Milford chronicle., 1889-03-29

strictly non partisan and asks a hearing a
/ citizens of Delaware. The Temperance sub
ject is heldto be Of vital importance, and III,
grange is a unit in favor Of legislation OF
this line. Bribery at elections is touched OF
aud the Legislature is asked to enact a Law
that will make It penal offense to eithei
buy or sell votes.
A law that would tax mortgages, it is aisC
thought by the grange, would be just auC
! beuhcial TO the farming interests OF the state
/ Adulterated food is touched on and the pa
1 per closes with a strong appeal in favor o.
calling a constitutional convention. Tn,
memorial was referred to the Committee OF
/ Agriculture.
Mr Whiteman's bill to prevent the spread
Of the Canada thistle provides for the cutting
down and destruction Of this plant undei
I penalty.
Mr.. Morgan put in his bill TO provide for
/ record Of ancestry and the publication eight
days before license can be granted to marry
| Mr. Maull said he wonld fight the bill until
the bachelor members had a chance to get
married.
The bill to compel the clerks of school
districts 10 give bond was up again this
morning. Mr.. Downham fought hard foI
the bill. but Kent and New Castle didn't
want the BILL and some Of the Sussex mem
bers thought il was a reflection on the Sus-
sex school clerks to pass the bill while it re-
ferred to Sussex alone; aud the bill went
down. Every member had a shot at the
measure, and school matters were pretty well
ventilated
On motion of Mr. Lodge, the Liquor
Amendment Bill which was passed last week
and recalled, was referred back to the Com
mittee on Vital Statistics for further amend
meut.
The district system is growing among the
colored schools. Mr.. Clark introduced a bill
this moring to incorporate the colored
schools of Kenton hundred.
A bill increasing the appropriation for
colored schools and to provide better and
more efficient plain for the collection oftaxes
for the support Of colored schools was intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Downham this
morning The bill if passed adds So 600 to
the colored school appropriation, giving them
$1,000 instead Of 10000.
The two year-old Laurel School bill got
through this afternoon.
Captain Eckles introduced a bill this after
noon III relation to public documents, which
provides that the secretary OF state shall have
an additional 100 copies of the pambhlet
laws printed biennially the clerks Of the
two houses sixty copies additional to what
they now have printed, aud that sufficient
number of copies Of the auditors and school
report be printed for distribution.
Mr.. Biggs had passed in the House this af-
ternoon bill which increases the salary Of
the fish commissionery to 5000 per annum.
Mr. Biggs explained that that amount is
necessary now for the expsuses Of the Office,
and to simplify matters he desired to lump
the matter
The Senate this morning concurred in the
House joint resolution in relation to pushing
the suit against national banks to recover
taxes, and Senators Donahoe, Richardson and
Bacon were named as the committee on the
part of the Senate.
Wednesday morning was taken up by the
bill which was to have reduced the fees Of
the State Chemist for fertilizing analyses !;
but the measure, upon discussion of facts,
was tantamount 10 abolishiug the Office en-
tirely and it was finally defeated
Several private bills were passed and the
Peach Yellows bill taken up, but so much
opposition was manifested that Mr.. Sackett
had it re-committied.
At 1925 the Senate went into secret ses-
sion on Mr.. Richardson's bill to build new
State house. The secret session developed
that there is little or no probability that any
thing more will be done than to make press
ing repairs to the old building. A resolu-
ton einbodying this idea and employing an
architect to examine the present building
and report what repairs or alterations it
needs, was referred to a joint committee TO
be made up of three senators and six repre-
sentatives.
Losr-"I don't know where, l can't tell