Signers of petition: J. E. Cross, David M. Brosly, John H. Reist, [Christian Zimmerman], Jesse McMullen, A. J. Eby, John Deyer, J. H. Kline, Henry Kopp, Henry Eby Jr., Benjamin Donaver, Jacob Shumaker, William McQueney, John R. Young.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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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.
Located on the corner of North Queen and Orange Streets, North West Ward.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, George Diller, Emanuel VanKanan, John G. Offner, Simon J. Young, S. G. Musser, John [Swint], A. S. Keller, J. C. Skiles, J. Gish, Henry E. Muhlenberg, Frederick Dern, Emanuel B. Kauffman, [ ] Kline.
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Signers of petition: John C. Mickle, Joseph Harnish, William [Rheem], Emanuel Shober, William Flory, Christian Brubaker, Thomas Ruth, Samuel Ruth, Charles Meckley, Jacob Kohn, John L. Sharp, Jacob Metzger.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Parker, John Stauffer, Jacob Acker, J. H. Kurtz, Tobias M. Miller, J. E. Cross, Jacob S. Kauffman, Henry Sholtz, John Landis, Henry S. Herr, John A. Lutz, J. B. Brubaker, Joseph Bowman, Peter Swar, John Jackson, James Hollinger, Jacob Hershey, Jacob Fordney.
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Located on the Lancaster & Harrisburg turnpike and about six miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kaufman, David Dunkel, Tobias Kauffman, Jacob Kurtz, Jacob Fordney, John Gochnauer, Reuben Bowman, John Getz, Jacob S. Kauffman, Jacob Hershey, Samuel Parker, Christian Swar, Samuel Snyder, Henry Hoffman.
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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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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.
