County are now forwarded to the State by twenty state registrars appointed by the Governor. Birth certificates are for- warded on the 10th and death certificates on the 5th of each month. REFERENCES DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, Harrisburg, Pa. Borough Code Charts-Organization of Borough Government

Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

per ton in December, 1879: one month later it sold for $33.50 per ton. Rolling Mills Operation Eight rolling mills were in operation in Lancaster County between 1837 and 1883. A brief description of the machinery �and processes will aid in understanding the functions of the roll- ing mills. The

day wrote that the two most impressive men in all the city of Phila- delphia were Thomas McKean and his son-in-law, The Chevalier de Yrugo. David Paul Brown left us this picture of him. "He was tall and stately — 14 Thomas McKean was born 1734 in New London Township, Chester County. He was a member

director. Manny's diary is full of the home and its children. 1 His biography by S. S. Rathvon appears in Alexander Harris' Biograph- ical History of Lancaster County, 1872, pp. 346-56. 2 A year earlier she had lived on West Chestnut Street which accounts for Manny attending the West Ward School. �With Mrs

as "aid" if our traditional barrier between church and state is to remain unchallenged. City and School Districts: In counties Where an urban center or city profits cul- turally from the county historical society appropriations from the city government are made occasionally, and, in a few instances

, a rifle company. This was announced in the Lancaster Intelli- gencer. "With pleasure we state that the Pequea Rangers, a volunteer rifle corps, commanded by Captain John Slaymaker, Jr. of this county, and composed of gentle- men of different politics, on Wednesday last, unanimously resolved to

genealogy of the Grubb Family in Lancaster County. �Top View Showing Thumb Piece Engraved P. G. Side View Showing Side Plate Engraved A. Burd Grubb �From this chart it will be noted that there were three Peter Grubbs of Cornwall : Peter I; his son, Peter II; and Peter, Jr., nephew of Peter II. Peter Grubb I

. Towamencin Twp., Montgomery County and Philadelphia. — A famous pre-Revolutionary clockmaker, contemporary of David Rittenhouse, a native of Towamencin Twp. (then in Phila. County but now Mont- gomery). His earlier clocks bear the title "Jacob Godschalk, Towamencin." In the late 1760's Jacob Godschalk moved