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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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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Signers of Petition: John B. Brubaker, Joseph Bowman, Alexander [Klefeker], Peter Swar, Simon Minnich, Martin Gross, Thomas Grosh, Jacob Grosh, Jacob Acker, Simon Minnich, Henry M. Bear, John Minnich, John Workman, John Lutz, Peter Bell, Henry Imhoff, J. H. Kurtz, T. M. Miller, Jacob Fordney.
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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.
Located in the Northwest Ward on the North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Emanuel Kiehms, C. B. Hackman, Charles R. Frailey, Elias Eby, Moses Geiserberger, David Weidler, John [Secrist], R. E. Fahnestock, W. H. Spangler, John Kuhn, Jacob Ziegler, Charles M. Urban, Christian Rine.
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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.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, George Haughman, J. H. Miller, O. B. Kaufman, John Ditlow, J. M. Johnston, R. E. Fahnestock, W. H. Spangler, William Hensler, S. G. Musser, J. Franklin Reigart, John K. Duchman, David Weidler, Elias Eby.
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