Milford chronicle., 1939-12-08

ter including buildings on grount
rent or leased lands Later the Law
was amended so as to exempt liv,
stock but made taxable persona
property such as had been exempted
in the first statute. Receiver o.
Taxes and County Treasurer WoOt
ten had no warrant to cover this
since the first one covered real es-
tate, personal property in the shape
of buildings on ground rent and live
stock. 1t, therefore. became neces-
sary to issue such a warrant as waf
given on Tuesday.
Land Leased BY .
Levy Court Commissioners
At a rental of $3.50 per year. the
Levy Court Commissioners on Tues
! day leased for five years to Harry
NJ, Conaway. head of the Georgetown
Motor Company, Inc. the building
located between West Market and
/ West Pine streets. which for many
years was used as work shop for
the county highway department.
Within he. past two years, the
Georgetown Motor Company, Inc.
has been using the building as a re-
pair shop. Mr.. Conaway has the priv
ilege of renewal at the expiration of
the five years. g..
In return for the lease granted
him. Mr. Conaway leased for five
years. with option of renewal. a
tract of land of more than one hun
dred acres, located near the Sussex
county prison farm at the same year
ly rental.
Mr.. Conaway needed the building
for a repair shop and the Levy Court
Commissioners needed the land to
CORY on farming operations. in ad-
dition to the large acreage they al
ready have. The farm is worked by
prison labor and the produce grown
is mostly used for The prisoners in
order 10 reduce the maintenance
costs. Until few years ago. the
sheriff Of the county boarded the
prisoners for a certain price per per-
son each day The allowances during
different periods within the past 30
years ranged from 35 to G0c per day
for each prisoner
Under the new system. the warden
looks after feeding tho prisoners and
the Levy Court Commissioners pay
the bills.
For the past three years an effort
has been made to produce as much |
On the farm as possible in order to !
reduce the expenses for board. More |
land was needed and there was no
use for the building, which has been |
leased to Mr.. COnaway. by the trans !
lctiOn both Mr.. COnaway and the /
levy Court commissioners profit.
Constable Named
Joseph Roland Locates. of Delmar.
vas appointed constable on Tuesday
lfternOou by the Levy Court Commits
iOners for the second election dis
Iict of the Fifth Representative
succeeding Clarence Il.
wilson who rendered his resignation
o accept his position with the Penn
ylyania Railroad Company from
which he had been furloughed Some
months ago.
Mr.. Locates also has been named
own officer for Delmar. position
lso held by Mr. Wilson.
iiWanlS Club observes
delaware Day
Prof. e. Paul BurkhOlder. of Do
or. rural supervisor OF schools in
.ent county and past district COVER
or of the 50th District, Rotary In
was the principal speak
r at a meeting of the Georgetown
.iwanis Club on Tuesday night in
le dining room of the Brick Hotel.
rof. Burkholder, one of the most
men in the State in got
ng the Legislature to fix December
as Delaware Day. spoke on Della
are ratifying the Constitution in
7S7, making this the first State in
le Union.
The program was in connection
ith a Statewide celebration of Del
ware Day. which was observed on
of this week in the schools
The Delaware Day Commission
lis year Il; made mp of DIR. Harry "
olloway, OF Dover, superintendent
the Department of Public Instruc-
Dn: the Rev. John L. Johnson, of
,afOrd, and the Very Rev. DR.. J. F.
lcker. of Wilmington.
In making plans for the celebra-
On this year. the commission has
'ged service clubs. church and fra
rnal organizations to devote some
ne during this week in commem-
alton of the ratification of the Con-
tuition.