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April 2023

An Act to regulate the Militia of the Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania, §§ IX-X (1777).

Posted by on April 21, 2023

“IX. Any officer or private man found drunk when under arms, shall be suspended from doing duty in the battalion, company or troop on that day, and be fined at the discretion of a General or Regimental Court-Martial. X. Whatever centinel shall be found sleeping or drunk on his post, or shall leave it before […]

An Act for the Regulation of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (20 March, 1780), § 57, Penalty on Officers Misbehaving while on Parade; § 60, Rules and regulations, 12th rule.

Posted by on April 6, 2023

§ 57 “…and if any non-commissioned officer or private shall, on any occasion of parading the company to which he belongs, appear with his arms and accoutrements in an unfit condition, or be found drunk or shall disobey orders or use any reproachful or abusive language to his officers or any of them ; or […]

Pennsylvania – General Assembly, Omitted Laws, No. 1020, A Supplement to An Act appropriating ground for public purposes in the city of Philadelphia (1867)

Posted by on November 22, 2022

SECTION 21. The said park shall he under the following rules and regulations, and such others as the park commissioners may from time to time ordain: II. No person shall carry fire arms or shoot birds in the park or within fifty yards thereof, or throw stones or other missiles therein. Full Text: HeinOnline (subscription […]

Acts of Assembly Relating to Fairmount Park Sect. 21

Posted by on September 15, 2022

Sect. 21. The said Park shall be under the following rules and regulations, and such others as the Park Commissioners may from time to time ordain: I. No persons shall turn cattle, goats, swine or horses or other animals loose into the Park. II. No persons shall carry fire-arms, or shoot birds in the Park, […]