Daily Republican., 1889-04-06
Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.

DOVER, April 5.-Senate met at II d.
m.
Introduced: By Senator Moore, House
bills to divorce Mary +. Barrett and James
j. Barrett; to lay private road In In
dian River hundred; by Senator Bacon
House bill to protect the peach orchards
OF lower Delaware from tie disease known
as peach yellows, (read by tltle); by
senator Donahoe, Senate bill TO enable
the Governor to al point two addition al
notaries public for the city OF Whining
ton; to repeal section 1872, chapter 6S, Re
vised Code.
Notice given: By Senator Ferguson, an
act to consolidate districts 81 and 1SG,
New Castle county; an act 10 amend sec
tion 4, chapter 3l4, volume III; by SeDa-
tor DoDshoe, a supplement to the charter
OF Whining on; an act to appoint an in
spector OF plum ing for the city Of Will
minRton.
Passed: House bills to amend section
23, chapter 5, volume IS; TO amend chap
ter 563, volume II, for the protection of
electric light companies; to incorporate
Wilmington Division 22i, Order OF Rail-
way Cond ductors (with an amendment) 4;
eenate bills In relation to notsries public;
to amend chapter 207, volume II; Ia sub
stitute for the triennial elections bill and
providing for biennial eleetions) 20 enable
women TO vote at school elections in the
city of Wilmipgton; TO change the name
OF Broad creek to Laurel river.
Indefinitely postponed: House bill to
prevent fraudulent divorces.
Read by title: Senate bill to amend
chapter 537, volume 16; House bills to
authorize the laying out of new road iu
Mispillion Hundred; to transfer a farm
from District 1l5 to District 10, Kent
County.
Introduced: By Senator Donahoe,
House bills to vacate portion of Dock
street (resd by tltle) Wilmington; by
Senator Cross an, to incorporate the Nc
Donough Creamery Co.; by Senator
Donahoe; to incorporate Columbia
Lodge, No. 90, /. o. o. F.; to enable the
Diamond Match Company to hold real
estate; to incorporate Windsor Lodge,
Order Sons Of st. Geosge; to amend
chapter 625, volume 10; to divorce Emma
E. Handy and Arthur 8. Handy; to d.
vorce Mary e. Lamplaugh and Newton P.
Lamplaugh; by Senator Collins, to trans
fer farm Of Malcomb Clayton from dis.
trict 72 to united districts 70 and "a, New
Castle.
Adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
House met at 1920 q. m.
Notice: By Mr.. Gray, to incorporate
Lafayette Lodge, X. of p; by Mr.. Clark
to provide for uniform and lower pol
tax; Senate bill In relation to street ped
dlers In Wilmington.
| Read and referred; House bills e
amend chap. 131, vol. XVIII; relating Il
Brandywine Hundred railroad crossings
relating to trustees OF New Castle Com
mon; relating to teachers certificates; I,
amend chap 506, vol. XVII; to provid,
for shorter sessions Of the General As
sembly; to divorce Imogene M. an(
| William j. Little; to lay out a new ant
vacate an old road in Broad Creek Hun
dreu.
Indefinitely postponed: Senate bill
amendatory of the oyster law.
Introduced: By Mr.. Whitemau, tc
substitute board of county commits
sioners ior the New Castle Levy Court.
Notice: BY Mr.. Whiteman, to empow
er the New Castle levy court to chang
the cour Q OF public road.
Read and referred (under suspensIo
of rule l2): House bill to appoiu
three county commissioners for New Gas
tie County, (500 copies ordered printed.
Notice: BY w. E. Davis, to regulat
the sale of intoxicating liquor; by Mr.
Short, to transfer farm to district lis
Sussex.
Adjourned to 8 p. M, Monday.