Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, at Unitarian Church, 538 West Chestnut Street, after dedicating a window in memory of President Wilson.
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.
Signers of petition: John Eberly, M. H. Kreider, H. Miller, Christian Hess, A. W. Baldwin, Abraham Leman, Henry Kuhns, Peter Weaver, D. H. Herr, William Miller, David Erb, Jacob Miller, Jacob [Yose].
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Signers of petition: Timothy Daly, Jacob L. Landis, David Potts, Henry K. Martin, Isaac W. Groff, [signature in German], Jacob Yeager, John R. Miller, C. J. Rakestraw, George L. Buchwalter, Henry A. Miller, John Snyder, David Pontious, Samuel Krug, William Harkins, John Echternach, James C. Dunlap, Josiah Howard.
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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.
