The daily gazette., 1879-02-06
FOURTH EDITION
The State Capital.

The Peach Grouers' Freight Reduction
Act-Capital Gossips and Legislative
Notes.
Special Correspondence of the GAZETTE.
DOVER, Del, Feb. 6, 1S70.-Every
body continued to talk about peach
growers and railroad freight charges yes
terday. The railroad committee was
holding continual meeting all day,
when the Legislature was not in session
and did not appear disposed to take the
thing out in talking by good bit. With
all this zeal, however, which the com
mitee eyinces, do not think that much
will be accomplished ; simply because
the accomplishment would be extremely
difficult. The act presented to the COM
mttee by the peach growers on Tuesday,
is really embryo as yet. 1t remains i'll
the hands of the committee. Some
amendments are likely TO be made be-
fore it is presented and good many
shou d be if the peach mems interests are
considered properly. This is the opinion
OF good many peop e who have the
knack of looking at such subjects in a
proper light. As the act stands now it
is unconstitutional. This fault exists IN
the fact that 1t provides for the appoint
ment of comm ssioners by the Lrglsla-
ture when that power is VI sted ia tae
! Executive of the State.
The committee awakened to this fact
yesterday, and will fix that point all
right. A strong doubt is also expressed
by great many as to whether the com
mis,ioners, even if appo nted, will have
authority to examine the books of the
company. If the books were in Della
ware, the difficulty would be considerable
and the fact that they are in Philadel-
phia will make the task impossible.
A STATE HEALTH BOARD.
An act has been introduced in the
House to provide for the appointment OF
State Board OF Health. This matter
has been agitated by the State Medical
Society for long time and at the last
annual meeting, a committee, of which
DR.. Bush, of Wilmington, was chairman,
was appointed to draft bill to be pre-
sented to the Legislature. According to
the bill as presented, the Board will
consist of seven members of which three
will represent New Castle county, and
the other four will be divided be tween
Kent and Sussex.
| A COMPROMISE on DIVORCES.
The two houses have at last come
to an agreement in regard to Divorces
1t will be remembered that some tim,
ago a joint resolution was stated by
Senator Sharpley to the effect that II,
petitions for divorces be considered wheI
the causes given therein are such upor
which the court could readily act.
was supported unanimously by the SEN
ate, but the House laid 1t oD the table
and have not taSen it up. On Thursday
Senator McWhor her offered a joint reso
luton providing for a ioint committee Il
consider divorce cases, and not TO iepor
formally on all pet tlons until all the Al
legations contained in them are proven
This the House cuncDlred IN yester
day.
AN OLD AND USELESS CUSTOM.
Yesterday Senator Coochxith his usua
view TO retrenchment, offered an act t
| do away with the custom OF having al
the Justices of the Peace and constable
of each county, and the opening of tn
Court of Oyer and Terrminer unles
specially summoned. This is a very oil
, custom, and has nothing TO recommen
: 1t except the honor time immemorabl
has given it. An expense OF hundre
dollars or SO has been placed on the coun
ties every year by this custom, and III
act will probably effect its removal.
PERSONAL.
! Representative Hern, of Dagsbor
Hunured, who has been prevented frol
8 attending the Legislature thus f II by il
ness, appeared in bis seat yesterday. II
has quite recovered.