Signers of Petition: Emanuel [Hall], Jacob Wolf, Hiram Holl, Peter Kafroth, C. Carpenter, William Carpenter, Levi Carpenter, Christian Carpenter Jr., Henry Zook, George Kafroth, Christian Myer, Israel Brown, Levi Forney.
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Signers of Petition: James Denham, Jacob Fordney, Andrew Holtsworth, John Schauer, Jacob Hershey, John Landis, Henry Imhoff, George Gross Jr., John Bostick, Richard Kirk, Jacob [Zamez], [signature in German], John B. Brubaker, Frederick Miller, Barton Nagle, [signature in German], Henry M. Reigart, Robert Beard.
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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
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Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
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.
Located at the intersection of the Lancaster and Reading Road with the Newport Road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: George Kafroth, David Good, W. Carpenter, Jacob Basser, Levi Carpenter, John Garber, Isarel Brown, Levi Forney, John Sheaffer, Samuel Adams, Martin Jacoby, John Murr, John Boyer, Lewis [Prat],
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Signers of Petition: John Davis, Henry Getz, Benjamin Bear, William Myers, Christian Kauffman, Michael Snavely, [signature in German], Christian Brown, Jacob Bringoff, Martin Schwar, Michael Seitz, [signature in German], Jacob Kauffman.
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Located at the intersection of Lancaster and Reading road and old Newport road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: David Good, Levi Carpenter, Emanuel VanKanan, W. Carpenter, John K. Reed, John Keller, Isaac Bitzer, Peter Kafroth, F. H. Carpenter, George Reed, Emanuel Jamm, George Kafroth.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Kohr Jr., Adam Dietrich, Robert P. Black, Martin H. Musser, Henry Hamilton, Philip Ronk, George Hambright, John C. Mickle, Joseph W. [Brenen], Henry Dietrich, Christian Harshey, E. P. Keller, Peter Maurer, Jacob Seichrist.
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Signers of petition: John Deshong, Emanuel Graver, Christian Myer, Solomon Huber, Israel Brown, Abraham Brown, George Kafroth, Peter Kafroth, John Graver, George Flory, Emanuel Carpenter, Elias Good.
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Signers of petition: Peter Balmer, Paul Black, John Gerber, Phares Cassidy, Henry Holl, Samuel Smith, Peter Steitz, Samuel Kohr, Jacob Kohr Jr., Jacob Sechrist, John B. Lutz, T. J. Patterson, Adam Dietrich Jr., Jonathan Sprecher.
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Signers of petition: John Varnz, Levi Forney, George Laber, Israel Brown, Christian Myer, Levi Carpenter, Christian Carpenter, John K. Reed, John V. Deshong, John Graver, Emanuel Graver, Peter Kafroth.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, B. F. Baer, J. Schaeffear, John Lynch, Daniel Balmer, Michael Kauffman, Isaac Redsecker, Joseph Buchanan, James Bryan, Samuel Redsecker, C. G. Huber, John Foltz, Christian Hoffman.
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Signers of petition: David Shirk, William Roland, Samuel Hull, Jacob Steinmetz, Isaac W. Zwally, John V. Deshong, Samuel Hahn, Christian Carpenter, William Hahn, George Kafroth, George Reed, George [Sauber].
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Signers of petition: Andrew Bear, John Stauffer, John Bostick, Jacob Myers, Thomas Devert, James Denham, R. [ Mars], J. B. Brubaker, John [Schwer], Jacob Grubb, John Denham, Sebastian Smith, Henry Imhoff, [signature in German], Peter Bells, Henry Good, Jacob Workman, Isaac Buck, Benjamin Workman, Abraham [Hoefgen], Frederick Miller, Henry Weibley, John Leib Jr.
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Located at intersection of the Lancaster and Reading road and the Newport Road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Levi Carpenter, George [Laber] Jr., Levi Forney, Jacob Busser, C. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, John Fondersmith, Henry Zook, C. Carpenter Jr., Peter Kafroth, Jacob Wolf, George Kafroth.
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Signers of Petition: John E. Grosh, John Stauffer, Tobias M. Miller, Samuel Parker, Jacob Fordney, John M. Summy, Jacob Myers, Philip Brehm, Henry M. Reigart, Henry Imhoff, Emanuel Shober, John B. Brubaker, Jacob Acker, Peter Bishop, David Gottshall, Christian Kauffman.
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