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.
Mental Health Month Proclamation signing. Seated left to right: Frank S. Beal, Secretary of Public Welfare; Governor Milsto J. Shapp; Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Lancaster County Mental Health Association. Standing, left to right: Morgan L. West, Lancaster County Mental Health Association; Robert Haigh, acting deputy commissioner for mental health DPW; James Harris, MD, Deputy Secretary for Mental Helath, DPW; Mrs. Patricia McGrath, Central Pennsylvania Vice President, PA Mental Health, Inc.
Mental Health Month Proclamation signing. Seated left to right: Frank S. Beal, Secretary of Public Welfare; Governor Milsto J. Shapp; Mrs. Nancy Thompson, Lancaster County Mental Health Association. Standing, left to right: Morgan L. West, Lancaster County Mental Health Association; Robert Haigh, acting deputy commissioner for mental health DPW; James Harris, MD, Deputy Secretary for Mental Helath, DPW; Mrs. Patricia McGrath, Central Pennsylvania Vice President, PA Mental Health, Inc.
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.
Petition for a pardon, charged with stealing a watch.
Additional names: Henry Slaymaker, L. Robert, Charles Smith, Jacob Weirish, Hugh White, John Franklin, James Harris, John Ross, [unknown signature], [unknown signature], Jacob Kimmel, William Miller, Robert McCord, Andrew Shriver.
1 item, 1 piece
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