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.
Small collection of photographs of the family of Mary Brecht, daughter of Milton J. Brecht and Mary Ann Wolf Brecht. Mary Brecht, born in Lancaster County in 1882, married George W. Pulver in 1906. Gift of Pamela Sumner in memory of George W. Pulver. See also MG0284, the Mary Brecht Pulver papers.