The daily gazette., 1881-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special TO the GAZETTE.
sENATE-MoRNINo SESSION.

A bill to lay OFT a new road In N6rtb
Murderkilll Hundred-Committee on
Roads, etc.
The bill amending chapter 60 of the
Revised Code-Committee on Revised
Statutes.
The act in relation to road taxes in
Red Lion Hundred-Committee on Re-
vised Statutes
A bill to lay out new road in Nanti
| coke HundTed-Committee on Roads.
etc.
The bill In relation to the Farners'
Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of st.
Georges and Appoquinimink Hundreds
-Commitiee on Corporations.
Tho bill In relation 70 the Court House
at New Castle-CC CmnIttee, special.
| Cooch, Betts and NcWhorte-.
The act to Incorporate the Wilmington
Real Estate Company ny-Committee on
Corporations.
The bill In relation to the Penn Loan
mmittee ON Corpora
tious.
The act in relation to the schools of
Selby byviile-Committoe on K iucatiou.
The act 10 enable the Diamond NJ atcb
| Company to hold real lestate-Comuittee
| on Revised Statutes.
The bill Iu relation to a stock law in
Cedar Greek Hundred, Sussex County,
with remonstrance-Comm on AR.
| riculture.
The following bills were passed:
The act supplementary to the charter
Of the Wilmington and Philadelphia
turnpike Company. This bill transfers
the matter of complaint and information
| against the company from tue iurisdic.
ton OF the Justices of the Peace to any
one Of tho Judges of the Supreme
| Court.
The blllin relation to the Farmers'
| "A tfu
slight ch ,n2e n the old law, the text Of
which new bill was given IN the GAZETTE
| OF yesterday.
The House dill relating to concealed
deadly weapons was read.
The Dill relating to the swamps and
lOwlaDds OF the Nanticoke was indetin.
itely postponed.
Mr.. Harrington lad read Joint reso.
luton apprOpriatlnR $500 for the Cow
| pens monument.
Mr.. Rust gave notice Of the following
| bills:
An act IT, amend sectlon 3, chapter l25
of the Revised Code.
THIS bill provides that no mem Der
shall rece We compensation when not
in actual attendance upon the Legisla-
ture, and that the clerk keep accurate
account OF such attendance.
A bill in relation to free passes on rail.
roads. This bill provides that no State,
cousty or municipal officer shall accept
pass upon the penalty OF $500 and
Costs of prosecution.
Adjourned.
sENATE-AFrERNooN SESSION.
Senate me IT at o'clock.
The following bills were passed:
An act supplementary to the ch arter
! of tue Font and Union Street Railway.
This supplement ID tho result
| of the concurrence of the City
/ Council, the old company and the new
| company In the measures therein pro-
| vidod.
The Milton Corporation bill, with a
slight amendment touching some clorical
error.
A bill TO transfer certain real estate
from district AZ, to district 122 Sussex
| county.
The amendments to tho City Marsh
| blll were concuTred In
The Local Option bill was read first
time.
House bill authorizing the Levy Court
of Kent county to continue In office for
period of more than thr0s years a con-
stable IN LItlle Crock Hundred was read.
Adjourned
HousE-MoRNING SESSION.
House met at 10 a. m.
uG w llnlukNOD luhIhu UItll DGlHK IDb
special order Tor the morning, was taken
up Tor consideration.
The bi!l eXempts from taxation for
teu years such unimproved laud inathe
Second. Eighth and Ninth wards as may
DO actually occupied by new manufac-
turing or Industrial establishments; the
the exemptlsn To become operative only
whom the lane shall be actually occupied
and not more than i've acres exempted
ia auv nne aata ahIiahnanf Dr firm m.
tneteo and bounds within which this ex-
emption may be availei of comprise
all the unimproved marsh land IN the
above wards and considerable upland in
the Ninth ward.
A motion 10 postpone until Thursday
afternoon was lost by tie vote.
A motion TO strike out the words
two thirds OF each branch concurring
therein" In the enacting clause, was car
risd by vote of IA to 3.
After debate the bill WAS carried by the
following vote:
Yeas-Bradford, Eastburn, Eliason,
Register, Swayhe, TOWNSEND, VanBur
kalow, A. q. Williams, L. n. Williams,
Woedkeeper-l0.
Nays-Cahall, Graham, j ones, NJ cNeal,
Moore, Robinson, StayIoD, Tomlinson,
speaker Williams
Matthew's, Pilling.
Mr.. Bradford introduced aud had read
hts substitute for the Wilmington fiscal
bill previously reported.
On mouon the rules were Suspended,
aud the bill referred to the Committee
ON Revised Statutes.
The bill 10 prohibit stock from running
at large IN district No. 81 Sussex county,
WAS read a third time.
State Senator Horsey be ng interested
In this bill, was requested to address the
House concerAing II and did SO.
The bill was then passed.
Mr.. McNsal presented petition for the
passage OF the Derrickson Mill Pond
Oil.
Mr.. Stlyton presented a petition for
and remonstrance against stock law
for district No. 65 Sussex county.
Mr. bwayne offered the following Joint
resolution, whlch was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
ReDTesentdtiUeS, etc.-That the people OF
Ireland, oppressed by the misgoyernment
OF rulers and excited by the selfish np-
peals OF domestic agitsJorG, are entitled
10 the sympathy OF mankind, and this
General Assembly tenders TO them the
assurance OF their sincere regard and eX-
preston OF their earnest wish that such
settlement OF their difficulties may be
had as Will secure their highest ana most
enduring prosperity.
Mr.. Robinson Introduced and had read
"A Dill amendatory to the charter of Mil
ford.
THE bill authorizes the Town Commits
sioners To effect a loan OF 5000 for the pur-
chase OF flre apparatus: said loan To be
payable in Ave per cent. bonds redeema-
me in a .nual instalIments OF $50
The following Dilla were read second