Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-02
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Tho Bill 60 Provide for tine FUR
chase of the Insape Asylum Intro.
cuced-The Cisy Loan bari Passes
the House.
Special Correspondence oil aasette and Journal.
Dover, March 25.-The House took
practical step In the direction OF final ad-
journment this afternoon by adopting Mr..
Saulsbury's resolution to adjourn sine
die on April 10Th. As the Senate has
been persistently urging an early ad.
jonrnment, this resolution will doubtless
be oopourred In, but 1t is hard to see how
1t can be adhered TO. There is great
amount OF business yet unaoted upon,
which cannot possibly be gotten out
Of the way by the date mentioned, aud Il
Ia hard to see how adjournment can be
resched before April 18th. The Hon Q
might manage to pull through, rs it has
been working up pretty closely during
the past two weeks, but the Senate com
mittees are or ,wded with bills that will
require ~ least three weeks for carsiul
consideration. 30 don't look Tor adjourn.
uent un.ll after the middle Of April.
STATE ARD OF AGRICULTURE
Representative Browns pet measure,
the bill creating q State bta'd Of Agri.
culture, passed the House this morning
by vote Of IL 10 0, after being amended
by reducing the appropriation 10 be made
by the State from $1,000 to 81, 500. Mr..
Brown made no set speech In favor OF the
bill, as its merits had been SO thoroughly
discussed previously, but Mr.. TIuitt
spoke vigorously ARAinst II. He de-
nnnn0aA a. in Nn h.. no
TAX payers, and one that ought not TO Re
considered, In view Of the Strengthened
condition Of the State finances.
he said II was all theory and 40 romantic
90 Jules Verne's "Trip to the Moon"
aud other works Of fiction. It Ia a pity,
ne said, that the State has not monster
columbisd, with which to fire all such
schemes AID their bake to the mo D,
where they could Ievel with their
''moony" friends. Mr., Truths elo
quepoe was without effect, however, as
the House passed the bill in spite Of 1t.
MOVE TO RECOVER WAR TAX.
Representative Truitt's resolution re
questing Delsware's senators and repre-
sentative to support q bill now before
Congress, In relation to the repayment Of
certain taxes to the State, refsrs to q war
tax collected during the years 1851 2
The tax was imposed by an act Of Con-
sress approved August 9th, 1851, provid.
ing for an assessment Of 10000, 600,
which WAS divided among the vatious
states aud territories. Some OF the
states paid their quota directly to the
government out Of their treasures, and
others assessed and collected q special
tag for this purpose. The bill nov
before Congress authorizes the re-.
| payment Of this tax, with
10 per oet additional to those states where
the taxes we're collected without cost 70
the government. Delaware did not
ast ume the payment Of her quota, but
collected 1t directly from the people the
amount collected being about e72, 200 l,
Ia held by some that even II the money
shouldbe paid back the State Ia not entitled
to receive It, as the tax was paid directly
BY the people, aud to try to pay back
each taxable or his legal representatives.
after q lapse OF 20 years would be az
almost hopeless tack. Mr.. Truths reso
luton was lai1 en- The table.