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.
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: John Ziegler, Joshua Vaughen, Henry Mullin, Reuben Mullison, [ ] McMahon, Thomas Collins, George Wolf, William Power, Charles Evans, Robert Hamilton, D. F. Griffiths, Paul Hamilton.
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Signers of petition: John Cassel, John Ziegler, Paul Hamilton, John A. Hook, Samuel [Read], J. H. Hunter, Samuel F. Lockard, Peter Saylor, Reuben Mullison, Robert Hamilton, George Wolf, John Vaughen, [T. B.] Thomas.
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Signers of petition: Nathaniel Evans, Samuel Read, John Pelen, Abraham Stahl, George Wolf, Gideon Breneman, Theo. D. Cochran, A. G. Stevens, [T. H. Hunter], Charles Rawlings, George Wike, Reuben Mullison, Joseph Tyson, Joshua Vaughen.
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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.
Located on Front Street between Walnut Street and the Columbia bridge.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Henry B. Eagle, J. W. Cottrell, Peter Haldeman, John Cassel, John Vaughen, John Felix, J. H. Hunter, George Wolf, Thomas Collins, Jonas Rumple, J. c. Pfahler, J. A. Hook, James Patton, Charles H. [Koons].
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Signers of petition: [Hiram S. Hastings], Abraham Stahl, David Saylor, John Shartzer, John Charles, Jacob Collins, George Bietz, A. Harnly, G. E. Sehner, Hiram Ward, William Griffith, Daniel Neff.
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Signers of petition: Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Thomas, William Brown, Robert Hamilton, John Emrey, Reuben Mullison, Henry R. Eagle, James Gross, [ ] Mahon, J. Ziegler, John Cassel, E. Raub, B. Young.
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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.
