Every law Pennsylvania has passed

1,819 laws of the 1930s

Constitution of 1874

1. Requiring cities of the first class to allow members of the fire departments twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each week

   Act 224 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

2. Act to provide for the submission of civil cases to the decision of the court, and to dispense with trial by jury - amend - decision of the court shall state separately, the facts found, the answers to points submitted, and the conclusions of law

   Act 225 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

3. Providing for the eradication of mosquitoes; authorizing the establishment of county mosquito extermination commissions

   Act 226 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

4. Act relating to the commencement of actions - amend - requiring more specific statements in the return of writs of summons

   Act 227 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

5. Relating to criminal procedure; imposing upon magistrates, aldermen, and justices of the peace conducting preliminary hearings, the duty of obtaining names of persons, whom defendants desire notified of time of trial

   Act 228 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

6. The Divorce Law - amend - entry of an appearance for the respondent shall not be deemed collusive

   Act 229 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

7. Imposing certain requirements on certain hospitals receiving State aid

   Act 230 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

8. Act concerning poor relief and the creation, government, and administration of poor districts in all counties of the Commonwealth, except in counties of the first and second class - amend - requiring records of poor districts to be open to inspection

   Act 231 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

9. The General County Assessment Law - amend - abolishing the county poll tax in counties of the second and third class and eliminating provisions for the assessment and consolidation of poll taxes for voting purposes

   Act 232 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

10. Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - service requirements of eligibility for compensation; stipulating the time within which applications shall be made; additional classes eligible to receive compensation

    Act 233 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

11. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - extending the time for employes of the Department of Public Instruction to withdraw from the Retirement System and to be reimbursed for moneys which they have paid in

    Act 234 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

12. Conveyance of 368 acres situated in Chester County, made by the State of Pennsylvania to the United States for use in care and treatment of disabled soldiers

    Act 235 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

13. Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - payment of veterans' compensation to the estate of a deceased claimant

    Act 236 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

14. Act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the bituminous coal mines of Pennsylvania - amend - prohibiting the use and possession of matches, pipes, and smokers' articles in mines

    Act 237 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

15. The General County Law - amend - fixing of the salary of the stenographer to the district attorney in counties of the sixth class

    Act 238 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

16. Act concerning conditional sales - amend - defining and clarifying the status of goods to be affixed to the reality; and outlining procedure

    Act 239 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

17. Making it unlawful under certain conditions for any water company to discontinue to any municipality the supply of water for fire protection purposes

    Act 240 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

18. Local Delinquent Tax Return Law - amend - reducing the amount required to be paid by the person redeeming lands sold at tax sale

    Act 241 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

19. Act directing the mode of selling unseated lands for taxes - amend - reducing the amount required to be paid by the person redeeming unseated lands sold at the tax sale

    Act 242 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

20. Act supplementary to the several act of this Commonwealth for the sale of Unseated Lands - amend - reducing the amount required to be paid by the person redeeming such lands under certain circumstances

    Act 243 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

21. Act supplementary to acts relating to recording of deeds - amend - reducing the amount required to be paid by joint tenants, tenants in common or co-partners of unseated lands in redeeming such lands sold at tax sales

    Act 244 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

22. Act relating to practice in the courts of common pleas in actions of assumpsit and trespass, except actions for libel and slander - amend - pleadings, where a party to an action requires proof of the opposite party of facts which are under the exclusive c

    Act 245 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

23. Providing that parties furnishing material, supplies, fixtures or equipment to buildings, under bailment lease or conditional sales contract, shall not have the right to file mechanics' liens therefor

    Act 246 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

24. Fixing the salary of the district attorney in counties of the seventh class

    Act 247 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

25. Granting permission to the boroughs of Camp hill, Lemoyne, and New Cumberland to use the force main and outfall sewer used by Cumberland Valley State Institution for Mental Defectives

    Act 248 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

26. The Borough Code - amend - payment of borough funds

    Act 249 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

27. Act fixing the compensation of assessors and registry or assistant assessors performing duties pertaining to the assessment and registration of voters in counties other than first and second class - amend - changing such compensation

    Act 250 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

28. The General County Assessment Law - amend - fixing the compensation of elected county tax assessors in cities of the third class, boroughs, towns, and townships of the second class

    Act 251 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

29. Boroughs and townships of the first class authorized to sue out writs of scire facias or to revive judgment on certain tax liens

    Act 252 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

30. Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law - amend - additional powers for a sequestrator of property appointed by court

    Act 253 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

31. The General County Assessment Law - amend - abolishing the payment of taxes into court on appeals from assessments; payment of taxes under protest; refunding of taxes after the disposition of appeals; powers upon courts of common pleas

    Act 254 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

32. Fix the status of officers and employes of the Commonwealth and political subdivisions thereof while in training with the armed forces of the United States

    Act 255 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

33. Cosmetology Law - amend - requiring certificates of registrations to show the photograph of the registered person or manager; suspension and revocation of registrations on account of Sunday work

    Act 256 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

34. Mental Health Act - amend - boarding out of certain patients in State mental hospitals

    Act 257 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

35. The First Class Township Code - amend - empowering and directing township auditors to audit records of justices of the peace in the township as fines and penalties due the township are concerned

    Act 258 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

36. Act relating to retirement from Pennsylvania National Guard - amend - including service in United States Navy or Marine Corps in preferred classifications; retirements and the rights of retired persons

    Act 259 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

37. Act authorizing county commissioners to refund taxes erroneously and inadvertently paid by persons and corporations into the county treasury - amend - limiting the time within which claims for refunds must be made

    Act 260 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

38. The General County Law - amend - clarifying the term "deceased service men"; form and contents of applications for county contributions; material for markers; contributions for lettering alone; removal of worn flags; appointment of grave registrars

    Act 261 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

39. Public School Code - amend - authorizing the acceptance of a fidelity bond in lieu of surety bond from tax collectors in school districts of the second class

    Act 262 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

40. Enable city, county, poor, ward, school, borough, and township tax collectors, their executors and administrators if they are deceased to collect taxes for the payment of which they have become personally liable without having collected the same by the

    Act 263 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

41. Act fixing the compensation of assessors and registry or assistant assessors performing duties pertaining to the assessment and registration of voters in counties other than first and second class - amend - changing such compensation

    Act 264 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

42. The General County Assessment Law - amend - fixing the compensation of elected county tax assessors in cities of the third class, boroughs, towns, and townships of the second class

    Act 265 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

43. The Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - establishing a board for the determination and payment of minor damages caused by the National Guard

    Act 266 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

44. Veterans' Compensation Act - amend - limiting payment to widows who lived with and were dependent on the veteran at the time of his death; establishment of presumption of death

    Act 267 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

45. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - permitting employes to contribute on the basis of salary earnable during the year 1932-1933, and requiring the Commonwealth to contribute on the same basis

    Act 268 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

46. Medical Practice Act - amend - reinstatement on the record of names of practitioners, the revocation or suspension of whose license has been removed

    Act 269 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

47. State Highway Department Law - amend - extending the conditions of the additional bond for labor and materials to include service rendered by public utilities

    Act 270 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

48. Prohibiting others than members of the Bar to practice law

    Act 271 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

49. Empowering the Department of Property and Supplies to grant a right of way or easement to the Penn Central Light and Power Company across lands of the Pennsylvania Industrial School

    Act 272 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

50. Authorizing and empowering county commissioners of this Commonwealth of the counties of the second class to destroy certain public records

    Act 273 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

51. Act defining the duty of coroners, police, and health authorities, in this Commonwealth, in reference to the disposition of bodies of persons - amend - defining the duties of coroners

    Act 274 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

52. Act granting power to counties, cities (except first and second classes) boroughs, municipalities and school districts in this Commonwealth, which have issued bonds or other interest-bearing evidence of indebtedness, to redeem the same and issue new bonds

    Act 275 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

53. Authorizing the courts of quarter sessions to stay sales of goods and chattels distrained upon by sureties of defaulting tax collectors

    Act 276 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

54. Act to protect miners in the bituminous coal regions of this Commonwealth - amend - protect miners from fraudulent deprivation of wages; standard measurements for coal mined; ascertainment of proper measurements

    Act 277 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

55. The First Class Township Code - amend - prohibiting the recording of deeds in certain cases; extending the right to execute insurance contracts; contribute to pension and retirement funds

    Act 278 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

56. The First Class Township Code - amend - authority to township commissioners by resolution to issue certificates of indebtedness

    Act 279 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

57. The Third Class City Code - amend - excluding certain brokers and agents

    Act 280 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

58. The Third Class City Code - amend - conditions of the bond of the city treasurer as tax collector; when liability on such bonds shall cease

    Act 281 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

59. Authorizing boroughs to construct, reconstruct, and repair sidewalks, gutters, curbs, and grass plots, in cases where material is paid by the abutters, and labor is furnished without cost to the borough

    Act 282 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

60. The Third Class City Code - amend - requiring cities to make certain payments into the police pension fund

    Act 283 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

61. Authorizing cities of the second class to issue and sell short term promissory notes

    Act 284 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

62. Act authorizing the State Highway Commissioner to adopt and procure a seal for the State Highway Department - amend - Secretary of State Highways, in addition to the certification fee of $1.00, also may charge the cost of producing certified copies

    Act 285 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

63. Act validating amicable writs of scire facias to revive municipal claims entered by boroughs and townships of the first class where more than five years have elapsed since the original claims were filed - amend - mortgages shall have priority over such re

    Act 286 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

64. Relating to the consolidation of poor districts having territories not co-extensive with counties

    Act 287 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

65. The General County Law - amend - inspection of fiscal records and documents by taxpayers

    Act 288 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

66. The Third Class City Code - amend - requiring city fiscal records to be open to inspection

    Act 289 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

67. The Borough Code - amend - requiring borough fiscal records to be open to inspection

    Act 290 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

68. Act relating to petitions for laying out certain public roads and to reports of viewers - amend - extending to the laying out of public roads for the benefit of property owners on vacated public highways

    Act 291 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

69. State Highway Department Law - amend - amend - route 77

    Act 292 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

70. Act providing for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of bridges over rivers and navigable waters within the Commonwealth - amend - extending to tunnels for highway purposes

    Act 293 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

71. General Road Law - amend - decreasing minimum widths of certain roads

    Act 294 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

72. Borough State Highway Law - amend - changing routes and adding routes

    Act 295 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

73. The Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - exempting municipalities and townships from paying any license fee on their service lines

    Act 296 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

74. City State Highway Law - amend - adding routes; changing routes; relocation of city streets which are State highway routes

    Act 297 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

75. Act permitting counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to appropriate and expend moneys, and to incur indebtedness and issue bonds and other obligations, for the improvement and maintenance of State highways - amend - permitting the county to

    Act 298 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

76. Act establishing certain public roads as State highways - amend - route numbers 639 and 760

    Act 299 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

77. Providing for the acquisition and possession of occupied dwelling houses condemned for highway purposes

    Act 300 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

78. Township State Highway Law - amend - changing routes; adding routes

    Act 301 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

79. Authorizing the Department of Highways to assume all of the property damages occasioned in the elimination of grade crossings, or in the alteration or abolition of existing crossings, on State highways in townships or boroughs

    Act 302 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

80. State Highway Department Law - amend - abandonment of sections of State Highway Routes; effective date for the condemnation of easements for highway purposes and slopes; responsibility in the elimination of grade crossings; Commonwealth's obligation

    Act 303 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

81. The Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - alternative method of computing unearned premium liability

    Act 304 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

82. The Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - establishing yearly minimum reserve ratio

    Act 305 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

83. The Insurance Department Act of 1921 - amend - including title insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, or beneficial societies

    Act 306 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

84. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - excepting policies issued by companies incorporated to do such business, which insured against perils arising from the ownership or maintenance or from the use of aircraft, automobile, or other motor vehicles

    Act 307 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

85. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - licensing of foreign mutual casualty insurance companies

    Act 308 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

86. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - requirements of foreign mutual insurance companies, other than life, for admission to do business in this Commonwealth

    Act 309 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

87. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - authorizing insurance companies, associations, and exchanges to apply for and obtain insurance of mortgages; make further investments of capital reserve and surplus funds, pursuant to the National Housing Act

    Act 310 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

88. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - requiring the furnishing of statements by insurance companies concerning their affairs and financial condition when required by the Insurance Commissioner

    Act 311 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

89. Providing for the valuation of bonds and other evidences of debt held by domestic insurance corporations and by foreign insurance corporations authorized to do business in this State

    Act 312 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

90. Authorizing certain persons having charge of certain banking institutions which are in the process of liquidation, and which have been surrendered by the Secretary of Banking, to borrow money from certain agencies of the United States Government - enactme

    Act 313 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

91. Individual Net Income Tax Act

    Act 314 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

92. Public School Code - amend - requiring the payment by the Commonwealth of the whole of the minimum salaries of members of the teaching and supervisory staffs of elementary and junior high schools, subject to the reduction of taxes on real property by scho

    Act 315 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

93. Providing that the statute of limitations shall not be a defense against claims of poor districts for the maintenance and support of persons who are public charges

    Act 316 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

94. Authorizing the Department of Highways to enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Works of the State of New York for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of free bridges across the Delaware River

    Act 317 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

95. Public School Employes' Retirement Law - amend - State annuity for principals, supervising principals, and superintendents who separated from school service prior to the establishment of the retirement system

    Act 318 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

96. Providing for the payment of costs of prosecution in all cases where fines or forfeited bail is payable to the Commonwealth

    Act 319 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

97. Relating to the Pennsylvania State Park at Erie, authorizing the Department of Forests and Waters to revoke and terminate certain revocable grants and to acquire private property rights or interests in respect to any lands within said park

    Act 320 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

98. Act authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical Commission to acquire all real and personal property included in the Conrad Weiser Memorial Park, Berks County - amend - substituting the Secretary of Forests and Waters for the Pennsylvania Historical Commissio

    Act 321 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

99. Relinquishing the title of the Commonwealth in certain real estate in Westmoreland County, late of Carrie E.S. Blackburn, deceased, in favor of her residuary devisees and/or heirs-at-law

    Act 322 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

100. Requiring authorities in charge of State, State-aid, or county institutions, offering treatment to mental patients, to furnish certain information to the Department of Military Affairs

     Act 323 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text