Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-16
The Appropriation Resolution
Sent to Committee.
LABOR DAY A LEGAL HOLIDAY
Another Convention Election
In November, 1894.



In the Senate, Speaker Houston was the
only member who turned up. He with the
assistance of Clerk IardCaatle and Ser
Reant DUran, called the Senate to order and
adjourned over to tomorrow.
The House lacked only one of q Quorum
The 10 members present were Speaker
Whiteman and Messrs. Armstrong, Day,
Hickman, Jacobs, pre,tyman, Salisbury,
sevil, spruance and Watkins. At $50,
giving up hopes of gathering in the one
needed man, Speaker Whiteman welded
his gayel, the clerk called the roll and the
Speaker declared the House adjourned to
Tomorrow.
FRAzER's THREE BILLS
Mr.. Spruance brought down with him
three bills prepared by Secretary Frazer of
the State Board of Health.
The first provides a penalty of from So
TO go for failure on the part of ANY pro-
Prietor. manager, principal, superinten-
dent. officer or physician" to make such
report as the State Board of Health shall
lawfully require empowers the State
board to take all needful sanitary meas
tireS and precautions in the event OF the
outbreak of an epidemic in any county,
atty or village, and. with the approval of
the governor, to draw upon the state
treasurer for not exceeding 81 900 in any
one year to be expended under the direc-
tlon OF the governor and the board in
carrying out such ncedful sanitary meas
ures and precautions, and authorizes the
secretary Of the board to publish the act
hereby amended TACT of March 18th, 1870,
with all the amendments thereto, in the
next volume of laws.
Another bill requires school commits
sloners and boards of education, within
W days after the passage of the act, to
'.oblige all children applying for admis-
son 70 the free schools and all children
who have been previously admitted to the
schools, to be YacCinated, unless already
protected from smallpox by vaccination
or by an attack of smallpox. Failure or
refusal on the part of any school trustee or
commissioner, or member of board of
education to comply with this provision
shall subject him to fine of $40. Two
weeks notice by posting this section on
the door OF every school-honse, shall be
gwen, and such notice shall state now
such vaccination may be procured free by
those too poor to pay. No teacher, under
penalty of $40, shall receive an I'M
vaccinated pupil. All persons affected
with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever or
smallpox shall be excluded from the
schools, Vaccine physicians, are to be
designated, outside of Wilmington where
this provision is already in force, by the
trustee of the poor for the hundred, who
shall pay 80 cents for each vaccination per
formed, where the parents or guardians
are unable to pay. One-half the fines re-
coNerable under this act are to be paid to
he State Board of Health, and the other
nalf to the Trustees of the Poor.
The third bill purports to be recon-
ttrnction OF the act for the registration of
births, marriages and deaths
SECTION requires every person or relig-
ious society solemnizing marriages to keen
u registry thereof.
Section . requires all physicians and
midwives to keep registers of births.
Section j requires all physicians, coro-
ners and undurtakers to keep registers of
deaths and burials.
Section 4 requires copies Of all these
registers to be filed quarterly with the
recorder of deeds. Each person filing such
certificate shall receive five cents, to he
paid by the Levy Court. Provided that,
i'll the city of Wilmington, such certifi.
Gates shall be returned to the registrar of
births, marriages and deaths for that city,
to be by him recorded and forwarded
quarterly to the recorder of deeds for
record by him. The said registrar being
salarled officer shall receive no remunera-
'ion beyond his salary" for this service.
Section requires the recorder of deeds
to keep registers, in alphabetical order, &c,
anu to carefully examine each report,
Section q requires the recorder to fur
nish quarterly abstracts to the secretary of
ihe State Board Of Health, and prescribes
~ cents compensation to the recorder for
each name, to be paid by the Levy Court,
provided that when such recorder receives
q fixed salary the duties so performed shall
bring no further compensation.
Section imposes a fine of IS, for each
case OF neglect or refusal to perform any
duty required by this act.
Section Sprovidcs for the issue of blank
certificates by the recorder, the Levy Court
to pay for the same.
kpptinp q ri
keepers of marriage records, physicians
midwives. undertakers, sections and the
registrars OF births, marriages and deaths
for Wilmington, to report his, her or their
names and residences to the recorder of
deeds who shall keep an alphabetical reg
lister thereof. In case of removal to any
Other place of residence, the removal
must be reported.
Section 10 makes the books of registra-
lion kept by the recorder, or duly certified
transcripts therefrom, legal evidence in
court. The recorder shall receive 30 cents
Tor such transcript, and 10 cents for max
ing search, but the registers shall at all
times be accessible to physicians, clergy
men and lawyers without charge.
section IL repeats chapter ISL, Vol. XVI,
and all inconsistent acts and parts of acts.
POLICE COMMISSION BILLS.
Senator Pyle brought down the Police
commission bill of which he gave notice
last week, 1t proposes a reorganization of
the board, to go into effect May LIST. The
first members of the new board are to be
William NJ. Pyle, Patrick Monaghan and
Charles Dubell, to serve two, four and
six years respectively. Their successors to
be appointed for SIX years, by the COVER
nor. Any member may be removed for
cause, after trial, by Il twothirds vote of
the whole City Council No member of
the board shall hold any other municipal
office, and not more than two members
shall be of the same political party. Each
member must give $4,000 bond and must
take ain oath to consider nothing but fit.
ness or uniitness, qualification or disquali-
tication, i'll appointments to or removals
from the police force. The chief of police
shall be secretary of the board. The COM
missioners shall receive 5000 each per year.
They are authorized and required to APP
point, enroll and employ permanent
police force, to comprise one chief, two
captains, such number of sergeants as may
be deemed necessary and 90 men, which
force may be increased from time to time
upon the recommendation OF City Council.
The pay Of ordinary policemen shall be
$3.50 per annum; chief, II, 200; captains,
$500; sergeants, $500 The hoard shall also
appoint two matrOns, one for day and the
other for night service, also II physician of
at least three years experience, whose
salary shall be $500. The board shall be
allowed u contingent fund of $1,000 TO de-
tectiye, secret service or other work. All
expenses of the department, including
salaries, shall be paid by Council upon
bills presented by the board and approved
by the city auditor.
There is II duplicate of this bill in the
House, which, however, it is said, will be
filled in with different names; but whose
names has not been divuged. Possibly,
ike the coroners' physician bills, they