Evening journal., 1899-02-22
SUSSEX LEVY COURT.
Provisions of Bill introduced
BY Mr.. Farlow.
NOW WITH THE COMMITTEE

LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover Feb. Ex-senator Farlow in
troduced his bill recognizing the Levy
Court Of Sussex county, and defining
it's powers and duties. This is the five
commissioners bill over which there
has been so much talk. OF the five men
named two are Democrats; two Union
Republicans and one Regular Repubh-
can.
The bill provides that from and af-
ter the passage Of the act the terms
and powers Of office OF the present
Levy Court shall terminate and end, to-
gether with those Of the constaIb,es,
trustees Of the poor and all other cffi-
GERS and agents heretofore appointed
or elected by the said Levy Court, or
at any time prior. to the passage cf
the act, except grand and petit jurors
heretofore drawn and placed in boxes.
That the new levy Court shall con-
sist of five members. That there shall
be collector of taxes fer each of the
five districts and he shall give bond
in a sum equal to twice the amount Of
his duplicate
That SUSSEX county shall be divided
into five districts, the lines Of which
shall be the same aus the senatorial
districts. The commissioners named
are as follows: First district, Samuel
b. Reed; Second, James j. Ross; third,
James w. Anderson; Fourth, Daniel
@. Townsend; Fifth. John II. Johnson.
Reed and Ross Shall serve until the
first Tuesday in january, 1900; their
successors to DE elected the preceding
November for term Of four years AN
derson, Townsend and johnson shall
serve until the first Tuesday in Janu-
ary, 1908, and their successors to be
elected In November, 1902. The gov
ernrr shall FIJI vacancies caused by
death, resignation or removal; he shall
also decide tie votes at elections. The
new Levy Court shall appoint five tax
collectors, who shall receive per
cent OF taxes collected. A rebate sys-
tenn OF tax payments is provided. The
present collectors are held strictly ac-
counta'bie for their duplicates The
Levy Court commissioners SHAH exer-
elise all the pCweus and duties Of trus-
tees cf the poor. AL present road over
seers are turned out Of office and the
new Levy Court shall appoint new
ones That the Levy Court commits
lsioRers, collectors and county treasurer
shall meet at Georgetown on the first
and third Tuesdays of each and every
month, and, as far as possible, to pay
all orders drawn by the Levy Court to
the end that the business Of the coun-
ty may be kept on a cash basis. That
the collectors Of county taxes shall not
be required or permitted to receive the
duplicate taxes Of any school district
or to collect the taxes thereof.
Each Levy Court commissioner shall
receive $3.50 year for mis- services.
The bill was given its second read
ing, under suspension Of rules, and
sent to committee
MORE OYSTER LEGISLATION.
Senator Maul introduced the follow
ing bin amendatory Of the oyster laws
Of the state:
Section /. That the act entitled
Am act 20 iVeaa all statues relatingd
40 planting Ropagating, dredging
tonging, or taking oysters from the
natural beds or plantations in. the Della
ware bay and its tributaries and to re
enact the same or parts thereof with
2 amendments. passed at Dover, April
10, 1898, heing chapter 653, volume 10
Laws Of Delaware he and the same 4.
, hereby amended by striking out If sec.
tion IS thereof all after the word the
in the eighth line OF said section. ant
inserting in lieu thereof the following,
First day Of April and the first da,
{ Of October Any pers-n convicted be
fore any justice of the peace for vio
/ iating the provisions Of this section
o shall be fined not more than 500. an,
b upon failure or refusal to pay sal,
=, hne and the costs Of prosecution shall
! be imprisoned in the county Jail unit
? said fine and costs are paid. provide,
k such Imprisonment shall be for
period not exceeding three months.
CLAIMS IN COMMITTEE.
4 Senator Slaughter introduced an,
n had referred to the Committee OF
# Claims "a bin paying the followin,
y Claims against the state, Every Even
. ing Printing Company. $349.S9; JuIiai
b. Robinson, $86.75; Satterdeld & Eau
cett, SLIPS; s. l.. Shaw. SIG: Slaugh
ter & Bice, SsS5.03; Delaware Demo
crat Publishing Company. S245.S
!. Sunday Herald, $3.50; Journal Print
u ing Company. 1885, A. H. Polk. $3.50
e M. Megary & Son, SIS; A. Scott. S12: ]
Z. w. Wise S24; James a. Smith. S54. 20
81 Dover Index S155.25; w. r. Hutson
$3i610; total, S2.231.S7.
A SCHOOL LAW AMENDMENT,