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taxation on the real and personal property
each person possesses.
Adjourned TO 8 .. m.

House reassembled at 3.l5 p. m.
MIR. Clark offered joint resolution APP
pointing a joint committee OF Ave rep
resentatives and three senators to consider
the compensation Of counsel employed to
prosecute the bank tax suits. Adopted.
Mr.. Eckles offered joint resolution ap.
pointing joint committee of 1--WE to look
after the reflttipg of the secretary OF States
office. Adopted.
Mr.. Downham presented resolution
calling for the keeping OF a regular House
calendar. Adopted.
Notice: By W. q. Davis. to lay ont new
road In South Murderkiil; by Mr.. Down
ham, for private road In Georgetown
hundred; by Mr.. Gray, to extsnd to subur-
ban residents the advantages OF Whining
ton schools; forsan in.ercepting sewer In
Wilmington; to divorce Title A. Moses
from her husband; to amend the charter of
Wilmington to provide for triennial cleo
tons in Wilmington; for the more efficient
government OF Wilmington; to provide for
putting electric wires underground ;aruepd-
Atory OF the charter OF Wilmington; for
the more efficient drainage OF Wilmington !;
IN relation to crimes and punishmsnts; by
Mr.. Whtteman, TO divorce John W. and
Elizabeth News; by Mr.. Eckles, in relation
to public documents; In relation to dam.
ages to bridges and other property; to
change the name of Marrow Dyke ditch to
Marrow Dykertver; to protect citlzsne ofsus-
sex from peach yeliows by DR., Richardson,
to incorporate Muddy Run Branch Ditch
Company; concernlng q branch; TO estab-
llsh closed season for king crabs to ex.
terminate evil; by Mr.. Hynson, In relation
to liability OF county damages on account
OF detective highways and bridges to In.
corporate the Kent Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION; to divorce u pair; to divorce
Edward y. and Mary A. McOolley; by W. e.
Davis, for preservation of high water In
Murderklll and Mispillion rivers; to donate
to New Jersey the distinguished member
from New Castle hundred; by Mr.. Morgan,
for safety gates at railroad crossings; by
Mr.. LtnRo, In regard to peddlers' licenses;
by Mr. Short, In relation TO laborers; by Mr..
CLARK, to tax electric light and gas COM
pHnles; In relation to dividing up election
districts; by Mr.. Morgan, to prevent pink
eye III New Castle county; by Mr.. Masten,
In relation to game; by Mr.. Broekson, in
relation to gypstes andiwandering Migrants.
Introduced: Senate bill to incorporate
the Marshallton iron works; concerning q
Little Creek hundred road; to amend sec.
., chap. 507, vol. XVII; Senate bill supple
mentary to the charter OF the Hommo-
pathic Hospital; by Mr.. Morgan, to transfer
Edward G. Hering's farm to district 55,
Sussex county.
Passed; Senate bill to Incorporate Lincoln
Lodge, K. of 7.
Read and referred: Senate bills to amend
ne charter Of Wilmington, to amend
the charter OF the Delaware Live Stock
Company; to amend the Wilmington street
and sewer act,
Adjourned to 8 p. M, Monday.
DOVER, March 25.-The House mot at q D. m.
Mr.. Armstrong offered joint resolution re-
scnding the former resolution fixing to-day as
the limit for receiving new business. Adopted.
Notice: BY Mr.. Lodge, authorizing the ap-
notary public for tho Cresion
Lana and improyement Company; to amend
chap. 32l, Vol. XVIII; to divorce John G. and
Laura o. Hardness: in relation to the adoption
OF minors: to Incorporate the Wilmington Com
pahy; by Mr.. CLARK, 70 extend the charter NJ
the board of trustees Of The Wilmington NJ. IL.
Conferences for new road in Kenton hun
dred; to incorporate the Jordan Branch Ditch
company; 10 incorporate the Grain swamp
i,ltch company; by MIR. Biggs, To incorporate
me Odessa Creamery Company: TO empower
the New Castle county levy court 10 change the
course oil road; to incorporate the Noxontown
Pond Company; by DR. Richardson, in relation
70 the colOred schools of Duck Creek: in rcIa-
ton to catching FISH; in relation 10 the
planting ct oysters In Mahon's river;
IN relation 10 the State militia; 10
amend chap. III, Vol MY; by Mr.. White
tliisy % aiacni map .,t Wei ASf "a; d. divorce
Ertlnh and ArthNr lputs To prO'ile torcau-
hlE @ 'o"N.ntan ny NE people, Ia relation 10
Eti'th lNAultlN al " llHluEbbns regulating inc
advertisement in two newspapers of orphans
court, chancery and trustee sales; by Mr. ARM
strong, in relation TO the revenues OF the State;
III relation TO the state Board Of Health; con-
corning lands for sale by the orphans court;
to incorporate the Delaware ~ New Jersey
Freight Co.: by Mr.. Masten, for n new road In
Mispiiiion; for the relief Of district "A, Kent
county: by w. Il. Davis, 10 amend the char
ter OF Frederick; to straighten u road in South
Murderkill; by Mr.. Richardson, concerning
the schools Of Duck Creek; by MIR. Short, 10 in-
corporate tho Green Branch. Mccullough
Branch and Raccoon Savanna Ditch Company:
in relation 10 public roads. to pay school com
missioners for actual service; to incorporate
the Stone Branch Ditch Company; by Mr. Nor
gan, TO strnighten a road in Nanicoke: by MIR.
Wallace, To incorporate tho Scaford Loan AS
ISOLATION: for new road In Broad Creek hun
dred; by Mr.. Sackett, to transfer y. =. War.
ren7 and John Abbott's lands 10 united dis
land 70 united districts and ii6, Sussex for
the protection of muskrats in Suascx county;
TO regulate the sale Of pistols ami re-
ynlvers TO divorce Sallie H. and George
Young; in relation to nurseryuen and
dealers In trees and plants; by MIR, MRull
IN relation to certain road in Sussex; In
incorporate the Harrington II Breakwater rail-
road: to amend chapter 1is, Vol. XVIII; for a
stock law in district Ill, Sussex; TO incurp0rats
the sandy Branch. Ditch Company for new
rDah in Baltimore hundred; 10 amend section
b chapter l25 Revised Code; to provide Tor tho
enforcement of certain law; To amend the act
regulating pilotage; TO amend the charter OF
Lewes; to make levy rourtmtn elective by dis
ftcts; TO cedc certain lands 10 Tic United
States: to reimburse certain parties who were
drafted in the war and entitled to state mid,
but who never received ii; to amend the laws
In relation TO the assessment and collection al
taxes; 10 amend section i,chap. SD Vol XVIII:
TO regulate freghts and iares on railroads.
by Mr.. ilynAon for a new road in Milford hum
drcd; by K, a. Davis, to move a school house in
district 10, Kent county; by Mr.. D0wnhan 10
incorporate the Sussex Land and Cattle Tom
pany; by Mr.. Lodge, TO limit tue lien Of lndg.
lnents and rccOEniznnces; by MIR DoWnhamt 10
amend the charter Of the Georgetown Building
and Loan Association; 10 incorporate the
Georgetown Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Company; 10 amend chapter IS, Vol XVIII; 10
divide New Castle hundred into three election
districts.
The House having Indicated its desire mat
Speaker Hoifecker should be q member, tho
speaker named himself and Messrs CLARK
Lingo, Eckies and Armstrong as the i've. UorIse
members oi the Joint committee on pl0sncu-
ton OF The suits against banks for nnn-pay-
mont VI STATE tax.
VI Armstrong offered joint resolution pro
N3dlhE lUt the payment OF the agricultural OK
portmentstation appropriation 10 the trustees
oil Delaware college. Agreed to.
Adjourned 10 10 a. M, tomorrow.
Dover, March 26.-House met at 1915
q, N.
Introduced. By Mr.. Biegs, to transfer the
maComb Clayton farm TO united districts
go and 81 Sussex.
Speaker aofecker presented a memorial
from the Delaware State Grange. Referred.
hlessrs, Maui and bowman presented
circumstances against the passage OF bill
changing the date Of opening the schools in
Sussex.
Intro5ueed:~ By Mr.. Maui, to revoke the
Charter Of the Rehoboth Beach Association !;
by ME- Armstrong,to amend the practice Of
pharmacy act; by MIR. Whiteman to prevent
the spread OF the Canada thistle; by Mr..
Armstrong, to amend chapter 10. Vol, XVI:
oy MIR. Hynson, to divorce Margaret and
william j. Polk; by Mr.. Maui, stock law
for district l5i, SUSSEX; by Mr.. Morgan, to
establish record OF ancestry for persons
about 10 marry; by MIR. Whiteman, to d.
Yorce Arthur y. and Emma Il. Handy; john
W. and Elizabeth News; Joseph II. and
Hannah b, Chambers.