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Volume 2 - Regular Sessions of 1782

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1782	12	948	Private law without text - Better repairing and amending the banks, dams, ditches, sluices and floodgates on State-island Private law without text - Better repairing and amending the banks, dams, ditches, sluices and floodgates on State-island	187
1782	13	953	Vest certain powers in the president of this state, together with the other officers therein named, and for other purposes therein mentioned Vest certain powers in the president of this state, together with the other officers therein named, and for other purposes therein mentioned	495
1782	13	951	Amend "An act for the better employment of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, the townships of Moyamensing, Passyunk and the Northern Liberties, " and revive "An act for the relief of the poor," and repealing two other acts Amend "An act for the better employment of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, the townships of Moyamensing, Passyunk and the Northern Liberties, " and revive "An act for the relief of the poor," and repealing two other acts	181
1782	17	958	Erecting the town of Carlisle in the county of Cumberland into a borough, for regulating the buildings, preventing nuisances and encroachments on the commons, squares, streets, lanes and alleys of the same and for other purposes therein mentioned Erecting the town of Carlisle in the county of Cumberland into a borough, for regulating the buildings, preventing nuisances and encroachments on the commons, squares, streets, lanes and alleys of the same and for other purposes therein mentioned	273
1782	17	955	Supplement to an act entitled "An act for establishing courts of judicature in this province." Supplement to an act entitled "An act for establishing courts of judicature in this province."	83
1782	19	959	Methodizing the department of accounts of this commonwealth and for the more effectual settlement of the same Methodizing the department of accounts of this commonwealth and for the more effectual settlement of the same	2648
1782	42	964	Supplement to an act entitled "An act to alter and amend an act entitled 'An act for the effectual suppression of public auctions and vendues and to prohibit male persons capable of bearing arms from being hawkers and peddlers.' " Supplement to an act entitled "An act to alter and amend an act entitled 'An act for the effectual suppression of public auctions and vendues and to prohibit male persons capable of bearing arms from being hawkers and peddlers.' "	193
1782	43	966	Establishing ferries on the rivers Monongahela and Youghiogheny Establishing ferries on the rivers Monongahela and Youghiogheny	262
1782	44	970	Vest a certain lot or lots of ground in the district of Southwark in trustees for the use of a public landing upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned and other purposes Vest a certain lot or lots of ground in the district of Southwark in trustees for the use of a public landing upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned and other purposes	653
1782	44	968	Private law without text - Vesting in the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge the property therein mentioned upon the conditions therein specified Private law without text - Vesting in the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge the property therein mentioned upon the conditions therein specified	256
1782	44	969	Private law without text - Amend an act entitled "An act to enable the owners of Schuylkill Point meadow land in the county of Philadelphia to keep the banks, dams, sluices and floodgates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expenses thereof." Private law without text - Amend an act entitled "An act to enable the owners of Schuylkill Point meadow land in the county of Philadelphia to keep the banks, dams, sluices and floodgates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expenses thereof."	256
1782	48	971	Amend and render effectual "An act for regulating party walls and partition fences in the city of Philadelphia" to declare divers new streets and ways to be highways and also declare nuisances by buildings within the said streets removable, etc. Amend and render effectual "An act for regulating party walls and partition fences in the city of Philadelphia" to declare divers new streets and ways to be highways and also declare nuisances by buildings within the said streets removable, etc.	498
1782	52	976	Amend the several acts of this commonwealth directing the mode of electing members of the general assembly thereof Amend the several acts of this commonwealth directing the mode of electing members of the general assembly thereof	284
1782	54	980	Enable the commissioners therein named to purchase public landings in the district of Southwark in the county of Philadelphia and for raising a fund to pay the purchase money thereof Enable the commissioners therein named to purchase public landings in the district of Southwark in the county of Philadelphia and for raising a fund to pay the purchase money thereof	573
1782	54	979	Repeal a part of "An act to amend and render effectual an act entitled an act for regulating party walls and partition fences in the city of Philadelphia, to declare divers new streets and ways ... to be highways and also to declare nuisances ..." Repeal a part of "An act to amend and render effectual an act entitled an act for regulating party walls and partition fences in the city of Philadelphia, to declare divers new streets and ways ... to be highways and also to declare nuisances ..."	273
1782	59	981	Private law without text - Incorporating the Presbyterian church in the township of Warwick in the county of Bucks Private law without text - Incorporating the Presbyterian church in the township of Warwick in the county of Bucks	544
1782	59	982	Private law without text - Incorporating the Dutch Reformed church in the townships of Northampton and Southampton in the county of Bucks Private law without text - Incorporating the Dutch Reformed church in the townships of Northampton and Southampton in the county of Bucks	544
1782	60	989	Prevent the erecting any new and independent state within the limits of this commonwealth Prevent the erecting any new and independent state within the limits of this commonwealth	258