Evening journal., 1892-07-19
HEAVY BILLS PASSED
Settlement of Ex-Treasurer
Haman's Executor Accepted.
BIGGs AND REGISTRATION LAWS.

BIGGs AND REGISTRATION LAWS,
He wants to Know How Many Dupii-
Gates to Prepare Says That John Biggs
ana Hon. Charles n. Lore Have Re
fused 20 Advise him The Matter Re
ferred to y. q. bradford Mcmber.'
Allowances Passed.
When the Levy Court met at 1890
o'clock this morning every member of the
financial body was Ia his seat. The mom-
bors all looked hearty and happy and
even the faces of Assessors O'llarra,
Conway, and Whann, who have been
waiting for weeks for their allowances,
had lost their expression of despair.
Clerk Birgs Wants Advice.
The session had only begun when
Clerk of the Peace w. Pierce Biggs
asked 20 be allowed TO make statement.
IL was granted. He said:
II want TO know this | understand
the registration law in the county The
law says that ! am to deliver 60 the
sheriff all the male citizens of 81 years
aud upwards residing i'm each hundred
outside the city of Wilmington. Now
I then-That has 10 be done in August for
/ the registers. Ii the old law for holdin x
elections is still In existence have to de-
! liver the same books to sheriff for the
/ inspectors. We can understand why the
registrars should have these books. but we
can't understand what good the books are
10 The inspectors because the voters vote
from the register books and not from a
certified copy OF the poll book-that Is
for the county.
"ln the registration law for Whining
ton there is not one word said about the
sheriff furnishing the poll books 10 the
registrars; but, in his duties he Is com
PEELED to furnish the poll books TO the
inspectors in October
"rhe question comes up does the new
election law repeal the oldg If not, the
sheriff delivers two sets of books one Ia
the registrar and one TO the inspector in
the rural hundreds. and in the city OF
Wilmington one set to the inspectors
What good Is the certified copy To the in
spectors when the vote Is made on the
registerY
II have referred the matter to Iohr
Biggs and Hon. Charles b. Lore. The,
iailed to give an opinion and | now refer
It TO you. II / have to have the book
printed it will be 300, 600 names for the
city alone. and viii take ten men TIVE
months to do the work. One printing
firm asked me $4,000 to print forty-eigh
Z books while the expense of the two sets
for Wilmington, including the writing
would be 81 d00 The secretary of stat
says he does not understand the law an,
thinks It would he we'll TO have on
lawyer from each side TO interpret IT,
L.. q T..
the members the matter was referred
q to Attorney n. g. Bradford through Com
. missioner Jolls
New Floors for the Jail
4 Commissioner Sutton of New Castl
hundred presented a communicable
b from the Jail Commissioners calling th
attention of the Levy Court 60 the ba
= condition Of the floors on the lower cor
ridor of the jail. The presentation O
+ the communication was supplemented b.
an address by Sheriff simmons, who ad
vocated that the arches be filled in wit
cement The court instructed the ia
!, commissioners TO make the necessar
d improvements
, DIcWhortcr's Three Thousand.
n The sensibilities OF the financial bod
s.. were shocked when exClerk of th
u Orphans Court Charles II. McWhort,
d presented his bill for copying the indicC
b. of his office into the Campbell system
3 Il amounted to $1,000 and was endorse
by the judges of the Superior Court.
l. The ex-clerb was requested to make
q statement lie said the indices EN- race
period extending from 1868 TO 1892
'e The work took fourteen months, 10000
L names were copied and he claimed thi
y he had paid 81, 600 for clerical aid, to sa
nothing of his own time.
,o The bill did not bear the approval q
Comptroller Staats, and consequent
10 no action was taken upon il.
Sc Mr. Jolls presented a detailed stat'
ss meut of the accounts Of the late Count
Treasurer Edmund Haman, bearing Il
Il. certificate of payment Of the balance du
W. 1t was adopted.
The account Of Sheriff Simmon
II, amounting TO S4,3l6 81, was passed.
BIS The general bill OF Clerk OF the Pea
Biggs. amounting to So POP 40, was q
" proved and ordered to be paid.
q. Members Allowances Passed.
The following members allowances
3 June 30, were passed:
l. n. Grubb 80 days 4S4 mile
ie, SlS5O4; H. d. Hickman, ~ days, /
's' miles. S223 6s; Samuel Killgore, 6s day
So sos miles, .S234. 4S; Paul Gillis 81 day
43O miles, S17s.s0; r. G. Buckingham
= 4s days, 597 miles, S179.s2; Robe
iE sutton. ga days, 2fS miles, 5000
u James II. Clark, 62 days, 1,1O0 mil,
S252: Andrew s. Eliason, so days
miles. S202. 8S: John W. Jolls, 81 da,
[ 293 miles, $3.50 5s d, p Hutchisc
6j days, 1922 miles, S27432; r.
an Simpler, II days, 0i4 miles S261s4.
si- Big Expenditure of Money.
The following large bills were pass'
:. Milo n. Bradley, S2s6 40i Robert Sha
= S56.42: New Castle Gas CompaI
$40 lO New Castle Water Woi
HE Company. $500; c. F. Thomas & c
OF $3.50 90: d. b. sMaloney, $40. 80; James
shallcross, $ll4, for registering deat
births and marriages, J. r. Penningti
81 s45. 81 John Schneider Son, 500 %; n
20 Derrickson. SAP 75; GeorgeW Thomps
,e S221. 90. Daniel Doherty, $3.50; Harry
Miller $50: j. G. J. w. Harman, 500.
) 0i Joseph jenkins, S4S 90; Jones Guthi
sS5 News Publishing Company, S
90 tf.orL levy Gfg 30. Constable l.