Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-01
THE COUNTY TAX RATE.
Fixed by the Levy Court al Sixty Cents
on the One Hundred Dollars.
IS AN INCREASE OF TEN CENTS
Fifty for County and Ton for
Poor Purposes.

an increase OF 10 cents over last year.
The likelihood that an increase would
be made has beun forshadowed for some
time, since it appeared that a large
decrease existed in the assessment for
tho rural districts. Even that Of Will
mipgton hundred shows decrease OF
more than a million and a half dollars
from the former figures. The total de.
crease for the county is about 81, 9G0, OSO.
Tho tax rate as fixed Tuesday is 50
cents for county and 10 cents for poor
purposes, as against ~ cents Tor county
aud 3 cents for poor purposes which
WIS the rate last year.
As provided by law the court fixed
the rate of 30 cents on the 800 on
coored persous for school purposes.
Members Of the court have been at
work on the matter OF appropriations
but all the items have not yet been
agreed upon. Some indnBniteneBs ex-
lists as to the probable amount OF reve-
nue from tho now assessment. The new
Constitution having abolished the pay
ment of poll tax as qualification for
voting it is hard to estimate just how
much that tax will bring to the county
treasury.
At the new rate, Chairman Scott
thought the revenue for this year would
he brought up to that OF last year.
The Wilmington assessment aggre.
gates S33 96O, 537, divided as follows I:
White, real estate, e28, S65, 6l2; stock,
Sl1f, go; poll. S3, 90s, 500; total,
So, 800, TAI; coloretl, real estate,
1914, 100: atock, SLIT. 745; poll, s763. 100 ;
tutal, 81, 06y, 100. The rural districts
show the following figures: White, real
estate, sl5. 533. 800; stock, S76i, 5G8 f;
poIl, Sl,996. 500; total, s1S. 29i, 727 (;
colored. real estate, Sl65, 1856; stock,
sll, 9S5; poll. S340. l40; total, s5l7, Oil.
Tho totals for the rurn districts are
Real estate. s15, GOO, 0s5; stock, s776, 553 /;
poll. 50, 337, 600; total. SIS. Sl2. 63s; for
city and county. real estate. s44,
869, SIT; stock, 1894, 2pS; poll, 81. .000,
$50; grand total, s52, 773, I75. as against
s57, 633, 260 in the former assessment
At the afternoon session orders
were passed as follows; Ferris In
dustrial School. "a, 200; Girls Indus.
trial School, LOCO; ST. MichRsl's Day
Nursery, $500; st. Peter's Orphanage,
$500; Homeopathic Hospital, 500;
Law Library, 800. All these appro-
priations were duc in 1906, and accord
and county treasurer for the term end
ing January 9th, 1897, several OF them
wers paid In that report appropria-
tiona Tor 1896 of $500 each to the
homeopathic Hospital and Delawa
Industrial School for Girls, appear
among the disbursements, together
with the 1895 and 1896 appropriations
for the Ferris Industrial School totaI
- nd init fnt
1896, for the Law Library. And yet the
action OF tho court Tuesday indicates
| that they had not been paid.
Tho schedule of appropriations fol
the year beginning to-day bns moi
One decision has been reached and thai
is to make no appropriations for chari
table purposes, whereby ~, OOO will b'
| saved.
A rough estimate of the total appro
priations gives a total of $3.50, 600 Il
$500, 600, as against about S264, 600 ths
possible revenue from tho assessment
| No account was taken of the probable
receipts from poll taxes in the estimate
because that ia such an uncertain
would aggregate about Sl3. 600 il paid
| NuHiHNbT COulbT iIOlu ~ VIII 10 uu az
to the county finances.
In the matter OF tax collectors whs
the county saves by the abOlishment o
the delinquent Gollectorship is abou
balanced by what it will pay the nev
collectors. Under the old method th
county paid about Sl1, 200 year; unde
tho new il will pay about 81, 700, bu
holding over delinquent collectors will
| hnt hi
AS 10 the appropriations for charita
hle purposes the courts position ia tha
If collections are good and enough i
realized from the poll, allowances ma
be mads for such purposes, hut tn
court does not care TO put on the uppro
priation list what it may not be able t
pay.
The Levy Court has fixed the salnrie
and approved the bonds OF the follow
ing tax collectors:
Richard t. Cam, Sr.. j. A. Cam
bondsmen for Richard +. Cam, cnlloe
tor Red Lion hundred. Salary, S600
Eli Crossan. j. G. Richards, bonds
men for J. 4, Hayes, collector Ne,
Castle hundred. Salary, $1,000
q. NJ. d. Hart, II. v. Parvis, }.
Lattomus, hondsmen for Edward Hart
Salary $500.
Richard Ferguson, Colen Ferguson
bondsmen for II. G. Brockson, colecto
Blackbird hundred. Salary, $500.
John H. Dickey, L. NJ. Sayers. job
Pyle, G. Ii. Huber and Denni
Dougherty, bundsmen for George Nc
Intyre, Christiana hundred. Salary
81, 600.
Thomas Husbands. Thomas T. We
din, Benjamin Fraim ami j. Attwoo
Weldin, houdsmen for W. Il. Husbands
collector Brandywine hundred. Salary
81, 700.
Stephen O'Rourke, NJ. J. O'Rourkt
r. Il. Cnttingham, James McGrath, j
j. Ilealey, bondsmen for Joseph |.
O'Rourke, Peneader hundred. Salar,
5000. ...
Alexander Maxwell, j. 4. Dicksy. NJ
b. Burris, hondHmen for Levi Q. Scot
collector st. Georges hundred. Salar.
81, 200.
Tho other four collectors are to hon
tomorrow the day for beginning thei
duties.
a number OF bills wera passed.
Assessors Whann, Farley and McCo
will prepare new street books contain
ing detailed description of all III
properties in the respective wardl
They will be useful TO the Levy CouI
in considering appeals from the aHsesi
ment
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