Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-22
BIG MONEY FOR RECORD INDICES.

/ Lrvy Conrt Pays for Work Ordered by the
observation-disclosures scotr Hopes There
| Wili be no Mors Hereafter.
The Levy Court Tuesday passed war
| rants aggregating 81. 600 for new induces
! OF the records in the Office of Recorder
of Deeds Courtanti g. Montgomery, the
amount being divided as follows;
| Recorder Montgomery. S4,u00
James W. Ponder, Commissioner,
| $1,000.
Peter r. Cooper, Jr., Commissioner,
! $1,000.
Preliminary to-, the passage OF the
cate from Chief Justice Charles b.
Lore and Associate Justices Spruance
and Grub which reoited the fact Of
the passage of the net authorizing the
| work, which was passed May 9th, 1897,
by the Legislature, the appointment
ipf Messrs. Ponder and Cooper, by
Judge Grubb. rs authorized by tho
act, and the examination Of the Cor
tificate of the commissioners dated
November 28th, 1898. The judges
thereupon fixed $4,000 as a just and
reasonable compensation for the re-
corder of deeds and 81, 500 for each Of
the commissioners.
According to the provision of the
act, the induces cover the period sub.
segment to 1873 and prior to January
LIST, 1897 and are made pursuant to the
Campbell system.
After hearing the certificate of the
Superior Court Judges, the Levy Court
saw nothing else to do but pass the
warrants. First the communication
was received and filed; then q resolu.
ton was adopted appropriating $1,000
out of the pnapprppriated funds of the
county to the appropriation for induces,
and then orders were passed in behalf
OF each of the men to be compensated.
In speaking of the matter afterwards,
Chairman W. A. Scott appeared to feel
that 1t twas rather large bill to re-
quire the county to pay, ono in which
the court itself had practically no say.
He reverted to the fact that since he
has been member of the court several
amounts have been paid out for similar
work. The procedure has been for the
Legislature to pass an act authorizing
the making of induces and the county
has to foot the bill, which is generally
very large.
The following figures show what
amounts have been paid for such pur-
poses beginning In October, 1893:
OSpobci thit 1000. hbGcOTu6r OI 1BeuSy
James 7. Shallcross, $1,000; Commits
sioners Frank Bigas and A. e. San
born, $1,000 each.
November 10th, 1894, Commissioners
W. I. Lyman, George T. Brown and
Peter L. Cooper, Jr., 81, 500 each.
December 9TH, 1895, Prothonotary
Peter A. Horty, $1,000; Commissioners
Victor B. Woolley and Branch II. q lies,
S700 each.
July 9th, 1897, Register in Chancery
Colen Ferguson, 500; Commissioners
Andrew G. Gray and Charles b. Evans,
$3.50 each.
December 10Th, 1893, Recorder of
Deeds Montgomery, 1900; Commits
sioners Cooper and Ponder, 81, 900 each.
Total, s25, 500. 80
While the expense Of the induces was
being discussed after the meeting,
Chairman Scott drew the attention Of
Representatives. John p. Donahoe,
who was in the court room, to the mat
ter, and requested him to sen that the
Legislature did not pass any moro acts
authorizing such. work. 6g
In the course of the morning session,
Samuel w. Handy, who had failed to
appear at the required time for qualifi-
cation as ASSESSOR, for Brandywine hun
dred, was appointed to that position
and sworn in