Evening journal., 1908-08-05
KENT INQUIRY
AGAIN GOES OVER
Levy Court Will Take Up It's
Investigation Of Finances
in September

DOVER, Del. Aug. 5-The Levy
Court yesterday again considered the
charges concerning certain Of the coun-
ty officers. Clerk Darby was ordered
to read the minutes OF she secret ses-
sion. which was done in public meet
ing, but the minutes contained no ref
erences to the evidence heard on the
charges as adduced by the investigat-
ing committee some motions
requiring a roll-call on each resolution
and O recording Of tia vote Of each
member.
The matter was finally disposed Of
for the August session by the following
resolution. offered by Commissioner.
Walker, and adopted:
BE II resolved. That .he present in
vestigating committee OF this court he
continued for the purpose of proceeding
with its examination and for the pur-
pose of ascertaining what i'm its jucg-
ment would be just and proper nnan .
cial settlement between The county and
the parties alleged to be involved, and
TO make its recommendations TO the
The next regular meeting OF the
Levy Court falls on Tuesday, Septem-
Der !.
Immediately following this action the
bill of William i. Harinett, sheriff of
Kent county. for s2,1O367 for board Of
prisoners. was rejected by the court,
which refused to allow It or any part
Of IT, This was also the action Of the
court on three ether biils. CALVIN w
Snarr, S92.0i; John w Foreaker, S2T4.09
and forty-one Of the forty-six items on
the bill presented by S. l.. Shaw. Jus.
tice of the peace. amounting to S61.15.
These were practically all for the ar
rest and commitment of vagrants
The bill Of John T. Baker of S1S.O6.
less $780, which was deemed an over
charge. was allowed William r..
Simpsons bill of 1913 was ans found
no have been for arrests Of men at the
call of William Tharp. on whose prop.
erty they were trespassing.
A number Of politicians Of both par
ties were present, expecting that there
would be some surprising develop
ments. but the court kept at work on
routine county business until a short
time before adjournment hour AS
SCISSORS were allowed the following
cash pay: Jesse $. Vane, First district,
S1s620. f. e. Voshell. Second dis
trict. $1S5.2O; w. c. Savin. Third dis
trict. S15S.2O; Eugene Thomas. Fourth
district, S9S.2O; Augustus owens, Fifth
district. S14t.2O; r. J. Sipple. Sixth
district S131.20: w. A. Wagner, Sew
enth district Sl5S.20; James -. Mel
win. Eighth district S14l20; Samuel
r. Collision. Ninth district Si55.20;
Robe H. Thomas, Tenth district,
S1272O
Reports from the county offices
showed the following sums turned I'M;
Sherlms Office for July, S6S.17; re-
corder Of deeds. $2S9.25; clerk Of the
peace. S3s.75.
Commissioner Andrew Harper was
given authority to condemn an acre
| Of land for sufficient soil to repair
Leipsic causeway.
John b. Hutton. relative to the
abandoned Pratt mill-dam in the
Third district. seventy feet of which,
comprising also a road one-half of
which Is in New Castle and the other
half in Kent county. asked the court
to appoint an arbitration committee to
take the matter up with Mr. Pratt and
share the expense of rebuilding dam
and road, as the owner had about con-
cluded TO abandon 1t.