Evening journal., 1891-04-23
DISCUSSING poue1fuL BILLS.
mr.. ALIENS claim for Extra Pay Laid
over, and dr. Boyes's Bin summarill
Killed.

mr.. ALIENS claim for Extra Pay Laid
over, and Er. Boyse's Bin summarily
Killed.
This mornings session Of the Levy
Court did not begin until II o'clock.
Mr.. Jolls offered q resolution that K.
G Bradford, attorney for the court, be
authorized to enter satisfaction on the
official bond of John j. Dougherty.
collector OF taxes for the Southern
district, Wilmington hundred, for
1899, ex Attorney j. H. Rodney
having failed to do so because
he was not officially notified. 1t was so
ordered. The Committee on Overpaid
Taxes submitted 3 bill of the B. & o.
Railroad Company for 1889, which had
previously been overlooked. IL amountt d
to 81 40 for taxes collected on Its road
bed The bill was allowed.
The committee on attorneys, clerk and
sheriff submitted bill of Alvan Allen,
ex- sheriff, for appointing and superln !
tending deputy sheriffs at the last
general election, of 300 Mr.. Hutchin-
son, chairman of the COMMITTEES, stated
that in submitting the bill he
would present the majority report
of the COMMITTEES which was to
not allow the BILL general discussion
followed in which Mr. Jolls stated that,
In his opinion, the bill was not q legal
one, inasmuch as the preservation Of the
peace on all occasions came In the duties
of his Office and that he received a stated
salary for the same, including the ap..
pointment and supervision of his depu-
ties
Mr.. Hickman said that the sheriff had
appeared before the Levy Court before
the deputy sheriffs were appointed and
asked for instructions. He wss author
lied to go ahead with the WORK and had
done 80, at q great incurrsnce of time
and labor on his part and the bill should
be allowed. Chairman Backing
ham said that the debate on
the question should not drift into poiti-
cal views on the matter of deputy
sheriffs, as that was ont of the question.
What the members wanted to get at, he
said, was whether the sheriff was legally
entitled to any extra compensation in
discharging those duties The bill was
laid over for consideration until the first
Tuesday in May.
Mr. Hutchinson submitted the bill of
William ii. Boyce, ex state auditor, for
work on the accounts of sheriffs and
magistrates, and stated that the
committee also reported unfavorably on
| that bill. He said that several ex auditors
had been interviewed as to what the bill
was for and what 1t meant They
said that it not only was Illegal, but that
it had never been allowed any other
auditor When the question Of allowing
the bill was put there was not an AYE
vote, all voting nay"
The Committee on Miscellaneous Ac-
counts presented it's report which has
required much work for the past two
months The bills were for various sup
plies and services that come under the
| jurisdiction OF the Levy Court. The
grand total was $3,2l5S9. The report
allowed. The bill of a Glasgow wheel
wright for preparing the body of Isaac
Lee. colored, for shipment to Whining
ton, $40. 40, was allowed
Mr.. Jolls moved that the committee on
public buildings take charge of the In
surancs policies belonging to the county
and have them revised The insurance
on the Third and Eleventh street bridges
1t was held, is no longer needed 'as bott
of those structures are now iron ones
| Frank G. Stidham, one Of the newly
| appointed tax collectors Of Wilmington
will have to charge that Levy Courl
dinner to his profit and loss account
Several members of the Levy Cour
accepted the invitation Of Andrew j
Conner, the Market street bridge-tender
to dine with him al the tenders house al
the foot Of Market street, to day.
Twelfth Member Of the Levy Court
Hersey announced the old MsthodIst
hymn "And Are We Yet Alive, to See
Each Others Face" for his fellow
members to sing at the opening of the
court this morning