Evening journal., 1911-03-03

live stock ... 200
Equipment .....- .---..-..- o'VuV
Bonds in school fund....-... $4,000
Total ..... .S8se.7oO
The records in the Office of the Re
cordcr of Deeds for New Castle coun-
ty we're then searched by the Hon.
Davis. attorney-at-law, who
was retained for this purpose by the
State Grange He found that title TO
all property at the college at Newark
was vested I'm the trustees of the old
college. These trustees had contracted
with the Delaware Legislature in 1869
10 transfer title to one-half of It's en-
dowment and Onc-half of all OF its
real and personal property TO the
State. Forty years later Attorney Davis
found that this transfer had never
been made. This fact was announced
by tho Hon. James H. Hughes, OF Do
yer. in an address before the State
Grange at its annual meeting held IN
SMYRNA in December, 1907. No public
notice was taken of the matter until
the Hon. G.. W. Marshall appeared ~
Dover in 1909 and sought TO railroad
a Derpetual charter for Delaware COL
lege. The claim was then reported by
the public press that the belated trans
fer of title by the old Board 70 the
State had been made in January 1903.
The Commission Of State officers
may have ascertained what the present
condition of this title tangle Is, but the
newspaper edition Of this report makes
clear one point only, viz, that the
State of Delaware and the trustees OF
the old Board at Delaware Collese
own something, share and share allKe'
II remains to be determined, however,
whether that something is the ola
building and five acres OF ground ana
the endowment fund Of the Original
Newark College, which is all tnat the
old Board put into the partnership, or
whether It also covers the SlzU,oVV
of new buildings erected by the S1aIe
npon the site of the old college ana
the sS5. 900 OF school bonds invested IN
Dover plus the S150.000 Of personal
nropertv purchased with federal funds
concentrated under the Hatch, the new
Norrell. the Adams and the Nelson en-
actments. This is a matter whicn
should be determined very soon, pre-
ferablv nv a committee Of the mem
here Of the General Assembly. II
should also be distinctly understood
that the Federal contract relating TO
Delaware College subsequent to that
of 1869 are annual in their tenure,
and that If for any reason Congress
failed to re-enact any or all Of them,
then a load for maintinance In MAXI
mum exceeding $4,000 annually,
would fall upon the State Treasury
or the college would be forced ia
close it's doors. What view would then
obtain when the State and the Fed
eral claims to inventoried property
were considered and what the finan-
cial and individual claims Of the old
Board might be are matters which
sooner or later will call for adjust
ment.
Lawyers Oninion ON Question.
A verbal opinion has been given by
an attorney of high repute that the
refusal of the State TO renew tbs
charter would quickly onen a way 10
| Justly settle all claims which the reD-
resentatives of the old Board might
haze for the property at Newark
This matter is of too much moment
to he passed without thorough inves-
tigation.
The Auditing of Accounts.
A statement has already been made
that some Of the claims published by
the commission may be applicable 2
one or more OF the contracts with ia