Evening journal., 1904-12-30
Resourees and LlablIItles.

Resources and Liabilities.
Resources and liabilities Of New Castle
county. as OF December 30 1904:
Amount 20 the credit OF receiver OF
taxes and county treasurer in Farmers
Bank, s2o2. .sis15: certificate Of indebted
ness OF the Mechanics Loan Association.
$1,000; amount Of unpaid subscriptions to-
ward building Washington street bridge.
s2,575; amount OF judgments IN Superior
Court against taxpayers FOR county and
poor taxes. I.20f25; amount due from the
Levy Court of Kent county. s1.765.70;
amount due from State OF Delaware on
account OF investment tax. ss272.96; loan
20 trustees Of workhouse. s. 80: due from
sheriff for fines and costs, Si,i3S.09; due
from CLERK OF peace for fines and costs.
s209.36; county and poor taxes uncollected
for the years 1895. 1896, 1901. 1902. 1908 and
1904. Si11 1.5220s; captation tax uncollected
for the years 1901, 1902. 1908 and 1904, s5.
1850; dog tax uncollected for the years
1895. 1901, 1902, 1908 and 1904. sS,467.50; total
available resources, S337, ,3SS.59
To offset any allowances for errors IN
assessments in the above. we include in
the liabilities the appropriations for or-
rors i'm assessments, rebates on taxes and
penalties on taxes.
Including the County Court House.
Workhouse. Aims House. Washington
street bridge, Third street bridge Market
street bridge. Brandywine bridge. Elev-
enth street bridge. Seventh street bridge,
and the various bridges throughout the
county. estimated 81. 100000; total available
resources. as above, 1881. $3.50; total re-
sources of New Castle county, $l.3S7, $3.50.
Liabilities.
Bonded indebtedness OF New Castle
county. December 30. 1901 1861. 900; credit
Of appropriations. as shown by detailed
statement. 1927. 1905; less debit items. S2O,-
l9619. S2O7. .252.S9; outstanding warrants
payable on presentation. s24.17216: total
liabilities. $500, 42505; net resources Of New
Castle county December 30. 1904 Sli4. .96354
The large amount of outstanding war
rants is due TO the fact that we have had
to include all the checks issued since
December 10, 1904, when the county treas
urers bank book was balanced.
ROAD AND NEGRO SCHOOL TAX.
The balance Of uncollected road and
negro school tax on December 80 1904. fol-
lows:
Year 1886. road. si,ls5.29; negro school.
sli462.
Year 1896, road. s25Se4; negro school. s7.2O
Year 1901. road. sis2.65.
Year 1902. road. sl,25L72; negro school.
1883.
Year 1908. road. ng7ssl; negro school.
s215.a.
Year. 1904, road, si5,Ois-O5; negro school.
s6Ol7s.
Receiver of Taxes Account.
The report in regard TO the account Of
Receiver Of Taxes and County Treasurer.
states that the balance due him at the
time Of settlement of handbook is S2O2,-
257.15. 1t also states that since the settle
ment Of the handbook the county treasur-
er has received for registration fees $500
and for the sale Of stone and old planks.
$3.50, both of which amounts have since
been deposited in bank. and he has also
collected taxes for the month OF December
which have not yet been deposited in
bank.
The amount Of road tax collected from
July 1. 1904. to date by rural tax collectors
is S2S.760s4
The balance Of negro school tax in bank
December 80. 1904. is s524SS. This balance
is negro school tax that has been col
lected from rural districts and as the re-
ceiver of taxes and county treasurer is
uncertain what should be done with this
money, he refuses TO pay the same over
to any one unless there is a law passed by
the Legislature directing him to pay it to
some stated party. All the negro school
tax collected in Wilmington has been
paid over to the Board Of Public Educa-
tion OF Wilmington