Evening journal., 1890-02-21
SUISSE ks SHAME.
Nanes of Persons Wrongfully Assessed
and Retained ON the Lists.


and Retained ON the Lists.
From an Occasional Cor. EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN, Del, Feb. 21.-The
town was alive with Democrats on Tues
day, the occasion was the adjourned |
meeting Of the Levy Court and the meet |
ing Of the Democratic County Central
Committee. The course pursued by the
Republican Levy Court had aroused the
Democrats and more than one hundred |
representative Democrats from the sew
eral hundreds in the county were here to
meet with the committee. The meeting
was held in the Democratic Club room at
/ o'clock Men who had not taken an in
terest in their party for year were there
and thoroughly aroused IL was
probably the largest meeting Of the kind
ever held in the county, and was full OF
enthusiasm.
The Levy Corrt met at o'clock. Mr..
REYNOLDS, assessor of Georgetown hun
dred, was there with his blotter, from
which he made the copy TO return to tae
Levy Court in obedience to summons
issued for him. A. p. Robinson, Esq,
appeared with him, and delivered the
blotter under protest and requested time
TO file written protest. The Levy
Court then adjourned until 10 o'clock
| NftQHfhudNs HI WHICH, iiiic MI htll hRASn
appeared aud through his attorney filed
the following protests
To the Honorable the Levy Court Of Sus
sex County
have ia obedience to your subpoena
delivered TO you the blotter used by me
az assessor Of Georgetown hundred, and
hereby most respectfully present to you
my reasons why did not incorporate all
the names in the blotter in the regular
assessment list returned by me to your
body Upon the appeal day j. Frank
Bacon presented TO me list of names,
which upon his request, placed upon my
blotter. The parties were unknown to
me personally and their names were un-
accompanied by the regular affidavit,
and | was informed by counsel
that they could not be legally placed
by me upon my regular assessment list
10 be returned TO your body l did not
therefore, place them upon my regular
assessment list, but in order that you
might be informed Of the circumstances
: and take what steps You deemed legal
and proper ia the matter. I delivered to
Charles T. Pepper, Esq, the Levy Court
Commissioner from Georgetown hundred
q separate list Of the disputed names
Since my appeal day have made consid-
| tFHDlt inquiry ho 10 ltt Itl4icn III bAbot
and from the information have received
| am of the opinion that but few of them
are properly assassable in Georgetown
hundred aud respectfully submit to you
the annexed schedule Of these names
! with remarks attached to them respec-
/ lively:
Isaac A. Foster from New Jersey, now
in Broadkiln hundred.
Charles s. Jones, William II. West,
residence in Wilmington; William
Turner. 10 years old, real name William
NAPLES.
Andrew Andrews in Nanticoke hundred
Robert Burton. Anthony Burton
Charles Bathord, George Conquest il
, jail and not OF age.
d B. Cousin from Pennsylvania, schoo
/ teacher,
Alonzo Collins, assessed in Seafor,
hundred, page 1856
Alfred Davis, assessed in Lewes anC
5 Rehoboth hundred, page 2l7
e Wilson Frame, Joseph Hartman, as
8 sessed in Little Creek and Indian Rive
\ hundreds, page 1853
Perry Lock wood assessed in Lewes snt
Rehoboth hundred. Transferred, pag'
233
e George Morris, assessed in Georgetown
: hundred. page 204
3 John Mitchell, assessed in Nanticok'
hundred page 1855
Arnold Morris. John Morris, not in th'
hundred.
s John Pettyjohn, solomon Phillips
George Pettyjohn, assessed in Georgetown
q hundred, page 2O5.
Elijah Pettyiohn, George Pettyjohp
assessed in Cedar Creek, pages 266-7.
Major Robinson. assessed in Lewes AM
Z Rehoboth hundred. page $50
Martin Thomas. assessed in Seafor'
d hundred, page 23S.
: Charles Wolford, resides in New
Jersey.
; George Miller, Charles Walls. not il
Z. tina hundred.
e Notwithstanding this report and thu
Y fact that these names we're not on the as
sessment list returned as stated but on
I. slip Of paper, and that they would have
y chance to get on in March, II they had
70 right to be placed on; notwithstanding
Il all this, the Levy Court passed the FOL
lowing resolution;
20 That the clerk of the peace be in.
structed TO place the amount assessed o
g the original assessment lists or blotter @
y Zaehariah Reynolds, the assessor Q
= Georgetown hundred as Il stood on ap
st peal day opIo lite the respective names q
r. they appear without any assessment
carried out and certify to that as th
y original list and part the same as re
quired by law, and II any other lists hay
u been posted, to take down and destro
Is the same"
= After adopting this resolution til
Levy Court adjourned. They had &C
oomplished the object OF their meetinl
The putting on the above list Of name
D. at cost Of about $3.50 to the county
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