Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-05
From the state Capital,

PROVISIONS OF A CoLoRED EDUCATIONAL BILL
NEW oAsTLE's cHARTER-THE STATE pENITLN-
TIARY BILL-THE FIRST DIFFERENCE TO coLonED
PEoPLE-MoRE AIDs-LEyY COURT APPOINT
MENTa, ETC.
[stecial Correspondence Of the Commercially
Dover, Feb 8.
Tho bill providing for the education of colored
children of Wilmington was read in the House,
yesterday, give you the following synopsis Of
the bill that the readers of the COMMERCIAL may
see exactly what it is
Section 1st prohibits any person from voting
at the school election who has not paid a school
tax during the year preceding the election.
Section End strikes out of the old bill the fol-
lowing paragraph 1.-THE school Assessment
shall not include the persons and estates of COL
ored persons"
Section Sd requires the assessor to keep Sc
parate assessment of the colored people, and the
collector to keep u separate account of taxes
collected.
Section 4th requires the Board Of Education
to report to the City Council the amount required
to carry on the colored schools and the City
Council to levy the amount required upon the
colored people.
Section 9Th prevents the taxes collected from
colored people to be applied to the support of
white schools, and that collected from waite peo-
pie to be applied to colored schools.
Section 9th provides for special assessment
and collection of taxes of colored people before
the HcnCol electlon on tne nfbt Sdtufdnyl III April
TIE CITY OF NEW CASTLE.
The bill to incorporate the city of New Castle
has been forwarded to the Capital. 1t is vol
luminous affair and will consume considerable
time in its reading. II provides for a Mayor and
five Councilmen, an Assessor and Treasurer to
be elected annually on the second Tuesday in
April. All the other requirements of young
city are provided for, and it is claimed that New
Castle will start in her future career of prosper
ity with population not far short of 1000
souls.
STATE WORK HOUSE.
A bill has been introduced by Mr. Bird to pro-
vide for State Work House, or, in other words,
Il State Penitentiary, for the safe keeping of all
persons convicted of crime. The bill provides
| for the appointment by the Legislature of nine
commissioners, three from each county, au-
tholized to secure place of not not loss than 81
acres upon which to locate and build work
| House. The Judges of the Courts and
| the SheriiTs of the State are consti-
tuted Board entrusted with the power on the
second Tuesday in April OF electing seven Direc'
| tors, three to be from New Castle and two each
from the other counties, to have supervision OF
| the work and erection of suitable buildings.
| The Mayor and Justices of the Peace are author
lied to commit all drunken and disorderly per
sons and vagrants to the Work House for a PC
| riod of not more than 80 days and for the sec
| ond offence double the number OF days.
coLoRED ASSOCIATION.
For some time past a bill has been pending in
| the House to incorporate q Benevolent Assocla
ton of Sons and Daughters of Smyrna. Con
| siderable opposition was at first manifested but
| it gradually wore off until yesterday when the
| bill passed tho House by vote of ii to 2,-ab
| sent 5. This is hailed as an indication that the
Legislature il determined to deal justly with all
| The bill has yet to pass the Senate to become Q
law, when it will rank as the first charter evel
| given by Delaware Legislature TO an association
of colored people.
| MORE AppoISTMENTs
The Governor has appointed tho following
| named persons aids with the rank OF colo
| mel
Appoquinimink, Theodore +. Perry.
| Christiana, Robert G. Justice,
| st. Georges, Thos. j. Craven.
Red Lion, Geo. L. Brady.
| Dagaboro' Sussex Co., Il. w. Houston.
| Gumboro'. Sussex Co., John Gumby.
Henry L. DUPONT has been commissioned By
| Governor Cochran u Notary Public for the City
of Wilmington.
KENT COUNTY LEVY COURT APPOINTMENTS.
Tho Levy Court of Kent county, which has
| been in session all the week. made the following
| appointments yesterday
County Treasurer Thomas j. Dorman, of Mis-
pillion.
| ance; Kenton, George f. Hawkins; Dover, L
| l.. Wharton North Murderkill, E. X. Smith
| South Murderkill, George w Anderson Nils
pillion, Elijah Sapp Milford, Joseph H.. Hill.
| NO appointment mas yeb peeii inauo ioi i4ilue
| Creek hundred.
| LEGIsLATIvE SERMONS.
| Tho Legislature has got into religious mood
| and have provided for at least three prospective
| sermons. The first sermon is to be preached on
| Wednesday evening next, the 10th instant, by
| Rev. Il. Stubbs, pastor of Asbury nj. IL. church.
| The second takes place on Thursday evening,
| the 18Th inst, by the Rev. g. W. Huntington,
pastor of tho Dover Presbyterian church, and
the third is to be preached by the Rev. G. d.
Watson, of the Dover NJ. T.. church, at some
time vet to be designated by him.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
The Legislature keeps sharp lookout for all
| corporation acts that have per cent covered up
| in some place. One of them yesterday was
purged and had to come back to per cent.
| Th House bill making dogs personal property
yesterday, tho first time and was amusingly
noted for repetition of the word "dog' forty
| one times besides the use .of the pronouns, he,
| she, it ana they, almost an innumerable number
| of times. The Senators sayit is the "dogondest'
bill they ever heard.
Mr. Stocklcy appeared and took his seat to-
| day for the first time this week. This is the
| fourth week of Mr.. Sapps, absence on account OF
sickness, and Mr.. Riddle has been absent all the
week.
Old pictures and bells are beginning to be ap-
| precated. The old State House bell is to be
| sent to the Centennial exhibition and the old
portrait of Commodore Paul Jones is either to
| be touched up or a new one painted from the
| original. 5. IL.
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During the past three days terrible snow
| storms have prevailed in Kansas and Iowa, will
| tha far marking % n o6 lepresS below