Milford chronicle., 1893-05-05
What the Legislature has Accom-
plished

The Legislature o. 1895 10 BrAAF are has
not made for itself page in iu'' mortal Nis-
tory. but it has accomplished lots of work
nevertheless. From last N, lpday's Morning
Ness we clip the fol- ,wing regime of lis
proceedings
The session Of The Assembly began on jan
uary Sd and viii positively last. as we ali
know, autil May S, which is Iaa days To-
days session will be the ending of the
seventeenth week. The members receive 50
a day for each day that the session lasts and
will refore receive about $500 each or sio
500 in all.
The number Of public acts passed by the
Assembly is snail There have been bills to
consolidate aud divide school districts, to
transfer farms iu each of the three counties
froa one district to another and a number of
ditch bills have passed. All these are known
as public acts, but the public is not much
interested in them.
ACTS CONCERNING WILMINGTON.
The people Of Wilmington, of course, are
interested in the acts passed concerning Will
mineton The Legislature has passed these
acts concerning Wilmington An act to Gre
ate Municipal Police Commission Of viii
minetou by which the people lose control Of
that body an act in relation 10 elections in
Wilmington BY which the Board Of Election
Commissioners appointed by the mayor are
superseded by one appointed by the gov
ernor, but paid for their work at city cleo
tious by the city; act 10 rsapportion the
school fund by which Wilmington secures
$40 900 a year from the State fund instead Of
S15, 900 as previously; act in relation to the
registration of voters by which a change is
made in the city law to make it fit the rev
manner of registration aud voting; ae I to va
cate a part Of Buttonwood street By viii ch
the Malleabls Iron Company is allowed to
erect a building on Buttonwood street be-
tween Taylor and Ninth; act to extend the
boundaries of Wilmington by which East
Lake is admitted to the city on tax rate o f
one third the city rate fot FIVE years and
one half the city rate fot Eve years longer;
act in relation to pharmacy, Whinh eompells
drug stores owned by a practiciug ply
sician to be left in charge Of a qualified as
sistaut, act to allow the Board of Health
power to give sewer permits under certain
urgent conditions; act to allow citizens of
East Lake TO vote at the coming city election
if they register; act to change the direction
of certain streets in the Ninth ward to con-
form with the line Of the new boulevard; act
to create a new library, bv which act the
Wilmington Institute can be made free IL
brary and City Council may annually ap-
propriate a sum not exceeding one cent for
each inhabitaut toward the maintenance of
the same.
In addition to these acts there were passed
a number of corporation acts con Feruing the
city; act to incorporate Buningtsu Medicine
Company, 10 cure drunkards; to incorporate
the Sanilarium Company of Wilmington for
the same purpose; to incorporate the Central
Cemetery Company and the Sylvan Cemetery
Company; to incorporate the Ceometric Drill
Company to manufacture drills and carry on
business, and a number of investment COM
pauies ard other private enterprises ofa like
nature.
The bills now pending which affect Viii
'miugton are The bill to increase the Street
aud Sewer OEUdl AulGuA 10 lDll uEuQEISt
which bill has passed the House and is now
in the Senate; the bill to give the next City
Council power to elect its own officers which
has passed the House and is now in the SEN
ate the bill to create the Office of milk in
spector which has passed the Senate aud is
now in the House and the bill to appoint a
meat inspector which is in the same con-
diti0n.
BILLS AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY,
The bills affecting Ne W Castle county are
also few in number and they include: Act to
allow John T, Dickey as county treasurer
$1,000 year for clerk hire and to do away
with the night sittings for the reception Of
taxes; aot to authorize the Levy Court of New
Castle county to borrow money and bond its
debt; act 10 enable the same body to borrow
sum not to exceed $Ioo, 900 to finish the
new Washington street bridge: the Cooch
bill by which the Levy Court is to pure. .ase
a quarry in order that prisoners may crush
stones to improve the roads of this county.
In addition TO these there was passed the
famous Joint resolution 10 paw the special
constables who served on election day the
sum of $40 900 and thus to save the county
of New Castle that sum,
A number of other acts were passed con-
cerning New Castle county, but they were
merely in relation TO transferring farms and
consolidating school districts and Of no
public importance.
The town of New Castle secured the pass
age Of a law governing its collections for road
taxes Odessa secured the passage of law
to form a board of public education and also
a law to tax dogs. Niddletown was allowed
to borrow money TO purchase an electric
light plant and to pay the amount due on il
water works.
Power to construct electric railways IN
various parts of New Castle county were
granted to the following new companies: To
the Wilmington and New Castle Electric |
Railraw Company, to build an electric road
from Wilmington to New Castle; Whining
ton aud Braudywiue Spring Electric Rail
way Company, to build line from Whining !
ton to BrardYwine Springs; Middetown |,
Electric Railway Company, to build a line |
from Odessa, through Middletown to the |
Maryland line; ST. Georges aud Kirkwood |
Railway Company, to build a line from
Kirkwood to St Georges aud thence to Port |
Penn and Delaware City. The Delaware |
Railroad Company was also given power to |
lay a steam line from Middletowu to the |
Maryland line.
KENT COUNTY MATTERS
Kent county did not ask for mach legisla-
ton and consequently did not receive much /
The Levy Court of Kent county was allowed |
to bond its debt of $40, ,ooo The Levy Court |
also asked for the re- enactment of the delin-
quent laws for Kent and Sussex counties, |
which was cheerlully doHe by the General
Assembly. These are about all the public
acts Of importance that were passed concern
ing Kent county.
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