The daily gazette., 1883-04-17
DISTRICTING THE CITY.
AN IMPORTANT MEASURE TO
BE REDUCED.
TWENTY SIX ELECTION DISTRICTS
A Bill EqualizIng the Polling Places
Provisions rs to the Manner of Choosing
the InspeotOrs, Etc.
rsreoial oorrespondepc. Of the c,,,otte

tion districts, and among the provisions
given below 1t will be seen that the Second,
Ninth and Tenth wards are divided into two
and the Third, Seventh and Eighth into
three election districts. The division will
limit the number of votes to between 200
and 400 In each district.
Section one provides that for the purpose
of holding elections for city, State and
county officers in Wilmington city and
hundred the city shall be divided into
20 election districts, as follows, to wit:
All that portion of the First ward living
and being south of Third street shall form
the First Election district; all that part OF
the First ward north of Third street, the
Second Election district; all that part of
the Second ward south of the Christjsna
river, the Third Election district all that
part of the Second ward north of
the Christiana, the Fourth Election
district; all that portion of the
Third ward lying south of Fourth street
and east Of Madison street, the Fifth Eec-
tion district; all that part of the Third
ward lying south of Fourth and west of
Madison stI eet, the Sixth Election district;
all that portion of the Third ward living
north Of Fourth street, the Seventh Elec-
ton district; all that portion of the Fourth
ward lying west OF Lombard street, the
Eighth Election district; all that portion of
the Fourth ward east Of Lombard street,
the Ninth Election district; all that Dor.
tion of the Fifth ward east of Wash
ington street, the Tenth Election
district; all that portion of the Fifth ward
west of Washington and east of Adams, the
Eleventh Election district; all that portion of
the Fifth ward west of Adams street, the
Twelfth Election district; all that portion of
The Sixth ward south of Eighth street, the
Thirteenth Election district; all that portion
of the Sixth ward north of Eighth and south
of Tenth street, the Fourteenth Election dis
trict; all that portion of the Sixth ward
north of Tenth street, the Fifteenth Election
district; all that portion of the Seventh ward
east of Franklin street and south
OF a line, beginning at the in
tersection Of Delaware avenue and
Franklin street, thence along Delaware
avenue easteTly TO its intersection with
Eleventh street and thence along Eleventh
street easterly to its intersection with Market
street, the Sixteenth Election district; all
| that portion of the Seventh ward east of
Franklin street and north of line begin
| ming at the intersection of Delaware avenue
| and Franklin street, thence along Delaware
| avenue easterly to Its intersection with
Eleventh street, and thence along Eleventh
street easterly to its intersection with Market
street shall form the Seventeenth Election
district all that portion of the Seventh
/ ward west of Franklin street, the Eighteenth
| Election district; all that portion of the
Eighth ward south OF Eighth street, the
Nineteenth Election district all that portion
| of the Eighth ward north of Eighth and
south of Tenth street, the Twentieth Elec-
ton district; all that portion of the Eighth
ward north of Tenth street, the Twenty-flrst
Election district; all that portion of the
| Ninth ward east of Thatcher street, extended
southerly to the Brandywne, the Twenty
second Election district; all that portion of
| the Ninth ward west OF Thatcher
| street, extended southerly to
the Brandywine, the Twenty third
Election district, all that portion of
the Tenth ward, north of Second street, the
| Twenty fourth Election district; all that
| portion of the Tenth ward south of Second
street, the Twenty-ifth Election district; the
| Eleventh ward as at present defined and
bounded, the Twenty sixth election district.
| Wherever a street is mentioned as bound
ary line, the centre or middle thereofshall be
understood.
THE POLLING PLACES.
The bill locates the polling places as fol
lows:
First Election Observation-Disclosures corner
of Second and Tatnall streets.
Second-Northeast corner of Fifth and
Orange streets.
Third-Southeas corner of Heald and
Apple streets.
Fourth-Felton House at Second and
Walnut streets.
Fifth-Northeast corner Of Christians
and Madison streets.
| Sixth-Witsil's cigar store, southwest
corner of Front and Madison streets.
Seyenth-SOutheast corner of Fifth and
Madison streets.
Eighth-Northwest corner OF Fourth and
| French streets.
Ninth-Southwest corner of Fifth and
Spruce streets.
Tenth-Lafayette Hotel, Ninth and Ship
ley streets.
Observation-Disclosures corner of Sixth ant
Madison streets.
Twelfth-Some convenient place to b,
chosen by the inspector and assistants, o
any two OF them.
Thirteenth-Askew Building, Seventh
and Market streets
Fourteenth-MeLear s. Kendalls build
ing, King street below Ninth.
Observation-Disclosures corner of Four
teenth and King streets.
Observation-Disclosures corner of Tenth an,
Orange streets.
Seventeenth-Howard school, eastside O
Orange street, between Twelfth and Thir
teenth streets.
: Eighteenth-The Logan House.
Observation-Disclosures corner of Sixtl
and Church streets.
Observation-Disclosures corner of Eight
and Kirkwood streets.
Twenty-first = Southwest corner G
Eleventh and Lombard streets.
n Twenty = Southeast corner
Thirteenth and Heald streets.
= Twenty third-The Old Academy.
Twenty y-fourth-Southeast corner of Thir
and Van Buren, streets.
Twenty ty-fifth-Northeast corner OF Ches
> nut and Van Buren.
Twenty ty-sixth-Northwest corner of Mar,
land avenue and Beech street.
= Whenever for any reason, the places de-
ignated above cannot be secured the inspet
:, tor and assistant inspectors, or any two
y them, shall have power to choose some col
|. venient place in the district to be used as
y polling place. At the places named in tn
~ section shall be held the general election
L. and all city and county elections.
CHOOSING THE INSPECTORS.
The bill goes on to provide the meaI
of naming the inspectors. The Le,
: Court biennially at Its meeting In Octob
in each year, on or before che third Monde
=, In October, shall appoint In every electic
district in Wilmington one inspector an
two assistants. The inspector and one assis
ant shall be selected from the political par
s. which polled the majority of the leg
votes, according to the official CA
vass in the election district for whiG
rs they are appointed, at the preceding gener