Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-11

CORPORATION ACTS PLENTY-A DESIRE TO STEP
BACKWARD UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PRO-
PosED-oLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO. ABOUT.
special Correspondence Of tie Commercial.
DOVER, Feb. II.
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 a mystery. Yesterday
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that If the law could not be repealed for the
whole State, it might at least be repealed for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 ideek I will state
that there is no likelihood of its repeal. Ono OF
the Sussex members requests me TO state spe'
officially that he and others of the delegation
from that county would never vote for it. Tho
people, is of course largely endorsedf by store
keepers, Justices of the peace ard constables.
AT last we are to have some
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
of the State. Mr.. Bolcomb yesterday gave no.
tice of bill Of that kind to prevent the Legisa-
ture from granting State aid to railroad or other
corporations. Mr.. Bird gave notice also of a
bill to amend the constitution SO that New Cas-
tie county could be divided. The prospect of
the passage Of these is to say the least not very
encouraging. The bills amending the law for
tho
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES,
offered some weeks ago, remain in the hands of
the committee on Revised Statutes, of which
MIR. Riddle is chairman. Mr.. Riddle introduced
bill yesterday which if a law would no doubt
be great help in the way of securing an honest
assessment. The bill makes it obligatory to
give certificate of assessment to the person
assessed for which he is to be paid two cents for
each certificate. The assessor when returning
his assessment to the Clerk of the Peace is 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 made necessary from the fact that
no legal process can now be served upon Insur-
ance Companies beyond the State, and owing to
this fact persons nnuring in such COM
pancs from this 5tato arc compelled to tato
it lawful to serve a legal process upon the
agents of such Foreign Insurance Companies
who may live or operate in tho State.
GATHERED Crumbs.
The most of the members of the Legislature
attended the services at the Nj. Il. church last
evening, where Rev. E. Stubbs by invitation OF
the Legislature preached sermon. The Rev.
Ahab, Jezebel and Elijah for the basis of his re-
marks, and was most happy in his illustration.
II. A. McCready, President of the Old Domin
ion Steamship Co. 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 under
stand an application will be made for charter
for company to build steamboats, and ships Al
Loves. MIR. McCready speaks cheerfully of the
prospects of the company, and believes that Re-
hoboth is bound to be a great watering place
The survey for the new railroad from Selbyvillt
to Berlin is now being made, and it is said the
road will be built and in running order by the
LIST of June.
Two divorce bills were presented and read il
the House yesterday, but this must not be takeI
as any evidence that they will pass. Considers
BILE pressure is brought to bear in favor of on'
or two particular cases which may perhaps re
| ceive some favor.
| The Levy Court of Kent county has petitione'
| for some act to allow the farming out of tn
prison inmates of the Jail here to the farmers il
the vicinity or to work on the Aims house farms
Why not pass Mr.. Birds bill and build Wor
| House at once! y. IL.