The daily gazette., 1879-03-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
DOVER, March II, 1879.

Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
DovsR, March II, 1879.
THE SENATE.
The Senate NET At 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Rust, from the Committee on
Railroads, asked leave to introduce bill
| creating o railroad commission. A Ques-
| tion was raised as TO whether this could
be done, a. q similar bill reported by the
same committee was pending in tho
House. On motion Of Mr.. Shsrpley the
whole upon the subject. The committee
reported in favor OF the introduction Of
the bill and II was read irst tine.
Mr.. Rust also introduced Q bill for .
road in Cedar Greek Hd., Sussex county,
and live stock act for DIST. %, Sussex
county.
| Bills were read second time a. fol.
lows: To divorce Kate Boyd and her
hus band in relati IN tn the sale Of farm
produce in Wilmington to amend chap.
16S and AZ Of the Revised Statutes.
Bill were passed as follows: In rela-
ton to dist. 53, New Castle county; to
amend section rs, chap. 73, entitled, "of
the city of Wilmington !" in regard to
telegraph dispatches; to div orce Il. H..
and Maggie Banty.
| The Committee on Revised Statutes re-
| POi tcu hutoibcIy Auu WltuOut ttCOulu6n-
dation on the following bills: For col
lection Of debts against principals to
amend chap. 65, Revised Statutes to
amend chap. 90, vol. IA, Delaware Laws,
and to facilitate payment of debts of re-
cord. The tw Of ormor were indefinitely
postponed.
The Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred Mr.. Dean's resolution in rr-
lauon to the State Treasursrs report for
| tad bAt tlxA xNa ..s....
charged therein did not exist and were
cases of the payment Of interest for Della
ware College bonds and on coupons for
ths preceding year.
| The resolution wss non-concurred in.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON sKssIoN.
Re-assem bled at 3 o'clock.
The act In relation to the road commits
sioners OF ofAppoQuinimink Hd., was pass
ed.
The live stock act for districts Nos. %
and lo1, Sussex county, was indefinitely
postponed.
On Mr.. Pennewilrs motion the resolu-
ton to adjourn sine die on the 2lst inst.
was re-considered and amended ~ read
the 26th.
The incorporation act Of Harrington
was passed.
As were also the acts creating . State
Board Of Agriculture and in relation to
the road commissioners Of Red Lion HID.
Mr.. Coo ch presented an amendment to
the bill In relation to Beet Root Sugar.
On Mr.. Rusts motion 800 copies of the
| report of the sugar beet commission were
ordered to he printed.
The act to exempt from taxation GER
tain articles of property was taken up and
| laid on the table
The act in relation to roads in Appo-
qulumink HID. was taken up for consid-
| Grafton. (The bill directs the Levy
Court II New Castle county 10 put up
certain embankments, through which
run certain roads.) Senator Sharpley
had the bill amended so as to not make
she erection Of banks mandatory and to
| reduce the amount to be expouded. Tho
bill then passed.
Other bills were passed as follows: To
consolidate Lebanon public school dis
| trict to divorce Lille =. and Wm. w.
Pyle; TO divorce Cassie and Robert
Mearns; to divorce Mary and Thomas
Wolf to divorce Mary and VIM. Rich
ardson TO pre- vent cruelty to children.
Mr.. McWhorter introduced an act In
relation To free schools; read first time.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
House met NJ the usual hour
The Senate bill to change the time
and place OF holding the annual elections
OF the Frankford and Breakwater rail-
road company was read the second and
third time. Hereafter the meetings are
to be held at Georgetown in place Of
Milford, and these meetings to be held
on the first Tuesday in April.l
| The bill to amend the incorporation
act Of the Junction and Breakwater rail-
road was read the second time.
1 4 H.. -
Incorporate the Green Ditch Co., WAS
taken up and passed.
The bill to exempt property from exc
cution process for rent was reported un-
favorably upon and indefinitely post
,poned.
Remonstrancss OF the contemplated
removal Of the court house were present.
ed and referred to the special committee
| on the subject.
Petitions in favor Of 1t, aggregating
nearly 4 900 signatures were presented
and referred to the committee on re-
moval.
A petition from the IN ambers Of the
bar OF New Castle county praying for
removal was also read and referred.
A bill to divorce Henry g. Long from
his wife Elizabeth Long was introduced
by Mr. Fooks and read.
A memorial setting forth reasons
which require the removal of the Court
of Justice was presented by Mr.. Ware
and read.
The bill to provide for four terms of
corrt for Now Castle county was taken
up for consideration. The amendment
offered by Ar. Houston making the
terms include superior court as well AZ
court Of general sessions was Withdrawn
and the bill passed.
The bill in relation to public roads and
streets Of the town of Newark was taken
up and passed. 1t provides for reduc-
ton of annual amounts, allo wed the town
of Newark for Road Commissioners, for
town purposes from $500 to $500.
The bill to refund the State debt was
read the second lime.
The special committee 10 NJ - was
referred the matter of sugar "a 4 culture
recommending a protective policy on the
pat of the Legislature in its cultivation.
reported through DIR. Sharp, chairman OF
said committee, who presented a bill TO
incorporate the Diamond State Baet Su-
gar Company.