The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-07-15

asks if suits haze not been 6rought some years
ego for Mrge dalance o,ving from d certain coun-
ty CoAectOr. The records of the court shew,
that, by order Of the Levy Court, suits were
brought by the then county Treasurer for
balance reported to be in the hands of the COL
Iector of tax for 1887 & 1889. Had the rules
OF law been as rgidly enforced on the collector
and deputy as they exercised their power over
the properly of respectable farmers of this
county, they would not have been permitted
10 retain some Thousands ia their pockets for
tlyenty gears, without even paying one cent oflhe
interest. The advertisements OF this county,
collector for sales of freeholders property are
recollected by many ofthe citizens of the coun-
w. " One of the people" enquiries, zyAy are
sHts not 6r0.yht TO issue, and the money fad
smot the hands Of The Treasurer to meet The pressing
demands on him.? Since those suits were
brought the then treasurer has been removed
by the Levy Court the members of the then
Levy Court have been all changed the new
Treasurer, perhaps, may not have considered
i. his duty without a special order of the court
to press those suits the Levy Court being
composed of new members, one of whom was
deputy and security of the collector who had
been sued, the court may have been induced,
from motives of deIicacy to their brother COM
missioner, TO adopt the new mode of raising
money by resolution, in order to build the
bridge over the Appoqunutiik creek and re-
pair the Brandywine bridge at Wilmington.
This mode was more convenient for the col
lrctor and his deputy than for to draw out of
fheir fockeis tie ftadS Of Me connty which have
been IN Justly detained for near izycaty gears
Ini, same collector and his deputy have be-
come cainorous aoou, public improvements,
and, IN particular, bridge over the Cuiisliana
geek at Newport, which has been contemplate
cd to be erec!etl at the expense ol the county,
in the same manner as other public bridges are
made and maintained. This bridge would be
a considerable accommodation to the lnhati
tants of Christlana, Millarcck, Brandywne and
New Ca'tie hundreds, and Can and would be G.
tectel without any additional tax on the citi-
zcns of the county. The interest on the ba-
lance of tax in the hands of the collector, reported
to be due, will Compluat handsome bridge
at Newport !; Lut it may be observed by some
that the application otthc interest OF this debt
due upon taxes, collected twenty years ago,
would be an na0Oafton, and That tins could
only be done by deransing It'd establishments oil
retaining the public money without interest.
In order that the public taxes may be applied
TO the public uses provided for b. law, the CT
tizens of the county ought ever to be w,tchi"l
in the selection tor public servants. Consldei-
able injury has been sustained by inattcntlon
to the appointment of members OF the general
Assembly &Levy Court commissioners Pub
lie credit suffers by placnsin the hands Of men
Of desperate fortunes the collection OF the pub
lie dues. 1t is to be hop'd that the citizens ct the
county will be their guard, and let no designing
hypocritc ever have place in our legislature
and Levy Court ticket and ! do hope that q,
next session Of the Legislature, the General s.
sembly will make some further provision re-
speeding the public taxes, so as to insure the
punctual payment at the treasury in more
summary mode than at present.
"a FARMER.