Signers of petition: Fredric Sehner, David Weidler, John Daveler, Hanry Fisher, [unknown signature], Abraham Greider, P. H. Baer, Tobias Herr, John Shenk, Jacob Graeff, John [Roatarmel], John Graeff, Michael McGrann.
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Signers of petition: John Ford, Tobias Herr, Henry Fisher, Abraham Greider, Abraham Brenner, David Weidler, David H. Weidler, John Daveler, Ruben Daveler, Emanuel Daveler, John Shenk, John H. Baer.
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Signers of petition: Henry Kauffman, Christian Eschbach, David Herr, Samuel Bausman, Christian Lintner, [unknown signature], Benjamin Hershey, Johannes Horstmann, Samuel Clair, Benjamin Charles, Samuel B. Musselman, [signature in German], John Whise, [signature in German], Michael Eschbach, Henry Herr, Rudolph Herr, Daniel Herr, Emanuel Fisher, Benjamin H. Longenecker, Christian Baker, Jacob Hostetter, [signature in German], Abraham H. Metzger, Jacob Bausman, J. E. Mellinger, Philip Bausman, John Evans, George Seitz, Martin Shank, John Eschbach.
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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.