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

T.ive in County Officers Lancaster City, You Elect in Addition to the :t: Mayor Councilmen :j: Treasurer and Tax Collector :t: Controller School Directors Local Election Boards Alderman Constables (1949) 1 4 years 4 4 years I staggered) 1 4 years 1 4 ye.ars 9 6 years 3 each odd yr. 3 2 years Elected in

THE LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PREFATORY NOTE A complete history of the Lancaster General Hospital has not been written, due in part to the unfortunate fact that many of the early records are not extant. What is here presented is not even to be considered as a full and

SHORT HISTORY OF LANCASTER FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1882 Early in the history of Lancaster we find references indicating that prominent citizens of the growing town were concerned over fire protection; among the first acts of the borough fathers following the incorporation of Lancaster as a borough in