Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-29

tion into the State Legislature, pro.
yiding for the government Of New
Castle county by board of three com
missioners. Mr., Williams has made a
study Of the matter of reforming the
system of administering county affairs
and has embodied in the bill such pro-
| visions as will correct the existing faults
in the present system Of county govern.
ment and correct the abuses.
The main features of the bill provide
for dividing the county into three dis.
tricts, for minority representation, the
election of county treasurer and re-
ceiver of taxes, and three auditors
Other provisions Of the bill go into the
details and touch upon minor affairs
The full text of the bill is as follows:
Be il cnactcd by he Senate and House If ReD
| reScitdti0eS Of Tie Stdte Of Dcldwdre IN
General assembly met:
Section /. That the terms of the present
| holding Overt commissioners of the levy
| court OF New Castle county, as well as the
| future terms of the commissioners elect
thereof, who were elected at the last gen
| eral election, shall cease and determine on
the 3lst day of March, 1891, and the said
| levy court from that date shall be abolished
Sec 9. That the county of New Castle
shall be and is hereby divided into three
| districts The city of Wilmington shall he
the First district; the hundreds of Brandy.
wine, Christiana, Mill Creek, White Clay
| Creek and Pencader shall be the Second
| districts, and the hundreds Of New Castle
| Red Lion, st. Georges, Appoqunimink and
Blackbird shall be the Third district.
| Sec 3. That at the general election to be
| held in the year 1892, and every four years
thereafter, each voter of said county shall
vote for two persons for the office OF
| county commissioners and the three per
| sons, one for each of said districts, who
| shall receive the highest number of votes
cast at such election, shall be declared elected
( commissioners, and certified as such by
| the board of canvass, and shall form a
board of county commissioners. Each
commissioner shall be II resident of the
| district for which he shall have been
elected, and shall be a freebooter therein.
| The terms of said commissioners shall
begin on the first day Of January, 1893,
and end on the 3lst day of December, 1896.
IN case of a vacancy occurring in said
| Board of Commissioners, by death, re-
mOval, resignation or otherwise, the gov
ernor, upon proper notice, shall appoint a
| person qualified as aforesaid to fill the
| office till the 3lst day of December next
after the next general election and al such
election q person qualified as aforesaid,
shall be chosen on general ticket for the
remainder if such there be, of the unex-
PRED term of such office. The said board
shall appoint clerk, removable at its
pleasure The said board shall have as
full and complete jurisdiction over all and
every the matters and things now vested
by law in the levy court Of New Castle
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power and duty pertaining thereto as fully
and completely as the said levy court is
now authorized to do, subject, however, to
any restrictions hereinafter mentioned,
and to any provision of law that may be
hereafter enacted in that behalf, The said
board shall keep a fair record of its pro-
ceedings. There shall be no territorial
division of jurisdiction among said com
missioners.
Sec i, That at the general election to be
held i'll the year 1892, and at every general
election thereafter, each voter of said
county shall vote for two persons for audi
tors, and the three persons receiving the
highest number of votes cast ut such cleo
ton, shall be declared elected auditors,
and certified as such by the board of can
vas. The term of office of said auditors
shall begin on the list day of January, and
end on the 3lst day Of December, 1893.
Any vacancy occurring in said body of
auditors shall be filled BY the governor.
Sec. 5. That ii shall be and it is hereby
made The duty Of the governor, on or be-
fore the - day of March next ensuing,
to appoint three persons qualified as pre-
scrihed by section 8 of this act. to be
county commissioners of New Castle
county; and to appoint three other persons
to be auditors of said county; the commits
sioners and auditors SO appointed shall
hold their offices from the LIST day of April,
1891 to the 3lst day Of December, 1892.
The governor shall have power to fill any
vacancies that may occur in either of said
bodies. The commissioners and auditors
appointed under this section shall have all
the power and authority, and shall per-
form all the duties prescribed in this act
for like officers elected as aforesaid
Sec 6. That the commissioners appointed
as aforesaid shall upon their organization
choose person for receiver of taxes and
county treasurer, who shall serve from the
LIST day of April, 1891 to the 3lst day of
December, 1902.
Sec, 7. That, at the general election TO
be held IN the year 1892, and at every
general election thereafter, there shall be
one person elected as receiver of taxes and
county treasurer, his term of office shall
begin on the LIST day of January 1898, and
continue two years If said receiver of
taxes and county treasurer should die
remove from the county, resign. or fail
to give bond as he reinafter prescribed, the
commissioners and auditors Jointly, shall
choose person in his place, for the term,
or remainder of the term aforesaid
Sec. s, That it shall be the duty of the
said commissioners to have prepared from
the assessment lists, as settled by the levy
court for the year 1891, and as shall be set
tied by the said commissioners in succeed
ing years, duplicates of the taxes of each
hundred. for the use of the receiver of
taxes, on or before the LIST day OIL
in every year and shall fix the rates for
county and poor taxes, and issue their
warrant to the. receiver to collect the same,
hundred y book of receipts, which receipts
when delivered upon payment Of taxes,
shall show the amount of the assessment,
real, personal and poll as
sessments, and showing the rates Of |
county poor and road taxes, and the dis |
count or interest, as the case may be, on
the payments, each receipt shall have d /
corresponding stub. The receiver shall |
have his office in Wilmington, and shall |
also attend once, either in person or by |
deputy, in each of the months Off |
------------at the voting place in
each hundred, exclusive of Wilmington,
for the receipt of taxes, due in such hum /
dred or any adjoining hundred; in case
has been or may be divided into
voting districts, he shall attend at the orig
inal voting place of the hundred. At his
office in Wilmington the receiver shall re-
ceive taxes assessed in any hundred of the
county. The receiver shall give proper
notice in two newspapers published in the
,ity of Wilmington Of the times and places
when, and at which he will receive faxes
n the hundreds, exclusive of Wilmington.
His Office hours in Wilmington shall be
from 3 a. IN. to 4 p. m. and once i'm each
week from 6 p. m. to 8 p. M and in the
exclusive of Wilmington lie
shall attend at least for five hours on
very appointed day.
Sec, 0. On all taxes paid before the LIST