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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. Making an appropriation towards the maintenance of the Pennsylvania Nautical School-ship, located at the port of Philadelphia.

    Act 312 of 1905 · P.L. 451 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  2. Makins an appropriation of four hundred dollars, the interest of which is to be paid annuaUy, for the purpose of keeping in perpetual repair the grave of Simon Snyder, a former Governor of this Commonwealth, at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

    Act 313 of 1905 · P.L. 452 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  3. Making an appropriation to the Friends' Home for Children, of Philadelphia.

    Act 314 of 1905 · P.L. 452 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  4. Making an appropriation to the Children's Home, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Act 316 of 1905 · P.L. 453 · 1905 · Scanned page

  5. Providing for the erection of a statue of Honorable M. S. Quay, on the capitol grounds at Harrisburg, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Act 319 of 1905 · P.L. 454 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  6. Authorizing the Board of Game Commissioners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to establish and maintain, within the Forestry Reservations of this Commonwealth, preserves for the protection and propagration of deer, wild-turkey, partrldsre, quail, woodcock and wild-pigeons, and making an appropriation for the purpose of stocking and propagating the same.

    Act 320 of 1905 · P.L. 455 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  7. Making an appropriation to the Commissioners. of Valley Forge Park.

    Act 321 of 1905 · P.L. 455 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  8. Making an appropriation to the Coatesville Hospital.

    Act 322 of 1905 · P.L. 457 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  9. To provide for the preparing: and publishing of the report of the Pennsylvania Shiloh Battlefield Commission, of the proceedings, et cetera, in the erection and dedication of a monument on Shiloh Battlefield to the Seventy-seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers; the distribution thereof, and making appropriation therefer.

    Act 324 of 1905 · P.L. 458 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

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

    Act 325 of 1905 · P.L. 459 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  11. Making an appropriation to Saint Joseph's Foundling: Home and Maternity Hospital, of

    Act 326 of 1905 · P.L. 459 · 1905 · Scanned page

  12. Making an appropriation to the Aged Colored Women's Home, at Williamsport.

    Act 327 of 1905 · P.L. 459 · 1905 · Scanned page

  13. Making an appropriation to the Taylor Hospital, in the county of Lackawanna.

    Act 320 of 1905 · P.L. 461 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  14. Making an appropriation to pay for the collection, revlslnff, indexing and proof-reading of the pamphlet containing the game, the flsh and the forestry laws of this Commonwealth.

    Act 330 of 1905 · P.L. 461 · 1905 · Scanned page

  15. Making an appropriation to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 331 of 1905 · P.L. 461 · 1905 · Scanned page

  16. To provide for the erection, in connection with the Memorial Continental Hall now in course of erection by the Daughters of the American Revolution, In Washingrton city, of a memorial column for Pennijylvanla, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Act 333 of 1905 · P.L. 462 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  17. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Association of the Fifty-fourth Regiment. Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Infantry, for the purpose of erecting a monument on the battlefield of New Market, Virginia.

    Act 335 of 1905 · P.L. 463 · 1905 · Scanned page

  18. Makinff an appropriation for the purchase of oil paintings for the State Capitol.

    Act 336 of 1905 · P.L. 464 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  19. To provide for the continuation of the publication of the Pennsylvania Archives, and the distribution of the Archives and the Statu tes-at- Large.

    Act 337 of 1905 · P.L. 464 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  20. Making an appropriation to the Easton Home for Friendless Children.

    Act 338 of 1905 · P.L. 465 · 1905 · Scanned page

  21. To authorize the purchase of historical works, relative to the services of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the late Civil War.

    Act 339 of 1905 · P.L. 466 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  22. Making: an appropriation to Saint John's General Hospital, of Allegheny City.

    Act 340 of 1905 · P.L. 467 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  23. To provide for the publishing of the proceedings of the dedication of the Pennsylvania monuments erected under an act of the Liesrislature of Pennsylvania, approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and three; providiner for the distribution and clerical work thereof, and making an appropriation for the same.

    Act 342 of 1905 · P.L. 468 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  24. Making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the Pennsylvania Commissioners for Promoting Uniformity of Legislation In the United States, and to contribute to the payment of the expenses of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Liaws, for the promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States.

    Act 346 of 1905 · P.L. 470 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  25. To provide transportation to and from Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the time of the dedication of the monument of the Pennsylvania regiments and battery of artillery, for all surviving soldiers of those organizations which participated In the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in June and July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and making an appropriation for said transportation;

    Act 347 of 1905 · P.L. 471 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  26. Makinir &n appropriation to Saint Vincent's Home and Maternity Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 352 of 1905 · P.L. 474 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  27. Making: an appropriation to the Board of Directors of th' Temporary Home for Children, at Allegheny city,

    Act 353 of 1905 · P.L. 474 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  28. Providing for the erection of memorial tablets or monuments to mark the position, on the field of Antletam, of certain Pennsylvania regiments that participated in the battle on September sixteenth and seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, but were not in the battle of Gettysburg, and for the dedication of the same, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Act 354 of 1905 · P.L. 475 · 1905 · Scanned page

  29. Alakins: an appropriation for the uses and care of the Library of the Supreme and Superior Courts.

    Act 355 of 1905 · P.L. 477 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  30. Maklnff an appropriation to the EvanfreUcal Home for the Aged, of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Act 356 of 1905 · P.L. 477 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

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

    Act 357 of 1905 · P.L. 477 · 1905 · Scanned page

  32. Maklnsr an appropriation to the DuBois Hospital, of

    Act 358 of 1905 · P.L. 478 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  33. Making: an appropriation for the payment of the expense incident to the dedication of the memorial erected in the National Cemetery at Andersonvllle, Georgia, by the Pennsylvania Commission, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly approved July eigrhteenth. one thousand nine hundred and one: and makings an appropriation to provide transportation to Americus, Georgia, for

    Act 359 of 1905 · P.L. 478 · 1905 · Scanned page

  34. Affaking an appropriation for the establishment and maintenance of traveling libraries, authorized by act of Assembly approved the fifth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

    Act 361 of 1905 · P.L. 481 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  35. Makinir an appropriation to the Gynecean Hospital, in the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 362 of 1905 · P.L. 481 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  36. Makingr an appropriation to the Altoona Hospital.

    Act 365 of 1905 · P.L. 483 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  37. Maklnir an appropriation to the Chester Hospital, at Chester.

    Act 366 of 1905 · P.L. 483 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  38. Making an appropriation to Saint Agnes* Hospital, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Appropriation Sectiou 1.

    Act 367 of 1905 · P.L. 484 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  39. Making an appropriation to the Kane Summit Hospital Association, of Kane, McKean county.

    Act 370 of 1905 · P.L. 486 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  40. Making an appropriation to the Old Ladies' Home, of Philadelphia.

    Act 371 of 1905 · P.L. 486 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  41. Making an appropriation to the Lancaster General Hospital.

    Act 372 of 1905 · P.L. 487 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  42. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Clrculatingr Library for the Blind. Appropriation. Sectiou 1.

    Act 373 of 1905 · P.L. 488 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  43. Making: an appropriation to the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women.

    Act 374 of 1905 · P.L. 488 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  44. Making an appropriation to the Oil City Hospital.

    Act 375 of 1905 · P.L. 489 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  45. Making an appropriation to the Shenan^o Valley Hospital, of New Castle.

    Act 376 of 1905 · P.L. 489 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  46. Making an appropriation to the Good Samaritan Hospital, of Lebanon.

    Act 377 of 1905 · P.L. 490 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  47. Making an appropriation to the Hatnot Hospital Association, of the city of Erie.

    Act 378 of 1905 · P.L. 491 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  48. Making an appropriation to the Reading Hospital, in the city of Reading, Pennsylvania.

    Act 382 of 1905 · P.L. 493 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  49. Making an appropriation to the Homoeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital, of Reading.

    Act 383 of 1905 · P.L. 493 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  50. Making an appropriation to the Wilkes- Barre City Hospital.

    Act 386 of 1905 · P.L. 495 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  51. Making an appropriation to the Titusville Hospital, at th« Ci:v of

    Act 387 of 1905 · P.L. 496 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  52. Making an appropriation to the Meadville City Hospital.

    Act 389 of 1905 · P.L. 497 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  53. Making an appropriation to the Lock Haven Hospital.

    Act 391 of 1905 · P.L. 498 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  54. Making: an appropriation to the Harrisburg Hospital.

    Act 394 of 1905 · P.L. 500 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  55. Making: an appropriation to the Westmoreland Hospital Association, of Greensburg.

    Act 395 of 1905 · P.L. 501 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  56. Making an appropriation to the West Side Hospital Association, of the city of

    Act 396 of 1905 · P.L. 501 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  57. Makinir an appropriation to the Home for the Friendless, of the city of

    Act 399 of 1905 · P.L. 503 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  58. an appropriation to the Monongahela Memorial Association, of Monongrahela City, Pennsylvania.

    Act 402 of 1905 · P.L. 505 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  59. Making an appropriation to the Washington Hospital, of Washington, Pennsylvania.

    Act 404 of 1905 · P.L. 506 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  60. Making an appropriation to the McKeesp^rt Hospital, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

    Act 405 of 1905 · P.L. 507 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  61. Making an appropriation to the Children's Aid Societjr, of Westmoreland county.

    Act 407 of 1905 · P.L. 508 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  62. Making an appropriation to the Children's Homoeopathic Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 409 of 1905 · P.L. 509 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  63. Making an appropriation to the American Oncologric Hospital, at Philadelphia.

    Act 410 of 1905 · P.L. 510 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  64. AN AC^T Making: an appropriation to St. Joseph's Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 412 of 1905 · P.L. 511 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  65. Making: an appropriation to the Home for A^ed CoupleH and Old Men, at Bala, Philadelphia.

    Act 413 of 1905 · P.L. 511 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

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

    Act 414 of 1905 · P.L. 512 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  67. Making: an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, of Philadelphia.

    Act 415 of 1905 · P.L. 513 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  68. Making: an appropriation to the Kensington Hospital for Women, located in the city of Philadelpliia.

    Act 420 of 1905 · P.L. 514 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  69. Making: an appropriation to the German Hospital, of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 422 of 1905 · P.L. 515 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  70. an appropriation to the Garretson Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 423 of 1905 · P.L. 515 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  71. Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. Appropriation. Sectiou 1.

    Act 421 of 1905 · P.L. 516 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  72. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Western University of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Reineman Hospital, of Pittsburg:.

    Act 425 of 1905 · P.L. 517 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  73. an appropriation to the Women's Homoeopathic Association of Pennsylvania.

    Act 426 of 1905 · P.L. 517 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  74. Making an appropriation for the erection of a home or school for indigent orphans, to be called the Thaddeua Stevens Industrial and Reform School of Pennsylvania, in which school provision shall be made for giving instruction in reading writing, arithmetic, drawing, duties of citizenship, elementary manual training, the elements of farming, and other requisite branches. Thaddeua

    Act 429 of 1905 · P.L. 520 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  75. Making an appropriation to the South Mountain Camp Sanatorium, near Mont Alto, Franklin county.

    Act 431 of 1905 · P.L. 523 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  76. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, of the city of Philadelphia.

    Act 432 of 1905 · P.L. 523 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  77. Makingr an appropriation to the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting: useful knowledge, for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. pnambie. Whcrcas, The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin * will occur on the seventeenth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and six; - And

    Act 433 of 1905 · P.L. 524 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  78. Making: an appropriation to the Hospital Department of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act of 1905 · P.L. 526 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  79. Making an appropriation to the Pottsville Hospital.

    Act 436 of 1905 · P.L. 526 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  80. Making an appropriation to the Elk County General Hospital, and to assist in procuring a nurses' home in connection with said hospital.

    Act 437 of 1905 · P.L. 527 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  81. Making: an appropriation to the Beaver County General Hospital, of Rochester, Pennsylvania.

    Act 438 of 1905 · P.L. 528 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  82. Making an appropriation to the Topographic and Geological Survey of the State in co-operation with the United States Geological Survey.

    Act 439 of 1905 · P.L. 528 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  83. Making: an appropriation to the Saint Luke's Hospital, located at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    Act 441 of 1905 · P.L. 530 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  84. Makinir an appropriation to the Adrian Hospital Association, of Jefferson county, Pennsylvania.

    Act 443 of 1905 · P.L. 531 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  85. Making: an appropriation to the Mount Pleasant Memorial Hospital, of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

    Act 445 of 1905 · P.L. 532 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  86. Makins: an appropriation to the Frankford Hospital, located In Frankford, Philadelphia.

    Act 447 of 1905 · P.L. 533 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  87. Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and the Dispensary, of Pittsburgh.

    Act 449 of 1905 · P.L. 534 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  88. Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Society to protect Children from Cruelty, of Philadelphia.

    Act 450 of 1905 · P.L. 535 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  89. Making an appropriation to the Charity HospitaU of Pittsburg:

    Act 452 of 1905 · P.L. 536 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  90. Making: an appropriation to the Hosalla Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital, of Pittsburgr.

    Act 453 of 1905 · P.L. 536 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  91. Making an appropriation to Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases, at Philadelphia.

    Act 454 of 1905 · P.L. 537 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  92. Making an appropriation to the Saint Francis Hospital, of Pittsburgh.

    Act 455 of 1905 · P.L. 538 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  93. Making an appropriation to the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.

    Act 456 of 1905 · P.L. 538 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  94. Making an appropriation to the House of Good Shepherd, of Philadelphia.

    Act 459 of 1905 · P.L. 540 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  95. Maklns: an appropriation to the Philadelphia Protectory.

    Act 461 of 1905 · P.L. 541 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  96. Making: an appropriation to Saint LiUke's Homeopathic Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 462 of 1905 · P.L. 542 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  97. Making an appropriation to the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, of Plttaburgr, Pennsylvania.

    Act 463 of 1905 · P.L. 542 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  98. Makingr an appropriation to the ChUdren's Aid Society of Pennsylvania.

    Act 464 of 1905 · P.L. 543 · 1905 · Scanned page

  99. Making an appropriation to the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Women, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

    Act 465 of 1905 · P.L. 544 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

  100. Making an appropriation to the Saint Mary's Hospital, of Philadelphia.

    Act 467 of 1905 · P.L. 545 · May 11, 1905 · Scanned page

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