The daily gazette., 1879-03-21
SECOND EDITION
The LEGISLATURE.
DOVER, March IT. 1870
Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
THE RENATE

The Senate net at 10 o'clock.
A live stock act for the Rehobotf
Camp Ground was introduced.
The House joint resolution in reference
to printing the Auditors report in the
Senate and House journals was concur
red in.
The act to prevent Council from pass.
ing an ordinance prohibiting farmers
from selling meat Oh the curb stone mar.
ket of Wilmington, was, on motion OF
Mr.. Cooch, taken up for consideration.
In reference to the bill, Mr.. Sharplev
said that while he did not want the CITY
Council to discriminate against the farm.
ers, he was equally opposed to any thing
that woulh interfere with the Councils
regulation of the streets. He therefore
offered an amendment giving Council
certain discretionary po wers.
The bill As amended then passed
Mr.. Rust introduced live stock act
for district No. 6 Sussex county.
The act to divorce Mary md Thomas
Wolf was passed.
The act in relation to the PrOthonotary
OF New Castle county and foreign attach
ments was read second time.
The act TO divorce Edith NJ. and Isaac
Smi h was passed.
Mr.. Sharsley Introduced the act to limit
the city debt of Wilmington and to pro,
vide for the discharge thereof.
Mr., Cooch introduced the act to amend
chapter 125, section Z of the Revised
Statutes in regard to the fees of the
Sheri fl of New Castle county in cases OF
special election.
Mr.. Sharpley introduced the act to
amend chapter 452, volume Is, Delaware
laws.
Mr.. Cooch introduced the act in refer.
ence to streets, &c. in Newark.
The act making 9 years, instead of ,
the legal age at which children can be
admitted to public schools was passed.
The act in relation to the Silver Run
Marsh company was reported upon favo.
| rably by the committee on corporations
| and was passed.
The act in relation to mbezzlements
and defalcations by corporate officers and
Others, was taken up for consideration
| Mr.. McWhorter offered amendments to
| restrict the bring action against corpo
rate office so as to apply to banks, in.
surance companies loan associations and
corporations of that class. The amend
ments were lost. The bill was -hen read
a third time and lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Cooch, Hopkins and Sharpley
3.
Nays-Conaway, Denney, McWhorter,
Pennewill, Rust and the Speaker-6.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate re-assem bled at 8 o'clock
and took recess for an hour.
When the Senate re-assemb bled the fol-
lowing bills we're passed: To authorize
Joseph Tatnall to open a road in New
Castle HID. to divorce George r. and
Mary e. Smelling
The following bills were read second
time: In relation to vital statistics; in
reference to the offices of Sheriff and
Coroner for Sussex county, in relation
to navigst and pilotage; to limit the
debt of Wilmington and TO provide for
the discharge thereof; to incorporate the
Harrington Canning Company.
The following bills were introduced:
An act to properly maintain a public
road in New Casrle HID; to divorce Ruth
II. and Joha H. Lodge; to vacate a road
in Mispillion HID; to exempt from execu-
ton process certain property.
The vote by which embezzlements
and defalcations by corporate officers
was lost was reconsidered and referred
back to the committee.
The live stock act for district 65 Sus-
sex county-and the bill in relation to a
road over Murphys mill dam were post
poned.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met al 10 o'clock.
The following bills were passed: In
relation to mechanics liens to divorce
ii. G and Elizabeth Long; to incorporate
the Beet Sugar Manufacturing Coapa-
nv; to enable s. 7. Jarkins, Il. Villa ms,
j ohm A. Blckel, and George Thomas to
lay ont private road in Milford Hd.,
Kent county, and for other purposes.
The Delaware College bill was taken
up for consideration, but was referred
back to the Committee on Education.
A number of bills were read a second
time
Mr. Dean, from the special committee
appointed to investigate the county of
fees of New Castle county, at New Cas-
tie, in response to the petition presented
some years ago, made minority report,
N which he regretted that the majority
of the committee deemed it unnecessary
to make an investigation; ordered to be
entered upon the journal.
Mr.. Conaway introduced an act to
amend section 33, chapter 66 of the Re.
vised Code in relation to the Kent county
Levy Court
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House re-assem bled at 3 q. m.
This being the hour designated for the
consideration of the Court House bill,
Mr.. Ware moved it be taken up.
Mr.. Fooks offered an amendment di-
recting the Levy Court to take no action
until the bill had been submitted to the
vote of the people.
In support Of the supplement, Mr..
Cochran held that the spirit of the
amendment astrue democratic doctrine
Tue amendment, he said, was offered to
relieve frcm responsibility the minds of
the Sussex and Kent delegations. They
wanted 1t to be left to the people of the
county; and also suggested that because
of the peculiar interest involved to leave
Wilmington and New Castle out OF the
vote. In case OF the matter being so tes T.
ed Wilmington could not because of her
overwhelming numerical strength, but
succeed ultimately in her desire.
Mr.. Houston informed the House that
he, as a member from Sussex county,
could meet every responsibility which
was placed upon him. He didu't wish to
clear himself Of any responsibility. He
never tried to shrink his duty as men,
| her of the House. Upon this question
Sussex county was divided, but as the
members of New Castle county were al
most united in its favor. he felt it to be
his duty to favor the bill and such would
be his vote upon its passage. The amend,
ment, he thought, was medium through
which responsibility was shlrked and
he therefore considered it his duty to op.
pose it.
Mr.. Dean took the grounds that the
amendment was an illegal one, and il
| ounpnrt nf his positipn uuOtad the de