Evening journal., 1897-04-30

| VIII ngnt IL IN the Senate.
COLLECTORS MUST COLLECT.
Several weeks ago Representative
! Taylor introduced in the House a bill
for the collection of taxes in New Cas-
tie county. Had il not been a revenue
measure it would have originated in
the Senate for Senator Pyle was the
first member to get IL in hand. Being
of the character It was, he took It TO
the House and placed It In the hands
of Representative Taylor for introduc-
tion. IL provided for ten collectors Of
taxes one for each hundred outside of
| Wilmington, and two poll tax colec-
tors for the city of Wilmington, leav
| ing the receiver of taxes to devote his
time to the property tax Of the city of
! Wilmington, so far as collectors were
concerned, but retaining him as county
| treasurer. IL also provided for arrest
! ing and imprisoning a man for the
non-payment of poll tax and
also attaching wages i'm the
hands of employers, virtually maxi
| ing the employers responsible for the
payment of taxes of their employees, no
matter whether they wished that re-
sponsibility, but at the same time maxi
ing them the custodians Of the tax re-
ceipts of their employees if they saw fit
to exercise that function. 1t was re-
ferred to committee and reported IA
vorably and passed by the House. 1t
went to the Senate, where 1t went TO
committee.
Since then q substitute bill has been
drawn, which will meet all the require
ments of the county. lt strikes out the
twelve collectors and substitutes four
one for each Levy Court district out
side the city of Wilmington, and one
poll tax collector for the city of VIII
mington. The salaries are to be left
blank, but In all probability they will
be filled in by the committee as follows:
Brandywine. Christiana and Mill Creek
hundreds, $1,000, Fourth district, con-
slsting of New Castle. Red Lion. White
Clay Creek and Pencader, Sl,50O; Fifth
district. consisting of st. Georges, APP
poquinimink and Blackbird, 81 600. Poll
tax collector for Wilmington, $1,000.
Making in all $4,000, together with 81
600 paid the receiver of taxes, or an ag-
gregate Of $500. The cost last year
: to collect the delinquent taxes, as
shown by the books of the clerk OF the
peace was $7,22O together with the
S. 600 paid the county treasurer and
receiver Of taxes, making N2,-
22O or S4,520 in favor Of
the proposed system. The bill
also provides stringent regulations In
regard to the collection Of taxes, com
, pelling the collectors to exhaust all
legal process for the collection of taxes
that is provided in the bill before they
are allowed as delinquents by the Levy
J., Court. IL also strikes out the feature
d empowering the collector TO imprison a
y taxable for ncn-payment of tax, and
y also relieves the employer OF all liza
bility in the matter.
= Under the Five Commissioners bill
a large portion of the taxes was not
q, collected, but under the proposed bill
the collectors are held so rigidly re
sponsible that they will be bound e
4 coliee
y sosiE TROUBLE IN SIGHT.
Il The House passed the House bill Civ
d ing the Levy Court OF New Castle coun
ty control OF all the roads
, i'm the county and abolish
n ing the road commissioners, with an
amendment making the bin go into ef
al feet on the second Tuesday In Febru
s airy. 1898, instead of on July l., 1897
Representative Taylor voted against itl
passage. 1t Is likely that It will have
hard row to hoe when 1t comes up II
l. the Senate, for the Republicans will
,r certainly vote against it, as II legis
N lates many Republicans out OF Office
ie and Senator Pyle will denounce II as
scheme to be used to work the Demo
cratic primary elections
., PROTECTION TO CREDIT
- A bill entitled "An Act to Prevent tn
a, Publication of Judgments for Sale,
10 and reading as follows, was Introduce
by> Representative Dempsey
ls Section l. That from and after th
n massage of this act it shall be unlawfu
+, for any newspaper, publishing com
pany or collecting agency to advertis
or expose at public sale in any way an
Judgment of record against any citize
of this state.
u Section g. That any person or pei
sons. publishing company, or anyOn
as aforesaid, violating any of the pre-
y visions of this act shall be deeme
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon cor
viction thereof shall be subject to
.R fine Of not less than 5000 nor more tina
~, $500. or be imprisoned for term not
exceed sixty days, or both, in the dl'
II cretion of the court"
& Representative Dempsey Is not th
father OF the BILL but simply intr'
duced It.
NEW LEVY COURT FOR KENT.
", In a few days Kent county will hay
III a new Levy Court, consisting Of fN
I,S members instead of nine. Hesterda
li- afternoon the House receded from d
cn-concurrence In the Senate amen'
~ ment to, or rather substitute for, u
vi House bill in that behalf.
rt- PASSED THE LOWER BODY.
ID: The following bills passed the Houl
of Yesterday afternoon: House bills
he give tenants appeal in cas-
9S. of appeals for rent; to allo
he justices Of the peace a fee for satisfyiI
3ct Judgments; to incorporate the Oco.
is View Improvement Company; to pr
lot tect oysters in Broadkiln river an
nv sound with amendment reducing thief
to PETITIONS FROM WHEELMEN.
leI Delaware wheelmen are anxious
ns have passed the House bill compellii
Wo TRANSFORMATION companies to carry !