The daily gazette., 1879-03-13
THIRD EDITION
THE LEGISLATURES.
Specially reported for the Gazette.
DOVER, March IL.

trict 18 Sussex county; to incorporate
Hudson's Branch Ditch Company; in re-
gard to school district No. 8, New Castle
county; live stock act for district No. 3S
New Castle county; to amend chapter W
volume IA, Delaware Laws.
Bills read second time and referred
In regard to the Panama Transit Steam
ship Company; to transfer Sam1 Kenny
& Son in Sussex; to enable Jane Burton
to enclose Mills boro Hundred road; TO
open a road in Little Creek Hd., Kent
county; to consolidate the school district
IN Georgetown.
Bills were passed as follows: To in
corporate Oceola Lodge, No. 4, OF New
arl to straighten road in Sussex coun-
ty; to incorporate the Perpetual Savings
and Loan Association of Wilmingtonto
amend the charter of Wilmington; to in
corporate the Provident Society of Will
miDgton.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Re-asscmbled at 3 o'clock.
The act IN relation to the registeration
of vital statistics, was introduced and
read.
The bill in relation to roads and high.
ways in Appoquiniinink Hd., was taken
up and recommitted to the Committee
on Roads and Highways.
The special committee reported favo-
rably on the bill for the placing of posts
on M ahon's river for protection of oys-
terboats and it was passed.
The lis in relation to horses and other
animals in Wilmington; to consolidate
districts Nos. 56 and 1862 Sussex county
and in relation to recording deeds and
mortgages were passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
House met at the usual hour.
On motion of Mr.. Collins the bill ex-
tending the time for recording of deeds
was read a second time also the stock
bill for school district No. 80, Sussex
county.
On motion of Mr. Ware the bill pro-
viding for the removal of the seat of JUS
tice Of New Castle county from New
Castle to Wilmington was read a second
time and referred to special committee
of five, consisting of Messrs. Ware, Do
ran aud LambsOn, of New Castle county
Mr.. Collins, of Kent, and Mr.. Cannon, Of
Sussex.
The Clerk was instructed to ask the
Senate to return the bill in relation to
settling upon the Trustees of the Poor
the sum of SO per day while in the per-
formance of duty for the purpose of re-
considering the vote.
The bill aul horizing the shoriffs of the
different counties to make records in GER
tain cases, was read the second time.
Mr.. Laws presented petitions from
colored people of Sussex county, praying
for aid for their district schools and also
petitions relating the repeal of the ex-
emption of the law, which were read
and referred.
Mr.. Needles reported from the Com =
mittee on Divorces favorably on the pc
ttlons OF Edith NJ. Smith and Isaac
Smith, aud Edward Banty and Margaret
Banty, which were read.
The bill to divorce jeffrey Thompson
from his wife Mary A. Thompson; and
The bill to divorce Virginia Il. Gale
from her husband George II Gale, were
read the second time; also the Senate bill
to divorce Katie 4. Lyle from her hus
band Frank Is. Lyle; also the bill to pro.
tect farmers, fruit growers and truckers
also the bill 10 relieve peddlers of fish
and oysters, was read the second time;
also the bill to incorporate the Society OF
st. Vincent de Paul, of Wilmington.
Mr. Short called up the Senate bill to
divorce George b. Rodgers from Ruth
Rodgers, which was read.
On motion of Mr.. Webb the live stock
bill for district No. 6, Sussex County was
read the first time.
The bill in relation to general and spe-
cial elections was, on motion of Mr..
Lambson, read the second time, and re-
ferred to Committee on Revised Statutes.
This bill provides for the payment of
those officials chosen to hold elections.l
Mr. Webb, from the Committee on
Roads aud Highways, reported unfavora.
BILE upon the petition for a stock law in
school district No. 40, Sussex county.
The bill to form an additional distri Of
out of school districts Nos. ii, Is, ITO and
IL, Sussex county, was read the second
time.
Mr.. Liant bson presented a petition
ha ri & Il.
charges on the u. w. & B. Company. Ii
was referred.
The bill to relieve physicians from spe
cia tax was introduced by Nr. Cochran
The bill asks that physicians be relieved
from paying the $40 provided by ths
Statutes in the pursuit OF their profes
sion
Tending the explanation of the bill
Mr.. Houston stated that he intended tC
amend the blil SO as to include dentists
The bill to transfer the lands of Levi
s, Hitch from school district No. l5l I,
district No. 40, Sussex county, was rea,
third time and re-committed
The bill to divorce William j. Rich
ards from his wife Mary X. Richards, ol
motion of Mr.. DeraD, was passed.
The bill to authorize the commission
ers to lay ont new road in Cedar Creel
Hundred, Sussex county, was read an,
with 1t remonstrance upon the sam
subject.
The bill to divorce Mary Wolf from
her husband Thomas Wolf, was passed.
Mr.. Short presented a petition recon
mending the appointment of an Insu
rance Commissioner, which was read
The bill to amend section 6S, chap Z;
of the Revised Code, entitled "of tn
city of Wilmington" was taken up an
passed (It provides that property owr
ers can pave in front of their own prf
perty and not be compelled to get fiftee
freeholders to second them in a pet,tio
for permiSsion)
The bill to transfer the land of Levi
S. Hitch, mentioned earlier in the NOR
ing, passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
To-day, at 3 O'clock being the hour &
apart for the consideration of the bill
relation to roads and mill dams, the IN;
ter was taken up Mr.. Dean was tl
principal advocate of the bill. The te n
of his arguments was that the expense
repairing mill dams became an obll
ton on he part of the authorities aft
their erection. On motion of Mr. Foo
it was indefinitely postponed
The bill to incorporate the Lau
Grange Cooperative Store, was passed
The bill to amend section z, chap. 4
vol, Is, Laws of Delaware, in relation
the roads Of the town of Newark, was
troduced by Mr.. Dean.
The bill 10 provide for additional S