Evening journal., 1895-04-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Continued From First Page.


lug, to prevent open hosiiNtles, has
introduced liil giving Kent county two
Of the comm ssioners aud Sussex county
ona An armistice has been arranged
pending the outcome Of this legislative
treaty.
An Election Law Amendment.
An sch 20 amend section is chapter Is
volume 10 Laws cf Delaware being tbs
Secret Ballot law, was introduced by
kepresentstiva Pile r strikes ont the
~oros Before opening the election the
inspector snd Judges OF eech hundred or
election district fhall select All honest
and capable mau from each OF he twop prin
cipal political psrties - nd iuserts In lien
thereof the following Before an election
the Inspector of e. soh hundred or election
district, and the Judge thereof who
belongs Go that one OF tie two principal
D 'liticsl parties to which the inspector
does not belong, shsll respectively select
az honest and capable man from that one
II he two principal parties to which
such Inspector and judgs respectively
belong
a Nut for Politicians.
Representative Pyls introduced q bln
amending the act to provide for ths
registration OF voters in the city o.
Wilmington. IL amends line fl, clause
Of section BY providing that tho
Inspectors in said city aud" IN each
ward shall he divided ss equally az
possible between the different poliii
cal pnriieej substitutes two priuci
PAL instead Of different" in
line IL, and inserts the fol
loving words before the word and"
Ia line sixteen Of the clsune, the follow
log words: And those inspectors
appointed TO r,prGstnt each of said
parties rafpsctivsiy shall be appointed
o7 the membsr or members OF the
Department Of Elections who are OF the
same political party az such Inspector or
Inspectors are respectively to represent.
Toe bill rspsals section 3, Of chapter
729, Of volume 10 Laws Of Delaware
being an a. eadment to the city, and
provides that clause 10 Of section 3, OF
caspter 49, vol. 10 Laws OF Delaware,
oy re-enseting all the words originally
Nactsd therein between the word
election" in the sizteenth line thereof,
snd tbs word inspectors" In The twenty
second line thereof Life Is tro short 10
delye into the mysteries OF this bill. L.
io nut for MessTs Neary, Diekey and
salisbury 10 crscS.
General ssssssment Knockout.
Chapter 566 Of volume 10, Laws Of
Delaware, Is not to the liking Of the
ksi u0lictn mRDPRers. Representative
Pyle will introduce a bill repeslinR
section ] of The sce. hich provides that
thc assessors OF Whining ton shall make
genrIAt assessment Annually. All
acts or pats cf acts ire0nsistel there
With and repealed thereby are, by be
Wilmington sta'esmAn's bin re enacted
Provided, ho@tv.r,' it says that
this act shall not apply to t4e as'ess
ment mGds ard being made under section
/, and heretofore rstnrued BY the sevsral
county assessors Vi Wilmington hundred
A. the February term. 1895. OF the Lew
Court Of New Castle county, and that
said assessment, when duly com pletec
shall be ana remain as be general assess
ment Of ell persons aud tax4hle property
FOR said huudred OF Wilmington rn,it
he general assessment 60 be made end
reiurned "a the said Levy Court az New
Nas,ie county az tns February tenn
1897
The Graves Estate Agafn.
Ths legislation necessary 20 stralghtsn
aut the real estate Of Robert Graves
4. ceased, Of Wilmington, IS enough 70
make the old ealortd caterer turn Ia bis
grave. Several days Ogo Representative
~ le introduced bill IN behalf OF Lucs
sirhvea and the Homeopathic Hospital
Association OF Delaware and to dsv BE-
Introduced an SGT providing that al the
tile OF the state In the Graves real
estate, which would otherwise escbeAt
e the state by reason Of the ilegitimacy
Of Edwsrd Graves, bis son be vested ia
Thomas, James aud John Wesley Hard
lng, heirs aud sssgus OF Graves
The Eagles OF Clayton.
representative Davis, o. Ks0ton hum
d. ed. was not present on Saturday. bis
mother being critically III ST her homs in
smyrna Acting for him. Representative
Mustard introduced . bill to incorporate
Pilgrim Castle, No * GE, OF CLAYTON
Thomas w Dlaniug. William ID Gray.
Francis L Burne, Samuel c Ware. J
Henry Donovan, uuph Fleming, Joseph
b Jones, Hsthsniel g Severson Francis
Sterling, Alfred Fl skinner. William w
Whitelock and Charles N. Lloyd are the
neorporators.
Ball's Pet Measure.
Representative Bail, that austere and
dignifed Statesman from Sussex. intro
ducsd his bill to improve and promote
he colored schools Of the state Ths
most noteworthy thing about the
measure is that it will never pass the
Senate It requires the Levy Court OF
each county to levy s school tax Of 8 on
each colored person whose name appears
on the assessment, tho levy TO be made
in April Of the present year and each
year hereafter. 1he sum arising there
from Hhsll be set spart as q eeparate and
distinct fund for the support and msin.
tsnance OF the calored schools OF the
state. The taxes shall be collected and
turned over to the county treasurer the
same as other taxes.
The bill sppropriates $l2 COO annually
from the school fund for salaries Of
tescheI.s and running expenses, the
amount to be divided equally among the
counties. further annual appropriation
Of So 0C0 Is Insde for text books.
buildings aud repairs, 81, 600 to each
county. The state treasurer must pay
these respective amounts over to the
county treasurer on or before the fret day
Of October In each year.
lhe county superinteadents shGll have
rha enfira rnnraoafneuf cnutfni and