Evening journal., 1893-02-25
THE GRADED TAX BILL.
1t Affects All Merchants in
the State.
SENATORS WHO ARE SEVENTH SONS.


House Passes Several Divorce Bills.
The Union Park Company BIZ Goes
Through with Amendments-The House
WIN Have Big Work on Monday.
star Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. 25-Like all Friday
sessions, that Of yesterday was compare.
lively dull; but there were great many
matters Of interest acted upon which
have already been published.
The most important bill Of the dav. so
far as the general public is concerned.
was the Spruance Merchants Tax bin
lt Will Affect every merchant in the
state.
AT the present time the merchant paws
state tax Of one tenth Of one per cent.
on the gross amount of stock handled
during the year In this way goods pay
tax two or three times on their way
from the wholesaler to the retailer.
In addition TO this the old Law has led
to much dishonesty. as many men do not
hesitate to make a false statement to
the clerks Of the peace. The bill now
here proposes TO remedy the evil. and
fixes the rates as follows on the amount
Of stock handled during the year: So. 900
stock license fee 81. 90; $5 90 to $4,000,
81 90; $40 600 to $4,000 S12.50; $15, 900
TO $50 OO0 $iz50 $500 600 to $780, 200,
SEQ $50, 600 TO $40 900. $35; $4,000 to
S5u,0Ou, $40; $4,000 Co $4,000, 500;
$4,000 to Sl0O,0u0, $50; 500 000 to
$3.50, 900, $l25; $i50,000 to 5000, 600,
$l75; 5000. % 0 to $500 600 $3.50 5000
OOJ to $5OO,OOo, S4OO; $500 600 to $1,000
600, $3.50; $i,UI0, 600 TO $2. 000. 900.
81 500 S. 100000 TO $4,000, 600, 81 500;
S30O00JO to $4,000, 900, $4,000.
Little Mckinley Bill Modified.
The Little Mckinley bill. fathered by
Colonel r. L. Martin, TO protect Delaware
farmers in the Wilmington market by
taxing non residents TO the tune of $40
for selling country produce, has been
amended by its progenitor. It now pro
poses to fine any person not a native Of
the state who in the Wilmington mar
ket, sells produce which was not raised
on his own land. He says that it will
prevent one farmer from acting as the
quasi commission merchant of a whole
neighborhood
Union Park Bin Passed.
The Senate bill TO incorporate the
Union Park Company of Wilmington,
passed the House yesterday afternoon,
with an amendment which prevents the
sale uf "ulmentary' refreshments The
Senate will doubtless concur in the
amendment
1t also passed the Records Senate bill
which makes il optional with the parents
Of a deaf and dumb child whether the
money appropriated by the state for its
education shall be expended for the oral
or the sign method of teaching. The
annual appropriation made by the state
in each instance is 5000, which is ex
pended under the direction of the court.
SIiddletown Electric Railway.
There is one electric railway which,
under the fostering care of Representa-
tive Watkins, has had a walkover. 1t
is the Middletown Electric Railway.
! There has been a fight between Odessa
and Middletown over the matter, and it
may result in injunction proceedings,
but that did not affect the House Com
mittee on Private Corporations. which
reported the bill favoraby IL will prob
ably 60 through both houses next week.
The probability is that the bill to in
corporate the Wilmington and New
Castle Railway Company viii pass the
Senate next week.
Two Seventh-son Senators.
There is one very peculiar feature con-
nected with the personnel Of the Senate
1
, are both seventh sons.
= Speaker Houston is the seventh of
nine sons and no daughters. According
E 20 an old superstition he can cure kings
evil and tell fortunes
Poor Mrs. vincent.
The House did some decisive divorce
work yesterday afternoon. The bills
passed we're the following: Margaret f
vs. Charles r. Wiegandt, desertion and
non support; Florence A VS. Robert K.
Passwater desertion, cruelty, non sup
port. Mary f.. VS.. William j. Brown,
desertion and non support; George W.,
! vs. Fannie L. Goudall, adultery and de-
sertion.
Mrs Francis Vincent was the only
applicant who was turned down. She
married George r. Vincent to reform
him, having already reformed and laid
to rest two husbands The reform didn't
work, and George has gone with a hand
E some woman.
The Session on Monday.
= The Senate will not meet until o'clock
4 on Monday afternoon. Senator Pyle
= has been delegated to call the body to
order and adjourn it over to Tuesday
! morning. Should he fail to get there
and Clerk Hardcastle or some senator
fail to put in an appearance to call to
order aud adjourn for want of quorum
e the Senate will have lost its usefulness.
d The House has a mass of work on hand
, and will meet at 10 o'clock.