Milford chronicle., 1889-04-05
Legislative Proceedings.


measure passed the House, that should be q
well done for the Senate. We refer to tn
| bill introduce by Mr. Hynsou ard known a
the .'deiinquest tax bill" Mr. Biggs objeS
, ted on the ground Of its cost, to the featur
which provided for the advertisement cailin
delinquents by some to step up to the cap
tain's Office and settle. Mr.. Downham show
ed that it would be about cents a name
Section / Of the bill says; "It shall be tn
duty Of the collector Of the county taxes il
each hundred or collection district in thi
state to make return lin the manner now pro
vided BY lawl Of list Of the persous in hii
hundred assessed with poll tax only, who's,
taxes are then unpaid, to the Levy Court o.
his county, on the FIRST day Of the February
meeting thereof in each year. And the sale
Levy Court of each county shall cause the
said delinquent lists, from the several hun
dreds or collection districts therein, to be al.
phabetically compiled, showing the full
name Of each taxable, the hundred from
which he is returned and the amount Of his
tax; and shall cause such compiled list to be
D dlNNAAlnEu ANA AMQ aANNNo7A1N MNIAo III tue
month of February in each year in two lead
ing newspapers leach being representative
of one Of the two political parties) published
in the said county The said lists so re-
turned shall be fully and accurately
recorded in a suitable record be pro-
vided and kept for the purpose by the
clerk of the peace, and such record shall be
of the public records of his office, and shall
be open at all times to the inspection of any
citizen of the county"
The name ofth Wilmington Basket and
Crate Company was to-day changed to the
Peninsula Basket and Crate Company 1t
will have its works at Dover,
Fridays session was full of interest. Ex-
superintendent of Public School, H. c. Car
penter, was before joint committee trying
to explain the twist iu the old school book
accounts under his administration.
The W. c. T. U. bill in relation to rape and
the age Of consent was reported favorable
with amendments As it now reads the
penalty sor rape is fixed as Imprisonment for
life instead of death. Any one who shall
know female cI;ld under 7 years age shall
be guilty of rape as ptcyided for in the exist
ing law, and any one who shall know Or
abuse a girl under IS years ofage shall be Ii
able to an imprisonment OF ten years. As
the law now in force reads the limit of age is
u years, with FIVE yesrs imprisonment Any
one convicted of an attempt to commit rape
shall be liable to one hour in the pillory and
an imprisonment ofnot more than ten years.
After the new bill as amended had been
Speaker Hoffecker read an official
letter from the secretary of the Wilmington
NJ. E. Conference, giving the resolution
passed by conference commending the pro-
posed changes in the law concerning rape,
etc. Mr.. Lodge also presented and had read
a letter that he had received expressing
fears for the fate of the bill The bill, as it
looks now, will pass the House.
The House. passed the bill to amend chap
ter oI of volume IS of the Laws of Delaware, /
which is 'an act to encourage the education
of the colored people" The amendment
provides for the payment Of a tax of 81 upon
''colored persons as they shall stand upon the
lists" instead of 80 cents on the
500. Il also adds to section ? the following:
"The name of any person who, having
failed to pay the school tax assessed against |
him or her for the preceding year is returned |
and allowed as a delinbuent, shall remain on
he assessment lists, and be entered ON the
collection duplicate for the succeeding year,
except when said parties be dead or have re- /
moved from the state, in such cases the /
names shall be struck from the assessment /
lists and also from the collectors duIhcate.
The auditors report shows that the total |
amount appropriated to the white schools is 1
sos 70; the county superintendents' re-
ports show the total number of pupils as
26, 1888 and the numder of schools 555 The /
average amount appropriated to each white
schools is SI5S.55 and to each pupil $500.
The total amount appropriated to colored
schools is $4,000, the number Of pupils 4, 6o4,
HE number of schools So, the average appro-
priation to each pupil 81 80. The bill as
passed by the House increases the colored
schools appropriation to So 600, making the
average to each school SII2 so and to each
pupil SI.95. The average of colored school
.erms is AZ months, the increase in appro-
oriation and increased poll tax increases the
erm to six months.
On Friday the Senate passed the House
Dill empowering the selection ofhomeopaths
Is members of the State Board of Health,
hey now being excluded.
The Senate also passed the House bill di-
ecting the governor to send INDECENT insane
persons to the insane asylums of the several
counties Of the state instead of sending them
,ut of the state, for which purpose an appro-
oriation is unusally made This means the
sending of unfortunates to the New Castle
insane department.
The most important bill passed by the Sc
late Friday was the House bill known as the
'Chippy bill" brought about by the club
vii exposure made in THE MORNING NEWS
asst December.
It provides that whoever takes, employs,
iarbors or causes to be procured OF employ
ID a female child under the age of Is years
ior the purpose of sexual intercourse, or
whoever being the proprietor or proprietress
IF house of assignation, i'll fame, or ques-
ionable resort, harbors or employs, under
any pretense whatever, a female child under
IS years of ase, shall be guilty of felony and
be punished by fine of $1,000 or be impri-
soned for term not exceeding seven years
or both
The House adjourned TO meet on Monday
1t II o'clock, six hours earlier than usu !.
On Monday of this week business CONF
nenced early. Lots of business entirely
new was introduced and many resolutions
relative to rules offered.
The Committee on Education reported IA
vorable this morning an act authorizing the
Lewes Board of Education to build new
school house for colored children and bill
was passed.
Mr.. Maull introduced IN the House this
morning bill which has for its object the