Milford chronicle., 1915-07-16
THE sussex LEVY Court
H0lDS A LIVELY SESSION

Tho Iuly term VI IuS ousSSA ONAii
court was more lively than us
Icy and had some important business
ual' rs az before it for consideration
MAJ wore several delegations asking
n0to tooTings on matters of Importance
lol no usual attempt to elect con
anu anu and trustees of the Poor oc
ounied part of the time.
CUP. pn short the Collector Of Taxes
W he Tenth District, was before
Lo'~ 6onrt asking for allowance on his
.Iicote tue of a considerable list, and
Gup'-T ,'I. U.ae gone over before the attor-
lla' for the Levy Court, who asked
nnestions and gaye instructions as
" what had to be done IN collecting
.oves besides swearing that due oil
;Sence" io- had been used to get the tax
ls'H' This took up the bulk of the
e,orning e period. He was allowed
e5ea IS on the 1914 taxes.
''YD'b Ty The afternoon the bids for build
u +ba bridge at Woodenhawk, near
,Iersb ,I5 Hone. were opened. The bridge
PIC 10, tbo second Election District and
tbe bids follow;
'lf Rocco De Gregory, S4,195.
William L. Cahall, $4,169.
Homar & Mixner, $4,000.
Holt & Hudson, $1,000.
George Dole, $4,965.
Holt & Hudson being the lowest
bidders. they were awarded the con-
tract for building said bridge.
Then the delegation from MILFORD
,.os giveu the floor to plead for the
low Court to make an appropriation
~ som with which to complete the
now gravel road through the Ellen
5ola Swamp. The matter had been
oSitated through the columns OF the
Sfiiford chronicle for several weeks,
and the members of the Court seemed
famiIiar with the needs for this work
being completed, as the three-quarters
oe mile in question would connect
tbo snlendid eight miles of gravel
rood between Milford and the Ellen
dale Swamp, with the gravel road TO
he built this summer in the George
town or Ninth District, which Will |
connect with the road already built |
north from Georgetown. After COL
onel Theo Townsend and others had
sDoken on the question, Mr. Reed,
tbe member for the Milford District,
moved that the allowance of $500 be
made. and it was adopted by unanl-
nous vote of the Levy Court. Ihls
will insure sixteen miles of gravel
road between Milford and Georgetown
which will ultimately, if the road is
kept in repair, be the automobile
route to and from RehOboth.
A large delegation was directed to
present their proposition for new
bridge over the river at Laurel. The
prominent business men of Laurel
were present and urging that the
bridge be built. The vote on the ques-
Lion resulted in five votes for and tYe
against the building of the bridge,
and the Clerk of the Peace cast the
deciding vote between them in favor
)f building the bridge. The County
was directed to draw up the
plans for the bridge, and to limit the |
,Ost within four thousand dollars. {
John A. Clogg, collector of Seventh I
district for 1913, was allowed the sum 1
# S24 as overpaid tax on Hooker 1
in said district. d
Mr.. Mcgee was authorized to build v
bridge in BrOadkiln district and to il
resent bill for same to Levy Court.
The President of the Levy Court
nd Clerk Of Peace were instructed
D pay from the Court House fund
he sum of S1,234.S3 to FoOrd-Massey
o. for furniture, and the sum OF SAL o
} the -ZOllinger Co. for furni-
Ire. II
Another attempt was made to elect ST
Dor trustees for first and second dis r.
lets, but there was no election. h
L. A. West was elected constable y
r the sixth district and Thomas w.
,Ott was elected constable for the q
urth district. e'
Edward F. Pride, Democrat, and al
iram Z. Short, Republican, were " "
for Office of constable for u
nth district. A vote was taken,
lich was as follows: Pride 3 Short 70
blank ,; no election. le
James c. Shockley was elected con- ~
'ble for seventh district. r.
John E. Martin, who was elected Is'
nstable for third district, at the al
sylous session, rendered his resig- We
ton, which was accepted.
Reported on Bridges. iIl
lounty Engineer Gum and the COM III III
-tee selected to view the bridges III
Broadkiln, Lewes and Rehoboth er
ldreds, reported that the lift bridge q
II the canal at Lewes, which was W.
structed at a cost of about 1000, Do
IN working condition; also report
the bridge at Belts Mill to be in
condition and recommended that
airs be made at once Commission
4. H. Mcgee was authorized to have Cri
epaired at a probable cost of 5000. Tb
mother attempt was made to elect fri,
. S'ees Vi the POOR, Dut again party wa
. y were SO closely drawn tnat tne Wi
II proved futile, the five Republi- gu1
and five Democratic members be- fine
unable to agree. After several ed
tess ballots the subject was aban- die