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Volume 6 - Regular Sessions of 1765

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1765	382	517	Raising by way of lottery the sum of 3,003 pounds, 15 shillings, for Episcopal churches in Philadelphia, Carlisle, York, Reading, Molattin, Huntingdon Township, etc. Raising by way of lottery the sum of 3,003 pounds, 15 shillings, for Episcopal churches in Philadelphia, Carlisle, York, Reading, Molattin, Huntingdon Township, etc.	1
1765	392	518	Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the province of Pennsylvania." Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the province of Pennsylvania."	1
1765	393	519	Relief of Walter Davies, a languishing prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person Relief of Walter Davies, a languishing prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person	1
1765	396	520	Relief of James Pearson, a prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person Relief of James Pearson, a prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person	1
1765	399	521	Better to enable the persons therein named to hold lands and to invest them with the privileges of natural born subjects of this province Better to enable the persons therein named to hold lands and to invest them with the privileges of natural born subjects of this province	1
1765	401	522	Relief of Robert Lettis Hooper, junior, a prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person Relief of Robert Lettis Hooper, junior, a prisoner in the gaol of Philadelphia, with respect to the imprisonment of his person	1
1765	405	523	Amending each and every of the acts of assembly of this province heretofore made for embanking and draining several parcels of marshy land situate in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester and for repairing and maintaining the banks, dams and sluices Amending each and every of the acts of assembly of this province heretofore made for embanking and draining several parcels of marshy land situate in the counties of Philadelphia and Chester and for repairing and maintaining the banks, dams and sluices	1
1765	409	524	Supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An act for regulating, pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, streets, lanes and alleys and for regulating, making and amending the watercourses ... within ... Philadelphia ...' " Supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An act for regulating, pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, streets, lanes and alleys and for regulating, making and amending the watercourses ... within ... Philadelphia ...' "	1
1765	411	525	Enable the owners and possessors of a certain piece of marsh or meadow ground hereinafter described situate in Kingsessing in the county of Philadelphia to embank and drain the same, to make and keep the outside banks and dams in good repair forever, etc. Enable the owners and possessors of a certain piece of marsh or meadow ground hereinafter described situate in Kingsessing in the county of Philadelphia to embank and drain the same, to make and keep the outside banks and dams in good repair forever, etc.	1
1765	424	526	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
1765	432	527	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the prohibiting the importation of Germans or other passengers in too great numbers in any one vessel." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the prohibiting the importation of Germans or other passengers in too great numbers in any one vessel."	1
1765	441	528	Enable the inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster in the county of Lancaster to raise money on themselves for supporting a nightly watch in the said borough and for other purposes therein mentioned Enable the inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster in the county of Lancaster to raise money on themselves for supporting a nightly watch in the said borough and for other purposes therein mentioned	1
1765	453	529	More easy recovery of legacies More easy recovery of legacies	1
1765	456	530	Enable the commissioners hereinafter named to settle the accounts of the managers and to sue for and recover from several persons such sums of money as are now due and unpaid for erecting a bridge over Skippack creek in Philadelphia Enable the commissioners hereinafter named to settle the accounts of the managers and to sue for and recover from several persons such sums of money as are now due and unpaid for erecting a bridge over Skippack creek in Philadelphia	1
1765	459	531	Explain and amend a supplement to an act entitled "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the province of Pennsylvania." Explain and amend a supplement to an act entitled "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the province of Pennsylvania."	1