Middletown transcript., 1898-04-09
TAX PAYERS. ATTENTION.
The following bill is before the Genera.
Assembly:


The following bill is before the General
Assembly:
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF
ROAD TAXES IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
Be tt enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the State Of DelG-
u0are in General Assembly met.
SEC. 1. That during the first week in the
month Of June, A. D. 1898 and at the same
time annually thereafter the Road Com
missioners for the several hundreds of New
Castle County shall appoint the Collector of
County taxes for their hundreds respective
ly to collect the road taxes laid by them.
SEC. 2. That during the first week in the
month of June in the year A. D. 1898 and
at the same time annually thereafter, the
said Road Commissioners of the respective
hundreds shall give to the Levy Court Com
missioners of New Castle County the
amount of the road tax to be so laid and
collected in each hundred. and the said
Levy Court Commissioners shall take bond
from the said collector to secure the pay
ment of the same in the same form as the
bond taken from him as Collector of Coun-
ty Taxes, and all the provisions of law in
regard to the bond given by him as Collec-
tor Of County Taxes shall apply to the bond
given by him for the collection of road
taxes as Aforesaid and for any default in
the condition of the said bond proceedings
shall be had by the Levy Court Commits
sioners of New Castle County, upon request
of the Road Commissioners of the respec-
tive hundreds. If any Collector shall, fail
to give such bond within one week after
notice of his appointment, he shall forfeit
his Office as Collector of County Taxes and
another appointment shall be made by the
Levy Court.
SEC. 8. The collector of. road taxes for
each hundred as aforesaid shall pay out all
monies collected by him as such collector
upon orders drawn upon him by the Road
Comissioners of the said hundred and he
shall during the last week of each month
settle an itemized account with the comp
troller of New Castle County, which account
shall show the amount of taxes collected
by him and the amounts paid out by him
for which vouchers shall be submitted to
the said Comptroller, and for each failure
to comply with this section, the said Col
lector shall forfeit the sum Of Ten Dollars
to be collected by the said Road Commits
toners of the said hundred for the use of
the roads of the hundred.
SEC. 4. The said Comptroller when such
account has been so settled shall send every
month to the road Commissioners of each
hundred statement showing the amount
due the said Comissioners and shall also
furnish to the said road commissioners
once every year during the month of April,
an account of receipts and expenditures as
the same appears in his Office which said
statement shall be published az least twice.
by the said Road Commissioners in one
newspaper of New Castle County.
SEC. s. Upon the death, resignation, re-
moval or inability to serve of the said col
lector, his books, papers, accounts. and all
monies in his hands belonging or relating
to the said road taxes shall be delivered to
the said Road Commissioners to be handed
over to his successor in Office.
SIC. 6. All acts, or parts of acts, incon.
sistent with, or supplied by this act are
hereby repealed.