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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.

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1,802 laws of the 1900s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Makinff an appropriation to the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, of Pittsburs, Pennsylvania.

    Act 399 of 1903 · P.L. 435 · 1903 · Scanned page

  2. an appropriation to the Saint Luke's Homeopathic Hospital, of Philadelphia. S?a2? ^^^ nudnu- Scctiou 1.

    Act 400 of 1903 · P.L. 436 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  3. Making an appropriation to the Indiana Normal School or Pennsylvania, located at Indiana, in the county of Indiana, for the two fiscal years beg^lnnln^r June one, one thousand nine hundred and three.

    Act 401 of 1903 · P.L. 436 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  4. Makinff-an appropriation to the Home for Aged and Infirm Women, at Baston.

    Act 402 of 1903 · P.L. 437 · 1903 · Scanned page

  5. Maklnir &n appropriation to the Aged Colored Women's Home, at

    Act 403 of 1903 · P.L. 438 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  6. Making an appropriation to the Home for the FriendleBS, of th« city of

    Act 405 of 1903 · P.L. 439 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  7. Making an appropriation to the Home of the Friendless, at Har> rlsburg, Pennsylvania.

    Act 406 of 1903 · P.L. 439 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  8. an appropriation to the Free Kindergarten and Nursery Association, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

    Act 407 of 1903 · P.L. 439 · May 16, 1903 · Scanned page

  9. Maklnff an appropriation to the Children's Industrial Home, at Harrisburff, Pennsylvania. iMM for

    Act 408 of 1903 · P.L. 440 · 1903 · Scanned page

  10. Making an appropriation to the Erie Home for the Friendless, of the city of Erie.

    Act 409 of 1903 · P.L. 440 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  11. Making an appropriation to the Allegheny County Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

    Act 410 of 1903 · P.L. 441 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  12. Making an appropriation to the Lock Haven

    Act 411 of 1903 · P.L. 441 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  13. Making an appropriation to the Bellefonte

    Act 412 of 1903 · P.L. 442 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  14. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville.

    Act 413 of 1903 · P.L. 442 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  15. To provide transportation to AxnerlcuB, Georgia ( Anderson ville Confederate Prison), at the time of the dedication of the Pennsylvania Memorial in the National Cemetery, at Anderson vllle, Georgia, for all the surviving Pennsylvania soldiers who have been confined in the Confederate Prison, at AndersonvIUe, at any time during the War of the Rebellion, and were honorably discharged, and making appropriation therefor.

    Act 414 of 1903 · P.L. 443 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  16. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Reerlon of Pennsylvania, at Fountain Springs near Ashland, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 416 of 1903 · P.L. 445 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  17. To provide for the investigation of the diseases of domestic animals, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Act 416 of 1903 · P.L. 447 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  18. Entitled an act making an appropriation for the expenses required by an act, entitled "An act to provide for tlie continsance of the education and maintenance of tlie destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers, sailors and marines, and the destitute children of permanently disabled soldiers, sailors and marines, of the State," approved May twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and

    Act 417 of 1903 · P.L. 448 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  19. Making an appropriation to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

    Act 418 of 1903 · P.L. 449 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  20. Making an appropriation to the Charity Hospital, of Pittaburg, Pennsylvania.

    Act 419 of 1903 · P.L. 449 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  21. Making an appropriation for the Cottage State Hospital, of Philipaburg, Pennsylvania.

    Act 420 of 1903 · P.L. 450 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  22. Making an appropriation to the Eaaton Home for Friendless Children.

    Act 421 of 1903 · P.L. 451 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  23. Making an appropriation to the Working Men's Hospital Association, of Berlin borough, in Somerset county.

    Act 422 of 1903 · P.L. 451 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  24. Makinir &n appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Warren, Pennsylvania.

    Act 423 of 1903 · P.L. 451 · 1903 · Scanned page

  25. To provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, to be called The Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble- Minded and Epileptic, and makiner an appropriation therefor.

    Act 424 of 1903 · P.L. 452 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  26. Maklns an appropriation to the PhoenixviUe Hospital, of Phoenixville.

    Act 425 of 1903 · P.L. 457 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  27. Makiner an appropriation to the CommlBsionera of Valley Forge Park.

    Act 426 of 1903 · P.L. 457 · 1903 · Scanned page

  28. Making an appropriation to the Easton Hospital, at

    Act 427 of 1903 · P.L. 458 · 1903 · Scanned page

  29. Making an appropriation for a suitable monument, to be erected on the Germantown battlefield (Chew Place), Germantown, Pennsylvania, or such other place In Germantown as the commissioners may deem proper.

    Act 428 of 1903 · P.L. 459 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  30. Providing for the crradlns of the grounds around the monument erected to the memory of Governor Joseph Rltner, In the churchyard at Mount Rock, Cumberland county, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Act 429 of 1903 · P.L. 459 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  31. Making an appropriation for the erection and fitting of a sanatorium, and for tlie maintenance thereof, on the State Forestry Reservation at Mont Alto, in Franklin or Adams counties, and authorizing the Commissioner of Forestry to make and enforce rules and regulations governing the same.

    Act 430 of 1903 · P.L. 460 · 1903 · Scanned page

  32. Making an appropriation to the York Hospital and Dispensary of the city of York.

    Act 431 of 1903 · P.L. 461 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  33. Supplement to an act, entitled "An act to accept the grrant of public lands by the United States for the endowment of Agrrlcultural Colleges," approved April first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and making appropriations for carrying the same into effect.

    Act 432 of 1903 · P.L. 461 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  34. Maklnff an appropriation to the Nort^ Pennsylvania General Hospital and Sanitarium, of Austin.

    Act 433 of 1903 · P.L. 464 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  35. New buildings. Proviso. Maklnff an appropriation to the Beaver Valley General Hospital of Beaver county.

    Act 434 of 1903 · P.L. 464 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  36. Making an appropriation to the Curtis Home for Destitute Women and Oirls, in the city of Pittsburg, State of Pennsylvania.

    Act 436 of 1903 · P.L. 466 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  37. Maklnff an appropriation to the Home of Industry for Dlscharffed Prisoners, In the city and county of Philadelphia.

    Act 438 of 1903 · P.L. 467 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  38. For refflmental bandK. For hospital corp«. To provide for the support of the National Guard and Naval Force, for the two fiscal years begrinning: June first, one thousand nine hundred and three, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining: unpaid at the close of the fiscal year, ending: May thirtyfirst, one thousand nine hundred and three.

    Act 439 of 1903 · P.L. 468 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  39. Proviso. Making: an appropriation to the Children's Homoeopathic Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 440 of 1903 · P.L. 469 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  40. Making an appropriation to the Altoona

    Act 441 of 1903 · P.L. 470 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  41. Making an appropriation to The House of Refuge, situated in the Eastern District of the Commonwealth.

    Act 442 of 1903 · P.L. 470 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  42. Making an appropriation to the Howard Hospital and Infirmary for Incurables.

    Act 443 of 1903 · P.L. 471 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  43. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble- Minded Children, at Elwyn. Delaware county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 445 of 1903 · P.L. 472 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  44. Maklnff an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, of Philadelphia.

    Act 446 of 1903 · P.L. 473 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  45. Making an appropriation to the Reading Hoepltal, In the City of Reading, Pennsylvania.

    Act 449 of 1903 · P.L. 475 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  46. Making: an appropriation to the Franklin City HospitaL Appropriation. SectioH 1.

    Act 450 of 1903 · P.L. 476 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  47. Making an appropriation to the Home for Agred Veteran and Wife, located in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 452 of 1903 · P.L. 477 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  48. Makincr an appropiiatloa to Charity Hospital, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, located at Norristown.

    Act 453 of 1903 · P.L. 478 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  49. Making an appropriation to the Carbondale Hospital Association, of the City of Carbondale.

    Act 454 of 1903 · P.L. 478 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  50. Maklner an appropriation to the South Side Hospital, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.

    Act 457 of 1903 · P.L. 481 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  51. an appropriation to the trustees of the Western University of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Reineman Ho<»pltal, of Pittsbursr.

    Act 458 of 1903 · P.L. 481 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  52. an approprtatlon to the Philadelphia LiytngAn Charity

    Act 469 of 1903 · P.L. 482 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  53. an appropriation to the Taylor Hospital, In the county of Liackawanna.

    Act 460 of 1903 · P.L. 483 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  54. an approprtation to the Children's Aid Society of Franklin county, for the purpose of the maintenance of their hospital at Chambersburg.

    Act 461 of 1903 · P.L. 484 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  55. an appropriation to the Old Ldbdies' Home, of Philadelphia.

    Act 463 of 1903 · P.L. 485 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  56. an appropriation to the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases.

    Act 464 of 1903 · P.L. 485 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  57. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine.

    Act 468 of 1903 · P.L. 489 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  58. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania.

    Act 469 of 1903 · P.L. 489 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  59. Making an appropriation to the Western State Penitentiary.

    Act 470 of 1903 · P.L. 491 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  60. an appropriation to the Commission for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Hospital for the treatment of the insane, under homeopathic managrement, to be called the Homeopathic State Hospital for the Insane. Appropriauoa, Sectiou 1.

    Act 472 of 1903 · P.L. 492 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  61. an appropriation to the Medical and Surgical Department of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, at Pittsburg.

    Act 473 of 1903 · P.L. 493 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  62. Maklns an appropriation to the Mary M. Packer Hospital, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. JJJ;Wo for maint*- Sectiou 1.

    Act 475 of 1903 · P.L. 494 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  63. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

    Act 477 of 1903 · P.L. 495 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  64. Making an appropriation to the McKeeeport Hospital, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

    Act 479 of 1903 · P.L. 496 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  65. Making an appropriation to the Women's Homeopathic Association of Pennsylvania.

    Act 480 of 1903 · P.L. 497 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  66. Making an appropriation to the TltusylUe Hospital, at the city of Tltusville.

    Act 481 of 1903 · P.L. 498 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  67. Making an appropriation to the Warren Emergency Hoapital, of Warren, Pennsylvania.

    Act 482 of 1903 · P.L. 498 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  68. Making &n appropriation to the Allen town Hospital Association, at Allentown.

    Act 483 of 1903 · P.L. 499 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  69. an appropriation to the Butler County General Hospital, located at Butler.

    Act 484 of 1903 · P.L. 499 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  70. Making an appropriation to the Clearfield Hospital.

    Act 486 of 1903 · P.L. 501 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  71. Making: an appropriation for the support and maintenance of ' the DuBois Hospital, at DuBois, Pennsylvania.

    Act 487 of 1903 · P.L. 501 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  72. an appropriation to the trustees of the State Institution for Feeble-Minded of Western Pennsylvania.

    Act 491 of 1903 · P.L. 502 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  73. Bix appropriation to The National Farm School, at Doylestown,

    Act 490 of 1903 · P.L. 503 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  74. Making an appropriation to the Saint John's General Hospital, of

    Act 494 of 1903 · P.L. 504 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  75. Making an appropriation for salaries of officers and employes of the Pennsylvania Reform School, at Morganza, Pennsylvania* and to pay for permanent improvements, et cetera.

    Act of 1903 · P.L. 505 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  76. Making: an appropriation to the Saint John's General Hospital, of

    Act 494 of 1903 · P.L. 506 · May 15, 1903 · Scanned page

  77. To provide for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative departments of the Commonwealth, interest on the public debt, and the support of the public schools, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and three, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending May thirtyfirst, one thousand nine hundred and three.

    Act 496 of 1903 · P.L. 508 · May 16, 1903 · Scanned page

  78. To repeal so much of an act, entitled "An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicatiniT liquors, wines, ale and beer, in certain boroughs and townships in the County of Alleerheny/' approved May thirteen, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, as relates to or affects the Boroucrh of Glassport, formerly a part of the Township of L4ncoln, in the County of Allegheny.

    Act 498 of 1903 · P.L. 544 · 1903 · Scanned page

  79. for the appointment of a commisBlon to lelect and purchase a sUver Bervice for the battleship "PennaylTaaia," and making an appropriation therefor, and proyidlnff for the appointment of a committee to arrange the presentation exercises.

    Act of 1903 · P.L. 548 · April 16, 1903 · Scanned page

  80. Consolidation boroushs. of Clause 1, section 2, act of June 9, 1893. cited for amendment. Consolidation. To amend the first clause of the second section, and the third section, of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the consolidation of boroughs and the government and regulation thereof," approved the sixth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand elglit hundred and ninety-three; removing

    Act of 1903 · February 26, 1903 · Scanned page

  81. To repeal an act, entitled "An act for the protection of the public health, prohibiting hereafter the establishing or maintenance of additional hospitals, pest-houses, and burial f;rounds in the built-up portions of cities," approved the twentieth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

    Act 1 of 1903 · January 28, 1903 · Scanned page

  82. To reyive and continue in force the provisions of an act, entitled '^An act to extend for a further period of five years, the time during which corperations, incorporated and existing under the laws of anv other State of the United States, are now authorized by law to hold real estate heretofore purchased at sheriffs' or other judicial sales/' approved the eighth day of June, Anno Domini

    Act 2 of 1903 · February 5, 1903 · Scanned page

  83. Relating to school districts* in townships, and boroughs erected therefrom.

    Act 3 of 1903 · February 5, 1903 · Scanned page

  84. To enable city, county, poor, township, ward, school, and borough tax coUectors to collect taxes, for the payment of which they have become personally liable, or for which they shall during the vear one thousand nine hundred and three become personaUy liable, without haying collected the same, by expiration of the authority of their respectiye warrants or by the expiration of their term

    Act 4 of 1903 · February 13, 1903 · Scanned page

  85. To provide for charging the cost of construction of sewers and drains, heretofore or hereafter constructed in townships of the first class, against properties accommodated or benefited thereby; authorizing the township commissioners to create sewer districts, to apportion the cost of sewer construction among the same, and to prescribe the manner in tvhich the charges shall be assessed

    Act 2 of 1905 · P.L. 22 · February 23, 1905 · Scanned page

  86. Amending the seventy-fourth section of an act, entitled "An act to consolidate, revise and amend the laws of this Commonwealth relating to penal proceedings and pleadings," approved the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty, by repealing the proviso thereof which prohibits the imposing of sentences to expire between the fifteenth day of, November and the fifteenth of February, of any year.

    Act 3 of 1905 · P.L. 25 · February 28, 1905 · Scanned page

  87. appeals to Orphans* Courts from decisions of registers of wills, granting' Issues drvisavit vel non In cases of contested wills.

    Act 4 of 1905 · P.L. 26 · 1905 · Scanned page

  88. Making an appropriation for the payment of the deficiency In the salary of the State Treasurer.

    Act of 1905 · P.L. 27 · March 1, 1905 · Scanned page

  89. To quiet the title of real estate, and to enable citisenB of the United States, and corporations chartered under the laws of this Commonwealth, and authorized to hold real estate therein, to hold and convey title to real estate, which has formerly been held by corporations not authorized by law to hold real estate In Pennsylvania.

    Act 5 of 1905 · P.L. 27 · February 28, 1905 · Scanned page

  90. To provide for the appointment, by the district attorneys of the several counties of this Commonwealth having: a population of over Ave hundred thousand and less than one million, of a special detective officer, and assistant special detective officers, not exceeding ten in number, making said special detective officers general police officers, with the same powers conferred on constables

    Act 10 of 1905 · P.L. 30 · March 2, 1905 · Scanned page

  91. Autliorizins the Commissioner of Banking to appoint Ave additional examiners, and providing: for their compensation and expenses.

    Act 13 of 1905 · P.L. 33 · March 7, 1905 · Scanned page

  92. To prevent and punish the stealing: of wire forming part of a line for the transmission of electricity.

    Act 14 of 1905 · P.L. 33 · March 8, 1905 · Scanned page

  93. Validating: ordinances and other transactions of municipal corporations, wherein there has occurred a misnomer, omission, informality, or irreirularity of, or in, the corporate name, style, and title of such municipality.

    Act 15 of 1905 · P.L. 34 · March 10, 1905 · Scanned page

  94. Making: an appropriation for the payment of the deficiency In the maintenance and other expenses of the hatcheries of the Department of Fisheries.

    Act 16 of 1905 · P.L. 34 · March 10, 1905 · Scanned page

  95. To enable townships of the Commonwealth, which have heretofore been declared townships of the first class, and which no longer have a population such as is required -by law, to again become townships of the second class.

    Act 18 of 1905 · P.L. 36 · March 14, 1905 · Scanned page

  96. To amend an act, entitled "An act to amend the charter of incorporation of the horousrh of Bristol, err an ted the fourteenth day of November, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and twenty, and the several acts supplementary thereto." approved the fifteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, by strlklngr out the proviso to the tenth section of said

    Act 20 of 1905 · P.L. 38 · March 14, 1905 · Scanned page

  97. Making it a misdemeanor for persons to have in their possession certain mechanical devices or tools, commonly called burglars' tools, and prescribing the punishment therefor.

    Act 21 of 1905 · P.L. 38 · 1905 · Scanned page

  98. To amend the final clause of section three of an act, entitled "An act to establish an intermediate court of appeal, regulatiner its constitution, officers, jurisdiction, powers, practice, and its relation to the Supreme Court and other courts: providing for the reports of its decisions, the compensation of the Judges and other officers, and the practice and costs on appeals from its

    Act 22 of 1905 · P.L. 39 · March 14, 1905 · Scanned page

  99. Permitting: children, residing in scliool-districts in which no public high school is maintained, to attend a high school in some other district, located near their homes, and providing for the payment of cost of tuition and school-books.

    Act 23 of 1905 · P.L. 40 · March 16, 1905 · Scanned page

  100. Authorizing the appointment of a oommlsslon to codify tho laws relating to divorce, and to co-operate with other states in securing uniformity of divorce legislation in the United States.

    Act 24 of 1905 · P.L. 40 · March 16, 1905 · Scanned page

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