The daily gazette., 1879-03-29
THIRD EDITION
THE LEGISLATURES.
Specially reported for the Gazette.
DOVER, March 2S, 1879
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walk over bridge at Laurel in relation
to action Tor debt.
Bills were introduced and read twice
a, follows: To incC rporate Cedar Creek
Marsh Co; to incorporate the Della ware
Game Protective Association.
The vote by which the House amend
Inent to make the bill to exempt certain
property from taxation so as To not apply
10 Sussex county, WAS reconsidered and
the amendment was adopted
On motion of Mr.. Rust the vote by |
which the bill to fund the State deb, was
lost yesterday, was reconsidered aud the |
bill was made special order for 5 o.
clock.
The Conference Committee on the dis
agreemeu Ut between the two houses in re-
latiou to the State bank directors having |
asked and obtained permission to visit
again, reported III favor of the Senate re-
ceding from Is amendment and also in |
favor of stri king out the name Of Le"es
Il. Chandler in the Georgetown direction
and inserting Dr. Hugh Martin. The re-
port WAS accepted.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION
A bill fixing times at which the Office
OF Sheriff of Kent and Sussex coInties
was TO commence was amended and pass |
ed.
The Finance Committee reported un-
favorably the joint re- olution relating TO
lands owned by the State AT RehobOth |
Beach was then Indefinitely postponed. |
The live stock act for dist. No. l32,
Sussex county, was postponed.
The Delaware Game Protective Asso-
cation was passed.
The act to prevent the spread fpleuro-
pnemonia in the State was passed.
The charter of the Cedar Creek Marsh
Co. was passed.
The act to incorporate the Delaware
Silver Mining Company was passed.
The report of the Conference Commit
tee on the disagreement in regard TO
amending chap IS, of the Revised Code
was accepted.
lr Adj ourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
House met at 10 a. III.
The bill in relation to embezzl ers Of
monies OF corporations by any OF their
officer was taken up and passed.
A bill to prevent the prevalence of
pleuro-pnemonia through the importa-
ton of deceased cattle within our borders
was read the first and second times and
referred TO Committee on Revised Stat
utes.
The bill in relation to the jurisdiction
of Justices of the Peace of Wilmington
was passed. Under this bill this iuris-
dction extends only four miles from the
city of WimIngton)
MT. f1Du~lOu lutIOluCtu Il Dlll 10 dllltUu
the act in e alton to the sale Of iatoxtca-
ting liquors appointing a supervisor and
provldl lg for other fora was taken up
and made a special order tor 3 y. IN.
The bill 10 incorporate tho Delaware
Game Protective Association was taken
up and passed.
The Senate bill to create a Board OF
Agriculture Of the State was, on motion
of Nr, Cochran, taken mp and read, and
referred to the Committee on Revlted
Statutes.
The Senate amendment to the House
bill to regulate the expenditures OF the
Levy Court Of New Castle county was
read and adopted.
The bill providing for the appointmen mt
of a railroad commissioner was, on mo
ion of Mr.. Cochran, taken up for con-
tideralion. After consideration il was
lost by the following vote:
Nays-Cannon, Collins, Conaway,
Dean, Fooks, Hall, Hearn, Laws,
Needles, Lindale, Riggs, Savin and Mr..
Speaker-l3.
Yeas-Cochran, Doran, Houston,
Lambson, Short and Ware-G.
The Senate bills IN re iation to debts
and other purposes was called up and
read
At ! O'clock House took re cess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House me; at 3 clock.
Mr.. Dean presented from the Commit
tee on Agriculture a bill of So, as ex.
pense for lecture by Mr.. Genert, upon
the proper culture of the sugar bet.
Mr., Doran moved 70 amend by authori
zing the State Trea> urer to purchase
farm OF 900 acres and mule tor every
citizen.
This amendment was not seconded
and the discussion upon the mott Jn con
tinued. The mot on was lost.
The amendment to the license law wa!
taken up. Mr.. Hall wished TO know
whore the bill came IRON. Mr.. Houston
replied that he, AZ chairman Of the Com
mIttee on Local OPTION, took the au,
th0rty to present the blll.
Upon the ground of the action of Mr.
Houston beng parliamentary, IN =,
much rs lAe committee oil Which lie wa.
eha rnan, had Ie. orted and coAsum-
E!ated the end for winch jhr culnMitlr,
was apppinteds Mr. Hall iusI .tsd that th,
blll was cut Of order
MI Houston apprehending the daft o
the opposition wlthdiew his bllI, MltI
the assertion "that II seemed 10 be tin
disposition or the House to pass nothin,
that would improve the present maine
OF enforcing the existing laws"
The bIll 10 create Board Of Agricul
ture was taken up and passed.
Also the bill to guard against plel.ro
Pneumonia among cattle by torblddIn.
the Importation of diseased animal
within our borders.
The Senate joint resolution. to appoin
sugar beet commission was read an,
cohcurred III,
Mr.. Cochran offered bill to raise tn
rate of pay for the Assem- Olymen frou
SIS to So per day. After some discussiol
it was lost by the following vote:
Nayes-CannOu, Cunuway, Dean
Fooks, Hall, Hearn, Law, Needles
Riggs, Savin, Sharp, Short, Ware, Web
anu Mr.. Speaker.
Ayes-Cochran, Collins, Doran, Uou.
ton, and Lambson.
A memorial from Mr.. Samuel Town
end IN relation to the Delaware K. n
was read.
Dir. Cochran called up the bill IN rel:
ton to railroads in which was incorp,
rated clause lorbldding any mem ber
his otncial capacity as a legis lator to r
ceiye passes. 1t was lost.
The bill to incorporate the Delawal
Mining Campany, was passed
Tho Conference Committee on Il
game bill reported as an agreement I'll
substitution of the figures II in place
no, preceding the word November (n
king it lawful to gun between Nov. l.
and Jan. 29thl. IL was accepted.
The bill in relation TO actions T
debts, was taken up and passed.
AT 6:lO House adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
House re-assembled at 7:3O o'clock.
A joint resolution approp priaring 81