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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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1,819 laws of the 1930s

Constitution of 1874

  1. Authorizing the Department of Property and Supplies to sell and convey three contiguous parcels of land

    Act 324 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  2. The General County Assessment Law - amend - refunding of taxes where appeals are finally disposed of

    Act 325 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  3. Act to require all magistrates and other officials in cities of the first, second and third class, authorized to take acknowledgements and administer oaths, to perform such services free of charge for soldiers and widows of soldiers, when making affidavit

    Act 326 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  4. State Highway Department Law - amend - routes 6, 58, 139, 153, 163, and 168

    Act 327 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  5. The Divorce Law - amend - annulment of void marriages

    Act 328 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  6. To limit the operation of the rule in Shelly's case by providing that certain grants and devises in trust shall be construed not to create estates in fee

    Act 329 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  7. To establish, as a State highway, a certain section of public road in the county of Crawford

    Act 330 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  8. Act providing for the registration of ownership to real estate in cities of the second class, for the use of said cities, to facilitate the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes and municipal claims in such cities - repeal

    Act 331 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  9. Public School Code - amend - unlawful for any board of schools directors to demand, request or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift or donation from any teacher or supervisor within its employ

    Act 332 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  10. The Second Class Township Code - amend - permitting townships to enter in contracts directly with fire organizations in adjacent municipalities for fire protection

    Act 333 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  11. Relating to criminal procedure; providing for the securing of attendance of witnesses from without the State in criminal cases

    Act 334 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  12. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - rights of foreign insurance companies over real property within this Commonwealth

    Act 335 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  13. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - relating to incontestability of the policy will further except provisions relative to benefits in the event of total and permanent disability; grant additional insurance specifically against death by accident; p

    Act 336 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  14. Act exempting free from the claims of all creditors the proceeds of certain life insurance and annuity contracts, bona fide taken out by any person, not exceeding 100 dollars per month - amend - including in such exemption, the full amount of any annuity

    Act 337 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  15. Providing that investment in shares of Federal Savings and Loan Associations or shares of other institutions shall be legal for trust funds

    Act 338 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  16. Authorizing the Secretary of Highways to pay out of the Motor License Fund, judgments rendered against employes of the Department, for personal injuries, when insurance provided by the Commonwealth for such cases has failed to furnish the required

    Act 339 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  17. Transfer Inheritance Tax Law - amend - authorizing the payment of estate taxes under protest without prejudicing rights

    Act 340 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  18. Transfer Inheritance Tax Law - amend - authorizing the payment under protest of taxes, assessed on the transfer of estates of resident decedents, without prejudice to the right of appeal

    Act 341 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  19. The Fiscal Code - amend - authorizing any person, association, corporation, or public officer against whom an account has been settled to pay to the Department of Revenue under protest any sum of money on account thereof before or after such settlement,

    Act 342 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  20. Requiring operators of anthracite coal mines to report shipments to the Department of Mines

    Act 343 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  21. Act placing upon the Commonwealth the responsibility for the construction and maintenance of certain bridges on or continuations of State highways routes in boroughs, incorporated towns, cities of the third class and townships; appropriating money in the

    Act 344 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  22. The General County Law - amend - permitting counties to extend county aid in the erection of bridges without requiring grand jury approval

    Act 345 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  23. Diseased Animal Importation Law - amend - bovine cattle shall be brought into this Commonwealth in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture

    Act 346 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  24. Authorizing the payment of certain State taxes in advance of the due date thereof, allowing a discount where such taxes are paid on or before a certain date

    Act 347 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  25. Authorizing the payment of certain State taxes in advance of the due date thereof, allowing a discount where such taxes are paid on or before a certain date

    Act 348 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  26. The Pennsylvania Plant Test Act of 1927 - amend - arrest on view and clarifying the procedure to enforce the act

    Act 349 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  27. To enable county commissioners in counties of the second class to issue, sell and dispose of bonds to provide funds to acquire lands or buildings or to erect buildings or construct or make any improvements that may be deemed necessary by any corporation

    Act 350 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  28. Act relative to the liens of the Commonwealth against unpatented lands - amend - exempting the Commonwealth from the payment of certain patent fees

    Act 351 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  29. Act providing for the condemnation by the Commonwealth of lands suitable and desirable for forest or game preserve purposes or the perpetuation and protection of fish - amend - extending to the condemnation of lands for State park purpose, correcting the

    Act 352 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  30. The Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - authorizing the Department of Forests and Waters to acquire lands for State forest, park, and recreational purposes, and to maintain, develop, and re-lease such lands

    Act 353 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  31. Act authorizing the appointment of clerks by the judges of the orphans' court of certain counties - amend - judges of the orphans' court in certain counties may appoint a clerk

    Act 354 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  32. The Vehicle Code - amend - registration of vehicles; licensing of operators; fees and penalties; powers, duties, and rights of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth and their officers

    Act 355 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  33. Relating to the redemption of real estate purchased by counties at tax sale

    Act 356 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  34. Defining fraternal benefit societies and their status

    Act 357 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  35. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - uniform policy provisions for pure endowment contracts and contracts of annuities issued by stock and mutual life insurance companies

    Act 358 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  36. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - except double indemnity accidental death contracts, and contracts providing for a limited periodical income in the event of total and permanent disability issued in conjunction with life insurance and annuity co

    Act 359 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  37. Act authorizing the compromise of tax claims on real property purchased by the county on county treasurers' sales for nonpayment of taxes - amend - extending to devisees

    Act 360 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  38. Business Corporation Law - amend - corporate name; changing the address of the registered office of a foreign corporation; obtaining a certificate of authority; advertisement of certain corporate procedure; dividends; formal actions by shareholders

    Act 361 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  39. Nonprofit Corporation Law - amend - corporate name; election of directors; removal of officers and agents; changing the address of the registered office of domestic and foreign corporations

    Act 362 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  40. Nonprofit Corporation Law - amend - rule for the investment of funds given, granted, conveyed, bequeathed, devised to, or otherwise vested in, corporations formed for religious, educational, scientific or charitable purposes

    Act 363 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  41. Relating to the recording of certificates of incorporation of domestic corporations, incorporated prior to July 3, 1933

    Act 364 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  42. To validate and quiet the title to real estate in this Commonwealth held by a foreign corporation unauthorized to hold the same, and heretofore conveyed to a citizen of the United States or a corporation authorized to hold such real estate

    Act 365 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  43. Act regulating the sale of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs - amend - prescribing what may be mixed and sold

    Act 366 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  44. The Fish Law of 1925 - amend - resident citizens fees for use of pound nets

    Act 367 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  45. The Fish Law of 1925 - amend - defining fish-bait; penalties for possession of fish during closed season; revocation of license of persons guilty of second offenses; unlawful methods of fishing; license fees for outlines; foreign born residents', lost, an

    Act 368 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  46. The Fish Law of 1925 - amend - defining game fish; methods of taking game fish; seasons and creel limits

    Act 369 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  47. The Second Class Township Code - amend - manufacture, sale, and exposure of fireworks and other inflammable materials

    Act 370 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  48. Act providing a method through which the Commonwealth may cooperate with individuals in building fences to protect farm crops and fruit orchards against damage from wild deer - amend - extending to include the protection of commercial nurseries where

    Act 371 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  49. The Game Law - amend - requiring magistrates, justices of the peace, and aldermen to file sworn monthly statements with the Game Commission of fines and penalties collected, and bail forfeited

    Act 372 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  50. The Game Law - amend - permitting dogs to be trained on Sunday during the training season with the consent of owners of lands

    Act 373 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  51. Criminal Procedure Act of 1860 - amend - requiring the sentencing of women to the State Industrial Home instead of to State penitentiaries

    Act 374 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  52. Requiring the licensing of portable grinding mills by the respective counties

    Act 375 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  53. The Administrative Code - additional bond for labor and materials

    Act 376 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  54. Requiring cities of the first class to allow members of the police departments twenty-four hours of rest each week

    Act 377 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  55. Act relating to seated lands purchases by county commissioners at county treasurer's sale of seated lands for collection of taxes - amend - extending to unseated lands

    Act 378 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  56. Act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection - amend - increasing and revising the personnel of the State Police Force

    Act 379 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  57. The First Class Township Code - amend - limiting the provisions to township funds

    Act 380 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  58. Requiring tax collectors of townships of the first class to secure from banks, banking institutions or trust companies a bond to secure payment of deposits of all township tax moneys deposited therein by such tax collector

    Act 381 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  59. To prohibit discrimination on account of race, creed, or color in employment under contract for public buildings or public works

    Act 382 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  60. The Borough Code - amend - annual budget

    Act 383 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  61. The First Class Township Code - amend - appropriations; expenditures; contracts; purchases by townships and their agents; annual budget on uniform form prepared by representatives of commissioners of townships of the first class and the Department of Inte

    Act 384 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  62. The Third Class City Code - amend - appropriations; expenditures; contracts; purchases by the city and their agents; annual budget on form prepared by representatives of the League of Third Class Cities of Pennsylvania and the Department of Internal Affai

    Act 385 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  63. The General County Law - amend - appropriations; expenditure; contracts; purchases by counties; annual budget on form prepared by representatives of the county commissioners, county controllers, and the Department of Internal Affairs; county auditors or

    Act 386 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  64. The Game Law - amend - revocation and denial of hunting licenses for certain acts

    Act 387 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  65. The Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - preparation and furnishing by the Department of Internal Affairs to counties (except counties of the first class), cities of the third class, boroughs, towns, townships, certain school districts, and poor district

    Act 388 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  66. Public School Code - amend - appropriations; expenditures; contracts; purchases by school districts; annual budget on form prepared by the Department of Public instruction

    Act 389 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  67. Act authorizing the adjournment and readjournment of any county treasurers' sales of seated and unseated lands to be held in the years 1935 and 1936 - amend - failure to advertise or hold a tax sale by reason of an order or decree of the court, the action

    Act 390 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  68. To classify certain surface lands as auxiliary forest reserves

    Act 391 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  69. Public School Code - amend - meetings of teachers

    Act 392 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  70. The Second Class Township Code - amend - collection of county, township and school taxes by the county commissioners; conferring power on school districts and townships for the collection of their taxes; bonds of township tax collectors may be fidelity bo

    Act 393 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  71. The Borough Code - amend - collection of county, borough and school taxes by the county commissioners; conferring power on boroughs and school districts for the collection of their taxes; bonds of borough tax collectors may be fidelity bonds

    Act 394 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  72. Act authorizing county commissioners to refund taxes erroneously and inadvertently paid by persons and corporations into the county treasury - amend - extending to license fees erroneously and inadvertently paid

    Act 395 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  73. Authorizing townships of the first class to fund floating indebtedness

    Act 396 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  74. The Game Law - amend - unlawful to throw or cast the rays of any headlight, spotlight, or other artificial light upon a deer, bear, or elk

    Act 397 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  75. Beverage License Law - amend - county treasurer of retail dispensers' licenses; Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board of distributors', importing distributors', and manufacturers' licenses; manufacturers of malt and brewed beverages; abatement of nuisances;

    Act 398 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  76. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Act - amend - extending to the manufacture and possession of alcohol, alcoholic beverages and malt or brewed beverages; permitting licenses to sell malt or brewed beverages for consumption off premises; form and capacity of

    Act 399 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  77. Alcohol Permit Law - amend - defining distilleries and wineries; licensure and rights of manufacturers of wine

    Act 400 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  78. Act conferring on the Department of Highways power to enter upon private property, and open and maintain drainage channels along roads or highways constructed at the expense of the Department of Highways or under its supervision - amendment

    Act 401 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  79. Empowering cities (except of the first class), borough, incorporated towns, and townships to charge and collect annual rentals for the use of certain sewers, sewage systems, and treatment works

    Act 402 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  80. Act granting power to counties, cities (except of the first and second class), 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

    Act 403 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  81. The Borough Code - amend - burgess and members of council in consolidated boroughs, and terminating the term of said officers

    Act 404 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  82. The Borough Code - amend - regulating the affairs of boroughs

    Act 405 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  83. The Second Class Township Code - amend - conferring on supervisors power over streams; minimum compensation of the secretary-treasurer; depositories; place of meeting of the auditors; road tax shall be used for general township purposes; decreasing the

    Act 406 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  84. To regulate the sale of certain hypnotic, analgesic, and body-weight reduction drugs, in the interest of public health

    Act 407 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  85. Authorizing boroughs to repay councilmen for the purchase of fire apparatus where no fraud is evident

    Act 408 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  86. Act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to enter into agreement relating to support for State highway right of ways underlaid by coal - amend - creating the Highway Mining Commission; excepting counties of the second class

    Act 409 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  87. Validating certain proceedings for municipal improvements, municipal assessments, municipal claims, and municipal liens in the several townships of the second class of this Commonwealth

    Act 410 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  88. The First Class Township Code - amend - requiring one year residence in the ward for the commissioner elected from a ward; terms of office of commission officers; special tax on fire districts

    Act 411 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  89. Authorizing the utilization of the school of the Pennsylvania State Police for training persons to act as policemen in the political subdivisions of the Commonwealth

    Act 411 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  90. Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - removing the exemptions set forth in certain cases

    Act 412 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  91. Act appropriating the moneys in the State Stores Fund - amend - making the moneys in the State Stores Fund available to the Department of Public Instruction; transfer of certain profits of the State Stores Fund to the General Fund

    Act 412 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  92. The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - amend - establishing the effect of medical examinations or the waiver thereof in applications for life insurance, and restricting defenses by insurance companies

    Act 413 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  93. Requiring laborers, employed in the construction of public works, to be residents of the Commonwealth for 90 days

    Act 414 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  94. Local Delinquent Tax Return Law - amend - extending the period of redemption to five years where land is purchased by the county

    Act 415 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  95. Act requiring and regulating the examination, licensure, and registration of persons and corporations, engaging in the care, preparation, and disposition of the bodies od deceased persons - amend - appeal from decisions of the board; granting rights of

    Act 416 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  96. Medical Practice Act - amend - requirements of medical educational institutions and applicants for examinations and licensure; defining new ground for the refusal or revocation of licenses

    Act 417 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  97. Child Labor Law - amend - prohibiting employment of minors between 14 and 16 years of age, except in certain types of work; limiting the occupations in which minors between 14 and 18 years of age may be employed or permitted to work; employment certificat

    Act 418 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  98. Act concerning poor relief and the creation and government of poor districts and the administration of the same in all counties of the Commonwealth, except in counties of the first and second class - amend - appropriations; expenditures; contracts; purcha

    Act 419 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  99. Providing for a joint legislative committee to make certain studies, and collate and digest certain information relating to the public school system

    Act 420 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

  100. Act to accept the grant of Public Lands by the United States, to the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural College - amend - making appropriations for carrying the same into effect

    Act 421 of 1935 · 1935 · Original text

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