The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-06

AAsA pyyHk ENSuxNAD.
An Injunction Granted Against Put
ting the A0o0 on the Tex Duplicates
To BE Argued Before the Chancellor
Next Friday.
The Democrats. determined that the
county shall not avail itself OF 10000
additional taxes that should 20 into
| the treasury, have at last succeeded In
! getting out An Injunction fiom Cham
cellcr Salisbury enjoining the Levy
Court from placing the names OF over
1900 persons upon the tax duplicates
who have been returned as delinquents,
but who have receipts to show that
their taxes are paid.
II was last Tuesday that the Levy
Court ordered these names to be placed
upon the duplicates and the following
day John H. Rodney Esq, went down
to Dover and acquainted Chancellor
Salisbury with tho case.
On the following Thursday evening
the subject matter for the issuing Of
the injunction was sent to the Chancel-
lor.
The Injunction Is issued at the In
stance OF John Mealey one OF the sure.
ties OF George W. Mckee collector OF
taxes for the southern district Of VIII
mington.
The papers were all prepared and
ready to be sent down, TO Dover this
morning In the O'Clock train, so that
the Injunction could be issued In limo
to serve on Clerk OF the Peace Biggs
and the committee OF the Levy Court
engaged In preparing the list to be
placed upon the duplicates, before they
had time to have any names trans
ferred this forenoon,
Charles H. MeWhorter Clerk OF the
Court OF Chapcery, and Mr.. Mealey
were at the depot before IL o'clock
this a. m, and SO was Mr.. Rodney.
Mr.. McWhorter was to administer
thu oath to Mr.. Mealey between IL
O'Clock and one minute after 30 that
the Sabbath would not be violated In
luck would haze It the train was be-
hind about a half an hour, 80 there was
no necessity for Mr.. McWhorter, snap
ping Mr.. Mealoy of with half or a
short oath, but in the presence Of Mr..
Rodney tho oath was pronounced fully
sonoriously, solemnly, and Mr.. Mealey
never kissed maiden's cheek more
rapturously than he did the lid of the
Holy Book as to the truth OF the con,
tents OF the paper certified by Mr.. Nc
Whorter and handed over to Mr.. Rod.
, ney to tote of to Dover.
The train arrived ut 100 q. M. and
carried Mr.. Rodney off to Dover
Chancellor Salisbury was hurried UT
out OF his bed before the usual houl
by Mr.. Rodney, but Rodney's ride to
Dover was not half SO exciting nor SO
patriotic as Rodney's ride from Sus
sex to Independence Hall, Philadelphia,
lis years before.
The cut and dried papers were hasti-
!, ly got together, eyeletted, signed, red
tapped, and handed back to Mr.. Rod.
ney, who boarded the $50 a. m. trair
, from Dover and arrived at Whining
ton at 942. Messrs. Hutchinson
Jolls, and Gillis the committee of the
Levy Court, arrived In Wilmington or
an earlier train and were at work Oh
/ the 1000 list when Mr.. Rodney got To
, the Court House with his injunction
J from the Chancellor. Notice was speed
+ ly served on Clerk Of the Peace Biggs
and the Levy Court Committee and
} instantly all work ceased.
The receipts Of the 1000 were care
| fully bundled up, again the books were
closed, Mr.. Joll5 went off to talk the
7 matter over with Edward G. Bradford
/ Esq, the attorney for the court, and
Mcssrs. Hutchinson and Gillls looked
| at each other and smiled.
D 1UO DI0Ntlllb dllJbIliUN
being done to the tax-duplicates until
| the Chancellor or the Court OF Errors
/ and Appeals decide what ls to be done
and all parties interested are cited tC
appear before the Chancellor on Friday
next at 10 O'Clock to have the case ar
gued.
The Chancellor can decide the same
i day or he can reserve his decision un
: til some future day as to whether the
r Injunction can be made perpetual
/ and when his decision is given 1t cor
, be appealed from by either side to the
Court Of Errors and Appeals. Unless
F; amlcable arrangements prevail 1t may
/ be Hong time before Receiver Dicltey
| gets his duplicates for the collection
OF taxes.
1t has Just been discovered that by
the peculiar wording OF the law tina
the collectors cannot be held response
7 BILE for the taxes collected by then
. from persons who have been returned
as dellnquents.
1t is but Just to Mr.. MoWhorter ant
Mr.. Rodney to say, that instead o.
William ii. Lee being present at the
: midnight meeting, assisting In fixing
up the papers. he was not present, MOI
did he, so far as those gentlemen know
know anything about what they wer,
doing.