The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-05-09
THIRD EDITION.



On Thursday. whenit. beeame known
In the Legislature that q rider had been
myeteriously attached to bill No. 1858,
q bill increasing the length OF the term
OF the city auditor, q committee con
H fIis N an egS II. l. ifufson were ap.
pointed to investigate the matter. In
the Senate, Messrs. Pflling and Hous-
ton were appointed committee Tor a
similar purpose.
Yesterday afternoon the committees
having Investigated the case as far as
they could, met and agreed to the fol-
lowing.
ITO the Honorable the House OF
Representatives OF the State OF Della
ware.
"Your joint committee appointed to
investigate the tampering with House
bill No. 1858 would respectfully re-
port;
'FThat the bill has evidently been
materially altered, and that alteration
was made while the bill was in the
custody OF William H. Lee, between 10
O'Clock midnight Of Thursday, April
80 1891, and ~ and o'clock noon on
Friday, May |, 1891. And further, that
between those hours named the said
William II. Lee went to Wilmington on
the midnight train and came back
with the bill next morning, arriving
In Dover between IL and l O'Clock
noon. Respectfully submitted,
#. b. SMITH,
II. J. Holman,
W. I. HuTsoN,
Chairman.
The same report, signed by Senators
in
Senate and adopted.
After the report had boon received In
the House Mr. Hutson, chairman OF
the committee on revised statutes,
offered the following, which was read
first time, the rules were unanimo us-
ly suspended, the bill read d third
time and passed:
IAN act to prevent tampering with
Legislative proceedings.
'Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
OF Delaware In General Assembly met.
Section } That whatsoever shall
wllfullyndd to, alter, defase, Grace OBJ
literate, mutilate, blot, blur, steal,
hide, conceal, destroy or misplace
with Intent to conceal any bill pend
Ing before either branch OF the General
| Assembly OF this State, or any com.
mittee thereof, or any joint commit
tee of the two houses. shall be guilty
of felony; and ponconyiction thereof,
shall pay fine Of not less than 500
nor more than $4,000 and costs OF pros
ecution; shall be-. publicly whipped
with not less than ten nor more than
thirty lashes; and shall also be impris-
oned not less than one nor more than
ten years. And who soever shall in
like manner add to, alter, deface, erase,
obliterate, mutilate, blot, blur, steal,
hide, conceal, destroy, or misplace
with intent to conceal, any act passed
| by the said General Assembly, shall be
guilty of like offence and shall DO
punished In like manner.
Section 2. A bill, within the near,
ing of this act, shall be taken as pend
ing from the time OF its introduction
until enrolled and signed by the
speakers Of both houses. II shall then
be, and be taken as and foran act.
Section 8. Alterations or amend
ments made i'm the regular course OF
| proceedings, or openly and honestly
made in committee, OF by the direo
ton OF any member thereof, shall not
1 be construed as a violation of the first
section Of this act.
| Section 4. Nothing herein contained
shall BIO construed to prevent or linl
either house from furnishing for con
tempt according to parliamentary
usage; nor shall any such punishment
for contempt be onstrued to pre-
vent or limit prosecutions under the
first section OF this net.
| The I'LL Will he as unanimously pas
sod In the Senate whom 1t meets OIL
| Monday.