Smyrna times., 1871-03-22
IF or the Smyrna Times"
The State Legislature.
DOVER, DEL, March %, |;

OONEh, DEL.1 Mafcll Y. 1871.
The Bailey divorce case of which | wrote last
week has received its q1tietuS in the Senate, by
being inde6nitel y postponed. So Mrs Bailey
has gained another victory.
The revenue tax bills. four in number with
out material alteration, have passed the House.
and are now in the Senate, where no special
effort has yet been made to put them upon
their passage.
A bill has passed the Senate, and is now
pending in the House, for the better protec
ton of landlords in the collection OF their
rents. The bill authorizes Constables and
Ballltts to force an entrance into any house or
Enclosure ior the purpose of levying distress
for rent.
The bill to encourage education amongst the
colored people of New Castle County, which
passed the House last week, was indefinitely
postponed in the Senate on the first readiug.
The bill provided for the colored pcoplc TO
tax themselves, for the support of Schools
amongst themselves. The principal objection
In the Senate, was that it was in conflict with
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu
ton OF the United States
The Legislature has passed bill to divide
AppOquinimink Hundred into two election
districts. Blackbild Greek is made the di
vldlng line to its source, and from thence the
line follows public road, to the MARYLAND line
dred.
The supplement to the act to incorporate the
Masonic Hall Company of Wilmington has
after several reverses passed both Houses.
and become a law. The objection to the hill
being the precedent established of which other
interpretations would avail themselves of The
arguments in favor of the bill was that the
building In contemplating would be public
Improvement Tor benevolent purposes, and
that the corporation was only allowed to bor-
row money at seven and three tenths per cent
Whlle IL prohibited the loaning of money at
the same rate. The bill received exactly the
constitutional vote, fourteen, one member
voting for it in mistake
;, Another bill has been introduced in the
House to make a change in the usurv law Of
the State. 1t establishes six per cent, as the
lawful rate OF interest, but In case Of nrosecu-
ton Tor taknga higher rate than six per cent
the excess over SIX per cent. shall be forfeited
Although the feelings of the members have
underwent some change on the interest question
It is not probable that the bill will pass or anv
ch2nge be made during the present session.
| The Permissive Liquor License hill which
was numeroIsy petitoned for has been ;ndeG
nelly postponed but in lieu thereof a stringent
license law which has already passed the
tiouse and two readings in the Senate will in
all probability be passed. The bill reouires
each application for license to sell spirirnous
vlnous or malt liquors, in any manner wbat
ever, to be re commanded by twenty four free
hold citizens living in the Hundred or Ward
IN which the application is made and then the
apphcatlon must receive the endorsement of
a majority of the Grand Jury of the County
III which such application is made.
The bill to extend the exemption law of Nom
castle county to Kent county has passed the
House and been sent to the Senate and will No
doubt pass that body. The bill exempts sIO0
debt p''Oe'' ior
=, A bill is pending in the Senate to re peal the
Mechanics Lien Law. The passage IL ha;no
resisted by Mechanics Builders and those who
furnish material 1t is hardly expected the
Dill VIII pass. Yet it is admitted that some
important amendments are needed and will
probably be made "'''
shore Railroad Company has passed ,Sn unnsSo
but Its passage in the Senate is extremely
doubtful. OA'ieAie'S
Inc Secretary of State having been authori-
zed to codlfy the laws has sent into the Sen,te
large number of bills to be repealed the
same having become imperative bv the mas
sage oil the various Amendments TO the C.,pSt;-
tuition OF the United States. The present SOS.
SION is too far spent to consider ali these hills
at the present time, but it is probable that an
extra session will be called next winter in order
his work. ''00"' ie'e
The bill to divorce Rebecca C. Hurlock from
her her husband John A. Hu.lock, has passed both
Houses and becomes a law. 0O'"
o ne Legislature having been invited by the
9thcers OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
b,ritlmore Railroad Company, went on a grand
Joltication excursion to Lewes on FRIDAY last
-. An Invitation has also been extend bv the
CITY, Council of Wilmington TO yisit that C;,v
on Thursday the 23d inst, but owing to ths
press OF business and the anxiety to get home
the invitation has been declined Fl