Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

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| $500 was asked for in the first place and
declared $500 is ample. Mr.. Sharkey
called for yea and nay vote on his
substitute, which resulted as follows:
Yea - Messrs. Curren, McKenney,
Sharkey and White, Nay-Messrs.
Baugh, Beale, Cotton, Hawkins, Law
son, Magee, Vandegrift, Perkins and
Farra. The original motion was
adopted without further opposition.
Next, bill relating to claims for per-
sonal injuries, also prepared by the city
solicitor, was read. It provides that no
action for the recovery of compensation
for injury or death shall be entertained
unless notice Of time, place and cause of
injury or damage is filed with the pro-
thonotary of the county within GO days,
and the action is commenced within one
year from the occurrence of the accident
alleged to have caused injury or death,
and that the notice required by section
| shall be in writing, signed by the per-
son injured or by some one in his or her
behalf; but if from physical or mental
incapacity it is impossible for the person
| injured to give the notice within the
time provided in said section, he or she
may give the same within 10 days after
such incapacity is received, and
in case of his or her death
without having given the notice and
without having been for 10 days at any
time after his or her injury of INSULT
cient capacity to give the notice his or
her executors or administrators may
give such notice within 30 days after
their appointment, but no notice given
under the provision of this section shall
be deemed TO be invalid or insufficient
solely by reason of any inaccuracy in
stating the time, place or cause Of the
| injury, provided it is shown that this
was no intention to mislead and that
the party entitled to notice was not in
part misled thereby. The bill was re-
ferred to the law committee with in
structions to go to Dover and urge its
passage. Mr.. Curren alone voted in the
negative.
The city solicitor next submitted
bill borrowing $500,000 for improving
the streets and avenues of this city. Ii
directs the mayor and Council to bor-
row such sum not exceeding in the
aggregate $500,000, which shall be in
addition to the present funded debt of
the city and shall be appropriated, ap-
piled and expended for such purposes
as paving and improving the streets and
avenues, and to issue bonds of the city
for the payment thereof, with interest
at such time and in such manner as
Council shall by ordinance prescribe
and appoint, and further provides that
any and all moneys borrowed under
authority of the act shall be borrowed
by the mayor and Council at such time
and in such amounts as the Board of
Directors of the Street and Sewer De-
partment may direct, and shall be APP
piled and expended through and by said
board which shall lhavesupervision, man
agement, direction and control of and |
over the work and the expenditure of |
the money as hereby provided, that all |
moneys borrowed as aforesaid for the |
purposes named shall be placed on spec /
ial deposit by the board and all orders
or warrants for the payment of money
drawn against such fund shall have /
specified the words "paving and i'm
proving the streets and avenues and
no warrants or orders for the paying of
money shall be drawn against the fund
except such orders or warrants are for
work done in improving the streets and
avenues Of the city and that the bonds
of the city authorized TO be issued under
this act shall be issued and payment
made in manner provided by the act
passed at Dover ON February 9th, 1856,
entitled an act providing sinking fund
for the payment of the city debt Of Will
and the various amendments
and supplements thereto.
Mr.. Magee moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the law committee with in
structions to go to Dover and urge its
passage.
Mr.. Hawkins said he did not like the
$500,000 He did not object to 100000
a year being put at the disposal of the
Board of Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department but, he declared, if
the board obtains 100000 in a lump
The city will in a very short time
be 50 overrun with Italians and Hun
garians that the citizens will be unable
10 live here.
Mr.. White, too, thought $500,000 is
90 large sum to be intrusted to the
BOARD at one time and offered as an
that further consideration
If the subject be postponed for one
week.
Mr.. Baugh said there is no doubt of j
he bill being passed, whether Council
axes any action or not, and asserted !
hat it is not intended to borrow all the
money at once. !,
Mr.. Beale thought 100000 year
would be enough.
Mr.. McKenney favored postponing
urther consideration and suggested that t
90 copies of the bill be printed. n
Calling Mr.. Baugh to the chair Presi- v
ent Farra descended to the floor and 81
Lated that he did not favor the bill in b
$ present shape. He thought it should "
rovide that the interest be paid out of t.
lie appropriation of the Board of a
directors of the Street and Sewer De- ST
Mr.. Baugh said the bill will be fol-
WED by one allowing the city rebate =,
n all licenses. n,
Mr.. Curren ridiculed the idea of hav- ~ n,
g such a bill passed, declaring the IN
wer counties would not permit it. d.
Mr. Baugh said there would be no OF
arm in asking and it is proposed to ask So
r two-thirds rebate. "a. "a
Mr.. Hawkins declared the city should co ~,
i've rebate and said if 1t could be
cured he would like the $500000
tier than he now regards it,
The motion to postpone was adopted y
: a yea and nay vote of II to two, ~
essrs. Cotton and Curren voting in the fh1
gative. Re-
The ordinance entitled an ordinance tn
oviding for the relief of the appropri- co
ion for the fire department was put on po
third reading, adopted and referred SiS
the mayor, who, after brief ex-
lination, returned it with his sigma
re of approval attached, when 1t was 90,
clared to be an ordinance of the city. Tss
:. Baugh objected to $1,000 being or or
Ken from the incidentals and miscel- so,