The daily gazette., 1879-03-25
SECOND EDITION
The New Court House.

a Special Meeting of Council Last
Night-Ihe Tnh Street basin Una l.
imousiy Donated 10 tie Levy Court
A Committee appointed TO Wat on
tie Levy Court To-Day.
A special meeting of the City Council
was held last evening for the purpose of
considering the question OF donating the
ground to the Levy Court, for the new
county buildings, which they were em-
powered to do by the passage of the act
moving the buildings from New Castle
to this city on Thursday last.
The council chamber was crowded
with spectators, most of whom were our
most influential citizens. Previous to
the meeting of council, several persons
were present in the clerks office lobbying
with several members in regard to land
for the erection of said buildings One
gentleman even went so far as to have a
plot for two acres of land, which he Of
fered to sell to the city, provided that
they select it for the buildings,
Council was then called to order about
500 o'clock, by President Lichtenstein,
after which His Honor, the Mayor, read
the call for the meeting.
AT the conclusion of the reading of the
call, Mr.. Guthrie offered the following
premables and resolutions, which, were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The act of the General AS
sembly, entitled "an act for the removal
of the seat of justice of New Castle coun-
ty from the city of New Castle to the
city of Wilmington, passed March Goth,
1879, authorizes and directs the Levy
Court of said county to select and ac-
quire lot or lots of land, in the city OF
Wilmington, for the purpose of erecting
thereon a Court House aud other county
buildings,and authorizes and empowers
the Mayor and Council of Wilmington
to donate the land which may by select
ed as aforesaid, for the purpose aforesaid
and
WHEREAS, 1t is desirable that suta-
BILE site should be chosen, and that said
buildings should be erected as soon as
practicable, therefore be it
Resolved, 1st That a committee of
seven members of the City Council be
appointed by the President TO confer
with the Levy Court in reference to the
selection of the land required for said
buildings. 2nd, That we will cordially
cooperate with the Levy Court in such
action as may be for the best interest
of the people of the whole county. 3rd,
That without intending to interfere with
the exercise of the discretion vested by
law in the Levy Court,w would respect
fully suggest that in our opinion the Mar
ket street basin lot would be the most
eligible location for the new county build
| ings.
| ha Ia
motion, adopted without debate, as was the
following resolution also offered by Mr.
| Guthrie:
WHEREAS, The General Assembly Of
the State having granted the prayer oi
the petitioners of New Castle county, in
the matter of the REMOVAL of the seat o
justice from the city of New Castle to the
city of Wilmington, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the City Council
of Wilmington, do hereby tender to the
General Assembly the thanks of this
body, and through us, the thanks OF
the people of Wilmington in general.
| On motion of Mr.. Paynter, the clerk OF
the council, was instructed to send copy
of the last resolution, to each member OF
| the General Assembly.
| The chair appointed the following
named gentlemen as the committee to
wait on the Levy Court:
Messrs. Guthrie, Price, Paynter, Moore,
Adams, Chandler and Norton.
On motion of Mr.. Norton the Presi-
dent was added to the committee.
| Mr.. Paynter said that it had been as.
serted to him that the Levy Court would
adjourn this week, and that being the
case, there might be some misunder-
standing between the committee and the
Levy Court, and in order that there
might be no delay in the matter, he
thought that it would be better for the
council not to wait until the next stated
meeting of council to hear report from
the committee. Ifthere was any disagree
ment, the council should know it. He
! therefore moved that when council adj
journed, it adjourned to meet on We'd