The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-24
FIFTH EDITION.


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IChancellor's Court held In tile United
States District Court room. resumed
It's session. The room was again
crowded. Mr.. Spruance who was speak.
ing when the court adjourned last
Iovening, resumed his speech this fore
moon.
Chancellor Salisbury wanted Mr..
ISpruance TO explain whether the Lev
Court had any Inherent organic iuris
dictlon or whether its power is CON
IfeIIed by statunry law.
MIR. Spruance preferred not TO ans
wer now but farther on.
lie then reviewed the power OF tho
Levy Court under the old law, and re-
TERED to tho class of persons tho as
SCISSOR had right to assess, which law
WAS never changed, either ly the law
Iof 1873 nor by theumended .aw of 1881.
In reference TO the clerk OF tho peace
being fined $40 for every name he did
lnot put on his duplicates that was on
the assessments Mr. Spruance held
that only applied under the law of 1873
but that the law Of 1881 released him
lof that penalty.
MIR, Spruauco at length reviewed tho
amended law OF 1881 and contended
the Legislature wanted to restore the
Levy Court to the power II possessed
before the law of 1881 was pass by
placing in Section 9, the word "ie-
lgally. "
1t was never intended that there
Should be two llsts-onc tho assessors
land the other the one revised by tho
Levy Court. The clelk of the peace
must take the one revised by the Levy
Court. II this construction is wrong
then the amendment goes for nothing.
The Legislature intended to mako the
change, bat the word legally" makes
mo change In the old law.
Mr., Spruance said that 1t was not
beyond the possibility OF some enter
ipristng politicians to pad the assess
mont lists with fictitious names while
the lists were in the hands of the as
SCISSOR. The other side contends that
this assessment shall stand, that 1t
must not be- interferei with.
= MIR. SpruanCe referred TO an assessors
return. Somebody says they are
fraudulent. How is it to ba ascertain
ed2 by the Levy Court, They sum-
mon the assessor before them. They
ask him II he knows that man. He
saysno. They ask how his name came
to he upon the listsi He says it was
handed to him. DO you know the man
they ask. He says he does not.
Then what is that name doing upon
tho assessment lists? 1t has no right
to be there. Tho assessor must know
personally that tho man he assesses
lives in his district. Those he does
not know comes before him with a
voucher at the proper time, Some
body else knows the man. Lazy Courts
ARE generally Intelligent, honest men,
lcotu petetent to revise assessment lists
They are tha court that has exclusive
jurisdiction under the st I ties of tho
State and having such able counsel AZ
Alr, Bradford seldom make a mistake.
II they take u legal name off wIlfuily
they ought to be punished but they
can no more DO held for an error in
Judgment than your Honor can.
Mr. Lore said In his speech show us
how to purge the lists OF fraud, and
We Will join YOU. We have shown
him. 1t must be done by the Levy
Court. Padded" is now popular
word, sometimes it is called Stuffed"
a slang phrase always arises for every
leXiSeney.
Il boss that job" is often used and
away back in New York corruption 1t
was What are you going TO d. about
ut =" Tho waylha5 been pointed out to
purge the lists is my learned friend on
the other side going 10 step aside with
the question, What are you going to
] do about itT
! Mi. Spruanco then went on to show
THAT nothing could he expected from
1.-The receiver of taxes. His purging of
the lists would all be OF the opposite
party.
Mr.. Sprnance told what trouble he
had TO get tho taxes paid for mon
working on his farm down in Black
bird hundred and didn't got them all
pald afterwards. The only check to
fraud Is In the Levy Court.
Mr.. Spruance, addressing tho Cham
,celor said lie did not believe lie would
grant an Injunction under the circum-
stances He then showed that W. +.
Briggs, the complainant, had no stand
ling IN the court, and ut 1.30 p. IN. he
was reading law references. Ex-Sccre-
tary Bayard will speak this afternoon.
J DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup Is staple
ARTICLE In tho market. The demand for
IT was never greater than now. The
people find it Indispensable, and will
mot he without il at any price. Only
costs % cents.