Daily Republican., 1889-07-02
FIFTH EDITION
The Levy Court.

anu Levy Court.
The Levy Court otEsw Castle cor,,.
met at 10 O'Clock this morning e0ulg
Mr.. Roberts offered ,bs rasi,,,..
MeComb Clayton appointed to colsc, ,ti oi
uneollected taxes OF Appoqunimlnk ~. ias
ior the year 1888, Mr.. Robetfs t,., ,u,
that when Mr.. Clayton came To l~ct ar aea
the books he declined to proceed - e,W M
collection of the taxes. O'ne
The resignation was accented a..
On motion OF Mr.. Roberts ,te ,n,-
were suspended and the Court procn.I's ~
to the election Of collector for s,iS .u ~
collected taxes. s1'4 uh-
Mr.. Roberts nominated HaLs,,
Truax, present collector, ior ls., n.i 4,
had been agreed upon between n, WI.
collector and his sur, ties vat oa
Mr.. Truax was elected by acclam,,,o,
MT. Hickman presented IN ~.
William Il. Long for $40, eudorsei "iI Sa
Attorney G,neral Biggs, for wiling ~, w
the evidence In coroner's ii gue,, h w.
capital case. The bill was ORDERED r'a,t
The committee on opening A nftq, frI,
road from Taylor's Bridge 10 Cpi%gg Cg
Beach, not being ready to report. a I"t,
debate ensued In regard TO the pro,te's
oil ether accepting or rejecting us
awards for damages. w
several members thought that lie N..
tional Dredging Company, who wa. n,s. AZ
Ing the road, had not completed # aa am,
cientiy TO warrant the county in strsn,.
Ing II. Further consideration of tLe sat
iect was postponed until the next mo.,,bIv
meeting.
A bill of so was allowed Ia rw
Bigger of Delaware City for bur,in, a,
unknown colortd man by orlrr OF tbs
Coroner. '"'
The bill of q. L. sesterhenn 10, sis fl,
furnishing blank books was pottlopei
until next meeting; also a bill Of Ira
Democrat Printing Company.
The comm ttee on the Newp rt loek.un
reported progress.
Mr.. Wier stated that he stopped At
Newport one day and he though; they
6eeded lookup.
Mr.. Killgore thanked Mr.. wler lor The
complin ent. -.
| GT. Robsris offered a r,sjluIon That
500 be allow, d for The building Of A
bridge In Appoqninlmink huldrel Oh "A
branch of eassairas pond.
Mr.. Ellason OPPOSED the appropriation
as there was one unfinished btilge n
that hundred that should be comIle,ed
before asking for another.
Mr.. Roberts called for yea and tN
vote on the resolution, as ioilow.. Yea,
l-Messrs. Mccall, Roberts, RothWelf and
s..:...esJss, sa. .mes5s :. NayEMessrs. ElIason,
Hickman, Jordan, Killgois, sutton, WiJ
and Chairman Grubb, Z.
Mr.. Shalloross offered a Ic'itiou siguel
by the Court House officers asking that
something be done to sbste the nuisance
OF boys congregating around The
Court Houe using .lroiaie aud
indecent language. Mossrs. Shall
cross and McWhorter being preSl
addressed the Court In re- ard 10 the mas
ter. They stated that tie nuisance W.
into,erable.
On motion of Mr.. Hickman tie Mayo
was requested TO send an eff er to Urea
up the nuisance.
Mr.. Sutton presented report from th
committee appointed to visit New Cast
jail. The report stated that r. N. Cai
well had drawn plan for adding al a
ditional story 10 the jail, which Won
cost eli 900 without quarters, for tram
and with such q aJteTa $4,000.
The resolution ended with recot
mendatlon tS appoint committee to e
iafee the Jail according to the plsno
the architect. ,
Mr.. Jvrda,, oppo.ed the adoption
the report, as The county was not III
financial condition tU bear such aE ei
pense. '-~
Mr.. Wler thought that tho eoup'
could afford to go on with the Won,
1t was getting t15,0 900 from the state y
the Delaware State Hospital Asy!uGl
Chairman Grubb opposed the rt,eA
t!or. With bridges breaking down
was time TO tab about enlarg.ug Il
jail. #
Mr.. Sutton sa!d the jail was disGrlr
to the county, and one OF two thin.
would have to be done, you must eitlt
enlarge the Jail or turn out some VI ta
prisoners.
Mr.. Wicr strongly advocated the q
largement on the sc re of bumlnity
1t is 1t is only school for crime, Nl
and 0 persons in cell.
Chairman Grubb thought 1t would
better to apply the $75, 900 to be receive
from the State 10 paying of the eouu
debt, and then talk shout enlarging L
jail. .-..-=
Mr.. Eliason thought the prisoners we
not suffering; they looked as II they wr
well kept and were healthy.
The yeas and nays were called Oh Il
adoption OF the report, and WAS deieatt
by the following vote:
Yess-Messrs. Sutton, Roberts, Rotl
well and Wier-4. Nays-Messrs. Eli
son, Jordan, Hickman, Ktllgore, Metal
shallcross and Chairman Grubh-7.
A resolution offered by Mr Wter
notify the National Dredging Comlau
to complete the road in Blackbird hui
dred, according to contract, before i1
road will be accepted by the court, VA