Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-23

| recognized ability to conduct cases before
the superior court We're the average city
| solicitor such n lawyer us almost any Of
| the large manufacturing establishments
! would retain to look after their interests
| some OF the fees which now 90 To special
| counsel would be saved. There is now q
| bill in sight to enlarge the jurisdiction of
| the municipal court. There are, it is re.
| ported, 60 damage suits against the city
awaiting trial before the superior court.
| These reasons should make the acquisition
| of iirst.class legal talent by the city i'm
| pcrative, and the only way to ensure the
service of such talent is to pay the market
| price for il, This is, unqucstionabiy, the
| proper solution Make the office worth
| the attention of lawyers of recognized
ability and standing in their profession,
who will be Il match for the counsel ar
rayed against them.
TAXATION OF INVESTMENTS.
| Colonel Martin was in Dover to-day and
| about half promised that his report on the
| taxation of Investments would be forth.
| coming next week. In this connection the
| Farmers Institute of Kent county has ar
| ranged for a meeting, to be held in the
court house here, on Wednesday after
noon, March LIST, for the purpose of aid
| ing the passage Of Il law for the eqtaliza.
| tiCn Of taxation" to which meeting the
members of the Legislature will he cs-
I peCially invited. This institute held
| meeting at FELTON, yesterday, Mt which
| they adopted resolutions declaring that
tomatoes cannot he pruIitably grown for
less than So per ton, and advising farmers
/ to refuse TO grow them for less than that
| figure; holding also that packers as well us
| farmers have their interest in fair, re-
munerattve prices. The meeting also in
| vted the cooperation Of farmers all over
| the peninsula i'll favorlng stamping or
marking Of all fruit packages with the
name of the shipper or grower
THE rENlrENTIARY BILL.
Ex-Sheri(t Simmons Pententiary bill
was the subject Of considerable discussion
| at this meeting; the outcome Of which was
the following resolution
Rnotrti, That prisoners should be self-sup-
| porting aai the means OF making them 80
should he provided BY tho present Legislature.
Somewhat germane to this subject is the
notice of q bill given by Senator Pyle, to-
day, to repeal the Judge Ball tramp act,
on the ground that il entails an annual
expense of 5000 ON New Castle county.
THE POOL BILL Condemned.
The FELTON, meeting also passed the fol-
lowing resolution which certainly does
not lack cNpicitness:
R'sOusd, That the attempt, In any way, 10
| sane ion pool selling, or any other species Df
| gambling, or lqunr selling upon fair grounds
or 9 scwhere within the State. meets with our
indignation and unanimous reprobntion. nnd
We uehOuncn any such attempt as All insult 10
the intelligence and ylrtuc Of our people, and
call upon mo members of the General Assem-
My, individually and collectively, TO frown
down tho same
povER, Feb. 17.-With the temperance
of the SilVcrbrook BILL III the House this
morning, the most exciting legislative con-
test Of lSOl may quite confidently he said
to have been renewed. II is reported here
that the Street and Sewer Department will
enter the lists again in antagunism to this
measure, and il is sure that the Jessup e.
Moore Company will pitch in tooth and
tue-nail to knock it out if possible. But.
will 1t be possible? Peter ]. Ford showed
himself nearly a match for all opposition
in lSol he has been gathering strength
since, and it wouldn't be safe to bet against
him IN 1858.
Following is the text of this bone of
contentious
"A An act 10 drain certain portions of the city of
Wilmington:
WHEREAS, Large quantities of refuse ana
sewerage are unavoi,iahly discharged into the
stream of water called "stiver Brook" run
mihE through u PORTION Of the F'ii;h and
Twelfth wards Of the city of Wilmington: and
WHEREAS, The uso ut said stream, or pot-
tion thereof, as q public drain " sewer, has
hecotne nrcesssary for tho drainage, growth
ana development Of The suttth-wrsterly part OF
the said ct:Y; therefore.
Representatives Of the state Of delaware in
General Assembly met ttTo-thirds of each
brlLch thereof cnncurrlng hGrntul:
Section l. Ihnt the Major and Council Of
WILMINGTON is hereby authorized, directed
ani required, Wit in en-" ycur after the pRsa-
age Of u act, litoush the a.eary Of the
Board of Directors Of the Street and sewer be-
lHrlment Tor said city, to acquire By con-
trmnatOn, as hereinafter prgyitcd, all that
PORTION ~ snia stream called "Silvcr Brook, .
lying and heing between the point wlert the
] al Al IA
junction OF an II stream with MIL creek. aud
all that portion Of tho said Mill crock lying
and being between the junction with said sill
yer Brook and Its Junction wi Ii tho 1hriStiana
river; Tor tho u.u, said city ~ public drains
or sewers. And also TO acquire, as a oresnid,
such lands adjacent or nnar TO said stream and
creek as are necessary Tor ihs purpose afore-
sliA
Sec. .. The said board of directors shall cause
tn SAID properly 10 be condemned tir the Iso
o tile said cIty for the purpose Aforesaid in
Ike manner ami by like pro seeding H- are now
proviioi ny law Tor no condemnation o. land
for extending, widening, laying out or opening
streets within tho said city.
Sec. 3. The cost aad expense which may be
incurred IN tie cnnlemnnlIp OF said property
ana ia maintaining slid ST. am ana creek as
public drains or sewers, shall De rasad, rol-
lectOi and paid in the same iuuunsr as now
provided by law iur the cost aud expenses oe
opening and maintaining rub.ic drains or
sewers wihlr snid city,
IF0U,Gcd, however That tho whole amount
which shnll be expended in tho condemnation
Of said property snail not exceed the sum o.
thirty thousand dollars
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Mr.. Days notice Of bill to renew the
charter of the Brandywinc Hundred Assoc
CiAi ion for the Recovery of Stolen Horses
develops the fact that there are two Of
these corppraiions-thc Brandywine hun,
drcd association and the Brundywinc hun
dred mutual association. 4 bill to renew
the charter Of the latter body has passed
both houses Of this General Assembly,
Captain Dasey's Frankford and Seashorc
railroad charter i TO embrace the use of
any kind of motive now known, or here
after to be discovered, perpetual motion or
the keelcy motor not excepted.
MIR. salisbury bill tn amend section |,
chapter 81, Revised Code. strikes out tho
original section and substitutes the follow
ing in lieu thereof:
cotton !. limited partnerships may he
formed Tor the transaction Of mercantile,
mechanical, manufacturing or banking hgsi-
ne-s Within this state but not for insurance.
As the law now stands the section CON
chdes with but not for banking or insur-
ancc.n
Senate.
DOVER, Feb. l5.-'Ihe senate met at II. .l5
O'Clock, n. III.
Notices; By Mr.. Williams, act TO rein
corporate Smyrna e Philadelphia Trans
portation Company.
Senator Pyle presented petition from
Sussex taxpayers asking for the malnten-
) anCe Of u road 40 yards long, leitding from
} Nauticoke City to Soaford, Referred.
introduced; by Mr. Records act to
amend chapter %, Vol. Nv, Laws of
Delaware; bv Mr.; Williams, act to incorpo-
rate Fidelity Real Estate Company; by MIR.
Pyle net 10 renew charter of Washington
street Stables. by Mr.. Pyle, act to relieve
Ellen Mitchell; by MIR. Pyle, act in rela-