By-Laws and Ordinances of the City of Pittsburgh, And the Acts

Book Description

1828. [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. By-Laws and Ordinances of the City of Pittsburgh, And the Acts of Assembly Relating Thereto; With Notes and References to Judicial Decisions Thereon, And an Appendix, Relating to Several Subjects Connected with the Laws and Police of the City Corporation. (Published Under the Authority of the City Councils.) Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Johnston and Stockton, 1828. viii, [9]-531 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, endpapers renewed. Light browning, negligible foxing to a few leaves, internally clean. A handsome copy of a rare title. * Pittsburgh was founded in the mid-eighteenth century, chartered as a borough in 1794 and incorporated as a city in 1816. Digested by topic, this is the first collection of Pittsburgh laws produced after the city's incorporation. It also appears to be the first collection of any kind devoted to the laws of Pittsburgh. OCLC locates 9 copies. Not listed in the online catalogues of Harvard Law School or the Library of Congress. Not in Cohen. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 63112.

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