Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-12
IEpY COURT.

ing the Assessments.
Very little business was transacted by
me levy court yesterday week. Mr..
clark presided in the absence of Chair
man Buckingham. On motion of Mr..
Sutton, William II. Walker was put on
the Sixth ward assessment and on
motion of Mr.Gillis, George b. Robinson
was put on the Seventh ward assess
ment. Their voucher was Solomon
Hersey. A resolution offered by Mr..
Jolls, requesting Attorney Bradford to
correspond with Vincent o. Hill, one of
the securities of the official bond of
Duval Gibbs, late collector of Apo
quinimink hundred, urging the imme-
diate payment of the amount due on the
duplicate of 1888, was adopted.
Principally routine business was
transacted by the levy courtsThursday
morning.
The poll tax assessment Of Jonathan
Z. Shipley was reduced from 5000 TO
5000 and that of John H. Shipley was
increased from 5000 to 5000. The as
sessment of house owned by Nelson
Hughes, on Lowering avenue between
Scott and Lincoln streets, was reduced
from 81 800 to $500. Request was made
that Sunday-school superintendents
send in their certificates on or before
March 25th. The assessments of a
house in Delaware City owned by
George b. Money, was reduced from
5000 to $500. The poll tax assessment
of Herbert j. Derrickson of Red Lion
hundred was decreased from $500 to
5000 The assessment Of new house
In West Red Lion hundred, owned by
William II. Morris, was fixed at
$500. The Rev. Kensey j. Hammond
was heard in regard to having paid
S5.5S tax on four lots on the Highlands
which he does not own and his request
that the money be refunded was referred
to the committee on oyerpaid tax The
marsh land of the estate of William
Reybold, in Red Lion hundred, assessed
as ~ acres of improved land at $50 per
acre and SO acres of low land at SIS per
acre was ordered TO be assessed as 80
acres of improved land at $50 per acre
and rs acres Of low land at So per acre.
Al. $. Elliotts 1853 acres of marsh land in
East Red Lion hundred, assessed as i'm
proved land at $50 per acre, were
ordered to be assessed as 78 acres of i'm
proved land at $50 per acre and rs acres
of low land at So per acre
Making transfers consumed the greater
portion of the afternoon sitting Of the
levy court Thursday. The poll tax Of
Gilbert Miller, colored, was stricken
from the assessment of PenCader hun
dred and a lot owned by Susan 7. Mil
Ter was stricken from the assessment
of the same hundred. Samuel McCor-
mick was put on the Seventh ward
assessment and Joseph w. Bastian and
William Aron were put on the Eighth
ward assessment. Stansbury j. Wiley
vouched for the first named and United
Slater Marshal Mahaffy was voucher for
the last two. The poll tax of Elwood
b. Mckee was stricken from the assess
ment of New Castle hundred and ia
acres in Blackbird hundred, property Of
Ann Keen and assessed at 81 900, were
stricken from the assessment Of that
hundred.
Most Of Friday morning was devoted
oy the levy court to making transfers.
a resolution offered by MIR. Hickman,
that the assessed value of lot on Orange
itreet, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, |
owned by Samuel and Thomas NJ. Culbert,
be reduced from $4,000 to $4,000. did not |
prevail On motion of the same member |
the name of Robert L. Anderson, colored, |
was put on the Sixth ward assessment. |
His voucher was John L. Kersey. Mr.. |
hickman also moved that the assessed |
value of the property No 1l1S King street, |
owned by Joseph l.. Carpenter, be reduced |
from 5000 to $3.50, which motion was
Der the clerk was allowed to
insert the letter A between the
two words in the name of Frank Miller,
assessed this year. A resolution offered by
Mr.. Hickman, that a committee of three
be appointed to assess the live stock of
Wilmington City Passenger Railway Com
pany and that he be excused from serving
on the committee, was adopted and Messrs
Clark, Eliason and ellis were named as
the committee. On motion of the same
gentleman the name of Andrew i. Craw-
ford was put on the assessment of Brandy
wine hundred. His voucher was Thomas
Bellah. AT noon recess until 1.30 was taken.
Immediately after the court had re-
convened Jail Commissioner Julian ID.
Janvier was heard in regard to a request
from the commissioners that when the
are made next month
they be allowed an extra appropriation
OF $1,000. During the fiscal year 1880
80 the commissioners exceeded their APP
1871 and they expected that
provision for this excess would be made
in the appropriation of last April but it
was not. The commissioners bills for
the fiscal year just ending also exceed
their appropriation and they now ask
for additional funds to pay an indebted
ness of $1,000.
In explanation of this condition of
their finances the commissioners assert
that unusual demands have been made
upon them. They claim that the court
authorized the contracting of the in
lebtedness and the court contends that
the authority was not obtained from the
court as a body but from the individual
members. With tho sum asked for next
months appropriation would amount to
$4,000. The request was referred to
Ihe committee on Jail commissioners.
The committee appointed to examine
Taylor's bridge, over Backhird creek,
reported that it is in need of repairs and
it is not dangerous for light
public travel it is unsafe for steam
engine to pass over it. Adopted
A dwelling at the southeast corner of |,
and Head streets, assessed to
Tax Collector-elect Francis S. Bradley :
1T $4,000, was stricken from the assess
nents. !.
In addition to those mentioned Fri !
lay the following names were put on (;
he assessment lists during the day. !
Charles Francis Kelly, Sixth ward John !
voucher; Frank Kelly, Sixth :
ward, John Dougherty voucher; Will !;
lam b. Kyle, First ward, Francis S. :
Bradley, voucher; Ezra III. Sullivan,
seventh ward, Francis S. Bradley,
voucher; Alfred D. Peoples, Fifth ward, 4
John Peoples, voucher; Benjamin ii. a
)rummond, Eighth ward, Francis S. 4
Bradley, voucher; George w, May, 0
Third ward, i. Il. Dillworth, voucher; /