Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-18

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1898; Amos A. Eastburn, So. rs; Patrick
Fahey, $239.26; Thomas Pagan & Co.
$25S; James l.. Willis, sl33; Peter Il,
Cooper, $15; f. T.. Carpenter, SIS; II.
Il. Ward, $50; J. L. Hawkins, $685..
The account of the auditors Of the
county controller and the county COM
missioner and trensurer's annual state
ment: A. g. Wilson, $3.50; Thomas
Holcomb, $215; Henry Baird, 1915;
Charles y. Sparks, $50; L. w. Palmer,
1914; +. ]. Reynolds, $15; Appoquini-
mink, SAL; Homeopathic Hospital, $500.
Court then resumed the business Of
revising the the assessment lists.
RED LION ASSESSMENT.
Chairman James II. Clark of the Red
Lion hundred revising committee re-
ported 81 names and entries and 2l5
dogs. The report was ordered filed.
Adjournment was then made to 1 p. m.
VISITORS FROM SUSSEX.
At the afternoon session a commit
tee of the Sussex county Levy Court,
comprising Il. q. Short of Gumboro
hundred, George X. Phillips of Broad
Creek, b. Lange Robinson of Dagsboro,
Samuel Fisher of Cedar Creek, and B..
+. Gorday of Seaford, dropped into the
Levy Court chamber to pay a friendly
visit to the New Castle county commits
sloners. They were cordially received.
The members of he'committee were on
their way to Kennett Square, Pa, to in
spect an improved road machine with q
view to introducing it in Sussex county.
NEW CASTLE ASSESSMENT
Chairman Sutton. for the revision
committee for New Castle hundred, re-
ported as follows: Seven hundred and
seventeen names and entries and SAB
male and Al female dogs. The report
was accepted and ordered filed with the
clerk of the peace.
The critical work of comparing the poll
tax assessment list of Wilmington liun-
dred with the Levy Court record COM
menced Tuesday afternoon.
very few people were present hardly
any one indeed but the levy courtmen,
the assessors and the reporters. BY and
by Others dropped in.
1t was interesting of course to notice the
method OF the comparison for. as nobody
denies, on its results may possibly depend
The political color of New Castle county,
that is to say, the state.
II is interesting also iii presence of the
opinion delivered by H. G. Bradford the
Levy Court attorney yesterday; also that
Chairman Henry d. Hickman of the Will
mington revision committee holds an en-
tirely different opinion, although that in
turn, his ellow-committeemer Aessrs.
Clark and Hutchinson believe as Mr.. Brad
FORD asserts that names may be added dur
ing February; and the present revision is
also interesting in view of the united
opinion among the Democratic members
of the Levy Court that the assessors re-
turns should be allowed to stand intact
l. g. names should be neither added nor
not taken from except in such manner as
the law directs.
ADDING AND TAKING FROM.
At the present moment of course the
Republicans are not so light anded and
independent in the direction Of taking
names from the Wilmington assessment
list as they are in adding after they
have received the stiifening up of the at
torney's opinion"
THE LISTS WILL DE PURGEp.
Yet as President buckingham stated
Tuesday afternoon from the chair the
Republicans are determined to purge the
Wilmington assessment lists" Curiosity
OF course is aroused as to what is meant by
TINS purging. On what grounds, or ON
what evidence. will the purging be accom-
plished. Will the evidence to take names
from the list be taken from Republican
sources alone2 or will it be fairly and
from both sides?
vi course II is not to be supposed for
one moment that Democrats will stand idly
by and allow the partisan majority of the
Levy Court to assumeillegal authority. The
statutory restrictions of the members of
the Levy Court and the limit of their
jurisdiction Is clearly understood.
THE SEVENTH WARD.
The Third district, that of Assessor
was the first taken up and the
commencement. was made on the Seventh
ward. This was about go o'clock.
Assessor Whann produced Il typewriter
list OF names and Mr.. Clark also produced
a typewriter list of names. The latter
was unlike Mr.. Whann's. although in
what respect it is not known.
Calling off was commenced at the Al.
some half-a-d dozen names had been passed
when that of Ezekial Anderson was
reached when as that name was already in
he office record Mr.. Hickman put in
protest against Assessor Whann putting a
cross against il in his list.
After some discussion as to whether i'm
mediate action be taken on the names it
was arranged that lists be kept as the work
progresses and at the close action then be
AIKEN OIL the matter.
~ hiiht vi -, III. revision
had not been completed in the BIS, Seventh
ward Third district.
Attorney II. Il. Bradford was ordered TO
1nter satisfaction on the official bond of K,
!. Cam, collector of takes for Pencader
hundred in 1S30-i0. The bond had never
been satisfied, although the assessments
were settled as soon rs the collectors time
was out. X. t. Cam is still living, but
both of his sureties are dead.
Levy Court then adjourned to 10 q clock
Wednesday morning,
Levy Court proceeded in its routine |
work Yesterday. The scrutiny of the |
loll-tax assessment list Seventh whTd.
Third district which was commenced yes |
erdny afternoon was continued this morn |
ng.. The comniitte has reached as far as |
he letter G. About 80 names have been
placed upon the memorandum list for |
'uture action of the COMMITTEES.
1t is not supposed that the Seventh ward |
'eyision will be finished this week.
During the mornings session the follow |
ng names were vouched for and accepted, |
although the court did not at the time |
,rder the names put on:
Levi >. Naylor, poll, 5000; St. Georges
voucher, Levy Courtman Sim
Her. George u. Davis, Eighth ward, |
loucher, George NJ. ID. Watson. Hugh 4. |
3rown, Sixth ward, voucher, Frank Nc
,loskey.
The official who acted as notary was
Deputy Clerk of the Levy Court Frazer
lliason and not Clerk of the Peace Biggs.
dr. Eliason is the deputy OF the clerk Of |
he peace as well as of the clerk of the Levy
)ourt.
MR.. BIGGs' POSITION
Clerk of the Peace W. Pierce Biggs was
cen yesterday by representative of |
The GAZETTE in regard to his position
m the acceptance by HIM of the assessors
lists.
"You see," Mr.. Biggs said taking up for
Illustration the Brandywine assessment
ist. this was handed to the Levy Court
III February ID. There was not scratch
lpon it at the time. These names dndi-
ating several here and there along the
,ages through which ink lines had been
raWn1 were strurk mt since