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Pitcairn Police Department

1909

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Pitcairn Police Department
  • Title
  • Pitcairn Police Department
  • Date
  • 1909
  • Identifier
  • 20110217-hpicpitcairn-0048
  • Source Identifier
  • 47
  • Description
  • One of the first acts of the Borough Council was an ordinance designed to get rid of undesirables, “peddlers and fakers,” so the borough needed a police force. J. E. Maguire became the town’s first officer, assisted by J. H. Newlin. They got paid by the number of arrests they made. They also collected fines when returning stray cattle to their owners.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Police--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
    Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicpitcairn
  • Contributor
  • Pitcairn Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Pitcairn Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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