Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-22
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
The History OF the Levy Court Ger.
rVnARd0F.

On the last day that the old Levy
Court met, resolution was passed in
favor of dividing the city into four as
sessment districts, Market and Sixth
streets to be the dividing lines. The
resolution received the unanimous vote
of the Court in'its favor although the
Court politically divided stood six Dem
ocrats and five Republicans.
Col. Febiger, the member from Will
minQtan, was the author of the resolu-
.4,., ut before offering it he courteous
iy and respectfully addressed the Dem
ocratic members of the Court in its
favor. He told them that politically
the division would be equal as it was
then, the only difference being that
there would be two Democratic and
two Republican assessors, instead of
one of each party as there il now. "lf
there is anything political in It, gentle
man, do not know it, said Mr.. Febi-
ger, "neither would support it if there
| was
Thus assured the resolution passed and
was given into the hands of the Attor-
ney of the Court, Mr.. Gray, 10 frame a
bill to be presented to the Legislature.
EVERYBODY at that time thought the reso-
luton equitable and just and no OPP
position was heard.
1t was only when the Democratic
manipulators began to scan it through
partisan spy-glasses, that even they
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