Smyrna times., 1873-02-05
TEE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, JAN. %.

In the Senate the morning session was filled with
the usual number of divorce and incorporation bills
During the afternoon session the bib TO increase the
number Of Senators and Representatives was read a
second time.
The bill exempting Loan Associations from
taxation was lost by ! to 9.
In the House the bill TO prohibit the sale Of
liquors eeetIODdays was reported favoTably, with
slight amendments.
Mr.. Maris gave notice of an act eonvening a
Constitutional Convention, providing for the elec
ton of Delegates in May neat 10 Jevise the CVnsttu
tiOn.
| There was read and referred petition az the
abolition OF the marriage license, also for the
better protection Of game for law restricting the
sale of Intoxicating liquors; for the location Of the
voting place Of Cedar Creek Hundred in SOuth Mil.
oId for the relief of married women for the
exemption Of certain articles of personal property
from execution process; for the repeal Of the
| Mechanics Lien law.
A bill was read amending the act providing for
State Chemist (making the Professor Of Chemistry
IN Delaware College State Chemist ex.ofhcIo y by
! Mr.. Hutchinson.
Mr. Sll:eI's bill prohibiting Justices Of the Peace
and COnstables for taking fines in criminal cases,
4 except where provided by law, was passed.
| Lewis Thompson called up for a third reading
his bill exemptIng from execution process certain
articles OF personal property.
Mr.. Hickman moved to amend by making the
OF the head of a family are concerned $3.50 instead
Of S400.
Mr.. WiIds moved to still further amend by
making the exemption 5000.
Both amendments were lost
Mr. Hickman then moved to amend by exemptng
the tOa's OF a mechanic who is not head Of family
, to the amount OF $50, instead Of 800. Lost.
Mr.. Hickman further moved to amend by striking
out section and substituting "that nothing in thI,
act shall be applied TO any debts contracted previous
I TO the passage OF this bill"
This amendment tailed, and the yeas and nays
being called on the final passage of the bill, il wal
: lost by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Clark
Clough, Ferris Hickman, Hutchinson, MaTs, Silver
f Le~is Thompson and Joel ThOmpson-9 Nays
Messrs. Davis, Holland. Jones. MafIln. Sheldrake
4 Stevenson, Van Gasken, Wllds, Wilson, Wright
q and Speaker Burchnal-ll.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. %.
> In the Senate Mr.. Speaker introduced bill re
. lating To oysters providing for a new watch boat
, with which 10 watch and reg ulats the action @
" oyster drcdgers.
u number of House bills were read first time
j.. but nothing important.
!. " In the House Mr.. Maris presented petitions frOT
:. " members Of the Bar Of New Castle aud Kent cour
ties, asking that the Levy Court Of each of thes
" = counties be directed 10 furnish the Recorders
:, Deeds at New Castle and Dover with Campbell'
y system of indexes.
y The following bills read for the first time
:, BY Lewis Thompson incorporating the Brandywin
- Springs improvement Co., with capital of 500
:, " QUO and privilege TO erect hotels al Brandywn
- Springs; by Mr.. Van Gasken, act for the reli
U" Of Mary a. Williams, (kmmeyl of Smyrna ais
preventing bribery at elections occurring person
=, elected TO Office IN this State to make oath beio
entering upon the discharge Of their duties that the
~ have never practiced bribery at The polls,
TO Mr.. Clark called up the bill amending chapter 2
.v volume IL, Delaware Laws, for final Considerable
This bill was intended TO make the lender of mon'
-e on bond or mortgage, pay the State tax instead
nd the bOrrower.] The yeas and nays being called
was defeated by the following vote: Yeas-Mess
Clark, Clough, Davis, Ferris, Jones. Maris, Silv,
M Joel Thompson, and Lewis IhOmpsou-9; Nays
90 Messrs. Hickman, Holland, Martin, Sheldrab
ID. Stevenson. Van Gasken. WIds, Wilson, Wright, u
ev Mr.. Speaker-ln.
,ut THURSDAY, JAN. 80.
yer In the Senate number of local bills we
ger passed.
es. Mr.. stockley introduced an act to amend cha p
an 80, Laws of Delaware, in relation TO lander
err notice to tenants also gave notice Of an to
'elf peal compulsory pilOtage laws.
IN The committee TO whom the joint resolution
en- regard TO that part Of the Governors Message
os related 10 the jurisdiction of the States Of Deawu
her and New Jersey over the waters Of the Delaw
the river reported bill, leaving the final settlement
the question 10 six commissioners. three from ed
so State, TO report to the Legislatures of said Stat
ing their decision. The bill provides that the su
ger shall be advertised for six mouths prior To 8
and decision aud provides for the payuent of S5 30
the services OF the commissioners viz: Col. W
the q. Whiteley, New Castle; Jos. P. Cohegys,
one Kent, and Edward Martin, of SUSSEX.
lent The bill TO divorce Mary Pennington from
'me husband, was lost by vote of nays TO yeas.
by The House joint resolution relative 10 puI
Il TO lands requesting the support of our Senators
lars Representatives in Compress in favor of wha
hen known as the Agricultural College and Conn
fast School bills was read and coneurred in
'' In the House the foilowing bills were read ii
time and passed an act TO divorce Elizabeth
now kersey from her husband. John Kersey an act
rler, divorce Mary Hickman, from her husband; an
sick 10 divorce Annie Jones from her husband, He
ased Jones; act 10 incorporate the Bombay Hook
and provenent Company; an act to divorce Lucy
hard Hanson from Peter Hanson; an act to incorpol