Evening journal., 1902-04-29
COURT MEMBERS
FEAR SMALLPOX
Will Not Visit Trustees at
County Hospital
DR.. HENRY SAYS IT is SAFE
Members Of Levy Court Don't Care to
Expose Themselves 70 UnOeceS-
ary Danger

Members Of THE Levy Court wll not
visit the New Castle County Hospital
tomorrow, as some of them do not
think 1t safe TO go so near smallpox.
AT the meeting of the Levy Court this
morning the following communication
was received from DR.. Columbus
Henry:
'ln view of the fact that some Of
your members fear a visit to the Coun-
" Hospital at this time, owing to the
fact OF smallpox existing in the State
Hospital, ! desire to say, as n profess
sional man. that I do not think you
Will incur any danger in attending the
meeting on Wednesday next, when we
Will endeavOr to show your honorable
body an account of our Stewardship.
(Signed) "Dr. @. Henry"
Mr.. Chandler moved that the COM
munication be received and filed In
discussing the visit Mr.. Chandler said
he thought IL best TO stay away at the
present time. Mr.. Willis stated that
he had telephoned Dr. Henry yesterday
and told him that several members OF
The court were not in favor Of visiting
The institution while smallpox was
so prevalent and thought perhaps they
had better postpone the visit to fu-
ture date.
On motion Of Mr. Megginson, it was
decided to notify the superintendent of
the hospital that the court would not
attend the meeting tomorrow.
Mr.. Ewart was appointed to tele-
phone the courts decision to him.
Mr.Willits stated that John T. Dickey
had foundthe cash book needed by the
Levy Court, and had turned IL over TO
Treasurer Rettew. He said IL contain
ed the information needed, but there
were other books that We're in Dickey's
possession that should be returned.
Mr.. Ewart presented a bill from
| Michael DOnohue for stone used on
Elsmere road and for bridges, amount
/ ing to S2l.22, which, he refused to o.
X. unless the court ordered him to do
so. The stone was furnished in May,
1901. No action wa staken.
Mr.. Elliott offered a resolution TO pay
500 TO A. G. Vandever pending a set
tlement for his services as coroner.
hTe resolution was adopted.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. Ewart:
Whereas, The Clerk of the Peace.
having reported that the error lists for
White Clay Creek, Christiana and St.
Georges hundreds allowed the collec-
tions of those hundreds for the taxes
of 1898 and 1899, are not on file in his
office, and the same being needed for
comparison on final settlement with
the collectors; therefore, be IL
Resolved, That the collectors of the
aforementioned hundreds for the
years 1899 and 1900, be requested TO
furnish to this court a duplicate of said
error list for their respective nun
dreds.
Mr.. Armstrong objected to the reso-
luton because he thought that the
court had no right to interfere with
something that had already been al
lowed by the old Levy Court. He held
that these men had already submitted
their error lists, and If the court did
not have them 1t was it's own fault
He thought ii was up to the Clerk OF
the Peace to produce them. The reso-
luton was carried by a vote of to 2.
Messrs. Mealey, Willis. Elliott. Chan
dler and Ewart voting in the affirma-
tive. and Messrs. Armstrong and Meg
ginson in the negative.
In the matter OF the subscriptions
due on Washington street bridge. Mr.
Willis read the names of those who
have failed to pay, and on motion OF
Mr.. Armstrong the secretary was Or
dered to communicate with these
parties and see if they will not pay up.
In the absence of Secretary George
Janvier, William J. kirkland, a clerk
in the Office of Clerk of the PeaceQuig-
ley, presided at the desk.