Daily Republican., 1885-03-25
SENATE.

The Senate met at 10 a. III. Messrs.
McWhorter and Mustard were appoint
cd upon the special committee in ref.
erence TO REIN mbursing the State militia,
and Messrs. Cooper and Roe upon the
special committe to visit Delaware Col
lege
A petition for the passage Of the act
appointing two additional constab les
for the city of Wilmington was read
and referred also two circumstances
against the passage of of the same bill,
aud several letters from private
individuals protesting against it.
The bill to transfer the farm OF
James X. Needles from one school dis
trict to another, which had been made
a special order for II o'clock was taken
up for consideration and laid upon the
table.
DIR. Cooper introduced bill to
amend chapter 80, volume IA, Delaware
laws, for the protection of married wo.
men, which was read.
The following House bills were pas-
sed To amend the act appropriating
money for free schools to transfer the
farm of James Morris from school dis,
trict No. "a to No. AZ in New Castle
| county TO further amend tho act tc
| revise and consolidate the statutes rela.
ting to the city Of Wilmington. The
| House hill TO divorce Rene j. Fougeray
and Sarah Il. Fougeray was taken ur
| for consideration. Successive motions
TO lay the bill upon the table and to ad
jouru were lost. The bill was then pas
| sed by the following vote
Yeas, Messrs. Cooper, Martin, Nc.
Whorter and the Speaker Noes
Messrs. Cavender, Chandler and Mus
tard. A motion made by Mr.. McWhor.
ter to reconsider this votefand to lay
this motion on the table was also
carried by the same vote. Adjourned
! until 3 p. III.
The Senate met at 3 p. m. The &C.
count of the Secretary of State was laid
before the Senate, and referred to a
special committee, composed of Messrs
Cavender and Chandler. The Speaker
announced Messrs. McWhorter, Chan.
dler and Cooper as the special commit
tee to consider the bill ratifying the
| propose amendment to the constitution,
| relating to the Judiciary. Mr.. Houston
introduced a supplement to the act con-
solidating the Marlborough public
| schools, which was read. The Senate
| bill, further supplement to the act in
cooperating the Philadelphia, Delaware
and Charleston Steamship Company,
and the House bib incorporating the
Dover Library were passed. The Com.
mittee on Revised Statutes reported a
| substitute for the bill regulating the
| sale of proprietary medicines, which
| was laid upon the table.
The bill to ascertain the sense of the
! people of Delaware concerning q Con-
stitutional Convention was taken up for
consideration and laid upon the table.
The Senate bill abolishing the license
fee OF $40 upon lawyers and doctors was
lost by the following vote: Yeas, Messrs.
Chandler, Cooper, Now Whorter and the
Speaker Noes, Messrs. Cavender,
Houston, Martin and Mustard. Ad.
iourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
| morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at 10 o'clock a. m.
MIR. Armstrong presented q petition
from citizens OF Newark, for a law re.
quiring railroad companies to place
safety gates in that town, wherever
necessary, which was read and refer.
red.
Mr.. salisbury offered joint resolu.
| tion to adjourn sine die on Friday,
April 10th, which was laid on the
table.
Bills read To amend chapter 40,
volume IS, (the free school law) by
placing ali the schools in the State,
excepting those IN Wilmington, under
the control of the State Superintendent,
and requiring the SUPERINTENDENT of