Smyrna times., 1920-02-25

! EOHOWlhg our usual custom of conoroen+ir,
upon some of the items disclosed in aJ;tias
trolIa,' DoOAe ne ana records of the County Comm
IroHer' we desire to call attention +o ~
amount an expended for Repairs to Jaii 5000 1I
me oulk of this sum (about sSOOl ,yoS e..
n1d~ relaiTs so 70 Heating Plant. In view of for
- eI Iarge expenditures for this same i4on,
II would seem, better care on +bo -. I'ein.
5n4; onte one responsible. should be given TO this
heating equipment Owen I" Ihls
Mhlle speaking of the Jail, let rs cau -
tenton to the very marked decroaso ea.' a; az
NUMBER OF commitments of tran1ns foT ,,;Lt5
IOuElhg and board at the eyDense of a.
oSiey. Do.tie ms practice had reached such pro
portions as to call forth criticism penaraIlS
ana tne title Tramps' Boarding Houso,S -
appIeu 70 our jail, was not altogether a mic
10. ron'eL c Our JAN Commissioners are deserv-
Ihg OF most hearty commendation for tbis
much needed reform iOi thls
we would again emphasize the need for,
I oaIe ana economy in the matter of the mr.
chase OF supplies and materials Of oil -
for the County Offices and Conntv a., ,,so NinEs
general and raise the question whether eroa+l
er economy in this matter would NOT rae,,i+
snonaibI;t,, tnulvldual We're clothed with the re-
S spohSslDiilty and authority to make tbesa
Ds' DDuIchases' rather than have each Office and
department ~ do its own buying of supplies |
| a. IS now the practice. All men are not !
clai was chosen for this work, thus concan-
IRA .Ia'lhg instead Of scattering the orders. bet
TER I,tl.i deals s. would doubtless result.
the total "1 coSt VOTE * nov completed we find that
remodelled Court House and ali fnrn;t,,ra
Oh oI Court Room and all County Offices incIud-
eu' ana with all bills paid is S9217714 and |
all this accomplished without either a pi anI
issue OF increase Of tax rate. In this com !
lectlon let us say that statements in ciro1,1a
ion 10 the elect that part of this sum was
akeh from the Good Roads Account are
10t verified by Comptroller Grieves' Books
ihey show that during the past seven wears |
mere mere mas 6een appropriated from the General
..uhu' by the Levy Court, for use Oh the Dub !
&c roads of this County S66, ,533.77 Tor nearly
iO'OOO annually, in excess of the amount
Iloted py statutory provision for this pur-
ose' VIZ: lOc of the tax rate levied and
his sum does not include S37 175 90 tbot d,lu ba
cen appropriated to incorporated towns DIR |
~ this same period for street maintenance
eH toto, 'nese IWo sums are added, they show
on to the regular allotment of 10 cents
ooVe referred to of tax collected for Counfv
e. e. mnat sort OF roads have to show for
us large expenditure of money? Is tbe |
me not fully ripe for Kent County to move
the matter of improved roads, and ston ! =
is si1G proillgate waste of the peoples money
! art roads that are scarcely usable for |
portion of the year.
With no desire to throw bououats b,,4
ieiy to commend fidelity to duty we direct ar
tention to the excellent condition of o,,r 1s
untys affairs as shown by the above re- D
1T. and repeat statement made in nre-
SI: ,1s report; The best antidote for graft is
Respectfully submitted. =
WALTER O. HOFFECKER
JOHN G. HOPKINS i
ATu ,,,, ,.,,,. Committee
mt COUNTY, IS. A
Be it remembered that on the ninth dav of ~
oruary' A.. D., 1920 before the subscriber.
NotaTy Public OF the State of Delaware.
sonally appeared Walter o. HoffeclSer and
IN G. Hopkins, Committee to inspect tbe
ks and accounts of the Comptroller of 80
lt County respectively, and made solemn
that the foregoing report and statements
true and correct to the best of their
wledge and belief Nei +
WALTER O. A0FfAsc1yEp "a and
JOHN C. HORKIf1a ll! ! tuE
C,or,,;..il | Sto
worn and subscribed before mo tha JS live
year aforesaid NM | IS
r,u~.r MARK w. COLE, M Goo
w 'S21IRAH"S1' "S1'''' Public. a,i a.a