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.
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Additional Notes
Prisons.
Payment for lumber for the use of the jail.
Smith, Stephen. Person of color.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Photograph- Gentlemen standing on the steps of the Stockyard Hotel.
Description
Gentlemen standing on the steps of the Stockyard Hotel. First row, left to right: George Kocher, George Adams, J. C. Schrack, Harry Stauffer, Harry Snavely, Frank C. Musser. Second row, left to right: H. P. Kennedy, Andrew Frantz, Isaac Douts, Louis Lyons, Herbert Kress, James Sherer, Eugene Wingender. Third row, left to right: Maurcie Brubaker, Edward Shultz, John Miller, Isaac N. Eby. Back row, left to right: David Fulmer, James Caldwell, Walter Dunlap, W. Scott Grube, E. E. Maybee, Oliver Brubaker, Isaac Musser, J. R. P., Jonas Minnich, B. D. Fox, Thomas Scanlon, William Young, William Troutman.
