The daily gazette., 1879-03-20
THE LEGIsLATURE.
Specially repor ted for the GAZETTE.
DOVER, March IS, 1873.
THE SENATE.


THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 O'Clock.
The following bills were read a fUt
time: An act Incorporating the Harring-
ton Canning Co. An act authorizing the
Prothonotary Of New Castle county, to
keep an indirect index Of foreign and
domestic attachments; q remonstrance
to live stock law in school district No. %,
Sussex county; to divorce George Il
Smelling AMI Mary Il. Suelling; to
divorce Virginia II. Gale and George
Gale bill for the relief of Edith Smith.
The following bills were read and re-
fsrred Authorizing road conmi ssionsrs
in Sussex county to charge the direction
OF o road to divorce Mary Wolf and
Thomas Wolf; TO prevent live stock from
running At large in school district No. 65,
Sussex county an act in relation TO free
schools In this State; to vacate public
road over Murphsy's milldam at Duck
Creek; to encourage the cultivation OF
sugar beets to regulate the expenditure
OF the funds of New Castle county by the
Levy Court to divorce George X. Shell
ing and Mary e. Smelling; to divorce
Virginia Il. Gale and George Gale to
appoint 2. X. commissio onsr; for the re-
liet of Edith Smith.
The following bills we're passed: In re-
lation to consolidating school districts
Nos. n and 123, Kent county, known as
the Lebanon public schools to divorce
| Kate Boyd and Samuel Boyd to amend
chapter 631, Vol. IL, Laws OF Delaware
to divorce jeffrey Thompson and Mary
A. Thompson.
Mr.. Cooch, from the Committee on
Agriculture reported adversely on the
live stock law in school district No. H.
| Sussex county.
| Mr.. Sharpley introduced bill in refer.
enco TO entertainments and defalcaiioni
BY the the public and other officers. Post
poned till tomorrow morning at 10 o.
clek.
Senate adjournded at IL IN. to meet TO-
IN srrow morning At 10 o'clock
| HOUSE OF REPBEsnNTATIvBs.
| The House met at 10 O'Clock.
| The bill to change the voting place IL
| Gumboro HID, Sussex county was intro
duced. A bill to divorce Ruth A. and
John j. Lodge was also read the first
time.
The following bill were read and re-
ferred to incorporate the Cattail Marsh
Ditch Company; to incorporate the
Wilmington Commercial Improvement
Company;to di vorce NJ arion and Edward
w. Taylor; to incorporate the Diamond
State Beet Sugar Mandatory; to di'
yorce Henry G. and Elizabeth Long; to
divorce Martha and John Ellis; to incor'
porate the purchasers of,the WilmiS gton
& Reading railroad.
Thd following bills were passed To
amend chapter 1873. volume 10, Delaware
laws in regard to the 10 cent tax on
licenses; to authorize school district NO
VI Sussex county to raise 500 yearly foI
school purposes; to divorce Nary T.. and
Geo. X. Smelling; to amend the act IN re-
ation to the sale of Intoxicating liquors
to amend chapter l44, volume 10 Dela
ware laws; to change the time OF taking
bonds of the Orphans Court; 10 increase
the fees OF the New Castle Sherif II
cases of elections; to dissolve district III
Kent county.
The following bills were postponed
A live stock act for district 40, SUSSEX
county; to transfer John Waller In Sus
sex county; to incorporate the purchaser
Of the Delaware b Pennsylvania railroad
The cause OF the postponoment o! this
last act was an amendment introduced
by Mr.. Dean to the effect that the ac
should not go into effect until the pres
eDt company pays its debts.
Messrs Dean, Lambson, Sharp, an'
Cannon introduced divers petitions, ask
ing for aid for the colored schools.
Mr.. Fooks introduced JOINT resoiu
ton that the clerks of the Senate ant
II ouse be instructed not TO have the Au
tors report printed In their Journals.
Adjourned at II o'clock 10 meet 70
morrow morning at lO u. m