Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11
LEY COURT.
The Revising Committee Still at work--
The Poll-tnx List MOL Approachad Yet.

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O'Clock on Thursday. A slight innova-
ton occurred at the opening of bust
ness. 1t was that in calling of the roll
Of the members the roll of assessors was
also called. All the assessors were
present but Mr.. Anderson of Red Lion.
A TRUCE TILL TUESDAY.
Everyone was waiting to hear in
structions from the chair in regard to
the commencement right away of re-
vision work on the Wilmington districts
when suddenly President buckingham
announced that there would be no work
on the Wilmington lists until Tuesday
morning.
"The Wilmington assessors, there
fore" Mr.. Buckingham added, "are dis
charged to that date. The assessors
will please have their transfer books
ready so as to facilitate business"
II have mine seperate," said Mr..
O'Hara. "The head taxes are in one
book and tie property taxes in another"
Work was commenced on Thursday
IN revising the assessment lists of Apo
quinimink, Christiana and Mill Creek.
Pencader was finished yesterday week.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR NAME.
The revising committee has quite
some trouble in regard to the irregular
way Of writing names. However they
are guiding themselves by the following
| clause of the Registration act of 1891.
Section 5-rhe name Of the person ap-
| plying to be registered, written in full, Tor
his Christian name, and also any other
name by which he is generally known,
written in full, with the initial or initials
of any other name or names which he
may have in addition thereto):
Under this ruling the name, j. r.
Smith, is insufficient. 1t should be
written John L. Smith or ]. Thomas
Smith.
Notes Of such inaccuracies are being
made, so that they can be corrected by
Levy Court motion in March, This is
done in order that the registration and
court record book be the same and
according to law.
Court adjourned to $50 p. m.
Friday morning Court commenced
again its work of revision of the hun
drec assessment lists. 1t is being done
very carefully and with exact attention
to legal requirements.
Three hundreds, those of Pencader,
APPOINTMENTS and Blackbird were
finished at noon Friday. The returns as
handed to the clerk are as follows
LISTS THAT ARE COMPLETED.
We, the committee appointed to ex-
anime the assessment of Blackbird hun
dred Tor the year 1892. have completed the
same and find ii to contain 1872 names and
entries; and also 204 dogs, and recommend
the allowance for the same be made.
ROBERT l,. SIMPLER,
ISAAC N. GRuBB,
Committee.
The report from Messrs. Hutchison
and Grubb for Appoquinimink hun
dred, reported 297 names and 42S dogs.
The report from Pencader by the COM
mittee, Messrs. Eliason and Clark, gave
107 names and All dogs.
The assessors for the three hundreds
were dismissed from further attendance
at court until the first Tuesday in
March, when "appeal days" commence.
Examination of the lists of Christiana,
White Clay Creek and St. Georges hun
dreds, are now being held.
Comparison of the figures of last
years lists show for Blackbird hundred,
65 names and 222 dogs against 1872 and
204 for '92; for Appoquinimink, 145
names and 432 dogs as against 297 and
42s this year; for Pencader, 81 names
and $3.50 dogs against 107 and Ali this
year.
AN "oRDER IN COUNCIL"
1t is known that an important "order
in council" was issued from the Repub-
lican chief managers Thursday under
which instructions the policy of full
and complete purging of the assessments
will be made. These orders refer
especially to the Wilmington hundred
districts lists in regard to which a
rigorous scrutiny will be made.
COMPLETE PuRGINe OF THE LISTS.
Although most rigid scrutiny is
promised, yet the radical demands of
certain extremists among the younger
Republicans, the young firebrands are
condemned. The political propaganda
at Seventh and Shipley streets has got
its instructions that full hearing is to
be given both sides in open Levy Court.
Whenever testimony or any allegation
in regard to any disputed name is made
there is to be slow and patient hearing,
and the testimony will be carefully
i
be no hasty, hot-headed work. What
is proposed to be pursued to the death
is that names of persons living in one
assessment district Of this hundred are
! not to be allowed on another, even if
not otherwise assessed. In the latter
case there must be correction to be
rectified in March. The names of per-
sons living outside the city it is prom
lscd will be in every instance dropped.
II is claimed that everything will be
done under the strict letter of the law.
There will be no such thing as hur-
ried revision of the lists.
All the members of the Wilmington
revision committee are ready now but
Mr.. Clark He will be released from
his work on the st. Georges list prob
ably early next week, when the Will
mington committees will commence
their work.
Adjournment was made at noon to
1.30 p. m.
The work of revising the assessment
lists was continued ut Friday after
Moons session Of the Levy Court.
The revising committee on Christiana
hundred lists Samuel Killgore and Presi-
dent Richard G.. Buckingham, handed in q
certificate of al names and entries OF G55
male and p female dogs. The report was
accepted and the assessor discharged from
further attendance ut the court.
President Buckingham announced the
following standing committees for the
current year:
On Finance-John W. Jolls, James II.
Clark, Paul ellis, Isaac n. Grub, Samuel
Killgorc.
ON Buildings-Messr buckingham
Hutchison, Simpler, Eliason and Sutton.
Court adjourned ut $50 p. m. TO 10 a. m.
Tuesday.
Tuesday was great day Of the revis-
ion of the Wilmington assessment lists.
Large numbers of people had already