Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-02
1t Goes Through the House
Without Opposition.
THE LIEN OF JUDGMENTS BILL
Ford and Salisbury Appear
Before the Committee.
Dover'S Long New Charter Given a Third
Readins in tile House--An Invitation
From the Farmers IBstitute-. some
Other Legislative Matters.
Special Correspondence Gazette and journal,

tons birthday by staying in Dover and
attending to business. The chief item Of
that business was the passage by The House
oil The wilmington and New Castle electric
railway bill, with the concurrence of
everybody interested. 1t was Just O'Clock
when the clerk stood i'm to call the roll
and the following seventeen members were
III their seats and voted ave" Brian,
Cooch, Dasey, Day, Gam, Hall, Hickman,
Jacobs, kenney. Lynch, Prettyman. Sauls.
bnry; seyili Spruance, Watkins, Whittock,
Speaker Whiteman.
CELEBRATING THE DAY.
Both houses adjourned abont 4 o'clock
this afternoon, and the members, with
many townspeope and visitors, gathered
III Representatives Hall, where Charles w
McFee, Esq, after an excellent introduc.
tory speech, read, with admirable and i'm
pressive diction, Washington's farewell
address. The oration and reading were an
intellectual treat. Mr. McFce spoke clio
quenty, and with elocntionary ability that
charmed his hearers, of the character, life
and public service of the father of his
country, OF the institution and growth of
the observance OF the anniversary of his
natal day, and Of the rich heritanCc the
American people hold in the example and
the teachings Of the illustrOus founder of
their republic. When he had finished q
round OF hearty applause and a vote of
thanks testified the appreciation of his
audience.
BAPTTsTs poN'T wASrfr.
A memorial from the Delaware Baptist
Union OH the subject of appropriations To
Sunday schools. Under the existing law
each Sunday school in the State is entitled
TO an annual allowance of So from the
Levy Court, The mGmUrialist5 rccite that
this appropriation originated when sun.
day-schools were looked upon as auxiliary
10 the day schools and, consequently
properly entitled to a little public aid, But,
with the growth Of the public school sys.
tenn, the Sunday.sGhools have dropncdthf
work and have become purely religious IN
stituti0ns which should not receive any
revenue from the county tax fund. rherr-
lore the Delaware Baptist Union fra
ternally cautions Baptist people and Sun
day-schools not to accept or receive such
aid and protests against the existing proyi-
sion OF law ns contravenng the Federal
and State constitutions and being opposed
to the principle of true religious liberty.
For these reasons the memoralists pcti-
tion that this provision "bc stricken from
the statute books, us we believe such lcgis-
lation inconsistent with the teachings III
the New Testament and with the spirit Of
our Tree Institutions
THE SCHOOL FUNDS.
As before reported, in the course of sev,
ernl years, about S5l 900 of mneXpeudcd
school appropriations has accumulated in
the treasures of the school districts
throughout the state, distributed among
the counties IN the proportions, approXi-
lnately, OF S23,OOJ in New Castle SlOUOO
i'll Kent and $1,000 in Sussex. Early III
the session Captain Dasey gave notice of Il
bill to make available these uuexpended
balances and to day he introduced bill
which, he says, is only intended tu start
legislation on this subject. The bill, there
lore, III It's present shape, IS incomplete
"a I "a hpG
which tn construct, by amendment, mOli-
1icntion or addition such a bill as will ag-
cunIpllsh the desired end With this under
standing the hill at present merely pro
Nidcs that before IL school district can draw
lis quota of the appropriation for 1888 and
subsequent years, the commissioners must
have theiF accounts audited and obtain
from the state auditor Il certificate setting
forth that the district has rNpeHUcd all tne
funds heretofore received by it,
GENERAL STOCK LAW.
Up to within Il lew years past, it will be
remembered, the main business of some
members Of the Legislature especially
from Sussex county, was the procuring of
stock laws for the districts which they rem
resented Eight or ten years ago, bills to
prevent stock running at large in district
number su-and.so, Sussex county were as
numerous Us divorce bills and there are
as result, about 10 district stock laws
upon tue DOOkS lOT llut county alone, In
some cases stock laws have been duuli-
Gated, Tor the same district, by successive
Legislatures, and much confusion and I'M
certainty resulted. As rule many resi-
dents are to be found i'll almost any dis
trict who. i'll this multiplicity of stock
laws, either do not know whether their
district has such law or where to look
Tor il ii IL exists.
10 bring order out of this chaos, Mr.. Il.
II. Nandykc has drafted general stock
law, applicable TO the whole state, which
was introduced by Mr.. salisbury This
morning. This bill repeats all existing
laws. special as well as general. and in
general provides that cattle found running
at large upon public highways or uneiI-
closed lands, may be taken up and i'm
pounded by any one owning land in the
hundred where such stock is found. When
impOunded such astrayS are liable to Il
charge of 81 each for taking M and -
cents each per day for their Keep. They
are to be held for 10 days and. if not re-
deemed, to be advertised for sale fur 10
days longer, Persons whose property may
be damaged by such estrays may apply To
a justice Of the peace TO appoint frcC-
holders to assess such damage. Stock in
charge of druvers, using due care in con
trolling them, shall not be considered
estrays under this law. The salt marshes
are exempted from this law 50 far US per-
sons OWNING salt marsh upon which to
pasture cattle are concerned, but cattle
owned by persons who have 10 salt marsh
are liable rs estrays if found upon such
marshes.
DOVER, Feb. 23.--The fish oil factory
fight has succeeded the electric railway
as the issue of the day. 1t is hotly, We
hemently, stubbornly contested. 1t has
rent Lewes into contending factions,
and these factions this afternoon trans
ferred the battlefield to the room of the
joint committees ON fish, oysters and
game. They occupied the attention of
the committee for nearly two hours and
demonstrated conclusively to the utter
botheration of the legislators the follow
ing and numerous other things:
That the fish oil factories are griey-
BUS public nuisance and detriment and
should be torn out by the roots forth
with.
That the fish oil factories are a great
public benefit and conducive and essen
tial to the prosperity of the town.
That the oil and refuse from the fac
tories has rendered the water intolerablo
to food fish and driven them away from
the Delaware bay and a considerable
section Of the Atlantic Ocean.
That the very best place to catch food
is right on the factory wharves, where
the oil and refuse are most abundant.