The sun., 1898-06-19
the FINANCES
OF THE COUNTY
A Yoluminous Report Submit
ted to Judge W. G. Spruance
by the Committee.
UNCOLLECTED TAXES $50, 900
Debt Of New Castle County Will
7 Reach $60O,OOO.
Subscriptions Due the Comptroller
Toward the Building of WASH
lngtOn Street Bridge-.Four
Open Accounts of C0llec.
tors Show Balance
of $10,275.50.
gNC0LLECTED TAXES $50, 900

The committee recently appointed by
Fudge William G. Spruance, consisting
OF John j. Rossell and John H. Dandy,
TO inspect the books and accounts of the
comptroller, receiver Of taxes and treas
urer OF New Castle county, have finished
kheir labors and yesterday presented a
Hodlminous report with Jud. Spruance.
Il was subsequently filed in the office
o&the Clerk of the Peace Foard, and will
Ia printed in pamphlet form.
From the committees report, it ap-
pears that the inspection covers the
Germ from January 9TH, 1897, to January
18th, 1898, inclusive. The books, ac-
aDnnts and vouchers were examined
compared and reconciled, except the re-
SEWERS tax duplicates, which were
bnnd out of balance. After all the COL
ectible taxes charged on these dupli-
Gates have been received they can be
eadily adjusted and closed.
The receipts and disbursements during
she year are fully accounted for on the
hooks OF the comptroller and treasurer,
md with the exception OF a few items of
Hcelpts, for which proofs were not SUBJ
Mitted to the committee, the correctness
at the entries is established by vouchers
an file.
The chief sources of revenue during the
year tor general county purposes were
The levles of county ana poor taxes for
AS96 and 1897, and the appropriations
available were the balances remaining
aom those made in 1896 and the appro-
griatlons for 1897. The levy OF county
and poor taxes aud the appropriations
M 1888 were stated i'll detail in the re-
port OF the committee appointed to in
spec the books and accounts for the
ls'm endIns Jannary 9TH, 1897. The
Avy and the original appropriations io.
general county purposes for the term
we're shown to be $.SS 1862. From the
statements Tor hat term it appears that
Aie county and poor taxes levied for
.%'I amtnnt d to S3l6 $50. 10 Including
s&, ,O362l poll taxes not considered
ava 'b.e), road tax S42,47S.O5; negro
:shsol tax, s4,76IO7, and dog tax
", 81 90 The appropriations to be met
&om he county and po taxes and the
Surplus OF dog tax were S,74, $50 50.
To III ',r,t. ar,y understand the state
n nts it Elust be noted that the dog
tax n first Used to pay Claims for sheep
NiIed by dogs, the surplus only being
available for the payment Of general
eiaIms against the comfy. The road
md negro school taxes Constitute special
innts for specific purpo> and do not
@lter INTO the approp "iuli.ns made by
VI, kavy Court
The conrbtroler's general statement
sluws the balance of AUTHORIZATIONS / n
ASsi6 and the actu Il amounts aDproDrjat,d
ana available fr 1854, with the allow
ances made ther'Irr and tir balances
Tthjnnlrg to t e credit OF the several
Accounts on Janury 4yh. l&9S. Tie total
unonnt avallab lor'lSo7 was S543, 2o7.
Ghe allowances re SID, 529 30 leaving
balances aggre-a Il ing. siO3.O2>3S less
Ss6p.13 deficit in on accpunl, that of #.
bates on taxes.
The bon led indebtedness, January st,
RSlS, was $3.50 800, OF which $4,000 viii
mature durIrg this year and $50, 800 III
lsE'. lue last lnent!DHed sam must be
provide ! lor either o,it oi taxes now due
nv, county, by furtner levy, or bv re-
pRhilh5, and Tor tnis reason particular
at'ntt'n /, dreGlci to it in this re-
p"rt.
II the beginning vi the term covered
5y this report, January 5lh, lA9., there
aere II f0nl1 in tie treasury and the
a1nnty we'd H." iNarMels Bank at Viii
fsng n, III a.d ton to temporary loans
a'nonrtlny t. $40 DD, an oynrdraft OF
&,S00.92, and to John r. Dickey, lat
TteslN er, S2,3j9.21, amount deposited
al err or to his account as county treas
nrtT.
Fl e receipts from al sources during
1881 were Sj35, ,47335, Including 81 ,35G.-
%, balance OF neg school lax, and
&HSa.22 balance OF the proceeds OF the
ola almshouse property, received from
She late treasurer; SlO,5 2.3}, county and
pow taxes for 1894 and 1895; S5l. l19 50,
nonnty and poor taxes for 1896; 500
&aS&, county and poor taxes for 1897;
as@.il. dog tax; S35, 4S6.O2, road tax.
amt \ 1896 negro school tax, received
5rpm the several collectors. In addition
~ these and several miscellaneous items
S& funds IN the treasury were augmented
ny temporary loans of $4,000 and a
Bond issue thai yielded in principal
ActTned interest and premiums Sl5S,-
.4l.67.
The total disbursements were SI34,-
S5I57, including the overdraft in the
Farmers Bank and deposit in error by
che late receiver, referred to above
tGgngaing 50, 10, 10; temporary loans
AMI bonds amounting to SllS.OOO; pay
gSnts OF road tax $50 0l3.OS; and Of
DegIo schoo! tax 81 ,5S73G; leaving in the
sreEnry on January lth, 1893, a balance
sa SIU6l5.7S, divided into general
Nrntts, $3.50 100; road, IS, 472.04; negro
shouly ", ,23l -. An examination Of
ahe ,rraslpr4 accounts with the
&a.mers Bunk showed that these several
?xnss were on deposit in that institution.
There appears by the comptrollers
xDks to b d; G 'ic county subs i2tions
coward the bn'di'g Washington street
MNgr, amounting 0 $3.50, comprising
R,lD rom the Northside Improvement
No, and Si00 from sundry individuals.
10 payments on account OF these sub
syiptions haze been made for long
ki NJ and they ae not regarded as an
aMailabIe asset
Tit e,mptrcl ler's books also contain d
xhen first exam iled, large number Of
agrl accounts with collectors from 1876
ae 1850, inclusive. It was ascertained