The daily gazette., 1881-04-08
HousE-MoRNINa SESSION.

The Dill Incorporating the ShlpleI
Street Drain Company was p issed.
The bill amend atory to the sonool Law
Of Whining ton. by change Of date Il
conform to the requirements Of the fis
Cal bill, was passed; also the Senate bill
| anendstory TO the charter of the Prot
estaDt Episcopal Church of Delaware
and the bill for the better regulation o
streets OF Newark
The bill for the suppression OF lotter,
tickets (lesIgned to legisiata Max Well
prin ing Office out OF ex stence) was re-
ported without :. .commendation by th,
Committee on Vice,tCrime and lnmor
atty.
Mr.. Tomlinson moved that 1t be in
definitely postponed, which was agreed
to by the following vote:
Ayes--Cahall, Jones, Matthews, Nc
Neal, Moore PiIlng, Stayton. romlin
SOB, Van Bukalow, Speaker Williams
IL
Nays-Eastburn, Graham, Register
Swayne. Townsend-5.
The bill TO encourage the keeping o
watering truughs in Mill Creek anC
Cnristiana hundreds was passed; also
the bill anne endatory of -chaptGr 73 Re-
vIse,l Code (rendered necessary by the
fiscal year bill)
The Senate bill confirming tbe termt
office OF the Wilmington City Solicitor
AMI City A uditSr was read.
The bill supplementary to the intem-
perance bill Giving tue Governor the
appointing of the Wilmington bailiff,
was, after a sharp interchange Of III.
situations, passed by vote OF IL to 8.
The Senate amendments to ths deadly
weapons bill were non concurred in and
commmttee of conference appointed
on the bill.
The SeUate joint resolution extending
the time OF the payment of the half in.
terest by he j. & B. r b unrl the
reduction of interest on It's mortgages
goes into effect, was coDcurred in.
The bill incorporatiDg,th he j. M. Cham
bers Packing Company (cannery) OF
Dover, wa. passed; also the bill incor
porating the Farmers Gregg & Bowe,
Market Company OF Wilmington.
The Senate b,ll authorizing he con-
structIou OF d new bridge TO replace the
Third streot bridge al Wilmington wa
read twice aud referred.
SeGate bills confirming term of Office
Of Wilmington City Solicitor and City
Auditor, ana authorizing the New
Castle county Levy Court % fund $780,
900 (Court House and u'arsh bank debi
al 4 per cent, were read a second time
anu referred.
7The bill incorporate the Butchers
Hide and TaliOw Association of Will
mtLgtun was defeated by 6 a,es to8 nays
Tue bill inco porating the Derricksou',
Mul Pond aud the ST. Georges BtancL
Ouch Company was passed; also the bil
incorporating the Malleable Iron Com
pany of WILMINGTON.
Adjourned.
HoUsE-AFTERNooN SESSION.
House met at 3 p. IN.
The Senate bill supplementary to th,
charter OF the New Castle County Mu-
tual Insurance Company was passed
also the Senate bill authorizing the coD.
structlon of a new bridge over the
ChristIana, on or near the site OF tht
Third street bridge; the bill providing
that ths Trustees of the Poor of New
Castle county shall receive 50 per day
tor attendance at the aims house on Off
cial duty, for not more than IL days II
any one year; the bill amending chapter
43, Revised code llimihDg the amennt o.
propsrty to be held by the Trustees o.
the Poor.
Mr.. Bradford introduced q bIll Ipre.
pared by Chief Justice Comeygsl sup
plemeut ary to the intemperancs bill and
designed to adapt the phraseoloRy oil
indictments which may be drawn under
Read twice and referred.
Rules Nos. ~ and 25 were suspended
for the balance Of the session.
On motion of Z. N. Williams, The
vote by which the sugar beet bill was
defeated was reconsidered and laid Oh
th table.
The oill authorizing the Governor tC
appoint two additional constables fol-
Wilmington for term of four years wal
taken up and after the reading of 6
la ch of petitions and romonstrances
passed by a vote of 10 10 9.
The sugar beet bill was taken from
the tabls and indefinitely postponed.
The bill TO divorce Elizabeth j. anC
Charles Stevenson was read.
The bill supplementary to the charter
of the Fenwick Island Improvement
Company was passed; also the bill in
cooperating the Capelle Iron and Hard
ware Company.
Mr.. Graham offered q joint resolution
requiring the Junction and Breakwatei
and Break water and FrankfOrd rail-
road companies 10 continue to pay six
per cent on their mortgages, $500 .00(
held by the State, the interest on " hIch
has lately been reduced to four per cent
the surplus two.per cent to be credited a,
payments on arrearages. In point OF
fact, the roads have, for years past, paid
only three per cent out of their regular
revenues, though they have actually
made up the greater part by giving a
second mortgage for $250,000 to the Old
Dominion Steamship Company'l The
resolution was defeated by vote of II
to 3; Messrs. Graham, Piling aud A. c.
Williams voting in the affirmative.
The bill Incorporating the Exchange
Building Company was passed.
Th. g. a
cooperating the Delaware Hea:, Light
and Water Company, [forbidding the
company To operate in any town in the
State, Wilmington excepted, where any
company has prior possession.] was con-
Cured In.
The Senate bill Incorporating the
Diamond State Coal Gas Company was
read twice. The bill 20 prevent the desc
Grafton of the Sabbath with amend
ments was passed. The Senate bill relat
ing to the old Court House at New
Castle was read twice and referred.
Adjourned.