The daily gazette., 1883-01-24
FRAMING STATE LAWS.


FRAMING STATE LAWS.
Many Matters of State Importance-The
EtlOtage Bill and two Railroad Acts
HRrrigan's RespIte-The Printing OF
Pending Bills.
Especial correspondence OF the Gazette
DOVER, Jan. 24.-The House clashed
| swords iu debate for the first time yesterday,
| and Mr., Cooch entered the oratorical arena
with Speaker Bates with zest that one
would not have suspected. 1t was at the
| afternoon session, aud the question Of print
| ing bills coming before the House had been
brought up by Mr.. Comegys. That gentle.
man offered resolution TO the effect that of
| every bill reported from q committee, one
| hundred copies shall be printed for the use
| IT the House before 1t ls taken up for con-
sideration. 1t contained proviso that the
Committee on Printing might at any time
submit to the House the question whether
the printing Of any bill might be dispensed
with, and that all private acts should be
paid for by the parties requesting their pas
| sage.
Mr.. CoOch opposed the resolution with
some vigor, holding that 1t would result 10
the printing Of nearly all bills brought be-
tore the House, and from inquiries which
| he had made from competent parties he was
convinced thai the cost would be at least
| Sl0, 200. He had been In favor of printing
| the bills at first, but now did not feel sAtis-
| hed to go Into this expense. 1t would, he
claimed, be very burdensome to private par
tics, aud while ha did not object to a limit
beiDg drawn aud the printing of acts being
| left to the discretion Of the House he wAA
enphatlcally opposed to the resolution as 1t
Stood
Calling Mr.. Barlow to the chair Mr.. Bates
| spoke In favor of the resolution and charac-
terized the statement that the cost Of the
| printing would be $40, 900 as absurd. He
read private letter complaining OF the fact
that from the necessarily meagre newspaper
| reports of many bills measures were being
constantly passed about which the public
could have no knowledge. Mr.. Bates went
on TO speak of the great Inconvenience Of
members being compelled to look over the
manuscript Of bills, which they would have
to do to get an idea Of their provision,
as It was only read aloud once
before Its hnal passage. So far as the ex-
/ pense being burdensome to private parties,
i ne was the n representative of the section
| from which tue bulx of this came anu
would consider himself resp Insible. For
that matter It might tend to discourage thr
coming to the General Assembly with pri-
yate measures, and lead to the adoption oi
a general corporation act with stringent
/
Tie matter was referred to the Printing
Committee, with instructions to investigate
the cost.
WORK IN THE HOUSE.
Notice was given of the following bills
by MIR. Justis a supplement TO the act 10 in-
| corporate the New Castle and Wilmington
Narrow Guage Railway; by Nj. Cooch an
act TO secure manufacturers and owners Oi
railroad equipment and rolling stock in
making conditional sales aud certain coll
| tracts Tor the lease thereof; ny Mr.. Cooch
concerning the George p. Whitaker Com
pany Ito incorporate In the State IN
now being a Maryland coporation); BY
Mr.. Cooch TO amend chapter S4s,
volume 10, Laws of Delaware, touching the
duties of the State Chemist; by Mr.. MIR,
Perry to incorporate the Broadkiln River
Oyster Company; by Mr.. Justis TO convert
that part Oi the Newport turnpike" within
the city limits of Wilmington, (Maryland
Avenue,) a street; by Mr.. Lowe, Tor the Inn
provement of naVigable Streams emptying
into Delaware Bay; by Mr.. Jacobs, To
amend the charter OF the Sussex Midland
Railroad Company, authorizing its extension
to the Breakwater; by Mr.. Bates, to increase
the number Of members OF thc general
assembly and to apportion the same. The
bill is not yet prepared but will be In lew
days.
Tue following bills were introduced and
read first time House bill To construct n
public road IRON Milford 10 the new wharf
ON MispilliOn creek; Incorporating the Mon
tIfiore Beneficial Society; to re-enact the act
iucorpOra lug the rOmahawk Branch Ditch
Company; ~ incorporate Division No. 4, A.
o. Ii. OF Wilmington; to incorporate Divi-
sion M. 5 A. D. Ii. of Hockessln; limiting
the power OF the road commissioners oil
Cbrlstiana hundred to raise aud levy taxes;
senate bill To incorporate the Robbins Hose
Company aud the Penipsular Bone and Fer.
Jilizer Company; TO incorporate the Dover
GlasswUrks Company.
Bills were passed authorizing the borrow
ing OF money ETC., TO erect new school build
ings in :he town of Newark Senate bill
amending the act Incorporating the Della
ware Beet Sugar Company; incorporating
the Madison street Clus Stables; House bill
incorporating the Journeymen Bricklayers
Protective aud Beneficial Association OF VII
mington; abolishiDg whipping for murder
iu tile second degree.
A petition Tor u new road In Mispilliou
hundred was read aud reteI red to the Com
mittee on Roads aud Vacant Lands with in
structions To report by bill or otherwise.
| MIR. sutton presented Il petition from A,
F. Clark and Others OF Red Lion for the
divorce of Edwin Ii. and Sarah e. Packard
Referred.
Mr.. Denney presented the petition of
Mary E. johnson oil West Dover hundred,
Tor divorce from James johnson ,on account
OF III treatment, desrrtion and bigamy on
the part of her husband. Referred.
On motion of DIR. Lewis, two new members
were directed to be added to each of the
Committees on Divorce and Education
Secretary Of State Clusey's official certitca
ton oil the certificates OF Stats Treasurer
, John NJ. Houston and State Auditor Jesse
L. Long were read aud ordered TO be spread
ON the minutes.
A regular order OF business--a thing much
,, needed-was adopted.
/ WHAT THE SENATE pTD.
In the Senate Mr.. Cooper gave notice Of {
, bill, which he has not yet prepared, to sim
plify the matter Of contested elections; DIR
: Chandler of an act to amend the STATE