Evening journal., 1893-02-22
FOUR THOUSAND A YEAR |
And Two Thousand More for
Subpenas and Summons.
NEW CASTLE sHERIPFs SALARY.

out Of This $4,000, According to the
New Measures at Dover, the sheriff of
New Castle County is to Employ His
Deputies Jail commissdoners to
Feed tho Prisoners-Advertislng for
Provisions and Awarding TO the Lowest
Acceptable Bidder.
staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER. Feb. 22-The provisions Of
the bill to make the Office of sheriff of
New Castle county salaried are now In
shape. The salary will be $4 600 year
with fees for summons and subpmnas,
which will amount to about 81 600 more.
Out of this amount the sheriff pays his
deputies and he can have as many as
he wants and is willing to pay for.
The Jail Commissioners will have con-
troll of the feeding of the prisoners and
will give the contracts to the lewest and
most advantageous bidder.
The Insurance Commissioner bill makes
the salary s 500 and expenses; and pro.
vides that he shall give bond for $4,000.
Washington Day Services.
The General Assembly will transact
business to morrow even though it be
Washington's Birthday Part of the
day, however, will be given up to appro
pirate services Washington's farewell
address is to be read by CharlesW McFee,
who is here all ready to perform his part
Of the work. Speakers Houston and
Whiteman are booked to sing duet, "The
Star Spangled Banner" while Victor B.
Woolley is loaded down with Irving's
"Ilife Of Washington. The two pages
are wearing little hatchets and while no
definite program has been formulated,
nothing will be done to make the father
Of his country regret that he was ever
born.
Hard on Impersonators.
Senator Pyle will to day introduce an
act which will 60 good way towards
putting a stop to fraudulent election
schemes in certain lines. It is as fol-
lows
"Section l. Any person who shall
falsely personate an elector or other per.
son or attempt to falsely personate an
elector or other person TO procure a tax
receipt from any collector of taxes or
from the receiver of taxes for New
Castle county shall upon proof thereof
before justice of the peace be subject
to penalty of 800.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of
any constable of thi state or police
officer of any city or town, TO arrest
without warrant every such offender and
take him before justice Of the peace to
be tried for the said offence, should the
penalty and costs not be paid upon
Judgment rendered, the Justice shall
commit the offender to the county Jail
for the term Of six months aud he shall
not be released therefrom before that
time, unless said penalty and costs be
paid.
Representative Armstrong presented
to the House the resolution adopted by
the Kent County Levy Court favoring
the repeal of the Peach lellows law so
far as Il applies to Kent county.
Senator Watson introduced his bill
providing that the town commissioners
Of Camden may erect lock up without
putting the matter TO a vote of the
people.
The Senate passed the House bill re-
newing the charter of the Mill Creek
Hundred Association for the Recovery of
Stolen Horses.
The House ordered 300 copies of the
bills calling a Constitutional Convention
election and amending the limited part
nership law to be printed for distribu-
tion.
The Senate passed the bill to renew
and extend the charter Of the Philadel-
phia and Smyrna Transportation Com
pany.
Representative Sevil introduced a
bill to empower the commissioners of
Clayton public schools to borrow 81, 800
to build additional school rooms.
Building Inspector Dohl, of Wilmington
was in the lobby yesterday. He does
not want to be legislated out of Office.
j. B. Bell, Of the Sunday Star, is look
l ing after the committee on claims.
f. B Frazer, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, was here yesterday
looking after his report and undermin
ing the interests Of w. r. G. Colquo
houn. registrar of births marriages and
! deaths Of the city of Wilmington.
Judge Ball was here last evening.