Evening journal., 1893-05-04

House Country Magistrates eau No
Longer Pad Out Bills for Commitments
as the jail Commissioners. Hereafter.
Can Take In Lodgers.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, May AFTER being tossed
from House to House for days the Joint
resolution to adjourn sine die found
safe landing place yesterday, and to.
morrow at 10 o'clock the General Assem-.
bly, will adjourn without day.
On Tuesday the Senate adopted Joint
resolution to adjourn on Thursday. The
House amended it, making it o'clock
on Friday. Yesterday morning the
amended resolution was returned to the
Senate and adopted before Senator Pill
ling knew it. When he found out that
the hour had been fixed at o'clock he
induced Senator Watson to move recon.
sideration and it was carried
Senator Pilling then called the atten-
tion of the senators to the hurried
manner in which the members had to
separate two years ago. He wanted time
for leave-takings before the departure of
the 81 train. With this object in view
he moved that the joint resolution be
ment - o'clock noon. The resolution as
amended was adopted and conourred in
by the House. IL was Immediately en-
rolled put through the committees and
is now pigeon holed in the Office of the
secretary of state
Two years ago the session lasted until
May 1G, but it commenced one week later
than this year The Senate journal
shows 140 bills introduced and the
House journal 469
The Tramp Bill Saved.
The Dasey Tramp Lodging House bill
was the cause of some controversy in the
Senate yesterday afternoon, but, thanks
to the good offices of Senators Lacey and
Pilling, it was saved The bill provides
that tramp or other needy person may
apply to jail commissioner and secure
lodging in the county Jail for one day,
the meals being limited to two.
Mr.. Records called the bill up for its
first reading, and asked the senators to
pay special attention to it, as he proposed
to have something to say on the subject.
After it had been read he said that the
bill should be stopped just where it was.
Every man who found himself hard up
would spend a day or two in the county
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tramps. For these reasons he moved
that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Senator Lacey objected He said that
the bill was in the line of economy. II
would save the counties money, and
would not tend to increase the number oil
Jail inmates. It would do away with
the magistrates fees Of 50 cents fol
every commitment, and cut down the
sheriffs feed bill at least one half in this
respect
Senator Pilling made a short speech in
the same line, agreeing with Mr.. Lacey
in every particular.
The motion Of indefinite postponemeni
was lost, and the bill was read aud re
ferred under suspensio of rules.
Registration Laws Changed.
The House passed a bill amending tn,
state registration laws. Under tn,
original law an alternate registrar {,
take an oath that he will not be a candi
date for office This was regarded
hardship, as the alternate is named six
months before the election and he may
never be called upon TO serve as regis
trar. The bill just passed piescribe
that the alternate registrars Office shal
be vacated as soon as he becomes a can
didate.
The number of days upon which thu
Board of Registration shall sit is reduced
from three to two. This is done on the
score of economy. The registrars will
sit the same as under the old law.
The amendments further provide tina
any person who attempts to bribe oi
intimidate an elector from gettinl
registered, shall, upon conviction, pay
Eraa nF nd ha inv Cd fF.rsf fkFa
years
{ A Raise for Muiligan.
After a hard fight Fish COMMISSIONS
4 James A. Mulligsn has succeeded in get
I ting his annual salary increased to $500
( Heretofore it has been $500 Commii
j. sioner Mulligan was here yesterday Il
s the interest of the bill, and succeeded i
d getting it through the Senate Senate
McMullin opposed it and Senator Lace
v spoke in favor of it.
G The bill also authorizes the fish con
missioner to make arrests for violation
of the fishery laws and to summon hell
vessels and crews to help him enforce tn
laws.
The "Fat" Fried Out.
The printers who get the contracts fc
/, printing the Senate and House journa
will not have such "fat thing OF
this year. The "fat" will all be Gu
- out and the journals much reduced
d size.
al Senator Lacey offered a resolutio
}. ordering the clerks to omit all reports {
,f state officers, boards and commissions.
i The genial senator said that 1t woul
2. reduce the journals by more than OF
re thousand pages and make it easier fl
ye Senator Pilling to handle them for refe
ence.
o. Senator Pilling said that 1t would ais
Id do away with the necessity for Senatl
er Pyle to get truck to convey the iourn
to from one part of the room TO anothe
It was adopted and sent to the Houi
b. for concurrence.
re The Senators Deceived.
oP Superintendent John G. Gray, of So
'i sex county has come into bad repu
T with the legislators. Last week q
y General Assembly, under his infuen
;. and upon his representations adopted
i' Joint resolution allowing him 81
visiting each school once a year. III
he money was supposed to be needed by hi
at TO pay carriage hire incurred in visitil
n, thcso ecbooic fuaooacsfhla bv trai