Evening journal., 1891-06-13

Elisson was right. That the courts had |
| decided that 1t did not require the sigma |
ture Of the person making tie affidavit. |
| Finding the ground no longer tsnable
they left It with the best grace possible
but those In the room did not have the
same confidence In their store OF legal
knowledge that they had before Mr..
Lore came In and gave them point or
two.
Everything Goes wild.
In the the meantime the president ha 4
mounted the dias again, and his hard
knuokles raped upon the desk with
their old familiar sound But Bach,
Mahaffy & Co., were running a little
Levy Court Of their own around the desk
Of Commissioner Jolls, and President
Buckingham's authority was q matter Of
secondary Importance.
at length he got out Of patience and
said;
"Gentlemen, this Is all out Of order"
Democratic voices-"Yes, 1t Ia
When order was restored Mr.. Hutchi-
son (who was still well coachedl offered
the following resolution
Resolved, That Philip Q Churchman's
name be continued on the assessment for
1891, as be has been illegally dropped
from the assessment of the Seventh
ward, Wilmington hundred, as his
recaipts show, and shat the clerk ofsthis
court is hereby authorized to place his
name on the collectors duplicate for
1891.
Mr.. Jolls then offered the resolution he
had withdrawn as substitute for the
Hutchison resolution. Hutchison ac-
cepted the amendment
Hickmau--"I call for the ayes and
nays on this question.
Hutchison-"How much time are we
to give the Court Of Appeals TO decide
: the natter
This question was answered by burst
T OF laughter and cries of "As long as
they see 6t to takel' They win decide
thRtl7 etc
. Hutchison-"We want the duplicates
and we need the money. do not think
q we should lose the taxes OF Mr. Church
man for 1890 and 1891. "
. Jolls-"They will have an opportunity
to decide 1t during the present month.
y at this juncture President BuckinE-
s ham said he had something to say, and
= | heic alled MIR CLARK to the chair.
a Buckingham--"This resolution | shall
vote for. 1t Is, as 1t says. a big ques-
n tion. We have not had time to consider
= It fully. | think | understand ths
functions OF this court This court is /
i: body to procure finances wherewith I,
run the couHty Mr. Uhurchman cami
y here to get mis- name ON the list HI
Is paid his money, he has his receipt, y
Ig have many others, as l understand 1t
Al II that is the caae somebody has lied o
|, made big blHnder in those afidavits
Before we open the door we had bette
0 proceed carefully"
's Hickman-"The proper thing for Mr.
70 Churchman to do is to place the matte
It against John j. Dougherty. | do no
le think this court has anything to 90 wit
this case Let ChurchmAn carry
4 against Dougherty into the courts
IN Churchman did not see John
Dougherty sign that receipt BE did nc
give him that receipt, nor di
be Churchman pay him the money 1t Is
case 10 not think the Levy Court ha
1t anything to do with"
I Buckingham" do not doubt that
is between them TO some extent
Jolls-"I do not agree with either
by the gentlemen. | believe that John
he Dougherty is a creature Of this cour
5. and we are the ones TO attend TO it.
ng there Is any fraud, and do not say the
md Is, we are the ones to correct IL.
he Hickman-"We cannot bring John
md Dougherty up here and give him trii
1T, or any other tax collector Of New Cast
county. The only thing we can do Is
proceed on the Off sisl bond. We ha
md no proof that Dougherty signed the r
IVA esipt. do not believe the receiver
40 taxes would take tax from Mr. Churc
ali man, even If we put his name on"
~ Grubb-''I think this matter is out
IN our hands. Mr.. Churchman knows whe
,an he can get redress
- Gilis-''I think II he has paid his Il
~ which this receipt shows, think
court can get the money"
20 Simpler "Dougherty has no author
tbs to place him back on the Sssessme
Ma list That is what he wants
tba The ayes and nays were then called
Irad the Jolls resolution. resulting In str
ION party vote as follows:
as1 Ayes-Messrs Buckingham, Cla
Fha Hutchinson, Joils. Simpler, Gilhs-6
.ta5 Nays-Messrs Eliason, Hickml
nat Sutton, Grubb, Killgore-5
80 Immediately after the adoption Of
bnt resolution the Levy Court adjourned
tha June II
she what Clerk EIiasOn Says.
left Deputy Clerk Eliason was seen al
the Levy Court adjourned in relation
'hen the afidsvits Dougherty made TO
Mr.. error lists. He said:
the "When an error list is brought to
Ing, Office of the clerk Of the peace by
ever lector, It is filed for five days for
ould person to examine IL. This privileg'
examination cannot be refused.
sden error lists of this city we're filed Ma
pped IL, 1891, and held open until March
dent 1891, before they were approved by
put court.
"The committee appointed to exam
them were Commissioners Hickman
, tba Hutchinson.
, II Collector Dougherty swore to
u III correctness Of the list before So
list Monaghan, March 10, and sfterw
,iarI March H. because l refused TO recei'
,T,rs unless it was accompanied by an afid'
,rch / also refused several others on the 8
ont grounds
ans The Law on fns Subject.
into He then referred the EVENING Jc
srred NAL reporter to section 81, chaptel