Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-06-28
LEVY COURT ENDS
THIS FISCAL YEAR
Appropriates 81, 200, 36@.57 OF
the county's Funds for the
Next Twelve Months.

The Levy Courts last scssion In the
n-cal year is?l-cs was held yester-
day af,erfioon.
For tbs nasal year beginning July ].
Iss2. and ending June 30. la2S. the
court made budget assreesting
sf.1oO.SS&5,, which will he met by a
tax rate OF 20 cents on a real estate
asse~meu of 3lse. 0Sc .0S2 and revenue
derived from pawnbrokcsv' and junk
dealers' licenses. dog tax. fines and
c-rts, fees frcm Court House Officers
and miscellaneous receipts. Every
Evening published tho budget last
Friday. when II was tentative. and
the cour1 adopted II In IT. original
form. Next yeArs appropriations
compare with this yeArs aprsCT<A-
;svns as follows:
Salaries Of county ofYicials-itc-
du,od from sfi5. 900 TO 100000.
Ru~rd O, prisoners-Incrcsssd from
seo.ooo TO $1,000.
Delaware Industrial School for
Glrs Rci,~~d from $4,000 TO VA
500.
Trustees. 81 the Poor-Reduc~d from
Sos. 600 20 0.coO.
w
from $40 600 10 $4,000.
county co,rt expenses -keduced
frum &es,0 goo 10 Sct 600.
Hoard W Assessment Reduced from
sS.5oO To $500.
Magistrates and constabies-
Guv.d from $4,000 10 $4,000.
Printing and sIstionory~-R Reduced
from &l2 eco 10 10000.
T.lephones Reduced from $500 20
!so0
Iaxh,. power and water for bridges
--Incr~as.sd fiOm $4,000 TO 5000
Inter~s, On t.yndv Increased from
slso goo So Nsooop
interest on anticipated sale 81 bonds
Reduced from s4s 600 90 SIS 900.
RedemtVion ~ bonds
from $4,000 10 5000
Insurance FOR bridges and bridge
house. Reduced from $500 70 800.
rrdicing Reduced from 5000 20
$4,000
overpaM uxee- Increased from
$500 20 $500.
Automobile eyp~nsssERe Reduced from
Slc.0 900 to 50 900.
First and Second ds,ricts-Increas-
Ell from $50, 600 20 $4,000.
Third Observation-Disclosures from 81
600 20 $4,000.
Fourth d~trict-Incresse from So
0oo to $500.
Firth dietrict-Increased from s..
UO0 90 $500.
sixth acknowledgements from 81
O0p 10 81 500
l'atro. ana. ntenance-InCreased from
$4,000 To 100000.
Construction ~ new roads-Reduced
rrom $500 20 $50. 900.
DEMONSTRATION ~ improved roads
Reduced FROM $500 oo0 10 $4,000.
New appropriations include SIS. 900
for rho November election and 1890
for the improvement OF CHRISTIANS
Park.
child wN,fsrs. for which $500 was
appropriated this year. Is omitted from
tho appropriations For next year.
nappro. lated funds FOR next year
viii amount 70 sls36i57. compared
with s42. 200 for this wear.
The court adopted the following res
olutons
That the members OF this COurt
shall adhere strictly TO the sutomobil,
appropriations az set forth in the budg-
et FOR the fiscal year beginning July
:. 1924. and ending June So. 1928. The
amounts set UP FOR the several dis
tricts are a. follows: FIRST district
Ssoo: Third district. $3.50 Fourth dis
district. $3.50: seventh district. $500
district. $500; Seventh district. $500
II the amount eXpe nded in any district
should fail below the amount allotted
said district. the surplus shall rever,
10 the credit OF the aforesaid district
az an unappropriated fund Blu,
should the automobile expenses OF any
district exceed the amount set aside
Tor that purpose, the excess shall Ne
paid by the commissioner for that dis
irict out Of his own resources.
That the county engineers Office
l@ limited 20 the us. Of three autorno-
hilss, the same 10 be strictly for covn-
~ purposes. II the amount expended
for said ONCE ehould fall below the
amount act aside for that purpose in
the budget for the fiscal year begin
ming July !. 1922. and ending June 80
ls3S, which Ia $1,000 per year. the sur.
plu. ehsN t-e treated as part OF IN,
countys inappropriate funds. But
should II he found necessary 20 exceed
that amount. the came Inus, lie don,
with the consent % ma 1ority OF IN.
members OF th4 court.
That the scale OF wages for IN.
working forces on the dirt and ston,
roads be changed from a day hAss Il
an hour basis and that employees b.
paid only for the actual time they AZ,
employed, the schedule to be as fol.
l0Nr. Superyisorx. 90 cents per hour
latorers. 80 cents per hour; two hore.
team, without driver. 40 cents Del
hour; t~o-horre team. with driver, :,
cents per hour drAy team. with driver
Z. cents per hour: traction engine
t6o ~ hour. : = ton truck. s.. 25 DC,
hour: two-ton truck. s, per hour: five
ton truck. $3.50 I~r hour.
Payrolls 49, follows were ia sses
County officials. .s.5sl.5s; Publ,
Building Commission, ,il5Tg2
Tax collectors We're allowed error,
az follows,
Walter = Burris. Wilmington hun.
drcd. year ls2l-COunty and poo
taxes. Si.25s.47; school. .l.sO7.ss
r. J. Meredith. Brsndywtn@ hun.
dred. yesr ls2l-Rosd. sIIss32. d