The sun., 1900-05-18

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Salaries ri Commissioners : $4,000 : 8,nO9 90
salary OF attorney ......,.. tooVJ ououo
Allowances to assessors, H., z,
1ur il New Castle ...,.... 2ai' ~ l,i13 Y I
Salaries of assessors, VIII H.
| miugtonhundred. .......: 3,UOOoo dt2o.oo
| Commissions to dc inq lent
tax collectors. lS1o W 3.t.,n35 |
i Salaries OF tax collt ctors.. 9ooS.5l ootl'%p
Salary OF county comp oo, ,-ooo,
troller. ..........t..'..'. 2i29 ~
Officers Of the court. lo,n - a,Sig.I Si g.
Sharis fees ......:....... o'tg5 O. 5'9eiS3 S3
| Bailiff's and cners fees... 2 i52 ~ 2,l93 ~
stationery for ildges,.... 2sa50 ~ ~ y
Miscellaneous ........,... 6le y do.'tnn - &,
Jail commissioner. 95l7 q ooho.ou
Sheriff for boald OF pfis n oo ,.,ooo
ers..................t.... loalt W n1, 20
Convict labor. .............. o,ZZO'of foiu'oo
Coroner's and physicians !. ,e,c1-
Repairs and improve ,-a. ,oa-s-
Light, power and water... 2,50S Is 3sS ,s6 % .,
Rent OF telephones 2,O ~ ll2a l2aa - -
Roads and bridges. 90 y '''lioo'
Maintenance of causeways
and bridges - 49,, - ,on,o N
First district ~. ~ nJn'ui ~ hS,3i9.iS sn9 =
J Second and Trird districts 32,3sA ~ 5Hl ~ "a "a
Fourth district ....:.:. o'.ioo n - . ~. ~ - n
Interest oil bonded dent. zooEo.pu %''-''" w
Interest on workhouse --o1o
: Court House loan ......... % $4,000 oos :,
y Piiutiug and stationcrv.:.. 6,25l 10 o'o'-'ii
salary uf sealer Uf weight . "A
and measures ........... itJVu a1n ~
D Salary of auditors 4bZ'N 3oo .',! ~ ~
, Sheep killed by dogs 652oo n, ,n,o ~ "
p Overi aid taxes ..,......,.. 5la * 9nn 9'n 4
Miscellaneous ........... i-S.4o l,luV'S'
y Total disbursements, gen H., 4, 49,. ~, :,
2 eTal tund ..t.......,...'.Si2u-o -o-.'' S'l' - "
< Thus it will be seen that there have
s been many increases, some oil them run
Z hing into thousands of dollars. 4
Z Not counting the Sl00 900 paid the
6 county workhouse trustees and the S6o,
: 500 worth of bonds redeemed, the eX
y travagance of the Levy Court represents
! about $4,000
= Appropriations by Levy Court.
= The original appropriations for thu
rt year 1899 made by the Levy Court wa
h S277, IFS So. These appropriations wer
le changed during the year by special orde
IN of the Levy Court.
Comptroller's Statement.
= The comptroller's statement OF apprro
=; priations, allowances and bonded IN
al debtedness of the year 1899 shows tn
ne loan for funding the court house loan t,
: Tx he $3.50 600; Workhouse loan, S.OO,00[
~ Trustees of the Poor loan, $l27 900; Wash
nt ington street bridge loan, 500 600; fund
IS. ing floating debt loan, No. |, $4,000
IL, ~ same No. 2, 100000; same No.
oa ee $l50,o00.
~ Rates of Taxes,
Is Rates of county and poor taxes 9
Ilv shown by table in the report are: lS9.
,et as cents per 500; 1895, so cents; 1896, .
ed cents; 1897, 60 cents; 1898, 60 ceats; lS9'
ats 80 cents.
ed Rates of road taxes are shown to il
or. crease in Appoquinimink hundred !
he 1895 25 cents per 500, to 40 cents,
int 1899; Blackbird, 1895, 32 cents, lS9
,ed same; Christiana, 1895, 26 cents to !
10 cents in 1899; Mill Creek, 1895. 30 cent
re. 1899 same; New Castle, 1890, - cent
1899, SC cents; Pencader, 1893, Is cent
hat 1899, 80 cents; Red Lion, 1895, Il cent
ms 1899, Is cents; st. Georges, 1898. ~ cent
ted 1899, 27 cents; White Clay Greek, ISL
hat so cents, 1899, 80 cents. Property
~ Wilmington is exempt from road tax.
nc The county and poor tax assessme
the for 1899 was $40, l96,4S The tax
from this assessment including capt.
tba tion tax was $500, 0,7lSS3. Investme
ean @ tax-assessment. SS 256, ,675. 81; tax, ~
tbe 776.01. Road tax-assessment, Sl4,0o
y 10 $40: taxes, $44, 265 36; negro school,
in. sessment, $3lS $50; tax, $956.55.
ntv The table of uncollected taxes sho
vs;s that many thousands of dollars whi
;arv should have been collected remain
III. the hands of the taxables. ~
While the apparent balance was Vii
we're 037 36 ON January l, IL woulo oe a leu,'. :,
the materlaliyi II ehe e1rots VIZ
om. available, but nothing entered against
,eyy Appropriations to the amount OF "
snh. $40 43 were transferred. Since Il
,nce there has been an increase in the
rate of from As to 60 cents.
nru. The county treasurer paid to r.
=, le commissioners these amounts: Ap
qninimink, 1850 OF: .Blackbird,
,int. 72Y 81; Christiana, $7,35S 81; Mil Gre
the S6 s43 "A; New Castle, SS,l20S5; T
the the cader, $3, ,6l0 76; Red Lion, $2,o6l 80;
and Georges, Si,5'Soz; "nite oiay o'e
mis- $2,5ll.
rt OF
RI as Tanoartar pa sent n nutnbec 0f