Middletown transcript., 1907-01-12
LEVY COURTS WORK
Question of Auditing the Books of TIE
Clerk Of the Peace

There was some qlessi0n tuesday
: the meeting Of the Levy Count a. t
whether The andisnrs nf the registration
books If the last election could take H.,
books FROM tie office Of the Clerk of tht
l. .en / arsi. i. Aalnine them, Int illt
~ - ila.. i..lotIned the tou-t he would
..ot allow the books to leave his Office
but they could be examined any time
during Office hours. The question was
brought up by the report of chairman ol
the finance committee G. Candy Hopkins,
who stated that Harry Pearson, Deputy
County Comptroller, and James H. MOI
ris, Deputy Treasurer, who had been APP
j pointed to audit the books had been re-
fused access to them.
Levy Court Commissioner William A..
Scott objected TO such state of affairs,
but it was explained the Clerk of tie
Peace would not allow the books to leave
his office inasnInch as other books which
had left his custoday had been tampered
| with.
The members accepted the report OF
the trustees of the New Castle Count,
Worklouse which was read at the last
meeting.
President McFarlin was interested to
correspond with the presidents of the
Levy Courts OF Kent and Sussex counties
and with the attorneys Of those two
courts for the purpose of holding meet
ing to discuss a system of charges for work
performed by county officers. All OF the
latter are now on a salary and it is there
fore desirable that a uniform rate be-
charged for county work.
The county comptroller was instructed
to open an account with each county Of
icer and 10 keep record Of the receipts
and expenditures Of ca h office.
During the meeting state Highway
Commissioner Francis A. Price submitted
his annual report which has been print
ed. In it he urges the Legislature to pass
law providing for the appointment OF
an investigating committee to look into
the fairs of the road commissioners of |
the several hundreds in order to ascertain |
how the county money was spent. He |
also pointed out that there were about |
LOCO miles OF roads outside tie ri'ies and
towns of the county and recou,ll.eIlu.d
that a bond issue he made for improve.
ments.
The report of the fnance commi,t,e
submitted by Mr.. Hopkins showed the
resources of new Castle county from Jam
nary % until the end of the fiscal year,
June 30, and also the receipts from July
tlis year.
The resources were not estimated on
the cash on had alone, but on what is ex-
pected to come in before the end of the
fiscal year, which, he estimated at SILL.
D35. % of which amount there is 66.8l2..
10 on hand in cash. The receipts from
July l, 1906 to January s, 1907, were as
follows:
County, Poor, capitations and
uog SZ42, ,59O W
Registration fees. 1902 26
Unappropriated funds July /,
.........,......,............ 22, l5l 50
Funds received and not placed
10 any accOunt.---............... 9,2l7 26I
1922, 97l II
Resolutions were adopted ordering the
county comptroller to make the following
;redits to unappropriated funds: $9,2l7.-
26 collected from fines and costs; sale of
Did lumber, dog registration and licenses
md corporation corporation contracts, etc:
Fourth district, $499.G3 and charge to good
-oads, court expenses, 5000, charge to
funds, coInUr and physIc-
lns 5000, to ounappropriated funds magis-
rats and constables. 81 200; charge to un-
appropriated funds.
Upon recommendation OF Commissioner
Scott bill to be presented to the next
Legislature, providing for the appropria-
ion by the Levy Court OSLO, 600 to assist
n the erection of a new building for the
Ferris Industrial School, was adopted and
Is passage will be urged 1t was also
lecidedto request the Speaker of the two
Houses to notify the Levy Court when
my bills have been introduced affecting
hIs county.
1t was agreed to meet the State High
Nay Commissioner OIL Friday morning.
Shen inspection made of the sevearl
'oads the county repaired during tie
;ear:.
The invitation of Commissioner Sa'-
non to inpect the new bridge across APP
creek on Thursday morning
as also accepted.