American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-02-18

as are the different Levy Courts OF the state,
oua,lv hound by the solemnities OF an oath.
8rhs members of the Levy Courts, and the dit
=, hundred assessors throughout the state
IN, 10 more than fifty individuals, and yet with
k,ha onnortunites which these men constantly
l. (or ascertainng correctly the value OF proper
I, tbe State. under all its different circumstances
A variations, their testimony has been disregafded
4 ;nnl;ct reliance placed upon the estimate OF
he men who, in the very nature OF thlngs could
noss;b,v understand the ostsnsible duties they
he called upon perform
Relieving, as we did, that the principle Oh apPor-
bnr direct taxes the several counties OF lnis
lie. according to the number OF Representatives
8ich each county had in The Legislature, was the
possible one which could at all times, and un-
~ all crc umstances, be relied on, with safety 10
/ Government and to the people, and seeing that
! had by the Constitution, an equal number OF
REPRESENTATIVES from all the counties assigned ];
RI nnmber had not been varied or altered by
we agreed in proposing, upon the final passage
he bill, Tor the support Of Government, to appor
4 of he $4,000 proposed to be raised, $4,000
IN each of the Countless This proposition Was
ipcted.
Ipursuing The same principle, but basing our cal
ation upon the population OF the respective Coun.
i. as asceitaned by the census OF one thousand,
kb, hundred and twenty, we then offered to as
kn to the County of New Castle the gum oil five
pusand, eight hundred and thirty two dollars and
cents to the County OF Kent. four thousand,
h hundred and thirty Two dollars and 70 cents
d to the County Of Sussex, four thousand nine
ndred and thirty four dollars and 80 cents re-
ryinp the right to have the number OF Repesen-
lives, hereafter arranged in the different Countless
th view to meet this apportionmen.-i his
|oposition ,cas also rejected. Thus driven from
IA, we deemed the only correct and sale course
be pursued, in the distribution OF direct taxes,
anxious desire to preserve, in all the People, a
bpect for the laws, and ready and willing acqul-
Fence in their demands, induced US to adopt Tor
present, at least, the principle commended for
II The majority, and agree that the tax proposed
ould be ascertsined and laid upon all the property
the state, agreeably to the Hundred assessments
regulated by the different Levy Courts through
the State ; according to the existing laws OF
land, in relation 10 that subject This also uas
6pcted and we were left without the Constltu
lional means of further opposition except VIVA
could give by our votes TO course whlch the
siorily appeared obstnstely determined to pursue
hese votes we unanimously gave, and have now
,ly to account 10 our constituents and leave witt
lem the subject 1t has been thought that whei
measure, of so much Importance 10 the Citi2en
New Castle County, has been decided by the Leg
ature, that no time should be lost in giving then
formation relative to the conduct OF those Wit
We been their more immediate Representatives II
ke transaction if the Levy Court OF that county
~ whom we have deemed it best to address thu
mmuncaton should approve the measure
3WDover, 9TH February, 1925.
M John Grow, JOHN E,zp,n,
SM HIM. TPehion ID, John Erton,
MI q. Vandegnf Uavd Penny,
M S H. Buck, Joseph England,
81 Hy. Whteey, J. +. Clement.