Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of petition: Samuel Wicks, W. Whitaker, S. W. P. Boyd, Lawrence Hipple, James Porter, Elias Penington, Abner Brown, J. Brown Jr., George Warden Jr., Joseph C. Stubbs, J. W. Clendenin, John Findley.
Signers of petition: (for eating house) George H. Hewes, William C. Glasgow, N. H. Thompson, William A. Towson, Nicholas A. Boyd, James A. Towson, [ ] McConkey, Charles W. Parker, George Cambel, Henry Harner, Henry Lee, Hiyronomous Eckman, Ashton A. Flaharty, Robert Kilbough, William S. Rece.
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Signers of petition: S. D. McConkey, S. W. P. Boyd, William Arnold, G. W. Whitaker, Jesse Robert, John Kennedy, William J. Hess, John C. Walton, John Findley, George H. Hewes, Slater Brown, Jeremiah Brown.
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Signers of petition: James McSparran, Oliver Caldwell, J. W. Whitaker, Edward J. Hewes, William Arnold, J. B. Stubbs, Benjamin Brook, John Findley, John Kennedy, George H. Hewes, Milton Blake, Elias Penington.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Wicks, John Hanna, Abner Brown, James McSparran, Oliver Caldwell, J. B. Stubbs, Philip Maxwell, Isaac Webster, Elias Penington, John Webster, Elwood Stubbs, S. D. McConkey.
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Signers of petition: Slater Brown, John C. Walton, S. W. P. Boyd, Isaac S. Webster, John Kennedy, Oliver Caldwell, Gilbert Michael, William Gorsuch, Abner Brown, A. Jackson Fleck, Jeremiah Brown, S. D. McConkey.
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Signers of petition: S. W. P. Boyd, John C. Walton, Isaac S. Webster, John Kennedy, Oliver Caldwell, Gilbert Maxwell, William Gorsuch, Slater Brown, Abner Brown, Abraham J. [Hoek], Jeremiah Brown, Isaac Bicknell.
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Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Location: On public road which intersects public road from New Texas, Fulton Twp., to Rising Sun, Maryland, and intersects public road from Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp., to Rock Springs, Maryland.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 11 pieces
Additional Notes
Court term: November 1916.
Location: On public road which intersects public road from New Texas, Fulton Twp., to Rising Sun, Maryland, and intersects public road from Pleasant Grove, Fulton Twp., to Rock Springs, Maryland.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Petition for continuance.
Order and report of viewers.
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Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Signers of petition: Levi Haines, Lawrence Hipple, William Barnett, A. Caldwell, Samuel Wicks, Osborn R. Mullikin, Samuel [McClenaghan], James McSparran, Richard Jones, James McSparran Jr., Edward Wicks, A. J. McConkey, Morris Matthews, Henry Harner, Isaac W. Lowson.
Bond: James McSparran, S. W. P. Boyd.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: John Kennedy, Isaac W. Towson, Lawrence Hipple, W. Whitaker, Edward J. Hewes, Levi Haines, Joseph Smedley Jr., E. E. Woodward, Henry Harner, Morris Matthews, James McSparran, Samuel McClenaghan, Joseph C. Stubbs, Samuel Wicks, Abner Brown.
Bond: John Kennedy, Isaac W. Towson.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: Jackson A. Holton, E. E. Woodward, J. C. Gatchell, Nelson Brown, Joseph H. Lynch, William Jenkins, Abner Brown, Lawrence Hipple, Samuel Wicks, Joseph Phillips, William A. Grubb, John G. Hanna.
Bond: Abner Brown, Lawrence Hipple.
Signers of transfer of license petition: Jackson A. Holton, W. H. Jenkins, Franklin Brown, Jesse F. Leek, John F. Buskins, J. C. Gatchell, [Pusey Follinger], John G. Dunwoody, Benjamin Garrett, William A. Grubb, John Riley, Joseph Smedley Jr.
Bond: John G. Dunwoody, Thomas S. Hoopes.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: Richard Jones, Lawrence Hipple, Levi Haines, William [Moulder], Edward Wilks, Isaac W. Towson, James McSparran, [ ] Caldwell, A. J. McConkey, D. M. Reynolds, Samuel Wicks, Edward J. Hewes.
Bond: Lawrence Hipple, S. W. P. Boyd.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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