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.
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: August 1867.
Location: Former site of Binkley's Bridge, on the Strasburg, Neffsville, Salunga Road and on the public road from New Holland, Earl Twp., to Lancaster.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Pine Grove Covered Bridge in Little Britain Township. State supervised on road LR 36018, built in 1884 (first bridge 1815, second bridge 1846), double span 204 feet long.
Spruce Grove bridge, one mile north of Tayloria between Colerain and Little Britain Townships. State supervised on road LR 36141, built 1855, single span 61 feet long. Destroyed by arsonists October 31, 1950.
Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.
Photograph- Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.
Description
Bell Bank covered bridge across the Octoraro Creek four miles south of Nine Points, between Colerain Township, Lancaster County and Upper Oxford Township, Chester County.
Provenance
Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.