Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
Levy Court.
Statement In Regard to Mutilnted
Records.

Records.
The Levy Court had u very busy session
Tuesday morning.
duced and asked that the documents stored
IN the attic Of the court house, some of
which hu said were marriage licenses of
the past century, be arranged in chro-
nologiGul order and he kept in tho office of
the orphans court or be given to the Penn
sylvania Historical Society. His petition
was referred 10 the building committee.
Mr.. JOlls called attention to the law re-
gardng clerks 10 the registrars of voters
in the rural districts and stated that while
IL provides for the appointment of clerks il
makes no provision for their pay.
Mr. lIutchison said he had heard that
Senator Gray had declared that il the
Levy Court refused to pay the clerks the
State would have to pay them but he thc
scnatOr) believed the court would pay.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on asscSsors ANA inspectors with in
structions to consult the attorney OF the
court.
The committee was directed TO prepare
the payroll of the registration and cleo
| ton officers and when IL has completed
that work to certify the payroll in the
| presence of the court.
Mr.. Hutchinson said some of the regis
| tratiun bills which are being sent in are
large, and mentioned two of Sl73 each.
| Some Of the rural registers are charging 50
! per day for coming here to be sworn in.
| The bills are sweet murscls, Mr.. ilutchl-
son remarked. They were referred to the
committee ON assessors and inspectors.
II was resolved that all bills contracted
| by the registrars must be endorsed BY them
before the court will consider them.
MIR. Buckingham said charges of 50 each
are being made up his way for the rooms
in which the election is to be held. Mr..
al. NJ. anl1
| being made for rooms down his way He
did not think the court could set a price to
be paid for the use of the rooms, for that
| would he setting price on Il mans prop
| erty. Mr., Grubb thought the court could
make n uniform price. The matter was
| left in the hands of the committee on as
SCISSORS and inspectors.
Mr.. JOls said ii ought to go on record
that William Reese of Pencader hundred
| is not charging for clerk hire or anything
else.
The payroll of county officials was
| passed.
Sheriff Simmons reported that during
October the stone pile gangs time roll
| amounted To 2UA hours. that 60 cart
loads of stone had been shipped for
macadcmiaing roads and that - carloads
! Of stone had been received from the
| Wilmington ~ Northern railroad.
| Many bills were ordered paid. The sum
| of $500 was appropriated for Hopkins
bridge, Delaware Construction Company
was allowed II. 800 on account and A. H.
Morrison was allowed $500.
The two city papers, NclCS and Journal
| which published the official ballot, sent in
| bills of SsiS.S0 each. After some discus
| sion they were allowed. Mr.. Clark thought
the bills ought to be looked into. They
| were twice us large rs the bills for printing
| licenses.
Mr.. Julls said the constitutional convcn-
| ton election cost 81, 5O5 and the coming
| election will cost not less than SIT, 900. II
| the thing is kept up at the present rate the
4 coming election will cost more than Sl7 900.
| He was glad the clerk of the peace had not
| gone any further than he did in publish
| ing the official ballot. He could have put
| it in every weekly paper in the county.
Mr.. Buckingham said whoever framed
| the law framed il regardless of cost.
Mr.. Jolls called attention to the fact that
| election bills are being sent in before the
election has been held Mr.. Sutton sar-
castically remarked that the result of the
election should be sent in now also.
The building committee was instructed
to provide n proper place for storing the
| election booths and ballot boxes.
Sheriff simmons was allowed S770 for
ballot boxes, &c.
The county comptroller reported a bal
ancc Of Si7, 3i2.3l in hand.
| Mr.. Jolls asserted that the county had
not defaulted in its interest.
Clerk Of the Peace Biggs said his records
had been mutilated and the mutilatiun
had been done since January. lie could
not understand what could be gained by
the mutilation. Names hud been scratched
and changed. The lowest number of
changes ia one book was q and the
highest ~. Names of Republicans and
Democrats both had been changed. lie
did not know who mutilated the books.
MIR. lolls said members of the court did
| not do it.
twas decided that when the court adj
lonrned il be to meet next Monday after
nuun, at 2 O'clock, when ballots will be
distributed. Recess until l.3O o'clock was
taken
At the meeting of Levy Court Tuesda Y
afternoon an additional appropriation Of
$500 for Pcncader hundred was made.
The court adjourned to meet next Monday.