Evening journal., 1913-08-07
SUSSEX LEVY
COURT PLANS
FOR new ROAD
Commissions to Establish Title
TO Land on Which Schools
Stand
HIGHER ASSESSMENT
FOR RAILROAD PROPERTY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
f fGEoRGETowN. Del, Aug. 7.-At
the monthly session Of the Sussex
County Levy Court, W. Elwood
Wright. deputy clerk Of the peace,
who is secretary for the body, was
authorized to draw an order for $3.50
for the town Of Bethel, It being the
annual appropriation to that town.
BY vote Of seven to one the body
refused to allow a rebate to the
Georgetown Water Company on 1912
taxes.
President Charles Kinder appointed
Commissioners Reed, Kinder and
Lynch a committee TO meet with a
committee to be selected by the Kent
County Levy Court 20 view a bridge
IN Milford on the dividing line. The
committee was authorized to proceed
10 have the necessary work done ac-
cording 10 the best judgment Of the
committee.
Commissioner Charles West offered
the following resolution which was
adopted: Resolved that the assess-
ment of $500 to the p, B. and w.
r. r. Company in the Sixth Repre-
sentative District be declared an err
ror and the assessment OF $4,000 to
the d. NJ. & V. r. r. Company in said
district be and is the true
assessment Of railroad prop
erty in said district, and further
that the collector Of the Sixth dis
q ict he allowed I'm his settlement the
tax upon said $500 assessment"
A committee was selected 10 view
Mars sh Hope bridge on the dividing
line between Kent and Sussex coun-
tiles. The Sussex members together
with the committee appointed by the
Kent County Levy Court viii meet
next Friday.
The county engineer was authorized
and directed to draw plans and speci-
ications for a bridge in Dagsboro
hundred and also for Vines Creek
Bridge, and report at the next meet
6ng. The following resolution was
offered and adopted:
Resolved, That the president of the
Levy Court of Sussex county be au-
thorided and directed 20 apply to
y
on order for a continuance of the new
road leading from Omar 10 the old
county road leading to Frankford. IN
and across said old county road over
the lands of John b. Evans and Others
IN a westernly direction TO the county
road leading from the Ann Gum resi-.
dence 10 the town of Frakford, all
legal requirements as TO notice 10 ht
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pared by the attorney for the Levy
Court
Charles NJ Moore filed a petition
for School District No 167, in Balu-
more hundred, at Selbyville. request
ing the Levy Court 70 appoint a COM
mission of three 10 go into the district
and select a place for a school house.
The president was authorized TO ap-
point a commission, and named Will
liam NJ. Morris, Lemuel W. Evans and
T. W. Bunting. A like petition was
filed for School District No Sc known
as the Sharp Hill District, and Will
liam W. Rawlins, an ex-Represent-
htive, and former sherihs John r.
Steele and Robert Short, all Of this
town, were appointed the commission
According TO Mr.. Moore, who Is one
VI tue AAtlANLAc "a the county EHnOUl
Commission, the action that has beer
taken was to establish the right C
the land upon which the building.
stand in order that the district NIGH
borrow money to defray the expense
OF erecting the school houses. 1t ap
pears that there is no title for tn
land upon which the buildings stant
and. in order to borrow money so tha
NIr Iaaa u
necessary for title in some way L
be established. The school house a
Selbyville, which will undergo repairs
was built in 1S4S, and during tn
sixty-five years little If anything ha
been spent on it, Recently II wa
condemned by the County School Com
mission, as we'll as that at Sharp
Hill. As soon as title can be ob
tained and the money for the repair
raised, work will be started.