American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-02-15
LEGISLATURE OF DELAWARE.
SENATE.
SENATE.


SENATE.
FEB. 5.-The bill to incorporate the Rockland
Manufacturing Company, was reported with amend
ments, which were adopted. (The principal amend
ment makes the stock of the company liable to ex-
ecution process and attachment for debts due by in.
dividual stockholders}
The bill to incorporate the Rockland manufactur
ing company was read a second time and, being a.
mended was read third time and passed.
Feb. THE committee on the petition for law
taxing dogs, was discharged from the further con-
sideraon OF that subject.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Feb. S-The bill to secure the estates and pro-
tect the families of drunkards, was rejected.
The bill to prevent the sale OF certain lottery
tickets, was rejected.
The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt and
damages in certain cases, was postponed till next
session.
The bill 10 vacate part of road running from the
Kennel turnpike across the new road from Pusey IS
MILL was taken up, amended and postponed till the
next scssion.
Feb. 1.-The bill to secure the several counties
from liability to support non resident paupers, was
reported with sundry amendments. (These amend
ments change the title of The bill and make it neces
sary for the contractors on the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal to give bond with surety tc indem-
Nifty the county of Newcastle for all costs in the sup
port OF any nonresident employed by them.)
| The bill supplementary to the act for the regua
ton Of certain water gristmiIls in Newcastle county
was rejected.
| The bill to encourage the organization OF voun-
| teer companies, (reported by the same committee,
was postponed till the 4th of August next.
Feb, "A memorial from certain printers in
Wilmington praying an investigation into the con-
duct of the clerks at last session in not having the
journals printed at Wilmington by them, was read
and referred 10 Messrs. Clement, Mifflin and Phil.
lips.
Feb. s.-Mr Clement from the committee tc
whom was referred the memorial of the printers o.
Wilmington relative to the printing of the journals
of the last session laid the table the following re
port, which was adopted.
/ The committee to whom was referred the memo
rial from Robert Porter, Samuel Harker and Men
denhall & Walters, requesting an investigation int
the conduct of the clerks of the two Houses OF thu
Legislature at the last session relative TO the print
ling of the journals, beg leave to report,
( That having examined the proposals of the me
imoralists and the amounts actually paid for print
ling, they are of opinion that the clerks have had thu
printing done upon more advantageous terms TO
1.-The State than would have been the ii either 0
sthe proposals of The memoriaists had been accepted
II ~
i TO revise and amend the Constitution Of the Stat
i of Delaware. proposed to the House OF Repre-
i scntatives by MIR. TVitliams, a member from
4 Kent.
81 TFhereas i, is believed that some beneficial chan
ices may be made in the Constitution OF this Stat
al which has not been revised during period OF NOR
than thirty years and whereas It was wisely fore
Y seen by those who formed that Constitution tina
S experience would probably discover errors in it
n provisions, that change of circumstances Nigh
II render an alteration of it necessary; and 1t wa
therefore provided by them in the said Constitution
THAT "no Convention shall be called but by the au
S lthority of the people; and an unexceptlonabl
b mode of making their sense known, will be 10
: Them at General Election of Representatives +
/. vote also by ballot tor or against Convention
Ithey shall severaly choose to do and 1t thereupo
lit shall appear that majority OF all the citizens II
1.-The State having right 10 vote Tor Representative
e lhave voted Tor Convention, the General ASSEMBLE
Ishall accordingly at their next session call Con
S !vention to consist of at least many members a
There are in both Houses of the Legislature, to b
4 lchosen in the same manner, at the same places, arr
. at the same time that Representatives are, by tn
citizens entitled to vote for Representatives, ON du
: notice given for month, and 10 meet whl
three months after they shall be elected
oil And whereas the members OF this General AS
lsembly deem the mode adopted in other States
/ revising the Constitution in Convention better thai
y THAT OF revision by the Legislature; because tn
members of the Legislature are chosen oy the Peo
I: Die with view to other objects, and the revision
our Constitution should be made by men elected
solely for that purpose; and because 1t 1t be no
absolutely impossible it is extremely improbable