Smyrna times., 1861-01-17
M ! SCELL.AN NEOUS.
THE DELAWARE LEGISLATURE,
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Thursday, Jan. 10Th, lUlA o'cl

1nurSdGy, Jan. lOth, lUh O'Clock.
=, "oosS The House met, Mr Appleton in
we chair. The Speaker announced the stand
tsg committees as follows On Enrolment,
aaessrs. CAurchman, Davis, Robinson aud Rick.
arcs on claims, Messrs. Higgins, J. A. Moore
smu h'ckards; on accounts, Messrs. Appleton,
WhiiahSon and Phillips; on elections, Messrs.
,"aPies' Collins aud Cochran; on corporations,
Messrs. Bet s, s,BruaG4way, Boyce, Cochran aud
NAPLES; on divorce, Mossrs. Chandler Clem.
ents and Moore.
Mr. }. A. Moore prese uted the claim of Jas.
Kirk against the State, which was referred 10
lhe committee on Claims.
Oa notion of Mr.. Phillips the resolution a D.
proving the Resolutions of Senator CrItteuden.
we're taken up, and referred To the committee
on the State of the Union.
mr' "A Moore offered sundry resolutions,
which, on his motion, was read and referred TO
sue same committee on the state o. the Union.
Mr.. Belts moved that the amendments to the
constitution proposed ny Hon. Emerson Ether.
rldge' Of Tennessee, be read, aud on his motion
they were referred u the committee on the
state of the Union.
Several bills had their first and second read
ings, and we're referred 10 their appropriate
committees.
Mr. Robinson moved that the Joint resolu.
tlOn passed by Ihe SenaIs concerning divorces
1deellnlng to legislate thereupon the present
sesslon) be taken up for Consideration.
Mr. higgins moved that the resolution be
NOT eonsuFrsd IN, aud the yeas and nays having
been called, the vote stood as follows: Yeas
appleton BOyce, Broadway, Cahoon, Chan
3ler, Clements, Cochran, Davis, Higgins. ]. A.
Moore, jonathan Moore, PhillIos. Robinson
FirdiH, G. Williamson-I6. Navs-Church'
man Richards and Waples-3. So the resolu.
zion was not cOneurred in, and ordered to be
ssturned to the Senate.
mr. Belts asked, and 100 copies of the Ar.
PoqslnImlnk aud Maryland Railroad Company's
BiiI, were ordered to be printed for the use Of
she House.
Petitions Of Rachel Topham and Elizabeth
%Suillen for divorce were presented.
Thursday, Jan. 10Th.
SEaATE.-Mr. GemmIll introduced a bill en-.
Titled A further additional supplement to the
act entitled AN act to extend the time of Re-
corlng Deeds, winch, on motion Of Mr., Green
was read the first time.
Mr.. johnson offered a resolution directinr
the Attorney General of the State TO CO lect all
moneys due the State, read and adopted.
Mr.. Layton, Clerk of the House, Informed
the senate OF the Passage by the House of the
ioilowlng bills, viz: An act to incorporate
NU'y OSueHCIul society OF The CItV OF
Wilmington" "An act TO incorporate the ST
Michaefs Beneficial Society of the city of Viii.
mInsIon." IAN act to incorporate the Diamond
state Marine Mutual Insurance Company. and
"An act fOr the reliet of Patrick Hackett, and
asksd the concurrence of the Senate therein.
winch on motion of Mr.. Tatum passed the first
reading.
- % motion of the Senate, adjourned until
Friday morning.
=, Jan. llth, 10 o'clock.
HOUSE, Mr.. ChHrchmon moved that thu
siII remaining on the files of the last session.
entitled an act pruposing N amendment to the
"ons1'tutIon of the State of Delaware, be taken
UP Ior consideration and read-carried.
lhe bill Incorporating Shawnee Tribe No. 5 !
Improved order OF Red men. Smyrna, Delaware.
was read third time and passed.
MF. Clements, from the committee TO whom
was referred SO much of the Governors mes.
sage as relaleG to free negroes and mulattoes.
coming INTO the State from the State of Marv.
Iahd' Tor purposes Of labor. reported bill 10
tsPeal the act for the relief of certain free ne.
grors aud free mulattoes. Read.
HousE.-The House adjourned until Mon.
day, o'clock