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Volume 3 - Regular Sessions of 1791

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Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1791	1	1510	Declare and establish the seals of this commonwealth Declare and establish the seals of this commonwealth	172
1791	2	1511	Instituting a board of property and for other purposes therein mentioned Instituting a board of property and for other purposes therein mentioned	260
1791	3	1515	Authorize the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to draw warrants on the state treasurer for the purposes therein mentioned Authorize the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to draw warrants on the state treasurer for the purposes therein mentioned	253
1791	4	1518	Further supplement to the several acts of the General Assembly respecting auctions and auctioneers Further supplement to the several acts of the General Assembly respecting auctions and auctioneers	186
1791	4	1517	Supplement to the act entitled "An act to declare and regulate escheats." Supplement to the act entitled "An act to declare and regulate escheats."	92
1791	5	1519	Erecting the townships of Hamilton and Lower Smithfield in the county of Northampton into a separate election district and the townships of Upper Smithfield and Delaware in the said county into a separate election district Erecting the townships of Hamilton and Lower Smithfield in the county of Northampton into a separate election district and the townships of Upper Smithfield and Delaware in the said county into a separate election district	273
1791	6	1520	Enable the governor to appoint notaries public and for other purposes therein mentioned Enable the governor to appoint notaries public and for other purposes therein mentioned	355
1791	8	1521	Enjoin certain duties on the secretary of the commonwealth and for other purposes Enjoin certain duties on the secretary of the commonwealth and for other purposes	308
1791	10	1530	Establishing a nightly watch, providing lamps and supporting pumps for public use, at a common charge within a certain part of the township of the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia Establishing a nightly watch, providing lamps and supporting pumps for public use, at a common charge within a certain part of the township of the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia	816
1791	10	1528	Establish a ferry over Swatara Creek near the town of Williamsburg in the county of Dauphin and for vesting the right in Christian Seltzer, his heirs and assigns Establish a ferry over Swatara Creek near the town of Williamsburg in the county of Dauphin and for vesting the right in Christian Seltzer, his heirs and assigns	293
1791	10	1523	Private law without text - Supplement to an act entitled "An act to enable the owners and possessors of meadow land situate in the precinct of Richmond in the township of the Northern Liberties to keep the banks, dams, sluices and floodgates in repair." Private law without text - Supplement to an act entitled "An act to enable the owners and possessors of meadow land situate in the precinct of Richmond in the township of the Northern Liberties to keep the banks, dams, sluices and floodgates in repair."	293
1791	15	1532	Provide a more effectual method of settling the public accounts of the commissioners and treasurers of the respective counties Provide a more effectual method of settling the public accounts of the commissioners and treasurers of the respective counties	1210
1791	19	1533	For the better ascertaining of the boundary line between the counties of Huntingdon and Mifflin For the better ascertaining of the boundary line between the counties of Huntingdon and Mifflin	1184
1791	20	1536	Confer on certain associations of the citizens of this commonwealth the powers and immunities of corporations or bodies politic in law Confer on certain associations of the citizens of this commonwealth the powers and immunities of corporations or bodies politic in law	295
1791	22	1538	Erecting the remainder of Shauchan's and part of Bentley's district in Washington County into a separate election district Erecting the remainder of Shauchan's and part of Bentley's district in Washington County into a separate election district	283
1791	22	1540	Private law without text - Vest in trustees for the use of the society of people called Quakers certain lots of ground therein mentioned Private law without text - Vest in trustees for the use of the society of people called Quakers certain lots of ground therein mentioned	283
1791	23	1550	Erecting the townships of Union and Wayne in the county of Mifflin into separate election districts and for altering the place for holding the fifth election district in the county of Northumberland Erecting the townships of Union and Wayne in the county of Mifflin into separate election districts and for altering the place for holding the fifth election district in the county of Northumberland	97
1791	24	1558	Provide for the opening and improving sundry navigable waters and roads within this commonwealth Provide for the opening and improving sundry navigable waters and roads within this commonwealth	176
1791	26	1563	Provide for the support of the government of this commonwealth Provide for the support of the government of this commonwealth	252
1791	28	1564	Establish the judicial courts of this commonwealth in conformity to the alterations and amendments in the constitution Establish the judicial courts of this commonwealth in conformity to the alterations and amendments in the constitution	988
1791	35	1566	Supplement to an act entitled "An act for erecting certain parts of the counties of Westmoreland and Washington into a separate county (named Allegheny)." Supplement to an act entitled "An act for erecting certain parts of the counties of Westmoreland and Washington into a separate county (named Allegheny)."	1042
1791	36	1570	Ratifying on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania the first amendment proposed by congress to the constitution of the United States Ratifying on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania the first amendment proposed by congress to the constitution of the United States	1122
1791	37	1572	Supplement to the penal laws of this state Supplement to the penal laws of this state	932
1791	37	1571	Repeal so much of every act or acts of assembly of this state as relates to the collection of excise duties Repeal so much of every act or acts of assembly of this state as relates to the collection of excise duties	92
1791	45	1574	Regulate the trials of contested elections Regulate the trials of contested elections	1403
1791	50	1579	Erecting new election districts in the counties of Westmoreland, Allegheny, Berks and Northumberland and altering the place of holding the election in the second district in Cumberland county Erecting new election districts in the counties of Westmoreland, Allegheny, Berks and Northumberland and altering the place of holding the election in the second district in Cumberland county	699
1791	52	1584	Regulate the inspection of flour in certain western counties of the state Regulate the inspection of flour in certain western counties of the state	786
1791	53	1587	Unite the University of the state of Pennsylvania and the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unite the University of the state of Pennsylvania and the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania	1067
1791	56	1588	Private law without text - Vesting a yearly rent-charge of five pounds issuing out of a messuage and lot of ground situate on the north side of High Street in the city of Philadelphia in a trustee to collect the arrearages of rent due and to grow due Private law without text - Vesting a yearly rent-charge of five pounds issuing out of a messuage and lot of ground situate on the north side of High Street in the city of Philadelphia in a trustee to collect the arrearages of rent due and to grow due	1049
1791	56	1589	Empower the governor to lay out a town and out lots at the mouth of Beaver Creek for the uses therein mentioned Empower the governor to lay out a town and out lots at the mouth of Beaver Creek for the uses therein mentioned	1249
1791	58	1590	Supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of this commonwealth in conformity to the alterations and amendments in the constitution." Supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of this commonwealth in conformity to the alterations and amendments in the constitution."	1304

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