Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-16

ON the roads designated, or selecteu, 10
be made or repaired by the Levy Court
and at such times as said oyerseers
shall order and direct :,
"Sec. 8. The Levy Court shall an
nually, appoint one. oyerseor OF con-
victs for every IL prisoners then IN the |
county Jail, and shall fix their salaries,
but the same shall not exceed Soq per
month to each oveIseer. The Levy
Court shall purchase and maintain
van or vans. to carry the prisoners TO
the places where they may be required
to work. " -,
Sec. I. That the said act be and the
same is hereby, further amended oy
adding thereto, after section =, the
following sections;
"Seo. 5. The Levy Court shall also,
| IL the same be necessary to carry out
| the provisions OF this act, erect or pur-
chase stockade, or stockades, IN such
place or places IN tho county where the
same may be needed, where the
prisoners aforesaid may DO cont,ned at
| night, when working on the roads.
SSec. o. The Levy Court, when
necessary, shall provide for. feeding
such prisoners when confined ut night
in such stockade or stockades.
"Sec. 10. Eight hours shall consti-
tute o days work at hard labor, and
such hard labor shall be performed be-
tween the hours Of 8 o'clock In the
morning and o'clock in the evening
No prisoner sentenced under this act
shall DO exempt from said labor, except
through physical inability, properly
certified TO the sheriff by the Jail
physician. Should any prisoner, or
prisoners, prove refractory and stub
born, and refuse to work., or perform
his or their work in a proper manner,
the sheriff shall have power to place
such prisoner, OF prisoners, in solitary
confinement, there to be kept on bread
and water until he or they shall sub.
nit to perform his or their tasks, and
| obey his orders.
Sec, IL. 1t shall be the duty of the
, overseers aforesaid to receive and safely
keep at hard labor on tho roads every
, person liable to SO work under the pro-
, visions Of this act.
i "Sec. IL. The State road shall first
be macadanized throughout its length
Z in New Castle county, and the road
commissioners shall instruct and direct
the overseers aforesaid how TO MAKE
: good roads.
"Sec. Ii. The Levy Court shall maxi
!. all rules governing the prisoners whit
4 at work, under the overseers, on TN
O roads.
r SEQ. IA. The overseers shall daily
d except Sundays, drive the van, with i
!. prisoners therein, from the Jail o
n stockade to tho road wherein they ar
Il TO work, and place the said prisoner
h at work. -tt
!. "Sec. L. The funds necessary t
n carry out this act shall BIO taken fror
o the funds Of the road commissioners 9
q the hundred through which the road
% SO being made run.
n "Sec. 16. This act shall apply onl
j. to New Castle county,
l. Dover, Feb. 1.-Representativ Shoi
h will introduce an act authorizing tn
n Levy Court of Sussex county to fun
q certain Indebtedness of that county
~ The preamble says:
* 1.-THE State loaned Sussex count
5000, which sum Is bearing interes
\. at the rate Of 6 per cent. Warrior
is county treasurers, by direction OF ID
Levy Court, borrowed from til
Farmers Bank, at Georgetown, sundI
sums of money on the bonds of sal
IN county treasurers, which sums hay
10 been reduced to Sl2, 800, which Is dr
Of the Farmers Bank and bearing intere
at the rate Of 6 per cent. BY an act I
Of the General Assembly, passed on Apr
Of 18th, 1893, the Levy Court was autho
I'd ICED to fund the Indebtedness Of Il
DO county, and, for that purpose, to DO
vi row sum not exceeding S25, 600,
8. which 50, 600 was to be paid annual
he The Levy Court has neglected to pr
ly vide for the payment OF the instalmei
20 OF bonds, and 1t desires to reduce VI
ol same. There is certain q mount
ce floating indebtedness Of the ooun
We which 1t is deemed proper to fund,
to The proposed bill provides that q
slf Levy Court shall borrow, on the cred
Dis of the county, sum not exceedii
NJ $50, 600, and, for that purpose, iss'
ed bonds of such denominations oil
nd bearing interest not exceeding A p
to cent, as the Levy Court may deem Q
on pedient. and that 1t so arrange as
OF principal borrowed shall become pa
", able in each year until the whole
mt paid, The interest shall be payrt
All semi-annually.
10, STATE BOARD oF HEALTH.
gss The State Board Of Health's repc
~, for the two years ended on june 30t
ny 1893, copy of which was submit
~ to the House yesterday by Gov. Tu
e. nell, is a voluminous document, toei
~, ing with statistics,
WI "The appropriation for the work
~, the board,n the report says, sis
'na sufficient. With more liberal app
vi, priation, tho work Of inspecting I
WV. WI free schools of the State, now ve
;sse much neglected, could be done il
IVY manner satisfactory TO the board,
oLh cause the sanitary condition Of
w school buildings and their surrour
oas ings would DO investigated, and VI
~ many things now neglected would
70 W brought TO the attention Of the Boa,
,ths' Of Public Education and the sch
W. commissioners, urging them to PROV
changes in the school buildings a
their surroundings that would q
ced greatly to the health and comfort
iall both teacher and pupil. Tho pub
wi institutions In the State have be
inspected twice yoar, and the repo
nall show that their sanitary condition
ain good. This includes aimshouses 0
any iails. Visits by the secretary to ,
IN lagos and towns have tendency
zen cause those in authority to bes
.om themselves, and to take care that
" a health of the people is not jeopardi:
sell by their neglect. During the [
hall years, the board held five stated me
lip ings and nine adjourned and spec
and meetings. Tho library OF the bo
any is increasing. 1t contains over
ldi- volumes bound in cloth, and
volumes with paper backs, includ
pamphlets, all from State Boards
Ia 4. - IL. =