Smyrna times., 1893-05-03
of$5O In this shape the bill passed with
ont comment
ESTATES OF PARTNERS.


In the House Thursday a substitute bill
was passed for the bill in relation to the
settlement of the estates of deceased part
ners.
The bill passed provides that when a
a partner in firm dies the surviving part
ner shall settle the estate, but before he
enters upon that duty he shall file with the
register of chancery of the county in which
the firm operates, a statement of the iabil-
tiles and assets of the firm, and shall file a
bond equal to the deceased partners inter-
est in the same. In case there is a false
return made the bond is to be increased to
sufficient amount and if necessary re-
ceiver appointed. Under the old low no
bond was required.
HOT CONTEST OVER THE INVESTMENT TAX
BILL WHICH WAS DEFEATED.
The hottest legislative fight the present
session developed in the Delaware Senate
Friday when the tax investment bill was
brought up for final action.
Senator Watson started the contest by
offering a substitute for the original bill
Senator Pyle opposed the substitute saying
that mechanics and business men of New
Castle county did not want such a measure
enacted.
Senator McMulen told the members he
had been farmer all his life and repre-
sented agricultural interests He called upon
LllO ReildIO W klIl the Dill, WDlcn WOulQ be
disastrous to farmers.
Senator Lacey favored the substitute by
saying that farmers in his section of Kent
county demanded that land should not pay
all the tax for the support of county and
state government, and that investm ents,
bends, mortgages and stocks should be
required to pay their quota.
Senator Pilling resented the Kent Sena-
tors imputatiOn. He is manufacturer.
q broad hot ha
more taxes than all the Kent county far
mers put together.
Senator Records, of Sussex county made
an earnest motion for pOstpOnement and
moved that the bill be made the special
order for Tuesday, at 10 o'clock. A
heated discussion followed and the motion
was lost by ayes to noes. Mr.. Records
then began tilibustering tactics, which
In the midst of the din caused by these
abortive efforts, Senator Pilling called for
the readi2g of the substitute bill. It's
friends begged for time to offer amend
ments, but it was of no avail, and the sub
stitute was defeated by a vote of to 2. Mr..
Records tried to have final action on the
original bill postponed but 4 ayes and
noes knocked him out The big five de-
manded that the House bill be taken nm
for final consideration Senator Lacey
moved indefinite pOstponement which
went through almost unanimously. Then
to clinch the action of .he Senate and make
1t more irrevocable, Senator Williams
moved to reconsider the vote of indefinite
postponement, and then moved to lay his
motionIOn the table. Thus was the fight
ended, and the tax investment bill buried
beyond resurrection.
Under suspension of the rules Monday
the House passed a bill for the grad ing Of
the crime of arson. The distinction is made
between setting fire to property in which
are human beings and applying the torch
to unoccupied dwellings. For the former
crime death is the penalty, while for the
prisOnment not exceeding ten years are
provided. Under the present law the set
ting fire to any habitation whether occupied
or not at the time, is punishable by death.