Daily Republican., 1879-03-31
OUR LEGISLATTRE.
Tho Inst Day's SessiOn-The Efforts
or tho Temperance Advocates :
The House IuduiEes im sentf.
nent.
Especially Reported for the REPURLICAE.l
DOVER, DEL, March 20.
THR SENATE.
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The chair said that it would be i'm
possible for the Senate to reconsider the
State debt bill, as the Senate had pre-
viously voted against the reconsidera-
tion Of 1t.
The bill to incorporate the Delaware
Silver Mining Co. was passed.
Mr.. Cooch, from the Committee on
Education, endeavored to get Funding
Bill introduced by striking out all OF
the bill in relation to free schools ex-
c.pt the enacting clause and inserting
the bill thereafter.
The Speaker decided that it was not
in order.
Mr.. Cooch entered an appeal from the
Speakers decision, which was lost by
d vote Of tot s..
The report of the committee on claims
was read and accepted.
Mr.. Cooch made several Intellectual
attempts to get the funding bill intro
duced.
The act in relation to free schools was
passed.
Recess to l.30.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate met at l.3O.
The House Joint resolution giving !.
G. Grubb 800 was Lon'concurred III.
Resolutions OF thanks TO the Speaker,
Clerk and others were rendered.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at O'Clock.
Mr.. Npedles introduced bill to va
cate a certain road in Kent county and
open a new one, which was read first,
second and third time and passed.
The Senate having refused to concur
in the amendment to the sugar beet
bill, a conference committee consisting
of Messrs. Ware, Houston and sharp
were appointed.
Mr.. Conaway introduced n bill for
the regulation Of the sale OF intoxicat-
ing liquors.
The question OF its being out of order
was raised by Mr.. Dean. Considerable
discussion followed.
Mr.. Houston moved it be Indefinitely
postponed.
(1he bill is to permit h.tel keepers
of Kent and Sussex counties to sell IL
ouor in less quantities than one quart
to Ia drank on the pr-misrs.)
Mr.. Houston stigmatized the intro
duction as being an effort to smugg!e a
measure through the housp.
Mr.. Doran denounced it as high
handed measure.
The motion of Mr.. Houston was car
ried.
Mr.. Fooks, Chairman of the Commit,
tee on Accounts, presented report OF
I4xpenses incurred and moved its adop'
ton.
Mr., Dean took obi hjection to the report
on the ground that the bill Of $50 OF !.
C. Grubb, Esq, for services rendered
the committee on phosphate, had been
left out, and amended that Mr.. Grubb''
name be supplied. ,
After considerable discussion on both
sides the amendment was adopted by
vote of Il to 7.
/, mere Is IlO
the expenses of last session. ClerI
salisbury received 81, l,30O.)
= The allowance of the Sergeant-at
Arms next received consideration. MIR
Ware wanted it raised to $500 from
1915. and so amended it, but the
amendment was lost and the report wa
. adopted.
t Five hundred copies of the einca
$ tional bill were ordered TO be PRINTED
: for distribution among the school sn
: pervisors and others.
), Atll.45 the clerk was instructed tt
d inform the Senate that tae House wa
;. ready for an adjournment.
o Mr.. Needles offered resolution
thanking the rail road company Tor tn
= Kindness extend in their preparation
to take the Legislature to Washing
y ton. ;, ,.
n A resolution to give to Ex-Audlto
+ Pratt $40 for services rendered wa
lost; Ex-Secretary Grubb $50 whicl
It had been deducted from his oilicla
e claim at the opening of the present ses
= sion.
= A bill to amend the liquor law SO a
+ to secure from the unlicensed liquo
J. dealers of Wilmington. An effort wa
e ma ,e to attach to it the supervise
d clause. but without effect. The bll
r was indefinitely postponed.
z A resolution to pay claim OF oe'
II retarv Grubb, of $50; and Natha
IS Pratt $40 was passed.
" At on. o'clock the House took a r.
SOS. :,
d At 2.l5 the House instructed II
10 clerk to inform the Senate that 1t woul
+ adjourn "sine die' in five minutes.
ls raspouse the clerk of the Senate was II
t. strlcted to inform the House that III
70 Senate would be ready for an adjourn
Ie ment in fifteen. A mutual unde' stant
a ing being arrived at between the tW
a bodies, the remaining portion OF tn
time was spent in waiting for the II
n, terveniug time to expire. -.
it The Senate amen 1ment to the JolI
lr resolution paying claims OF Mess
ed pratt and Grubb was concurred in.-
rk (The amendment refused to recognn
=, tho claim of Mr.. Grubb.)
'r. On motion of Mr.. Houston the rea'
e. ing of the journal was dispensed wit
lis Upon resolution of thanks TO u
m Speaker appropriate remarks we, we
ee made by Mrssrs. Hall, Cochran Dea'
III and Sharp. a. uo,
al ton and carried unanimously: ~
to Speaker returned his thanks Tor VI
SEN timents that had been uttered al
spoke glowingly ofthe associations IN
lad been formed. and of the pleasu
he he had experienced through the frien
;et " relationship in which these assoc,
ua ,;,n, had bean puytlODpd. lie Sp0l