The daily gazette., 1877-02-28
Our Dover Letter.

Nh. MEssIoK's MARRIAGE BnL-THH
Nav ELECTION pIsxRIcTs on. wiLMlSG-
roN-LR sLAFIvElv1slr, &C.
Correspondents of the Gaxette "a ~.
DOVER, Del. Feb. 2s, 1877.
After consuming most Of Monday after
noon in giving notices of..bills.. to be intro
duced-which were fifty-two in number
the House, yesterday, occupied most ol
the session in Introducing these new bills
twenty-seven Of which were read firs'
time. Notwithstanding the great pres
suie, thus caused, the House found time
during the afternoon, to resolve itself into
Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Brown
in the chair, for the purpose of consider
ing Mr.. Messick's "Ac. to encourage mar
ri ages at home" .fn rD
This bill which has been published
entire in these columns, makes 1t mis-
demeanor for residents of Delaware to
get married outside of The limits of the
State. During its consideration in COM
mittee, various amendments were offered
and rejected. one of which was to the
effect that children Of resident Della
wareans born out of the State, should be
declared "confiscated," !" and only capable
of becoming citizens Of this State after
due process of naturalization. Alter the
committee arose the bill was put upon
its final PASSAGE, and was lost by a tie
vote-0 to o. Mr.. Messick declares his
intention of endeavoring to have the bill
reconsidered. 1'"
Among the bills introduced and read
in the House yesterday, was the one pro-
viding for another division of the Sixth
and Eighth Wards, by making Poplar
street, from Sixth street to the Brandy
wine, the dividing line; all west of Pop
lar street as far as Market street being the
Sixth Ward, and all east of Poplar street
TO the Brandywine and Christiana, being
the Eighth wards. The object of this
division is to equalize the voting popula-
ton of the two wards The present
Sixth W ard having nearly three times as
many votes as the Eighth. 1t
The bill also provides for districting a
number of the wards of the city, in order
to relieve the pressure at the polls and to
facilitate the voting on election days. At
present, the number of votes received at
many of the polls is much too large, while
the polls in many cases are located at the
extreme ends of the wards far from the
centre of population. Both of these de
fects will be remedied by this bill. The
districts as provided by the bill, are as
follows:
First District-First Ward, usual voting
place. Il
Second Dlstrict-Second Ward, usual
voting place.
Third District-That portion of the
Third Ward east of West street: voting
place, N. E. corner of Third and Orange
streets.
Fourth District-That portion of the
Third Ward west of West street voting
place, n. w. corner Of Fifth and Madi-
son streets.
Fifth District That portion OF the
Fourth Ward west of Poplar street vot-
ing place at the south window of the
City Hall.
Sixth District-That portion OF the
Fourth Ward east of Poplar street vot-
ing place, northeast corner of Fifth and
Spruce streets.
Seventh District-That portion of the
Fifth Ward east of West street voting
place, Lafayette Hotel, S. w. corner
Ninth and Shipley streets.
Eighth District-That portion of the |;
Fifth Ward west of West street; voting
place 5. w. corner of Seventh and Madi-
son streets.
Ninth District-The Sixth Ward, as
proposed to be apportioned voting place.
Southeast corner of Seventh and Market
streets.
Tenth District That portion of the
Seventh Ward east of Harrison street
voting place Southeast corner of Tenth
and Orange streets.
Eleventh District-that portion of the
Seventh Ward west of Harrison street
voting place, Logan House.
Twelfth District-The Eighth Ward,
as proposed TO be apportioned; voting
place, Southeast corner of Seventh and
| Walnut streets.
Thirteenth District - Tenth Ward
usual voting place.
The bill also appoints Inspectors to hold
the election next September in the extra
Districts as Inspectors were only elect for
the ten Wards last year.
This morning nearly all the members
OF the Legislature started for Whining.
ton 70 visit the bic schools and see
now the young ideas" are taught to
saoot IN your enterprising and intelli-
gent city.
Although no more new business will
De received by the General Assembly a
large amount is now in hand, sufficient
to occupy several weeks. An adjourn.
ment Is not expected before the last
week in March.