Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-04-29

bridge company and two connecting rail-
ways and 70 make the combination
available as q link In q direct through
line from the peninsula to New England,
thereby avoiding the delay and expense
OF transhlpment and ferriage at Jersey
City and New York;.
10 guard against accidents at public
highway crossings Of railroads (restorinR
the whistle signal, instead of ringing the
engine belly.
Among the thirty-three joint resolu-
tions Is one making an appropriation of
$3.50 to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty TO Animals, and another giving
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children 5000. A joint resolution
taxes telegraph aud telephone poles, one
provides for the erection of monument
In memory Of General Caesar Rodney; an.
other appropriates Sli, 600 for the main
tenance OF the State insane asylum; an
other empowers Levi 9. B I'd, A. e.
Sanborn and John Biggs, Esqs., to
prosecute suits against these banks to a
finali y and compensate themselves by
commission OF 10 10 25 per cent, accord
ing to the time for which the courts may
decide such tax to be due aud payable,
and another strikes $4,000 year from
the taxes 0f the Baltimore and Philadel-
phia Railroad for two years.
Sixty three bills relate to changing
school district boundaries, transferring
certain farms from one to the other, and
allowing other districts to raise special
taxes for building aud enlsrging school
houses. All of these bills that relate TO
New Castle county 10 one allowing dis
trlct 81, Mill Creek hundred, 10 borrow
kStn 70 Lufll uabnOt hOnEas
creating a new district from districts
Al, As and 83, and from united districts
30 and l52; an act to re-enact the act to
create a new district; for the relief OF
district 90; to permit district No. O,
Brandywine hundr,d, to borrow money;
to consolidate public schools of Towrs-
end and one relating TO negro school tax
In the hands of State Treasurer Herbert.
Que hundred and thirteen bills are
private corporation acts, such as the in
corporation of lodges, societies, manu-
facturers, firms and amendments thereto.
Thirty bills relate to municipal corpora
tione. Those pertaining to Wilmington
are the following:
An act increasing the appropriation
for the Sewer aud Street Department to
$i20 900 for the ensuing year, an Increase
of about $25, 600.
An act providing for an interceptlng
sewer along the south long race, to drain
all the Northwestern part OF the city,
$50, 900 OF The cost to be taken from the
surplus remaining to the aity's credit,
and the amount required to complete the
sewer after this sum is expended to be
raised In two years by taxation.
An act vacating street. This act
allows the department to vacate the front
on De aware river at tie foot Of Chris
tiana avenue, which was purchased by
the City Council number of years ago
and which has since cost the city S2l 900
and been OF no benefit.
An act compelling all property owners
erecting new houses in u section oi the
city where sewer accommodate ons are
provided by the city to drain all water
closets eherein.
An act giving the department the right
where pavement in front of house or
lot is in dangerous condition to have
the same repaired ut the expense of the
property, and also to make the property
owner responsible for any damage which
may result from bad pavement.
An act, or rather section of an act,
giving the Sewer and Street Department
the right 10 deposit its money whore de-
sired.
An act providing for the transfer oi
money ttom the bond and in crest fund
of the Water Department to the Council,
and OF the same amount IN sinking fund
bonds.
An act forbiddlug fraudulent Gales,
such as "iie sales. :"
An act exemIting Cherry Island Marsh,
| Wilmington, from certain taxes.
An act authorizing the street aud sewer
department of Wilmington to further
extend and open Eleventh street from
| Mad son to Adams and Monroe street
from Tenth to Delaware avenue.
An act supplement to the charter OF
| Wilmington: the biennial election bill,
which pleases Neary and Dickey.
An act piying the Academy OF Vista
tion the right TO nc uire property to the
amount OF $l00,0Q0 and to be exempt
from taxation for the next twenty years.
Among other act, passe is one Il sc l.
ing the insane asylum at Farnhurst to
the State for $75, 900, and the following
other acts:
An act defining the liability of fire in
surance companies In certain cases, callt d
the Richardson Valued Policy bill. Goes
into effect January LIST, 1890. Requires
tho insurance company to pay the full
face of the policy where property has
been destroyed by fire without criminal
ity of the owner.
An act raising liquor licenses to 5000 in
| Wilmington, 800 In towns with over
2,00U population, and sl0O for other
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An act abolshlng corpora, punishment
for all crimes committed by womrn.
An act to provide S25 for the bur al of
any INDECENT soldier sailor or marine
who shall have served in the army or
navy of the United States In any war in
" bicb 1t has been engaged. and who has
been honorahly discharged, and who
ehall hereafter die within this State.
An act for the better protet ton OF
female children, making it penal
offence to harbor girls OF less than. Is
years in houses of III fame.
The Constitutional Convention bill, the
bill providing for three county commits
sioners for New Castle county, instead OF
eleven Levy Courtmen, the II to elect
Levy Courtmen by districts In Sussex
county, the local option bill, the bill to
provide for letter assessment and col
lecticn of county taxes, and pumber OF
other reform bills were sll strangled to
depth In the Senate, after having passed
The House.
Ii you intend to travel either Tor plsas-
ure or profit protect Y urstlf ag iUst the
changes OF oist aud water, b. having
with you Laxador, TIE great regulator,
and using IL in time TO prevent the dsor.
ders usually resulting from such changes.
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