Milford chronicle., 1916-04-28
ADJOURNED SESSION OF
The SUSSEX LEVY court
Sussex County Levy Court

SUSSEX county Levy NOuIt
The Suse County Levy Court met
Tuesday in adjourned session. with all
members present except Messrs. Ward
and Moore.
Jonothan G. Moore. collector of the
Fourth district for years 1914. was al
lowed SJ49O5 as delinquent tax and
SGS.T5 as excess tax for said year.
A motion was adopted directing the
County Comptroller to bring in the
amount Of general road money eXpend-
ed in each district this year and that
no district this year and that no dis
trict be allowed to spend more than
the amount allowed for that purpose.
Old Whipping Post Disposed Of
Upon motion of Mr. Reed, the old
Whipping-pOSt. which had been used
for many years in netting corporal
punishment to prisoners in the county
convicted Of larceny and other crimes,
was presented to John 7. Watson, the
Court House janitOr.
To Sell Court House Furniture
The Clerk of Peace was instructed to
dispose of at public sale all the old
furniture of the Court House iron
pipe lumber. etc, which will be of no
further use to the county.
Bridge Over Canal Located
Mr.. Mcgee moved that the new
bridge over the Government canal at
Rehohoth he built just North of the
old bridge and straight with the road
leading 20 the canal, and Mr.. Dolly
made a motion to place the said new
bridge one hundred feet South of the
railroad bridge. A vote by rOll-call
was taken and the site favored by
Mr.. Mcgee was selected. there being
nine votes in the affirmative.
Lady Buys Bridge Bonds
The bid of Miss Annie II. Bacon for
six bridge improvement bonds, at par
with interest, was accepted.
The committee appointed to view
bridge near Baltimore Mills and a
bridge near FrankfOrd, in Baltimore
Hundred. recommended the cOnstruc-
ton of new bridges at those places
and the county road engineer NJ. T.
Gum was authorized to draw plans for
the same.
Will Build Two Bridges
The county road engineer was also |
authorized to draw plans and specifi- |
cations for the construction of the |
drawbridge to span the Government |
canal at RehobOth, and that he ad- |
vertise for bids for the construction of |
said bridge.
The sum Of S2O3S3 was allowed
Z. L. Jones & Co., of Dover, for in7
stalling the urinal in the Court House.
The Levy Court attorney was in
structed to take the necessary steps
in having Luther Long make necessary
repairs to his bridge in Baltimore hun
dred.
Messrs. II. w johnson, Mcgee and
Ward were appointed committee to
view a road in Indian River Hundred.
the date selected for the same being
Friday, April 2S.
Fix County Tax Rate 35 Cents
A resolution was adopted fixing the
tax rate County road and poor at
80 cents for each one hundred dollars
assessed valuation; that Of the tax
produced by said rate 4H per cent
for general road purposes, and the re-
mainder for general expenses Of the
county. 1t was further resolved that
a capitatiOn tax of one dollar be levied
and collected from each and every
male citizen of the county, as returned
by the Board of Assessment.
Extra Road Tax Of Ten Gents
A petition, signed by each Levy
Court Commissioner was filed praying
the .levying Of a special road tax OF
ten cents for each one hundred dollars
Of the assessed valuation Of the assess
able property in Sussex county, and
upon motion of Mr.. Dolly the said
petition was adopted.
Adjourned to Tuesday, May 2nd.