Located on the corner of North Queen and Orange Streets, North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, George Diller, Emanuel VanKanan, John G. Offner, Simon J. Young, S. G. Musser, John [Swint], A. S. Keller, J. C. Skiles, J. Gish, Henry E. Muhlenberg, Frederick Dern, Emanuel B. Kauffman, [ ] Kline.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Located in the Northwest Ward on the North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Emanuel Kiehms, C. B. Hackman, Charles R. Frailey, Elias Eby, Moses Geiserberger, David Weidler, John [Secrist], R. E. Fahnestock, W. H. Spangler, John Kuhn, Jacob Ziegler, Charles M. Urban, Christian Rine.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Eggert, Andrew Bear, Jacob Hershey, Benjamin Hershey, Samuel Parker, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob Gaules, Jacob Meck, Henry M. Reigart.
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