Signers of petition: Enoch Passmore, Lytle Skiles, William Rhoads, John D. Wilson, John Myers, Jacob Mast, John Resh, G. W. Leaman, James H. Houston, James Paul, Isaac Diller, J. Henderson.
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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.
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.
Signers of Petition: Thomas Henderson, Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Enoch Passmore, David Henderson, Jacob [Swartzenelder], Daniel Plank, Benjamin F. Houston, J. G. Henderson, James H. Houston, A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, Matthew Henderson, Davis Clemson, Williams Levingston.
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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.
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.
Signers of petition: B. F. Houston, A. Lightner Henderson, Enoch Passmore, J. Henderson, John Livingston, G. W. Leaman, James Paul, John D. Wilson, Christian Amble, John Bartley, John H. Marsh, Lytle Skiles, Elias Eby, William Rhoads.
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