The daily gazette., 1883-03-22

county; authorizing the laying out of d roa
in East Dover hundred; changing the cours
OF public road in Broad Greek hundred
Sussex county; by Mr.. Houston, for the r,
lief OF John K, Richards and George "
Joseph; by Mr.. Belts, supplement to tn
charter OF the Wilmington City Passenge
railway Company; an act In relation to th
freedom of the press; vacating part {
twelfth street, Wilmington; 20 provide fo
the inspection of milk; in relation to prosti
tuition; for the arrest Of habitual criminals
concerning the Wilmington Board of Edu
cation; by Mr.. Mustard, relating to tn
binding Of children by corporations OF othe
States.
WORK IN HOUSE AND SENATE.
The House yesterday did bad Job Il
killing the Immigration bill. The tw
houses had disagreed as to whether ther
should be one salarieN commissioner or
board of unsalaried commissioners. Tn
Conference Committee made report, an,
this was defeated and the bill killed.
The amendment recommended by tn
committee of conference provides that ther
shall be one commissioner with an annua
salary Of 81 900, instead of board of thre,
unsalaried commissioners as favored by the
House, and that the appropriation for ex
penditures shall be 81 500 for the first yeal
and $3.50 for each subsequent year.
The bill relating to the INDECENT insane az
amended by the House, by striking out all
after the enacting clause and inserting q
provision that the Trustees of the Poor ol
the several counties may make contracts
among themselves for the support of their
| INDECENT insane and giving the Governor dis
cretion to send INDECENT insane persons to
the New Castle Asylum for treatment AS
amended the bill was passed. The bill to
amend Chapter 45S, Volume 16, Laws of
Delaware, was indefinitely postponed The
bill to amend Section l, Chapter 63, Revised
Code (the usury law) was defeated and the
bill to amend chapter 80, Revised Code,
providing for judgment against garnishees,
was laid on the table.
The Senate bill amending the charter of
Rehoboth, after an Intellectual attempt to
lave it amended so as to revoke restrictions
as to outbuilds, stables, was indefinitely
postponed by the following vote Ayes
Frasher, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe, Perry, Raw
Inns, Temple, Watson, williams; nays-Bar-
low, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Messick
Risler, Speaker.
The House passed bills as follows: Pro-
viding for an additional constable in Chris
tiana hundred; amending chapter 4S, Revised
Code (allowing the Trustees of the Poor of
Sussex county to employ a clerk; incorpo-
rating the Port Penn Grange Hall Company;
the Mispillion Conclave, /. o. H. and the
Clayton Fruit Basket Company; House bills
for stock law in district No. So, Sussex; for
the relief of Benjamin F. c. RothweIl and
others; stock laws for district No. AZ, Sus-
sex; Senate bills for planting oysters in
Indian river and Rehoboth bays; House bill
changing the course OF road from Farm
ington to Bethel church.
The following bills were read first time
in the House Senate bills for the enconr-
agement of the arrest of unlicensed
drummers; providing for the appointment
by members of the General Assembly of ad-
ditional pupils to Delaware College; amend
ing chapter III, volume 13, Laws of Della
ware; Incorporating the United States Gas
and Water Company; to amend chapter So,
Revised Code (abolishing days of grace on
bank checks); House bill apprOpriating one
half of the revenue from license fees and for
FIXTURES to the county in which they inhere
Under a suspension of the rules, the above
bills were read by title and referred.
Speaker Bates presented a petition from
10 druggists of Wilmington asking that
laudunum be excepted from the poisons the
sale of which must be registered; also a
petition signed by 81 citizens of Whining
ton asking that the tax of one tenth of one
per cent. on manufacturers be repealed.
Bills passed the Senate, amendment to the
House resolution compensating Edward
Rtdgeley for services as chancellor dd Item,
(cutting the $500 down to $450) was con-
Cured in. The Senate amendments to the
Lowe oyster bill were concurred In.
In the Senate yesterday the House bill
providing for the attachment of wages for
eight weeks board was indefinitely post
poned. Two petitions were presented ask
ing the passage of Colonel Aufnger's bill to
prevent hotel owners from securing license
for more than one place A petition was
read from Wilmington manufacturers ask
ing to be relieved from the ten of one per
cent. tax. Resolutions from the Levy
Court of Kent county were submitted, with
drawing their action in opposition to the
bill revoking the charter of the Duck Creek
improvement Company.
Bills were introduced as follows House
bills, for the appointment of an additional
constable in New Castle county; to incor-
porate the Clayton Fruit and Basket Com
pany; to incorporate Mispillion ConclaVe,
No. 33, l. o. H.; for a stock law In District
55,Sussex; to provide for the INDECENT insane
of Delaware; to further amend Chapter 4S
Revised Code; for a stock law in part of
District a., Sussex; for the relief of Benjamin
f. G. Rothwell and others; Senate bill foI a
stock law in District 81 Sussex county.
The Senate passed bills as follows: House
bills to lay out new road in Mispillion hun
dred; to change the course of road in Mil
ford hundred; regulating the sales of oleo-
margarine; authorizing the Levy Court of
Sussex county to appropriate, annually,
money for the repair of a road in Cedar
Creek hundred; amending Section g., Chap
ter 60, Revised Code, (relating to petitions
for laying out public roads); stock law for
District No. 140. Senate bills for new public
road In Duck Creek hundred; to amend an
act authorizing the town of Dover to issue
certain bonds, (making provisions for lay
ing additional water mains and putting in
hydrants); substitute to the bill regulat-
ing weights and measures, applying to New
Castle county only.
Senate bills increasing the school tax in
the city of New Castle from "a 900 to SO 600;
giving justices of the peace jurisdiction
throughout the county; House bills in rela-
tion to oyster dredging In this State, with
amendments. The House joint resolution
allowing Edward Ridgeley $500 for his SER
viceG as chancellor dd Htem was amended by
inserting $3.50 in lieu of $500 and concurred
in. House bill authorizing the Levy Court
of New Castle county to fund the floating
Il loIN - Il, II.