Signers of petition: George Ackerman, Henry Steiger, Samuel Kissinger, Watson H. Miller, George Brubaker, William F. Miller, Joseph Brillhart, Jacob Waltz, John Drepperd, Jacob Weaver, H. E. Muhlenberg, John Lorentz.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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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.
Located on West King Street in the North West Ward.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Bartram A. Shaeffer, Watson H. Miller, George Ford, Christian Shenk, Daniel Harman, William C. Chamberlin, John Drepperd, William F. Mayer, Gilbert R. Hartley, George Ackerman, William F. Miller, Joseph Brillhart, Eli Webb, [J. Frey].
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