Located on the Harrisburg turnpike about 4 miles from Lancaster.
Lately occupied by Henry Heiny.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: D. Brown, William Hambright, Andrew B. Kauffman, John F. Steinman, Martin Miller, George Messenkop, David Miller, Henry Barnet, C. Jacobs, Christian [Long], Henry C. Swartz, Jacob Kauffman, William Thompson, W. B. Ross, J. Long Jr., Peter Long, John Landis, Joseph Hankins, Peter Lehman, John Swan, Henry Bear.
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Signers of Petition: Anthony Ryan, John Bohn, [signature in German], [signature in German], Henry Mayer, Jacob Peck, [signature in German], Jacob Missemer, Samuel Stauffer, Samuel Witmer, Christian Hartman, Philip Albert, Joseph Hoffer, Christian Ober, A. Campbell.
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Signers of Petition: John Getz Jr., John Landis, John Swar, Martin Schwar, Henry Bear, Peter Swar, George Getz, Christian Hoffman, Henry Musselman, Henry M. Rugart, Andrew Kauffman, John Betz, Jacob Kauffman, Christian Heistand, Benjamin Bear, Henry Lichty.
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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.
