Evening journal., 1891-04-22

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STAT Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, April 21.-A caucus Of the
Democratic members of'the Committee on
Cities and Towns on the Five Commission.
ers bill was held In the room Of the clerk
Of the Senate during the merning recess.
Mr.. Williams has placed more amend
ments to the bill These amendments
are as follows:
The Levy Court Commissioners will
continue 10 hold ofice until the next
general election, when they will be sue
ceeded BY FIVE commissioners. The office
OF county treasurer will be vacated
within ten days after the passage OF the
bill, and the governor Is empowered to
appoint receiver Of taxes, whose duty
II shall be to Immediately appoint his
deputies; the governor Is authorized to
appoint a county comptroller.
Senator Williams informed Speaker
Donahoe to- day Of these amendments
They we're accepted by che speaker as
the best he could get, and Mr. Williams
agreed to support the bill
he has also agreed TO support the state
registration bills and the bill to repeal the
assessment laws OF 1873
Walter Hayes Is terribly exercised over
the Fulton Local Option bill He says
that 1t Is bill for prohibition and not
for local option The text Of the bill Is
as follows:
IAN act to take the sense Of the people
on the question Of granting license to sell
intoxicating liquors.
BE It enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the state of Della
ware IN the General Assembly met
Section 1 At the next general cleo
tion TO be held In this state, the qualified
voters of the several counties shall have
the right to vote fer or against the
granting Of licenses to sell intoxicating
liquors Ia said counties respectively.
Section 2. The ballots to be used In
such election shall be provided, prepared
and vded In the same way as other bal
lots are required by law TO be at the
general election. aud may be separate or
form part Of group with the candidates
named on a general ticket.
Section The ballots herein pro
vided for shall have either the words
For License or Against License printed
thereon
Section 4. All laws now In force
touching the qualification Of voters.
manner Of conducting the election, certi
flying returns and canvassing the same.
and the certifying the final result. 80
far AS applicable, shall apply TO the vote
for or against license: Provided, that
the county board OF canvassers for each
county shall make separate additional
certificates Of the votes cast In each
county, respectively, and deposit the
same with the clerk OF the peace, who
shall Immediately record the same IN
the docket Of the Court Of General Ses-
slcns Of the Peace. and carefully pre-
serve the original on Ale In bis office
Section II It shall appear from
said certificate or otherwise, that
majority Of the votes cast In any county
was In favor Of license then licenses may
be granted as heretofore But II II shall
appear that the majority Of votes cast az
aforesaid WAS against license, then no
licenses shall be granted TO sell lntoxica
ting liquors in said county.
'secton 9. Any person who shall sell.
give way or dispense any Intoxicating
liquors, without a license to do so; or
having such license, shall sell, give way
OF dispense such liquor contrary 20 law,
shall upon conviction thereof. for the first
otfense pay the fine Of not less than 400
and the costs Of prosecution, and shall
safer imprisonment until the hne and
costs are paid and for second or sub
sequent oifense shall In addition to such
punishment be imprisoned not less than
three months nor more than one year.
In all prosecutions fer q second aud
subsequent Cffense Is aforesaid, II shall
not be necessary to state II In the indict
ment 70 be such. but II may be proved to
be so In any proper manner, and the
record Of former conviction shall b.
conclusive evidence thereof.
Big Day IN the senate.
The divorce mill has practically shut
down. for the session, and in anticipa-
ton OF this the Divorce Committee Of
the Senate got rid Of all its bills to- day
II passed twelve bills and lost one,
which was an act to divorce Annie clark
from jehn w. Clark
The bills passed were as follows: To
divorce Margaret from Charles Neut
wich. Of Wilmington; to divorcp
Eugeaia from Charles p Barnes, If Will
taington; to divorce Harry X. from
Susan j. Robinson, Of Wilmington; "a
divorce Margaret from James w. Twi-
Ao4At "a OcineAf W ulFoitc Aab
rick F. from Mary E. Don.
ley, OF Wilmington; to divorce
James from Eva Gamer Of Wilmington
70 divorce Emma ]. from Louis Stock.
well Of Leipsic TO divorce Mary E. from
William IA Reed Of Harrington; e
divorce Thomas from Annie Roadway Of
Kent county; to divorce Leah from
Charles T. Carey Of Wilmington; Z,
divorce Annie M from George Little o.
Wilmington; TO divorce George w. from
Cassie Piper Of Wilmington.
From the above II will be seen tina
Wilmington carried the day by BIZ
majority.
The time for considering divorces ex
pires to morrow evening. Senators Ros
and Moore have paired and flown, an
viii net be back for day OF two The
are both mem bers Of the Divorce Com
mittee and that is the reason the tabl
was cleared this afternoon.
There is one redeeming feature abou
the Senate's action, and that Is that the
were all meTitorious cases.
The outlook for divorce considerable
IN the Sencte two years from now Is Il
from ALTERING. Senator'S Pilling, Wi
lisms. Hall and Ross will undoubtedl
vote against taking any such bills I'M
consideration. Senator Ross has bee
scored So Numerically for his particle
tion ia IL his session that he is di
gusted One day recently he said in op.
Senate that the only mistake the Sena
had made was the back down It ma
from the original stand 1t took not
consider any such cases.