Signers of petition: Jacob Bostick, Thomas Steers, H. F. Cately, John Herr, William Taylor, Edward Hess, Daniel Kendig, William Fulton, Henry Pickel, Joseph Brenneman, Philip Hoffman, Abram Taylor, Aaron B. Kendig, Jacob Habecker, Emanuel [Brener].
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Signers of petition: John Shissler, Adam Breneman, William Rose, Christian Funk, Thomas Steers, Jacob Mellinger, William [Taylor], Horace Flately, Abraham Brenneman, Jacob Bostich, Christian Hess, Daniel Kendig, Aaron Kendig.
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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.