Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-27

The Lazy Court met this morning At 10
O'Clock. al the members being present.
| After the reading OF the miuutes Will
| liam p, Bancroft was given per mission
| 10 speak. Mr.. Bancroft reprssentsd that
he was clerk OF school district No. 81;
that Thomas Hanly, collector OF tAxss
for Christiana Hundred for 1888, had eel
! lected the school taxes Of that district Tor
| that year, and that no had not paid the
money over 10 the school board - re-
ouired By law. Mr.. Bancroft wanted TO
Know what course he had 70 pursue 10
PRECEDENT Grubb said tho school com
mls.iouers had the same privilege TO pro-
Deed against the bondsmen that the
Court would have.
Mr.. Bancroft said he had seen Mr..
Rodney, attorney for tho Court and hc
said he thought the Levy Court had TO
take some action.
Mr.. Wisr said all that tho Levy Court
had to do was 70 tee that the collector
had aid over all moneys collected before
his bonds could be satisfied.
Mr.. Bancroft said he was afraid the
Levy Court might settle before the claim
the bond would not be cancelled until
thanked the Court and left
William E. Stafford waa placed upon
tho assessment OF New Castle Hundred.
On motion oil Mr.. Sutton the assess.
mout on the property Of Jones Guthrie.
New Castle hundred, was reduced from
50, 900 to $1,000.
John A. Wshl Of the Sixth ward was
placed on the assessment, vouched for
nv w. II. PiersDu.
AT this juncture Mr.. Wier said that
he did not wish 10 be rude TO any body,
but on tho contrary wanted 10 b. ccurte.
Gus and obliging. He was, however,
very much annoyed BY Mr.. Graves oil
Mill Creek hundred. He sAmo FREQ ucntly
and interrupted him when he was It
tending 70 other duties, 10 asking Tor In.
| formation upon subIects that he could
readily obtain Tor himself, - he had 40
cess to tho books He was tempted &c
mako . motion to exclude him beyond
the railing.
President Grub said Nj. Graves va.
very sealous 10 the cause.
Mr.. Graves, who was ct ths time II
conversation with Levy Courtman r.
X. Morrison, took seat inside the rail
John D. Allen, Second ward, vouohet
for By William II. Piersou, was placed
upon the assessment
James II. Massey. Seventh ward, sam,
voucher, Ma placed upon the assessment
| Peter B. Bird. Seventh warj, voucbed
for BY Levi c. Bird, Esq, wM placed
upon the assessment.
On motion Of Mr.. Killgore the propert,
Of Joseph Miller, South Christiana Hun
drcd, assessed at u 500, Was reduced x
81, 800.
Edward z. Lucas, New Castle Hun
drea' was placed upon the assessment :.
| ii. Harvey Riggln. vouched for by 8
Hersey, was placed upon the Fourtl
ward assessment.
Msssrs. Mccall md Eliason, commit
tee, reported the delinquent list OF Col
lector Jsmes II. q. Gam, OF Red Lior
Hundred. He WAS allowed 10 delin
quencles S37 $50, and for dogs Si0. 80
The report was accepted.
| II now being within eight minutes Of
~ O'Clock, Clerk Osborne commenced
the reading OF Sheriff Aliens petitions,
demonstrating against the cutting down
OF the prisouers' board At New Castle.
After reading over about 200 nance ~
o'clock arrived, and the court adjourned
until l.30 p. IN.
The majority Of the names on Sheriff
Aliens petitions wero suggestive OF the
men who vote early and often but never
pay any taxes.
What MI. Lobdell sid yesterday,
strictly speaking about Mr.. Hickman
was tina. he put shells In the place.
needed but they were not spread around.
This was, however, no fault OF MI
Hickman's a. he could not DO expected
10 BE- present all tho time.