Smyrna times., 1891-04-01
Delaware Legislature.
THE IMPORTANT BILLS STILL HANG
FIRE,

ware, with only three counties to leg
islate for, is still Nesting with Legislative
problems.
Things will be lively for the com.
mittee on Municipal Corporations this
week. Some half dozen delegation.
from as many different towns will be
looking after amendments to their diff
ferent charters.
New Castle and Kenton will open
the ball to-day and then the rest will
follow.
Mr.. Meyers of Meyers ballot ma
chine fame packed up and left Satur
day with his machine but he NAV come
back and give the committee one more
trial. Everybody admits that the bal
lot machine was IA good thing, but il
Was evidently too radical a step for the
average member of the Legislature,
Very few of the legislators expect tc
get away before the last of April. as
there are several very important bill,
TO come IN yet, and the minor bills are
still rolling in by the scores. They'll
not stop coming in for a couple o,
weeks yet, that's certain, and there are
about 200 bills now in not acted upon.
The Senate amendment to the House
joint resolution making an annual an
preparation of $25, 900 to the Delaware
State Hospital, which cuts the appro
priatiOn down to $4,000, was concur.
red in by the House.
The Free School Book bill has been
amended and re-amended and is Onlv
waited the return of Senator Williams
to be called up.
The rival street railway companies
IN Wilmington having settled their diff.
terences, their respective bills which
had been hung up in committee for six
weeks past moved on. The Front and
Union bill passed the House and the
Wilmington City bill passed the Sen.
ate: One of the points of their treaty
is that the roads shall interchange pas.
sengers and make a uniform fair of 8
cents all over the city.
The House passed the Lemuel ID
Tingle Divorce bill. Tingle was diyor.
ced twOyears ago, but the Divorce act
was repealed within a week, and he
has never been sure since whether he
was legally married or single. He
asked for a second divorce to set this
straight.
Judge Balls Tramp Labor bill passed
the House and is now law. II prO.
vldes that tramps shall be put to work
breaking stone for roads. In order tO
prevent another public hanging Mr.
kidgely has introduced bill requiring
the erection of an enclosure sufficiently
high to make all future executions pri.
vate.
The Delaware National Guard will
hold no more encampments if Thurs
days action of the Committee on Fed.
eral Relations is sanctioned by botb
Houses, With the encampments aboI.
ished it is probable that the Delaware
National Guard would soon become q
thing of the past
Mr.. Ridgely introduced Taxation
OF Investments bill, which is to suDer.
sede the Fulton measure, and which
differs from the latter in not deductinp
the mortgage from the farm assessment
and not contemplating municipal taxa.
tion of investments.
Mr.. Eisenbrey has a bill drafted
which provides that members of the
9enearal Assembly shall receive q sal.
airy OF 5000, without any other renum.
GRAFTON, compensation, privileges or
faVors on account of their official posi.
ton. Ii they are convened in extra
session they shall receive $9 per day.
TOBACCO DENIED THE BOYS.
The House Thursday passed the bill
making it q miSdemeanor for auv
dealer in cigars, cigarettes or tobacco.
/ 70 81, l. -
years old. lt'further makes it unlaw-
ful for child between the age of ten
and sixteen years to use tobacco in
any puSlic place, under a penalty of
$500
ES THE INTEREST OF EDUCATION.
In the Senate, Senator Pilline intro.
duced two bills, one appropriating $4O.-
OOO for the erection of buildings on the
grounds of Delaware College, to be de-
voted to agriculture and the mechani-
cal arts. The other bill approp-iates
$4,000 for the erection Of suitable
! buildings at some place 10 be selected
wherein cOlOred students are to be
taught the science of agriculture. the
mechanical arts, English literature and
mathematics, and where also teachers
for eolored scholars are to be trained.
Inc institution is 10 be conducted by
three trustees from each connty-one
Democrat, one Republican and one
oOlOred man-namely Charles B,
Lore, Henry @. Conrad and Daniel P.
Hamilton, New Castle county Daniel
NJ. Ridgely, George w. Marshall and
John w. Thompson, Kent county /:
William n. Ross, Henry P. Cannon
and James Summers, Sussex county.
NATIONAL BANKS TAX.
The state is about to come out victor
in another case involving o large
amount Of money, A compromise has
been practically effected between the
state and national banks Of the state in
relation to the $4,000 back tax due
them, Rumor has it that the state
will receive $4,000 but the counsel
on both sides refuse to confirm the
rumOr.
Be this as it may the state will get
thousands Of dollars it was never ex-
peeted to receive.
THE RIDGELY TAX BILL.
The Ridgely tax bill for the taxation
OF Investments has made its appear-
ance. The authorship Of the new bin
is attributed to James L. Wolcott, ESQ.
and the chances are that It will receive
the approval Of the House committee
and be reported as a substitute for the
Fulton bill. II is a much less radical
and perniei0us measure than the latter.
Like the Fulton bill IL makes all kinds
of investments, bonds, mortgages.
Judgments, DEGREES, recognizapces. bank
shares, railroad, telegraph, telephone.
insurance, canal, navigation, gas. cleo.
trlc light and other stocks, national
state, county and city securities, and
All other evidences of indebtedness.
subject TO assessment for taxation but
unlike the Fulton bill, It confines that
1a4ation TO county purposes and does
nog contemplate assessment for munio-
lpai taxation. Unlike the Fulton bin
also, u does not inquire into what 4
maR owes, but simply what be owns.
u taxes the holder of a mortoaga y.
q Judgment bond, but It does moi nnte~
tae farm that has been mortgaoed o.
Inc debtor who has confessed ind9mant
rhough not exempt from inauisitoriai
features, It does not hold a candle ~ ~
sne preposterous lnqulsition az tbe
Fulton hill " sue