Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04

The afternoon session OF the Levy
Court Tuessay was devoted to the con-
aideration of election expenses. The
members of the court held a conference
with Comptroller Kelley, after which
the following bills were ordered paid:
Mercantile Printing Co, s27. 80; ;
News Publishing Co., SJ2. 30; Globe
ga; Evening Journal, $40 50, Ii. A.
Roop, es2.09; S. A. Hodgman, fer
guarding ballot boxes, S35; Messrs.
| Speakinan. Brady and Rice, S35 eaeh /;
News Publishing Co., s32: Mercantile
Printing Co, sl33. 30; Charles M.
Smith Printing and Stationery Co.,
/ sil51: james Kitchen, delivering and
erpoting booths and taking down and
returning same 10 county Court House,
ts3lT5; james Kitchen, delivering
boxes, books and hauling ballots,
SIi5J: Samuel Steaknan, three tables
loy election and registration, So % i
William Lawton, 255 oan..les and 259
candlesIicks 5l7. So. Department Of
Elections, Robert Aiken. 81, for watch
| ing ballots: d. Wiaslow, tfTte hours
| time, 5l.7l; William Wilson, Jr, hard
ware, sT2.3J. Mrs. ii A, Roberts, for
making curtains, 81 10; Woodward &
/ Bro., for hardware, 81 cents; Charles
| ii. Corihourn, hauling, So: f. @.
4 Mammele, 81. So; Il. T.. Phillips, for
etairiBg 65 booths, $40 "a.
| fxfHA cLsRK HIRE AGAIN.
The question of payirg the bills for
extra clerk hire and witness ices for
the sitting of the board CT canvass was
| discussed. The bills we're approved by
Juoge Spruance and Chief Justice Lore,
but Mr. Armstrong objected to the ray
| ment of the bills. He said that it never
had been done before.
| President Willit5 and Mr. Ewart
sain that they had seen Judge Spruance
and he had told them that the help
| was necessary and he bad employed the
men. He said thnt the bills should be
Iaid.
1t uas brought out that help had
bsen employed before in canrassing the
! vote, but that no salary had been paid.
Mr.. Willis and Mr.. Armstrong will
call upon Judge Spruance again before
the bills are paid.
REPORT + COMPTROLLER.
/ Comptroller Kelley made the follow
ing rcp.rt on bills for printing regis
tration notices:
II have in my Office bills for printing
| the notices of the sitting of the regis
| trars and the lists of registered voters
| required by law to be printed. OF the
30 districts in New Castle county, out
| side of the city of Wilmington, / have
| II ,t received bills from four districts,
and two districts in addition are in
complete, as they do not contain bills
for both notices. From the districts
! within the city of Wilmington have
received bills, excepting that from one
district 1 have received the bill for
only one notice. In 40 of the 50 dis
tricts of the city there are two bills
submitted by different persons for
doing exactly the same printing.
'.ln the districts in the city of Will
mington the charge for printing the
notices is in every case SO, and fol
printing lists of registered voters from
$40 to SIS, and in the districts outside
of the city the charge for printing the
notice is from sl.50 to 50, and the
charge for printing the lists of voters
is from $40 to $40.
In my judgment many of the bills
submitted are excessive in amount, and
should be disallowed. As there is nc
provision in the law fixing the price tc
/ Dc Ediu Ill tltutT CttSHt NOulu ou2-
gest that your honorable body fix a
uniform and reasonable rate to be paid
for the work DONE | believe that it IL
not within my province to make any
Recommendation as co the amount
i which should be paid.
AS above stated, IN 40 districts out
OF the So in Wilmington, two bills have
bean presented by different persons fol
printing the lists. l am advised that
in order to make the charge for print.
ing valid one against the county the
order therefor must be given to tine
board of registration for each district.
am unable to tell from the bills sub
mittod whether this has been done.
would therefore recommend that in this
district the person or company present
ing she bill should be called upon tC
produce tefore your honorable body, Of
before me, suoh proof as may be neces-
sary for you. or myself, to determine
whether the printing was ordered in
accordance with the law"
No action was taken on the report,
but it will he taken up at speoia
nesting TO be held tomorrow morning,
A resolution was passed fixing the
price to be raid for the rent of the
rural registration and polling places al
| al y,ar duv