the boroush of Orwi^sburg, in the county of Schuylkill, relating to the removal of the seat of justice of said county, and authorizing the election oC officers in the county of Forest.
Act 223 of 1851 · P.L. 335 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Kingse&sing and Tinicum Meadow Company,
Act 224 of 1851 · P.L. 338 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
Incorporating the congregation of United Brethren of the borough of Bethlehem and its vicinity.
Act 225 of 1851 · P.L. 345 · April 3, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize Henry Wilton to construct a dam or breaker in the river Susquehanna.
Act 226 of 1851 · P.L. 352 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the incorporation of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Easton.
Act 228 of 1851 · P.L. 355 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to investigate the clnim of Benjamin H Fredericks for damages sustained on the West Branch Divis-ion of the Penn syivania Canal, for the relief of Jolin Kinzey, authorizing Samuel Caldwel to erect a wing dam in the Susquehanna river, relative to the sale of un seated lands in Lycoming, Clinton, Sullivan, and Centre coimties, incorpo rating the Walker,
Act 229 of 1851 · P.L. 356 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act passed the twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, entitled " An Aot to incorporate the district of Richmond, in the county of Philadelphia, in relation to the security of tax collectors in said county, to streets in Germantown, to the vacation of Wager street, in the District of Kensington, and relating to a school house in Philadelphia county.
Act 280 of 1851 · P.L. 358 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
the act to ineorporate the Doaphin and Saiquehanna Coal Company, the fifth day of Aprils one thouaaud eight hundred and twenty-six.
Act 281 of 1851 · P.L. 359 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act to incorporate the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company, passed the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
Act 231 of 1851 · P.L. 360 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the commissioners of Armstrong county to sell certain real estate, in relation to the sale of the real estate of John Stewart, of Adams county, to the Lykens Valley Railroad Company, and incorporating the Loretto Turnpike Road Company in Cambria. county.
Act 232 of 1851 · P.L. 361 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To confirm the title to certain real estate in West Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, incorporating the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of the borough of West Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, legalizing investments of bonds or certificates of debts created by the county of Allegheny, the city of Pittsburg, and the city of Allegheny, in certain cases; authorizing
Act 233 of 1851 · P.L. 363 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Fitidleyville and Saw Mill Run Plank Road Company.
Act 234 of 1851 · P.L. 367 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Relating to the borough of Towanda.
Act 235 of 1851 · P.L. 368 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate ilie Gap Mining Company of Lancaster county.
Act of 1851 · P.L. 369 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Towanda and Burlington Plank Road Company, to repeal certain road laws relating to Wyoming coinity, to extend certain road laws to Commissioners.
Act 240 of 1851 · P.L. 382 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To appoint Tobias Shoemaker trustee of the person and estate of Samuel Henderson, a deaf an. I dumb person of the couiiiy of Westmoreland, incorporating the Somerset and Conemangh Plank Road Coinpany, to provide f'>r ilie sale of certain turnpike roads in the county of Somerset, relative to Paspey's school district, in tl:e county of Westmoreland, authorizing the Tenth Prtsbyierian Church
Act 241 of 1851 · P.L. 385 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
For the regulation and government of the Montgomery County Prison, to incorporate the Catfish, Brady's Bend, and Butler Plank Road Company, and irj relation to ihe Easton Water Company.
Act 242 of 1851 · P.L. 388 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
To repeal the seventh, eighth, and ninth sections of an act passed the fifth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An Act to vacate Long Lane, in the county of Philadelphia, and for other purposes.
Act 243 of 1851 · P.L. 398 · April 8, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the acting executrix of Andrew Newell, late of Huntingdon county, deceased, to sell certain real estate, authorizing the guardian iT John G. Trimble, a minor, to sell and convey real estaie of sitid mnor, and for other purposes, in relation to tlie name of Philip Shuliz, deceased, of Huntingdon county, providing for the collection of road taxes in Allcgilieny townstiip, Blair
Act 245 of 1851 · P.L. 400 · April 10, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to the act relating to the Tioga and Lawrenceville Plank Road Company.
Act 246 of 1851 · P.L. 405 · March 24, 1851 · Scanned page
To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Lycoming, to authorize the laying out of a State road from a certain point in Forks township, Sullivan county, to Monroeton in Bradford county, and relative to the hunting of deer in the township of Washington, in the county of Lycoming.
Act 247 of 1851 · P.L. 406 · April 10, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing an appropriation to re-build the Conestoga Bridge.
Act 248 of 1851 · P.L. 412 · April 10, 1851 · Scanned page
Additional powers granted, &c. Further powers. Annual appropriation to the House of Refuge. Orphans' Court of the city and county of Philadelphia authorized to decree distribution of the estate of Charles Marie also called Charles Berthault. To an act to incorporate the Erie and Waterford Plank Road Company, continuing the State and county appropriations to the house of refuge, and relative
Act 250 of 1851 · P.L. 414 · April 10, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the CTnion Hall Association of York county, to confirm title to certain real estate of Joseph Sneeringer, deceased, in the county of Adams, and relative to a road in York county, and to change the name of John Von Sountag Haviland to John Von Sountag De Havilland.
Act 251 of 1851 · P.L. 415 · April 10, 1851 · Scanned page
Relative to roads and highways in Philadelphia county, and the Norristown and Valley Railroad Company, and supplementary to an act entitled " An Act relative to tax collectors in Montgomery county, to registered taxes within the county of Philadelphia," passed thirteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Act 252 of 1851 · P.L. 418 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To change the name of the Methodist Church in the city of Pittsburgh, and to authorize the trustees thereof to sell certain real estate, relative to the collection of water tax in the city of Pittsburgh, and the measurement of coal in Allegheny county, and authorizing an extension of the Wellersburg and West Newton plank road, to confirm the title of Thomas Farley to certaiH real estate,
Act 253 of 1851 · P.L. 419 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Regulating certain election distriets, and for other purposes.
Act 254 of 1851 · P.L. 424 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Supplement to an act to incorporate the Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company, now the Catawissa, Williatnsport, and Erie Railroad Company.
Act 255 of 1851 · P.L. 429 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To authorize and empower the receivers of the New Hope Delaware Bridge Company, appointed by the chancellor of the State of New Jersey, to sell and convey the real estate and franchises of the said company, and to pay the debts of the same. Preamble. Wherbas, The New Hope Delaware Bridge Company, which was chartered by the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has become insolvent and
Act 256 of 1851 · P.L. 430 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Carbondale and Providence Turnpike and Plank Road Company.
Act 258 of 1851 · P.L. 434 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Wyoming County Plank Road Company. Commissioners Style. Location. Subject to provisions of certain act. Authorized to use bridges, &c Capital stock. Penalty for juries. Viewers of dam. ages.
Act 259 of 1851 · P.L. 436 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing W. T. Falconer, committee of Robert Falconer, to execute deeds, and relative to the destruction of trout and game in Cumberland county, and to authorize the Cnmberlatid Valley Mutual Protection Company, of JDickinson township, in sai<l county, to borrow money, and relative tii the Light Artillery company of Perry county, in relation to the sale of the real estate of Jesse
Act 260 of 1851 · P.L. 437 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Eelative to the election of trustees of the Philipsburg meeting house in Centre county, to the appointment of commissioners to mark the boundary lines between the counties of Centre and Mifflin and Huntingdon and Centre, to the election of trustees of the Old Columbia Public Ground Company of the borough of Columbia, Lancaster county, to hawkers and pedlers in Northumberland county, and
Act 261 of 1851 · P.L. 440 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Relative to the election of tlie town council of the borough of Bellefonte, and to incorporate the Hebron and State Line Plank Road Company.
Act 262 of 1851 · P.L. 443 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To change the name of the Noj-tbnmberland and Point Infantry and the Independent Rangers, to the payment of certain companies by the treasurers of Fayette, Lycoming, and Union counties, relative to certain school and eleclion districts, to incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association in the county of Chester, and extending certain road laws in Wayne county.
Act 263 of 1851 · P.L. 444 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To change the name of Francis S. R. Power to Francis S. R. Biiven, making William H. Porter and Edith T. Greeno heirs and adopted children of Daniel and Elmira Greenleaf, relative to the sale of liquor in certain districts in Carbon and Luzerne counties, to incorporate the Pine Creek and Cawanesque Plank Road Company, and relative to the Williams Valley Railroad and Mining Company.
Act 264 of 1851 · P.L. 446 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Altering the charter of the Easton Gas Company, aiUhorizitig Peter Hershner, John Bmssman, John Stamm, and Lewis G. Hanold, j uardians, to sell certain real estate, relatve to elections in Berks county, in the township of North ' Heidelberg, anl in the borough of BernviUe in said county, supplementary to the act incorporating St. Johns Church, in Robeson township, fixing the time of
Act 265 of 1851 · P.L. 448 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the laying out of a State road from Martin's Creek, in Northampton county, to Stroudsburg, in Monroe county, relative to the election of trustees of Cleaifield Academy, to repeal an act authorizing the laying out of a State road in Centre and Union counties, relative to the hunting of deer with dogs in Centre county, to repeal an act declaring Elk Creek, in Penn township.
Act 267 of 1851 · P.L. 452 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To incorporate the Weccacoe Hose Conipanj' of the District of Southwarky in the county of Philadelphia.
Act 268 of 1851 · P.L. 454 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Haverford Plank Road Company.
Act 269 of 1851 · P.L. 455 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
To erect an indepeiulent school district out of parts of Allegheny and Beaver coiHUie,^, relating to t!ie Moyamensing Hose company, dividing lower St. Clair township, Allr-gheny county, to a lock-up house in East Birmingham, to authorize the direc'ors cf House of Refuge to locate their building upon the Common ground, Allegheny city, to the Araminj!;o canal, to the claim of Thomas Beale, to
Act 270 of 1851 · P.L. 457 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
In relation to the Danville and Pottsville Railroad Confipany.
Act 271 of 1851 · P.L. 460 · April 12, 1851 · Scanned page
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