Daily Republican., 1880-03-03
Collector EIiasOn's Delinquent
List,

Collector EltasOn's Delinquent
List.
Amongst the first Of the collectors
return delinquent lists to the Lev
Court now in session at New Castl,
yesterday was collector Eliason Of 8
Georges Hundred. Such haste on th
part Of Mr.. Rliason, to say the leas
looks suspicious. He is collector Of s.
Georges Hundred, one Of the riches
Hundreds in the county, and he wa
only q month ago farther behind in tn
collection Of his taxes than the collec
tor Of any other Hundred in the soun
ty, in proportion to the amount Of take
collected. There are more colored as
sessabies in St. Georges than in an,
other Hundred in the county, the mos
q whom owing to the peculiar assess
msnt and collection laws of the Stat
are not on the assessment of 1879. 0
those who are OF the smaller numbe
have paid their taxes, and much tn,
larger number were returnsd yesterda ay
% deiinquents, which means disfran
ohisemsnt fera year to .coale, their tax
% mot having yet been paid. Tha
they have not ssen paid 10 partly ew,
Ing to the inability Of the colored peo
pie to pay their taxes, but mostly ow.
ing to the fact that the COLLECTOR has
shown himself disinsEned to receig,
such taxes. Coiored men tits said can.
mot find the collector when they want
to pay their taxes. Mr.. Niassn did
not so far a. We could ascertain, like a
collector in Kent Coanty, allow 1t to be
reported that he had the small. po1 in
his family, but somehow he was very
hard to find and conveniently alb sent
when eelorsd rnen tried to Gnd him, in
order to pay their taxes. Numbers Os
colored men in st. Georges Hundred
have tried TO find Mr.. Eliason, bat not
succeeding another plan Was adopted.
Numbers Of them concluded that as
they could net ard the collector they
would by powers Of attorney authorize
somebody else to fad him. These cow
Aers Of attorney constituted ,some we'll
known person an agent to see Mr.. Eia-
son and pay the taxes assessed against
these ooiored men. The documents
were duly made out and attested
by a lawful witness. Mr.. Gray. altar
,ney for the Levy Court decided that
these powers Of. attorney would have
to be honored, but @heu they wens
presented to Mr.. Kliason that gentle
anan advised by a friend refused to &C
sept them, excusing himself On the
ground that they we're OILY signed by3
one witaess, though in law one was
sufficient, and the custom had nevsr
been to have more than ene. Here was
another hitch. There we're the pow
1Srs Of attorney from well known color
ed men accompanied by the money to
pay the taxes and still Mr.. Eliason re-
fused to accept it, and farther instead
of accepting it, he preferred to return
these eolored men to the Levy Court,
as deliEQuents and if his return is 90
ospsed all these coaored men who kaye
made use Of every expedient to pay
their taxes and having been refused
will be disfranchised from voting for a
year to come. By this action of Mr..
kliason over hundred persons will be
deprived Of the full measure Of citizen.
ship, and the county will lose over
$500 in taxes that are in st. Georges
Hundred and which he could collect
within two hours if he would do so.
We have we believe made only a plain
statement of facts as We learn them,
with no intention to do injustice to Mr.. +
Eliason. II the facts as we have sta
ted them initiate against him that is
not our fault. The delinquent list pre-
ssnted by Mr. Eliason yesterday will
lie on the table five days before il can
be acted on by the Levy Court, during
which time he can still receive taxes
rom individuals thems elves or for them T.
by powers of attorney. II he refases
to accept the taxes from these men Who'll
are anxious to pay, and who are on the
hunt for him that they may pay their
taxes, thereby keeping the county out Il
Of $500, and disfranchising over one /"
hundred men, it will be for the Levy d
Court to say whether such action by q
one Of their servants shall be sudors- n
ID. d
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