Daily Republican., 1885-12-12

"a the second district, and Thomas L:
Robinson for the Sixth, Seventh ana
Ninth wards, called the Third districs'
At this time the same process OF As:ess.
ins Is In operation in every hurdied
outside Of Wilmington throughout the
State.
/, This not being the regular year for q
GENERAL sessssDent, the assessors are
not calling from house to house - they
do every four yeArs TO ASSESS property
and every male citizen over twenty
ono years Of are and females who own
property. They are simply hunnns
mn the changes In real estate ana as
ssssing the property Of those who have
made new acquisitions. No attempt
vhstever Ii required TO be made %
assess those who are simply assessed
ior poll tax, but the assessor may
plsce the names Of such persons upon
the assessment who call upon him, or
no may II he sees proper hunt mp sucn
persons and place their names ON the
assessment. The assessors only nave
until the first Of January In which TO
complete their work, 20 that those who
are not assessed now had better be hunt
ing mn the assessors and have them
uaiyes asscssed now when 1t will be at
tended with the least difficulty. 1t Ii
true that there will be other opportu-
mites offered In which to get assessed,
but each opportunity after the present
one will be- rendered more difficult and
possibly not be attended to.
But We are referring to this assess
mnnt question ct the present time not
only 70 call attention to the fact that
IN assessment il progressing but to
shOw what Q loose wibbly wabbly
clumsy thing our assessment law Is,
but clumsy - 1t 10 1t forms the most
intricate and complete machinery for
crushing the political life ont OF voters
that could be invented and still show
some little form Of fairness and de-
ooncv.
When the first round Of our assess.
meut Ia completed by the Arst OF Janu-
usry, the sssessors prepare for the next
By writing out their duplicates and
posting In each ward the duplicate oil
that ward, where they remain posted
some ten days and attention Is publicly
called to the posting by notices In the
public press This is very impor
tan. part Of the program, as IL Is the
first public opportunity given for voter
to sec whether they are assessed.
The next opportunity for getting a.
sessed Is a. the public place announce,
by the assessor-If in Wilmington
probably ct the city Hall, where tn
assessor viii sit Hvedays prior to the frs
Tuesday meeting Of the Levy Court i
February. Names can DO put on th
assessment on any Of these appeal day
but the citizen who wants 70 get b
name on the assessment must brin
With him q real estate owner, who vi
take An oath that the applicant to [
assessed is the person he represent
himself TO be,
After this round Is over, the dupl
Gates are handed to the Levy Cour
when they are re-copied and again pos
cd in the respective wards. II
names en- the duplicates, having
this time been copied three times, VIII,
William Henry Brown goes to see
his name is all right, he stands go
chance to find his name changed
Henry William Brown, and Jol
Tbbs will and that he has becol
John Tubbs.
But there is still another chance
Tered 10 get assessed. Our assessme
law glitters with chances. These dup
oates are called In to the April me.
ing OF the Levy Court, and those W
are still not on tho assessm ent have i,
opportunity now TO be assessed
bringing real estate holders along
qualify as their sponsors. 1t Ia On
probable that the applicants to be
sessed are Republicans and have co
some fifteen or twenty miles away, q
have come two or three times bel
getting their names put through,
the reading OF sone dry report to VII
nobody listens may be very necess
JuBt at the time when the applica,
Is m lde. We were witness OF cas-
this kind In thu old Court House
New CASTLE. About . hundred per,
were brought from q distant Hume
In the county to have their names
upon the assessment. When ey,
thing was apparently ready, a
member Of the Court, with sly '
ut his fellow mem bers com me
residing a long dry report that occu
she whole afternoon session. The {
members gathered around the res
member and made themselves la
ably riiiculous by preiending to h
Borbed in report that WAS never
before nor since in the Levy Cour,
simply referred without reading
committee. Yet, we are told tina
asseseDent laws are fair and
bible.
Mr.. Bayard says so, and he oul
know, for before they were pass,
the Legislature they were sent tr
10 WashingtoA for his approval.
Bsyard returned them with hi
prevail after suggesting slight
alton. maEing 1t easter to disfra
voters. The disfranchised peo
De'aware are under the deepest
lions to the North American Ra
Tor It's recen: exposure OF the dis
assessInent laws OF Delaware.
return, We would call the attsu,
our citizens TO the assessment :
progress and urgs all who are r
seessd 60 attend ~ that dn,y no,
there are less diff ;ulties In Il
than there will be- after the
January.
The II spuuhran oenst. ma
wisely concluded 10 Offer no on
10 the appointments Of Prss,don
Had, except where persons ha,
discharged from office with
sgt'n-' then which have ney,
explained.