Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14
DEIAwAHE NAI-w11N1NeToN pEI4AM

uelectlNeS snail be IN the service OF the
Wilmington chief of police and shall re-
ceive 500 each per annum out of the city
treasury. But they are also subject to be
called ON by the attorney general, through
the governor, TO serve acquisitions, when
engaged in which duty their expenses
shall be paid by the State.
Joseph l.. Carpenter Jr., brought down
to-day number of circumstances against
the passage of the Silver Brook bill; also a
letter from L. Challsley Hatton, placing
the cost OF sewer, sufficiently large to
carry OF storm water and sewage, at the
heavy figure of $370,000.
Senator Hall and Judge Hall have de-
visod a simple plain TO temporarily relieve
the State library of the surplus books for
which no shelf room can be found. There
are about 5000 books now piled up on the
library floor, inaccessible themselves and
blocking the way to thousands of other
volumes. The idea, which has been en-
bodied in resolution adopted by both
houses, is to remove about 5000 of the
books least used to the upper rooms of the
State House, where shelving will be fitted
up for them. This will makethe contents
of the library available once more.
The Peach Fellows bill was finally dis
posed of this afternoon by the House con-
ourring in the Senate amendments. Mr..
Hutson moved House amendment ex-
empting Little Creek hundred, Kent
county, from the operation of the bill
and Mr.. Ridgely tried to get East Dover
hundred exempted, but It was no go.
Afterwards there was some discussion,
started by Mr.. Chapman, as to the regu
larity of Mr. Hutson's amendment II
was decided that the amendment was
irregular and, on motion of MIR. Higgins,
the proceedings relating to il were ordered
expunged from the journal. This knocked
out the amendment Mr.. Hutson had left
for home before this was done. The bill
as passed applies to that part of the State
south of Duck Creek and Kenton hun
dreds and goes into effect October LIST.
The Senate bill to incorporate the Kent
mere Land Company, which passed the
House last week and was reconsidered and
recommitted, was taken up for passage
again this afternoon and failed to go
through; the vote being Il ayes to noes.
The noes were Messrs. II. Il. Morris,
Ridgely, Walton and West, Mr.. Walton
voting in the negative in order to move for
another reconsideration. The bill origi-
nally empowered the incorporators to
make execute any and all leases, con-
tracts or guarantees respecting the pur-
chase and sale of lands and the acquisition
OF title to real estate-h 1t is stated that the
incorporators themselves had this bill re-
considered and recommitted in the first
place, stating that they did not desire the
l'htl W guarantee tlllbS. III COln0lllltG
the words were added (Which may be
owned or acquired by said corporation"
Yet the provision thus weakened was what
defeated the bill this afternoon.
The House bill providing for the pun
ishment of miscreants who tampcr with
legislation has not yet passed the Senate.
a. Il; Robinson ESD, has been associ-
ated with James l.. Wolcott in amending
some details of the Wolcott Ballot bill
DOVER, May l3.-The Senate was not in
session yesterday. The House met at $50
and took recess ut II 80 until $50 o'clock
in the evening. The members of the General
Assembly went to Laurel to attend the
funeral of J.. rurpin Moore and returned
at 40 o'clock. AT $50 there was no
quorum present in the House, but at Z
o'clock Speaker Sirman's gayel fell and
bare quorum of members answered to
to their Names There was an indisposi-
ton to get down to work and what was
done was accomplished spasmodically.
Among the first things done was to take
up the House bill providing for State
Point Railroad Company. There were ten
votes in favor of the bill and two against
1t, and the bill was declared passed with
out any remarks being made upon it.
The Senate bill "for the more efficient
protection against crime,' which provided
for the appointment of two detectives to
be paid by the city of Wilmington, and
who were to do work for the attorney
general and almost any one else in the
State who wanted to use them, was killed.
The House bill to incorporate the
Wawaset Land Company of Wilmington
failed TO pass because it did not receive
two-thirds vote. Mr.. Day, who voted for
the bill changed his vote to the negative
so as to be able to call for a reconsideration
to-day.
The most important business of the
evening was the reading of the official
acceptance by the Philadelphia, Whining
ton ~ Baltimore and the Delaware, Mary
land 4 Virginia railroad companies of the |
provisions of the act passed concerning the |
mortgages for S600000, The acceptances
came in the shape of minutes adopted in
Philadelphia on Tuesday by the board Of |
directors of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad Company, attested |
by j, G. Sims, secretary, and resolution |
passed by the directors of the Delaware,
Maryland 4 Virginia Railroad Company,
who also met on Tuesday, the resolution |
setting forth that the company assumes |
the obligation thereby imposed, in ac-
cordance with the conditions and stipula. |
tions of said actn