Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-16

1888. to dispose of the old almshouse
property. The bill recites that the com
missioners have sold and negotiated the
sale of all the real estate held by them in
trust, but will not be able to realize on and
convert into cash mortgages and securi-
ties taken by them in payment therefor
within the ten years limit, which expires
March 3Oth next; therefore they ask for
this extension of time.
House adopted resolution Tuesday
morning certifying to the validity of
license blanks held by the clerks of the
peace which bear the signature of ex-Sec.
rotary Marvel. The promotion of Mr..
Marvel to the judgeship left these licenses
on hand and it would cost the State 500
or so to replace them with new ones. When
Governor Reynolds was informed of this
resolution he suggested that the preferable
plan would be to authorize Secretary
Hawkins to simply run his pen through
his predecessors name and write his own
underneath. This amendment will be
adopted
The House on Tuesday passed the
Senate bill making Labor Day a legal holt
day. This adds the first Monday in Sep.
TENDER to the list of Delaware holidays
Washington's birthday, Memorial Day,
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas.
The House indefinitely postponed the
Senate joint resolution appointing special
joint committee on that part Of the gov
ernor's message relating to the registration
and ballot laws. This was done, not in
opposition to the subject matter, but be-
cause the consideration of the message had
previously been referred to another COM
mittee.
Mr.. Armstrong; bill sin relation to the
collection of taxes in Kent and Sussex
counties" aims ut the re-enactment in
these counties of the delinquent law
repealed two years ago. The Levy
Court of Kent county has unanimously
memorialized the Legislature to do this,
because the county has experienced a
very material loss in taxes by the repeal
MIR. Armstrong says that, as things are
now, man can vote for eight years in
Kent county by paying only two years
taxes"
Mr.. Coochs New Castle Board of Trade
bill starts off like directory of that ven
cradle city. The incorporators include
DR.. John j. Black, Charles Ii. Clewell
William ]. Ferris, Alexander d. Cooper,
Ira Lunt, Hiram II. Borie,. James b.
Toman, William Herbert, Julian d. Jan
vier. William II. Clark, William A.
Vickery, Patrick McGrory, Thomas Fra
zier, Thomas Shearer, William b. Roth
we'll, Theodore w. Hance Charles p
Wise, John Fleming, Hiatt Graham, Will
mer Hanson. John ID. lIinkey, John T..
Connolly, John Thompson, +. i. Wideher,
James T. Eliason, d. r. Blackburn IL.
McCauley, John Duncan, George W. Dick
son and John l.. Lambson.
MIR. Watkins has i'll hand bill to REIN
corporate the Old Dominion Steamship
Company.
Nathaniel Williams has extended to the
General Assembly another invitation to
visit Earnhurst. suggesting next Friday
afternoon, if acceptable.
Senate.
DOVER Feb. S.--The Senate met at 11.o6
o'clock, a. M.
Read and referred: House bills to
divorce Carrie G.. and George w. Cannon:
to renew the charter of the ]. Morton
Poole Company; 10 amend section 2,
chapter 562, Vol. NV, Laws of Delaware;
to divorce James c. and Mary Il. McComb;
Delaware; to incorporate Active Lodge,
No. IA, X. of p, of FELTON,; Senate bills to
renew the charter of Wawaset Tribe, l. o.
II. NJ; to protect associations, unions and
individuals in the use of trademarks and
labels; to renew the charter of Delaware
Tribe, No. l, |. O. r. NJ.
The House joint resolution in relation to
the annexation of Hawaii was read and
referred to the committee on Revised
Passed House bill providing for two
assessors and two collectors for Mispillinn
hundred.
Recess to p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION. ..
The Senate met at 3.35 O'Clock.
Recess until 4.30 TO hear DR.. James H.
Wilson, of the Board of Trustees of State
Hospital at Farnhurst.
Introduced House bill to divorce Annie
G. from Samuel l.. Tindall.
Read and referred House bill to in
corporate the Delaware Distilling Com
pany.
Passed; Act to incorporate Wyoming
Castle, No. %, X. &. f.; House bills to
divorce Nettie NJ. from John IL. Short; to
incorporate the Wilmington Industrial
Improvement Company.
Adjourned until IL o'clock tomorrow
morning.
House of Representatives.
DOVER, Feb. s.-The House met at II .05
o'clock a. M.
Introduced By Mr.. Cooch, proposing
an amendment to the State Constitution;
to amend the act relating to the Secretary
oil State, by MIR. Kenney, to maintain and
foster the National Guard; by MIR. Hick-
more explicitly defining livery stables,
&c.E to change the number of School dis.
trct l2l, Sussex, to l2l1; by Mr.. Hall, for
the protection of food fish in Delaware
waters; by MIR. Kenney, to divorce Mary
Elizabeth and William j. Brown; by Mr..
Armstrong, to amend and in part repeal
chapter 2s2, Vol. XIX, peach Yelows
act); authorizing District 81, Kent county,
to Use surplus money to build new school
house; by MIR. Whittock, to create new
school district in New Castle county, (No.
S69G by Mr.. Lynch, to lay out new road
in Cedar Creek hundred.
Notice: by Mr.. Spruance. supplement to
the act regulating the practice of phar-
macy; by Mr.. Sevil, supplement to the
Kenton school act by MIR. Whittock, TO
create new district in New Castle county;
by Mr.. Watkins, to make valid n certain
deed; by Mr.. Hall, to divorce Nathan and
Mary Kiss.
Read and referred; House bills to incor-
porate the Worten Crate and Basket Com
pany; to repeal section ., chapter so Vol
XVII: to further induce the improvement
Of the Lobdell property, Wilmington; to
divorce John c. and Maggie Scott; author
izing united District % and Il, New
Castle county, to borrow money; to amend
chapter IS, Revised Code; to divorce
Francina L. and Charles l.. Coleman; to
reincorporate the town of Dover.
Mr.. salisbury presented the report of
James Hughes and Robert ii Vandyke,
accompanied by the manuscript of the
new revised code Referred to joint com.
mittees on revised statutes. of both houses
with power to report by bill or otherwise
Passed House bills to yacate private
road in Mispillion hundred to incorporate
the Cold Spring Ice K Coal Company.
Recess to O'Clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reassembled at $3.50 o'clock.
Passed. House bills to extend the boun-
diaries of consolidated District % and III,
Sussex; to divorce Annie C. and Samuel l..
Tindall.
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