Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-05-02


vorcing John ". aud Elizabeth Mewsi Sem
ate bill TO incorporate the Delaware Inn
provement Company.
Indefinitely postponed: Acts in relation
TO districts "a and 1859, Sussex; House bills
to incorporate the Sandy Branch Ditch Co.:
Castle recorder and prothonotary to make
certain indices.
Report OF committee on settlement with
State librarian and auditor adopted,
Adjourned to a. m. tomorrow.
DOVER, April 2G.-senate met at 8 a. m.
Passed: House bill to allow proceedings
In partition to be begun In vacation; Joint
resolution appropriatlng S14 600 for tnesup-
port OF the Insane hospital; for the proteo-
ti0n OF the owners of land. having IL under-
drained; to transfer II. W. Stewards farm
in Sussex county; resolutions OF thanks to
the speaker and otficers and H.W. McIptire.
Indefinitely postponed: House bill IN
rela Ion to the assessment aud collection OF
taxee; In relation TO delinquent taxes; to
repeal section 8. $40, Volume XVI; to re-
peal the law In relation 10 political parades
IN the night time; in relation to public
documents; to cause publication Of sales
OF real estate; to establish a registry
bureau; TO repeal manufacturers and re-
tailers licenses; the Wilmington battery
bill; TO remove the disabilities OF LerpueI
D. Tingle; to amend chapter IS, Revised
Code; the Local Option bill (vote-Ayes,
Messrs. Bacon, Collins, Ferguson and Rich
ardson; nays, Messrs. Dorman, Lewis,
Moore, Crosean and Donahoe); to 1x a
uniform rate OF taxation.
Adjourned sine die.
House of Representatives.
Dover, April 24.-House met at 10. so a. m.
Speaker Honecker appointed Messrs.
Eckles. W. Z. Davis and Morgan House
members OF committee to settle with the
attorney general and State librarian.
Introduced, read twice and referred: By
Mr.. Sackett, relating to oysters In Indian
river; by W. p. Davis, to incorporate the
Dover Electric Light and Heat Company.
Mr.. Maull offered joint resolution
| memorializlng Congress TO pension the
widows OF pilots.
Passed: Senate bill incorporating the
Peoples Building aud Loan Association OF
Dover; House bills to relieve the dlsa-
| bill ties OF Lemuel u. Tiugle: TO amend the
charter of the Collins Beach Meadow Com
| pRny to reimburse certain drafted men;
! supplement to the charter Of the Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Company.
DR.. Richardson reported back, without
recommendation for the consideration OF
the House, a claim Of William Herbert for
! Sl.s75.
Indefinitely postponed: House bill toir-
crease the number OF directors OF the
Farmers Bank and its branches.
Introduced, read twlce and referred: By
prL vement Company; Senate bill to trans
fer farm TO another school district 10 New
| Castle coun'y.
Passed Senate bill relating to the Strsot
and Sewer Department Of Wilmington;
H use bills repeating the title guarantees
clause Of certain charters HmendAtory OF
the assessment law; Incorporating the
Fraukford Canning and Preserve Company.
indefinitely postponed (l4 to D The Aus.
irattan Ballot BILL.
Passed, with amendments: House bill
Incorporating the town of Middletown.
Adjourned 10 Q. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House reassembled at 8 D, m.
lntrocucad: Senate Dill authorizing dis-
tFfcs 80 Kent county, TO use surplus,
(RSad lwice and referred)
Passed: House bills taxing express com.
panies; for an intercepting sewer In Will
mit g'on.
Introduced, read twice and referred By
Mr.. Maull, relating to the Hollis q Hearn
Manufacturing Company.
D4feated: Senate bill TO vaoate an old
road and lay out new one. IN Sussex
county.
Senate substitute for House substitute
convention bill laid on the table and joint
resolution for COMMITTEES OF confersuea ap-
polutei House conferrees, Downhan, W.
Z Davis and lodge.
Passed: House bill amending the Will
minRton registration law, so as TO harmon
zs with the biennial election act; Senate
bill to incorporate the Enterprise Rsal
Estate In pprovement Company; House bills
10 incorporate the Sussex Land and Cattle
Company to amend the practice of
pharmacy law; to incorporate the Mlspil-
lion and Bsaver Dam Drainage Company.
On motion Of Mr.. Downhem, the Senate
Joint resolution appointing bank directors
was amended by making one director OF
n
Senate amen ments to the House peach
yellows bill concurred in.
Indefinitely postponed: Senate bill to
allow witnesses TO testify In civil cases;
House bills to incorporate the academy Im-
provament, Manufacturing and Trapsporta-
tlon Company; the Downham valued policy
bill; to incorporate the trustees OF the
Ohlndler descendants.
Adjourned to s p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
House reassemb bled at 8 p, n.
Passed: Senate bills to incorporate the
Delaware Stock Raising Company; to In
corporate the Catholic Hall Company OF
Wilmington; House hill In relation TO VIII
mington chimueys: House bill extending
the bogus. bankrupt and fire sales act TO
the whofA state.
Indednitely postponed: House bill In
relation TO Sidewalk sellers IN wilmington.
Senate amendments TO House high license
bill concurred In.
Indefinitely postponed: House bill for q
new road In Georgetown hundred.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. tom orrow.
DovEp, April 25.--House met at J0a. m.
Passed; Senate hill to divorce Henrietta
Cooper, colored; House bills TO amend
chapter 1853. Vol. XVI; to amend charter 6s,
Revised Code.
Mr.. Armstrong rendered a resolution Of
thanks to Speaker Hoffecker. Adopted.
Defeated: House bill in relation to rail-
road crossings in Brandywine hundred.
(Sto5 81
Passed; To incorporate the Home I'm.
provement Company; House bill to incor-
porate the Delaware Finance Company (the
Anfenger bill)
DR.. Richardson reported back to the
House the bill OF Detre & Black burn, Phil
aielphla, for s2.027 49, for supplies. After
diecusston II was ordered that the Phils-
delphia firm be telegraphea to send man
down to explain the items. He also called
up the claim OF William Herbert for 81 S75,
which, after debate, was allowed at $500,
and a joint resolution TO that effect adopted.
Senate joint resolution on national bank
taxation concGrreo In.
Introduced, read and referred: Senate
bill in relation TO safety gates at a railrosd
crossing.
Passed: House bills Incorporating tho
Dolphin TannerY COMPANY; to amend sec-
ton 8, chapter 80, Revised Code.
Senate boundary line Dill was passed;
Yeas, ii; nays, s.
Adjourned until 8 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reassemble at s so .. m.
SArate amendment 10 the Georgetown
Levy Court Appropriation bill coneurred in.
seoate amendment to House bill provid-
ing for hoard OF medical examiners con-
Cured in.
Passed: Honse bill 70 de1ne the limits Of
district III Su sex county.
Hone, bIIi