Signers of Petition: Allan Carpenter, Samuel Ensminger, John Arndt Jr., John C. Neff, [signature in German], D. May, Henry Miller, John Sheaffer, Joseph Hochstetter, John Stars, Jacob Hershey, John Hamilton, Joseph Hartman, John B. Hergelroth, Charles [Optz], George Eby, John Long, John Dyer, Emanuel Ensminger, Jacob Arndt, William Miller, James Hartman, Michael Reis, Jacob Mayers Jr.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Mayers, John Long, Peter Blattenberger, John Arndt Jr., Jacob Huber, John Sheaffer, John Eby, John White, Joseph McCorkel, David May, Peter Pritz, George D. Miller, Samuel Gibble, John Hamilton, Michael Hassler.
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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.
