Milford chronicle., 1889-03-29
Legislative Proceedings.

On Wednesday of last week the Senate
passed: Act for the renewal Of the Morris
Branch and Beaver Company; act transferring
the farm of c. II. Townsend from I23 to us
Sussex County; act to lay out a road i'll Sus-
sex County; act for the reliefof the Gumboro
Public Schools; act to incorporate Lincoln
Lodge, {. of p act to incorporate the Della
ware Live Stock Insurance Company. Re
ported without recommendation: act to incor-
porate the Diamond State Live Stock Insur-
ance Company: act i'll relrtion to minor chill
dren.
Passed House bills in relations to district
SO Kent County; to change the name of
Little Duck Greek to Leipsic River; Senate
bill to prevent the Disagreement of public
and private property
The House Passed: House bills to locate
and establish road in Milford Hundred; to
authorize the Kent Levy Court to change aud
straighten a road; to change the voting place
in Blackbird Hundred; Senate substitute for
the New Castle Register in Chancery bill for
recording trustee accounts; House bill to
amend chapthr 81, vol. XVI
Mr. Sackett's division fence bill was taken
up, discussed and recommitted
Passed; House bill for new road in Nan.
ticOke Hundred Senate bill diyorcing
George and Cora 5. Wilton.
Thursday the Senate Passed: An act to re-
peal Chapter 81, vol. IS, Del. Laws; act to di-
vorce Mary K. Grant from Thomas NJ Grant;
act to define the duties of Justices of the
Peace; act to enable district oI; Sussex
County, to spend money.
The House passed a road act for North
Murderkill; also an act transferring property
of Josiah Marvel from school district So to
district OIL Sussex County. act to divorce
Thomas II. and Anna II. Morrison; act
divorcing George w. from Mary H. Johnson
act diyorcing Parker from Emma ]. Bacon;
act to divorce Matilda K and VIM. Rodeck
act to divorce I4avinia r. from Goldsboro
Bryan.
Friday the Senate passed. Act to amend
chapter 90, REVISED Code, ito raise to $500
Jurisdiction of Justices Of the Peace; an act
for an additional Justice of the Peace for Sus-
sex County; act to incorporate the Citizens
Building and Loan Association of New Cas-
tie; act TO amend the charter of the Chris
tiana Iron Co; act to incorporate the Eighth
street Railway; act to prevent accidents at
public highways; act to change the place of
election in Blackbrd Hundred House joint
resolution appointing a committee to ex-
anime the business Of Express and Tele-
graph Companies Senator Collins was ap-
pointed on the part Of the Senate.
The House ON Friday found the bill which
it passed on Thursday was loaded. being
nothing more nor less than a change in the
license law of the State allowing liquor to be
sold in any quantity; when on motion of Mr..
VIM. Z. Davis, the bill was reconsidered.
The amendments to the Revised Code, alter
ing chapters and lines, have to be scrutiuized
closely or legislslion entirely foreign to the
Legislatures intention will slip through
The boiler Inspection bill, which went
through the House to-day, has undergone
so many changes as to bear no resemblance
to its original self If applies now only to
farm and saw mill boilers in rural New
Castle and Kent. Such boilers shall be in
spected annually by an inspector, in each
county, appointed bieunially by the COVER
nor; inspection fee, s.. The engineers who
run these boilers must pass a satisfactory
examination aud hold a certificate Of COM
potency.
Mr.. whiteman's INDECENT insane bill
passed the House to-day. II applies to
/ those patients cared for at the States ex-
pense. Some such are in Philadelphia in
stitutions As New Castle has now COM
modious and well appointed asylum, this
money may as well be spent at home.
Therefore the governor is required by the
/ bill. upon the written request of the Trus-
tees Of the Poor of either county, to recall
/ any such patient from an outside institu-
ton so that he may be treated in the home
asylum.
THIS WEEK.-On Monday the members
came back loaded to the muzzte with new
bills. The north bound train broke down
and the session was short. In fact, enough
new business was introduced this week to
keep the Legislature busy until May.
On Tuesday the Law publication bill was
given notice Of It provides for the publish
! ing of all public acts in the newspapers, and
for the publishing Of trustee sales, orphans
court petitions, etc.
Speaker Hoffecker presented to the House
A memorial from the Delaware State Grange,
Patrons Of Husbandry. 1t is a lengthy pa
per and filed with suggestions for legisla-
| lion which the grange deem advisable. The
| paper starts out by saying that the grange IS