Evening journal., 1894-03-06
VOUCHERS MUST KNOW
Bradley and Johnson Are
Without an Occupation.
LBvY COURT MAKES A NEW RULE

A Man Cannot voHoh for Two or Three
Hundred Men who Want to Get on the
Assessment-NeArly Twenty-Five Thou
sand Poll TaHabIss en- the Wilmington
Hundred Assessment.
Levy Court transacted some business
other than the revision Of the assessment
this morning After the monthly pay
roll had been passed, the assessors OF
Red Lion, st. Georges and White Clay
Creek hundreds were discharged, their
work having been completed.
Among the mass OF bills passed was
the claim Of Morris Wilson, Of Brandy
wine hundred. for sheep killed by dogs
The damage was $i01.
The delinquent tax collectors were al
lowed $629.l7, commissions on tax col
ected.
The Brandywine and Blackbird hun
dred assessors were also discharged.
AS this WAS the first day for putting
on the names OF taxables not assessed the
Republican heelers had a number
Of men on hand TO be put on bg
voucher. Francis s Bradley seemed to
be In command. The first quibble arose
when Albert G.. Pierce. driver for the
Abattoir Cold Storage Company, appeared.
He gave bis name and said he lived in the
Tenth ward. The assessment of that ward
showed the name Of alfred @. Pierce
Assessor WhRnn and Sheriff Gould we're
willing TO vouch that his name was AL
Pierce, but could not say whether II was
Albert or Alfred. They were not ac-
cepted, and Pierce left TO get someone
who knew more about him.
President Scott, addressing Francis
S. Bradley, said:
I'VE shall require and demand that a
man shall personally know a man for
whom he vouches, and do not propose to
allow man 10 vouch for 200
or 300 men. II man comes
here and swears that he knows man
personally, and he Is not on, shall vote
10 put him on, but not otherwise. There
are 22, 600 poll tAxables on the lists now,
and that Is an excess Of nearly ten
| thousand"
Bradley tried TO bring up another mat.
ter, but Chairman Scott, who Is a quiet
but determined man, said it would be
discussed when reached.
Clerk OF the Peace Blggs asked the
court 20 get through with revision Of
the assessment before preceding with
the vouchers He said:
| al am obliged TO hang the books up on
or before March 20 and l can't do ID
unless you let me have them In time.
This assessment business should be put
of until these books are written. We
have not got but two or three wards done
and we must have time to copy them"
No action was taken ON the suggestion.
The men put on the assessment this
morning were Jacob b. sleifer, Eleventh
ward. vouched for by Ferris B Valen-
tine, and Charles r. Rice and Harry w.
SlaysmaR, Of the Eighth ward, vouched d
for by Francis s Bradley.
The new rule Of the court will put a
stop TO the wholesals vouchinR OF
Francis s. Bradley, A b. Mcpherson
Johnson and others like them.
Levy Court Commissioner Armstrong
Is somewhat Of wRg Several days age
the Levy Court sent away leathsr-cov
cred chair to have new leg put on It.
Before the Levy Court met this morning
the chair arrived. Mr.. Armstrong trans
ferrei the tag TO chair which had moi
been repaired and every member exam
ined the tagged chair In his endeavor I,
find the new leg. Later In the session
Mr.. Armstrong explained the deception