Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-04
Specially reported for the Commercial.
DOVER, March $40, A. Nj


Specially reported for the Commercial
DOVER, March $40, A. NJ.
SENATE.
MIR. Shakespeare reported the House bill an act
to incorporate the Delaware City and New Castle
| Railroad Company which read the third time
and passed. Yeas g. nays g. Messrs. Davis and
| Ray voting in the negative
Mr.. Shakespeare reported the bill to amend the
| act incorporating the Seaford and Lewes Rail
road Company, which was read the third time and
was lost by the following vote yeas, Messrs.
Causey Moore, Ray Riddle and Shakespeare, 3.
Nays, Messrs. Davis and Fiddeman, g. 1.-TWO
| thirds of the full Senate was needed
Mr.. Causey changed his vote to the negative
IN order to move reconsideration.
| The House bill incorporating the Peninsular
| Agricultural and Mechanical Society was passed,
and also the stock bill for district 1i3 Sussex
| county.
The following bills were read supplement to
| the charter of the Prime Hook X Slaughter Neck
| Ditch Co.; House bill supplementary TO the act
for the better protection Of married women in
the possession OF their property; Mr. Riddle an
act for the benefit of the INDECENT deaf and
dumb. and INDECENT blind House bill requiring
assignees to give security Mr.. Fiddeman,
bill to lay out new road in Duck Creek Hun
dred House bill incorporating the Bridgewlle
Agricultural Society; House bill annexing
school district 10 to The City of Wilmington in
cooperating the Board of Education of Lewes !;
House bill to amend Title A, Revised Statutes,
" of Elections.
On motion of Mr.. Shakespeare the House bill
to make personal property liable to be taxed for
school purposes in the school district in which it
is located read twice and referred
Mr. Riddle from the committee on education
| reported adversely to the petition of citizens of
school district, No. 81, New Castle county, to
elect School Commissioners annually The re-
port was accepted and the committee discharged
from its further consideration.
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On motion of Mr.. Causey, the vote by which
the bill supplementary to the act TO incorporate
the Seaford and Lewes Railroad Company was
lost was reconsdered, when il read the
third time and passed.
Mr.. Causey introduced bill 10 incorporate
the Wilmington and Claymont Railroad Com
/ pany, which was read.
On motion of Mr.. Davis the bill to divide APP
| poquipimink hundred into two hundreds, Que to
be called Appoqninlmink and the other Black
bird hundred, was read the third time and pass
ed.
; On motion OF Mr. Shakspear, the vote by
o which the bill to incorporate the Delaware City
and New Castle Rail Road company passed the
e Senate in the morning was reconsdered and re-
committed to the committee on corporations
= On motion of Mr.. Davis the further consider
alton of the Stock law bill for School District
No. 81, New Castle county was indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. Riddle reported bill to amend chapter
81 Delaware laws relating to the duties OF AS
SCISSORS which was read the third time and was
lost, Mr.. Riddle alone voting in the affirmative
Mr.. Davis from the Committee on Roads ant
Highways, reported unfavorably the following
bills An act to authorize the construction of
footwalk over the Mispillion creek and TO
Al stock laws for school district No. /, SUSSEX
county, and 50 New Castle county. The mega
"a tive report was adopted and the committee dis
charged from the further consideration OF th
subject.
D. Adjourned.
The House met at IL O'Clock
III Mr.. Noshell introduced bill establishing
81 public road across the bridge over Duck creek a
Fleming Landing. Read once.
On motion of Mr.. j. W. Phillips the bill consol
u idating school districts 10 and lO2, Sussex cour
=, ty, was read the third time and passed.
Y On motion of Mr.. Houston the Senate bill in
/. cooperating the trustees of the Riddle fnnd TO
the benefit Of the superanuated preachers o
the Wilmington NJ. l.. conference WAS read tn
tie third time and passed.
40 On motion of Mr. Learned the Senate supple
u ment to the act relating to oysters read ono
re- as was also petition asking for its passage.
IL On motion of Mr. Houston the bill supplement
al ting the act Incorporating the town OF Lewe
1t was read the third time and parsed.
ce On motion Of Mr.. Collins the Senate bill rea
OF ting to arrests in civil caees was Tread the thr
n; = time and passed. On his further motion Senat
gs bill incorporating the Milford Gas Light Co. Wa
d. read once.
Mr.. Bird gave notice of bill authorizing til
Recorder of Deeds of New castle county to max
a certain index. He also introduced bill ii
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Delaware. which was read once.
IT. On motion of Mr. Houston the bill supple
mentng the act incorporating the town of Wye
- ming was read the third time and passed, a
''- also the bills Incorporating Good Samarta
Lodge, No. g. /. o. o. f., of Middletown, an
to the Pioneer Club stables OF Wilmington.
,rs Mr.. Broadaway introduced bill providing fc
ds two weeks instead of one in which to prosecnt
nj criminal business in New Castle county at eac
q term of courts and also providing for the eoul
IN of errors and appeals to meet on the second il
stead of the first Tuesday i'll June.
At II. 10 adjourned.
The House reaesembed at p in
,ly On motion of Mr.. Nowland tile bill allowin
NV the Road Commissioners of st. Georges huI
Sts dred to raise not more than $500 annually fc
,oe road purposes was read the third time and pas
10 ed.
tv Mr.. Bird. from the Centennial Committee
oil the two Houses, made report endorsing I'll
Centennial Exhibition, and advising the appoin
c- ment of commissioners to attend it and that IL
NC General Assembly should make liberal appr
W. priation towards it,
joint resolution accompanied the repo
which authorizes the Governor to appoint con
missioners to attend the exhibition and to Aul
scribe in the name OF the State 100000 in Al
of it.
The report and resolution were laid npon IL
table for future action
Mr.. j. w. Phillips gave notice Of bill autho
izng special election in Seaford for town con
ne missioners.
he On motion of Mr.. Houston the following bill
a. were read the third time ana passed lncorl'
I'd, I'd rating the Benedictine Institute of Wilmington
le and allowing the Benedictine Company Of Phil,
hid delphia to hold real estate in Delaware.
ict Nlessrs. Pyle and Hdnby submitted petition
BILE for the repeal of the law creating the Whining
IT'S ton Registry Bureau. Referred.
Mr.. Nowland reported the Senate bill consol
go dating the public school districts Of Dover, wit
zo' a number of amendments, one of which limit
till the amount of money be raised by tax fl
re- re- school purposes to 5000.
tIe va. The amendments were adopted when the IN
way ther consideration of the bill was postponed III
til Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
. The vote jpostponipg the bill consolidating ii
public schools of Dover reconsidered whe
Mr.. Houston offered two amendments to
which were ruled out of order. Mr.. Honsto
then presented remonstrance. signed by Hen
ry Todd and several others, against the bill.
TT was read and the bill was debated at some lengt
il, and finally recommitted.
eJ ~ On motion of Mr.. Frain the Senate bill chane
nj ing the name of Hetie E. Fraim to Hettie L
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