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.
Photograph- Four women sitting and standing near an old arch bridge. From left to right: Bertha Cochran Landis, May Rohrer Lefever, Lillian Roy, Sara Swords Shaffner. Near Rocky Springs.
Photograph- Four women sitting and standing near an old arch bridge. From left to right: Bertha Cochran Landis, May Rohrer Lefever, Lillian Roy, Sara Swords Shaffner. Near Rocky Springs.
Description
Four women sitting and standing near an old arch bridge. From left to right: Bertha Cochran Landis, May Rohrer Lefever, Lillian Roy, Sara Swords Shaffner. Near Rocky Springs.
Provenance
Photographs found in Landis family file in LCHS Library.