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Regular Session of 1901

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1901	0003	0001	To provide for increasing the capital stock and indebtedness of corporations - enactment To provide for increasing the capital stock and indebtedness of corporations - enactment	176975
1901	0004	0004	Act to establish and to regulate the affairs of school districts and sub-school districts in cities of the second class, and to repeal all local and special laws inconsistent therewith - repeal Act to establish and to regulate the affairs of school districts and sub-school districts in cities of the second class, and to repeal all local and special laws inconsistent therewith - repeal	38852
1901	0006	0002	To permit the classification by railroad, railway and transportation corporations of their boards of directors or managers - enactment To permit the classification by railroad, railway and transportation corporations of their boards of directors or managers - enactment	83458
1901	0007	0003	Increasing the number of courts of common pleas in the county of Philadelphia - enactment Increasing the number of courts of common pleas in the county of Philadelphia - enactment	45205
1901	0008	0005	Making valid certain elections of municipal corporations held under an act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities - enactment Making valid certain elections of municipal corporations held under an act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities - enactment	38850
1901	0009	0006	Granting consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the United States, for the purchase of a certain farm in the townships of North Middleton and Middlesex, county of Cumberland, to be used for the instruction in agriculture of the pupils of the Granting consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the United States, for the purchase of a certain farm in the townships of North Middleton and Middlesex, county of Cumberland, to be used for the instruction in agriculture of the pupils of the	51736
1901	0010	0007	Act authorizing central boards of education in cities of the school class to establish and maintain schools for instruction in the mechanic arts and kindred subjects - amend - extend the benefits and provisions to boroughs and townships of the first class Act authorizing central boards of education in cities of the school class to establish and maintain schools for instruction in the mechanic arts and kindred subjects - amend - extend the benefits and provisions to boroughs and townships of the first class	49435
1901	0011	0008	Making an appropriation to the Keystone State Commission of the Pan-American Exposition - enactment Making an appropriation to the Keystone State Commission of the Pan-American Exposition - enactment	42226
1901	0015	0010	Act to provide for the better government of cities of the first class in this Commonwealth - amend - any board in any city of the first class is authorized to set apart any roadway or drive therein, for the use of horses and vehicles at such rate of speed Act to provide for the better government of cities of the first class in this Commonwealth - amend - any board in any city of the first class is authorized to set apart any roadway or drive therein, for the use of horses and vehicles at such rate of speed	81015
1901	0016	0011	Making it unlawful for district attorneys to stand aside jurors in empanelling any jury in the trial of any indictment charging a felony or a misdemeanor in any court of this Commonwealth, and regulating the challenging of jurors by the Commonwealth Making it unlawful for district attorneys to stand aside jurors in empanelling any jury in the trial of any indictment charging a felony or a misdemeanor in any court of this Commonwealth, and regulating the challenging of jurors by the Commonwealth	39529
1901	0017	0012	Act providing the erection of the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School - amend - in certain cases pupils may remain at the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial Schools after attaining the age of 16 years Act providing the erection of the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School - amend - in certain cases pupils may remain at the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial Schools after attaining the age of 16 years	49049
1901	0018	0013	Act to provide for the incorporation of institutions of learning with power to confer degrees in art, pure and applied science, philosophy, literature, medicine, law and theology - amend - act shall not impair authority of colleges or universities which h Act to provide for the incorporation of institutions of learning with power to confer degrees in art, pure and applied science, philosophy, literature, medicine, law and theology - amend - act shall not impair authority of colleges or universities which h	90809
1901	0020	0014	Second Class City Law - enactment Second Class City Law - enactment	1301484
1901	0049	0016	Supplement to the Penal Code of 1860 - amend - increasing the penalty for breaking and entering Supplement to the Penal Code of 1860 - amend - increasing the penalty for breaking and entering	82323
1901	0049	0015	Relating to the study and practice of physical culture in the public schools - enactment Relating to the study and practice of physical culture in the public schools - enactment	42349
1901	0050	0017	To provide for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors or marines who served in the United States in any war, who die in almshouses and like institutions, and to authorize county commissioners to purchase plots of ground for the burial - enac To provide for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors or marines who served in the United States in any war, who die in almshouses and like institutions, and to authorize county commissioners to purchase plots of ground for the burial - enac	81732
1901	0051	0018	Authorizing the laying out and opening of public roads, which are extensions of streets in cities or boroughs, of equal width with such city or borough street - enactment Authorizing the laying out and opening of public roads, which are extensions of streets in cities or boroughs, of equal width with such city or borough street - enactment	41759
1901	0052	0019	Act for the encouragement of forest culture - amend - owners of forest land, at any period after the land has been so cleared, shall maintain upon the land young forest or timber trees in sound condition Act for the encouragement of forest culture - amend - owners of forest land, at any period after the land has been so cleared, shall maintain upon the land young forest or timber trees in sound condition	47033
1901	0053	0020	To authorize and empower any railroad corporation of this Commonwealth, which shall own at least two-thirds of the whole capital stock of any other like corporation of this Commonwealth, and shall have a railroad connecting with the railroad of the To authorize and empower any railroad corporation of this Commonwealth, which shall own at least two-thirds of the whole capital stock of any other like corporation of this Commonwealth, and shall have a railroad connecting with the railroad of the	134590
1901	0055	0021	To admit to the public schools, where there is building capacity, the inmates of orphan asylums and homes for poor and friendless children, upon the payment of a reasonable tuition - enactment To admit to the public schools, where there is building capacity, the inmates of orphan asylums and homes for poor and friendless children, upon the payment of a reasonable tuition - enactment	38979
1901	0056	0023	Making an appropriation, providing for extraordinary expenses incurred by the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools, for the two years ending May 31,1901 - enactment Making an appropriation, providing for extraordinary expenses incurred by the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools, for the two years ending May 31,1901 - enactment	78862
1901	0056	0022	Act to extend the provision of an act for the protection of sheep in certain counties, to the counties of Armstrong and Westmoreland - repeal Act to extend the provision of an act for the protection of sheep in certain counties, to the counties of Armstrong and Westmoreland - repeal	41016
1901	0057	0024	To regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers - enactment To regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers - enactment	127629
1901	0059	0025	Act authorizing the State Treasurer to refund collateral in heritance tax heretofore paid or that may hereafter be paid in error - amend - extension of the limitation of time within which applications shall be made to certain cases Act authorizing the State Treasurer to refund collateral in heritance tax heretofore paid or that may hereafter be paid in error - amend - extension of the limitation of time within which applications shall be made to certain cases	85346
1901	0060	0026	To enable city, county, poor, township, ward, school, and borough tax collectors to collect taxes, for the payment of which they have become personally liable, without having collected the same, by expiration of the authority of their term of office or wa To enable city, county, poor, township, ward, school, and borough tax collectors to collect taxes, for the payment of which they have become personally liable, without having collected the same, by expiration of the authority of their term of office or wa	83625
1901	0061	0027	To enforce the provisions of section four of article seventeen of the Constitution - enactment To enforce the provisions of section four of article seventeen of the Constitution - enactment	76458
1901	0062	0028	Authorizing railroad and other transportation corporations of this State to acquire, hold, dispose of, and guarantee the stock and securities of certain other corporations of this State or elsewhere - enactment Authorizing railroad and other transportation corporations of this State to acquire, hold, dispose of, and guarantee the stock and securities of certain other corporations of this State or elsewhere - enactment	38827
1901	0063	0030	Act relating to the election of supervisors in the township of Middletown, county of Susquehanna - repeal Act relating to the election of supervisors in the township of Middletown, county of Susquehanna - repeal	31989
1901	0063	0029	To authorize railroads, constructed to any river forming the boundary between this and any adjoining State, to be built by means of a bridge and its approaches to the middle of such river, and there connect with any railroad of such adjoining State - enac To authorize railroads, constructed to any river forming the boundary between this and any adjoining State, to be built by means of a bridge and its approaches to the middle of such river, and there connect with any railroad of such adjoining State - enac	31990
1901	0064	0031	Supplement to an act to establish an Insurance Department - amend - division of the directors or managers of insurance companies into classes; election of such directors or managers; making lawful and valid such division and classification heretofore made Supplement to an act to establish an Insurance Department - amend - division of the directors or managers of insurance companies into classes; election of such directors or managers; making lawful and valid such division and classification heretofore made	84431
1901	0065	0033	To punish kidnappers, their aiders, assistors, and abettors - enactment To punish kidnappers, their aiders, assistors, and abettors - enactment	76273
1901	0065	0032	Pamphlet Law 556 of June 13, 1836 - amend - relating to private roads Pamphlet Law 556 of June 13, 1836 - amend - relating to private roads	40927
1901	0066	0034	To validate private sales of real estate of decedents, heretofore made under authority of orphans' courts upon petition of executors or administrators for payment of debts - enactment To validate private sales of real estate of decedents, heretofore made under authority of orphans' courts upon petition of executors or administrators for payment of debts - enactment	40082
1901	0067	0036	To validate changes heretofore made in the names of corporations by the several courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth - enactment To validate changes heretofore made in the names of corporations by the several courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth - enactment	42539
1901	0067	0035	Regulating acknowledgments, by married women, of deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments of writing required by law to be acknowledged - enactment Regulating acknowledgments, by married women, of deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments of writing required by law to be acknowledged - enactment	42541
1901	0068	0037	To regulate the manufacture of flour and meal food products, the employment of adult females and minors therein - enactment To regulate the manufacture of flour and meal food products, the employment of adult females and minors therein - enactment	94351
1901	0070	0039	Fixing the term of office of notaries public, regulating the appointment, and prescribing certain duties thereof - enactment Fixing the term of office of notaries public, regulating the appointment, and prescribing certain duties thereof - enactment	71740
1901	0070	0038	To enable Indians to sue and be sued in the courts of record of this Commonwealth - enactment To enable Indians to sue and be sued in the courts of record of this Commonwealth - enactment	38923
1901	0071	0041	To establish a separate Orphan's Court in and for the county of Westmoreland - enactment To establish a separate Orphan's Court in and for the county of Westmoreland - enactment	82152
1901	0071	0040	Relative to the acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments of writing, taken before George R. Bothwell, a notary public in and for the county of Allegheny - enactment Relative to the acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments of writing, taken before George R. Bothwell, a notary public in and for the county of Allegheny - enactment	37552
1901	0073	0043	Act to for the taxation of dogs and the protection of sheep - amend - fund raised by the taxation of dogs be applied, in addition to the loss of sheep, for the loss of other domestic animals bitten by mad dogs Act to for the taxation of dogs and the protection of sheep - amend - fund raised by the taxation of dogs be applied, in addition to the loss of sheep, for the loss of other domestic animals bitten by mad dogs	79642
1901	0073	0042	Authorizing and empowering the owners and lessees of real estate within this Commonwealth to kill hare or rabbits upon their own premises at all seasons of the year - enactment Authorizing and empowering the owners and lessees of real estate within this Commonwealth to kill hare or rabbits upon their own premises at all seasons of the year - enactment	39617
1901	0074	0044	Relating to criminal prosecutions and civil suits for libel, and repealing the act relating to libel and its punishment - enactment Relating to criminal prosecutions and civil suits for libel, and repealing the act relating to libel and its punishment - enactment	85212
1901	0075	0045	To provide for the taking of depositions in cases pending before magistrates and justices of the peace - enactment To provide for the taking of depositions in cases pending before magistrates and justices of the peace - enactment	84969