| Office |
Year Established |
Year Abolished |
Years Appointed |
Year Became Elected & Term Change |
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Assessor County |
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1780 |
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Assessor |
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-1696 w/6 for each county
-1701 w/1 year term |
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Associate Judge(not “learned in law”) |
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1874 |
-1790/91 by appointment of Governor for indefinite term See President Judge; See Judges |
-1838 w/5 yr term (usually 2) STATE ELECTED |
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Auditor |
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1961
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-1790/91 by Court of Common Pleas Judges w/indefinite term
(usually 3 chosen) |
-1809 w/1 yr term
-1814 w/3 yr term
(3 auditors w/1 elected each year)
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term
See Controller |
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Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer & Terminer (&
General Jail Delivery) |
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SEE Clerk of Peace |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Clerk of the Orphans’ Court |
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-Prior 1838 see Clerk of Peace |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Clerk of the Peace
(Clerk of Sessions)
clerk for all courts |
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1838
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-1701 appointed by Governor from 3 persons nominated by Justices of the Peace
-1790 appointed by Governor alone
-1838 SEE 1) Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer & Terminer 2) Prothonotary |
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Commissioners |
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-1722 w/3 yr term
-1776 w/3 yr term & 3 Comm.
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Controller |
1961 |
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-1961 w/4 yr term |
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Coroner |
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-1701 appointed by Governor w/3 yr term
-1790 appointed by Governor from 2 names elected by county citizens w/3 yr term |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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County Surveyor |
1850 |
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-Pre 1850 appointed by Surveyor General & called Deputy Surveyor |
-1850 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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District Attorney |
1850 |
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-Pre 1850 appointed by Attorney General and called Deputy Attorney General |
-1850
-1874 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4yr term |
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Fence Viewer |
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-1685 appointed by country courts |
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Judge
“learned in law” |
1874 |
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-1874 w/10 yr term |
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Jury Commissioner |
1867 |
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-1867 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Justice of Peace |
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- to 1776 appointed by Governor
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-1776 w/7yr term
ELECTED BY MUNICIPALITY |
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Mercantile Appraiser |
1846 |
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-1804 appointed by Commissioners
-1838/1841 appointed by Commissioners
-1874 appointed by Commissioners w/1 yr term
-by 1940 appointed by State Auditor General |
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Orphans’ Court Judge |
1874 |
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-1874 w/10 yr term |
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Overseer of the Poor - townships |
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ca 1808
phased out |
-to 1809 appointed
SEE POOR DIRECTORS |
-1809 ELECTED BY MUNICIAPLITY |
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Poor Director County |
1808 phased in |
1937 phased out |
-1937 Commissioners phased in as Directors of Board of “Institutional District” |
-1838 w/3 yr term (3 directors)
-1874 w/3 yr term |
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President Judge |
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-1777 appointed by State |
-1838 w/10 yr term
STATE ELECTED
-1874 w/10 yr term elected by county citizens |
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Prothonotary
(Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas) |
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-prior to 1838 SEE Clerk of Peace |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Recorder of Deeds |
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-1776 by Governor w/indefinite term (combined office w/Register of Wills)
-1790/91 by Governor w/indefinite term as separate office |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Register of Wills |
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-1776 by Governor w/indefinite term (combined office w/Recorder of Deeds)
-1790/91 by Governor w/indefinite term as separate office |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Road Viewers
(i.e. Viewers of
Roads; Highways ) |
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-1701 appointed by county Justices of Peaces
-1776 appointed by county Justices of Peace
-1790/91 appointed by Pres. Judges & Assoc Judicial District
-1802 appointed by Quarter Sessions Court (usually 6) w/indefinite term
-1838 appointed by Pres. Judge etc. Judicial District
-1845 reduced to 3 viewers
-1874 appointed by Pres. Judge etc. w/indefinite term
-1911 Board of Viewers established |
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Sealer of Weights & Measures
(if exists) |
At least by 1914 |
At least until 1965 |
-1790/91 by Governor w/indefinite term
-1838 appointed by Governor w/indefinite term
-1874 appointed by Governor w/3 yr term |
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Sheriff |
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-1701 appointed by Governor w/3 yr term
-1790/91 by Governor from 2 names elected by county citizens w/ 3 yr term |
-1838 w/3 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Solicitor |
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-1895 appointed by Commissioners |
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Superintendent of Schools |
1854 |
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-1954 ELECTED BY SCHOOL DIRECTORS w/3 yr term
-1911 ELECTED BY SCHOOL DIRECTORS w/4 yr term |
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Treasurer |
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-1776 by assessors & Commissioners
-1780-1841 appointed by Commissioners w/indefinite term
-1799 w/1 yr term |
-1841 w/2 yr term
-1909 w/4 yr term |
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Warden
(i.e. Keeper of Jail;
Goal; Penitentiary) |
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-1791 appointed by Sheriff w/indefinite term
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| Dept. & Others |
Date Office/Dept Established |
Note |
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COMMISSIONERS
Departments |
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Administrative Services |
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Aging & Community Services |
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Agricultural Extension
(Independent?) |
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Penn State Agricultural Cooperative & Extension Office |
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Bureau of Elections &
Voter Registration |
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Children & Youth |
1937 |
By Cty Institutional District Act; amended 1961 |
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Commissioners |
1750 |
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Conservation District |
1953 (July) |
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Crime Lab |
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Drug & Alcohol |
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Economic Development
CVVB - Tourism |
2005 |
1. 2005=501(c)3 including Tourism Promotion Agency (what legal name?) |
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Finance (Budget/Payroll) |
1995 (Oct) |
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Human Resources |
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IMTO
GIS
ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) |
1) 1999
3) ERP |
ERP originally Civil Defense (?1956?) |
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Library System |
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Maintenance/Facilities |
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Mental Health &
Mental Retardation |
1967 |
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Nursing Home |
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Pre 1808 (by twp/boros 1808 (Perry Cty Home)
1829 (Carlisle, C Cty |
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Planning Commission/Zoning
Farmland Preservation |
2) 1989 (July) Farmland Preservation |
2) 1st known as C Cty Agricultural Land Preservation Board |
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Prison/Warden |
See above chart |
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Public Defender |
1960s |
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Public Safety (OEP)
Operation of Emergency Preparedness |
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Redevelopment & Housing Authority |
1975 |
1. board members appointed by Cty commissioners, but doesn’t receive any general funds from cty – not considered cty agency |
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Solid Waste |
1991 |
1. 1975 Solid Waste Authority |
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Solicitor |
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Tax Assessment |
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Tax Administration |
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Tax Claims |
1962 |
1. Tax Claim Bureau under 1947 “Real Estate Law (Act 542) |
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Tax Mapping? |
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Transportation |
1980 |
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Vector Control/Weights & Measures |
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Veterans Affairs |
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COURTS |
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Court Administrator
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1983 |
1. by PA Constitution of 1968; previously functions belonged to President Judge; did Judges keep until 1983? |
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Central Processing ? |
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Divorce Master |
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Domestic Relations |
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Judges |
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Jury Services |
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Probation, Adult |
1966 |
1. 1949-1966 just Probation w/Juvenile & Adult |
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Probation, Juvenile |
1966 |
1. 1949-1966 just Probation w/Adult & Juvenile |
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Victim Services |
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