Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-26

! town OF New Castle 10 Oshs6ess and col eel
a special lax" [Allowing the taxables
Of New Castle to'vOte $4,000 per year ios
Six yeais, tO be applied towards Taylog
ang deficiency 10 the revenue OF The Wiz
mington and New Castle Narrow Gauge
| Railroad.
CONCERNING RAILROADS.
January 3O.-House "act to amend an
act entitled 'an act TO Incorporate the
Deawa1e and Chester Coun.y Railroad
Company passed at Dover, February
5th, 1861" Allowing the Company lO
borrow 81, 100000 instead OF 00O,OO0.
February 5.-senate supplement to
m act entitled 'au act to Incorporate
the Wilmington City Railway Company
passed at Dover, February 4th, 1854. -
[Strking out Of the original the prov sion
making the gauge Of the ROAD feet nnd
inches.
February 20 Senate "fu'tner suppie-
meut to an act Tn tied an act 10 ilcur.
| porate the Smyrna and Delaware Bay
Railroad Company passed ut Dover
/ February IA, 1865" Regarding the route,
issuing Of bonds aud giving the company
right 10 consolidate with roads char
tered by either Maryland or New
Jersey ]
March 3-House act to amend an act
| to incorporate the Delaware and Chester
County Railroad Company" ALLOWING
the Directors TO increase their number t0
| 10, etc.
March 6-Senate " act to authorize the
construction Of a railroad from the town
of Lewes to Rehoboth Bay, in the county
Of Sussex" A surveying party is now
determining the route OF this road it is
to be put In running order by July Stn
capital, 100000
March 7-senate "act to incorporate
the Baltimore, chesapeake and Delaware
Bay Railroad Company" 10 run be
tween Harrington this State,and Queens
town, Nd; S25,O0O is to be subscribed
| before the work is to be proceeded with. /
March 12-iiOuse "act to amend the
act entitled an act TO incorporate the
Breakwater and Frankford Railroad Com
pany." [Appoiuting Commissioners to
open books aud receive subscriptions to
the capital stock Of the Company.
March l3-Hou-e act TO incorporate
the Wilmington, shelpot and Edge Moor
| Passenger Reilway Co." To intersect
with the City Passenger Railway Com
pany's tracks and be extended by way of
shelpot to Edge Moor; capital, 100000. ]
March 1S-Senate " act for railroads In
New CASTLE" Giving s. 2. NJ. Tasker
the right to construct railroads owe eer-
tain streets in New Castle.
March 26-IIouse "act TO aid the Break
water and Frankiord Railroad Company
to construct a road and for other pur-
poses" This road istO run from George
town to Frankford, and by the provisions
OF the above bill is TO receive 100000 aid
| from the State.
March 26-Senate ''act to iucorporats
the New Jersey and Delaware Central
Railroad Company" This is a continua
ton Of the North and South Jerse Rail.
road, now building in New Jersey. The
| two roads are TO connect at Port Penn,
and the Central will he continued to Mid
d.etewn station, thence TO Washington
capital stock, S500,U00.
April 2-House "act euttled a supple
ment to the act entitled an act to iucOr
porate the Delaware aud Chesapeake
Railroad Company passed at Dover,
March 3Oth, 1S69.n [This act simply
revlves and continues in force the original
charter OF the company.
April 4-Senate "act in relation to the
Wilmington aud Reading Railroad Gem
pany." AloSing the company to c.n-
struct a lullroad between any truck now
owned by it to the Delaware river, pro-
vided the length Of the road is MOB more
than miles.
April S-senate " supplement to an aoi
entitled an act to intorI Ioraie the Smyrra
Station AMI smyrna Railroad Company
Allowing this company 10 vacatc thci
present line aud construct a new one.
April $ House "aCt to amend the ac
entitled an act to incorporate the George
town and Gumboro' Railroad Company
Regarding some minor details.
April S-Senate "act 70 inc0r i0r1tes thl
Odessa and Midlld0Wn Narrow Gaug.
Railroad" To run between Middle
town and Odessa capital stock, so pO).
April S-Seqate "act lo amend ihe net
entitled an act to further amend the act
emit led AN act TO Incorporate The Sea
ford and Lewes R9ilroad Company
passed at Dover March 3, ISL In
creasing the amouut OF money TO be RAISED
from 500, 900 10 100000.
April 9-House ''act to enable the Del
aware Railroad Company TO make pro
vision for the payment snd discharge o
its present funded debt, and for oihe
purposes. Auowirg the company t'
borrow n sum not exceeding & l,OJU,OO'
for the purpose Of discharginh its funded
debt
April 10 Senate "act amenlatory @
and supplemental to the act entitled al
nc. 10 incorporate the Milford aud Bay
shore Railroad Company passed a
Dover. March 23, ISL Increasing
largely the number Of directors ant
otherWi.e amending tie bill
April 10-Senate "act to repeal and
make VOID the act entitled an act I,
authorize the Queenstown and Baring
ton Railway Company to construct theii
road from the Maryland State line u
Harrington, in. the State of Delaware,
passed az Dover, Feb. rs, 1863" ihi
J charter was kRown as the Handy charter
granted in 1863 and after the passag,
Of the Golds5orough charter, at this sc.
sion, the Handy charter was repealed
on account OF the fact that both tie pro
posed roads were to run over the sam
territOry.l
RELATING TO HOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP
HORSES, LIQUOR, ETC, OR, "OF TIL
GENERAL POLICE"
January 23-liouse "act prohibiting
live stock from running at large in schOo
district No. 81, New Castle county"
January 90 House supplement to al
act entitled an act to prevent certain ami
mails running at large within the limit
of school district No. A, New Castli
county" [Applying the act 10 distr'eti
70 and 93, same county. -
February l3-douse " act prohibiting
live stock from running at large in schoo
dislrict.No. 90, New Castle county"
February l4-House supplement +
; the act entitled IAN act for the prOtec
tion of fishermen" This act prohioit
any nonresident of the State fishing i
% n.fn with than gn
fathoms of gil net or seine, ard create
4 ave commissioners, one to reside in vii
g mington, one at Claymont, one at NeN
Castle, one at Delaware City and one a
: Port Penn, who are authorized TO tax
Q cognizlnce of all violations Of this lay
and punish the offenders.
S February 1s-House "act prohibitln
live stock running at large In school Dii
trlct No. So, New Castle County"
q February 20-IIouse "act for proven
I tion of cruelty to animals" This bi
provides for the punishment Of person
guilty Of abusing or ill-tfeatiDg dun
e animals.
r February Dollhouse "act to incorpoi
ate the Delaware Society for the Preyer
Il ton of Cruelty to Animals"
e February 2l-House "act prohibltIn
3 live stock from running at large in Due
Creek hundred, Kent county.
e February 24-House "act to prohlb
stock from running at large within schoi
II district No. So, New Castle county."
e March 3-Senate "act to prevent stoe
r from running at large in school distrli
Il No. So, New Castle county"
% March 6-Hoase "aet to restrict certai
+ animals from running at large in Wni
s Clay Creek hundred"
d March 10 House "act to prevent liy