Daily Republican., 1883-04-19
7 hIRD E.D|T|0N


IltI ~ Ut lNDh '"tdEl'H w i'i'i w 'hN
municipal court, recently established
for tire rity OF Wilmington, by act OF
General Assembly, rs being an emf
nently wise a. and one which would
prove beneficial.
The speaker suggested several amend |
ments to he bill, which he thought
were good ones As he had gwen them
proper study and drliberati"i.
Attorncy-tieneral Gray followed IN |
few words.
VIM G.. Spruance, Ed, made
short speech i'll support OF the Din, ana
thought u change should BIZ made, Col
Whiteley also spoke, and While he tn
dorsed all that his predecessors Ia"
said, he was in favor of the limitation
of the Judges term to II years.
The committee then rose and reported
progress, aud the Senate adjourned.
HousE-MoRNlNG SESSION.
House met at 10 o'clock.
The special committee on increasing
the salary of the Judiciary reported "a
new bill increasing the pay of the Chief
Justice and Chancellor to $4,000 year,
and of the Associate Judges to $1,000.
Bills were passed aS follows: To in
corporate the Wilmington Trust and
Safe Deposit Company.
The Port Wardens bill was reported
favorably. Mr.. Barlow moved to sub
stitute the name Of VIM. 2. Lodge as
one of the Commissioners, INSTEAD otthat
of George W. Bush Lost by vote OF
IA tot. The bill was then passed by
vote OF 10 10 ., The nays being Messrs.
Barlow and Watson.
The aulouHrrment was made Of the
death OF Rev. CYRUS Huntington, Chap
lain of the Hol,", and the House de-
cided to meet at 10 o'clock to attend his
funeral to-day.
Mr.. Justis offered the fol owing reso-
lutions, which were adopted
Resolved, That it is with emotions of
deep regret that we have receiNrt the
intelligence of the death of the Rev,
Cyrus Huntingdon, late Chaplain the
House of Representatives, and pastor OF
the Presbyterian Church Of Dover.
Ersoved, That while we lament the
illness which deprived this body of his
Christian ministration we lament still
more its sudden and fatal termination,
by which we have been deprived ut
them forever.
Resolved, That we sincerely con-
dole with the Church of which he was
pastor, and his widow III Der sad BE-
reavement.
Resolved, That this House will attend
his funeral in a body, and that duly
certified copy of these resolutions be
transInl tied to the widow Of the deceaS
ed
The House then adjourned.
,Y,,-Sr SEISipN
House re-aSsemb,ed at 1 p. Ill.
Mr.. Frasher moved to amend th'
Senate adjournment resolution (tabIe,i
week before lasD, 50 as to diourn SIn'
die, on Friday, 10Th inst The amend
meut was adopted by vote Of o to /"
and the resolution as amended wa'
then defeated by IA vote of 8 tot.
House bills passed supplement TO
chap. Y, Revised Code, (rrquiring col
lectors for Wilmington Hundred to Civ,
itemized bills of taxeS) ; Senate bill, tt
amend section Is, chap. u, Revised
Code, excepting the polls open at gener
al elections till i y. IN. House bill, Ill
viding Wilmington into 26 election dis
tricts Senate bill supplementary +
the charter of the Rehoboth Beach A.
ISOLATION.
Mr. Lewis offered the following resi-
lutions, which were adopted:
WHEREAS, BY an act Of the Genera
Assembly passed al Dover, April II
1873 the State Treasurer was directed
and empowered to receive from tn
Philadelphia, Wilmington x EatI
more hailrOad Company the sum q
ST 900 annually in lieu Of all take
against said Company under the act &
April 8, 1863, by equal quarterly in
stallments; therefore, be it.
RESOLVED, That the State Treasul
er be, and he is hrroby authorized, IT
Quireu and directed To investigate an
ascertain whether any Railroad, Col
poration or canal company has Onlttc
the payment Of any taxes under tn
act las aforesaid on capital stock an
net earnings, and If SO ~ require staff
mentS of said taxes for said "apitf
stock or net earnings 50 as aiOreS@l
omitted 10 be paid, be made by all sue
companies, forthwith according to II
requirements Of -,Md act, covering II
whole period of such averages.
Resolved further, That when an
such company shall pay for any sue
arrearagrs IA SUN IT money which sha
bear the same proportion to the. said SUI
of S21,O Is mat proportion IF the a,
tual cash value OF the capital stock an
net earnings Of said company whic
is subject 10 taxation under the act La
aforesaid shall bear to I'll" proportion
the actual cash value and net earning
subject 20 taxation under the act la
aforesaid Of the =. W. * Il. EailrOa
Company for til" sam" period, the sal
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