- ing no doubt that it was a bogus bill. Alarmed by the quality of this superior counterfeit bill, the Government immediately called in the entire issue of $100 "Monroe Head" silver certifi- cates, which amounted to 23 million dollars. Although the Treasury Department officials were perplexed as to who

law enforcement officer, High Constable Alexander Gibony.1 As progenitor of the Lancaster City Police Department which was not formally organized until May 1867, Gibony was required to uphold the laws of the newly created borough. Prior to this date law and order in the com- munity had been the