Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-03-25
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Wednesday.
SENATE

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Wednesday. r
SENATE
Mr. Riddle introduced Joint resolution au. !
norixinx the State Treasurer to borrow money =
rum tune ~ time 10 meet the State expenses,
nd 70 pay bonds coming due, aud moved the ;
doption Of the same.
Mr. fiddle then made detailed statement Of
he hnancss Of the State, after which the reso-
atioua were adopted.
Mr.. Hay introduced bill to authorize the
Mate Treasurer 10 issue IA $1,000 State bonds
Tor Delaware College in lieu Of bonds Of the
lAme amount ~ be cancelled which WAS read
twice and referred
Mr. Riddle reported bill to amend chapter
125, revised code, which WINS read the third time
and passed. The bill increases the fees Of the |
Secretary OF State.
On motion Of Mr.. Fiddeman the House bill
creating N additional Justice Of the peace, no
taEy public aud constable for kenton hundred
" reside ~ Clayton, WAS read twice aud re
1ssrod.
On motion Of Mr.. Causey the report Of the
Conference Committee Oh the bill to consolidate |
the school districts Of seaford vas read and
adopted.
Oh motion OF Mr.. Fiddeman the House ill to |
renew the charter OF the Home for Aged Women |
waa road twice, and referred.
On motion OF Mr. Ray the House bill to repeal |
an act recently passed providing for rengulrh-
States for Light Houses, Light Stations, &c, WAS
read twice and referred.
On motion Of MIR. Fidleman tile House bill
supplement to the act to incorporate the Cam
den Union Camp Ground was read twice and re-
ferrsd also the House bill to incorporate the
liddlstown Gas Company WAS read twice and
referred.
Mr. Shakespeare, from the Committee on Tenn
psrAnce, reported . bill to amend chapter 416
volume IA Laws of Delaware which was read
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shall sign more than two recommendations for
license in one year, increases the license fees to
*l25, limits the sale in stores and by manufac.
turers 70 not less than one gallon gives the
States Attorney General $40 for every convic-
ton, and prohibits that officer from entering
nols prosequi without submitting the evidence
to . Jury.
Mir. Shakespeare reported an amendment to the
charter Of the kehoboth Hotel Company, chang
ing the name to the Sussex Hotel Company, and
limiting the amount Of land held by such Com.
pany, which WAS read the third time and passed.
Mr.. Riddle reported the House bill to amend
chapter 81 Revised Code which was read the
third time and passed.
corporate the Tasker Telegraph Company which
was read the third time and passed.
Mr.. Moore reported the supplement to the act
to amend chapter 424 Revised Code which was
read the third time and passed.
Mr.. Riddle reported the bill to amend chspter
SO volume IA Laws OF Delaware which was read
the third time and passed. The bill allows the
States Attorney AL increase Of $500 in salary
with which to pay his deputy.
On motion Of Mr.. Speaker the House bill to
incorporate the Seminole Tribe No. 7 Imp. 0, r.
N. Of Delaware WAS read twice and referred.
Mr.. Riddle reported the House bill to change
the lands and dwellings OF John A. Nicholson,
9. W. s. Nicholson, Henry L. Nicholson and d.
W. Muse from school district No. ~ in Sussex
county, which was read the third time and
passed
Mr.. Shakespeare reported the bill to incorpor.
ats the Vine Branch Ditch Company which was
read the third time and passed.
Mr.. Riddle presented petition from Adam
Grubb and others for the establishment of i
work house which WAS read and aid on the ia
BILE.
SENATE.
Mr.. J. ". Phillips, from the conference COM
mittee on the Seaford school bill reported in
favor of the House concurripg in the Senate
amendment thereto, and also further amend.
ing the bill by creating four school districts in
the town, to be Known HI 10, 70lS, 102 and 1902 H.
The report and amendments were adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Baldwin the Senate amend
ments to the act for the further protection of
women were concurred in
On motion of Mr. Houston the bill ceding to
the United States title to and jurisdiction over
sites for light houses. etc., on the Delaware
coast was read the third time and passed.
The Senate amendment to chapter l25 of the
revised code, was concurred in.
At 1l05 the Railroad Aid bill was taken up
for consideration.
The amendments adopted yesterday were re-
considered and withdrawn, and two others not
differing materially from those reconsdered,
were proposed by Mr.. Houston and agreed to.
The bill as amended was then read the third
time and discussed.
Mr. Baldwin spoke in strong opposition to the
measure and believed the State would los( every
dollar it was proposed to invest in these new
railroad enterprises.
Mr.. Houston followed and said that nine
tenths Of the people of Kent and Sussex favored
the bill, and he believed it wise aud safe for the
State to aid the roads.
Mr.. Rowland spoke at some length in opposi-
ton to the bill, saying in doing SO he represent
ed, he believed, twothirds OF the people of the
State. He felt sure that the State would be
compelled to redeem the bonds out of the State
Treasury, sooner or later, and asked that the
friends OF the measure pause for minute and
consider the consequences Of the step they are
about to take.
Mr.. Houston again favored the bill and on
concluding his remarks called for the yeas and
nays. The bill then passed by the following
vote, after which the House adjourned:
fess-Messrs. Broadway, Collins, Conwell,
Fraim, Houston, Learned, Lambden, McNeal, G.
II. Philips. ]. W. Philips and Voshell-l1.
Nays-Messrs. Baldwin. Biggs, Bird, Green,
Handy, Rowland, Pyle, Todd, Wilds and Mr.
Speaker-10.
.on motion of G. H. Phillips the bill prohibit
ing live stock from running at large in districts
u and l5i, Sussex county, was taken up and
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Houston the Senate bill in.
cooperating the Milford Gas Light Co. was read
the third time and passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Conwell the Senate bill
amending chapter l43, of the 18th volume was
read
On motion of Mr.. Bird, the bill providing 70,
the erection and maintenance of a State Worl
House was taken up for third reading, after
which it was defeated by yeas 10, nays II.
On motion of Mr.. Broadway the bill vacatina
an old road and authorizing new one Ill Mis-
plllion hundred was read the third time and lo. t
On motion of MIR. Collins the bill amending
the act incorporating the town Of Odessa was
read the third time and passed.
On motion of MIR. Lambdin the Senate bill
proving for the destruction of hawks and owl,
was taken up for consideration. IL WAS amended
by requiring the Levy Courts to pay 50 cents fo
the scalp of each of the birds named aboy,
which may hereafter be killed i'll this State ,afte
which it WAS recommitted.
On motion Of Mr.. Rowland the bill to proven
distractions in the Delaware river was read the
third time and passed.
On his further motion the bill providing for the
removal of the coal wharf of the New Castle ant
Frenchtown Railroad and Turnpike Co., in the
Delaware, at New Castle, was read the third time
aud passed.
The Senate bill allowing Dr. VIM. Marshall to
erect gate across a certain public road in Cedar
Creek hundred WAS taken up for consideration.
when it Was lost.
The bill prohibiting live stock from running
at large in district 1l6, Sussex county, was read
the third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Pyle the bill amending
chapter u OF the revised code was read the third
time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Phillips the Senate Stock
PHI for district 77]9 Sussex county was read the
third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Conwell, the bill tllvorcing
Elizabeth and Ferdinand Rulolph WAS read the
third time AMI passed.
Mr.. Houston reported the bill incorporating
the Aid Savings Bank and moved its Indefinite
postponement on the ground that the corpora
tors named in the bill are coOred men. AFRAID
to by yeas -, nays 6.
At 5l2, the House adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
Thursday.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr.. Fiddeman the House bill b,
amend title 4th Of Revised statutes eutitled "ot
elections" WAS read the third time and passed.
MIR. Shakespeare presented memorial from
the Wilmington Conference Of the NJ E. Clurcl
now In session at Smyrna urging the Legislature
to pass more restrictive liquor LICENSE laws
which was read and sent to the House to be read
there.
Mr.. Riddle reported the House bill to repea
the act recently passed regulating the cedlpp of
land to the United States for light houses and
other purposes, and for the reenactmeut of tht
act previously i'll force which WAS read the third
time and passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Moore the House bill pro
hlbiting live stock in school district Nos. "a and
l5i Sussex county was read twice and referred
On motion of Mr.. Fiddeman the Senate bill tC
require trustees IN Cases OF voluntary assignment
to give security for the faithful parf,.,,io,'-a :,