Daily Republican., 1880-02-04
tn. G.ae,ts's stupidity or Rascal.

! lappaATe, to wit: Yesterday Afternoon
y the Republican Supervisors and mana
gers held meeting At their hesdquar
& iers and among other matters resulva
to ask assessor Ward 10 strike from hi
q lists the names Of all Republicans an
n Democrats who were returned as delin
/, qurnts by the collector last year. Il
y visw Of his refusal, hs was to be arres
Z ted on a warrant issued by the Unit,
; States commissioner. They imagined
tia. II Mr.. Ward accsded 10 their re
quest the names OF largo number o
!. Democrats would have to be strickeI
of ="
B Nov is 1t possible, that the editor o
I the Gaze IL" Is so very ignorant of tn,
statutes OF the State in which he hai
lived for nearly halle century. TheI
. he says the Republicans imagined Mr.
Ward would accsds to their request
Does not Mr.. Johnson know positively
that men who were confirmed as de.in.
: quents in March 1879 cannot be put on
the assessment for 1850 by an assessor,
or the Levy Court, or any o'her per.
son, without willful violation OF the
laRs of this State. DOES not Mr. John.
Hon know that If any person shall
placs, or cause any sGch delinquent to
b placed on the assessment list ss
a oiesaid that he il guilty Of a misda.
III amor aud punishable with fine Of
not les than one hundred dollars for
every such Of nee.
II he does not know this then he IS
certainly very igtoraut OF the law in
relation TO assessments Of prriJa', un-
der lhs ft.tutps of this S,ase. II ho
does know it, aud wishes the assessor
20 violate tho Law, III u As would make
himself party to The fraud hy aiding
and encouraging the man Who wOuII
wlliully maxi fraudulent ass ssnyul.
! TGat Mir. Ward, thB Asses sOr Of the
Northern District OF this city, waa eau
ton d q etyie ma ing lis return 10 the
l. W Court, this thirl day OF Hebufary,
lSS0) hy the u. 5. Supervisors, not to
y .cr on his assessment which hs would
return 10 the Levy Court on that day,
the naue Of any person, be he Republic
can or Democrat, who VAS returned io|
the Levy Court as delinquent, aDd
cOLf med as such in March last, by
that body, is strictly true And fur
ther: When Mr.. Ward was sent the
notice referred to he was also furnished
by the Supervisors win TIE list OF tue
nsmrs OF the psrsuus so confirmed as
dehRquents in hArch last, so that there
shouIt he no possibility OF making
mistake ia the matter.
The list of delipquents sent hia are
tho names contained in certified copy |
of the delinquent list Of Wilmington
Hundred, New Castle County, made
and duly a.testrd by John p. Springer,
E.q Clerk OF ths Peace in and tor New |
Castle County, which said copy was,
and is in their possession at this time.
Thr notice was given, so that there
should be no excus- of ignorantly vio-
lstipg the Law. now wish TO call the
attention Of the "Gazstte" to tie stat
ues of the State Of Delaware in refer
ence thereto, 10 wit:
Chapter 10, Sectios ., Page 81, Of the
Revised Statutes of the State of Della
ware, reads: "That it shall not bc
lawful fJr any Assessor, or Levy Court,
upon the personal application of any
one, or otherwise, to place upon tLe
assessment in any Hundred, the name
of any person who having failed to pay
the county tax assessed against him,
or her, for the preceding year was re-
turned, and allowed as delinquent,
until after the expiration ot ths twelve
months from the timt such allowance
Fas made by the Levy Court.
Section 10, of the same chaptsr reads:
"An alphab- tical list for tho Hundred
Of his County of the delinquent list so
made and returned to the collector at
the March session Of the Levy Court, {
&c"
Section 7, of the same chapter reads:
"Tnat sf'any person shall procure, or
cause to b, placed upon the assess
nent, in any Hundred or election dis. ,
Irict, the name of any person not enti.
He'd to be ASSESSED in said Hundred or
assessment district, or shall knowing.
y procure, or causa to be placed there
IN any fictitious or fraudulent name,
uoh p-rson so offending, shall be guilty !
# a misdemeanor, and upon convic. !
ion thereof, shall forfeit and pay not =
ess than one hundred dollars nor more
han five hundred dellars for every
uch otfense."
Nothing could be more plain than
hs provision Of the statutes above "
uotei :. Aud any Assessor, or other 3
erson assessing or causing any other -
erson to be assessed, before the expi- u
alton OF thu t,rm oftwelvs months from u
he time such person was confirmed by
he Levy Court, as aforesaid, is subj .ct
, q fue Of at least one hundr dollars
n every sn2h case. The reason why
he notices were sent to Mr.. Ward, was 4,
ecause the lists hung up iu the various ia
str cts in this city, as the new assess. L
tent for this year, (lSSO) contained y
he names OF large number Of persons al
no were certified to by Mr.. Springer #
II being dslinquents confirmed in g.
Iarch 1879. Aud the notice was giv-n OF
OF in favor of any party or faction, bul Il
Ter quest " as mado,of hlmto ul!y com m
' W tn tn; ST. tut95 of this St.t, and D
.rike Oft the names of all parsons who's D
ms had been placed on the assess. NJ
mt ior 1880 who we're confirmed by Iii
he Lazy Court as delinqueuts in March 81
$40, whether they were Republican,, OF
+ Democrats before making his return N
, the Levy Court. And If Mr.. Ward al
+ any other assessor, has so ass. sjed
81 ons who wsrs deiuquent5 as 9fore-
I'D, he must take the conscquer, - Of
10 violation Of the statutes OF this
late. All We ask is that every man fo