Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-23

thlrd tuesdays OF each month, and, as
far as possible, pay all orders drawn by
the Levy Court, to the end that the
business of the county may be kept on
a cash basis. That collectors of county
taxes shall not be required or permitted
70 receive the duplicate taxes OF any
school district, or collect the taxes
thereof, Each Levy Court commits
sioner shall receive $3.50 year for his
services.
Dover, Feb. %. -Representative
Wagainon will introduce an act in rela-
tion to certain real estate late of Sallie
q. Gordy, and to enable her represen.
tatives to complete title thereto. The
preamble says:
elijah Oliphant of Little Creek
hundred, Sussex county, did, on Sep
TENDER 9th, 1901, by deed of bargain
and sale, convey unto Vilitus III.
Farmer and Sallie G. Gordy, jointly, n
certain tract, piece or parcel Of land
situated in Nanticoke hundred, adioin-
ing lands OF Severn A. Lambden, T.
@. Pritchard and others, containing
l7914 acres of land, more or less, and
being the same lands the said Elijah
Oliphant purchased of John r. Wilson,
by deed bearing date Of November 21st,
1868, and Of record in the Office of the
recorder Of deeds in and for Sussex
county, at Georgetown, in deed record
A. A. w. No. 10, folio 300, &c. The
said Sallie 9. Gordy and James M.
Gordy, her husband, did, by deed bear
ing date Of March 22d, 1909, convey
unto Joseph s. Gordy all their right,
title, interest, claim and demand of, 10
and to all the undivided one moiety of
that certain tract, piece or parcel of
land, so as aforesaid above described,
said deed never having been recorded.
The said Joseph s. Gordy and Eliza
j. Gordy, his wife, did, by deed bear
ing date of April 9th, 1892, convey unto
Thomas H. Birmingham all their right.
title, interest, claim and demand of, in
and to all the undivided one moiety of
that certain tract, piece or parcel of
land, SO as aforesaid described, said
deed not now being of record. The
said Thomas H. Birmingham did, by
deed bearing date of July 10th, 1892,
convey unto Vilitus II. Farmer all his
right, title, interest. claim, demand of. in
and to all the undivided one moiety of
all that certain tract, piece or parcel of
land, so as aforesaid above described,
said deed not being of record. The
said Sallio G. Gordy and James M.
Gordy, her husband, since the execu-
tion and delivery of the said deed
dated March 22d, 1892, SO as aforesaid
described, have departed this life, lesv-
ing to survive them, as heirs at-law of
the said Sallie G. Gordy, three chill
dren, all of which said children are
minors. The said deed executed and
delivered by the said Sallie G. Gordy
and James M. Gordy, her husband, to
the said Joseph s. Gordy, dated March
9th, 1892, SO as aforesaid described,
has been lost or destroyed 1t is i'm
possible for the heirs. at Flaw Of the said
Sallie G. Gordy, deceased, to convey a
good and sufficient title in the undi-
vided one moiety in the tract, piece OF
parcel Of land as aforesaid unto the
said Vilitus II. Farmer, as justice and
equity demand as her right. The said
James NJ. Gordy, in his lifetime, was
appointed administrator of the said
Sallie G. Gordy, deceased. Charles 7.
Purnell was appointed administrator of
James M. Gordy, deceased"
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
Senator Slaughter has introduced,
and had referred to the Senate commit
teo on claims, bill paying the follow
ing claims against the State: Every
Evening Printing Co., s344. 80; Julian
B. Robinson, $36.75; Satterfield &
Faucet, Sl7,25; s. L. Shaw, S16;
Slaughter & Bice, 1885, 03; Delaware
Democrat Publishing Co., SPAS. 80 ;
Sunday Herald, $500; Journal Print
ing Co., 1886; A. F. Polk, $3.50; NJ.
Megary & Son, s18 A. Scott, s12; J.
w. Wise, 1924; James A. Smith, si4. 70 ;
Dover Index. S155. 25; w. I. Hutson,
S3l6. 10; total, 50, 231,57.
ADVANCES TO FARMERS.
Representative Shallcross will intro
duce an act in relation to liens for adj
yances to farmers or other persons en-
gagged in the cultivation of the soil. 1t
is as follows:
Section l. II any person, other than
a landlord, makes advances, either in
money or supplies, to any one who is
engaged In the cultivation of the soil,
the person so making such advances
shall be entitled to lien on the crops
which may be made or seeded during
the year upon the land, in or about the
cultivation Of which the advances so
made have been, or were intended to
be expended, to the extent of such
advances; provided, however, that an
agreement in writing shall be entered
into before any such advances are
made, in which shall be specified the
amount to be advanced, or in which a
limit shall be fixed, beyond which the
advances made, from time to time,
during the year, shall not go, and the
said agreement be delivered to the pro-
thonotary OF the Superior Court in and
for the county in which the land lies,
and by him docketed in book to be
kept by him for that special purpose
such agreement shall be dooketed by
said prothonotary in the same manner
that judgments are now required by
law to be docketed, and shall have the
same force and effect as il they were
entered in the regular Judgment dockets
or records, and for such service said
parliamentary shall receive fee of %
cents.
ODDS AND ENDS.
In order that representatives Of the
Wilmington City Railway Co. may be
given hearing, the House has recon-
mitted the House bill requiring that
employees on railways in Wilmington,
except railways operated by steam, be
given half an hour for meals.
Representative FAIRIES submitted to
the House, yesterday, petition from
the Levy Court of Kent county, request
ing the passage of an act requiring
landowners or tenants in Kent county
to public roads adjoining their proper
ties in passable condition within "a
hours after daylight after any snowfall
of depth OF six inches or more, and
the repeal Of chapter $50, Vol. XIX,
Laws Of Delaware. Action on the petit
tion was deferred.