Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGUN
Commenced Thursday Under Revised
Method for Collection Of Taxes.
COUNTY FINANCES lNlGOOD TRIM
Proceedings of the Levy Court
Last Week.

New Castle county began a new fiscal
year Thursday under a new method for |
collection OF taxes. Receiver of Taxes |
Hurace @. Rettew continues as collector |
OF property taxes for Wilmington hun
dred, hut at salary reduced from
s5, 600 to "a, 600, and the collection Of
poll taxes is put in the hands of two |
new officials, John p. Donahoe and j.
Harvey Spruance. In the rural dis
tricts new collectors. appointed under
an act of the recent Legislature, begin
the collection of both property and poll
taxes. From property sources the esti-
mated revenue is about S26i. O00, and
the appropriations for the year will be
$3.50, 600 to S260, 000 With the pay
meut of poll tax as qualification for
voting abolished, the uncertainty of
any poll tax revenue has prevented its
being taken into the calculation.
The county begins the new year with
q favorable condition of the finances
due to the successful placing Of the
$3.50, 600 loan. Through this the county
has received credit not only for the face
amount Of the loan, but also for the pre-
MUM of 81, 995 andsaccrded interest OF
1856. 81. The county has already paid
the two notes in favor of the Farmers
Bank for total OF $40, 600, and in
September will pay the $780, 600 bor
Rowed from r. r. Robinson & Co., and
the First National Bank.
The passing of orders for overdue
appropriations by the Levy Court Tues
day week seemed TO conflict with the
receiver of taxes statement for tho
term ending January 9th, 1897. Several
charitable institutions received money
which had apparently been paid before.
An explanation of the discrepancy was
made on Thursday upon an examina-
tion of the county cumptroller's book,
from which il appeared that the
amounts as entered in the published
statement were incorrectly noted as re-
CARDS the date of the appropriation.
To take the Ferris Industrial School
approximations as an example, s., 600
was appropriated in 1896, and 81, 800
appears as paid for 1895 and 50, 500 for
1896, a total of 81, 600, and yet on Tues
day an order for $4,000 more was
passed. The comptroller's hooks show
that in 1893 $1,000 was appropriated
and paid. In 1894, 81, 800 was appro-
priated and 81, 600 paid, leaving a
balance of $500. In 1895, $1,000 was
appropriated, making 50, 200 due. of
which 1000 was raid, and balance
of 50, 500 left. In 1896, s., 600 was ap.
propriated and $500 paid, leaving a
balance of So, 000 Since the first of
the year 81, 400 was paid and balance
of $4,000 remained, which was ordered
paid on Tuesday.
Thursday morning the court fixed
the salary OF John Morrison, as collector
for Whits Clay Creek hundred, at S700.
His bondsmen are William #. Smaley,
Sr., Francis l.. Springer, William B.
Currinder, Isaac N. Morrison, Charles
II. Cannon, James +. Marshall and
Samuel V. Butler.
The salary of Harvey t. Baldwin at
collector for Mill Greek hundred was
fixed at $1,000. His security is the
American Bonding and Trust Co. oi
Baltimore.
The Court at the afternoon session
adopted the schedule of appropriations
for the fiscal year beginning July lat.
The estimated revenue from the assess
ment is S27l 5S2. 50, and the total appro
priations is $3.50, 79s, leaving unappro
priated funds of s1i, 1884, 80
The report of the finance committee,
together with the schedule Of appro
priation9, is as follows:
"Your committee on finance present
the following list of appropriations fo
the year 1897.
In preparing the list We have left nu
appropriations for various charitabl,
and reformatory institutions not iron
desire to deprive them of a source q
revenue heretofore received but il
order to await the result of certaii
changes in the laws in relation to tn
collection OF taxes before determinin
the amount to be given them.
Loan for funding floating debt. s 100000
Jail wardens' salaries. ............ l,SS0C
Trustees of the Poor. ...,........ 100000
Salaries OF collectors of taxes. 5000
Board of Prisoners. erS...........,.. 10000
Jail physicians. s.................. 40O.C
Pubhc roads. .............s....... 2OOO.t
Salaries. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A,OOUl
Interest on bonds ................ 81 OO0,C
Public buildings ngs................. 4O00.C
Jail com missioners. s......,..,.,.. 70OU.l
For roads and bridges First dis
Mill Greek .................... 6ooo.t
Second and Third districts-Wil-
mington.. ....................... 1s,ooo.(
Fourth district - White Clay
Red Observation-Disclosures. 7oOo.t
Fifth district-St. Georges, Appo-
qninimink ...,...........!.... 1900,
Allowances to assessors .......... 2,000i
Allowances to coroner and physi-
clans. s..................... 1,5ool
Allowances to magistrates and
constables. observation-disclosures. 65oO.
Allowances to officers of the court 10000
Allowances for printing aud sta
uonefy -. ..,.'',.'.........,. D 600.
Errors in assessment ............. 25,O0O.
Orphans court, superior court,
oyer and termner and general
sessions .-..-.............,.... 1000.
Sunday-schools ........ ....... 500
st. Georges Marsh Co...,...,..... 500
County morgue. 200
Convict labor at iail.............. 5000
Overpaid taxes. es............,,... 300
Attorneys Observation-Disclosures. COO
Insurance. ..........,............ 200
Light and power. 1000
Light and power at iail........... 1850
Rebate on taxes ................. 1000
Telephone, .,.........',........... lis
Auditors OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
unappropriated funds. s............ 1I.7S4
S27i.5 $50
A year ago the estimated revenue "
S2S6, l66. %, and the appropriate
S272, 003. which were further increas
by Sl3, 600 for the st. Augustine rOa
The new list has saving over t
old of So GEO for charitable institution
and sl5, 600 for elections, The amou
for salaries is increased from 1923, 225
$4,000: interest on bonds from s25 {
to S31, 600; Jail commissioners FRI
&c. 900 to 81, 600; Board of Prisone
from Sl2, 600 TO SIS, 600; for roads a
bridges, First district, from s., 500
81, 600: Second ard Third distric
from Si5 600 to $4,000; Fourth d
trint frum SG 300 Ia 81 600. audito