The daily gazette., 1879-02-28
SECOND EDITION
TIE LEGISLATURE.
Specially Reported for the Gazette.
DOVER, Feb. 27, 1879.
THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 O'clock

DOVER, req. ~, 1919.
THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock.
The following bills were introduced
| by Mr.. Sharpley: In relation to embez
element and defalcaion by corporate of
| ficers; by Mr.. cWhorter, to incorporate
the purchasers of the Penna. q Della. IL
r.; by Mr.. Pennewill, an act concerning
tramps; by Mr.. Denney, an act to dissolve
district 12l, Kent county.
The following bills were read second
time and referred: To make certain
| private road in Kent county public; In
relation to the sale Of land and tene-
ments under execution process; to divorce
George w. Rodgers and Ruth Ann Rod
gers; to lay out a public road in Broad
kill Hd., SUSSEX: county; for the protec
ton of farmers, fruit growers and truck
ers; to divorce isabella Mcdowell and
Maurice Mcdowell; to authorize James
D. Sidple to place a gate across a road in
inRs of the Kent county Levy court; tc
incorporate the Farmers Market Co., OF
| Wilmington; in relation to the Confer
ence Society of st. Vincent de Paul, OF
Wilmington; in regard to a new court
house in New Castle; in regard to a ne "
court house in Wilmington; live stock
act for district "a, Sussex county.
The following bills were read third
time and passed: To incorporate the
Delaware State Grange Insurance Co.;
| in reference to The Culbreth Marsh Ditch
Co.; to transfer Il. T.. Deamer in Sussex
county, and g. w. and +. q. Horsey in
the same county; live stock acts for dis
| tricts Nos. A and 1877, Sussex county.
The House JOINT resolution for the re.
lief of the b. & +. r. r., was concurred
in.
The House amendment to the Senate
joint resolution in relation to Delaware
College, was concurred in.
Mr.. McWhorter presented a remon-
of Delaware College, signed by Samuel
Townsend and others.
A House amendment to the charter of
Dover, was cOncurredin.
Adjourned at 1918.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate met at 3 o'clock.
The live stock act for district No. 1877 j,
Sussex county, was passed.
The House act for the protection of
women was passed.
The act to regulate the time and man.
ner of taking the bonds of clerks of the
Orphans Court was passed.
The act to prefer wages Of employees in
case of execution, to the amount of 500,
WAS paSStu.
The bill to amend chapter 66 of the
Revised Statutes was favorably reported
upon and lost.
The committee to whom was referred
| the act relating to holding additional
terms of court in New Castle county, re-
ported favorably, and the act was post.
poned until Tuesday next.
The ac. in relation to game was taker
up and postponed until next Wednes
| day.
| A bill was introduced, authorizing
school district No. 81, Sussex county, t(
raise Si50 for school purposes, was intro.
| duced.
The amendment to the act of the Della
ware State Fire and Marine Insurance
Company, was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Hopkins, McWhorter, Sharp.
ley.
Nays .Conoway, Cooch, Denney, Pen.
ne will. Rust and the Speaker.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
House met at the usual hour.
Mr.. Cannon called up the bill authoriz-
| ing the erection of bridge and the es-
tablshing of public road in Broad
i Greek hundred for a second reading.
The bill to re-incorporate the town of
passed.
Mr.. Cochran, of the Committee on
Education, reported favorably upon the
bill to further amend the act in relation
to public schools of Wilmington and
also upon the bill changing the time OF
| holding school elections in school dis
| trict No. 8, New Castle county.
The bill to transfer the property of
William G. Hearn and Edward X. Hearn
| f,o p,h, 81 n cot, ..,t tp snlA,l Il
trct No. 38, Sussex county, was intro
duced and read.
On motion of Mr.. Cochran 800 copies
of the bill to promote education in The
| free schools were ordered to be printed.
The bill to designate the hours of an
uual meeting of tue voters of school dis
trict No. 8, New Castle county, was in
! trouced by Mr.. Doran and read.
A bill to authorize John b. Darby to
| straighten certain piece of road In
Georgetown, Sussex county, was intro
ducrd by Mr.. Short
| The bl II in relation to roads in White
| Clay Creek hundred, was read the second
| time.
Mr.. Dean gave notice OF a bill to in
corporte Lowell Grange Cooperative
Store Company.
The bill to enable Nina Lieberman to
execute deeds upon her real estate was
passed.
Mr.. Needles, from the Committee on
Divorce, reported bill to divorce Alex
ander Davidson from his wife.
| Mr.. Ware called up the bill to further
amend the act for the benefit of public
schools of Wilmington, which passed.
This IL a compromise between the City
| Council and Board of Education, of
Wilmington, in relation to the payment
| of taxes
Az 1910 House took recess.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| House re-assembled AT o'clock.
The bill to amend chap. 452, vol. 10, to
limit the the debt of the city of Will
mipgton was read the second time.
Also, the bill in relation to the salary
of the Coroner of New Castle county,
was read the second time.
DR., Sharp introduced an act to divorce
Frank Hickox from his wife, Mary
MIR. Doran called up the following
Senate bills In relation to attaching
property under Mesne process III re- u
| tion to debts not due.
In view of the illness of the wife of
Hon James Laws, that gentleman was
| granted leave OF absence
The bill to provide 300, Ito be at the
command of the Adju iaHt GeneraD to
serve as contingent fund, designed for
the proper disposition of the roles anu
records of the Office of the Adjutant
| General, was on motion of Mr.. Ware
taken up and passed.
Mr.. Ware, of the Committee on Cor
| Inorat;ons raportad favorable unon the