Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-21
members Of both houses; being obviously

press companies doing business Ia this
State will Just do II, n IL goes through in
Its present shape. The $4,000 mention n
therein rs the proper figure which express
business should pay, ts, however, merely
tentative and subject to modification when
reliable Information as TO the earnings OF
said business has been laid before the Leg.
stature.
Then there are other sources from which
the State may very properly recoup itself
Among them telegraph and telephone lines,
which have long enjoyed valuable fran.
cniees and done pretty much as they pleased
Without contributing their quota to the
public purse. This is to be remsdied through
plils given notice OF by Messrs. Maull and
Armstrong.
Speaker Hoffeeker, as chairman OF the
investigating committee, at the opening OF
the afternoon session Of the House, offered
me Following preamble and resolutions,
Whish were promptly adopted by both
houses and ordered to be recorded on the
House Journal.
A., WHEREAS, Certain irregularities appear by
INC settlement OF the accounts of the clerk OF
the pence of New Castle county, and
. WHEREAS, joint resolution was passed by
lne senate and House oil Representatives ap-
pointing Joint committee TO investigate the
accounts OF said clerk; therefore DO IL
ReA fp.d, That after a fun examination Of
ue whole matter your committee are fully pre-
pared TO exonerate the said clerk of the peace
o. any and all blame, which they believe has
resulted from an irregular and cum bersome
system for which the clerks OF the peace are In
no way responsible: and be II further
hog'd, That your committee do unnni-
muusly recommend the passage of the bill now
pending before the General Assembly entitled
hn Act in relation 70 licenses 70 be prepared
py the secretary OF State"
Representative Gray has given notice OF
a Dill that fs loaded. 1t Ia entitled IAN act
70 amend the act regulating the Sale OF In
toAlcatlng LIQUORS." and bears evidences OF
being the liquors men first reply to the
Law and Order Society bill. 1t strikes out
OF chapter 408, Volume XIV, the words '.to
De drunk on the premises /" 1t contempates
keeping open bar on school election days
and the reopening of the bars as soon as
the polls have closed on general eleotior.
days. instead Of waiting till midnight as
the law now requires; and It adds the fol-
lowing clause to section IL: "It any minor
enter any place licensed to sell Intoxicating
liqnors, as provided for In this act, for the
purpose OF obtaining any such liquors as
beverage for hie own use. he shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor. and upon conyic-
ton thereof, he shall forfeit and pay q fine
OF SlUO. IL any such minor represent him
self to be OF full age for the purpose OF &c.
curing intoxicating liquors as aforesaid, or
II any other person shall 80 represent said
minor to be OF full age for the purpose
Aforesaid, every such minor or other person
SO representing him to be OF full! age shall
be- guilty Of a misdemeanor and, upon con-
yiclion OF such false representation, shall
forfeit and pay flne OF sl00."
The appearance oil this measure indicates
that next Monday nights public discussion
Will not be one.sided affair. Rspresenta-
tive Downham. who introduced the Prlokett
high license and local option bill, and who
has sent out many copies thereof, sum-
married the responses he has received by
declaring, the other DAY, that In his opin-
Ion there are NO two temperance men in
the whole State who want precisely the
same legislation.
Senator Donahoe Is very justly elated
over his success In getting through the bill
approprialinR $25 Tor the burial of INDECENT
Soldier, sailors and narinee. IL was
In the Senate 80 as to restrict the
to Dslawareans.
The Senate substitute for Register
McWhoIter's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. settlements.
bill is ready for third read
ing In the House. 1t leaves with the levy
court the fixing OF the compensation.
The State Treasurer was directed, by res
olution TO. day, 70 pay the claim Of Charles
Is. Lore, Esq Of 81 900 for counsel fses In
.sls suit agafust tbs Baltimore Il Pa,tad9et-
phia railroad. The railroad refused to pay
the amount of tax demanded, on the ground
hat the sum for which 1t was liable should
be ascertained by comparison with the as
mites OF railroad belonging to the p, W. &
b railroad in this State (Which includes
he branch from Delaware Junction to Rod
hey, now Porter's station, and not by the
30, $40 miles OF p, W. & b. tracks between
Inc Pennsylvania and Maryland lines. Upon
his refusal, State Treasurer Herbert
brought suit against the b & p, before the
superior court at the September term, 1887;
which suit was ordered to be heard
before all the judges OF the court OF
srrors and appeals. Accordingly the case
was argued before the higher court, at the
January term, 1858, by Charles b. Lore, Esq,
aud Attorney general Biggs, for the State,
md Johh K. Cohen and Levi O. Bird, E,qs.,
'or the railroad company. On May I'd, 1888,
he court unanimously decided In favor OF
he State, and that the railroad company
,honld pay the amount of 1856, 10i SO
assessed against 1t, The amount which the
.ailroad company claimed was all It should
1a called on to pay was S24, $50. 10; so that
ir. Lore was regarded by the General
Assembly as instrumental In saving to the
State the difference between these two
'ums, amounting to I'll 1881.
Dover, March ls.-The legislative features
" this afternoons short session OF the
General Assembly were the passage OF the
,enate Boundary Line bill, through that
,odv, and the Introduction In the House,
~ Representative Maull, of the Telegraph
Taxation bill. The first names ex-Secre-
airy Bayard and Speakers Lewis and Hof-
ecker commissioners, to act In conjunction
With the Pennsylvania commissioners in re-
urveying, relocating, and marking by en-
turing monuments the I2.mile circle; and
lppropriatas $4,000, or as much OF that
um as may be needed, to foot the bills.
The Maull bill is cast In precisely the
anne mould as the Armstrong Express
company Taxation bill. IL requires each
company doing business In Della
ware to pay a tax of $4,000 per year, In
payments to be made In jan
lary and July. In case OF default for 80
laws In payment, the State treasurer shall
make proclamation thereof by publication
a the newspapers. III the arrearages are
lot paid up within two weeks after such
any operator or other person
Lssisting the defaulting company In con.
inuing business In this State shall be liable
o a flne OF $500. Such company can REIN
tate itself by paying up arrearages.
fnrtl6fmOr6 IL ID pTONiutu tnht Ehto5 budli
lot be advanced In consequence OF such
axation, under penalty OF maximum fine
Il $500 for each lnfraction of this provision.
Representative Gray brought down with
i'm tho LII increasing the appropriation
Il the Street and Sewer Commission and
iii making variety of minor amendments
md changes In tho act creating the Will
ntngtop department OF election and regis
ration. Some OF these changes are such
& will be necessitated by the passage OF
he one-memher fronn-each, ward Council
I'M and are based on the presumption that
hat measure will pass. Such are the pro-
'isiops for biennial registrations and elec-
ions, and that the members of the depart
nent shall receive salary OF $500 10 each
ear In which city election Is held, and
10 compensation in the alternate years.
mother amendment extends the term OF
ludrew G.. Wilson TO August LIST, 1895;
.lexandar ]. Hart to August LIST, 1893,
nd George s. Capelle TO August LIST, 1891.
/ Is also provided that "the total number
1 inspectors in each ward shall be divided
/, oo,,ally IA noaatha hetWeen the different