Daily Republican., 1880-10-23
How 20 Vote For she Levy Cours

On Wednesday We were enabled in
~ article to dispel some Of the fog
which hung around the qualifications
for voters as to what COL situated legal
voter, but low new trouble seems to
have arisen in regard to whom to vote
for and how to vote for Levy Court
Comm issioners. In order to satisfy a
large number of people who intend to
vote a mixed Levy Court ticket We
have taken the trouble to not only
make a minute inspection of the law
covering the points involved but We
have consulted several of our leading
attorneys who all agree.
The Levy Court ticket is different
from the other part Of the county ticket
in this respect, that while a Levy
Court man is q county officer he is also
Hundred officer. Representatives to
the Legislature may be distributed
amongst the different Hundreds ofthe
county or the whole seven Represen.
tatives and three Senators NAV be
taken from one Hundred, just as pc.
litieal parties may incline. The con
st;tution of the State, Sections 2 and 3
Article IL, Simply provides that:
"Tnere shall be seven Representatives
chosen in each county, until a greater
number Of Representative shall by
the general assembly be judged neces-
sary," and in regard to Senators It
saysl There shall be three Senators
:...ossn in each county" It VII b."
seen that these Representatives and |
Senators are not required to be taken
from any specified Hundred but simply
from tbs county. 1t is different with the
Lev Court the Constitution not being
Its creator, but bsiDg local body ID
created under the laws Of the State and
governed accordingly. Thus we find
in Chapter VIII OF the Revised code
the law which creates the Levy Court
Of each county aud which governs it.
We find the following in regard to
the Lsvy Court of New Castle county:
''Section /. The Lsvy Court in New
Castle county shall be composed Of
eleven commissioners, viz. two for APP
poquinimink Hundred, and one for
each OF the other Hundreds Of said
county"
When Blackbird Hundred was created
out Of a part Of Appoquinimink the
section was amended only SO far as to
allow Blackbird to have one Of the
commissioners that Approximately
had, tut the number OF commissioners
in the county was still the same and
each Hundred has one. The Law pro.
vides 40 will be seen that each Hun.
dred shall have one.
Tlis following Section still farther
fixes and locates Levy Court Commits
sioner to his own Hundred.
"Section III. No person shall be a
commissioner for Hundred unless be
reside, and Is free holder therein. II
. commissioner remove from hundred,
or cease TO be a free holder therein, his
Office shall thereupon become vacant"
Enough has been shown in the Sec
tioas quoted to convince the voter that
each Hundred must have Just one com.
missioner aud cannot have TIVE under
the law.
It Is plain now that as no Hundred
can have two Commissioners, vote for
two Commissioners in the same Hun.
dred is only thrown away.
II any voter wants 70 scratch off the
name of any person upon bis ticket for
the Levy Court whether it be Demo-
cratic or Repu' lican, and wishes to
place Il ereupon ths.nsms Of any other
candidate, 1t must be the name Of some
person living in the Hundred wherein
the candidate lived whose name he
scratched off. For instance, il any 70.