Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-11
from the Stnle capital,

p,.s.ar OF bond AND MORTGAGE TAX REPEAL
,tpnI.tNMRNT FOR DfBr-AN INSANE AnYLUM -
OLp RELICS, ETC
Special Correspondence af tie Commercial.
Dover, Feb. 10.
Aftor the Legislative ball of Monday night,
which did not close until o'clock in the morn
mo some of the members were slow in getting
m tLeir seats. aud when they did get there they
,,l mn excellent opportunity of indngng in II
NAT .nooZe while the clerk road the bill to in
corporate tho .....
CITY OF NEW CASTLE,
which occupied SO minutes exactly. As soon as
" wan road, MIR. Nowland presented II remon-
trance AGAINST its passage. The Iemonhtrants
urotest against the charter on account OF the
nn,nense which will be entailed in the way of tax
M and also because they say the town has only
. gOO inhabitants, and is entirely too small TO
b, Incorporated AZ a city.
AN INSANE AsYLuM.
Mr. Bird, yesterday, presented a petition of
considerable length from committee OF the
T,ustees OF the Poor for tho several counties of
tle state, setting forth tho great need OF an In
sane Asylum for the INDECENT and insane OF the
State.
The committee appointed at a meeting OF the
Iioarl of Trustees OF the Poor for New Castle,
Kent and Sussex counties held at the New Cas-
ie Almshouse, October 28th, 1874, submitted Il
r,port giving IN detail the expense of erecting
suitable buildings and maintaining about 100
mlgent persons. The cost Of buildings and
every other appliance needed, including help
and supply, were estimated at T325, 900, and the
estimated yearly receipts at 52G,OO0.
IL IL provided that the institution shall be
governed by board of three managers from
each county, to be appointed by the Governor or
in nuch other way may be provided for, one
to 60 ont of Office every year in each county.
The petition is signed by John s. Black, John
". Evans William Slay, j. Pratt and Miles Mes
rck AZ committee OH the part of the United
Board.
Dover, it was resolved to ask the Legislature for
an appropriation of 59O, ,000., to be expended in
the erection and furnishing OF an asylum for the
insane of our State The petion was read and
referred AZ our regular reports will show.
One of the reforms 70 deyoutedly wished for by
many people has actually been accomplished and
the tax on
BONDS AND MORTGAGES
has been repealed. The House passed the bill
some days ago. and yesterday after Il stiff little
contest between Mr.. Ray in favor of the bill and
Mr.. Causey III opposition, the bill passed by a
tug in the negative.
At last something is to be done to prevent
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT,
kind of imprisonment which probably few OF
yOnr readers are aware has existed. IL is often
the case that some poor, luckless debtor is
lnulceu upon WIN shefiH chplas anu III ue-
fault Of giving bonds to meet and try the case at
tile next term OF court, he il thrown into pr- |
ron, and there securely kept until
lie furnishes the required bonds or waits
until tho court meets 1t il to
prevent this system OF imprisonment that Mr. |
fdeman, deserves the thanks of an enlightened |
community for introducing his bill.
THE INcREAsED PER DIEM.
Mr.. Horston having some days ago given notice.
yesterday introduced his ill to incrase tho per |
diem Of the members OF the Legislature The |
bill fixes the pay OF two speakers at s6 per day |
and that Of other members at 15 per day, and |
closes the Legislature by the 25lh OF
March Mr.. Houston, in introducing his
blll had sent the clerks desk |
and road extracts from the COMMERCIAL. of Will |
mngton, and Ne'os OF Milford, criticisng such |
Increase lIo stated with considerable scidity |
that lie never would have offered the bill il |
those papers had favored the measure.
Tho bill providing for an additional
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC |
III Wilmington has had several ups and downs |
but finally passed the House, yesterday, MIR. |
llalby only voting against it. 1t now goes to
the Senate where it will be very apt to require |
some calculation before it will pass. The bill
WAS backed by strong petition and opposed by |
All equally strong remonstrance.
OLD RELICS.
Tho old State House BELL but short time ago |
no nearly sold with old rubbish, has become 30 |
valuable that it lis to be sent to the Centennial |
exhibition. Yesterday, Messrs. Riddle and
shakespeare were appointed committee by the
Srlate to negotiate with some parties III Phila-
deipla who Ind in their possession number of |
oNl revolutionary documents relating to Della
ware.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
The Committee OF the House to find who tho
IampaBers" were that misplaced the furniture
OF Tile hail. few evenings ago, have not met
yeL- ana II III altogether prObAbe that the lyes-
tgaton will fizzle.
No liquor was furnished at the Legislative
bali on Monday evening, which is in keeping
win the character of the Legislature for sobrie-
", yet there were others not members, who
pIactlced at the bar rather freely
A great many ladies' visited the Senate and
House yesterday, to see how laws were made.
hnt as they could hear nothing for nearly an |
holr they must have thought it WAS an exceed
uRy dull and sleepy business especially after
ball. A. H.