Evening journal., 1897-03-01
FOR A SINGLE TAX.
An Effort to Have it Put in
Force in Wilmington.
SUSSEX REGULARS FRIGHTENED
AN ACT IN RELATION TO NEW
CASTLES ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
A KANSAS BILL WHICH WILL
PROBABLY BE INTRODUCED.

STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER. Del, March John s..
Crosby, the Single Tax advocate, has
placed in the hands of Representative
| Cheairs a bill amendatory of the char
ter Of the city of Wilmington. 1t is, in
short, q Single Tax bill for the city.
Section !. That section so, Of chap
ter 207, volume II, Laws of Delaware.
as amended by section 1, of chapter
6OS, volume II, and by section 3, Of
chapter 1856, volume 49, Of said laws, be
and the same is hereby further amend
/ ed by striking out of said section So,
amended as aforesaid all chat part
thereof Immediately following the
words occupied by fire companies, and
by inserting, in lieu OF the part so
stricken out, the words following, to
wit: Real estate shall be assessed at
the value of the land exclusive Of any
/ improvements that may be in or upon
it, unimproved and vacant land the
same as if it were improved Buildings
and all Improvements whatsoever shall
be and are hereby exempt from assess
ment and taxation for municipal pur-
poses. The real estate shall be des-
cribed with sufficient particularly to
be clearly identified, and, when its
owner, or owners, cannot be ascertain
ed, may be assessed to owner un-
known To better enable said assessors
and collectors to make assessments
they shall have the right to examine
all records in the county offices kept
at the Court House in the city of Will
mingson, in and for New Castle county.
free cf all costs and charges.
Section 2. That section 50, of chap
] A., ne la1 ,sa
as amended by section ., of chapter
Cos, volume II. and by section 4, of
chapter 1856. volume Is. OF said laws. be
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out of said section 50, amended
as aforesaid, the words following, to
. wit. And provided, also, that the said
board at any time before the day of
the city election, after the assessments
shall be completed, upon the applica-
ton Of any person who was residing
within the city before the completion of
the assessments and was omitted
therefrom, shall vote such person for a
eapitatiOn or poll tax, and shall there
upon cause his name to be added to the
assessment lists
Section 8. That section So Of chap
ter ZO7. volume II, Laws of Delaware
be and the same is hereby amended by
striking out from said section SO, the
words following, to wit And the as
p sessment of personal estates and per-
sons, 10 wit; Stock, plate and the votes
Z fer CapitatiOn or poll taxes, shall b;
] transferred from the assessment list o
= Wilmington hundred standing in the
Levy Court for the time then being.
Section 2. That section 99 of chap
e ter 207. volume H. Laws Of Delaware
as amended by section 4, of chapter 6O5
volume II, Of said laws, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Section 8. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with any of the provisions
OF this act are hereby repealed"
NEW CASTLE ROAD COMMISSION
ERS.
Representative Mccullough will in.
troduce an act in relation to the road
commissioners in the hundreds of New
Castle county. Il is as follows:
J Section l. That from and after the
passage of this act, it shall not be law
ful for the voters of any hundred il
New Castle county. to elect more thar
. one road commissioner from any on'
: election district of any hundred of New
Castle county; provided, that in an.
hundred where there are more thar
three election districts a road commits
sioner shall be elected alternately from
such districts. The last district TO hav
a commissioner shall be the last again
+ to have a commissioner and provided
, further. that in any hundred wher
l. there are less than three election dis
tricts, two commissioners shall b
= elected alternately from such districts
the last district to have two commits
sionars shall be the last again to hav
- two commissioners.
Section 2. That in case Of vacanc
in the cflice of road commissioner b
death or otherwise, or if any perso
shall remove from the election distriC
wherein he resided az the time of hi
election to said office Of road commits
sionar. then, in that case, iDso factC
the said office shall be vacant and tn
Levy Court CT New Castle county sha
4 Immediately fill the vacancy.
REGULARS FROM SUSSEX.
The regular Republicans and Ad
dicksites of Sussex county are badl
frishtened over the prospect that tn
present General Assembly will abolis
the Levy Court of that county, whic
thew now control. The regulars are G.
peciallv insitent inasmuch thi
they kept Addicks from carrying tn
county last Fall they should at least
exempt from partisan legislation. Rcl
ert G. Houston, Charles II. Maull an
George II. Smith, three Of the Higgir
stalwarts. came to Dover some day
ago to see if they could not stop tn
Five Commissioners bill for SUISSE
county, and induce the Democrats
let up on legislation Of purely part
= san character. There is nothing on u
ID surface to indicate that they accon
- plished anything by their missionM
as work, for the bills for beth counts
1y have been drawn, and are now in pr
ne cess Of revision previous to introdu
y ton in the House.
u LEGISLATION OF THE KANsA
IL KIND.
II Representative Short has had place
y in his hands for Introduction copy
ed the Botkin bill which created such
] a.. If4HHf fN HI II