Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-13
THIRD EDITION.
rMELEVY COURf..

Oons. upon tho Errsrs Of iis
CLERKS.
The meeting Of the Lazy Court held
annually on the second Tuesday Of
October, vas this year frAught with
more than usual importance from the
fact that hundred Or more persona
who had been assessed BY the Levy
Court in the month Of March had been
omitted from the collectors tax dupli-
Gates. When the discovery was made
that the omissions had been made some
two weeks ago = representative Of the
Republican went over to New Castle,
and through the kindness of Mr.. o..
borne, deputy clerk Of the Peace, he
was favored with . psrussl Of the az
ssssmspt books In the clerks Office.
The result OF the search showed that
the names Of very large number OF
regularly assessed citizens had been
dropped. An article at the time called
not only public attention, but the spe.
cial attention Of ex-clerk Springer under
whom the errors had been made, TO the
matter Mr.. 8. Immediately went to work
10 make the corrections SO far ~ he could
and through his efforts the present clerk
Mr.. Cochran did give some certificates
by which some names we're placed upon
the collectors duplicates, in Whining
ton, but Mr.. Pierce, the Brandy wine
collector, positively refused to place !
some fourteen names upon the dupli |
cate which had been certified to by Mr..
Cochran. ....
Under these circumstances, the meet
ing OF the Levy Court yesterday was
looked forward TO with the expectation
that 1t would not hesitate to pass q
resolution instructing the necessary
corrections Of its own errors to bs made.
A large number of omitted names had
been collected and placed In the hands
Of Austin Harrington, Rsq. TO represent
them before the court. Besides these,
Mr.. Springer had discovered number
Of names probably some 10 or IS which
had been omitted, and these he asked
the Court to order to be placed upon the
tax duplicates.
The Levy Court met yesterday morn
ing in the Court House, at New Castle,
all the members being present, but 1t
was half past ten O'Clock before the
Court House bell tolled and the Court
was called TO order by President Bright.
Clerk Cochran called the roll OF As.
'essors, and the following answered to
heir names
William A. TAlley, BrAndywins I'D.
TaomAs w. Savlile, North District,
Wilmington. IL
David W. Hughes, South District, .
Wilmington. In
Alexander W. Bvsrson, Christiana.
Joseph Callahan, New Castle Id.
William +. Little, Mill Creek Hid.
Hosea T. Riddle, White Clay Creek.
J. Thomas Price, Red Lion Hundred.
W. s. vasdyke, 81. Georges Hid. Q
Albert Lyman, Appoquiuimink I'D O
John J.. SsemSns, Blackbird Id. o
Thomas Lindsll Of PsncSdsr did mot n
nswer.
The assessors named b,ing quail. '
led, the clerk spent an hour In read Z
ng the law in regard to the manner in =
hitch the assessments were to be made. u
everal Of the assessors becoming sleepy 4
ISTe glad when the reading was q
Yer. q
President Bright asked as there 9
ny other business before the court ?" r
Austin Harrington, Rsq., represent. y
az the disfrAnchised voters came for. v
ard and cravsd the indulgence of the :
)urt while he made . statement. \
here being no objection Mr.. Harripg-
IN, stated the fact that q large mum u,
br Of persons who had been regularly Sc
laced upon the assessment by the 81
'der Of the Levy Court, had been
Popped, he did suppose Intentionally. J.
/ transferring the names from the r.
'sessr0ent to the tax duplicates. -
As this was q mere omission by the [
ERIK Mr.. Harrington was clearly OF the he
Union that 1t could be corrected by 70
le clerk, but In order to do 30 it was q
scessary that the court should pass ev
solution Of instruction to the clerk -
I'D the collectors, rs one especially Of /
Ie latter had refused to place the tn
ames upon the duplicates even when az y,
'quested to do so by the clerk Of the -
'urt. Mr.. Harrington regretted that T
z. Gray the attorney Of the court was y
ot present as that gentleman had ex. y"
'essed himself favorsbly to having the 49,
rreetions made. Mr.. Harrington Y
on read 10 the conrt the following ~
tier from Senator Bsyard:
WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. II, 1880. -
n the matter OF certain assessments Of
xable inhabitants, by the Levy Court -
New Castle county, | have been in
rmed that the names Of osrtain citizens
,re ordered by the Levy Court to be
aced on the assessment list last spring.
at in transferring the names of such y
xables to the duplicates, delivered 10 | Ps
. county collectors, sundsy of these da
mes we're omitted, p:
am Vs-- clear that 8 supplementary .:
y, sRksn from the records of the Levy W.
,urt, OF the names so omitted, should :"
certified by the clerk Of the peace tot y
Electors to receive all such taxes 30 7
sessed.
1t is said that some collectors do not
81 warranted in recovering taxes upon
Ich supplementary duplicate, and
70 Levy Court can, by resolution, re.
,vs them from doubt on this subject.