Evening journal., 1892-11-01

wing report from Receiver OF taxes
hn T. Dickey:
RECEIPTS.
tober.
collectors, delinquent taxes. le@.0i
jlerk OF Peace Biggs. 1900
sale Of old material. $40
Total receipts. ................. s72, ,756.2s
EXPENDITURES.
stober:
Warrants Of all kinds. 23,563.@
y Balance in bank, Nov. 72,7562s
Default In Interest Denied.
After its adoption Commissioner Jolls
id that there had been a report in cir
ilation that the county had defaulted
its interest. He said that there had
zen no default in interest at any time.
1 1891 the Five Commissioners bill, on
pril 2S legislated Treasurer Kelley out
Office. Mr.. Dickey was not appointed
ntil May s. The interest due on May
was not paid then because there was
o official to whom it could be paid: If
lere was any ground for the report,
nat is where it comes from. I'VE want
le record of the court to be as bright as
ossible. he said in closing.
The Home Society First.
Gilbert Cope, an antiquarian, Of West
hester, Pa, called the attention of the
ourt to the old documents stored in the
lft of the Court House He suggested
hat these ancient documents be given to
he Pennsylvania Historical society, or
bound and placed in the Office of the
Jerk Of the Orphans Court. The mat
er was referred to the building commit
ee, and the Delaware Historical society
gill probably have the preference if the
ocuments are TO be given away.
a 1Iagnanimous Registrar.
Mr. Jolls reported to the Levy Court
he magnanimity of Registrar William
Reese, of upper Pencader hundred, who
lad declared that he would make no
.harge for rent or clerk hire for the pur-
pose OF registration.
The payroll for the month was passed.
Election Inspectors Enterprise.
Mr.. Jolls called attention to a Brandy
wine hundred inspector who had already
sent in his bill for election work. He
said it was all right, but little previous.
Mr.. Sutton suggested that all such
''previous" election inspectors should
send in election returns with bills sent
in before election. Sheriff Simmons s
bill of $779 for 176 ballot boxes, inciden.
tai supplies and delivery, was allowed.
There was some informal discussion
about the storage of the boxes and
booths. Mr. Jolls suggested that in the
rural districts the booths he handed
over TO the inspector elect, and the city
booths be stored where the rats cannot
get at them. The matter was left to
the building committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Hutchison an ordei
for $500 was drawn in favor of the con
tractor of Odessa drawbridge.
The DIutilated Records.
Mr.. Jolls called up the mutilateC
record business. He said that he Learned
long before he came to the Levy Cour
never to erase anything with pen-knife
He felt sure that no member of tn
court committed the offense. He thel
called upon Clerk OF the Peace Biggs t.
make a statement. He said:
There is one thing that / can sa
most assuredly, and that is that tn
mutilation was not done in January.
do not know how or when it was done
If IL were done it is strange that MI
Clark and his committee did not motto
it. | can't understand what is to b
gained by it, Error marks and name
have been erased on both Democrats an
Republicans. Any man who will do
will steal More than year ago aske
for safe to keep these books in, but
was never furnished. The last numbe
of erasures find in a book is twenty on,
the largest number is thirty-one
must have been done since the Lev
Court compared the duplicates.
After some discussion the followin
bills for printing the sample ballot an
instructions were passed: EvENIN
JOURNAL, $s4S. 40; Morning New
$S4S.S0.
Mr.. Jolls said that the election la
was going to prove very costly and b
wanted the people to know just exactl
what they were paying for That
bills kept coming in $4,000 would NJ
pay the election expenses of the count,
It was decided that the next meetin
of the Levy Court should be held @
Monday, November Z, in order that I'll
members may carry the ballots to the
hundreds if the inspectors fail to appea
The law provides that the clerk Of tl
peace shall select trustworthy person
and he has selected the members Of Il
Court
The financial body then took recei
until 1.30 o'clock.