Description
Court appointments of township and borough positions, as well as some county positions, due to vacancies. Information includes the name of the township or borough, the position with a vacancy (Election Officers, Constables, Tax Collectors, etc.), the name of the person appointed to fulfil the position, the name of the prior person who held the position, date of filing, and location of the recording in the Quarter Sessions Docket. Often the reason for the vacancy is identified and ranges from death and relocation to disqualification. Documents, such as Resignations, Petitions, Recommendations and Court Orders, can either be fastened together or separate. Appointments for a few county positions are also present, such as Poorhouse Visitors.
Note 1: Qualifiers for Municipalities, especially regarding appointments of election positions, vary in terminology due to different terms used during different time periods, divisions of election territory, etc.
Arrangement: Numerical #1-1950.
Index:
Related Records: Clerk of Courts Papers Series: 1. APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS 1771…1949
2. QUARTER SESSIONS MISCELLANEOUS Series 2 (1909-1960)
3. POORHOUSE VISITORS REPORTS AND APPOINTMENTS
Prothonotary Papers: 4. OATHS Municipal Officials 1884…1908
Series 1 and 2 (1817…1952)