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Volume 1 - Regular Sessions of 1778

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1778	446	760	Supplement to an act for emitting the sum of 150,000 pounds in bills of credit on loan and providing a fund for the payment of public debts Supplement to an act for emitting the sum of 150,000 pounds in bills of credit on loan and providing a fund for the payment of public debts	146
1778	447	765	Establishing a new seal for the Supreme Court and altering the place of holding the said court and the courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery in the counties of Chester and Bucks for a limited time Establishing a new seal for the Supreme Court and altering the place of holding the said court and the courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery in the counties of Chester and Bucks for a limited time	228
1778	448	766	Preventing the imprisonment of soldiers for small debts and preventing the inlistment of soldiers by any officers of other states until the quota of this state be completed Preventing the imprisonment of soldiers for small debts and preventing the inlistment of soldiers by any officers of other states until the quota of this state be completed	321
1778	449	773	Providing for attainder of divers traitors if they render not themselves by a certain day and vesting their estates in this commonwealth, for more effectually discovering the same and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon Providing for attainder of divers traitors if they render not themselves by a certain day and vesting their estates in this commonwealth, for more effectually discovering the same and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon	1126
1778	460	780	Calling in of the bills of credit issued by the legislative authority of Pennsylvania under the sanction and authority of the crown of Great-Britain, etc. Calling in of the bills of credit issued by the legislative authority of Pennsylvania under the sanction and authority of the crown of Great-Britain, etc.	79
1778	461	792	Making valid the title of lands held under persons born out of allegiance of the crown of Great-Britain and who have died not having been naturalized Making valid the title of lands held under persons born out of allegiance of the crown of Great-Britain and who have died not having been naturalized	160
1778	462	793	Declaring valid the acknowledgment of deeds and the proofs of witnesses in the execution thereof made and taken before certain officials and the probate and registering of wills and granting of letters of administration of certain officials Declaring valid the acknowledgment of deeds and the proofs of witnesses in the execution thereof made and taken before certain officials and the probate and registering of wills and granting of letters of administration of certain officials	544
1778	466	797	Supplement to an act for preventing obstructions to navigation of Chester Creek and other navigable creeks and rivers Supplement to an act for preventing obstructions to navigation of Chester Creek and other navigable creeks and rivers	521