Middletown transcript., 1875-03-13


r degree, TO he whipped, was indefinitely post
lie poned. aT
,e HousE-Bills introduced: To rc-chartel
10 the Home for Aged W omen; TO enable The
D City Council of Wilmington to subscribt
o SIS, 900 to the Centennial Exposition bill to
l. amend chapter 73, r S. relating to the city
,e of Wilmington, making a residence of 30
l. days in any ward qualification Of voters.
Bills passed: To incorporate the Tasker
! Telegraph Company Of New Castle; divorc-
S ing Samuel S. Hearn and Georgianna Hearn ;
Senate bill supplementary to the act in rela-
d ton to oysters Senate bill to divide Appo-
9 quinimink Hd. into two hundreds; amend
ing the charter of the Breakwater and Frank
ford R. R. Company; to incorporate the
? American Tin l. Iron Company Senate bill
r to allow the Register of Wills of Sussex CO.
e to make new index; amending the charter
5 of the Diamond State B. l. l., Association.
: The Senate amendment to the bill in rela-
tion to the proof of handwriting was rejected.
Senate amendment to the bill consolidating
the school districts of Seaford was rejected,
and committee Of Conference asked for.
Mr.. Pyle presented petition asking for the
repeal of the Mechanics Lien law. Senate
bill to incorporate the Esplendor Mining Co.
was lost. Mr.. Todd gave notice of an act to
make first lien on personal property for two
years. Mr.. Nowland gave notice of an act to
amend chapter 6, vol. 49, in relation to Mid
dletown. The school bill was discussed in
committee of the whole. Numerous amend
ments were offered and rejected, and mo-
ton to adopt the 4th section was lost.
WEDNESDAY, March 10.
SENATE.-Bills introduced House bill to
allow the Benedictine Company of Phiia. to
hold real estate in Delaware; bill to allow
tenants under persons holding dover rights
to remove buildings erected by them during
their lease; bill making the legal weight of
bushel of oats in this State % lbs bill to
allow hotel keepers, in moving from one dis |
trict or ward to another, to retain their liquor
licenses; bill reviving the charter of the Re-
hoboth Hotel Company.
Bills passed House bill incorporating
Delaware City; House bill prohibiting the
posting of bills on the Kent CO. Court House
bill creating two additional Notaries Public
for Wilmington; House bill abandoning a
certain road in Pencader Hundred prohibit
ing Justices of the Peace removing from one
hundred to another from taking fees; House
bill amending chapter 8, revised statutes
House bill Incorporating the Board Of Educa-
pfN rocf1a o.fr s. |
special election for town commissioners of
Seaford House bill authorizing the town
commissioners of Lewes to create a loan of
$500 for school purposes House bill uniting
school district No. 10 to Wilmington for
school purposes.
The bill TO pay Justices of the Peace for at
tendance upon elections was indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Ray presented protest
from State Chemist Wolfe against the pro-
posed changes in the law relating to his Office
The House joint resolution adjourning both
houses, sine die ON the 10th inst was laid on
the table
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: By Mr.. Learned
in relation to free schools in this State to
reincorporate Little Creek Canning Company;
by Mr.. Nowland, to amend chapter SO, VOL
IL, requiring the payment of town tax be-
fore voting at the charter elections in Mid
dletown, and making $2Oe the minimum
amount of tax to be raised. Senate bill for
two additional Notaries Public in Whining
ton Senate bill for the destruction of hawks
and owls; by Mr.. Pyle for an additional
Notary Pulic in Wilmington; to amend chaE-
ter 1875, revised code; to divorce Elizabeth |
and Ferdiman Rudolph; to amend the charter
of the Camden Union Camp Ground to di-
vorce Anna E. and Robert Davis; to divorce
John A. and Martha W. Ellis; by Mr.. Bird !
to repeal the Registry Bureau of Wilmington.
Bills passed Senate bill to incorporate .
the Espendor Mining Company, 1.-THE vote, ,
by which it was lost the day before, having :
been reconsidered y bill to divorce Emma A. :
and Henry Walker.
Mr.. Pyle, having obtained permission,
the bill for the relief of the W. & +
W. R. R. Mr.. Houston, from the Committee i
On Corporations, reported the bill for the q
Of Internal improvements, with an 8
amendment appropriating $4,000 to the G
Georgetown and Seaford R. R.; $s8,OoO to 1
he Georgetown and Delmar R. R. $50, 800
% the Queenstown and Harrington R. R. S
After the reading of the amendments Mr..
Houston moved suspension of the rules to ~
ead them second time. Mr.. Nowland i
'alled for the yeas and nays, when the mo- /
ion to suspend was lost by vote of 10 ayes 4
not voting in the affirm ;,
tive n
Remaining in the Post Office at Middle d
own, Del, unclaimed for the week ending
larch 9Th, 1876: Mr.. Thomas Burton, Miss n,
larry Brian, Mrs. Alice Brinkle, James j. n
Brown, Miss Ada Cruy, Mr.. S. T. Calwell, N
lr Samuel Dale, Eliza Pullman, Eliza Fell, o,
ohm Ginder, Mrs. Beckie Hall, Miss Amanda n,
lazzard (2), Mrs. Rebecca Jackson, Mrs. a,
Alice johnson, Mrs. Susan Loapman, j. Nc ot
'att, Miss Matilda, Mr.. Merideth, Mrs Mary sr
rice, Mr. Napolian Read, Mr.. Robert Sines, nj
liss Emma Tatman, Mr.. Owen Traynor (2),
lr. John J. Wilson, Mr.. James Wrngle
Persons calling for the above, will please u
~ that they are advertised. '.
D. L. DUNNING, P. NJ. ~
lighting the Streets. A
1t cost Middletown $3.50 for street lights hi
oily last year. 1t cost Smyrna Ss06 (sas), as
0 says the Times, and it says she has twice as To
ANY lights as we have. But who told the =
tines that it cost $3.50 to light our streets?
he commissioners report shows that the ~