Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

the credit of the county, the
sum Of money they deem is re-
quired for strictly unemploy-
ment relief needs; the term as
here used is intended to apply
TO work relief and direct relief.
B-Upon notice from a Levy Court
that it has authorized the ex-
penditure of funds for unem-
ployment relief. direct that the
Governor shall appoint a nom
partisan Commission Of four or
more persons, residents of the
county, to serve as the Relief
I Commission Of the county.
With such law on the statute
books the responsibility for unem-
,ployment relief in each of the cOtin-
ties and the amount to be provided
remains solely with the governing
authorities Of the county, and they
are relieved, at the same time, Of
any possibility Of criticism in con-
nection with the administration Of
the funds appropriated.
State Aid for INDECENT Persons
Fully as important as unemploy-
ment relief is the need Of relief for
those INDECENT persons in the State
whose situation is not attributable
to lack of employment. While these
people and their families are COM
paratively few, their suffering is |
none the less acute than in the case |
of the unemployed. If It can be true |
that the welfare of any group of our |
citizens has been overlooked, these
poor people are the forgotten men
and women of the State.
There is on the statute books now
a law which grants authority to the
State Welfare Commission to Join
with the Levy Courts in providing
for poor families in each county
This relief is administered by the
Welfare Commission and the cost is
borne equally by the State and the
'Hrl
want to ask you to appropriate
10 the State Welfare Commission for
bis work, even though Il should be
to borrow the money,
$4,000 for each year of the next
when as much of it as is
needed can be met by the counties
Is they see fit, and used to feed and ,
,lothe their very poor citizens.
Collection of Inheritance and
Estate Taxes il
AS many of the members of the
)ne Hundred and Fifth General As s
embly may not be familiar with the /
ubject of sO-called death duties
Inheritance and estate taxes-and In /
rider that all of you may be more Il
with the present method il
+ collecting these taxes, allow me p
0 inform you that our present stat o
tes provide that the Register of S
Wills in each of the several coun- i
les is made responsible for the ap- s.
raisal of estates together with the o
and collection of the 81
*. This kind Of work requires the 81
ervices Of trained accountants as y
ell as an intimate knowledge of our al
-atutes and those of the nation rel d.
Tive to the levying and collection Of
such taxes. 1t appears to be un- III
'asonable to expect that better SER u
ce than has been furnished by the et
egisters of Wills could be given by st
lblic servants whose Offices are 81
ective and subject to frequent fr
lange. However, an examination pf
as recently made by firm of pub til
accountants of inheritance and hs
tate taxes assessed and collected sc
the Registers of Wills between
ly /, 1927 and June 80, 1884, which Pa
scloses such serious defects in the be
stem now invogue that your assis- in
nee is to be sought to correct the ye
uation. The report of these ac- pc
untants of their examination of
e records pertaining to 2036 un- CO..
tiled estates disclosed 224 estates OIL
ing income taxes estimated at to
l1,S22.83. Of IT'S taxable estates tel
which the final accounts had sh'
en- passed. errors were disclosed in cor
!. There are three estates owing the
'2.l2O.37 in estate taxes and the cor
estimate of the additional am
that should have been paid on tiOl
ates settled since 1926 is $141,- haN
100. thii
low exceedingly important this you
tier of inheritance and estate der
es is to the State Of Delaware pas
Y be judged from the fact that
ing the past six years $7,243,- "
81 was collected from estates Of 80
first class and $4.O61 ,O74.92 from - -
ltes of the second class. a total al
$11,305,O42.43. In view of the A..
s revealed by the report submit ~
strongly recommend that the noI
Le Tax Department, with it's staff T6s
trained to administer aio,
most important revenue prodne- ~
laws be authorized and directed cnn
assist the Registers of Wills in or5
computation, collection and aud ~.
3 of these taxes due the State. ,,av
h such supervision it is believed 80 :
e may be annually as much as e0r,
1000 additional revenue to the oiS
e, whose duty it should be to stor
sct all the revenue due It rather Stst
place the burden upon County 1'
ials and their limited staffs. /
the Bill pertaining to this sub o.
that is TO be presented for your the
liberation will meet with your COVE
oval. for
.-AIlOcatiOn Of Inheritance tenn
Tax iOd
Ianter 3 Volume a7 Laws of rapi,
ware provides that the first now
lred thousand dollars received dltlli
year from the inheritance tax pelle
be credited to the General coui'
All IN avcora of tbis stIu1 fe time