Daily Republican., 1879-02-19

" ilbii llltO hhPpChOu ~ NOhi' SN'N'Hf
and whom they saw proper TO put upon
the list, for there is no law which COM
pels an assessor in the oil years between
the general assessments to inquire after
or hunt up those that are not assessed.
They may il they see proper, hunt
them up, but the allowances made by
the Levy Court are 50 small that 1t
does not pay to work 50 hard only III
general assessment years.
PARTISAN assessors right here have
great advantage for they need not put
any .Aan upon the books without ser
ing him and being convinced that h. is
really the man he represents himself
to be. such assessors could be very
easily convinced that the names Of
dozen or two of Democrats, left at some
cigar store or gin saloon, were all right,
and their names would go on the as
sessment, but the names OF a dozen or
two of Republicans, left under similar
circumstances, would be all wrong un
less he could See them personally, and
this he would hardly take the trouble
to do, as there is NO law compelling
him to do SO. 1t must he borne in mind
that only those who were of the list
in 1877 could be put ON the books
during the recent assessment, when
Messrs. Ward and Hughes canvassed
the city. In regard to the three thou
sand that were left of the assessment
by the Levy Court, in 1878, the assess
ors could do nothing. Their names
had to remain of the assessment q
whole year before they could be put on
again, and that year did otexpire un
til the Levy Court met again in 1879.
The assessors in going through the
wards came across hundreds Of men
whose names were not on the assess
ment, having been left of by the Levy
Court in its Spring session of 1878, but
they had no power to put those on
again this Spring before the meeting Of
the Levy Court, which has been in SEES
sion since the second Tuesday in
February, and to make sure that such
names should not be put on by the as
SCISSOR, the Clerk OF the Peace, We be-
lieve, by the dire ction of the Levy
Court, furnished each assessor with a
duplicate containing the names of those
who had been left off by the Levy Court
III 1878.
Thus, when the assessor came across
John Smith, who wanted his name put
upon the assessment, he had but TO
turn to his little book, and looking
through the alphabetically indexed
names contained in it, he informs Mr..
Smith that the Levy Court of 1878 hav-
ing dropped his name from the assess
ment, he has no power to assess him.,
but if he would only wait until the
Levy Court meets again at New Castle,
he can appear in person before it
and have his name put on, provided a
year has elapsed since the Court left it
off. Now let us follow Mr.. Smith up
and see what trouble he will encounter
in getting himself assessed. He has
applied to the assessor and has been re
fused, because only the Levy Court had
: the power to put the name on again. II
Mr.. Smith would be 80 kind as to wait
not rush about the mattpr-and let
: it 90 over for another year, the asses
} scr can put his name on his duplicate
when he completes his assessment in
1850, and having already lost his vote
in 1873 he only has to lose it again il
1879, and then according to the work
: ing OF this admirably arranged dis
: franchising mill, when the wheel turns
, up in 1850, if he watches the assessor
right sharp, Mr.. Smith 5 name may be
3 on the Assessment, after having been
cheated out Of his vOt. for two years
| But then Mr.. Smith don't want to be
. off the assessment two years, one il
: enough. lie wants to be a citizen and
e pay his regular quota Of taxes to sup
p port the State, aid III return he want:
- to have the right to vote for the officer:
; Of his choice. Well, he needn't wal
; another year if he has already been Of
e zone year, and he can easily become {
e citizen by close compliance with the
claw, and now let us see what a conve
e nent law we have and how beautifully
it works.
t Mr. Smith is working in one Of thu
. large manufactures of this city, and h
| is probably getting two dollars day
Z He is anxious to get assessed, and TO
' that purpose he knocks of a day losing
S 81, and risking the loss ofhis situation
. The next move is for Mr.. Smith to &c
e freehoder friend to 90 along Will
= him and swear that Smith is the verita
0 BILE Smith that he claims to be. o
$ course Smith must pay his friends los