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Pitcairn Police Department
1909
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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
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