Section 1101. Specific Repeals.--The following acts and parts of acts, and all amendments thereof, are hereby repealed to the extent hereinafter specified:
(1) Section twenty-one of the act, approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred thirty-six (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred fifty-one), entitled "An act relating to roads, highways and bridges," absolutely.
(2) Sections two and three of the act, approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred forty-two), entitled "An act requiring all petitions for the laying out or vacation of a public road to fix definitely the points of beginning and ending, and requiring the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, in any county, to certify the report of the jury of view to the State Highway Department," absolutely.
(3) Section one of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred nine (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred one), entitled "An act authorizing counties, townships, or boroughs to widen State highways; and validating agreements heretofore made for widening State highways, and the payment of the cost therefor," absolutely.
(4) Sections seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight and thirty-nine of the act, approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred eleven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred sixty-eight), entitled "An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department, and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistant herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act," absolutely.
(5) The act, approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred seventeen), entitled "A supplement to an act, approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department; and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act,'" absolutely.
(6) The act, approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred ninety-one), entitled "A supplement to an act, approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred eleven, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department; and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated towns petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act' providing for constructing, reconstructing, repairing, or maintaining certain spurs or branch roads," absolutely.
(7) The act, approved the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred eighty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the State Highway Commissioner to take over the rights of way of canal companies, and of railroad an railway companies, that have been abandoned or that have not been built upon, for the use of the State Highway Department for the purpose of locating and constructing State Highways; and providing a method of condemnation procedure," absolutely.
(8) The act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred thirty-five), entitled "A supplement to an act, approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred sixty-eight), entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department, and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act,' and further providing that the State Highway Commissioner, and the several counties, townships, boroughs, or incorporated towns, shall have authority to make and enter into contracts to reconstruct or improve a State highway, or portion thereof, in the same manner as a State-aid highway, and authorizing counties, townships, boroughs, or incorporated towns to incur indebtedness, and pay their respective shares of the cost thereof; and making valid all such contracts heretofore made; such highway to remain a State highway," absolutely.
(9) The act, approved the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred twenty-four), entitled "An act authorizing the Highway Commissioner to use, lease, or sell toll-collectors' residences or offices, or other property, acquired by the purchase or condemnation of any turnpike or toll-road," absolutely.
(10) The act, approved the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred fourteen), entitled "An act providing for the employment of prisoners or inmates of penitentiaries, prisons, reformatories, and reform schools by the State Highway Department; prescribing duties of the State Highway Commissioner and of the wardens, sheriffs, and superintendents in connection therewith; providing methods of payment for such employment, and the conditions relative thereto; and extending the provisions of this act to a county the limits of which coincide with the limits of a city of the first class," absolutely.
(11) The act, approved the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand forty-one), entitled "A supplement to an act approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred eleven, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act,' providing that the State Highway Commissioner may take over, as a part of the system of State highways, any road leading from a State highway to any State property maintained as an historical park, or used for military purposes," absolutely.
(12) The act, approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred fifty), entitled "An act permitting counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to appropriate and expend moneys, and to incur indebtedness and issue bonds and other obligations, for the improvement and maintenance of State highways and State-aid highways or any public highway in any county of the Commonwealth, and providing the method for applying for said moneys, and for the approval thereof, by the State Highway Department in certain cases," absolutely.
(13) The act, approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred twenty-one), entitled "An act providing for the construction and maintenance of roads for travel for horses whenever certain roads and highways shall be constructed, rebuilt, and improved by the State Highway Department," absolutely.
(14) The act, approved the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, forty-seven), entitled "An act providing for the assessment and collection, as benefits from the abutting property owners, of the borough's share of the cost of the improvement of a street, which forms part of a State Highway, where such improvement has been heretofore made by the State Highway Department," absolutely.
(15) The act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred sixty-one), entitled "An act providing for the rebuilding by the Commonwealth, through the Department of Highways, of certain county bridges, the procedure therefor, the payment of a portion of the cost thereof in certain cases by counties, cities, and railroads, and the maintenance thereof, when completed, by the counties," absolutely.
(16) The act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred one), entitled "An act authorizing the State Highway Department, the Public Service Commission, counties, cities, boroughs, and townships to purchase, or condemn by the right of eminent domain, free and unobstructed view over and across lands at certain highway, railroad, and railway intersections and curves, so as to prevent and permit removal of interference with and obstruction of the vision of users of said highways; and providing for the use of such lands in such manner as not to interfere with a free and unobstructed view," in so far as it applies to State highways.
(17) The act, approved the seventeenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-five), entitled "An act relating to the allocation of moneys to the different counties by the Department of Highways for the construction of highways; providing a method to compel the county commissioners to apply for such moneys; and extending the time for filing applications for money allocated but unexpended prior to the approval of this act," absolutely.
(18) Section one of the act, approved the seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred eighty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing county commissioners to make, execute, and deliver agreements and contracts for the improvement or maintenance of certain highways involving the expenditure of county money alone, or in conjunction with that of any township, borough, or incorporated town; authorizing the Secretary of Highways to make surveys and plans and to advertise for, receive, and open bids therefor in the manner now provided in the case of the improvement of State Highways; and validating all agreements or contracts heretofore entered into in accordance with the provisions hereof," absolutely.
(19) The act, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred sixty), entitled "An act conferring on the Department of Highways power to enter upon private property, and open and maintain drainage channels along roads or highways constructed at the expense of the Department of Highways or under its supervision; and providing penalty for interference with such drains or ditches; and providing for the payment of damages," absolutely.
(20) The act, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred sixty-seven), entitled "An act providing for the improvement or repair by the Department of Highways of any portion of a road or highway lying within the area of State forest lands which is deemed necessary to the development, protection, or use by the public of any such forest lands now possessed or hereafter acquired by the Commonwealth; and providing for the expense to be borne by the Commonwealth or by the Commonwealth, county, and township upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon," absolutely.
(21) The act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred forty-one), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to accept, on behalf of the Commonwealth, certain roads heretofore ceded to the United States of America and located within the limits of the National Park at Gettysburg; designating the status of the same as State highways, county or township roads or borough streets; and providing for their construction, reconstruction, and maintenance by the State, county, township, or borough," absolutely.
(22) The act, approved the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred twenty), entitled "An act empowering the Department of Highways, in conjunction with any county or counties, to acquire and maintain certain toll-bridges within the Commonwealth; and making an appropriation," absolutely.
(23) The act, approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred four), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, to establish the width and lines of State highways for future construction where it appears uneconomical to widen existing highways; providing for acknowledgment by the Secretary of Highways and recording of plans therefor in the proper county; and providing further that no allowance shall be made for buildings or improvements erected or made within the limits of any such highway; and providing for the payment of damages," absolutely.
(24) The act, approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred fourteen), entitled "An act prohibiting the placing of any sign, banner, or advertising matter of any kind whatsoever on or across any public road or highway or on or across any structure within the legal limits of any public road or highway without the written consent of the authorities responsible for the maintenance of such public road or highway, and declaring the placing of any sign or banner in violation of this act to be a public nuisance and authorizing its removal with or without notice, and providing penalty," in so far as it applies to State highway.
(25) The act, approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred twenty-one), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to designate by letter, or to name, number, or combine State highways, or any part or parts thereof, in such manner as in his discretion will best accommodate and inform the traveling public using the highways of the Commonwealth, and facilitate the keeping of maps and records of the Department of Highways; and to include, in any route designated for the convenience of the traveling public, any township road or roads," absolutely.
(26) The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred nine), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to join two or more State highway routes, by the construction of connecting roads, under certain conditions, and providing for the payment of damages for land taken in the construction of such connecting roads," absolutely.
(27) The act, approved the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred seventy-seven), entitled "An act to provide that where the Department of Highways has heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire, by condemnation, purchase, or otherwise, the abandoned right-of-way of a canal, railroad, or turnpike company to form a part of a State highway route, and any part thereof is located within the limits of any borough, the part located within the borough shall be taken and deemed to be a borough street, without any action on the part of the borough, or any of its representatives, to either accept, dedicate or open it as such, and making such boroughs responsible for any damages occasioned by such taking within their limits," absolutely.
(28) The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred ninety-two), entitled "An act providing that highways, or sections thereof, abandoned as State highway routes, shall revert for maintenance to the party or parties responsible for the maintenance of said highways prior to their coming under the jurisdiction of the Department of Highways," absolutely.
(30) The act, approved the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred forty-three), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, to build, rebuild, construct, and maintain roads wholly upon the lands of State institutions and State parks and providing for the payment of the cost thereof," absolutely.
(31) The act, approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred sixty-two), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways, with the approval of the Governor and the commissioners of the county affected, to relocate roads or highways where an application for the construction of said road has been filed in accordance with the provisions of the act of June twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred fifty), as amended; providing for the vacation of the original road or section thereof under certain conditions and restrictions; and providing for the payment of damages to abutting property owners incurred as a result of such relocation," absolutely.
(32) The act, approved the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred seventy-eight), entitled "An act conferring authority on the Department of Highways, or any county or township, to enter upon private property adjacent to any public road or highway, and place thereon snow fence, between November first and April first of the succeeding year; providing the method of ascertaining damages and payment of same by the authorities responsible for the maintenance of the said public road or highway to the owner of adjacent property; and repealing certain acts," except in so far as it applies to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
(33) The act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand fifty-six), entitled "An act providing for the Commonwealth to share in the cost of maintaining township reward roads," absolutely.
(34) The act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand sixty-two), entitled "An act providing for assistance by the Commonwealth in the maintenance of township reward roads; and making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund for such purposes," absolutely.
(35) The act, approved the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand five hundred twenty-eight), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, to establish, construct and maintain roads parallel to existing State highways, in order to relieve traffic congestion; providing certain conditions and restrictions for the assessment and payment of damages for property taken thereby; and providing that such highways when constructed shall become a part of the system of State highways of the Commonwealth," absolutely.
(36) The act, approved the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand five hundred seventy-eight), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to establish and maintain live snow breaks along or adjacent to State highways on lands heretofore or hereafter acquired by the county," absolutely.
(37) The act, approved the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand five hundred eighty-six), entitled "An act prohibiting the discharge of sewage and all drainage, except surface drainage, on or within the legal limits of any public highway; providing for the blocking or removal of sewer outlets within the limits of public roads; declaring such outlets to be a public nuisance and abatable as such; conferring jurisdiction; and providing penalties; and repealing certain act," in so far as it applies to State highways.
(38) The act, approved the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand seven hundred two), entitled "An act regulating the closing of public highways and providing for the locating, marking and maintenance of detours necessitated by such closing; requiring boroughs, cities and towns to notify the Department of Highways of the creation and discontinuance of certain detours; providing penalties for removing, destroying, defacing signs erected for warning or detour purposes, and for driving on, over or across highways which are closed by the proper persons or authorities, except in certain cases; further providing that the authorities responsible for the maintenance of highways which have been damaged or their agents or contractors, shall have the right to recover the amount of such damages from the person or persons responsible, in addition to the penalties herein provided; and repealing certain acts," in so far as it applies to State highways.
(39) The act, approved the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred forty-seven), entitled "An act placing upon the Commonwealth the responsibility for the construction and maintenance of certain bridges on State highway routes or continuations of State highway routes in boroughs, incorporated towns, cities of the third class and townships, under certain conditions and restrictions, and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund for such purposes; providing for a limitation of the Commonwealth's liability for reconstruction and maintenance, in certain cases, under orders of court or the Public Service Commission; providing for the Commonwealth to succeed to the rights of the county under certain existing agreements or contracts; authorizing the department to issue licenses to public service companies for occupancy of such bridges in accordance with existing laws, subject to certain conditions and restrictions; providing for the crediting of certain moneys to the Motor License Fund; and providing for the return to the county or disposal of said bridges in certain cases; and repealing certain acts with reference to county bridges," absolutely.
(40) The act, approved the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred one), entitled, as amended "An act providing for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of bridges over rivers and navigable waters, and of tunnels for highway purposes within the Commonwealth; authorizing the issuance of bridge and tunnel revenue bonds, free from taxation and payable solely from bridge or tunnel earnings, to pay the cost of such bridges and tunnels and improvements thereof; providing for the collection of bridge and tunnel tolls for the payment of such bonds, and for the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the bridges and tunnels; constituting such bonds legal investments in certain instances; prescribing conditions upon which such bridges and tunnels shall become free bridges and tunnels; conferring powers and imposing duties on the State Bridge and Tunnel Commission; providing that no debt of the Commonwealth shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this act; and providing for condemnation," absolutely.
(41) The act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred seventy-eight), entitled "An act authorizing municipal subdivisions of the Commonwealth to convey or transfer to the Commonwealth any material, equipment or supplies appropriate for use in the construction or maintenance of certain highways," absolutely.
(42) Sections sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-one and seventy-two of the act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred ninety-four), entitled "An act establishing certain township roads as State highways; authorizing their construction, maintenance, and improvement under certain conditions and restrictions; limiting the obligation of the Commonwealth in the construction of certain structures located on such highways; conferring certain powers upon the Department of Highways and local authorities, persons, associations and corporations for sharing the cost of the maintenance and construction of such highways; and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of said act," absolutely.
(43) The act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred seventy-three), entitled "An act conferring on the Department of Highways the right to enter upon private property adjacent to highways or bridges under the control and supervision of the said department for the purpose of changing or protecting existing stream channels in order to protect said highways or bridges in a proper manner; providing for the approval of said changes by the Department of Forests and Waters; and providing for the ascertainment and payment of damages occasioned thereby," absolutely.
(44) Sections four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen of the act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred twenty), entitled "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth, under certain terms, conditions and limitations, of certain streets in cities of the second class, second class A, and third class as State highways, and for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and maintenance by the Commonwealth of certain defined widths of said streets; imposing duties on such cities and on public utility companies using such streets; providing that no assessment shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the elimination of any grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities, persons, associations, or corporations to enter into agreements with the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of construction or maintenance; providing for the assessment of certain portions of the cost of street improvements on abutting property owners; regulating the replacement of certain facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting the opening of said streets after improvement without a permit, and providing penalty therefor; regulating the maintenance of detours; authorizing the increase of city indebtedness in certain cases; and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund for the purposes of this act," absolutely.
(45) The act, approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred twenty), entitled "An act providing for the relocation and change of width, grades and lines of State highways in boroughs by the Secretary of Highways, with the approval of the Governor and commissioners of the proper county, and for the payment of damages occasioned thereby by the county; and repealing certain acts," absolutely.
(46) The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand three hundred sixty-nine), entitled "An act establishing certain State-aid highways and concrete township reward roads as State highways; authorizing their construction, maintenance, and improvement under certain conditions and restrictions; limiting the obligation of the Commonwealth in the construction of certain structures located on such highways; conferring certain powers upon the Department of Highways and local authorities, persons, associations, and corporations for sharing the cost of the maintenance and construction of such highways; and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of said act; and repealing an act," absolutely.
(47) Section three of the act, approved the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand three hundred eighty-seven), entitled "An act relieving canal corporations, owning any canals or other artificial waterways constructed by the Commonwealth as parts of its public works, from the obligation to maintain the same for transportation purposes, under certain conditions; and authorizing such corporations to use, sell, or lease the waters of such canals and waterways for domestic, manufacturing, commercial, and other lawful purposes, and to use, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the lands occupied by such canals or waterways, and the property appurtenant thereto; and authorizing the Department of Highways to acquire, by gift, all or any part of such lands, and to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such lands as shall not be needed for highway purposes," absolutely.
(48) The act, approved the seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-seven), entitled "An act to authorize the Department of Highways and the county commissioners to occupy and relocate rights of way of public service companies in certain cases, and to acquire by purchase or condemnation the necessary land therefor," in so far as it applies to State highways.
(49) The act, approved the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred seventy-seven), entitled "An act establishing portions of certain highways lying partially within the corporate limits of cities, boroughs, or incorporated towns as State highways; and providing for their construction and maintenance at the expense of the Commonwealth," absolutely.
(50) The act, approved the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand four hundred ten), entitled "An act authorizing agreements between the Department of Highways and local authorities to provide for the construction and maintenance of streets and highways in cities, counties, boroughs, towns and townships, under certain conditions; providing for assessments on abutting property owners; and making an appropriation," absolutely.
(51) The act, approved the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand five hundred fourteen), entitled "An act establishing as State highways certain condemned or abandoned turnpikes, and turnpikes the companies or associations owning which have been dissolved, and requiring their construction, repair and maintenance as such," absolutely.
(52) The act, approved the second day of January, one thousand nine hundred thirty-four (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred seventy-three), entitled "An act authorizing the State Treasurer and the Department of Highways to accept funds from the Federal Government for the construction of public highways and bridges and related projects; providing for the payment of damages by counties and political subdivisions as a result of relocating, widening or constructing said highways or bridges; and limiting the requirements for advertising for work to be performed by municipal subdivisions or local authorities," absolutely.
(53) The act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred five), entitled, as amended "An act providing for the acquisition and possession of occupied property, structures, and dwelling houses condemned for highway purposes, and providing a method of procedure," absolutely.
(54) The act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred forty-five), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Highways to assume all or any part of the property damages occasioned in the elimination of grade crossings, or in the alteration or abolition of existing crossings, on State highways in townships or boroughs, when the Federal Government is paying all of the costs of construction; authorizing agreements with townships, boroughs, counties, and railroad companies; and making an appropriation," absolutely.
(55) The act, approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred ninety-three), entitled "An act conferring on the Department of Highways power to enter upon private property for the purposes of making surveys of proposed highway improvements; providing for the payment of damages; and providing penalty for interference," absolutely.
(56) The act, approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred ninety-four), entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of Highways to disregard terminal points in relocating State highway routes under certain conditions," absolutely.
(57) The act, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred forty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to abandon portions of State highway routes within the limits of State parks or Federal Resettlement projects, under certain conditions," absolutely.
(58) Sections four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen of the act, approved the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred eighty-nine), entitled, as amended "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth, under certain terms, conditions and limitations, of certain streets in cities of the first class as State highways, and for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and maintenance by the Commonwealth of said streets; providing for the taking, opening, relocation, widening or change of grade of such State highways by the Commonwealth at the expense of the Commonwealth and any such city, or either of them, and authorizing agreements between cities and the Commonwealth for the opening, taking, relocating, widening or change of grade of said streets, and designating the city as agent of the Commonwealth in such opening, taking, relocating, widening or change of grade and the determination of damages to private property arising therefrom; imposing duties on such cities and on public utility companies using such streets; authorizing cities, persons, associations, or corporations to enter into agreements with the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of construction; regulating the replacement of certain facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting the making of any opening in said street after improvement without a permit, and providing penalty therefor; regulating the maintenance of detours; authorizing the increase of city indebtedness in certain cases; and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund for the purposes of this act," absolutely.
(59) The act, approved the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred seventeen), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, to enter into agreements with private owners of bridges, other than toll bridges, forming part of a State highway or a continuation thereof, or connecting two State highways, for the acquisition of such bridges, or for the division of responsibility for such maintenance thereof," absolutely.
(60) The act, approved the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand nine hundred sixty), entitled "An act providing for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of sidewalks at dangerous places along State highways by the Department of Highways; and making an appropriation from the Motor License Fund," absolutely.
(61) The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two thousand two hundred seventy-five), entitled "An act to promote safety for the traveling public on State highways; to extend the responsibility for subsidence of such highways by the failure of vertical and lateral support, and declaring said subsidence a public nuisance; to provide for inspection of mine maps by the Department of Highways, and the furnishing to said department of copies of such mine maps in certain cases; to authorize entry by the Department of Highways into mines in certain cases; and to provide for notices to the Department of Highways of certain mining operations under or adjacent to highways; and providing penalties," absolutely.
(62) The act, approved the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred thirty-eight (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-nine), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to change the location of State Highway routes in cities of the first class constituting part of the approaches to interstate bridges, including the terminal points thereof; authorizing the abandonment of such relocated sections of State highways; authorizing the Secretary of Highways to enter into agreements with cities of the first class, interstate joint commissions, persons, associations and corporations for the sharing of the cost, exclusive of property damages, of widening streets and relocating highways forming part of the State highway system and constituting approaches to interstate bridges; authorizing cities of the first class, interstate joint commissions, persons, associations and corporations to enter into agreements with each other for the sharing of the cost of property damages direct and not merely consequential thereto in connection with the widening of said streets and relocating said highways and with the Secretary of Highways and each other for the sharing of the cost of widening said streets and relocating said highways exclusive of property damages; and making an appropriation," absolutely.
(63) The act, approved the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred sixty-eight), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Highways, with the approval of the Governor, to lease from the General State Authority any bridge and road project constituting a connecting link across a river between two existing State highways; providing for the operation of such bridge as a toll bridge; and appropriating moneys from the Motor License Fund for the payment of rentals under such lease and for the operation and maintenance of such bridge and road project," absolutely.
(64) The act, approved the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred twenty-one), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Forests and Waters to utilize or transfer to the Department of Highways, canal properties or parts thereof acquired by the Department of Forests and Waters, and, in connection with such use, to sell waters from such canal," in so far as it confers any powers or imposes any duties on the Secretary of Highways.
(65) The act, approved the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred forty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred forty-five), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Highways to take over bridges, viaducts and other structures on State highways for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair thereof when such highways are designated as essential National Defense Highways," absolutely.
(66) The act, approved the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred forty-one (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred twenty), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to lengthen or shorten State highway routes under certain conditions, and providing for the payment of damages," absolutely.
(67) The act, approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred forty-two (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Highways to construct, replace or repair bridges in cities of the third class, whether such bridges are owned and maintained by such cities or by the counties in which located, which form connecting links on State highways necessary for National defense, in cases where Federal funds and city or county funds are available for such purposes, and authorizing the Secretary of Highways to enter into agreements with the proper Federal authorities and the authorities of cities of the third class or counties covering the construction, replacement or repair of such bridges, and making an appropriation," absolutely.
(68) The act, approved the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred sixty), entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of Highways to establish, construct and maintain parallel or approximately parallel State highways in townships, boroughs, incorporated towns and cities, in certain cases; providing for the payment of property damages resulting therefrom; and authorizing the Secretary of Highways to control the direction of the flow of traffic thereover," absolutely.
(69) The act, approved the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred sixty-one), entitled "An act to further amend section one of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred ninety-two), entitled 'An act providing that highways, or sections thereof, abandoned as State highway routes, shall revert for maintenance to the party or parties responsible for the maintenance of said highways prior to their coming under the jurisdiction of the Department of Highways,' by providing that sections of highways abandoned by relocation shall be maintained by, and at the expense of, the township, borough, incorporated town or city within which they are located, after being improved and repaired by the Department of Highways; and by adding a new section to provide that portions or sections of the old highway, which are not included within the changed, altered or established widths shall be considered vacated, if such portions or sections are not of the full width of the highway, as previously established," absolutely.
(70) The act, approved the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-three (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred ninety-six), entitled "An act establishing as state highways, certain county highways and requiring their construction, repair and maintenance as such," absolutely.