Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,402 laws of the 1920s

Constitution of 1874

1. Act relating to the qualification, jurisdiction, powers, and duties of registers of wills - amend - fees

   Act ACT 57 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

2. Bee Law

   Act ACT 58 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

3. Relating to the jurisdiction, powers, and procedure of the court of common pleas as to sale, mortgage, conveyance upon ground rent, and lease for years of real estate, where the legal title is held by a married person whose spouse is an habitual drunkard,

   Act ACT 59 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

4. State Highway Department Law - amend - highway department reorganization

   Act ACT 6 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

5. Authorizing removal of county jails, prisons, or workhouses from public parks, squares, or commons, in counties of the fourth class, and the erection of new county jails, prisons, or workhouses at or near the county-seat of said counties

   Act ACT 60 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

6. Act providing a system of employment and compensation for the inmates of the Eastern Penitentiary, Western Penitentiary, and the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, at Huntingdon - amend - extending to the State Industrial Home for the Women at Muncy;

   Act ACT 61 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

7. State Highway Department Law - amend - authorizing the State Highway Commissioner to establish the location, lines and width of State Highways; payment of damages to property owners by counties

   Act ACT 62 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

8. General Road Law - amend - fixing the width of public roads

   Act ACT 63 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

9. Act providing for the control and eradication of the European wart disease of the potato - amend - penalty

   Act ACT 64 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

10. Act providing a system of government for boroughs - amend - on petition signed by petitioners representing three-fifths in the number of feet of property abutting on the proposed improvement, may grade, curb, pave, or macadamize streets, lanes, and

    Act ACT 65 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

11. Act to regulate and restrain the hawking, vending, and peddling of fish, fruit, and vegetables in the cities of the first class in this Commonwealth - repeal - section two

    Act ACT 66 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

12. Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915 - amend - penalties for failure of an employer to insure his liability to pay compensation; method by which an employer may be exempted from the necessity of such insurance

    Act ACT 67 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

13. Providing for the repair by the county commissioners of bridges, viaducts, or subways, carrying a public highway over or under any railroad, street railway, or other highway, where a dispute exists between municipal authorities as to the responsibility fo

    Act ACT 68 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

14. Providing for the depositing of money with magistrates, justices of the peace, and aldermen in lieu of bail or recognizances with surety or sureties in criminal prosecutions, desertion and nonsupport, and surety of the peace

    Act ACT 69 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

15. State Highway Department Law - amend - State-aid highways

    Act ACT 7 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

16. Act to exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and institutions of purely public charity - amend - revenue used for support of facilitie

    Act ACT 70 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

17. To establish a separate orphans' court in and for the county of Delaware

    Act ACT 71 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

18. Act relating to the duties of constables in certain counties - amend - extending to counties of the sixth, seventh and eighth classes

    Act ACT 72 OF 1291 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

19. Providing for the establishment and the regulation of a State park, to be known as the Snyder-Middleswarth State Park

    Act ACT 73 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

20. Act to provide for the destruction, and to prevent the spread of Canada thistles - amend - compensation for labor

    Act ACT 74 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

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

    Act ACT 75 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

22. Act reorganizing the Attorney General's Department - amend - salaries

    Act ACT 76 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

23. Act to fix the return day of writs in the Third Judicial District - repeal - as relates to Lehigh County

    Act ACT 77 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

24. Butter Adulteration Law

    Act ACT 78 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

25. Dog Law of 1917 - amend - limiting the amount of damages to be paid for sheep

    Act ACT 79 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

26. Act permitting counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to appropriate and expend moneys for the improvement and maintenance of State highways or any public highway - amend - approval of applications

    Act ACT 8 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

27. Authorizing county commissioners to appropriate moneys for the maintenance of duly incorporated organizations for the prevention of cruelty to animals

    Act ACT 80 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

28. Supplement to an act to provide for the care and treatment of the indigent insane of the several counties of the Commonwealth, in State hospitals for the insane - amend - fixing the maximum amount for maintenance weekly, per capita

    Act ACT 81 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

29. An act relative to the burial of the bodies of certain indigent deceased widows at the county expense - amend - funeral expenses

    Act ACT 82 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

30. Fixing the salary of the deputy county engineer in counties of the second class

    Act ACT 83 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

31. Providing for the appointment and expenses of a commission of three persons to codify and revise the laws relating to poor districts and the care of the poor

    Act ACT 84 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

32. Act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania - amend - fixing the maximum for maintenance weekly per capita

    Act ACT 85 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

33. Providing for the assessment of benefits and award of damages by the viewers appointed in counties of the second class pursuant to an act providing for the original location, laying out and construction of public roads or highways, and for the permanent

    Act ACT 86 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

34. Making it unlawful to accept or offer inducements to procure a defeat in any athletic contest

    Act ACT 87 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

35. Making it unlawful to turn in or sound false alarms of fire, and to meddle or interfere with or break or destroy any fire-alarm telegraph system

    Act ACT 88 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

36. Corporation Act of 1874 - amend - incorporation of companies for the purpose of extracting from the earth minerals and materials used in the manufacture of iron, steel, or other products and market and selling thereof

    Act ACT 89 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

37. Act to facilitate the labors of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county in which the seat of government is or may be located by providing suitable clerical assistance - amend - total cost; payment

    Act ACT 9 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

38. To provide for a second additional law judge of the several courts of the twelfth judicial district

    Act ACT 90 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

39. Act relating to practice in the courts of common pleas in actions of assumpsit and trespass, except actions for libel and slander - amend - extending to apply to all actions of assumpsit and trespass, whether originating in or appealed to any court of com

    Act ACT 91 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

40. Making it a misdemeanor to imitate, destroy, remove, injure, or deface any sign or index board erected by the State Highway Department of the Commonwealth for the guidance of the public

    Act ACT 92 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

41. Authorizing the holders of bonds of loan of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania series "B", issued under date of August 2, 1921, to exchange the same for other bonds of the said Commonwealth

    Act ACT 93 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

42. Act providing a system of government for boroughs - amend - contracts and purchases

    Act ACT 94 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

43. To empower cities of the third class to establish a firemen's pension fund

    Act ACT 95 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

44. An act to amend an act increasing the salaries of tipstaves in the courts of any county in this Commonwealth having a population of not less than five hundred thousand - amend - limiting to counties of the first class; salaries of such tipstaves

    Act ACT 96 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

45. Act to amend an act to provide that admission now had or that may hereafter be had to practice as an attorney-at-law in the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth shall of itself operate as an admission of such attorney as an attorney-at-law in every other

    Act ACT 97 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

46. Act for the protection of the public health by regulating the possession, control, dealing in, giving away, delivery, dispensing, administering, prescribing, and use of certain drugs - amend - regulating the age of users of drugs; annual report by public

    Act ACT 98 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

47. Act to regulate the salaries of tipstaves in the courts of common pleas, oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, quarter sessions of the peace, and orphans courts, in countries having a population of over 800,000 and less than 1,400,000 inhabitants -

    Act ACT 99 OF 1921 of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

48. Appropriation Law 42 A (General Appropriation Act)

    Appropriation Act of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

49. Concurrent Resolutions

    Resolution of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

50. Concurrent Resolutions

    Resolution of 1921 · 1921 · Original text

51. Enlarging the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania by providing for appeals to it from certain orders, judgments, and sentences of the County Court of Allegheny County and of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia

    Act ACT 1 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

52. Act regulating the sale of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs - amend - license fees for the sale of certain brands of feeding-stuffs

    Act ACT 10 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

53. Replevin Law - amend - judgment for default of appearance

    Act ACT 11 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

54. Dog Law of 1921 - amend - appropriating the money received from dog licenses for all purposes administered by the Bureau of Animal Industry; assessing damages done by dogs

    Act ACT 12 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

55. Authorizing county commissioners to provide for the payment for the preparation of plans and specifications heretofore made for public buildings where no legal or valid contract was entered into as required by law

    Act ACT 13 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

56. Act concerning divorces - amend - authorizing prothonotaries and clerks of the court of common pleas to take affidavits to petitions and libels

    Act ACT 14 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

57. Fiduciaries Act of 1917 - amend - making bonds and certificates of poor districts legal investments for trust funds

    Act ACT 15 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

58. Fixing the salary or compensation of the crier of the courts of quarter sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in the several counties of the second class

    Act ACT 16 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

59. To quiet the title to real estate; and to enable citizens of the United States and corporations authorized to hold real estate within this Commonwealth to hold and convey title to real estate which has been formerly held by or for corporations not authori

    Act ACT 17 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

60. For the protection of the public health and to prevent fraud and deception in the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, of adulterated or deleterious ice cream

    Act ACT 18 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

61. To validate acts done by or rights accrued to corporations before the recording of their charters

    Act ACT 19 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

62. Act supplementing and amending an act to establish an intermediate court of appeal - amend - amount in controversy

    Act ACT 2 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

63. For the prevention of fraud and the protection of the public health; relating to milk, cream, or skimmed milk

    Act ACT 20 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

64. Act regulating the practice, bail, costs, and fees on appeals to the Supreme Court and Superior Court - amend - shorter period within which to appeal in cases where loss and hardship would otherwise result to the estates of decedents

    Act ACT 21 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

65. Public School Code - amend - audit of accounts

    Act ACT 22 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

66. Penal Code of 1860 - amend - gambling in the open

    Act ACT 23 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

67. Penal Code of 1860 - amend - gambling in the open

    Act ACT 24 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

68. Concerning alcoholic liquors; prohibiting the manufacture, advertising, furnishing, traffic in, and possession of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, and articles and substances designed or intended for use in the manufacture thereof

    Act ACT 25 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

69. To validate deeds, mortgages, and other instruments of writing which have been defectively acknowledged by husband and wife prior to the 4th of January 1923

    Act ACT 26 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

70. Validating certain proceedings and elections had and held, pursuant to an act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities

    Act ACT 27 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

71. Providing for the assessment and collection from the abutting property owners of the borough's share of the cost of the improvement of a street, which forms part of a State Highway

    Act ACT 28 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

72. Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915 - amend - compensation for permanent injuries

    Act ACT 29 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

73. To validate tax liens filed since the 21st day of May 1913, or which may be filed within six months after the approval of this act

    Act ACT 3 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

74. Authorizing cities of the first class to provide for the use of moneys borrowed for purposes which have proved or many prove impracticable, impossible or inadvisable for any other lawful municipal purpose

    Act ACT 30 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

75. Act authorizing the establishment by counties of hospitals for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis - amend - purchase of site; direction and supervision of construction and equipment

    Act ACT 31 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

76. Fixing the per diem compensation of registry or assistant assessors in townships of the first class for the performance of election duties

    Act ACT 32 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

77. Authorizing cities of the third class to regulate the location of business, trades and industries

    Act ACT 33 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

78. Act prescribing the manner and time of submitting to the qualified electors of the State proposed amendments to the Constitution in order to determine whether the same be approved by a majority of those voting thereon - amend - municipal or general

    Act ACT 34 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

79. Act regulating the compensation of court criers and tipstaves, in counties containing more than 90,000 and less than 150,000 inhabitants - amendment - salaries

    Act ACT 35 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

80. Act authorizing the directors and overseers of the poor, together with their solicitor, steward, or superintendent, to attend the annual meeting of the association of directors of the poor and charities and corrections of Pennsylvania - amend - expenses;

    Act ACT 36 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

81. An act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities - amend - procedure to incur or to increase indebtedness where the existing indebtedness is less than two per centum, but the amount to be incurred exceeds two per centum of th

    Act ACT 37 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

82. Relative to the burial of the bodies of deceased widows of soldiers, sailors and marines at county expense

    Act ACT 38 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

83. Relating to treasurers in counties of the fifth class; providing for their salaries, bonds, offices and supplies, and the compensation of deputies and clerks

    Act ACT 39 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

84. Requiring the prothonotary of the court of common pleas to indicate, on the proper index, notice of the settlement, satisfaction, discontinuance, or dismissal of any suit or proceeding in equity affecting the title to real estate

    Act ACT 4 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

85. Act making State taxes, unpaid bonus, interest, penalties, and all public accounts, a first lien upon the franchise and property of corporations, companies, associations joint-stock associations, and limited partnerships against which the same may be sett

    Act ACT 40 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

86. Act authorizing cities of the first class to make appropriations for the support of destitute families of persons sentenced to imprisonment - amend - extending to cities of the second class

    Act ACT 41 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

87. Further supplement to an act to provide revenue by taxation - amend - appeals; resettlements

    Act ACT 42 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

88. Act to validate the exercise of franchise of manufacturing corporations and land companies whose charters have expired - amend - extending through 1923

    Act ACT 5 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

89. Act providing when, how, upon what property, and to what extent, liens shall be allowed for taxes and for municipal improvements, and for the removal of nuisances - amend - school districts

    Act ACT 6 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

90. Relating to the incorporation of banks and trust companies

    Act ACT 7 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

91. Relating to the recording of certificates of incorporation of domestic corporations

    Act ACT 8 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

92. Providing the method in which amendatory legislation shall be printed in the session laws and for the interpretation thereof

    Act ACT 9 OF 1923 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

93. The Administrative Code

    Act 274 of 1923 · 1923 · Original text

94. Act authorizing the establishment of contagious disease hospitals - amend - establishment and maintenance of contagious disease hospitals by two or more counties jointly

    Act 1 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

95. Act providing for the joint acquisition and maintenance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey of toll bridges over the Delaware River - amend - Pennsylvania Commission

    Act 2 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

96. Public School Code - amend - requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send to every school director a copy of each new edition of the School Code

    Act 3 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

97. Authorizing the discontinuance of indices in record books where counties have installed separate, special, indices

    Act 4 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

98. Act dividing the cities of this State into three classes - amend - election of city officers and members of city council in such cities; terms of members of councils and city officers

    Act 5 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

99. Providing for and regulating the validation of certain borough ordinances

    Act 6 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text

100. To validate acts done by corporations before the recording of their charters

     Act 7 of 1925 · 1925 · Original text