This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Signers of petition: [signature in German], Joseph Adams, John L. Sharp, Samuel J. Black, Philip Sprecher, Peter Steitz Sr., David Gingrich, William Frank, Jacob B. Brubaker, John Eshleman, Jacob Landis, Michael Martin.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Reading.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: John Hostetter, Cornelius Lehn, Abraham Forney, George Weidler, John Weidler, Benjamin Landis, Daniel Landis, Henry Rudy, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Landis, Jacob Landis Sr., Daniel Royer.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Landis, Hanry Lendis, Jacob Rohrer, David Mayer, Benjamin Myers, [signature in German], John Eshleman, Martin Musser, Benjamin H. Kauffman, Jacob Metzger, Hugh T. Lytle, Peter Stormfeltz, David Harnish.
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Located on Front Street, between Locust and Union Street.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: James Patton, John Arms, Paul Hamilton, George Weaver, Isaac Vaughen, Thomas Collins, John Whitson, Michael Strein, Peter Haldeman, J. W. Cottrell, J. C. Phaler, Jonas Rumple, Thomas White.
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Signers of petition: E. J. Sneeder, James Patton, Elias H. [Krous], John Whitson, Thomas White, D. F. Griffith, Gideon Breneman, Reuben Mullison, William Power, George Wolf, Evan Green, Peter Haldeman, John Vaughen, Nathaniel Evans, Thomas Collins.
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Signers of petition: Reuben Mullison, [ ] McMahon, Thomas B. O'dell, Paul Hamilton, George Wolf, James Long, Robert Hamilton, John Whitson, James Vaughen, Thomas Collins, William Atkins, George Heagy.
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Located on Front Street, opposite the canal basin.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Reuben Mullison, Joseph A. Hooke, P. Derrick, Michael Strein, Henry Myers, J. B. Boude, Joseph Tyson, Thomas White, John Lockard, Peter Haldeman, Henry B. Eagle, R. E. Cochran, Thomas Collins, John Vaughen.
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