The daily gazette., 1881-04-09
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special 10 the Gazette.
DOVER, April 9Th, 1881.
aENATE- MORNING aKasInN

bOVEh, april oln, 1901.
sENATE- MORNING SESSION.
Senate met at niue a. IN. and after
prayer o. the Chaplain took recess un-
Ill 0.15
AT that hour 1t was again called to Or
der and upon Mr.. PennewIlls motion
the Dill TO allow the town council Of
Dover To borrow $4,000 with which to
eject water works was taken up.
Two remonstrances were presented
aud two petitions fer the passage OF the
bill. The question on final passage be-
Ing Put the bill was passed unanimous
ly.
The Confer nee committee or the
deadly weapons bill reports3 that the
Senate hal Ieceded from It's amend
msnts and reported a substitute which
was read three times and passed.
The bill To incorporate the Derrick
sou Mill Poud Company was passed, al
| so the bill 10 make live stock law for
Distr let 81, sussex County: the bills to
incorporate tue Arlington Mills Manu-
featuring Company aud the J. NJ. Cham
6ers Packing Company.
The supplement to Intemperance bill
relating 20 indictments vas read and re-
forred and subsequently, reported favor
ably and passed.
House bill amending chap. so, vi. 10
and chap. 403 volume 10, Laws Of Della
ware was passed.
The supplement TO the Eleventh Ward
BIZ In Terence to taxation of Brown
town was Passed.
The FenwIck Island Improvement
Company amendatory AT VAS passed.
| House bill Incorporating lie Star of
bethlehem OF Milford was passed.
House bill 10 prevent the desecraLion OF
the Sabbath was read twice The sup
plement To the Intemperance bill Ielat-
ing to the appont ment OF bailitf for
the city OF Wilmington was lost
McWhorter changing tie vote u Yes in
order to move reconsideration. The
Act to Incorporate the Delaware Loco
motive Company the bill authorizing
The Council OF Wilmington 10 borrow
10000 to build school houses and the
Act to Incorporate the farmers Loan
aud Improvement Association were pas.
sed.
MIR. McWhor,er introduced q bill to
reduce the number Of Justices Of the
Peace ia Wilmington to three ED con.
timing the jurisdiction ofNew Castle jls-
Lices TO the hundred in which they reside
and that Immediately adjoining. 1t was
read twice aud referred to The New
Castle members. The Acts TO lncorpo-
rate the Delaware Land Improvemeu ut
Company aud the Diamond State Wheel
Company were passed. The House
Joint resolution In relation TO printing
was coucurTed In. The Act amending
section D, Chapter 45l volume 10 Laws
Of Delaware The supplements tO tHe
Acts for the prevention of cruelty To
Children and Animals the bill proyid-
lug for public watering troughs In Mill
Greek and Chrlstiaua Hundred; Au Act
prescribing certain duties of the pro-
thonoLaries. An Act relating 70 witnesses
la criminal cases the Act IN relation TO
Indian River Schools, were passed: also
the bill TO repeal chap. s, volume 10.
Adjourned.
sKHATE-AFTERNooN SESSION.
Senate met al p. NJ.
On monol ef Mr.. Harrington the Sem
ate took recess for one half hour 10
enable the clerk to get bills ready for
the House.
The Act for the Improvement of
Cherry Island Marsh was read twice and
referred.
The vote by which the supplement to
the Act tor the suppression Of Intem-
perAnce was passed was reconsidered
the bill again taken up aud amend.
ed aud passed. (1he amendment
, makes the payment of the bailif
8 dollars per diem when doing active
work.
The Act to amend chapter "a of the
Revised Code was pass d.
This authorizes the Governor To ap'
/ point two additional copstables IN Viii
r mington for the term of Two years.)
The further consideration of the bill
10 relation to The des scration Of the Sab.
bath was indefinitely poisoned.
The bill 10 amend section II chapter
"a In relation TO free schools was pas
! sea. I'fhis bill requires that the schOo
assessment shall fix upon persons the
houses of whom lie in the School dis
trict irrespective Of the extent of land IL
another district.
The stock Law Tor School District No
D I new Castle County was passed.
!, The bill to decrease the number o
Justices of the Peace in the city Of WI.
mington was passed.
The Act TO prevent live stock from
running at large in School District No
l69 Sussex County was passed.
The act TO prevent live stock from
+, running at large in school districts 4 ant
: l25 was indefinitely postponed. Tn
act for the improvement OF Cherry ISLAM
4 Marsh was passed. House amendmen
TO the bill Tor the ENCOURAGEMENT o
/ Immigration was concurred in. Hous,
amendment 70 section 8, chapter "a
a Revised Code was concurred in.
. The bill in relation to increasing tb
pay of members was taken up. A
, amendment providing tina: the pa
snouId not be- allowed for longer perio
than 90 days of actual session wa
' adopted. The bill as amended wa
passed.
n The Revised Statutes Committee re
!. ported q substitute for the bill in relatio
20 railroad passes which was lost
n House joiut resolution in relation 10 th
a Au htDrs report was concurred in. Hous
bill to repeal section Is and 10, ehapte
"a b6 revised statutes was reported unfas
v orably. House bill 10 amend chsptt
371 volume IL saws of Delaware Ws
N passed; House bill in relation TO in
b prisonment for fines was passed. Bill /
divore w. T. Burton from his wife AreI
Il Burton passed; q substitute was reporte
for House bill TO amend section 4,chapt