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.
Sacred Heart School eighth grade class, June 1959, on the steps of the school.
First row, from left: Carole DeCarlo, Mary Lou Molz, Mary Lou Seber, Mary Henkel, Mary Trees, Barbara Leisey, Cecelia Myers, Ann Marie Myers, Sharon Weaver, Camilla Battista, Donna Bauer, Barbara Lipinsky.
Second row, from left: Margaret Splinter, Judith Painter, Dorothy Huegel, Amelia Nicholas, Christine Connor, Kathleen Martin, Susan Kirchner, Jean Morgan, Claire Ranck, Gloria Fritsch.
Third row, from left: Dennis Fisher, John Kurtz, Gloria Peckel, Evelyn Adams, Mary Bertz, Joan Fetterman, Carol Schaefer, Marianne Fisher.
Fourth row, from left: Joe Haertter, Steve Krizen, Philip Frantz, John Markert, Regis Kirchner, James Moyer, Ken Long, Edward Fulmer, Harry Glah.
Fifth row, from left: Thomas Braas, William Rengier, Robert Bertz, Richard Bricker, James Harmon, Charles Miller, Robert Kirchner, Thomas McGrann.
Sixth row, from left: Robert Wendel, Michael J. Batutis Jr., Richard Metz, John Derbo, Michael Riley, Thomas Albright, Michael Powl, Donald Schaller.
Seventh row, from left: Ted Obneski, Father Gralinsky, Father McDermott, Frederick Sullivan, Richard Zaepfel, Sister Judith Mary.
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.
