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Volume 8 - Regular Sessions of 1771

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Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1771	5	618	Preventing tumults and riotous assemblies and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters Preventing tumults and riotous assemblies and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters	1
1771	9	619	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for erecting part of the counties of Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster into a separate county (named Berks)." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for erecting part of the counties of Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster into a separate county (named Berks)."	1
1771	10	620	Prevent the destruction of rockfish and oysters Prevent the destruction of rockfish and oysters	1
1771	12	621	Regulate the fishery in the river Schuylkill Regulate the fishery in the river Schuylkill	1
1771	15	622	Immediate raising of money heretofore granted for the defense of the city of Philadelphia Immediate raising of money heretofore granted for the defense of the city of Philadelphia	1
1771	22	623	Regulating the fishery in the rivers Codorus and Connewaga in York county Regulating the fishery in the rivers Codorus and Connewaga in York county	1
1771	25	624	Appointing regulators in the southern parts of the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia and for other purposes therein mentioned Appointing regulators in the southern parts of the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia and for other purposes therein mentioned	1
1771	29	625	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the better regulation of servants in this province and territories." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the better regulation of servants in this province and territories."	1
1771	32	626	Declaring the rivers Delaware and Lehigh and parts of Neshaminy creek as far up as Barnsley's Ford and of the stream called Lechawaxin as far up as the falls thereof common highways and for improving the navigation in the said rivers Declaring the rivers Delaware and Lehigh and parts of Neshaminy creek as far up as Barnsley's Ford and of the stream called Lechawaxin as far up as the falls thereof common highways and for improving the navigation in the said rivers	1
1771	36	627	Declaring the river Susquehanna and other streams therein mentioned public highways, for improving the navigation of the said river and streams and for preserving the fish in the same Declaring the river Susquehanna and other streams therein mentioned public highways, for improving the navigation of the said river and streams and for preserving the fish in the same	1
1771	44	628	Vacating a part of a road in the township of Passyunk and for confirming a new road laid out and made instead thereof Vacating a part of a road in the township of Passyunk and for confirming a new road laid out and made instead thereof	1
1771	46	629	Erecting a part of the county of Cumberland into a separate county (named Bedford) Erecting a part of the county of Cumberland into a separate county (named Bedford)	1
1771	55	630	Better securing and punishing certain offenders therein mentioned Better securing and punishing certain offenders therein mentioned	1
1771	56	631	Appointing commissioners for opening and maintaining parts of two roads therein mentioned Appointing commissioners for opening and maintaining parts of two roads therein mentioned	1
1771	58	632	Appointing wardens for the port of Philadelphia and for the better regulating pilots plying in the river and bay of Delaware and the price of pilotage to and from the said port Appointing wardens for the port of Philadelphia and for the better regulating pilots plying in the river and bay of Delaware and the price of pilotage to and from the said port	1
1771	69	633	Relief of George Hawkins, Conrad Kehmle and Jonathan Hobby, languishing prisoners in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons Relief of George Hawkins, Conrad Kehmle and Jonathan Hobby, languishing prisoners in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons	1
1771	72	634	Building a bridge over Skippack Creek in the county of Philadelphia Building a bridge over Skippack Creek in the county of Philadelphia	1
1771	75	635	Relief of the poor Relief of the poor	1
1771	96	636	Regulating and continuing the nightly watch, enlightening the streets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned Regulating and continuing the nightly watch, enlightening the streets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned	1
1771	116	637	Enable Peter Mierken, sugar refiner, to hold lands and to invest him with the privileges of a natural-born subject of this province Enable Peter Mierken, sugar refiner, to hold lands and to invest him with the privileges of a natural-born subject of this province	1
1771	118	638	Repeal a part of the act entitled "An act for the preservation of fish in the rivers Delaware, Susquehanna and the Lehigh, commonly called the Western Branch of Delaware." Repeal a part of the act entitled "An act for the preservation of fish in the rivers Delaware, Susquehanna and the Lehigh, commonly called the Western Branch of Delaware."	1
1771	120	639	Preventing tumults and riotous assemblies and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters Preventing tumults and riotous assemblies and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters	1
1771	124	640	Support of the lighthouse erected at the mouth of the bay of Delaware and the buoys placed in the said bay and the river Delaware and for the repayment of the moneys borrowed for the erecting the said lighthouse and placing the said buoys Support of the lighthouse erected at the mouth of the bay of Delaware and the buoys placed in the said bay and the river Delaware and for the repayment of the moneys borrowed for the erecting the said lighthouse and placing the said buoys	1

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