Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-29
,und the county bonded debt to be as fol-

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AS to the court house debt, no part of it
can be paid before July list, ls!4, for such
is the provision OF the Gertiticateof indcbt-
edness. issued July lst, 1879; therefore,
until lSitl, there will be no demand upon
the taxpayers except for the Senii-annual
payment Of interest 1T a per cent
The almshouse debt has thus far been
cared for by the trustees Of the almshouse
property, trust created by an act Of the
General Assembly, March Both. 1888. The
principal has been reduced by the payment
OF $4,000 10 @2iu,OJO and this committee
is Informed that the trustees will continue
to provide for the maturing bonds for sew
eral years to come; therefore until the
trustees have exhausted their resources
there will probably be no demand on the
taxpayers except for interest
THE COUNTY pEnT.
The county debt of $3.50 900 was reduced
by the payment of $1,000 in July last,
and he tax levy of the present year con
templates the payment of $4,000 next
july
Attention is directed to requirement of
the Act Of General Assembly of March
2Sth 1883, that pes cent Of the principal
sum of 500 900, or $4,000 shall be paid
annually which was not for several years
prior to 1891 met, for there is the sum Of
SBl,O0O bearing an unnecessary high rate
of interest now past due and unpaid there
fore ii is recommended that legislative
action be obtained to refund this maturcd
debt at II lower rate of interest.
This committee also found floating
debt Of SS3 900 which with the accrued in
tcrest was paid by the application of the
$4,000, received from the Trustees of the
Poor. under the provisions Of chapter 10,
Laws Of Delaware, and from the tax levy
of lS0l.
When this committee made the estimate
for lS9l, it was thought that the amounts
due from the collectors of taxes for the
balance Of 1859 and 1880, would liqmdate
all claims against the county, other than
the floating debt of Ss5,uD0. But Of the
amounts due from collectors of taxes,
there still remain unpaid, us follows:
From Duval Gibbs ..........S 2,05t 80
From John ]. DOugherty.. ........ 1855 43
From John y. Mullan. 1860
which II is hoped may soon become avail
able Executions we're issued on the Of
ical bonds of the abOyc-named collectors
of taxes without however elIccting collcc.
tions OF the amounts due. In the case of
Dougherly there has been an appeal to the
courts which has not vet been passed In
the case Of Gibbs and others it was con
sidercd best for the interests of the county
to be indulgent towards the Sireties
The tax levy Of ls0l was expected 10
realize SD, ,3ii.nl, but at this time the
actual results are not known TO the com
mittee, nor to the comptroller, and therein
lies defect in the law of April 2Sth, 1891.
There is no provision whereby the actual
sum to be realized can be determined. The
cXtnguishment of all taxes except on
real and other property and persons as
sessed Herewith" on May lst, disposes of
the uncollected poll taxes; but the deter
mination Of errors in the property assess
ment is not provided for, and, until the
amount of such errors is determined, there
can be no final settlement; and again, the
time when there should be an adjustment
is indefinite that time being determined
by the receiver Of taxes and county treas
urcr.
The committee recommends that actual
errors be usCertained not later than MAY
Slst, and the amount that the tax levy is
to yield be determined. thereby definitely
fixing a responsibility upon the delinquent
tax collectors to collect 4 specified sum.
An approximate statement Of the results
Of the tax levy of 1891, may be stated as
follows:
sum total of duplicate. 1924 ,3i4.0l
Amount collected. d.............,. 2Ol ,G57. go