Evening journal., 1893-03-29
FOOD FISH BILL KILLED.
Its Object Was to Prevent
Their determination.
BUT TO STOP FIsH-o1L MAKING.

Lewes Women Objected to the Obnoxious
odors That Arose From the Fish.on
Factories and Psrvaded the Town In
summer-senator PlIling Denounced the
Bill as Outrageous.
Staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
DovER, March 20 There will be weep
ing. wailing and gnashing of teeth in
Lewes to-day when 1t is learned that the
Senate has buried beyond recall, the
Mulligan bill to prevent the extermina-
tion of fish in the Delaware waters.
The object of the bill was to prevent
the determination Of food fish in Della
ware waters. The effect would have
been to have driven from the state the
fish oil and fish.fertilzer manufactures
In Lewes. IL would have failed in its
object because the firms could have To-
Gated In New Jersey, Maryland or
Virginia and fished to their hearts con
tent in Delaware waters under the fish
laws as now enforced.
Lewes was equally divided In its stand
on the question. The bwomen Of the
town were strongly in favor of the bill
as they objected TO the strong smell
which peryaded the town In summer.
The text of the bill which has called
forth so many delegations from Lewes is
as follows:
"Section 1. That on and after the pas
sage of this act IL shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to manufacture
hsh oil from fish Of the herring kind,
ale wife, manhaddeu, or mossbunker
: within the limits Of the state OF Della
ware. ANY person or persons violating
this act, he, she or they shall be deemed
~ II.
10 the state fue Of $50 and all the oil,
materials, fixtures and implements for
making oil, shRlli be forfeited and may be
} seized aud held for trial,
Section ANY justice of the peace
shall, upon affidavit made by any person,
that they have good reason to believe
v that fish oil Is being manufactured in
= violation OF this act, issue his warrant
. 10 the sheriff or constable. commanding
= them TO seize all the oil, implements,
fixtures and materials used In the manu-.
. facture of oil, ald detain the
!, same and arrest aud take be.
fore the said justice any and every
II person violating this act and upon
satisfactory evidence that such
Q. person or persons has violated this act,
Is he, she or they shall pay to the state
n Of Delaware fine of $50 and all the
ID oil, implements and fixtures used In the
el manufacture Of oil, shall be condemned
aud sold by the order Of said justice
T. and after deductlng from the proceeds
the costs aud charges. one half of the
q. | remainder shall be paid to the informei
and the other half TO the state Pro
ce vided, that an appeal shall be allowed
II applied for within ten days to thl
ed Court Of General Sessions Of the Peacl
all aud Jail Delivery, on security beinl
Is given. by bond aud sufficient security
in IN the fun value OF the property con
he dem ed, conditioned to be void IL sucl
,r. judgment be reversed by said court.
''Seciion Upon such appeal a jur,
trial shall be had on the issue, whethe
the defendants had violated the act, anC
il found in the affirmative, the cour
80 shall affirm the Judgment of the justice
otherwise such Judgment shall be re
versed and the property seized shal
thereupon be sold OF released accord
70, ingly. The attorney general shall dc
lat fend the appeal, and If such appeal shal
10" be sustained and judgment reversed tn
a costs shall be borne by the state.
I'm This bill passed the House after
on bitter fight, and has been in the hands c
ey the Senate Committee on Fish, Oysters an
7 game for several weeks. Yesterda
hlteInOOu ptuhloI iiillhS Nche w Shhh
Ids man Ross of the committee and aske
ith him II he would report the bill unfayol
Ist ably The genial oyster King of Seafor
Of said that he would.
I a Speaker Houston was In the Hou'
ate when The matter was brought up, an
Use senator Records occupied the chair. NJ
aid Ross reported the bill adversely al
nee Senator Pilling. after listening to u
his reading of the first section, characterize
for the bill AS the most outrageous one evl
to. brought before the Senate. He doubts
the ability Of the state to carry out
red provisions even II it should be passe
nd This attack he followed up with motto
as Of indefinite postponement. 1t carrie.
en- Senator Lacey being the only one on q
lies floor to vote in the negative Senat
ed, Records did not vote Senator Pillir
the never does things by halves. He NOV
do that the vote by which the bill "
was killed be reconsidered and further NOV
,ect that his motion be laid on the table. ~
program was carried out without ja
ing and the bill is, In the parlance of I
ony court, dead dead. dead II cannot
Der, further considered during this session.
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