Evening journal., 1891-08-04
HOW FAR poss Use lAw cor
Enats IL What the Levy Court and Roas
Comm tssioners Are Trying To Find On

rhats is What the Levy Court and Road
Commissioners Are Trying To Find Out
The Levy Court and the Road Commits.
sioners met in the Court House to day
to fight ont the difference existing b.
tween the Road Commissioners and the
| receiver of taxes.
The meeting was held to determine the
duty OF the receiver Of taxes In regard to
the payment of work done in the public
roads OF New Castle county, Tue trouble
has been that under section 13. Of the
Five Commissioners bill, he did not feel
Justified In paying ont any money for
labor done on roads except for road tax
The effecl OF that has been that IL has
made public travel in rural districts nm
safe for heavy loads, steam engines and
threshers as the parties object TO by
materials or do work without soma
guarantee OF pay.
IL Is contended that the Five Commits
sioners bill did not repeal rhs law
governing the road tax of each hundred
because some OF them pay by orders and
others poy by checks.
For instance. the law In st. Georges
hundred compels the tax collector 10
deposit e., 800 In the Citizens National
Bank Of Middletown by the 6rst OF Sen.
tember, TO the order Of the road commits.
sioners who pay 1t out by check. ands9 500
about January /. Other hundreds nav
Tor work done by orders given on the col
lector, who Is now virtually the collector
OF taxes. II is claimed that See IL does
not abolish this condition, the only dif-
ference being that there Is now only one
collector where there were ten.
There was a lively discussion on the
bearings OF the case, which was par
ticipated In by Clerk OF the Peace Bigga
by permission Of the Levy Court Com
mlssioners Sutton and Sirubb The Ra
publican members did not take any mart
IN the debate, as Attorney Bradford was
not on hand to coach them. Marshal
MahAffy was In full war paint and looked
TO be every inch a road commissioner.
Mr. Sutton offered the following
resolution, which was lost. Messrs
hickman, kilgore and Sutton being the
only members who voted for IL.
Resolved, That inasmuch as Section
10 OF the Act Ia Relation TO the Law
Oourt, commonly called the Five Com.
missloners Act, requiring the Road Com
missioners OF the several hundreds of
new Castle county to lew
tax necessary for the main.
tenance OF the road and bv
the requirements Of the same act issuinp
Their warrants to the Tax Receiver 10 col.
lect the same, and by the wording of the
same sections any orders issued by road
commissioners for payment Of labor or
materials furnished for roads shall be
accepted by the receiver of taxes In pay.
ment Of road taxes
AND be 1t further resolved, That in
the opinion OF this court the tax re.
ceiyer being the custodian of an the road
taxes, a tax levied by the commissioners
ana collected by the receiver under the
act ls bound TO pay out Of any moneys he
may nave in hand that has been collected
as road tax, all just orders coming
through the road commissioners that have
been received and passed by the CONN.
troller as well as in payment of road
taxes -'N
= A communication from the Y. M. O. A.
asking the Levy Court to appoint a
special constable for RIverview Park was
referred to special committee, to deter
mine whether the Levy Court has the
right TO clothe a man with powers TO ar
rest offenders in that locality.
Comptroller Stats presented his
monthly statement. 1t show the follow
Ing figures: Total amount received in
cludtng balance on hand, aud &7b. 600
received from the stats for the insane
asylum, &lOO, $50 49, OF this the AIS. 600
was applied to paying off the county 8
Indebtedness, an itemized account OF
which has already been published IN the
EVENING JOURNAL. During the month
warrants have been drawn for county
purposes and In favor Of trustees of the
poor to the amount Of $14, 145 81. leaving
balance on hand Of S1I .334. 85
A large number OF bills were passed
after which the Levy Court took a recess
until o'clock, when the resolutions OF
the road commissioners viii BE- presented
The committee appointed to verify the
duplicate tax lists, sign and issue the
same, reported the duty performed and
submitted the following figures in the
totals for the county Real estate
$4S7. 017 07; stock. $1,1ts 6lS: poll.
80, O2b, 500 negro school tax, 81, 066, 279
dog tax, ss,6il.
Meeting Of the Road Commissioners.
The road commissioners held their
meeting in TIE rear room of the Levy
Court All the hundreds were repre-.
sented.
Organization wss effected by making
John l. Leemans-of Blackbird hundred
chairman, and Eli Davis Of Blackbird
hundred. secretary.
After discussing the matter the follow.
Ing committee was appointed to draft
resolutions to be presented to the Levy
Court: James O. Gears, Appoquiuimink
hundred George W. Shakespeare, Mill
Greek; Frank Petitdemange, Brandy
wine; George w. Ely, Christiana Isaiah
Dorennen, White Clay Greek.
Pending report Of this committee the
road commissioners adjourned to meet at
2 o'clock