Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-25
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Application for Mandsmus- on Elect
~. OfIlcars

Frs Officers.
Dover, Feb. 81. The long promise
application for writ OF mandamus has
been filed before Parliamentary William
D. liutson. The application asks that
the several election boards DO required
to assemble at the respective polling
places and make out proper uertifcaies
certifying the result OF tho recent cleo
ton. 1t is claimed by the "Unionn or
Addieks Republicans that not one Of
lho certificates, in SO far as the vote for
Levy Court Commissioners ia con
cerno1, Ia properly made out, because
they do not state tho particular hundred
for which the respective Commissioners
wore elected.
In Delaware the Gun aiiye system
OF voting is used in every instance, ex.
cept 10 regard to the Levy Court Com
missieners In the two lower counties,
even the members Of the General As
sembly are voted for by ail the electors
10 tho county. With regard TO the
Com niissioners, however, each hundred
Or district has representative, and
although the whole number arc voted
for by each eleetur. they arc elected TO
represent specific districts.
The certificates, instead of setting
forth that each OF the candidates re-
REEVES SO many votes for Levy Court
Commissioner for ---- hundred, as is
required by law, simply show the num-
Der of yoteg cast, and this ia the point
made by counsel for the Republicans.
Sheriff Shaw took the papers to Will
mingtop yesterday and Attorney ii. Ii.
Ward and Walter Hayes will endeavor
to have the superior court sot an early
day for the hearing.
During the past week the Democratic
Levy Court has been in session, arrang-
ing the accounts Of the various road
oyersoers and tax collectors, and have
made wonderful progress with ths work
thus far.
Yesterday the trump Levy Court
met and named collectors as follows
Henry Anthony, Duck Creek hundred ;
John Moore. Kenton; Theodore 4.
johnson, Little Greek: D. G. Downs,
West Dover Robert d. Russell, Mill
ford; II. ID. Learned, East Dover; Pen
nell Emerson, North N urderkill; John
II. Walheater East District OF South
Murderkill; Robert Friedel. West Dis
trict OF South Nj urderkili; Joseph A,
Galloway. First district of Mispillion ;
Joseph Simpson, Second district of
MlRpillion.
The committees named arr:
Coroner's Accounts Postles, Powell,
Cloud.
County Treasurer and Trustees of the
Poor--Cloutl, postlos, Cuhbage.
Assessors HUDSON. Cooper, Cloud
Sabbath schools Powell, Postles, HILL
Claims-PostloH, Cooper, Cubbags.
Public Buildings Hudson, Poatles,
Cloud.
Constables and Justices Of the Peace
Powell Cooper, Hill.
Sheritf-Hudson, Cooper Hill.
Attorney General and Clerk of the
Peace Postles, Cooper, Mabrey.
Observation-Disclosures, Powell, Hill.
Collectors Accounts Cooper, Post
les Cloud.
or the above Messrs. Cubbage, Hill,
Mabrey and Cloud are the hold-ove
members OF the Democratic court
about whuse title there 10 no dispute.
The other five members compose the
trump" court.
President Roc also named William
y. Wright us trustee OF the poor for
KeDton hundred, Riley Melvin for
South Murderliill and John Il. Whar-
ton for East Dover.
The next session is to be held ON Fri
day next.