Evening journal., 1893-03-31
SUPPLEMENT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY

SUPPLEMENT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
Upon the Advice of Council That the
Delinquent Laws OF 1873 Could Not
ment Is Added.
The House passed a supplement to the
reenacted delinquent law in short order
yesterday afternoon. The bill which
was passed on March 90 provided that
notice should be given by the collectors
before returning the delinquents TO the
court The old law provided that this
notice should be given in February.
This law was complied with Il was ex
pected that the Armstrong Delinquent
bill would be passed in January and the
promoters did not anticipate the difficulty
arising from the notices already given
After the bill was passed a question
arose as TO whether it " as operative this
year passing 50 late In the session and
after the collectors had made their
returns. Counsel decided that It was
not.
The Democratic members had a con
ference and the following supplement.
making the law operative at once was
framed;
Section l. That the Levy Courts of the
counties Of Kent and Sussex OF this
state, at their March session In the wear
A d., 1898, OF at any adjourned term
thereafter during the month OF April
next succeeding, are hereby authorized
and directed, upon proof being made 10
them by the affidavit of the several col
lectors of said counties for the year
A. d 1892, to be filed in the Office Of the
clerk of the peace for the respective
counties, that he had given public notice
as by the then existing law required
stating thereon the times and places at
which such collector would attend. for
the purpose of receiving taxes then due
and unpaid and that in person he did
attend at the times and places 80 specl
ned for the reception Of taxes, 10 allow
as celinquents the tax uncollected by
the said collector, and the names of the
delinquents so allowed shall be dropped
from the assessment list by the said
Levy Courts. and shall not be placed
thereon for the space of one year FROM
and after the date Of such allowance
Provided, That this section shall apply
to taxables only"
After this was determined upon the
next thing was to get bill to be
dropped In order to get the supplement
in as a substitute
The House Committee on Revised
Statutes found such a bill IL was
House bill No. 16, IAN Act TO Adopt
Mary Emma Colclazer as the daughter of
James Hubbard. Mrs. Colclazer is the
wife Of Harry II. Colclazer, editor of the
Philadelphia Record, and Just how much
editorial thunder will greet the substitu.
tion remains to be seen.
A special session Of the House was
held yesterday afternoon. Representa-
tive Coooh was going TO fight the bill.
but was unexpectedly called home by the
serious illness Of his daughter.
Representative Salisbury introduced
the bill and il was passed under suspen
sion OF rules and without word OF
debate
Ii was carried TO the Senate and placed
in the hands Of Senator Ross. He gave
1t its first reading and had it read anc
referred
Are you in a hurry for itg' asked
Senator Pilling. laughingly.
He went to the clerks desk. got tb,
bill, examined it and said:
"Mr Speaker, hold in nv hand Hons,
introduced
read and referred and passed in tn,
House on the third mouth. thirtieth dav
10 was read twice in the Senate on III,
same day. Sometime ago we passed ,
resolution that we should have no new
bills after March 10. This bill is Al
amendment TO bill passed on March 1s
1t could not have been in existence oi
March 15, and here the House sends III
in bill ike this after passing a ioin
resolution. / contend that we cannot ac
on that bill unless that Joint resolution 1
repealed. There is evidence right Their
that it has been railroaded through tn
House and two readings in this House.
Mr.. Records will state by way Of
explanation-I have been informed tha
this bill was put in as a substitute fo
House bill No. l6, which was introduced
IN the House sometime in January Thi
is put in as a substitute for that bill
Mr. Pilling-"Ihe resolution says tha
the bill must be introduced and read oi
or before March 10 Where does tn,
substitute come in. If il had been II
former times when only notices were re-
quired 1t could have been done. Further
more the House knows it and, therefore
they are not keeping their faith will
this body By trying 10 force this bill o.
rs The bill has no record on it that /
was read IN the House as other bills, bu
it is recorded as having been read tn
third time to-day
Mr.. Records-"Tbere was bill
actually introduced, read and referred [,
the committee IN the Houee. That com
mittee saw it to introduce a substitut
for that biii, and this is the substitut
i7r that bill. It has been frequentl