The daily gazette., 1883-04-04
Especial correspondence of the Gazette.

DOVER, April 3.-Bumors reached here
yesterday afternoon that the Wilmington
City Council was up in arms against the
| Legislature for making amendments to the
charter. So far as positive knowledge goes
the opposition of Mr.. Beecher and Mr..
Bailey is the only objection raised here.
| The rumor yesterday was to the effect that
a sort Of especial Indignation meeting
would be held last night by the Awful
Dads and that they would come to Dover
to-day as a protesting committee of the
whole. Whether they will come is ques-
ton now The Legislature will be pleased
| to have them. The presence of Mr. Quinn
and Mr.. Garrett is specially desired. The
| fame of these two statesmen reached here
\ long ago, and they will be.cordially received
and enthusiastically lionized. One of the
members suggests that if Quinn and Garrett
do come they be given the floor of the House
and allowed to give one of the exhibitions
| regularly chronicled In the Wilmington
papers the day after the meeting Of Coun-
Gil
To-day the House in Committee of the
Whole nearly completed the consideration
of the charter. At the morning session 1t
went from Section 2S to Section so, covering
the City Council, Mayor, City Auditor, City
Solicitor, and policemen. On the question
of estimating the time of the City Auditor
ana onllclfOT, MT. DhJtb ulhue eOulb pain
remarks, speaking particularly with refer
ence to the Auditor The charter as sent
here provided for the election of an Auditor
at the first stated meeting in May, 1888, and
the amendment provides for the election at
the third meeting In June, the difference
being that under the first date the present
Council will elect and under the second the
new Council will make the choice. On this
| amendment Mr.. Bates spoke earnestly. He
said the object of the amendment was to
make the City Auditors term expire with
the fiscal year The amendment was pro-
posed by him, Speaker Bates, because it
seemed really and necessarily proper. A
suggestion had been made that this action
| had been taken for the benefit of the present
| incumbent for partisan purposes. This
made it proper for him to say that 1t was
not true. Without attributing improper
motives1to anybody he would say that no
such intention had existed. AS the charter
had been sent to Council by the cOmpilers 1t
had provided just as this amendment does.
| Council changed it so that the outgoing
Council on the eve of an election which is
| likely to change its complexion, should elect
| the Auditor and Solicitor. He spoke of the
| desrability of having the Auditor commence
/ with the fiscal year and with the new Treas
urer and in closing said: $50 once for all
so far as the amendments are concerned,
will say there is no political trickery about
them-no one is legislated in or out of
Office and do not think any attempt has
been made TO do that"
At the forenoon session nc new amend
ments were proposed except one providing
for the inspection of milk and cream, Al
the afternoon session Sections 40 to 81 in
elusive were passed unchanged. Sections
81 and So were amepded by substituting
"election district" for ''ward." Section 81
was passed unchanged Section So was
passed with some unimportant verbal
amendments. Section So was amended by
the insertion of ''assessor" after "City
Treasurer" Sections SO to So inclusive
were passed unaltered. Section "a, EN-
powering the Council to redistriet the city
for election purposes, were stricken out
Sections 65 to Ill inclusive were passed
without change, except to curtail the title
"chief engineer and surveyor" to "chie
engineer" Section 112 was amended
by substituting municipal court" fol
"the Mayor or any magistrate" Section
113 was amended to allow the Registrar Of
Births, Marriages and Deaths to accept fees
for copies of records and for issuing permits
for the passage of dead bodies through the
city. Sections ia, lis and l16 were passed
unchanged. Sections 117 and 1lS were
amended by substituting "Farmers' Bank
for "NatIonal Bank OF Delaware" Section
119 unchanged. Section 1870, same amend.
ment as to sections III and 11S. Sections
121 to 127 inclusive unchanged. Section
12S, relating to the erection of telegraph
telephone aud electric light poles was
stricken out. Section 129 was amended to
permit the laying of underground telephone,
telegraph and electric light wires and limit
ing the amount of bond required to the dis
cretion of Council. Section l30 was stricken
out, having been superseded by the vii
mington Park bill. Action ON Section 13l
was deferred for the time being Sections
1872 to 1873, inclusive, were passed un
changed. Section 139 was stricken out anC
three new sections substituted making per
manent the present constitution of th'
Board of Health and defining the power
and duties Of that body.
Sections 139 to 14S, inclusive, relating Il
the Board of Education, were amended tt
require members of the board to be free
holders of one month standing, and upoI
being inducted into office to make oath II
this and that they will not be influenced In
their duties by any political or partisan con
siderations; authorizing them TO prescrib'
and enforce such conditions as tney MAJ
deem necessary for the admission of pupil
: In the schools; authorizing the Board tt
demand of Council, in addition to its curren
appropriation, sum not exceeding 2O,OO'
in any one year for the building, extension
heating and furnishing of school houses
and $4,000 extra for fire escapes and thu
completion of school No. 4, and providing
that the aggregate for current appropriation
may be increased five per cent. per year in
stead of three. Sections 149 to l52, inclu
sive, were passed unchanged. All of sec
tion 153, except the clause "This shall b
! deemed and taken to be a public act, an
2 | shall be construed most favorably to tn
= corporation" was stricken out. The clause
d stricken out relate to the acceptance of th
/ amended charter by the Mayor and Council
! The committee will meet again to-day an
: speedily put the bill in shape for final pass
J. age.
l WORK IN BOTH HOUSES.
/, In the House yesterday; House bills in
/ | cooperating the Gum Branch Ditch Com
I pany was passed. resolution was adopte
# extending the use of the Hall to Charles B
! Lore, ESQ, DIR. L. P. Bush, and Manlov
| Hayes, to set forth the claims of DelaWar
a College to the State scholarships contem
a plated in the Senate bill now on the table o
) the House. In the evening these gentleme
It delivered able addresses. Petitions wer
q received from colored citizens of West Dover
i Laurel, Bridgeyille, and Red Lion, askin
q that the colored schools remain under til
a | management of tie Delaware Association
1. apd that the appropriation be increased t.
q SO 900, and from the Sus ex county bar ash
~ ing the passage of the judicial eonstitv
4 tional amendment Bills were read u SCI
"a ond time time as follows: To amend Chal
IA ter 442, Volume l6; to relieve the heirs