Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,402 laws of the 1920s

Constitution of 1874

1. Permitting corporations to change the date of their annual meeting as fixed by its charter

   Act ACT 28 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

2. Act concerning townships; consolidating the law relating thereto - amend - width of township roads

   Act ACT 280 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

3. Providing for the purchase of land and the erection and improvement of buildings, by counties of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth classes, for the purpose of providing a home for indigent orphans and certain incorrigible, indigent, dependent,

   Act ACT 281 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

4. Act regulating certain political parties - amend - delivery of ballot-boxes

   Act ACT 282 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

5. Act regulating certain political parties - amend - order of names on ballots

   Act ACT 283 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

6. The Insurance Company Law of 1921

   Act ACT 284 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

7. Optometry Practice Law - amend - examination by soldiers, sailors, persons absent from State, and physically handicapped persons

   Act ACT 286 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

8. Act creating a Division of Township Highways in the State Highway Department - amend - assignment of engineers

   Act ACT 287 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

9. Act prescribing the powers and duties of the Bureau of Markets in the Department of Agriculture - amend - striking out provisions limiting the investigation and classification of farm products; appropriating to the Department of Agriculture for the use of

   Act ACT 288 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

10. Act to provide for the detection of crime in the county of Dauphin - repeal

    Act ACT 289 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

11. Fiduciaries Act of 1917 - amend - joint plaintiff or defendant

    Act ACT 29 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

12. Providing for the appointment of a board of examiners to examine applicants for the office of inspector for the anthracite mines of this Commonwealth

    Act ACT 290 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

13. Authorizing the purchasing or building of residences for principals, teachers, or janitors by school districts of the fourth class

    Act ACT 291 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

14. State Highway Department Law - amend - vacation of abandoned portions of State highways routes

    Act ACT 292 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

15. Creating a board of managers to have exclusive jurisdiction over all houses of detention for the reception of untried juvenile offenders and neglected and dependent children who may be under judicial investigation, in counties of the third class - enactme

    Act ACT 293 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

16. Supplement to an act, entitled Second Class City Law - amend - method of appointment and terms of office of the members of the City Planning Department; all plans of streets for public use shall be submitted to and approved by this department

    Act ACT 294 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

17. Act amending an act in relation to the laying out, opening, widening, straightening, extending or vacating streets and alleys, and the construction of bridges in the several municipalities of this Commonwealth - amend - ordinances may require that no buil

    Act ACT 295 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

18. State Workmen's Insurance Fund Law - amend - refunding to the general fund of the State Treasury all moneys appropriated for the organization and administration of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund

    Act ACT 296 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

19. For the protection of human life, live stock, and growing timber by prohibiting the discharge of certain guns, except at birds and animals or at targets properly protected

    Act ACT 297 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

20. Act to establish a Department of Forestry - amend - establishing additional bureaus; establishing forest districts; forest officers, assistants, and labor; fixing the amount of expenditures for the acquisition of land

    Act ACT 298 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

21. Forest Fire Protection Law - amend - chief of the Bureau of Forest Protection; empowering district foresters to act as districts fire-wardens; compensation of the chief and other fire-wardens and persons assisting in extinguishing forest fires

    Act ACT 299 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

22. To authorize and empower any street railway company of this Commonwealth which own at least two-thirds of the capital stock of any other street railway company or motor power company and shall have a railway connecting with the railway of such other

    Act ACT 3 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

23. Act relative to the election of commissioners' clerk in the county of York - repeal

    Act ACT 30 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

24. Act concerning townships; consolidating the law relating thereto - amend - limiting the power of townships of the second class to contract for road purposes

    Act ACT 300 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

25. Authorizing the lease of lands acquired in connection with the acquisition of toll-bridges over boundary waters to boroughs and townships for park purposes

    Act ACT 301 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

26. Act providing a system of government for boroughs - amend - paving and curbing streets

    Act ACT 302 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

27. To provide for the recording, and notation upon the record of any deed or other recorded instrument, of any judgment or decree affecting such deed or other instrument

    Act ACT 303 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

28. Act to authorize the courts of common pleas of any county, when any individual church within the county has become inactive or extinct, to appoint the trustees of the State body or organization representative of the denomination of which said church was a

    Act ACT 304 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

29. Act to authorize the councils of the cities of the first class of the Commonwealth to appropriate annually a sum for the support and maintenance of each company of the National Guard - amend - amounts which may be appropriated by cities of the first, seco

    Act ACT 305 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

30. Reorganizing the Adjutant General's Department

    Act ACT 306 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

31. Providing for the organization, government, discipline, maintenance, and regulation of the armed land forces of this Commonwealth

    Act ACT 307 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

32. Act authorizing the State Treasurer to refund collateral inheritance tax paid in error - amend - refunding by the State Treasurer of collateral, direct, or transfer inheritance tax paid on the estate or property of a person erroneously adjudged to be dead

    Act ACT 308 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

33. Act authorizing the several counties, incorporated towns, and boroughs to appropriate annually sums of money to each camp of the United Spanish War Veterans, and the Army of the Philippines, and the American Veterans of Foreign Service to aid in defraying

    Act ACT 309 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

34. Act authorizing appeals to be taken in equity cases of account, where the liability to account is in issue, from the preliminary order or decree of court requiring an account - amend - extending to actions at law wherein the plaintiff sues for an account

    Act ACT 31 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

35. Act to permit disabled soldiers to peddle by procuring a license therefor, without charge - amend - proof of disability

    Act ACT 310 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

36. Act providing a system of government for boroughs - amend - share of the cost of construction and improvement of streets or highways in boroughs, which are built or improved jointly, may be assessed against the abutting property owners

    Act ACT 311 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

37. Providing for placement training in the several departments, bureaus, boards, divisions, and commissions of the State Government of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines

    Act ACT 312 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

38. Act authorizing the county commissioners of the several counties, or the town councils of the several boroughs, of this Commonwealth, to appropriate annually a sufficient sum of money to each post of the Grand Army of the Republic - amend - authorizing

    Act ACT 313 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

39. Regulating service of process from the courts of common pleas or other courts of record, and extending the territorial jurisdiction thereof in certain cases

    Act ACT 314 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

40. Establishing a State highway in the county of Lebanon

    Act ACT 315 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

41. Relating to the taking of certain fur-bearing animals

    Act ACT 316 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

42. Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors of Pennsylvania - amend - commission

    Act ACT 317 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

43. Regulating the closing of public highways, and providing for the locating, marking, and maintenance of detours necessitated by such closing

    Act ACT 318 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

44. Act providing for the erection of the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School - amend - additional members to commission

    Act ACT 319 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

45. Declaring the directors of the poor in poor districts coextensive with a county to be county officers

    Act ACT 32 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

46. Act authorizing suits brought to recover in case of accidents in this Commonwealth in courts of common pleas to be certified to the Workmen's Compensation Board when discovered that the suit has been brought wrongfully - amend - extending to suits brought

    Act ACT 320 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

47. Act prohibiting the furnishing, by gift, sale, or otherwise, of cigarettes, or cigarette paper to minors - amend - punishment of first and second offenses by summary conviction and fine

    Act ACT 321 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

48. To regulate the drilling, operating, and abandoning of oil and gas wells

    Act ACT 322 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

49. Act to regulate and establish the fees to be charged by sheriffs in this Commonwealth - amend - fees for transportation of prisoners

    Act ACT 323 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

50. Defining fraternal benefit societies and their status

    Act ACT 324 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

51. Authorizing receivers of taxes in and for cities of the first class to furnish certificates of taxes and claims which are liens on real estate

    Act ACT 325 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

52. Act relating to the form, execution, and interpretation of wills - amend - revocation with respect to birth or adoption of children

    Act ACT 326 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

53. To provide for the better preservation of the books and papers in the office of the prothonotaries in the counties of this Commonwealth by copying, transcribing, and certification of dilapidated, faded, or injured books or papers

    Act ACT 327 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

54. To provide for the disposition of all drugs which are introduced in the evidence of any trial for the illegal possession or sale of same

    Act ACT 328 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

55. Public School Code - amend - number of medical inspectors; additional inspections; duties of teachers

    Act ACT 329 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

56. Validating certain elections held pursuant to the act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities

    Act ACT 33 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

57. Public School Code - amend - examinations; certificates

    Act ACT 330 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

58. Act establishing a court for the county of Philadelphia - amend - changing the jurisdiction in civil actions

    Act ACT 331 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

59. Authorizing the establishment by counties of hospitals for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis

    Act ACT 332 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

60. Act defining and regulating escheats in cases where property is without a lawful owner - amend - traverse to a finding of escheat in certain cases only shall be certified to the court of common pleas

    Act ACT 333 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

61. Authorizing certain telephone companies and certain telephone and telegraph companies to acquire all or any part of the capital stock, franchises, property, rights, and credits of each other, and to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire all or any part of

    Act ACT 334 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

62. Public School Code - amend - temporary debt

    Act ACT 335 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

63. Empowering cities to take, purchase, or condemn property for the purpose of erecting, providing, maintaining, and operating thereon playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, indoor recreation centers, comfort stations, waiting

    Act ACT 336 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

64. To fix the time for filing nomination certificates and nomination papers to fill vacancies caused by the withdrawal of candidates

    Act ACT 337 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

65. Public School Code - amend - use of grounds and buildings for elections and primaries

    Act ACT 338 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

66. Act concerning townships; consolidating the law relating thereof - amend - fire apparatus

    Act ACT 339 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

67. Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of Internal Affairs to compile and publish connected warrantee tract maps of each of the several counties of this Commonwealth - amend - making of an atlas for a permanent file, and for the sale and distribution

    Act ACT 34 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

68. Act concerning townships; consolidating the law relating thereof - amend - including State highways and county roads; curbing

    Act ACT 340 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

69. Act concerning townships; consolidating the law relating thereof - amend - sidewalks by highways leading to cities or towns

    Act ACT 341 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

70. Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915 - amend - disfigurement of head or face

    Act ACT 342 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

71. Giving additional protection to human beings in this Commonwealth, and imposing penalties upon those who may shoot at or wound or kill a human being in mistake for either game or other wild creatures

    Act ACT 343 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

72. Public School Code - amend - acquirement of vacated streets and alleys

    Act ACT 344 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

73. Public School Code - amend - election and term of secretary

    Act ACT 345 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

74. Act to authorize and provide for the commitment of persons habitually addicted to the use of alcohol drink or intoxicating drugs to a proper hospital or asylum - amend - payment of the cost and expense of care and treatment of indigent inebriates by the

    Act ACT 346 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

75. Fixing the salary of the jury commissioners of the counties of the third class

    Act ACT 347 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

76. Act providing a system of government for boroughs - amend - salary of burgess

    Act ACT 348 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

77. Act to provide for the personal registration of electors in cities of the third class of this Commonwealth - amend - electors registered during preceding year

    Act ACT 349 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

78. Authorizing cities of the third class to elect an assistant city solicitor, whose term of office shall be four years, and whose compensation shall be fixed by ordinance

    Act ACT 35 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

79. Public School Code - amend - liability for and amount of tuition

    Act ACT 350 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

80. Public School Code - amend - courses of study

    Act ACT 351 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

81. Public School Code - amend - school terms

    Act ACT 352 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

82. Providing for the condemnation by the Commonwealth of lands suitable and desirable for forest purposes or game preserve purposes or the perpetuation and protection of fish

    Act ACT 353 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

83. Empowering cities of the third class to contract with certain incorporated associations to use and occupy public parks and playgrounds

    Act ACT 354 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

84. Supplement to the Corporation Act of 1874 - amend - conferring upon the State Council of Education powers and duties heretofore vested in the College and University Council

    Act ACT 355 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

85. Restricting the appointment of corporate fiduciaries by testators or by any court or register of wills to corporations fully subject to supervision and examination by the Banking Department

    Act ACT 356 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

86. To validate tax liens filed in the office of the prothonotary, since the first day of June 1915, under the provisions of an act providing when, how, upon what property, and to what extent, liens shall be allowed for taxes, and for municipal improvements -

    Act ACT 357 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

87. Act to provide for the personal registration of electors as a condition of their right to vote at elections, and their enrollment as members of political parties, in cities of the first class of this Commonwealth - amend - increase the maximum compensatio

    Act ACT 358 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

88. Act requiring licenses to sell steamship tickets or orders for transportation to or from foreign countries - amend - receiving deposits

    Act ACT 359 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

89. Appropriating to the Department of Health certain moneys received from the United States Government for the care and treatment of certain discharged, sick, and disabled soldiers and sailors and marines

    Act ACT 36 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

90. To commemorate the memory of Thaddeus Stevens by designating one of the educational buildings to be erected in Capital Park as "The Thaddeus Stevens Educational Memorial"

    Act ACT 360 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

91. Act to further regulate the construction, maintenance, and inspection of buildings and party walls, in cities of the first class - amend - floor spaces when protected by automatic sprinklers

    Act ACT 361 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

92. Relating to certain county officers in counties of the fifth class

    Act ACT 362 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

93. Authorizing the merger and consolidation of water or water power companies organized prior to the first day of April 1905

    Act ACT 363 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

94. Public School Code - amend - display of the national flag in all buildings of public and private schools

    Act ACT 364 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

95. Public School Code - amend - salaries when teachers are sick or are unable to teach

    Act ACT 365 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

96. Public School Code - amend - creating a State Council of Education; transferring thereto the powers and duties now vested in the State Board of Education

    Act ACT 366 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

97. Act to provide for the incorporation of institutions of learning with power to confer degrees in art, pure and applied science, philosophy, literature, medicine, law and theology - amend - conferring upon the State Council of Education powers and duties

    Act ACT 367 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

98. Imposing a State tax on gasoline, and on all other liquids containing any derivative of petroleum or nature gas, for the purpose of generating power by means of internal combustion and sold in this Commonwealth

    Act ACT 368 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

99. Public School Code - amend - creation of union school districts

    Act ACT 369 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

100. Authorizing the State Treasurer to appoint a Deputy State Treasurer and Commissioner of Trusts

     Act ACT 37 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text