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.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
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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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: Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Jehu Marsh, James Paul, Enoch Passmore, Benjamin F. Houston, William Rhoads, Jacob Mast, Daniel Plank, Henry Skiles, John McNeel, John Koop, G. W. Leaman, Lytle Skiles, Henry Gabel.
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Signers of petition: John Livingston, John Roop, David A. Fleming, John D. Wilson, Enoch Passmore, B. F. Houston, John Bartley, J. G. Henderson, Philip Hathaway, John Myers, Jacob Umble, James H. Houston, James McCalley, Jonathan Hoar, Amos S. Henderson, C. Umble.
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Signers of petition: John Livingston, B. F. Houston, James Paul, A. L. Henderson, William Henderson, H. H. Umble, C. Umble, John D. Wilson, John Bartley, [J. G.] Henderson, James H. Houston, Enoch Passmore, John Myers, James Clemson, James C. Skiles, W. C. Henderson, O. P. Wilson, John Koop, Isaac Hoover, Davis Clemson.
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