Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-08
Delaware Legislature.
THE LEGISLATURE NOT To ADs
JOUR y SIN Il DIE ON FRIDAY,
APAlL THE 10Th.
A NUMBER OF NEW BILLS.

Dover, April IA majority Of the
mel. bers Of the Legislature have at last
come TO tie conclus ion that 1t will be
in pcs sible to adjourn sine die on Fri
day, as ie termined upon by JOINT reso-
luton last week. There is but little
doubt that the resolution Will be re-
scinded, and the session continued q
week longer. However, business ts
being despatched as rapidly rs posi-.
bic, but a large number of new bills
are being crowded in, and more will
which time they will be excluded. Long
sessions have been held to day, and 3
number Of important bills were
passed.
The Senate bill for the appointment.
or q oJAJe CnenIisS anu ful Otnoa P~A
poses, which was introduced during the
early part of the session, and been the
subject of much discussion, bringing
probably as many lobbyists to Dover as
any other bill, passed the House this.
afternoon by o vote of ten to nine. No
night sessions have been held yet, prin-
cipally because the time which would
De thus occupied is needed by the mem.
bers in order to attend to committee
work. Senator McWhorter has pre-
pared nine amendments to constable
lPritchett's bill, all of which tend to
defeat Pritchett's intentions. He will
offer them one after another whom the
bill is taken up for consideration again.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 q. m. Bills in
troduced. By Mr.. Now Whorter, ,authoriz.
ing the appointment of An additional
Notary Public for New Castle County,
to reside in Wilmington for the bene-.
fit of married women and minor chill
dren.
The House bills: A supplement to the
act authorizing the Middletown public
schools to borrow money was
Tread; DR.. Mustard offered a joint
RESOLUTION, appropriating 5000 to-
ldefray contingent expenses of the Sec
retary Of State which was adopted
Adjourned until 8 p. m.
The Senate met at p. m. On motion.
of Mr.. MCWhorter the vote by which
the House bill to enable Joseph Nc.
Chesnsy to convey his real estate was
lpassed was re considered and the bill
was re-commited.
Bills introduced: To authorize the
Mayor and Council of New Castle to
purchase the property of the New Cas-
tie Water Works Company, and the
T New Castle Gas Company. House
bills read: To re- e-enact and amend the
Wilmington ana Brandywine Passen-
ger Railway Company; 10 change the
name of Mary Morrison to Mabel Hud-
son.
: Bills passed: Senate bills-To divorce
, Robert G. and Ann Elizabeth Morris
to divorce John Charles Jacob Spoerl
and Christiapa Matter Spoerl 10 di-
vorce Annie w. and Job Smith to in
corporate Tuscarora Tribe, No. 90, Imp.
10. h. NJ. to incorporate Sussex En-
tcampment No. 4, 1. o. o. +. to revise
and consolidate the statutes relating to
the city Of Wilmington, in regard to
the Board of Education to divorce Ida
C. and Edwin Il. Buckson. Adjourned
ntil 10 O. clock tomorrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at 10 o'clock g. m.
,;iils passed: To authorize the trustees
under the will of Robert HOdgson to
sell certain real estate; to enable the
Commissioners of Middletown to raise
Isl 300 tax for schools, they having
failed to raise it at the school election,
Adjourned until 8 O'Clock p. m.
! The House met AT 3 o'clock. The
order of the day-the bill! providing for
the appointment of ii State CT enlist and
the analyzstion of phosphates was
taken up, and the House went into
iccmmittee of the whole, Mr. Brown in
the chair. The bill was reported back
to the House and passed.
Bills passed : To require er gineers on
railroad locomotives 70 blow two long
and two short blasts on the whistle
within 400 yards of any highway cross
ing except in the city Of Wilmington,
uuder penalty $50 for the first offence,
$40 for the second, and $100 with
six months Imprisonment for each
subsequent offence; requiring the,
the Governor and Secretary of State to
keep licenses bound i'll book form, with
stubs attached on which the fees and,
date of license can be recorded; to in
corporate the Wilmington Conference
Domestic Missionary Society; Senate,
bill, to amend the charter of the River,
Front Improvement Company. Ad-
journed until 10 O'Clock to. morrow
morning.