Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20
AUDIT or ROAD ACCOUNTS.
Report OF the Committee Appointed for
the Purpose, Up TO July LIST, 1900.

Report OF the COMMITTEE Appointed for
the Purpose. Up to July list. 1900.
William II. Gibbons and Caleb M. |
Steward, the committee appointed to
examine, audit and inspect the books
vouchers and accounts of the road
comm: ssionere OF New Cast!e county
up to July 1st' 1900, have submitted
their report to Resident Associate
Justice William O. Spruanoe. They
did their work under the authority OF
an act approved March LIST, 1899, and
they thus report: ibIe .
Written notices were sent to all Of
the said commissioners requesting
them to hand over and deliver all of
their books, vouchers and accounts. to
the committee as required by said act.
This request. was generally promptly
complied with by the various persons
In charge of the books.
ASA result Of the suggestions made
by your committee during the last
audit considerable Improvement was
noticeable in the manner Of keeping
the accounts In some Of the hundreds,
though much is yet to be desired in
this resreot. Others have made no at
tempt whatever to keep a more intelli-
gible record Of affairs than appeared at.
the audit of July. LIST. The conditions
! then existing are TO agteHt extent the
vouchers are produced other than the
cancelled checks; 10 many cases it is
not stated for what purpose checks
were drawn; numerous checks are
drawn to the order Of the various com
missioners. presumably to pay 40 ag-
| gregation OF small amounts for labor Of
which your committee has no detailed
account.
.tAs stated in the report of your COM
mittee for 1899, the outstanding in
debtedness of some of the hundreds lie
| largely matter Of conjecture, several
claims have been presented and paid
during the past year ofdwhich the COM
inissioners had no knowledge at the
time of the last audit. Tbfse debts
were created by former commissioners
and NO record of them kept in the
books An example Of this is shown
in Appoquinimink bundled, where
claims of this character approximating
81, 300 have been presented. for puy-
ment, and about 81, 600 Of the funda Of
the current year hnd to be applied To
the pay meut of them
"Your committee feel that their
labor is rendered unsatisfactory aud in
a great degree nullihed by the lack Of
system in keeping these accounts, AND
until some better mn thod Is adopted
and enforced, the purpose OF the acI
under which they were appointed viii
be defeated !" 81
The report shows detailed figures o.
receipts, disbursements and liabilities
for each hundred, from which the fol
lowing points are taken:
| ~; tai b,,nrl.al 10
90, 800. So: disbursements, 81. 278. II
liabilities, notes, open account ant
outstanding bills. s4,448.35; uncol
lected taxes due, 81. $50. 81.
Blackbird Receipts, with balance
81, 972. 3d.; disbursement 1899. 60
checks outstanding, s27, making ap
! parent balance, $50. 3d.; liabilities
note of $3.50 and sundry bills estimated
at 500; resources, unsolicited taxes
S1.578. 80.
Brandy wine- Receipts, &c, 1853. 81 dis
bursemen,s. SO, 1853. 81 checks outstand
ing to amount Of 1874. SO, leaving ap
,, parent balance Of S10.45; liabilities
overdraft Of 1864. "a, and note OF "a, TOO
D estimated amount due for labor ant
material, 50, 600; resources, 60 share
I Of Wilmington & Great Valley Turn
. pike Co., and balances Of uncollecte,
s taxes, subject to allowances for error
: and commissions, s9T3. "a.
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, sI567. 80; dis
j bursements, s7,526.21; checks out
standing, s25; liabilities. notes an
: current accounts, $500; resources
uncollected taxes, s1,0a7.74.
Mill Creek Receipts, s7,1o8.79; dis
|. bursements, 1876 Al liabilities
! SO, 400, besides bills estimated a
g 1921. 55; resources, uncolleoted take:
+ 81, $40 81.
IS New Castle Receipts, So, 1882. 81; dis
!. bursements, $685. 46; check of s119
:, outstanding liabilities, notes and bills
Z 81, 1854. So; resources, unsolicited taxes
: s11, 1923. o.; due from the city OF Ne
! Castle, 81. leo.
g Pencader--Receipts, 50, o79. 80; dill
q bursements, 80, O73. 10; liabilities, note
u and bills. 81, 225; RESOURCES, unco
y lected taxes, s453. so.
y Red Lion-Receipts. 81, 593. So; di
Il burfementss 81, 1872. ID; liabilities
II note, $500; resources, unsolicited take
is S142.64. @
N ST. Georges--Reoeipts, @, 1928. 20 di
- bursemenis, S5, 505. Sc Il check ST.
y outstanding liabilities, various item
n including So, 300 owed the estate OF
ar P. Cochran, s1,175 owed Middletowi
5000 owed Odessa, and 81, 800. 10 +
d. labor on roads, total Of $9,715. 81
resources, uncolleoted taxes, 81, 1855. ]
White Clay Cteek--Receipts.
ga. Ca; Disbursements, S2,el1. O
checks outstanding, SS3. 95; liabilitie
I'd notes and bills, estimated, 81, 3d. /
o. resources, uncoIlecied taxes, 90, 246. Z
The f,,1l ,onort tyiIi 10 ni,hl;ched