Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-04
LEVY COURT ON APPEALS.
Mr.. Walkers Application Refused Reduc.
lions In Assessments

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| court refused to reduce the assessment
of Hervey Walker of Mill Creek hun
dred which had heen increased from
"a, 300 to s5, 900.
This morning the court reduced the
assessment on property OF Security
Trust and Safe Deposit Co., Southern
district of Pencader hundred, from
$40, 600 to $4,000.
| land of John II. Rodney ON tho out
skirts OF New Castle was reduced from
$4,000 to 81, 800, the old figure. The
assessor had entered it as building
| lots; it is used as pasture.
The stock assessment Of S400 against
William Brown, Newport, was stricken
off.
Thomas ii. Buckley was appointed
constable for Wilmington in place of
John w. Banks.
A farm property in the Northern
district of New Castle hundred assessed
to DIR. I. b. Bradford was stricken
| from the list, as il is now assessed to
| the Equitable Guarantee and Trust Go.
An assessment of 81, 300 on 1870 acres
of unimproved meadow owned by Emma
and Julia Clark in East st. Georges
| hundred was reduced to $500.
The Levy Court Thursday decided to
have Constable Lucius G. Jones act as
| bailiff to the court. For this, it is
| understood, Mr.. Jones will receive 90
each day of service. The following
resolution on the subject was handed
to Clerk Janvier by President Lynn
and it's adoption was moved by MIR.
Mege inson
Where's, section 30, chapter 8, page
So Of the Revised Code authorizes this
Levy Court to compel the attendane of
one or two constables at sittings to act
| in the capacity of bailitf of the Levy
Court, therefore be it
| Resolved, That Lucius q. Jones one
Of the constables appointed for Will
mingtop hundred be requested to at
tend the sessions Of this Levy Court
aud to act as its bailiff. :"
| The resolution was adopted.
Section 80 OF chapter s says: The
said court, in each county, shall have
power to select and require two Of the
constables of the county to attend its
eittines, as bailitfs, who shall attend
the same and obey all the reasonable
requirements of said court, under
| penalty of $40, to be recovered by in
| diciment.
The action OF the court caused some
| comment.
Three items in East Blaolsbird hun
dred aggregating $685.. and assessed
to William G. Spruance were stricken
from the list.
| transfers and reductions of assessments
at its Thursday afternoons session.
\ Resolutions making the transfers aud
| raEnofiopc s,taf h,,faro "a
| adjournment. After the resolutions had
been turned over to the newspaper
men, that referring to one series OF
properties, Nos. 202-46 East Fifth
| street, was taken away from them at
the request of Levy Courtman Mealey.
| IL is supposed that it was for re-
duction in the assessment.
| request for a reduction of the
assessment of $1,000 on the propert, of
John .Mitohell's estate, Mill Creek hun
dred, was received. It was formerly
assessed at $1,000, but Mr.. Lynn ex-
| planned that there is kaoiin on the
place which makes it more valuable.
Mr., Lynn is to report further on the
subject at an April meeting of the
court.
These transfers and reductions were
made:
Eastern district, Christiana hundred,
about five acres, Edward Lecarpentier,
81, 925 to 81. 500; South Pencader hun
| dred, house, Atwood Stewart, $500,
stricken off; Northern district, New
Castle, stock, William Stroup, $3.50,
transferred to E. d. r. Sutton !;
Northern district, New Castle, IA
acres wild marsh, Annie B. Elliott,
stricken off; Northern district, New
Castle. eight lots, j. q. Mahoney,
Ell, 600 to $500 and assessed as one and
one-quarter acres pasture; Northern
district, Pencader, stock, Robert T.
Burgess, 1926, stricken off; q acres,
frame house and stable, 50, 400, reduced
to so. 900; frame house and stable,
81, 800, transferred to r. 7. Cam, Jr. !;
Central White Clay Creek, farm lands
James Morrow estate. subdivided, total,
Ills; Charles B. Allcorn, 5000.
transferred to w. Frank Taylor Mill
Creek hundred, Lydia Mitchell, So, 150,
to Stephen Mitchell's estate, Chris
tfana hundred, farm property, James
s. Comfy, to Susan and Mary Comfy.
Three lots. Catherine Leonard, Thirty
first election district. transferred to
John Leonard; Second and Rodney,
j. B. Oberly, stricken off Thirty first
district, John B. Leonard, double
assessment, eleven houses, Townsend
between Lobdell and A, Martin Lane
to j. H. Green, $500; six houses on
A Street, Martin Lane TO j. III. Green,
S2,T00; Fourth and Walnut, Henry
Pretzschner, sl2, 600 to SILL 900; No. 108
East Second. Hannah Barber, $4,000
to 90, 600; No sol West Fifth, Mrs. L.
B. Sisson, So. 800 to s., 100; No. 2l9
West Second, Juliana Miller, 50, 500 to
50, 400; Nos. Ill, 113, 115 Justison,
John Plunkett estate, SO, 700 to 5000,
and transferred to Sallie Davis; No.
SOB West Fifth, Susanna Pyle, $500
to So, 100: No. 70S Franklin, estate
James Morrow, $4,000 to So, 500.
No. IL Vandever avenue, William
Sweeney, 5000 to $500, lot Vandever
avenue. between Heald and Claymont,
#, s. Bradley, $500 to 5000; north side
Lodge, between Head and Clsymont,
F. S Bradley, 5000 to s100, southeast
corner Sixteenth and Railroad avenue,
j. ID. Winslow, stricken off; lot adj
joining No. 8 Glen avenue. j. ID.
Winslow, 5000 to SlG0; No. 1918 Della
ware avenue, from William @. Sprusnce
to Joseph W. ReyEold: farm, west side
of Market, north OF Thirty-fourth, 3S
acres, Edward H. Brennan, from
$40, 900 to $1,000; No. 1904 lowering
avenue, George Black, stricken off;
two houses, Rose street between Eighth
aud Ninth, lot on Rowland between
Rose and Woodland, James MCGOWAN,
to Fl. F. Pickels; houses reduced from
5000 to $500; lot, $500 to $500; No.
Ill South Van Buren, John E. Jennings
to James Gayley house, Ninth street
east of BIoome, w, s., Prickett to ,Ichn