Signers of petition: W. P. Brinton, J. C. VanCamp, George M. Steinman, Charles Gillespie, W. Whiteside, George Danner, D. W. Patterson, P. G. Eberman, Henry Pinkerton, John P. Myer, George H. Bomberger, Henry Carpenter, O. J. Dickey, George K. Reed.
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Signers of petition: Charles F. Voigt, John Urban, Frederik Hess, Philip Keller, Kenrich Keller, [signature in German], John Fisher, [signature in German], Joseph Jacob, Jacob Brock, Henry Schaum, Samuel Huber.
Petition for an eating house.
Signers of petition: John A. Scheusenbranch, Philip Keller, Henry Dorr, Joseph Witmyer, Herrman Miller, John Deaner, A. W. Bolenius, A. F. Fleffman, John Wittmyer, George Amer, John Dorr, [unknown signature], [signature in German], Jacob Gundaker, C. F. Mengier, John Kuhns, Luis [Ston].
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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.
