Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24


allowed 81 for serving as doortender at the
court house return day a warrant for 81,
which had been drawn in favor of Uriah
Drake, was cancelled and the amount
drawn in favor Of Henry Viagofski.
MIR. JollS, of the committee on registra-
NiOn and election expenses, read long list
OF bills contracted in the registration of
voters in districts outside Of Wilmington.
They included the pay of registrars, room
rent and the cost of printing and posting.
He SAID the committee had decided TO
cut down the bill of Rnssitcr a. Co. for
printing: 1t had been returned because it
was not in proper form and not approved
by any registrars. The compauy's aggre-
gate charge for printing alphabetical lists
was so while other printers had charged
only from $3.50 to $40 for the same kind
of work.
The committee. he stated had hesitated
on bill from Diamond Printing Com
1any. The company had charged $3.50
fur printing registration notices, and sent
IN bill for similar amount for notices
ordered.
The bill of Held & Co. also had been cut
down: For printing alphabetical lists it
also charged $50.
A bill from George w. Eckes for rent,
amounting TO 81 had been cut down by
the committee to S2l.
II was n remarkable fact. Mr.. Iolls re
marked, that West Pencader hundred had
presented no claims for room rent or clerk
hire. West thristiara hundred had pre-
sented no claims for room rent.
The list of bills MS approved by the COM
mittce amounted to S741.
Mr.. Jnlls said he thought the difference
between $40 and $50 for printing alpha
bctiCul lists WAS too wide and lie h0ped
the court would sustain the committee on
the cut made. The committee had not
acted on bills for clerk hire or on the bills
from the nOtaries who certified to the reg
istrar's books. He declared the law does
not make any provision for those bills and
said the law could be remedirl when the
General Assembly meets Besides being
allowed So for seven days the registrars
had been allowed the extra SO provided
for by law.
on his motion the list submitted by the
committee was approved and orders were
directed to be drawn in favor of the re-
spcctive parties for the amounts men
TONED in the list.
A resolution presented Mt a previous
meeting, authorizing Gilbert Cope of West
Chester to arrange alphabetically the
marriage licenses stored III the court house
and have them bound. preparatory to
being deposited in the Office OF the clerk
of the peace, the cost of the work to not
exceed $50, was taken up. Judge tirubb
was asked to express his views and recOn-
mended that the work be done and that
Mr.. Cope do it. After brief discussion
the resolution was adopted.
Next the committee on registration and
election bills presented the bills for hold
ing the general election in the districts
outside of Wilmington. The bills APP
proved by the committee aggregated
sl,73S.O3. They included the pay Of in
spect2rs, room rent, &c. Each Inspector
was allowed five days pay and mileage.
nj "a, m tf,F
James Mclaughlin, who asked $50 for q
booth which he erected himself and 81 for
gus fixtures. One election officer charged
70 cents for 20 yards Of rope and another
charged 81 for SO pounds. Some of the
bills for lifting mp rooms in which to hold
the election ran up to $50. In explanation
thereof il was stated that they had been
fitted up as permanent places in which to
hold elections. A man named Smith
charged $2l93 for fitting up II room, which
sum did not include the cost of the booth.
For one election place So yards of rope
stairway and another closed his barber
'hop in order to provide election places.
The bills approved did not include pay
for the voters assistants Mr.. ,lolls said
he thought the inspectors had done their
duty AZ they understood it. The only bill
To which he was opposed was Mr.. Nc
Laughlin's $. Room rent had been cut down
to So
The list of bills submitted by the COM
mittce was approved and orders were di-
rected to be drawn.
The question of allowing voters assist
ants So per day was referred to the COM
mittce with instructions to report at the
next meeting, as was also the question of
compcnsating the registrars clerks.
Harry McCaullcy was sworn in as asses,
sor of New Castle hundred.
Recess until o'clock was taken.
When the Levy Court convened Tues
day afternoon many small bills were pre-.
sented and passed.
The Journal Printing Company sent in
bills aggregating $1,000. the cost of ma.
tcrials purchased to publish the official
ballot in the EteniRg Journal.
Not waiting for motion to be offered
members of the court began to discuss the
bills and criticise their presentation.
Mr.. Clark alluded to the fact that the
company had been allowed Ss4s.S 80 Noyem.
her list for publishing the ballot and de.
clared that the bills under consideration
were paid when the bill for printing the
ballot was passed. lie thought it strange
hat the company should send i'll bills fol
the materials used after the court bad paid
the bill for the printing and expressed the
opinion that that payment was a settlement
of all costs.
Mr.. Jolls explained that the bills had
been handed in by the company with the
statement that the materials had to ht
bought expressly for use i'll publishing tht
ballot and that they were of no use to i
now.
Mr.. Hutchinson said it had been sug
Cested that the bills be torn up and thrown
III the scrap basket.
To bring the matter properly before thu
court. Mr.. Clark made perfunctory mo
tion that the bills be paid after which HI
announced that they had not been APP
proved by Comptroller Stats. His mo
tion was defeated, and consequently the
bills were rejected.
, William !. Hamilton was allowed So
for watching the ballots while they wert
at the court house.
President Buckingham had on his desk
bill for SIG, which he had received from
John s. Mullins, editor and publisher o
the Falkland Quiz. Mr.. Mullins desiret
notice in his paper. Since the publication
had not been ordered Mr.. buckingham die
not present the bill to the court.
EN-Sherif Simmons was allowed tn
following:
Boarding and feeding prisoners from
September 18th TO November l9th. - {",ss3 !?
Commitments for saIne................ ls2i
Writ III habeHs Orpus..............--.. ~
Two attachments. .....,............. ~
SubpHnas before the grand inquest,
November term, 1892. .......... 4hO
SubpPnas before the November term,
Grand Jury, court of general sessions,
Nine DAYS attendance at orbhans court iii
Six days attendance at court Of
chhncery Observation-Disclosures. w
One hat rack for jail corridor (si6) and
one pair of hand cuffs .5l.. ......... GIG
Two dorkets for judges and attorney
Two months service IN connection with