Evening journal., 1893-03-09
CROWDING IN THE BILLS
Wilmington Legislators Kept
as Busy as Bees.
NEW WORK WILL SOON BE sHUToUT

mess OF Day IN the cehhtt-A Nehr-
uro Providing FOR the Examination Of
all Insane Patients.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER. March 9-Senator Pyle was a
very busy man yesterday. In anticipation
of the closing OF the doors TO new bust
ness, his constituents sent him enough
notices TO keep him busy for several
hours making entries in his record book.
But few of the bills accompanied the
notices. They were as follows.
An act to transfer certain fees col
lected from liquor licences from the city
of Wilmington TO the Board of Public
Education of Wilmington; supplement
to the act 10 incorporate the St. James
Protectory at Delaware City; to repeal
chapter 45 Vol 10, Laws of Delaware,
and provide for non partisan peace Off
GERS at elections; TO incorporate the New
Castle and Wilmington Suburban Rail
way Company for the relief of the pub
lie schools of the city of Wilmington; to
Incorporate encampment No. "a, Union
Veteran Legion of Wilmington: to in
corporate General Phil. Sheridan Post No
% q. A. r. supplement- to an act 20 in
corporate St Peters Orphanage Of VIII
mington; to amend the act TO incorporate
st. Josephs Mission for Colored Boys of
Delaware; to incorporate the Law Lii
brary Association of New Castle County,
Delaware; act requiring the placing Of
safety gates at Elsmere act TO author
ize the Mayor and Council Of Wilmington
to make certain appropriations of moneys.
Notice of the bill TO incorporate the
New Castle and Wilmington Suburban
railway was given several weeks ago
but all record of IL was lost. The new
notice supplies the old one.
The act TO authorize the mayor and
Council Of Wilmington to make certain
appropriations Of money is designed to
meet the extravaganza of the Police
Commission. IL authorizes City Council
to make an extraordinary appropriation
Of Si3, 600 to meet the demands of the
Wiiley-Joster combine during the pres
ent fiscal year, the apparent shortage
being about that amount.
Passed by the Senate.
The Senate passed the following bills
yesterday afternoon;
Senate bills TO authorize the direc-
tors Of the Frederica Railroad Company
to pay certain moneys to the town com
missioners Of Frederica; to protect
unions, firms and corporations in the use
of trade marks and labels.
House bills-To incorporate Friendly
Circle. No 3 B. Of L., of Laurel; TO
substitute the name of Robert c. White
for that of Alfred p Robinson in the
examiners of Sussex county indices, to
confirm the title to property in Whining
ton.
Wilmington City Railways Needs.
The Wilmington City Railway Company
wants additional privileges Representa-
tive Sprua, CO will introduce a bill ia
| amend its charter to enable it to borrow
money and merge its lines with other
companies.
"Barcus Is Willin'."
The Wilmington Brandywine Spring;
Electric Railway men have announced
their willingness to erect overhead
bridges at all grade crossings on their
line. They say that they are willing ia
start at Edge Moor and 60 over Wash
/ ington street bridge down Washington
street TO Second and out Second "a
B randywine Springs.
For the Wilmington Schools.
Representative Spruance has given
notice of an act authorizing the payment
Of the 800 excess on liquor licenses In
| Wilmington to the city Board of Educa'
tion. The money will be used for the
! benefit of the schools of the city. The
license fee in the city is $500 and outside
5000.
Kent Countys Finances.
Representative Armstrong will intro
/ duce a bill to authorize the Kent County
Levy Court to fund portion Of its debt
! The county now has a floating debt Of
! $4,000 Upon il it is paying from to G
/ per cent This law will allow the court
to issue bonds at rate Of interest not
exceeding A per cent.
The Eastiake Annexation.
Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr, and Frank d.
Carpenter had hearing before the
| House Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions this evening in behalf Of the bill
| providing for further extending the
boundaries of Wilmmgton-known as
the Eastlake bill The territory sought
to be added to the city of Wilmington
comprises by metes and bounds school
district known as No 1C2 as lately laid
out by the Levy Court. This territory
will be added TO the Ninth ward and is
asked TO be brought into the city TO en-
able the citizens to have the benefit of
police protection. gas lights mail de-
livery, fire service and other advantages.
The committee was informed that the
people of the district are unanimously in
favor of annexation at one eighth rate OF
municipal taxation for ten years. The
county rate remains the same The com.
mittee will report it favorably to day.
Have n Understood.
Persons wanting legislation should
bear one thing in mind That is, that
no bin which is not introduced on OF be-
fore March Is can be introduced Civ
ing notice before that time will not give
a person the right to introduce the
measure The joint resolution adopted
cuts out the Introduction Of anything
after next Wednesday,
They Must DO Examined.
Representative Cooch introduced a bill
in relation TO the admission OF
insane persons to the State Hospital
for the Insane It requires that
no person shall be admitted TO the insti
tuition unless under an order of the court
unless a weeks notice shall have beer
given the superintendent, and persons