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Volume 6 - Regular Sessions of 1762

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1762	135	473	Enable the owners and occupiers of The Wicaco Meadows in the county of Philadelphia to keep the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expense thereof Enable the owners and occupiers of The Wicaco Meadows in the county of Philadelphia to keep the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expense thereof	1
1762	146	474	Enable the owners and possessors of a certain tract of marsh and meadow land therein described situate in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester to keep the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expense Enable the owners and possessors of a certain tract of marsh and meadow land therein described situate in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester to keep the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates in repair and to raise a fund to defray the expense	1
1762	160	475	Enable the owners and possessors of the southern district of Darby marsh or meadow ground in the county of Chester to embank and drain the same, to make and keep the outside banks and dams in good repair forever and to raise a fund to defray the expense Enable the owners and possessors of the southern district of Darby marsh or meadow ground in the county of Chester to embank and drain the same, to make and keep the outside banks and dams in good repair forever and to raise a fund to defray the expense	1
1762	173	476	Recovery of the duties of tonnage upon ships and vessels and certain other duties upon wine, rum, brandy and other spirits and upon sugar which became due by virtue of a law of this province lately expired and which were not received or secured Recovery of the duties of tonnage upon ships and vessels and certain other duties upon wine, rum, brandy and other spirits and upon sugar which became due by virtue of a law of this province lately expired and which were not received or secured	1
1762	177	477	Vesting the State House and other public buildings, with the lots of ground whereon the same are erected, together with other lots situate in the city of Philadelphia, in trustees for the uses therein particularly mentioned Vesting the State House and other public buildings, with the lots of ground whereon the same are erected, together with other lots situate in the city of Philadelphia, in trustees for the uses therein particularly mentioned	1
1762	184	478	More effectual suppressing and preventing of lotteries More effectual suppressing and preventing of lotteries	1
1762	186	479	Opening and better amending and keeping in repair the public roads and highways within this province Opening and better amending and keeping in repair the public roads and highways within this province	1
1762	196	480	Regulating, pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, streets, lanes and alleys and for regulating, making and amending the water-courses and common sewers within the inhabited and settled parts of the city of Philadelphia and for raising of money Regulating, pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, streets, lanes and alleys and for regulating, making and amending the water-courses and common sewers within the inhabited and settled parts of the city of Philadelphia and for raising of money	1
1762	214	481	Erecting the southern suburbs of the city of Philadelphia into the District of Southwark, for making the streets and roads already laid out therein public roads and highways and for regulating such other streets and roads as the inhabitants may lay out Erecting the southern suburbs of the city of Philadelphia into the District of Southwark, for making the streets and roads already laid out therein public roads and highways and for regulating such other streets and roads as the inhabitants may lay out	1
1762	223	482	Enable the trustees of the State House to purchase certain lots of ground, the remainder of the square whereon the said House now stands Enable the trustees of the State House to purchase certain lots of ground, the remainder of the square whereon the said House now stands	1
1762	226	483	Granting to His Majesty the sum of 23,500 pounds for the purposes therein mentioned Granting to His Majesty the sum of 23,500 pounds for the purposes therein mentioned	1