Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-18

, 10 col ,'sct, and now you propose, Ii
. taid, to- exempt them from payiu
taxes.
Mr.. Taylor replied that it did not ex
empt them.
Mr.. Norton said there was one thin
certain. The marsh owners seem t
have some advocate looking to thei
interest. lie stated tdat men who owl
marshes asa general thing are ricl
men and they should not be exempted
from paying the taxes.
Mr.. Guthrie asked to be excused from
voting as he did not thoroughly un
derstand the bill. A vote being taken
the member was not excused.
The question on the adoption of the
lst section of the original bill being
put it was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Chandler,
Downing, Evans, Guthrie, Hart, Heus-
ted, Knight, Lynch, Moore, ,Mctilinchey,
Norton, Rowe, Taylor, Wood and Prssi.
dent LichtensteiE-l6.
Nays-Messrs. Jones, Walton, Payn.
ter and Price-4.
The second, third, fourth and fifth
sections of the original bill were adop'
ted.
Mr.. Norton moved that the sixth sec.
ton be stricken out entirely. The alb.
surdity of that question, he thought il
was ridiculous for owners of marsh
land to be- exempted from paying taxes.
Mr.. McGlinchey contended that the
owners of those marshes were better
able to pay the taxes than the men
who livs on the hill in the Third Ward.
If the land has been unproductive it
was their own fault and not the citi-
zens. He was unable to see why the
people of the Third, Sixth and Seventh
Wards should help pay the taxes of the
marsh company.
Mr.. Taylor was in favor of the Board
of Revision taking the responsibility,
and if the Board thinks the land is
worth $1,000 an acre it can be assessed
accordingly.
Mr.. Paynter did not consider that
any individual had right to pay tax
unless they got something in return.
The marsh company receive nothing in
return.
Mr.. Taylor said we admit they don t
have the benefit of the streets, &c., yet
the Board of Revision, decreases or in
creases the tax accordingly. The rev.
enue of what q man receives from his
property Is always taken into consider
alton.
The motion to strike out section six
was adopted. -.
Mr.. Paynter presented AN amend
lnent to section six which reads: "rnat
all manufacturing establishments roll
ing mills, forges, furnaces, factories,
grain elevators hereafter, erected OH any
meadow lands in the city of Whining
ton shall be exempted from taxation
for 10 years. Adopted.
Mr.. McGlinchey moved that the ori
ginal act be adopted as d whole which
motion prevailed. Mr.. Walton alone
voting in the negative, and Mr.. Guth-
rie having left the room.
Mr.. Paynter presented report of the
committee of citizens in answer to the
resolution of Council in regard to the
pumping machinery at the city mills.
The repor. Of the committee which is
found elsewhere in the REPUBLICAN was
adopted, and on motion of Mr.. Taylor
its adoption was reconsidered, and an
amendment limiting the amount to sl2,-
900, instead of one-third of the net re-
ceipts, was read, and on motion the
Legislative Committee was instructed
to prepare a bill providing that an
amount not exceeding $4,000 be set
aside from the earnings of the water de-
partment for the purpose above indica-
ted.
On motion of Mr.. Norton Council ad-
journed to meet at s clock Wednesday
evening, for the consideration of further
business to be presented to the Legisla-
ture.