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Volume 8 - Regular Sessions of 1776

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1776	459	717	Increase the number of representatives in assembly for the city of Philadelphia and in the several counties therein named Increase the number of representatives in assembly for the city of Philadelphia and in the several counties therein named	1
1776	462	718	Enable the keepers of records in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester to remove them to more safe and convenient places Enable the keepers of records in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester to remove them to more safe and convenient places	1
1776	464	719	Continue part of an act entitled "An act for regulating and continuing the nightly watch, enlightening the streets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia and for other purposes therein mentioned" and making further provision for executing the act Continue part of an act entitled "An act for regulating and continuing the nightly watch, enlightening the streets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia and for other purposes therein mentioned" and making further provision for executing the act	1
1776	467	720	Continue an act entitled "An act to regulate the fishery in the river Schuylkill" and to make further provisions therein Continue an act entitled "An act to regulate the fishery in the river Schuylkill" and to make further provisions therein	1
1776	468	721	Relief of William Judd, John Onions, Michael Jordan, and William Sanders, prisoners for debt in the gaol of Philadelphia county, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons Relief of William Judd, John Onions, Michael Jordan, and William Sanders, prisoners for debt in the gaol of Philadelphia county, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons	1
1776	471	722	Confirming the estate of Andrew Hershey in and to certain lands in the township of Donegal in the county of Lancaster Confirming the estate of Andrew Hershey in and to certain lands in the township of Donegal in the county of Lancaster	1
1776	474	723	Make perpetual an act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of His present Majesty King George the Third entitled "An act for the relief of the poor." Make perpetual an act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of His present Majesty King George the Third entitled "An act for the relief of the poor."	1
1776	474	724	Suspend the carrying into execution the orders of the governor and council for opening a certain road in this province Suspend the carrying into execution the orders of the governor and council for opening a certain road in this province	1
1776	476	725	Vesting a certain tract of land situate in Middletown township in the county of Bucks in trustees to be sold and for other purposes therein mentioned Vesting a certain tract of land situate in Middletown township in the county of Bucks in trustees to be sold and for other purposes therein mentioned	1
1776	480	726	Relief of Alexander Stewart, a prisoner for debt in the gaol of Philadelphia county, with respect to the imprisonment of his person Relief of Alexander Stewart, a prisoner for debt in the gaol of Philadelphia county, with respect to the imprisonment of his person	1