The daily gazette., 1883-04-12
THE CHARTER PASSED.
THE HOUSE COMPLETES ITS
CONSIDERATION
OFFICIAL SALARIES DEFINED.
Regular Report of Legislative Proceed
ings-ThO House Passes WIlmingtOn's
New Charter.


Especial correspondence OF the Gazette.
DOVER, DEL, April 1.-THE regular
proceedings Of to-day's Legislative session
are as follows:
sENATE-MoRNING SESSION.
Senate met at 10 O'Clock.
Senate concurred in the House amend
ment to the Senate bill incorporating the
Wilmington and Brandywine Passenger
Railway Company (shortening the time tor
completing the road).
Bills passed incorporating the Millsboro
public schools to incorporate the Univer-
sal Manufacturing Company; House bill,
requiring the Levy Courts to publish item
lied accounts of all expenditures.
Read second time and referred, supple
ment to the charter of the Pocomoke River
improvement Company; relating to the
recording of deeds and other conveyauces
House bills, claims against the State
abolishing the little election; relating to
division fences; for stock law in district
1875, Sussex county.
Adjourned.
sENATE-AFTERNooN SESSION.
Senate reassembled at 8 D. m.
House bill relating to the printing and
binding of the journals of both Houses was
indefinitely postponed. House bill concern
ing the payment of road taxes in Red Lion
hundred was reported unfavorably and laid
on the table,
House bill for ferry across the Nanti-
coke river at Woodland, Sussex county, was
laid on the table.
Mr.. Cooper Introduced bill relating to
Life Insurance companies Excluding COM
panies insuring lives on the assessment
plan from paying the ~ per cent on prem
iums as dues received or assessments col
lected)
Mr.. Belts introduced the substitute to the
Port Wardens bill which was read twice and
referred.
Bills passed House bills, regulating the
practice of medicine and surgery in this
State; to amend Chapter AZ, Revised Code,
entitled 'of physicians;" TO straighten a
public road in West Dover hundred; re-
lating to the collection of road taxes in New
Castle county.
House bills, to amend Chapter 1913, Re-
vised Code, (extending the time for lmita-
tion of actions on bonds and specialties
under seal to 10 years) and to divorce John
G. from Annie j. Wilson, were introduced
and read.
Read and referred An amendment to
Article 2, State Constitution; act concerning
courts of chancery; act changing the time of
holding courts of chancery.
Adjourned.
HoUsE-MoRNINe SESSION.
House met at 10 o'clock.
The following bills were introduced and
read: House bill, to amend chapter 110, Re
vjsed Code Compelling partial satisfaction
Of a judgment to be entered on the record
thereby Senate bills to consolidate the
Gumboro public schools; to consolidate the
Millsboro public schools; live stock law for
district 81, Sussex county; to incorporate
the Bellah Iron Company; to divorce Sarah
G. Evans from her husband William A.
Evans. House bill relating to bridges over
public highways; substitute for the eolored
school bill reported by Committee on Edu-
cation. Under suspension of the rules these
bills were read a second sil4Ie =. -eterred.
Bills passed House bills to aIL,..4 See
tion 8, Chapter 1913, Revised Code (extend-
ing the time for limitation of actions on
bonds and specialties under seal OF ten
years); to divorce John G. Wilson from his
wife Annie M. Wilson; Senate bills to in
corporate the United States Gas and Water
Company; to change the course of public
road in Sussex county; live stock law for
District 80, Sussex county.
Shortly before noon to-day DR.. Crawford,
from the Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions, reported the Wilmington charter with
a favorable recommendation and it was
taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Bates offered the following additional
amendments, which were adopted: Amend
section IA by adding thereto provision
that in case of the absence or illness of the
Judge of the Municipal Court the Associate
Judge of the Superior Court shall hold the
Court himself or appoint some suitable per-
son to hold it; amend section II by making
the fee for the appearance of the City Soli-
citor 81, to be turned into the city treasury.
Amend section 81 by inserting in line
provision that the fee for the attendance of
the City Solicitor shall be included in the
taxed costs to be collected by the clerk and
turned into the city treasury.
Amend Section IL by striking out all
down to the end of the second line and in
sert in lieu thereof n provision that the
funded debt of the city shall not exceed The
sum now provided by law except as pro-
vlded by act of the General Assembly.
Amend Section 95 by striking out the pro-
vision for the payment of the salaries of the
members of the Board of Revision.
Amend Section 81 by adding at the end
thereof provision that Council shall not
have power to exempt (by special ordinance
or otherwise) any person from the pro-
visions of any general ordinance of the
city.
Section AZ was amended by fixing the
following salaries, Mr.. Bates stating that
the amounts had been determined on after
consultation with Messrs. Paynter and
Ialley OF the City council: F: mayor, per
year, 81 500; Judge of the Municipal Court,
81, 800; City Solicitor, 81 200; City Auditor,
81 200; City Treasurer, $1,000; Clerk of
Council, 81 500; President of Council, 500,
members of Council 81 for each meeting;
Chief Engineer of the Water Department,
So, 900; Clerk of the Municipal Court, 800;
members of the Board of Health, 500 each;
secretary of the Board of Health, $500; each
executive officer of the Board of Health,
$500; Registrar of births, deaths, etc, $780,
members of the Board of Assessment and
Revision, $500 each; Chief of Police, 81 200;
constables, $3.50.
After adopting the first AZ sections, the
House at O'Clock adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At3p. m. the House reassembled and
completed the final reading and passage of
the Wilmington charter at $50 p. m. The
members present and voting for its adoption
were: Barlow, Crawford, Dukes, Frasher,
Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry,
Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Wheatley,
Williams, Speaker Bates-17.
House bill supplementary to an act to
straighten road in Mispillion hundred was