Original handwritten 1837 ordinance supplement from the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This historic document refines earlier regulations on the appointment of a market clerk and the operation of public markets. It mandates that Lancaster’s markets commence at sunrise, announced by the ringing of the Court House bell. Passed November 16, 1837, and signed by clerks M. Whiteside and M. Carpenter, this piece captures early municipal governance and community order in pre-Civil War Pennsylvania.