Evening journal., 1893-04-19
SENATOR PILLING OBJECTED.
And the Cooeh Road Labor Bill Did Not
Became Law as Expected Yesterday.

AHu bho NoOch hodu Lapor Dill Diu MOI
Became Law as Expected Yesterday.
But for the objections of Senator
Piiling the Cooch Convict Labor bill
would have passed the Senate and be.
come law yesterday II passed the
House several days ago and Senator Pyle
made favorable report upon the bill
1t Is entitled an act 10 permanently
improve the condition of certain public
roads in New Castle county II provides
that within two years from the passage
OF the act the Levy Court shall secure by
purchase or condemnation stone quarry
along the route or within convenient
reach of railroad They shall con-
struct thereon a suitable structure for
confiuing prisoners, to cost not more
than $40 900
Criminals convicted in any Of the
courts Of the county of the crimes Of
larceny, obtaining money under false
pretenses pointing a deadly wea pom
carrying concealed a deadly weapon
policy playing, gambling, vagrancy
misdemeanOrs and oifenses that the
court shall deem proper be confined to
the workhouse and put at hard labor at
quarrying and breaking stone. The
commissioners of the jail and workhouse
81 al have control
Tue Levy Court commissioners shall
rel ct a superintendent who shall have
sol, care and custody of the prisoners
confined therein, and shall direct the
work which the prisoners are required to
perform. The Levy Court is authorized
TO purchase stone breaking machinery if
the needs of the various hundreds re.
quire it.
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divided among the hundreds of the
county making demands therefore, upon
the payment of the cost of transporta
tion The roads upon which the stone is
to be put shall be selected by the road
commissioners Of the several hundreds,
but the Improvements TO be made By the
use Of the broken stone shall be on one
road at a time and continuous.
After the bill had been read Senator
Pilling said that, while in the main, be
was in favor of the bill he could not vote
for it in the shape presented because it
was not in the line of local self govern
ment. The bill compelled the Levy
Court to do those things Hs believed
it shou be optional
Senator Pyle defended the measure
He said that it was only a question of
buying a quarry and rendezvous for
prisoners, or building another jail OF
the two he thought the former would b.
cheaper
Senator Pilling insisted upon his OBJ
jectiOns aud Senator Pyle consented 10
having the bill reeommitted. He did It
with the understanding that the New
Castle members should use the time so
gained in getting expressions from their
constituents.
The Fenwick's Island Projects
The act TO incorporate the Fenwick' S
Island Land Improvement Company will
be introduced in he House as substi
tute bill to day This is the Outgrowtb
of the purchase Of one half Of this
island in Sussex county by Clerk of the
House John II Lay ton The bill gives
the company power to build railroad
from Fenwick's Island to the Delaware,
Mary laud and Virginia railroad, near
Frsnkford The corporators are: Rep
resentatives Horace j. Hickman auo
Robert w. Dasey, President Frank
Taylor of the Vulc anizsd Fibre Com
peny. President William H. Kenworthy
of the Capelle Hardware Company auo
Clerk of the House John II Layton
The capital stock of the corporation
ahsll not be less than 5000 nor more
than $500 00J
Accompanying the bill is one TO incor
pOiate the Fenwick's Island Cunning
Club, with the same cOrporators The
capital STOCK of this company shall not
exceed 100000
His work Appreciated.
Superintendent John G Gray, Of the
Sussex county public schools, received
material financial help from the Senate
yesterday It adopted a joint resolution
allowing him 81 for every school room
visited during the year, provided that IA,
shall not be paid for more than one visit
to any room in any one year. The salary
of the Office is nominal The school,
are far apart and many Of them inacces
sible by any means other than horse and
carriage. This makes big hole in the
salary and makes the Sussex super
intendent poorly paid when compared
with the expenses of the superintendent
of the two upper counties Mr.. GRAY
mas labored indefatigably for the ad
vancement of the public school interests
OF his county, and the state appreciate
his work
A Little Patience Necessary.
Secretary Of State John d Hawkins i
very much annoyed by the Ieiterate,
demands of persons for certified copie
of bills which have passed the Genera
Assembly. In many cases the bills hav
not passed through the hands of tn
committees on enrolment and conse
quentlY have not reached his Office. II
says that as rapidly as the bills reach hi
office all demands for certified copies will
be filed 1t is not part of the duties o
the secretary of state 10 20 gunuin
around the enrolment rooms for bills b
order to get an opportunity to make col
titled copies Of them There is no dauge
OF lapses. as all private acts may be rs
corded within one year Of the date q
their passage.
No More Legislative Divorces
Il depends upon the governor aud th
next General Assembly to say whetht
any more legislative divorces shall b
granted in Delaware Represeutativ
Saulsbury's bill proposing an amendmer
to the state constitution giving n
courts exclusive cognizance OF divorce
was passed by the House by vote {
IA TO l.
There will be no trouble in the Senate
Vhe sentiment fhpra Is AGAINST lpUialaf q