The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-03
ACCOUNTS
AUDITED.


ed committee appointed to examine.
audit and inspect the books, voucher
and accounts Of the County Comptrol-
ler, Receiver Of Taxes and County
Treasurer, Levy Court Com missloners,
and Clerk of the Levy Court Of New
Castle County, respectfully report a.
follows:
The period covered by this report
is from January End, 1900 to January
End. 1901.
The tax levy for County purposes
for the year 1900 was as follows:
county ............ 1884, 667. SO
Ioor ...........4 ~, 953.ao
CaPltaC'oh. ........,.......l5 ~ 5o2.OO
Dog ...... .............2, 1884, o.
Investment (County's share) Il, ,41l.66
Negro School (wlimington. ..eii.ts H. IS
This levy Is IS, 25l.72 in excess Of
the levy for lastyear The total levy
for Investment tax was $50, 400. .27, Of
which 1892. Sc was for the State Of
Delaware. $ll, All. 56 as stated above
for New CASTLE County and $ll, ,468,l5
for the city Of Wilmington.
The bonded debt on January End,
1900 was % &C, 900. 90, and during the
year this amount was reduced to
$626, 100000, at which figure it stood
on January End, 1901.
Payments Of bonded indebtedness
by the County Treasurer other than
those above mentioned, occurring dur.
Ing the period covered by this report,
were credited in the summary of the
bonded Indebtedness for the year 1899
and were included In the report Of
the auditors for that year.
There is yet one bond Of 800. 90 OK
the Court House loan outstanding,
which has never been presented for
payment, and which was due and pay
able July lst 1899.
The item Of 1925. 90 charged to In.
tercst and discount, was paid to the
holders of certain bonds, which were
held by them upon request for perl
cd OF three months after maturity,
whcreubon they were paid interest on
theSame, as If the bonds had matur-
ed three months after the date on
which they did actually mature.
The county finances at the date. Of
the maturity of the boLd were very
low.
We find tnat there has been no In.
terest paid on the $50, 000 90 issue OF
bonds dated July 1st 1890, for the
refunding OF the Court House loan.
This interest on January 1st, 1901,
amounted to the sum Of S3,622.5O,
which is liability of the county but
as no one has appeared to claim the
interest, it has not been paid. and,
therefore, does not appear elsewhere
in this report. The" bonds were pur-
chased by the Farmers Bank, aud
from information obtained from off.
cals of said bank, we are informed
that they sold the bonds to other
parties who have, as yet, failed to
register the name or names Of the
holders Of the said bonds.
The balance in bank to the credit
OF all funds or accounts on January
2ud, 1900 was $50, ,071.63, while on
January 2nd, 1901, the balance was
$l5.sOl.27.
The County Treasurer received
Tor the year 1000. $9.0S6 90, County
and Poor Taxes increase over the
receipts from the same source dur
ing the year preceding; $500 In
crease in Capitation Tax as com.
pared to the year preceding; sl59.50
decrease in the receipts from the
Dog Tax; SIS, ,622.09 decrease Ia the
receipts from the Investment tax;
5000. OF increase in the rece pts from
the Road tax; and $22.2l increase
in the receipts from negro School tax
making a total net increase from
these sources during tn. year 1900
as compared to the year 1899, Of
$t,29o.74.
The total expenditure during the
year for County purposes was
$Sol. 1896, II We deduct. however
the $4,000 payment on bonds, to
which we referred before. we find
the actual total expenditure to ba
1927, 4S9.o6. The total expenditure
for all purdoses during the year
1899 was $3.50. Do. 90, and IT we do.
duct the 500, 200 for the new Work
House loan, and the SIS, 500 paid on
the Court House loan, we fiud a
balance OF S274, 462 90 as the eener-
al expenses for county purposes for
that year, thus showing an increase
o! expenditure during 1900 OF
S5S, ,026 7s as compared to the year
1899. This amount included $33,8l0.
.43 paid out on account Of the new
Seventh street bridge Silver Run
road, and Marsh alton bridge, for
which no appropriation had been
pade in the beginning Of the year.
For the general election in 1900,
an expense Of sl7, 955.95 was incur-
red, whereas no lection was held
during 1899, but to more than
counterbala nee this expense. the
County recel we'd for regis ration lees
in 1900 the sum of So, 900 90
In comparison with the expendi-
lures Tor various obi iects. the ap-
preparation to the Jail Commissions
ers for this year shows an Increase
OF 81, 692.03 over that Of 1899.
The annual tax due by the Will
mington City Railway Company ior
the use OF Third street bridge has
not been paid.
lu the back Of this pamphlet will
be found the audit for the year end-
ing June 30th, 1901.
Respectfully submit ed.