Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
of the NIisplIion Navigation Company

of the Mispillion Navigation Company
was PASSED,
The Senate bill to incorporate the Dcla
ware Elevator Company was read tN 'co
and referred.
adversely upon the divorce petitions o'
Robert y. Baxter aud Sarah c. Wat on
and layomtly upon the petition %.
tirorsiama lladlry, submitting with th-
latter report a bill. which was rrad,
The bill to divorce Samuel II. AMI
Ilanmah II. Utwel was read 4 accund tin,'
and referred.
The Senate hill in relation Ia fines and
iorfeitures was pnssrd.
The Senate hill to repeal chapter 10.
volume -, Laws ot Delaware, was Ias .',s
relieves the Clerk al th. l'rar. from the
appoutmcntoi oi deputy tnr Wilmington /.
The House bill relative to the publicn
tion Of Levy Court proceedings, was re-
ported adversely and defeated also
House bill murndatorv OF chapter -.
volume II, Laws Of Delaware.
The tommtt"Gon Corporations rrport',i
iavorably Oh the new Snip Canal bill.
which was then made the special order ui
the day for next TJirsday morning.
The two Senate bills for the protection
of fishermen were reported on adversely.
Il substitute for the latter hill hrine
reported favorably and passed Iprohihil-
ing slad fishing in the Nantieoie after
May 10th Of each y1arl.
Adjourned.
DovER, April l.--Senatc met at u. III.
The bill for the protection Of muskrat,
was passed.
The bill to divorce Nathaniel Holmes
was passed.
The militia bill passed.
Mr.. Cooch introduced bill TO amend
the charter of the city of Wilmington
(iiNing the term of the city solcitoIJ: ais"
bill to repeal chapter 362 volume II,
Laws ot Delaware tfor the benefit of tiI,
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company.
Mr.. Belts introduced Il bill to incorpu-
rate the Exchange Building Company OF
Wilmington (naming William Tatnall.
Austin Harrington, 7. Gardiner Littcll and
Clifford James as incorporators.)
The bill for the Improvement of the
streets of the town of Laurel was reported
favorably without recommendation and
laid on the table.
WI Nb'Nll ilill'iHNth u NiNliIiitlltillA u
the bill To encourage the education Of the
oolored people. [This reduces the num-
her of scholars requisite to each school
to IL ; provides that the ammnt of taxes
raised in each hundred shall he ecNpended
in that hundred and that the State. fund
shall he distributed in each hundred in
proportion to the amount of taxes raised
in each hundred.
House amendments to the fire escape
bill were concurred in; also the amend
ment to the act incorporating the News
Publishing Company.
Mr.. pemnewill introduced bill to- lay
out Il new public road in buck Creek
hundred.
The bill to authorize the Levy Court oi
New Castle county to borrow money was
passed (with an amendment making til.
amount Slu0, 900 instead Of $70uOU),
Adjourned until Monday at , p. III.
House of Representatives.
DovNg, April l.-llouse met at . u. IL,
The bill to divorce Annie l.. Davis, ii
Smyrna, was passed by vote of ! To ! ;
Mr.. Bradford voting in the negative.
The Derrick d. Morris Impeachment
Committee presented Il report rNourrat
ing Morris from the charges preferred
against him hy John NJ. White. The re
port was adopted
The Senate bill Incorporating the Sis
t,rs of Charity of 81. Peters school va.
| passed.
The hill laying out n new road in Mis-
pilllon hundred was passed.
The committee on the subject presented
n majority report in favor Of u substitute
for the pilot aud pilotaSr bill the iiua
consideration of which was made tn,
special order for Tuesday morning mex
at u clock.
Mr.. Robinson presented u bill supple
mcntary to his Indian schools bill. kcat
twice and referred.
The Senate till incorporating til,
Ancient Order of llibernians, No. | of vii
mington was passed.
The bill to amend section L., chapter
IL, Revised Code, Gelating TO the assess
ncnt of property situated ON the dividing
line between school distrtcts) WAS passed
The bill to divorce Mary b. McCoy wa,
read,
Adjourned till p. IN. Monday.
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