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.
Signers of petition: Franklin Bowman, Henry Breneman, James Curran, Philip Miller, Franklin Clark, [unknown signature], John F. Herr, Adam Esbenshade, Samuel Gardner, William [McElvee], Henry Musselman, David Hostetter, Christian Shultz Jr., Isaac Hoover.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Leman, Jacob; Fahnestock, R. E.; Hiester, Jared K.; Bender, W. G.; Musselman, H. D.; Shreiner, Martin; Shreiner, C. F.; Eichholtz, R. L.; Flinn, A. C.; Long, John F.; Rotharmel, Jacob; Schlott, George.
April term.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Benjamin Schaum, Jacob G. Getz, Godfried Zahm, H. E. Muhlenberg, John Sehner, [Benjamin P. Miller], Daniel A. Altick, James P. Dysart, Watson Miller, William B. Fahnestock, Peter McConony, Adam Trout, A. McGinnes.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
