The daily gazette., 1883-04-07
MEMBERS GOING AWAY.
TROUBLE OVER A QUORUM IN
THE HOUSE.
BILL OF STATE CLAIMS PASSED.
Work Of Yesterday In Senate and House
divorce Bills Passed-Grangers Peti-
tion for Local Option Law.
rspeoial correspopdence OF tbe ,iazetts )


DOVER, April 7.-Members are constantly
clamoring for the session to close, and vet
when the House met yesterday morning
there was bare quorum and a tardy one
at that. The absentees were Messrs. Lowe,
Williams, Frasher, Dukes, Rawlins, Perry,
Wheatley and Temple. Some of these live
very near Dover, and yesterday went away,
leaving not enough members present to pass
corporation bills, large number of which
were ON the calendar. This sort of thing
has been going ON nearly every Friday, al
though not TO such glaring extent as yester-
day, and the same trouble has been ex-
perienced with the Monday sessions. Twice
has tie House adjourned to meet on Mon
day at noon, and twice it has failed 1t
will make the third attempt next Monday
when the chances are that it will not have a
quorum. Yet the members who say they
want to get away soon are just the ones who
are clogging the wheels by their absence and
thus stretching the len gth of the session,
which does not resemble linked sweetness at
all, aside from the fact that 1t is long drawn
out. AS 1t was, the House did very little
business when 1t should have done much.
Mr. Bates presented petition from clti-
zens of Wilmington as ing for law to ex-
tend the duties OF the Clerk of the Market.
Mr.. Cooch presented memorial from Po-
mona Grange asking the passage of the Sen
ate Local Option bill. DIR. Lewis intro
duced an act providing for the care of origi-
nal acts and petitions. Mr.. Justis intro
duced constitutional amendment giving
the Governor the veto power.
Bills were passed as follows Senate
bill increasing the compensation of the Col
lector of Oyster Revenue from to per
centum on all collections; amending the act
in relation to finances, so as to put the costs
on the party who refuses to put up his part
of line fence; allowing parties tc give a
chattel mortgage on growing crops for fer
tilizers, with a saving clause for landlords,
(lost); to divorce Stephen T. Richards; to
divorce Annie B. Eberly; to divorce jackson
K. Hastings; to divorce William
Noble; bill from the Claims Com
mittee of claims against the State.
The items are as follows; Bell " Taylor,
son, $274.29; Every Evening Publishing
Company, $4,000; George O'Byrne g. Co.,
S66.S2; John r. McFee, S164.55; James L.
Hawkins, $l27Sl; w. Scott Way, S4S3 %;
VIM. j. Maxwell, Sl64; j. b. Bell, 1881 go;
Clark II Mcdaniel, S693 S3; James Frasher
S52; w. II. Purnell, expenses, State Board
of Education, $85.65; j. F. Staats, Sl95 A;
r. j. Reynolds, $l3965; G. P. farrell, $40;
Beniah Watson, $40; w. P. Goodwin, $40 70;
Wilmington Freie PreSSe, S1S3.6S; G. F..
Thomas, S146. 40; witnesses attending Court
of Errors and Appeals, ETC., $1S1 20.
The Senate bills to incorporate the VIII
mington and Brandywine Passenger Rail
way Company, in relation to crimes and
punishments
SENATE.
In the Senate two petitions signed by the
principal wharf owners of the city of Will
mington, praying for the passage of the
Port Wardens' BILL were read and referred
Introduced and read: To consolidate School
Districts Nos. 81, LAG and 147, Sussex
county; by Mr.. Belts, to incorporate the
Bellah Iron Company; House bill proposing
amendments to article 6, State Constitution
(being the Judiciary bill); by Mr.. Cooper,
relating to elections in this State (incor-
porating the Millsboro public schools. Bills
passed: Relating to crimes aud punishments;
to incorporate the Wilmington and Bran
dywine Passenger Railway Company
House bills changing the course of public
road in Mispillion hundred; to amend
chapter 442, volume is, Laws of Delaware
Changes the name OF COLLECTOR; divorc-
ing VIM. d. from Mary C. Reed-vote: to
3; providing for the election of three asses
sors for the city of Wilmington, Mr.. Belts
voting against it; authorizing the Whining
ton and Northern Railroad Company .to
widen and improve its lines; Senate bill to
consolidate districts Nos. 81, lag and 147
Sussex couRty, to be known as the Gumborc
Public Schools (passed under the suspen.
sion of the rules).