Evening journal., 1895-03-07
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE
Legislation for Rich GirI-state House
Insurance-The Bottle BilI-A Tramp
Law in Prospect Medicine and Surgery.
Legislation for the City-Notes.


Legislation for the City-Notes.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER March THE Senate passed
the Records bill extending the powers of
guardians and trustees In making la
ve-tments. Mr.. Alrlehs explained that
the bill allowed man appointed trustee
Of an estate to transfer the investments
already made to the new trustee or any
other person without selling til M. 1t
further relieved such guardian or trustee
from loss by reason OF depreciation in
value Of such investments from no fault
OF his own
Senator Handy asked for q fuller ex
PLANTATION. He said that the Senate
should be very careful and not leave
loophole through which dishonest
guardians and trustees could MAKE way
with the money OF guardians
Senator Records left the chair and said
'This Is bill to fit particular case In
Laurel. A man died there two or three
weeks ago He left small child, about
10 years old She will come In possession
Of about $l00, 900 in personal property.
That money Is invested. He left sister
as executrix to close the business and'aIso
trustee Under this bill this execu
trix can transfer the property, which
consists of bonds mortgages, stocks and
Judgments. and will not be compelled to
collect this money and reinvest it. II she
has to call 1t In In twelve months or two
years 1t will be a hardship to many
persons. | have shown 1t to lawyer and
he thinks it is good bill The commit.
tee slso thinks so
Mr.. Handy withdrew his objections
and the bill passed
The child in question is daughter of
the late Benz jsmin Fooks.
Closed Season In Prospect.
Senator Fenimore gave notice OF bill
prohibiting the killing, trapping, selling
or possessing any partridge, quail,
pheasant. woodcock or rabbit before
November /. 1896, and making the gun
ming season begin on November Is and
end on december 81 of each year there
after He will introduce 1t tomorrow.
State Librarian vs.. State Treasurer.
The Democratic Senate does not pro-
pose to allow the Republican House to
dictate to il as to who shall insure the
State House, furniture and library
against loss by fire. The resolution,
when originally intro iuced in the House,
provided that the state librarian should
have them insured The House committee
refused to report It that way, but
amended II in such way as 10 make the
duty devolve upon the state treasurer,
Republican. In that shape IL passed
the House and went to the Senate. The
Senate committee yesterday reported a
substitute providing that the state
librarian have the property insured for
five years. 1t was adopted and sent
back to the House for concurrence.
They Want Relief.
Senator Pyle introduced TO day an act
for the relief Of the road commissioners
of New Castle hundred 1t relieves them
from the charge OF keeping up the state
road from Wilmington to the village of
Red Lion, and put IL on the county. The
plea is that il Is used by many persons
living In other hundreds and Cecil county,
Md.
VIII Go to Committee.
Senatorial courtesy prevailed. The
vote by which Senator Pierce's bill for
the removal of snow from the public
roads of Sussex county was, on motion
OF Senator Records, reconsldered aud
the bill left on the table. It will now go
to committee
HIS Guns Are Loaded.
Senator Handy is a fighter, and his
political enemies are beginning to fear
his prowess In the Senate. He now has
his eye on two bills and will do his
utmost to kill them. One provides for
the matchmaking of the Elsmere road
faAN Nlasaaa - L..
BE says that there are two and one half
miles Of the road. and that the expense
would not be less than $4,000. He had
a discussion with Repres entative Wilson.
of Christiana hundred, yesterday, and
the latter said that he was not in favor
of macadamizlng the road, but he was
In favor Of widening It,
Senator Handy also has his guns
loaded for Representative Reyoold's bill
taking from the town Of st. Georges one
half OF the road tax levied therein and
giving 1t to the hundred.at large
Speaker Watson Absent.
Speaker Of the Senate Watson was
away on business yesterday The Senate
was called to order by Clerk Hastings and
Senator Records ives elected speaker pro
tempore. There was no other absentee
in the upper chamber.
Wilmington school Reports.
Senator Pyle distributed among the
members Of the Senate and House to-day
the reports concerning the public
schools Of the city OF Wilmington for
1898 and a. They were read with much
interest by those members who are in
terested in educational matters.
Not at Their Ease.
The bottle bill repeater may not pass
the Senate. but the local attorneys for the
liquor dealers are not perfectly at their
ease They are working among the
Senate members, getting their views,
and find that they are not all Of a
favorable character.
Cunning for the Repeater.
E r Cochran, Jr.. was down Yester-
day in the interest of the opponents Of
the Mustard bottle law repesler He
has associated Colonel f T. Cooper and
General K. r. Kenney with him In his
| endeayors to beat 1t in the Senate
Representative Mustard says that II
his repealer Is killed by the Senate he
will introduce q new one every day, il
necessary. He intimstes that he has
q bill prepared which will be even more
| Objectionable to the liquor men than the