Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-06

nc matter or tho payment of road
taxes at the hands Of Receiver of Taxes
Dickey was then discussed at some
length by the members OF The levy
court. The road commissioners p.esent
were;
Blackbird-E. +, Davis, John l.. Sim
mons.
pencader-M. T. Davis
New Csstle--J. D. Japv,.p a I'd ,-sIrrel
Landers.
Approximately 6. Kr.uan c, j.
&. Qears.
Blandywin+ " Il. Oiss& frank
po'itedemanyc. Diarh WrbltAY
He'd l.ion W!.a2m BeaA. Henry
i.isier.
Christians -G~ngs +. Ely, L. P.
Hicks, N. l. Dcrrickson
The road oummlsstrssis desired to
know how tie road ia was to be paid;
whether or not Receiver of Taxes
Dickey proposed TO homer orders pre-
scented to him by persons who had done
work on the roads IN the county, the
orders having been signed by the three
commissioners IL the hundred After
the matter had been discussed By the
Levy Court with no definite results, the
road commissioners were advised to 20
into session IL the ante-room and report
70 the court at 2 p. m. what they had
accomplished.
When the Levy Court convened at 9
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon in the court
house, the road tax question again came
up for discussion. The road commits
sioners had retired to the ante room to
talk the question over and draft resolu-
tons To be presented 70 the Levy Court
at the afternoon sessin. The commits
sioEetN apparently awaited to see what
action the court wpa Il take upon the
following petition. ao elnusted ~ William
NJ. Bfack!n CT CnJ.erb y. hundred,
which specified As fo,lr~s
That the road commiss,a. - Christi
ana hundred. New Castle coesty. are in
debted to your petitioner in Inc sum OF
S62 for work aud labor perform by him
upon the public roads IN said dnired
since May lst 1880, as appears by the bill
OF items hsrcunto answered. That being
So indch''., sb' said ru;.d commissioners
gave 10 Soli patitiones on July 25th, 1891
an oroci upon lohD : .sickey, receiver OF
! u xes AMI county treasurer for said sum OF
S62 which sald order the said John T.
hickey, receiver of taxes and county
treasurer, refused to accept and returned
to your petitioner on July 18th, 1891, said
order hainH also hereunto annexed
our petironer is advised and believes
that Il !s within the power Of your honor
able b91y = E1thorize the payment of said
| smoun. b Va The sum Of S6l aforesaid,
| aii5 lie tSt1rasre respectfully prays that an
oftsr IGAy % drawn in his favor for said
! 1;ncDnt upon said receiver of taxes and
unontY treasurer to be countersigned by
she n9'rssy comptroller, and which when
hor.srNt rll! De- in full payment and dis.
charge estd lr.debtedness.
Your petiHaHer will ever pray &C.
WILLIAM NJ. BRACKIN.
. Whom tho Levy Court again convened
ct Sniesss they had made up theil
minds .bA hey had no jurisdiction
over the ulunn talked of road tax ques.
uos and 70 Sbhrmed the commissioners
This being Tia ease the petition of Mr..
Pssekir wss Res granted and the matter
tumSins ;uss waere it did before. A road
c.stp nisas$onss IN conversation after
wards, ulssp AxRsd what the commits.
Goncrs prots5ses. Il. de relative to the
Soileutiop OF Yoasl tsAn, and the pay
. Saepi o. claitnz dts pzsSsSs or labor per
formed, ssta TIA; TIC. had decided to
present the or1ris - She county treas
urere fol paynsaps Sild if the money
could not BIZ eeUursd in that way they
would rosort 70 Tia courts.
The building cotnlsittee held a meet
ing Tuesday sfternass and awarded
the CONTRACT for furnishing Lehigh nut
coal fsr the court hsuse during the
coming year to Charles Warner Co., at
94o5 pei ton. The eSAer bidders were
John H. Solomon, ~ 81; George II.
Mccall Cc $4,13; 6 A. Brown, 4.19;
A. L, White, S4.Ss. Combs Coal and
Lumber TO-, $4.80; Ssorge w. Bush &
Sons. Asn9. The bid of John NJ. Solo
mon yes rejected, as the bid designated
not coal instead of Lehigh nut coal
Tho oual will be delivered on Septem-
hor list
Before the building committee ad.
jousnsd it decided to call special
meeting a Tuesday rext and employ a
boiler expert to examine the boiler In
the besenrnt of ths court house. The
boiler in in bad condition ond in need
OF repairs.
The following bills were passed, a:
read:
John NJ. Eewbold, work done at county
jul. sHs.fsl; Il. +. Blackburn, same, S4.35
. y. blackburn, Levy Court bill, s8l5
jehn I. Wilson, putting new casting in
pkace, Sl2; Isaac R. Brown, constable, tc
Ja5 names, Sll5.75; +. w. Neutze, con.
s1nhle, ~ names SOL. 80: w, McKelyey