Middletown transcript., 1907-04-13

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troller as provided by law in relation TO
tile payment Of moneys for County pur-
poses, and no payment for such work.
labor or materials shall be made BY the
County Treasurer except as herein pro-
vided.
Section Z It shall be the duty of the
Levy Court for said County at the same
time, now or hereafter provided by law,
in relation to the levy and assessment
of County taxes, to ascertain what sum OF
money will be necessary for the roads,
bridges and causeways, in their respec-
tive Hundreds in this County for the
coming year and calculate the rate there
OF per centum on the duplicate Of said
Hundred, approved by the said Levy
Court, for the purpose of County taxa
ton; and the said Levy Court shall lay
the road tax accordingly in each said
Hundred in said county, provided that
the tax rate shall be uniform through
ont the County. except in so far as real
estate is now exempt BY law from taxa
ton for road purposes. The said taxes
shall be assessed, levied and collected BY
the same persons. in the same way, and
with the same powers in the collectors as
are now provided for the assessment,
levy and collection OF taxes for County
purposes, but no officer or collector siiati
receive any compensation, other Than his
salary, for the assessment, levy or coiiec-
tion Of any road tax except as is now or
may hereafter be provided in relation to
County taxes. All road taxes which
have heretofore been assessed and levied
in the several Hundreds in New Castle
County, and are not collected by the
fifteenth day of April A. d. 1907, shall
be collected by the collectors heretofore
authorized by law to collect the same,
who shall be invested with all the powers
for the collection thereof now possessed
by the collectors Of County Taxes.
Section s The amount collected for
road purposes under this Act, shall be
applied as follows:
1. To the payment of wages of the
Hundred Road Supervisor for the Hun
dred in which such taxes are collected.
2. To the payment of the principal
and interest of the bonded Indebtedness
of said Hundred as now provided by law.
8. To the payment of such amounts as
may now be provided by law to any
town, village or municipality in said
Hundred.
f. To the payment OF the floating debt
now existing against said Hundred; pro-
vided, however, that not more than one
fourth of the actual amount received from
road taxes shall be applied in any one
year to the payment fthe floating debt oi
said Hundred, and further provided that
the amount SO paid shall be distributed rat
ably among the persons holding claims
against said Hundred.
5. To the maintenance and improve
ment of the public roads, bridges and
in said Hundred as herein pro-
vided.
Section 9. The said Levy Court is
hereby authorized and empowered to
purchase for the use of the County such |
tools, implements, machinery and sup |
plies as may be necessary in their iudg-
nent in connection with the maintenance
and improvement Of the said public roads,
bridges and causeways and to engage and
employ such persons as may be necessary |
10 use the same. Such tools; implements,
machinery and supplies shall be the prop
erty of New Castle County and shall be
used as may be directed by the said
County Road Engineer, subject to the ap.
proval Of the said Levy Court. The said
Levy Court shall have the right TO charge
each Hundred in said County with the
actual expenses incurred by it in the use
Of such tools, implements, machinery and
appliances within said Hundred, and shall
receive payment therefor from the road
.axes collected as herein provided.
Section 10. 1t shall be the duty of the
Road Commissioners and Commissioners
Of Roads and collectors of road taxes in
the several Hundreds in New Castle
County to pay to the County Treasurer on
The first day Of April 1907, all sums Of
money which may then be in their hands
from road taxes; and it shall |
also be the duty of the said Road Com
missioners and Commissioners OF Roads |
and the Road Overseers in each Hundred |
to hand over to the Hundred Road Super |
visor, when appointed, the tools, imple.
ments and supplies belonging to or in the
custody Of the said Road Commissioners |
or Commissioners of Roads or overseers |
III their respective Hundreds; the said
money to be creuited to the said Hundred |
and the said tools, implements and sup
plies to be used by the said Hundred |
Road Supervisor for the said Hundred, |
appointed as herein provided. 1t shall |
also be the duty OF the Road Commission
ers aud Commissioners Of Roads in the |
several Hundreds in said County to pre-
pare a list of the names, addresses and |
amounts due all persons to whom the |
said Road Commissioners and Commits |
sioner OF Roads may be indebted on the
said irst day Of April 1907, and to hand |
or transmit the same, together with all |
books, papers aud accounts belonging to |
them to the said Levy Court on or before |
the said first day of April A. d. 1907. II
any Road Commissioner or Commission
ers Of Roads, overseer or overseers shall
fail to comply with the provisions of this
Section, he shall be deemed guilty of Il
misdemeanor and shall be fined in sum
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars aud in addition
thereto an amount equal to double the
value OF such money, tools, nplements
and supplies not delivered By him or them
rs herein provided.
Section IL. The said Levy Court is
hereby authorized in case Of extraordi-
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