Daily Republican., 1879-02-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special Correspondence OF the Republican.
DOVER DBL, Feb. llth, 10.
TuR sRNATE


THE SENATE
The Senate met at 10 o'clock a. IN.
The clerk OF the House presented TN
following House bills for the Senate's
considerations ian act creating an ad
ditional school district in New Castle
County" ian act for the relief OF tht
Wilmington Loan and Savings FUND;
Fan act to divorce Rebecca Norden and
Edward II. Norden;" ian act to amend
chapter 4I9 Delaware Laws.
All the above bills were read first
time.
The live stock law for school district
No. Al Sussex county, which was pre-
sented by the House clerk on Saturday
was introduced.
The committee on Revised Statutes
reported tavorably on the act IN rela'
tion to Justices OF the Peace and Con
stables.
The bill was then read by paragraphs
and passed the Senate.
The joint resolution increasing th'
appropriation ior th' Law Library iron
$50 to $500 was reported upon favora
bly, by the committee on Revised stat
utes.
In explanation OF the resolution, Sen.
ator Cook said that the Judges expressed
themselves unanimously IN favor OF
having an increased appropriation, be,
cause the present sum was inadequate
to keep up the supply OF books. The
resolution was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes: Messrs Conoway, Coocli, NC
Whorter, Rust and Sharpley.-5.
Nays: Messrs. Denney, P-nnewell
and the Speaker.
The COMMITTEES on corporations re-
ported favorably on the Incorporation
act of the Stotsenberg Foundry Go
and it was passed.
The Committee on Agriculture re-
ported a bill entitled ian act to repea
so much OF the STOCK law as apples tc
that part of School District No. - ly
ing in Nauticoke Hundred, SUSSEX
County"
The committee on Agriculture re
yorted unfavorably on petition ask
ing tor a general Stock Law.
The Incorporation act OF the Dover
Building and Loan Association was
read second time and referred.
Mr.. Pennewell presented a petition
from about 75 oyster dredgers, asking
that the Oyster Law be amended.
The House act to amend chapter 50,
of the Revised Statutes, was Rad first
time.
The act to incorporate the Delaware
Wood and Lumber Vulcanlzing Com
pany was reported upon favorably and
passed the Senate.
A petition was presented from citi
zens Of School District No. III, Ken
county, which was set Oft from districts
Nos. "a, As and SO, asking tina. the dis
trict be divided up into its former pro
portions.
The live stock bill for School Distric
No. 81, New Castle county, and re
mouStfanCt against Tue same was TeIei
II..-;,.,,,, ,,;,. az n,
.ct n sunn,l.m.nt tn. incorporatior
act Of the town of Harrington.
Mr.. Sharpl.y called up for its thir,
reading an act to amend section 35
chap,er 80 of the revised statutes:
In exclamation of the bill, the oena
tor said that it was to allow the Lew
Court of New Castle county the powe
I, anpoipt A constable for Brandywin
Hundred for n period of not less than
vars and not over 6. It was necessar,
h. said from the fact that it was yer,
JitBcult tn oct n p4rson to fill the otfic
and according to the present law III
r.ruon could hold two terms in succ.s
sion The bill passed the Senate.
The incarceration acts of the Odd Eel
lows C.m.t.rv Csmpauy near Camden
and of tn. Jefferson Democratic clu
n,sssl .ha s.nat..
liv. s,ock hin for school district :
suss.x County was presented.
ALL AZ IN. S.nat. adiournsd
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate reass-mbled at the usua
hour.
Mr.. Rnst presented a petition from
Charity Lodge No. 27, |. o. 0. +. q
Laurel asking for a renewal OF thei
charter. Referred.
The incorporation act of the Genera
Steamship Company was passed.
Tn. bill to amend chapter l76 of tn
Revised Statutes, in relation to tn
Newport Grammar school, having bee
r.norted upon favoiably by the com
mittee ON Revised Statutes was take
up and passed. (Ths act is to conhrr
the hoard .f directors of that constitu
t;on.
Mr. Sbarpl.y gave notice of an act t
amend chapter 53l vol. IA laws of Del
awars in relation to the protection c
birds and of an act to amend chapte
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