Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-25

Specially Reported for the Commercial.
Dover, March %.
sENArE-ArrERNooN SESSION.

sENAIE-AFTERNooN SESSION.
The Senate re-assembled at 8 p. m.
The bill amending chapter 80, of the revised
statutes, relating TO the succession OF property,
WAS read the third time, on motion OF Mr. Ri l.
die, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Calsey the House supple
lnent to the act exemptlng from execution at
tchment process certain articles of personal
property read twice and referred
On motion of Mr. Ray the House bill supple
mentng the act incorporating the Philadelphia,
delaware and Charleston Steamship Company
Was read twice and referred.
On motion of Mr.. Flddeman the bill allowing
parties to civil suits to testify III their own be-
half read and indefinitely postponed
On motion of Mr. Shakespeare the House bill
reviving the act incorporating the Little Creek
Landing Company was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Causey the House bill re-
latlng to the enforcement acts of Congress was
read twice and referred.
On motion of Mr.. Riddle the House bill pro-
ving fees for the Harbor master of New Cas-
tie, DC. read the third time and passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Ray the House bill taxing
culored people for the support of their own
schools was read twice and referred.
On motion of Mr.. Fddeman the House bill al
lowing the Strengthening of every public road in
Kent county was read twice and referred.
Mr. Fiddeman called up for consideration the
blll amending the constitution by requiring
two-thirds vote for the passage OF all aid bills.
Mr.. Causey moved to lay 1t on the table. Lost,
ty yeas 8 (AIessrs. Causey, Moore and SpeakerD
nays (Mossrs. Davis, Fiddeman, Ray, Riddle
AID shakspeare)
The bill was then placed on its final passage
and was finally lost by the following vote
Yeas-Messrs. Davis, Fiddeman, Ray and Rid
die, 4. Nays--Messrs. Causey, Moore, Shaks-
reare and Speaker 4.
Mr. Riddle reported the bill allowing any cti-
zen to copy any part of the general assessment
with amendments striking it all ont and insert
ins bill granting to all Methodist Episcopal
Societies III this State all the rights. powers and
franchises used in other religious societies in
tins State.
The amendments were adopted ana the bill as
amended was recommitted.
At i.05 the Senate adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
HOUSE AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. Baldwin the bill for the re-
felief OF H. Il. Robinson Co. for loss on GER
tam land scrip sold and not delivered by 1.-The
State Treasurer, and failed to deliver according
to contract, was read.
Tn motion of Mr. Rowland the bill was indeh-
hltely postponed.
Geo H. Phillips reported bill to lay out a
new public road in West Dover Hundred, which
was read and passed
Mr.. Bird presented remonstrance against
the cutting canal through a narrow neck Of
land between the Brandywine and Christiana
rivers.
Mr.. Collins reported the bill giving Sheriffs
Inc power to appoint Wardens. which was read a
third time and WAS indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. Todd the bill to make taxes
first lien on real and personal property for two
years was read II third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Baldwin the bill to amend
Section u, Chapter 418, Volume ii, Delaware
Laws was referred to committee of three, con-
slstlng of Nessrs. Baldwin. Voshell and Frame
On motion of Mr.. Conwell the Senate bill for
tho relief the INDECENT deaf and dumb and the
INDECENT blind was read third time and
passed.
Mr. Learned moved that the bill to amend Sec
lion 2. chapter AZ Revised Code be read.
The amendment provides for distribution
OF the school fund upon the basis of the white
population of 1870 instead of 1880. The bill
was lost, by vote of ayes to II NAYS.
The Senate bill to authorize the Recorder OF
sussex county to procure a book of Records on
which to keep the leases of the Rehoboth Beach
Camp-meeting Association read twice.
The Senate, bill to amend the act to incorpo-
rate the Rehoboth Hotel Company was read the
tnrd time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Yoshell the vote by which
tile appropriation for Delaware College WAS lost
was reconsidered.
The bill to lay out new public road in Kent
county near Marydel was read the third time
and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Learned the Senate Joint
resolution appointing committee to examine
the accounts of the State Treasurer and audit
inc Auditors accounts at the end of the current
year was read and concurred in and blessrs.
houston. Baldwin and Voshell appointed the
committee OH the part of the House.
The bill authorizing the strengthening OF a
Public road in Mspillion Hundred, Kent county,
was read third time and passed.
On motion of MIR. Bird, the Senate bill def
nlng the duties of Constable at Riddles Mills
and the Senate bill amending Chapter AIS Vol
ume IA Delaware Laws, were read twice.
Adjourned.