Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-16
THE ILEGIsLATURE.


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Fix-General Legislative Notes.
pecial Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal.
DovER, April S.--Dr. Martins bill
or constitutional convention was
gain up for consideration in the
'ennte this afternoon, and gave
Use to debate which lasted two
lours. DIR. Chandler offered an amend
nent to the effect that the convention, if
leld, shall consist of 16 delegates from
New Castle county, 8 from Kent and 8
rom Sussex, to which DIR. Mustard offered
III amendment striking out the s from
Kent and 8 from Sussex and inserting 80 |
rom New Castle. He did not press
i to vote, however. DIR. Martin |
his Willingness to accept |
the amendment of DIR. Chandler |
md endorsed the principle of increased |
for New Castle county in |
the convention. Senators McWhorter' and |
Lavender opposed the introduction of the |
question at this stage, ms |
the people would first have to vote for or
against n convention and If they decided
against having one no arrangements for
would be Unnecessary while il
could be readily arranged afterwards
if the convention should be ordered. DIR.
Chambers amendment was lost by the
following vote: Ayes-Messrs. Chan
der. Martin and Mustard-3 Nays
Messrs, Lavender, Cooper, Houston and
Roe. Mr.. McWhorter and Speaker
Cooper did not vote. The bill was then
laid on the table, and will be taken up
again tomorrow morning. Dr. Martin
thinks it will pass the Senate, and if il
does the prospects are that it will pass the
House.
The Senate today concurred in the
House bill providing for the refunding Of
$1,000 of the State debt falling due
July LIST, 1886, and in the bill increasing
the salary of the Judiciary.
The opponents of the new phosphate
Analysing bill worked upon Mr.. Schabin-
ger last night, and induced him to change
his views upon the measure and vote for
its reconsideration. They then in
definitely postponed the bill by vote
of 10 to 4.
DOVER, April 1O.-The question whether
die to-day was decided in the negative, and
the session will be prolonged another week.
The decision was not arrived ut until the
two houses were almost ut loggerheuds
over the subject, and there came very near
being forced adjournment this afternoon,
with large amount of unfinished business
on hand.
During all yesterday the talk ran on
adjournment, and the senators insisted that
| they could do their part of the work by
Saturday evening, and by taking IA recess
| from Friday to Saturday, avoid resembling
| the joint resolution of adjournment to-day.
Towards evening, however, the members OF
the House came to the conclusion that
/ adjournment was impossible, and IA joint
resolution, offered by Colonel Moore, ex.
| tending the time to Friday, the 18th, was
adopted almost unanimously.
| When the Senate came to act on the reso
luton, this morning, an amendment wal
adopted, striking out Friday and inserting
| Wednesday. The House refused to concur
and the senators expressed their determi
nation not to recede. Then the Hous,
began to adopt bulldozing tactics, and ate
cleaning up all the House bills awaiting
action declined to do anything at all witt
the Senate bills. This course caused tn
senators to weaken, and soon tn
clerk came in and announces
that the Senate had receded from 1t
amendment. Curiously enough the Hous
had just reconsidered its rejection of tn
Senate amendment and concurred in til
alterations, and this left matters in IA curiou
mix, with no one able to accurately deter
mine whether to-day, next Wednesday, q
next Friday was the time fixed for adjourn
ment. Finally, the House RECONSTRUCTED II
concurrence in the Senate amendment, an
us the Senate receded from its amendment
the resolution in its original shape was col
Cured in by both houses, and adiournmel
set for Friday, the 18th.
MONEY FOR coLoRED SCHOOLS.
Mr.. Armstrong; bill increasing the sta
, appropriation for colored schools fro
$4,000 to $4,000 per annum, which passe
! the House this morning, gave rise TO sho
1 but spirited discussion. Mr.. salisbury sa
, that out OF the money raised by taxation f
: school purposes, the colored children r
ceiVed more per capita than the white chi
dren, while the colored people paid We
little school tax.
, Mr.. Armstrong replied that out of all d
! money applied to school purposes h
= colored schools received Sl.lS per capt.
/ and the white schools II .92 per capita.
Il favored the increase because 1t was for Il
n best interest Of the State TO educate 4
n | colored children.
Speaker Comegys said he voted two yea
ago TO increase the appropriation to color
schools, and would vote for this increas
as he believed it was right and just. 4
II bill passed the House by the following vot
l. Yeas Alessrs. Armstrong, Atkins, I5Irlo
i. Brown, Ferguson, Johnson McCabe, Moo
Palmer, Schabinger fntman, Truitt, yirdr
Wilson and Mr.. Speakcr-l5. Nay
Mrssr5, Salisbury and Howe 2.
DOVER, April l3.-The amendment
s. the "Act for the Protection of Fish
b. men" makes such important changes, II
III so materially concerns the interests
G. fishermen, that it will be well to print
entire. The bill is as follows:
rs Section /. That section / of chapter
Y. volume IA of the laws of this State be Il
MS the same is hereby amended by striking
IS all of said section down TO the word Up
a vided" where 1t first occurs therein, and
~ sorting in lieu thereof the words: sit 81
~ be unlawful for any person, not beinl
va citizen of this State, to catch or take fish
IN any kind in the Delaware bay or river
is any of the creeks emptying into the sal
within the limits of this State, nor shall 1
nc person being Il citizen of this State hi
70 transferred to him or in any way have g
III troll over or possession of any boat, ves
OIL or net which shall be owned in whole OF
yes part by any person who Is not Il citizen
&C. this State, and which is used for the u
II. pose of fishing in the Delaware buy or ri
mn or any of the tributaries thereof within
NJ limits of the State'
~ Section 2. That section of said chap
'eS 70, be and the same is hereby repealed i
the following inserted as section q "Sect
nv q. Every person, being citizen OF [
ON State, who may desire to fish in the De
~ ware bay or river for market with nets Il
a. make an affidavit before II Justice of
~ peace Of this state, stating that he is Il be
II. Tide citizen of the State of Delaware, Civ
mt | Of Tyth g
ID, has resided at said place and that he is
lat true and legal owner Of the boat and ne
ms be used in fishing, that he will not usc 81
/, boat and net or either Of them in the
H. terest Of amy person not II citizen of I
" State. Said affidavit shall he filed in
ny Office " the Justice Of the peace bef
whom II is made, and the party making i
affidavit shall procure from the Justice
the peace II certificate stating that such
cr, affidavit has been made and exhibit
ast show the same to any person demanding
&C. inspection Of the same. The affidavit
.nt 1uirrd Ia I've made and certificate Obtain
W. under this section, shall he made and
III tanned before the first day Of April in q
I'D and every year slrh person proposes
of ilsh. Any person who shall violate an,
to The provisions Of this section shall hc gu
lm Ut Il miSdrmrannr AMI upon convict
KY thereof shall hr fined moi less than
III dollars, and shall also forfeit the boat
liz net or both, as the cas-" may he used
his fishing,
ok, Section 3. That section Of said char
~ be and the same is hereby amended
line Of said section by striking out
word fish and inserting the word "shn
all DOVER, April l3.-At 3 O'Clock |
&C. afternoon, both houses entered upon W
ret will undoubtedly be the last week of
session, and both were reasonably b
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