The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-11
rhe lew Court.

/ ed:
Resolved. That the sum OF so cents
\ per Sl00 Is hereby ordered TO be levied
4 upon the real estate, personal and poll
as sessments of colored persons for
. school purposes In the several hun
! drods in New Castle county for the
year lSDl.p
The account OF ex-Commlssioner Jo-
seph Roberts tot SB7.55 was allowed.
! A communication was read from the
freightmaster OF the Philadelphia, Will
: mington and Baltimore Railroad, stat
4 ing that In the future the stone from
the Jail yard at New Custle would be
removed when tho iail commissioners
desired and the freight charges on the
same be charged monthly
The matter OF paying the constables
Tor working out lists of the wholesale
and retail dealers in this city which
was postponed from tho morning sss-
sion, was again taken up, when Presi-
dent Buckingham offered the follow
Ing reso ution:
! Resolved, That tho county consta-
bles In the city OF Wilmington be nj
lowed 10 cents for each and every firm
or business returned by them TO the
clerk OF the peace as required by chap
( ter IL, volume Is. Laws OF Delaware y
! MI. Simpler offered an amendment,
making tho amount 90 cents instead Of
! Is, but it was lost.
Mr.. Grub said he thought 10 cents
was ample for the work to be done,
and offered an amendment to that ef-
feet but 1t too was lost President
buckingham then offered an amend
ment making the amount 1879 cents
each, which was adopted. Mr.. Eliason
called tho attention OF the court to the
| wnndnn lAFfdfra n panaoAar "A
which he said Ia In very dangerous
condition. The main standards and
stringers are completely rotted out,
and the bridge Is liable to break down
whenever wagon crosses it. The
chairman appointed Messvs. Gillis,
Clark, Ellasun, Killyore, and Grubb. q
committee TO examine the bridge, and
report at the next meeting.
a committee consisting Uf Delaware
Clark, Charles Jester and Milton Lack
ey, on behalf of tho Trustees of the
Poor, presented the following:
ALMsHoUsE, NEw CASTLE CouNrY, June
10, le9l.-To the Members Of the Levy
Court: Gontlemen--At q special meet
Ing OF the Trustees OF the Poor held
to-day 1t was resolved, owing to the
pressing needs of said trustees, that n
committee OF three be appointed to
wall upon and request tho Levy Court
TO borrow SlO,0O0 to pay their out
standing Indebtedness.
ii. A. NowLAND, President.
| MIR. Jolls said TINT according to Sec
ton &, Chapter II OF the Laws OF Della
warc, passed In 1888, the Court has
power to create the loan. The section
referred TO reads rs follows:
| "Ihe yearly appropriation made by
the Levy Court for tho use OF tho
trustees OF the poor of New Castle
county shall he paid to the treasurer
of the poor OF said county, TO equal
quarterly instruments, on the last
Wednesday OF July, October, January
and April OF each year. Upon extraor-
dinary occasion the Levy Court, of
New Castle county, shall have author
lty, upon application of the trustees OF
the poor OF said county. to borrow, for
the use of said trustees OF tho poor, a
sufficient sum of money to meet such
sum to be provided for In the levy of
poor taxes for the ensuing year."
MIR. Jolls thon offered the following,
which was adopted:
| Whereas The trustees of the Door
have, by written application to the
Levy Court, represented their absolute
need OF funds to meet obligations post
clear, md
| Whereas, Authority is given the lew
Court under chapter H. volume XVII,
Laws OF Delaware, passed 1888. to bor-
row upon extraordinary occasion q
sufficient sum Of money to meet such
] occasion, and
| Whereas, Tho present occasion is
an extraordinary occasion; therefore
he it
Resolved, That tho county treasurer
he and he is hereby authorized to bor-
row upon tho faith OF order OF the
I hA la1E ~ Al.
period OF ninety days upon u note
signed by the president OF the Levy
Court; and be it fulthor
"Resplved, That the county treasurer
be ard he Is hereby directed to appro-
proprlate the amount hereby author
lzed 10 lie borrowed for the use OF the
trustees Of the poor."
Mr.. Jolls, on behalf of ex-Tax Collec-
tor George W. Mckee, presented road
orders amounting to 81, 1888, which
he had accepted as payment for taxes.
Alr. Mckee wished the Court to ac-
eept these rs part payment of his de-
nclency, and said it would greatly aid
him III paying the balance by Monday
next. II Is his intention, SO he stated,
TO make final settlement on Monday,
but feared lie would be unable to do so
il the Court refused to accept these
orders.
Iaeso orders are all countersigned
by Mr.. Hickman, and as he had accept
ed them, the same rs money, he
thought the Court should accept them
from him.
Mr.. Hutchison said he was not in
favor OF accepting the orders. He was
aware thai the orders were for work
done before the Five Commissioners
act was passed, and while he had no
doubt but they were genuine, he
thought it would DO better to let the
matter go over until the next meeting,
and refer Il to Mr.. Hickman.
Mf. Mckee again asked the Court to
accept tho orders, but on motion OF
MI Jolls, the matter was laid over un-
Til tho next meeting.
The five members of the Court who
visited the Home for Friendless Chill,
dren In the morning, reported that
they found the institution In an excel
lent condition.
Court then adjourned until 10 o'clock
Tuesday, June 28d.