Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-12

CORPORATION ACTS PLENTY-A DESIRE TO srEr
BACKWARD CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FRO
posED-oLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP 90. ABOUT.
special Correspondence Of The Commercial.
DOVER, Feb. H..
At time when the Legislature should be
nearly ready to adjourn finally, corporation acts
are coming in from all quarters The need for
all of them remains mystery. Yesterday a
most astonishing petition was pr scented from
Sussex county, asking for the
REPEAL OF THE EXEMPTION LAW.
The signers, who were quite numerous asked
that il the law could not be repealed for the
whole State, it might at least be repealed for
Sussex county, At the risk at having my article
again read from the clerks desk, J. will state
that there il no likelihood of its repeal. One of
the Sussex members requests me to state spe
officially that he and others Of tho delegation
from that county would never vote for it. The
petition though signed no doubt by many poor
people, s of course, largely endorsed by store
keepers, justices of the peace and constables.
At last we are to have some
AMENDMENTS TO TIE CONSTITUTION
Of the State Mr. Uolcomb yesterday gave no.
tice Of "A bill of that kind to prevent the Legisla-
tuIe from granting State aid to railroad or other
corporations. MIR. Bird gave notice also of II
bill to amend the constitution that New Cas-
tie county could be divided. The prospect of
the passage of these il to say tho least not very
encouraging. Tho bills amending the law for
the
AssEssMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES,
offered some weeks ago, remain in tho hands of
the committee ON Revised Statutes, OF which
Mr. Biddle is chairman. Mr.. Riddle introduced
bill yesterday which if "A law would no doubt
be great help in the way OF securing an honest
aHsesrment The bill makes il obligatory to
give certificate of assessment to the person
aHsessod for which he is to DO paid two cents for
each certificate. The assessor when returning
hs assessment to the Clerk of tho Peace ih to
receive from that Office receipt for all the
names returned. This would enable person
dropped from the assessment to trace out and
ascertain why he omitted, and who omitted him
Notice was given yesterday by Mr.. Baldwin of
"A bill relating to the serving of legal processes
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
This bill is mado necessary from the fact that
no legal process can now be served upon lnsur-
ance Companies beyond the State, and owing to
this fact persons insuring in such com
panes from this State are compelled to take
whatever il offered them. The bill IL to make
1t lawful to serve a legal process upon the
agents of such Foreign Insurance Companies
who may live or operate in the State.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
The most of the members of the Legislature
attended tho services at the NJ. l.. church last
evening, where Rev. Il. Stubbs by invitation of
the Legislature preached a sermon. 1he lteV.
gentleman LOOK Inc tllfee bcrlptuiul nailch oi
Alab, Jezebel and Elijah for the basis Of his re-
marks, and was most happy in his illustration.
IL. A. McCready President of the Old Domin
ion Steamship Go. and Isaac Bell, also connect
ed with the same line, were here last evening,
looking after their Delaware interests. Though
nothing definite has yet been done, we undcr-
stand AN application will be made for Il charter
for a company to build steamboats, and ships ut
Lewes. Mr. McCready speaks cheerinlly of the
prospects OF the company, and believes that lie
loboth is bound to be great Watering place.
The survey for the new railroad from Selbyvie
to Berlin il now being made, and it is said the
road will be built and in running order by the
lst of june
Two divorce bills were presented and road in
the House yesterday, but this must not be taken
as any evidence that they will pass. Considera-
BILE pressure is brought to bear i'll favor OF one
or two particular cases which may perhaps re"
celve some favor.
The Levy Court Of Kent county has pettloned
Tor some act to allow the farming out Of the
prison inmates Of the jail here to the farmers in
the vicinity or to work on the Aims house farms
Why not pass Mr.. Birds bill and build Work
House at once? ). Ii.