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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, MAY 7. 1891.
NEW SERIES—VOL. XI-NO. 4«
FIVE COMMISSIONERS RILL
Full Text '■'f the Measure
Passed Last Week.
THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
How the County Will be Gov
erened Under the Act.
The New System to lie Inaugurated New
Year's Day, lSOU-OlHoers to be Ap
pointed by Governor Reynolds.
Below is given the full text of the
new Five Commissioners bill for New
Castlo county, passed by the Legislature
last week:
.Section 1. That from and after the first
Tuesday in Januury, 1893, the terms
powers of office of tho levy court ..
■loners now composing the lew court of
New Castle county shall be und the same
hereby declared to be terminated and
■ ended, and all trustees of the
stubles, and other agents, except the
county treasurer and collector of taxes,
heretofore ajipointcd or elected by tho
■K said levy court, whose terms of offico' have
.not yet expired, and those who may here
K after be unpointed or elected prior to the
« »aid first Tuesday in Jumuiry, 1893, shall
I continue to hold, exorcise and enjoy their
! said offices until their terms shall respec
tively expire as now provided by law.
Sec. 2. That, the terras and paw ...
office of the countv treasurer und collec
tors of taxes who huve been apjiointod or
elected by the levy court of New Castle
the tirât day of February,
and the same are hereby ternii
ded and the said offices
• fixed by law are hereby abolished,
and from und after tho passage of this uet
the said offices of county treasurer and
collectors of taxes of New Castle county as
now fixed by law are hereby declared to
be abolished.
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of
count
1891,
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■ Rec. 3. That the county of New Castle
B shull, for the purpose or this act, bo and
■ is hereby divided into five districts, to wit:
j One shall be composed of the hundreds of
Brandywine. Christiana and Mill Creek,
I and shall be known as the First district;
)ther shall be composed of all that por
S tion of the city of Wilmington lying north
■ of Rixth street, and shall be known as the
■ Second district; another shall be composed
■ of all that part of the city of Wilmington
H lying south of Sixth street, and shall he
■ known as the Third district; another shull
■ he composed of the hundred... of Red Li«»..,
New Castle, Pencader and White Clay
Creek, and shall be known as the Fourth
district; the remaining district shall be
composed of the hundreds of St. Georges,
Appoquinimink und Blackbird, and shull
bo known as the Fifth district.
Sec. 4. That at the general election to be
held in the year 1892 and at the general
election to bo held in every fourtn year
thereafter there shall be ' elected from
among the resident freeholders of each
of the said districts, by the qualified
voters thereof, one person to be a levy
court commissioner of New Castle county,
to hold office for the term of four y
the first Tuesday in
anuary next following such
id levy court commis
electca shall thereafter
•ite the levy court of New Castle
shull, immediatelv after
the first Tuesday m Janu
'oii and after taking
ided by law for levy
commissioners to take, proceed to
elect one of their own number to be the
presiding officer. Three of said levy court
;rn shall be sufficient for the
elect .on. The
i.
to be
coun atid
organ...ation
ary alter their eleeti
the outh m
commis»»)
imrposc of organization and shall consti
tute ü quo
business. The suit! levy court eommis
ioners shall have the 1 jxnver to make rules
t inconsistent
for the transaction of
ent
>r tneir governmc
ith the Oonstitutio
and Laws of the
* of Delaware,
d after their first
meeting they shall meet at the times
prescribed by law for the meeting of
the levy court of New Castle county. In
I ca*e of the death, resignation or reinovul
■ from the district of any commissioner
elected under this act it shall lie the duty
of the governor to appoint some suitable
Wm person to till such »»expired term, having
■[ the qualifications hereinbefore required in
S thut behalf. The levy court commissioners
" named under this act und their successors,
hereinafter provided for, shull have as full
V und complete jurisdiction over all ami
I every the matters und things now vested by
! law in the levy court of New « 'a-Xlecounty
present constituted,and in the several
hers thereof, and shall exercise cvi
Ifiofi
»urt
••er, privilege, right and duty wl
_ by law belongs to the said levy ct
K of New Castle county as fully and c
I pletely us ' *
H 1"
id levy court
o, except as t
may be modified by the nrovisio
this aet. •
Should
the
w by law
of
/ two or more persons voted
levy court commissioners of any
equal and the highest
number of votes cast at such election, tho
shall certify the fact to
•ith select
imissioner
for
district receive
board of
the governor, who shall f<
of said persons to be co
1 said district. The levy court c_
missionersto be elected under'thh act shall
be paid
the yearly sum of eight hundred dollars,
in quarterly instalments of two hundred
«lollara each, by warrunts duly drawn upon
the county treasurer.
Sec. 5. Tl
fre
competes
it shall bo the duty of the
said levy court and of every commissioner
thereof und of every other person having
possession or control of any records, books,
papers or other projierty'relating
business of the lev
county, on or before the first Tuesday i
January, 1893, to surrender and deposit
the «unie with the cleric of the jieuco of the
1 said county, who shall keep the same suh
I ject to the control of the board of commis
sioners provided by this
the said levy court,
I thereof, or any other person having j»os
aforesaid. shall ncgh-cr oricliiM-,
deiuund of the said levy court commis
sioners to be elected under thi
liver up and surrender
ords, books, papers, or other property,
each and every.person so neglecting or
fusing, as aforesaid, shall he guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall forfeit and i>
dred dollars
of the said
y co
ing
. And in ct
»mmissio
In
. to do
r of
a fine of five hun
imjirisoncd for the
_... ... until the said records,
books, papers and other property shall bo
delivered into the custody of tho said
board of commissioners.
Rec. 6. That the governor shall within
ten days after the passage of this act, n|>
point a comjietent person who shall he a
resident freeholder in New Castle county
to be receiver of taxes und county treas
urer, which suid offi»-e is hereby created.
The person so appointed shall hold office
until and including the Monday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in the month of
January, A. J>. 1893, or until his successor
is duly «nullified. That at t he general elec
tion in the yeur A. i). 1892, and
general election in ouch and every fourth
yeur thereafter, there shall he voted for
and elected by the voters of New Castle
county qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, a suitable jw-reon,
being a resident freeholder as aforesaid,
he said office of receiver of taxes and
county treasurer. The person so elected
uforesuid shull hold office for the term
of four Yean, commencing on the first
Tuesday in January next succeeding his
election, or until his successor shall be
dulv qualified. Any receiver of tuxes and
county treasurer at »pointed or elected under
the provisions of this act shall, before
entering upon the duties of his office
give bond with
to be approved by the _
judge of the superior court of the State of
term of one
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suretii 1
Delaware, resident in New Castle county,
in the sum of fifty thousand dollars condi
tioned for the faithful performance of the
duties of the said office, and »aid bond
shall have attached thereto a warrant for
the confession of judgment thereon. Said
bond and warrunt shall bo forthwith
transmitted by the said judge
of the peace of New Castle county, to be by
him recorded and safely kept. It shall be
thn duty of the clerk of the peace, wlien
his judgment the public interest
demandR, or whenever the comptroller
the levy court eominissione
ority of them, shall so
udgment to be entered
to the clerk
fiiest, to cause
said bond in
he superior court in and for Now Castle
county. In the
refusal
j of the death, resigna
' liability to give
bond as aforesaid of any person apjxiinted
receiver of taxes and county treasurer
uforesuid. or whenever a vacancy shall
occur in said office through any cause, the
g overnor shall appui it a competent person
to act as receiver of taxes and county
;r during the residue of the term in
which said vacancy shall happen.and such
person so u|»pointed shall be subject to all
■' of law resjtectingsaid office.
Every person who shall be ajipointed
elected to said office of receiver of taxes
and county treasurer shall, before entering
upon the duties of his office take and sub
ie suid associate judge an
ation that lie will su|»port
the Constitution of the United States, the
Constitution of the State of Delaw
timt lie will perform the duties
office of receiver of taxas and county treas
.'ith fidelity.
See. 7. That it shall be the duty of the
levy court commissioners to huve'propurod
from the assessment lists, for the year 1891,
and as shall be settled thereafter i
feeding years, duplicates of the taxes of
each hundred, for the use of the said re
ceiver of tuXcs,
of .'I uly in
rate ot county mid j»o«»r taxes, and iss
their warrant to the said receiver for the
same. The said receiver of taxes shall
have prepared for each hundred a book of
blank receipts, which receipts when de
livered upon payment of taxes shall show
the amount of tl
scribe bef»
oath or alii
», and
f the
before tho first day
. und shull fix the
assessment, distinguish
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road taxes, and the discount or additional
Y be,
I showing the
payments;
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corresponding stub, which
said book. The
have ' a 1
shall he retained
said receiver of taxes shall have his
office in Wilmington, and shall also in
pursuance of public notice thereof attend
less than twice, cither in person, or by
deputy, in eaeh of the
September and October, at. the voting
place in each hundred, exclusive of Wil
mington, for tho receipt of taxes due in
such hundred, or any adjoining hundred;
hundred lias been, or may be
divided into two or more election districts.
shall attend at the original
voting |»lace of the hundred. At his office
In Wilmington he shall receive taxes
sessed in any hundred of the countv. He
shall gi "
person, or by
hs of August,
t the votine
the
U
nib
slum give
1 ished in
times and pi
3wsj»aj>e
ity^of Wilmington
receive taxes in tlie hundreds exclusive of
Wilmington. It shall be his duty
tend, either in person or by deputy, at his
office in Wilmington every day except
Sundays und legul holidays, and except tho
days lie muy be attending in other hun
dreds of New Castle county, for the receipt
hereinbefore provided, liis
Id city shall ho fro
th
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at
of taxes
offitio hours iif t
m. to 5.
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n. m., ami tram 7 n. m. tut 8 p.
lays and legal holidays excepted;
dreds exclusive of Wiltning
leust five he
id. I
d in the h
on he shall attend
;ery day
:iver of taxes shall fail to attend, either
1 person or by deputy, at his office in
'ilmington, at the times herein appointed
for his attendance in Wilmington,
the hundreds in New Castle county exclu
sive of Wilmington at the tim«3s to he ap
pointed by him for his attendance in such
hundreds, he shall, unless such failure to
»voidable and not owing
to negligence, forfeit and pay to any per
of
the
appo
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V.
ill
attend shall be
who may have called at such time for
the purpose of paying his tax and did not
find the said receiver or his deputy in
tendance to receive the same, the
•10. to be recovered before any justice of
the peace in New Castle county.
Sec. 8. That on all tuxes paid before the
1st day of Hentomber there shall be
abatement of 5 per cent; on all paid bef(
the 1st day of November there shall be
cent. On all taxes
abatement of 3
paid on the 1st day of December, 5 per cent
thereof shall be added thereto, and if un
paid on the 1st day of January next
ing, the said duplicates with
that have been paid, distinctly noted
thereon, shall then be placed in the hnnds
of collectors of delinquent taxes, who shall
be appointed by the commissioners, and
who snail have all the powers now con
ferred by law m»on collectors of comity
tuxes. Such collectors shall give bond in
double the amount of taxes placed in their
hands for collection; such bonds
in form and with such sureties
commissi
,1
the taxes
shall he
the said
shall prescribe and ap
Euch enlleetor shall be furnished
with such a receipt, book as is required by
section 7 of this act. Tho delinquent tuxes
of more than one hundred may, in the
discretion of said commissioners, be pluccd
in tho hands of one collector. Every such
collector shall,between the first and second
Tuesdays of March in every
publish, in a newspaper printed
hundred of which he is collector, or
adjoining hundred, or in
none such, then in a newspaper published
in the city of Wilmington, a list
of the taxes then
his hands for collection,
time und manner give
notice that he will attend at convenient
times and places to receive such taxes; such
notice, and the noticos hereinbefore
qui rerl to be given by the receiver of taxes,
shall be deemed und taken to be a suffi
demund under existing law in rela
tion to the collection of taxes in this .State.
All taxes remaining unpaid on the first
day of -May shall be extinguished, except*
al estate or other property and
against persons assessed therewith: und
to such the authority of the collector shull
continue until the first day of September,
I
there be
in
at the
days'
until such further time ns the said re
59 shall determine. Such col
lectors shall make payments twice in
»nth to the county treasurer
d take duplicate receipts for tho
of which recoipts shall
be filed with thu commissioners.
Collectors shall bo allowed 10 j»
commissions on all taxes so collected by
him where the sum exceeds S«>, and 20 per
collected by him
less. Whenever a
Ivor of
»very tax
is $5
where the s
person holding the office of county c«
stable shall be appointed collector of de
linquent taxes lie shall be obliged to
qualify as such collector und to jiurform
: duties of said office df collector of d«:
linquont taxes, under penalty of forfeiting
his office of constable.
Rec. 9. Thut on the first day of January
the said receiver of taxes
shall di-liver to the comptroller hereinafter
mentioned the receipt hooks mentioned in
section 8 aforesaid, with the blank re
ceipts and all the stubs; and on the first
day of May, 1892, and yoarly thereafter,
the collectors aforesaid shall deliver to
t lie said comptroller the recel|»t hooks
theretofore issued to them with the re
maining blank recei j »t s und all stubs. Tho
said comptroller shall examine and pre
serve all tho said books, For the taxes
not extinguished as uforesuid on the said
first days of May other similar receipt
books shull be furnished the collectors.
Rec. 10. That upon the personal applica
taxable whose tax has be
•••'!>•
tion of „ . . . .
paid, a duplicate receipt shall be given for
his or her taxes upon its being shown thut
tho receipt for such taxes has been lost,
mislaid or destroyed, or is in the i»«
Of
un know
who refused to d'e
roceipt and its corres
i
if Emnv
.(]>
[leant,
; such
ponding stub shall be plainly stamped
with the word "duplicate. '
Rec. 11. That if any recei
as aforesaid, shall give a receipt for an ex
tinguished tax, or fraudulently ante-date
or collector,
post-date any tax receipt,
other fraud in giving the same, he shall be
deemed
shall be
feit and pay $100 to any person who will
therefor.
Hnc. 12. That the trustees of the poor
shall, on or before the first day of June,
A. D. 1891, and on or before the 1st Tues
day of March in every year thereafter,
certify to the levy court commissioners
the sum necessary for the maintenance of
the almshouse: which
the said commissioners, shall
by a rate laid for that purpose, otherwise
said commissioners shall themselves fix a
rate. The comptroller hereinafter
tinned shall audit the accounts of said
trustees of the poor at least
three months.
Rec. 13. That the road commissioners of
the soveral hundreds shall,
the first day of Juno, 1891, and yearly
thereafter, certify to the said receiv
taxes the rate per centum on the asscss
lists of their respective hundreds
nocessary for the maintenance of the
roads, and issue their warrants to the said
receiver of taxes to collect the sume. Any
orders issued by road commissioners for
payment of labor on. or for materials fur
nished for the roads shall be accepted by
the receiver of taxes in payment of road
taxes. Ho shall keep an account with the
road commissioners of each hundred, and
his official bond shall apply to all his
transactions with them. The provisions
of Section 8 aforesaid, relating to delin
quent taxes, shall apply to road taxes.
The accounts between the said receiver of
taxes and suid road commissioners shall be
audited by the comptroller hereinafter
mentioned at such times and pluoos as
may be designated by him, not less than
three times each .
Sec. 14. That ail funds in the hunds of
the present county treasurer and treasurer
of the poor shall be immediately trans
ferred to the county treasurer appointed
der this act, and all nalanccs of taxes
settled and determined by the present levy
due from the county collectors
shall bo paid to the said last mentioned
county treasurer within twenty days after
his appointment. Upon default in such
any
guilty of a misdemeanor, and
fined •100, and further shull for
. if
pliroved by
be obtained
every
before
of
urt
raents the said levy court
power and authority to
tho official bonds of such
d in case of
aforesaid, us certified by the
comptroller, the said levy court or their
attorney, shall have authority and shull
satisfy the said official bonds.
.See. 15. That all moneys recei
transfers
shall huve
proceed
treasurers and
full pay me
Fuii
»Hectors:
ived as afore
said, and ull moneys received from other
sources, ami all taxes received, shall bo 1
deposited by the county treasurer in the I
Farmers Bunk, either at Wilmington or
his credit as county treas
urer, the deposits of taxes and all other
moneys that may come into his hands as
county treasurer shall be made within
three days ufter he has received the same,
dec. 16. That the governor shall, within
10 days after the passage of this act, aj>
point a comjietent person, who shall be a
resident freeholder in New Castlo countv,
to the office of county comptroller, which
said office is hereby created. The person
so upi>ointed shull hold office from the
date of his uimointmeut until and includ
ing the Monday next preceding the first
Tuesday in the month of January, A. D.,
1893, or until his successor be duly quali
lied. That at the general election in the
ear A. D., 1892, and at the general elec
•ery fourth year there
after, there shall be voted for and elected
by the voters of New Castlo county, quail
bed to vote for members of the General
Assembly, a person, being a resident free
holder as aforesaid, to nil the office of
county comptroller. I heoerson so elected
aforesaid shall hold office tor the term
of four years, commencing on the
tiret Tuesday in January next succeeding
his election, or until his successor shall be
duly qualified. Any comptroller appointed
elected under the provisions of this act
u- • ei u j® upon the duties of
his office, give bond to the State of Delà
m 9 r ® sureties, to be ap
proved by the associate judge of the su
penor court of the State of Delaware real
New t 'ast le,
on in each and
shull, bef(
be
of
a
of
the
for
by
the
his
of
be
as
of
dent in Now Castle county, in the
ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of the
said office, and such bond shall have at
tached thereto a warrant for the confes
sion of judgment thereon. Such bond and
warrantshall he forthwith transmitted by
the said judge to the clerk of the p
Castle county, to he by him recorded
and safely kept. It Rhall be the
duty of said clerk of the peuco
whenever, in his judgment, the pub
lic interest demands,
the county treasurer
commissioners,
shall
entered
of
.,i
Ni
by
the levy court
njority of them
request, to cause judgment to he
(1 bond in the superior court
In and for New Castle countv. In
the (loath, resignation, or refusal to act,
inability to give bond, as al'<-resuid, of anv
person uppuinted comptroller as aforesaid,
•henevor a vacancy shull occur in said
office from any cause, the governor shall
appoint a competent perso
county com I >t roller during the residue of
the term in which such vacancy shall hap
pen, and such person so appointed shall he
subject to all the provisions of law respect
ing said office. Every person who shall be
appointed or elected to the office of county
comptroller shall, before entering upo
duties of his office, tuke and subscri
oath or affirmation that he will support
the constitution of the United .States, the
constitution of the State of Delaware, and
that he will jierforra the duties of his said
office with fidelity.
Sec. 17. That it shall be the duty of the
county comjitroller to audit all the
counts of the said levy court commissioners
and countersign all. warrunts draw
order of said commissioners for the pay
ment of money. No money shall be paid
of the treasury for county purposes
warrants druwn by the levy
court commissioners, signed b"y the presi
dent of the board and countersigned by
the comntroller, as provided hereafter in
of
tho
he
except
this sect!«
terest coupons on the bonded debt of the
county, und orders drawn by the clerk of
the peace and the prothonotury for fees of
witnesses and juron, shull be paid on pre
ll provided, further, that
orders drawn by the clerk of the peace
concerning the laying out of roads shull
be countersigned by the comptroller before
payment. After tne adjournment of the
court of general sessions of the pern
the superior court, the comptroller
verify the accounts of the clerk of the
peace and prothonotury touching witness
and juror fees. All orders for the
the trustees of the poor shall be drawn by
their chairman and countersigned by the
comptroller. He shall also at least once
every month inspect the books and
counts of the receiver of taxes and con
treasurer and audit the same and report
the result, of such audit to the hoard of
commissioners. Such audits shall be made
at the office of said receiver of
county treasurer. Ho shall also at leutt
in every month inspect all books
accounts of the collectors of delinquent
taxes and audit the s _
result thereof to the said levy ei
commissioners. It shall be the duty
of said collectors to present themselves to
the comptroller at his office, with ull their
boolçsnnd accounts for his inspection, at
such time in each month as said comjitrol
ler may designate. He shull also keep a
book or books of accounts, in which shall
be entered ull items of expenditure; all
warrants drawn; to whom made payable,
•hat particular work or other
cause; all written contracts made by said
levy court commissioners shall be de
posited in his custody, and he shall enter
all such contracts upon h
shall be the duty ot said
fore coun torsi
quire into an
transactio
dded, however, that in
: 1
mtation;
shall
• of
«port the
1 f.
his hooks. And it
comptroller, be
gning any warrant, to in
d carefully investigate the
relation to which any euch
warrant shall have been drawn; and to
this end he shall have power to is
and compel the attendance of wit
s, and the production of books and
papers jiertinent to the said transaction, to
administer oaths and affirmations,
certain the truth of the transaction
inquired into. All bills shall, before allow
ance by said levy court commissioners,
be audited and marked "correct'' by
the suid comptroller, and no
shall be passed by the said levy court
s without such endorsement. In
tlie comj»troller shull refuse
item of expenditure, or to counter
any warrant, or to endorse any bill
aforesaid, he shall forthwith transmit
to the levy e
theref*
be duly C( ___
be overruled by a vote of a majority of
the members of said board, it shall be the
duty of said comptroller to allow the !
exjicnditure or countersign the warrant or 1
lorse the bill, in conf<
judgment of said commissioners expressed
as aforesaid, in which case be shall be ex
am- responsibility i
jcelver of taxes and county
onevs
bill
allow
!PR his reasons
writing, which shall thereu
' lered, and if his action shall
of
her
y with the
ing
the
ated from
ircinises. The
reasurer shull not clisl
Ujton warrants drawn by order of said levy
court commissioners except such warrants
shall have been duly signed by the presi
dent of the levy court and countersigned
by the comptroller.
Sec. 18. Tl
the
to.
ti
for all work and labor
hereafter required to bo done, and all
cliandisc, tools, i
be f
le
-nts, and
jhi
ished, or had,
of the co
ticular c
the
us
be
for acco
. where the
ill probably
of five hundred dollars, the
shall publiclv in
vite sealed j.r..jH*salN for the doing of such
work, and the furnishing of such
cliandisc,tools,implements and machinery,
and give the contract to the lowest bidder
or bidders; jirovided that the said commis
sioners may mpfiro of such bidder or bid
ders security for the faithful perform«»
of such contracts.
8ec. 19. Thut the rooms in the county
court house now occupied by the lew court
and county treasurer shall, after the first
Tuesday of January, 1881, be for the use
of the lew court commissioners
cost in any p
exceed the
board of c<
-
and
tary.
tisan
same
be
der this act; __
;d by the present uounty treasurer
■half be for the use of the county conij>
troller and receiver of taxes and co
treasurer provided for by this act. from
and ufter the date of their appointment.
The levy court commissi«
vide for the co
receiver of taxes
e!e< te :
s shall j
; comptroller and the
1 county treasurer the
, stationery
...j records, books, cat.w,
and seals for the use of their
a,K } ir shllIt . ul . so be th e duty of said
i?,TT rlSo/înSn 1 ?! 1 ! J? 8 ' ^°î? e î? 1° ^ urn, «b the
1 iiVi« r ?. L w!\ L r . tux V. s , a,, ' 11 be co.Hectors of
I .„A 11 ,®"u LT" 80 .j , of a (,e *
^ign to be adopted by the suid levy court
SÏ iS'SA , ui4 , bo
Gl îîî *? k ver
or before the -5th day of June, A. D.. 1891.
- Soc * 20- Any county comptroller up
pointed or elected under the provisions of
this aet may be removed front office by
the superior court of the State of Dcla
ware, in and for New Castlo county, after
Und und conviction upon charges of will
ful neglect or malfeasance in office. Any
vacancy occasioned by removal from
c»f any county comptroller under the
visions of this section, shall be tilled by
appointment of the governor for the resi
«hie of the »»expired terra. The
salary of tho receiver of taxes and county
treasurer shall he four thousand dollars,
and the annual salary of the comptroller
shall he two thousand dollars, and said
salaries shall be paid quarterly,
Sec. 21. That the suid lew court com
missioners shall have authority to employ
legal counsel. Whenever the countv comp
trailer shall need clerical assistance in the
Performance of the duties «»f bis office, he
shall apply to the board of commissioners,
and if they deem it necessary thev inav
authorize such employment,
Sec. 22. Thut in the month of December
in each yeur it shall be the duty of the as
sociate judge of the siij.erior court, resi
dent in the county of New Castle, to ap
point a committee of three freeholders of
New Castle county, who shall inspect the
books and accounts of the count
trailer and receiver of taxes
who
K.
J.
J.
ings
lages
and
other
tee
and
give
Kourd
Dr.
David
Chief
ment
and
here,
ty comp- I latter
d county
treasurer and make report, under oath, to
who shall cause the
;e euch week for three
weeks in two of the daily newspupers of
the city of Wilmington at the expense of
the county, and the said committee shall
:eive as compensation for their services
the sum of five dollars euch for each day
in which they shall he actually
county coraj;.
1 lie
3 said judge,
be published
y engaged i
[»trailer, and
in which niey s
such duty. Th
the receiver of taxes uiid county treasurer,
shall, during suid month, euch make a
S ('lierai statement, showing the receipts,
isbursements and appropriations, to
gether with bonded indebtedness of New
1 astle comity, which statements shall be
verified by their respective affidavits, and
shall be published In two of the daily
newspapers of the city of Wilmington.
Sec. 2J. That from and after the
of this act it shall he the duty of t
eral constables in the county of New Castle
to do and perform the several matters and
things required by chapter 18, Volume
XV., Deluwure Laws, to be done and per
formed by collectors of taxes in relation to
licenses.
Sec. 24. That nothing in this act shall be
nstrued so as to vacate, annul or invali
date any official bond heretofore given by
any olllcer whose term of office is herein
:ated and ended, either as to the princi
any surety therein, but the same
shull have full force and effect and may be
proceeded upon by the levy court commis
ay violation of the conditions
if all the accounts of said
of
thereof
officer, and all the business of his said
office shall he finally and satisfactorily
settled with the proper officers as designated
under the provisions of this act.
Bee. 25. Thut all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this
j hereby repealed.
A CAMBRIDGE ELOPEMENT.
The Bride Climbed the Fence and Out
witted Her Protesting Parc
early hour Wednesday week a
:1c marriage took place in
the hapjiy culmina
tion of a carefully arranged plan, by
which the indignant parents of tne bride
outwitted, despite their desperate
efforts to preveut the marriage. The
ng couple were Wm. L. Barrett,
. H. U. Barrett, editor of the En
postmaster at Cambridge. MU., and Miss
Margie 0. Wherrette, the pretty and
acconijilished daughter of Mr. Benjamin
Wherrette of the same town. The j»ar
ties are very popular and well know
Dorchester countv.
At
y
of.)
ulso known that Mr. and Mrs.
iously opposed to their
early in lfe, as she
of age. ' Mr. Barrett is
his 20th year. Mr
(1 Mrs. Wherrette had watched their
daughter Margie with much care and con
cern, us the members of the family were
afraid that she would run away, but it w
not until Tuesday week thut she succeeded
in eluding their vigilance. Thut night Mr.
Barrett started for Baltimore on the boat,
hut, instead of continuing to the city, he
got off at Travers' Wharf some milts down
the Choptank, below Cambridge, und late
the night drove back to town. Upon
' ring at an alley in the rear of the
Wherrette residence, he was met by the
young lady, who climbed gracefully over
the fence and was assisted into the carriage.
It was just 3 o'clock in the morning, and
while the Interested family were slumber
ing peacefully. They started for Kuston,
35 miles away, and reached the Brick
Hotel there in time for breukfast. Mine
It w
Wherrette we
daughter marrying
is scarcely 111 y
also young, being
host Colonel Norris sent for a minister and
the Rev. C. 1). Harris c
few minutes the pair were made
.Shortly ufter the marriage Colonel
Hughlctt, clerk of the circuit court, re
ceived a telegram from the Irate purent«,
urging him not to issue a marriage license,
the parties were under age. The license
stated the age of tho groom to be
In the afternoon they'returned h<
FOR A CON V EA Tl OX.
in, and in
!
1
I
There nre Many Refori
e«t by a N
Which Can
Cunstltutioii
Only he Si
Dover Index.
Two weeks from next Tuesday the peo
ple of this State will be called upon to de
cide the question as to whether we
have a new constitution or not. Nearly
18,900 votes must be cast in fav
of a C(
the whole matter falls again.
That a large majority of the jjeople of this
State are in favor of a convention goes
without saving, hut will they come out and
Tuesday, the 19th dav of May
the important question,
te those who uo not favor any el
constitution through the'
•ention will not attend the elec
Of
fimnge
ediuin
of ac
tion, and there is likely to be quite 1
her who will remain at home bee
at ho
se of
rgent and pressing farm duties
they are compelled to attend
Wo suggest that every man
talk over with his neighbor the im
portance of this election and urge upon
him the necessity of attending and cast
ing his vote for a convention. Eighteen
thousand votes is a pretty large poll in a
when everybody is busy \\
portant work, but it is sincerely
hoped that the peojde will turn out and
make it possible for u.<
. The older we get the
the
that
to.
ti
ill) i
the need for n new
present one may have served its purp«
well in the past, but it is very imperfect
us viewed from our standpoint of to-dav.
There is a number of reforms which
everybody sees we need, but they cannot
be reached in anv other
constitution. The
_ than by a
constitution through the medium of
onvention. Then take a day off on
Tuesday, the 19th of May, and cast your
vote for u constitutional convention.
if
the
A CONVENTIOS CAMPAIGN.
Sussex Organizes Ready for the Flection
—Both Parties Unite in the Move»
Special Cnrrospoudenoe ot Gazette and «tournai
Georgetown, May 1.—The first step
- 1 organizing a campaign for this
county for the Constitutional Convention
election was taken last night.
At a meeting, held in the register of
wills' office, the following gentlemen
present: Alfred P. Robinson, J. f
Bacon, Charles F. Richards, Char'cs W.
McFee, William II. Boyce, Robert G.
Houston, Daniel J. Layton, J. B. Clark
and A. F. Polk. Alfred P. Robinson w
made chairman and J. Frank Bacon secre
tary. The meeting was devoid of any par
tisan aspect, and the campaign will be the
same way, one Democrat, and one Re
juiblican addressing meetings together
where possible.
i
The following is a list of the speakers
who will address the meetings: Alfred P.
Robinson, J. Frank Bacon, Charles F.
Richards, William F. Causey, John W.
Causey, E. L. Martin, Charles W. McFee,
K. C. White, J. B. Clark. A. F. Polk. R. G.
Houston. E. D. Hearn, William H. Boyce,
J. L. « 'ahull, E. R. Pay n ter, C. W. Whiley,
J. R. Lofland and John R. Price.
The plan of campaign is to hold meet
ings in all the large towns and small vil
lages of the county on Saturdays, May 6th
and 13th. and to hold meetings oiij.sotne
other evenings in the larger towns.
William H. Boyce, Esq., and Charles F.
Richards, Esq., were appointed a
tee to make schedule of meetings
speakers to address them. Both
commit
and the
parties
active interest in this matter
doubt
taking
and
give a good majority for the convention.
a result old Sussex will
ful
he
At
A
pm
will
Tho Hoard of Health.
Mayor Harrington Friday morning
appointed the present officers of the
Kourd of Health to
. The board
re for the ensuing
constituted is
follows : President, Dr. J. P. Wales, and
Dr. E. G. Shortlidge. Dr. Willanl Springer,
David H. Coyle, James C. Van Trump, and
Chief Engineer of the Surveying Depart
ment George Boughman. Dr. Springer
and Mr. Boughman are ex-officio
here, the former as port physician and the
latter as chief engineer of the surveying
department.
to
three
of
of
shall
day
EX-SENA TOR 71. K. BRUCE.
ml Address
Associai ion Reception.
The leading colored citizen of the United
States. Hon. B. K. Bruce, ex-United Stutcs
senator from Mississippi visited the city
on Thursday ami made the address at the
Bixth annual reception of the B. K. Bruce
Association at the Institute Hull.
The ex-senntor who has also held the
position of registrar of the treasury and
who is now recorder of deeds for tin* Dis
trict of Columbia arrived here at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. He was met by a
committee of the Bruce Association and
driven to the residence of Elias Ander
, No. 809Tutnnll street.
A represen tätige of The Gazette
called there and had the pleasure of
tremely interesting chat with the
ator. Mr. Bruce is a remarkable
Independent of the fact of his national
prominence, he immediately impresses his
visitor with a weighty impression of his
personal gifts. He is extremely versatile
st attractive conversationalist,
the reporter's questions he very
y disclaimed any individual credit
the score of the success of his public
career. He thought that had he be
citizen of Alabama instead of Mississippi
he would never have entered the United
States Senate.
"There are colored
lie quickly added "whose mental acquire
ments are quite equal and would probably
prove superior to mine had they had the
e opportunities 1 had. But I consider
these things only as evidence of the
glorious liberty, equality and freedom
afforded by the constitution."
The burden of the ex-senator's conversa
tion is the
tudim
HI* Visit H
the ISr
S.lilJ
i
and
a
to
New
be
and
and
per
to
be
by
same
be
said
In reply
modes! 1 1
rn in that .State'
said
laws
this
;e problem and the multi
question affecting the hopes and
pirations of his
Up to 9
Out
a
in
by
bride
The
Miss
and
j»ar
'clock the house
stayed was continuously invaded by dele
ms of colored citizens anxious'to do
their leader.
'clock before he made his ap
pearance at the Institute Building. The
lecture hall wus beautifully decorated for
! he
It w
■
the occasion. The platfi
flags and greenery, palms, potted plants
and ferns.
Asbury C. Sterling, president of the
Bruce Association, wus in the chair. Others
the platform
of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Charles Mason,
James S. Jones, Jumcs F. Bell, William A.
Page, Elmer Davenport, W. H. Wright. C.
L. Gray, Samuel H. Bay nurd, William
Atwell, J. W. Jones, William Waters and
others.
President Sterling introduced the Rev.
\V. D. Cook, who in turn introduced in a
brief speech the speaker of the evening,
ex-Senator Bruce. Notwithstanding t lie
poor acoustic qualities of the hall, Mr.
Bruce's tine oratorical jtowers enabled him
to be easily beard throughout a lengthened
and most eloquent discourse upon the
"Race Problem.'' The address was fre
quently intermixed with hearty applause.
Senator Anthony Higgins, wlio had
jiromised to be present, did not
appearance at
evening.
Refreshments
Following
ss of
the Rev. W. D. Cook
Mrs.
she
is
Mr
their
con
were
Mr.
he
late
the
the
over
and
in
throughout the
served at 11 o'clock.
delightful music by J.
C. Wright's orchestra the benches w
cleared awav and the guests indulged i
dancing. The committee on reeeptio
was as follows: Master of Ceremonies,
James F. Bell; Floor Manager, William
A. Page; Assistant, Elmer Davenport;
Committee, W. H. Wright, C. L. (»ray,
William Atwell, J. W. Jones, William
Waters.
and
re
MONTHLY REPORTS.
roller. Fire and Building Lines Reports
for the Month of April.
Thief of Police William Y. Hwiggett
reports a total of 263 arrests for the p
month, Classified as follows: Assault and
battery, 21; burglary, 4; bastardy, 1; corner
lounging, U: drunk, 122; drunk' and disor
derly, 28: disorderly conduct, 36; desertion
of wife, 1; held us witnesses. 2; larceny, 18;
I peddling without a license, 2: patients ad- |
»fitted, 7; runaway boys arrested, 2; selling !
liquor to minors. 1; trespass, 4; vagran
3; violation of building ordinance, 1; v
lation of the danger signal ordinance. 1; '
violation of other city ordinances, 1: total, !
263. Fines and costs collected. 8430.10. |
Number of trips made by tho patrol wagon, I
200. Number of lodgers at police station,
I
de
The fires that occurred during the j)ast
month were as follows: Aj>rit 16th, fire
destroyed portion of brick stable owned by
W. F. .Seeds, at Seventh and Van Buren
streets, loss, •2,000, insured; April 20th,
tire at J. B. Ragey's dyeing house, No. 722
Market street; b«»x 12. sounded at city hall.
were: J. B. Ragey. |3.0(t0; Jesse
K. Bay lis, 8200; insurance ample; Harry
E. Bucher, loss, $1,00«), covered by insur
ance; Mrs. Sarah Legg, 8500 loss, covered
by insurance; Central Presbyterian Church
8100, insurance ample; total loss, 84.8oo; in
surance three-fourths. On April 26th, fire
in junk shop of Samuel Maloney, No. 24
Front street, loss. 880; insured;
known. On April 28th, at Wilmington &
Northern freight station, three ears and
portion of building burned; loss, 81,100;
insurance ample.
Building Lines reported by Chief Engi
neer Boughman are as follows: J. B.
d Wash
Of
Tue I«.
of
a
Roberts, house at Twenty-third
ington streets; Liberty Eire Company,
gine house on A street; A. 8. Reed, 1
post-office building, Ninth and Shipley
streets. A number of lines for repairs and
additions were marked.
a
AN ENGLISH SWINDLER
a Harvest of
«1» From Rela
tives of a Fi et let tous Wilmington Name.
New York Timas Cablegram.
London, April 29.—A man calling him
nelf James Barth wick Arnold of 317 West
Market street, York, Pa., ought to furnish
the Federal officials of his district some
occupation if they can lay hold of him in
time. For the past month a large number
of swindling letters from him have been
received here by various English people,
of which are now in the possession
consulate. He styles himself a soli
citor on his letter paper, which indicates
his business to be solely with credulous
Britishers.
To each of these, their names bei
pnrcntly taken at random from a direc
tory, he writes a preliminary letter asking
if the address is right, and hinting about
advantages to accrue. Upon receiving a
reply he writes a long letter, saying that
Mrs. E. Avery of 1399 Market street. Wil
mington, died last January and left a
legacy for the addressee, which is in the
hands of a banker. He asks 848.86, which,
curiously enough, is exactly a ten-pound
bank note, to j>ay probate fees,
ceipt of which he will forward the legacy.
The beauty of the trick lies in the fact that
people, though knowing no Mrs. Avery,
think some maiden relative or friend
doubtless married a man named Avery.
Probably many have sent money.
[There is no such number on Market
street as 1399, the highest enumeration in t lie
square being 1317. No one in that locality
has any knowledge of Mrs. E. Averv
haring lived there, and her name does not
appear in any of the directories for the
past If» years. The name
address is therefore presumably fictitious,
and the swindler is probably well enough
acquainted with this city to be aware of
the fact. Who is lie?— Ei>. E. E.]
of
well ns the
Herring l»y the Thousand*.
The Delaware City correspondent of the
Middletown AVw Era writes : "It may
•m like a fish story but nevertheless it is
true that herring are becoming so plenti
ful in the canal that they can frequently
he seen jumping out of one another's way.
At almost every haul at the lock 5,000 <»r
6,000 are captured, and as many
released, there being no market for them.
A few days ago they were selling at hair
pm prioes—two dozen for 5 cents.
Woodlawn camp-meeting will begin
August 11th. The Rev. Isaac L. W<
will be minister in charge.
say
r ood
city
the
Bruce
the
and
Dis
a
and
his
his
very
credit
the
the
SE.1I, SKIN REPUBLICANS
An Investigation Likely to
Disclose a Scandal.
SNEAKING SEAL IN THE BEHRING
Elkins Playing the Adminis
tration for Money.
Paving the Way for the Seal
inpany's
Further Work of Hlaughter—flow Men
are Handled In
Company's In*
terc
Washington, D. C., April 30.—Stephen
B. Elkins is chief promoter of a scheme
connection with tne seal fisheries about
which the next Congress is pretty
order an investigation that will expose a
scandalous state of affairs. Elkins is well
known as a Republican high priest. He
is Blaine's intimate friend, and helped
secure the nomination of the latter in
1884. President Harrison has represented
Elkins tor many years as a counsel l'or
many of bis railroad schemes. Elkins i
at the White Horn
department, and he generally plays a
^ jblicun administration for money. If
arrison opjmses him, Elkins will fight
Harrison's rcnoniination. He was hand
nth Star Route Dorsev, onl 4
crucified und Elkins lived tî
carry on his nefarious schemas.
The company which has the lease of
the seul islands is desirous of securing one
summer of seal killing, and
chief promoter of its object has here
Blaines lriend Elkins, in whose particu
lar bchulf the secretary of state i
stated to be working the p
the Say ward cast
Supreme Court
the British government to
for a eonclusi
IO
in fav
MM
lo
in-glove
I >( >rsoy
and
»onement of
3 till October by the
the endeavor to get
wait till next
of the negotiations
dele
do
ap
The
for
he
ting the seals.
his possession proof that
the seals need at least seven years of rest
und that if the Elkins Company is allowed
to make havoc this summer they
•ice that time, for tlie
no young males left.
Meanwhile Elkins, in preparing the way
for the raid lie hopes to make on the scuts
this summer, has secured from Secretary
the removal of Special Agent «...ff,
brother of ex-Secretary Goff of vVest Vir
ginia, who was not pliable to the com
pany's will last Reason, and would guard
the seals committed to his c
ously this seaso
If Elkins succeeds in getting j
to kill, his company proposes to take every
affable skin on the islands, good and
bad. Even then it will not be able
the
A.
C.
and
Rev.
a
lie
Mr.
him
the
fre
had
of
ill need
st for
nil be
Cook
F(
zeal
half till its quota.
:
, , orination which
will enable him to deal with the seul-fish
quesuon, it is given out. Secretary
;r has selected Mr. J. Stan lev Brow
(who is Mrs. Garfield's son-in-law,'
the murdered 1'resident'sprivates
as a special agent to proceed to thePribifolc
Islands and there make an examination *>f
the condition of affairs und report to him.
Meanwhile Foster ;s designated Special
Agent Williams, an -liioan and u personal
lriend, to succeed « .
HARRISON
F«
the
J.
i
DESPE1
tATE GAME.
Trying fo Mu
Rut th« Net
te» Make Him Speak.
Washington, Aj»ril 30.—The relations
between Blaine and President Harrison
fast approaching a crisis. The latter's
partisans have discovered everywhere that
the Blaine sentiment is interfering with
the work of setting up deleg:
next national Rejiuhlican
That work is row going (
in the Union.
kc Rlitine Show His
rotary Ron
the Attempts
and
18;
ad- |
!
1; ' Themen who are striving to se«
! nomination for Harrison
| most exasperating fight. Inuendoandm
I sinuatlon are t he weapons ..
Blaine's loyalty is impugned
I words treachery and traitor figure con
spicuously in the characterization of Mr.
Harrison's Secretary of State. Mr. Bluine'a
friends are gr&wing restless and impatient,
but consider it politic to remain silent
under the aspersions which ure heaped
them. To unlimber their guns would
ely to precipitate the rupture which
roid. «till
there is a limit to their patience and unless*
Mr. Harrison calls off his dogs the lion
may be aroused.
There can he no attempt here to conceal
the fact of Harrison's insane jealousy oft
his premier, but as long us the evidence of}
it is confined to the bickerings of Mr. liar- ;
's understrappers Blaine may endure •
it. Once, however, Ilurrison ' himself
arroeates tho proud privilege of dictating
Mr. Blaine's course with reference to the.
nomination, or uttemjits to rebuke him, it
will be like applying a spark to a powder
N^r. Bluine will walk out of Mr. Harri
's cabinet
administrât
to the
:
»very state
factor must he
eliminated or ranged on their side, and the
systematic war which is now being made
the i'lumed Knight is with the declured
purpose ot' forcing him to openly re
nounce all claim to the nominatio
pledge his eternal support to Mr. ilurrison
'ire forthwith from the cabinet.
;
i conducting a
sed.
Mr.
d tho'
fire
by
722
in
24
&
B.
MI
■
they are
(1 wash his hands of the .
, but in doing so nothing is '
•'rtain than that he will leave
room for a charge of treachery to stick. If
he goes out it will be with living co
He will not permit himself tobe placed in
a false attitude, but will let the country
know exactly why and under wlmt dr
ees ue broke with the President.
Mr. Blaine, however, d<
be driven to such a course. He would
prefer to stay in the cabinet, prosecute his
reciprocity program
For that matter Mr. Harrison's friends
would also prefer to have Blaine remain,
if they can quietly secure his faithful
d solemn promise not to stand i
's way at the convention.
This Mould leave Mr. Blaine's position
with reference to the nomination indoubt.
Bluine would imprison votes in every state
delegation which in many instunees'Harri
son could not get if his p
of t he race, and would serve the purpose of
keeping him out of harm's way until the
1 met, when they could ho
Harrison.
able thut Mr. Blaine
friends by such a trick, ev
eluded not to be a candidate.
Besides he will not pledge his fealty, as
Russell Harrison puts it. to Mr. llarnson.
His friends resent the idea thut James «i.
Blaine should take ofl' his hut and get
es before Ben Harrison,
-r. HI
d abler
mdition?. Ho
. . .. . , when
c to the inhubi
to
•d -
ilarri
ruler were out
throw
It is utterly ituprob
OUld deceive his
if he coat- j
oth
for thut ni:
is a soldier, older i
than Harri
practice
to make
leader of his |>arty, they
«on was unknown
Units of Indiannpolis. and then only as a
rather industrious, painstaking but lic.
overly brilliant lawyer. Mr. Harrison's
friends are treading very dose to tlm
danger line. Something startling would
be unexpected almost any day.
BLUNDER.
f
SON III
Rlnine Inrrnsf
Should Write
«1 T!»
th
»»mir Man
Kditorlnl.
—Blaine is
W
OTON, D. C. t April
his friends
double-leaded
represented b
2
indignant
Russell Harrison's weekly dudui
out of the race in 1802. lie
terms "loyalty," "fealty," *
and so on, and more than all
patronizing tone. If may de
nouncement lie has been expe
that he is not a candidate to
friends.
President Harrison's fri
editorial very
Blaine's friends, by kt
bis imiue, would
declare hi him
tl in
I
1
d!
his i. i
n
:
forced him
inasmuch
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