Evening journal., 1895-03-23
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE

wants cone Say 16sgardinE the Amount
TO Be Spent BY the Street and sewer
Commission-other LegIsiation.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March 90 The ladies' who are
interested in the Delaware Industrial
School for Girls, are determined 60 get
an appropriation from some source
After being defeated in their object OF
getting the state to increase its appso-
priation from 81 600 to S.. 600 they have
sent another bill to Dover introduced 10
cay by Senator Pyle, which authorizes
the Levy Court of New Castle county to
appropriate money to the institution
The amount is left to the discretion of
the Levy Court
The Knockout BILL
Mayor sbortlidge'a bill to oust Judge
Ball from office and to provide for the
election Of Republican in his stead
came 10 Dover yesterday and was placed
In the hands of Senator Pyle for intro
duction 1t Is as follows:
Section /. That section IL. Of the
act entitled An act to revise and con.
solidate the statutes relating to the city
Of Wilmington, passed at Dover. April
IL, 1888. A d amended be. and the same
Is hereby amended, by striking out of
said section all that portion thereof
between the word Wilmington. in the
hfth line Of said section, and the word
he in the fourteenth line OF said
section, and inserting 10 lieu thereof the
following: The judge of said court shall
De known as the city Judge; who sh hall
nave power to hold and keep said court
OF record. No person shall be eligible to
office OF city judge unless he be man
learned Ia the law Of at least five years
standing as prRcticing attorney and
solicitor In the courts OF this state, and a
resident OF the city OF Wilmington AT
the city election to be held on the first
Saturday in Juue, a. D. 1895, and on the
same day in every sixth year thereafter.
the voters in the respective election
districts Of the city of Wilmington shall
vote for a city judge, who shall be
elected by plurality of all the votes cast
in the several election districts The
city judge shall hold office for the term
Of six years commencing on the first day
OF July succeeding his election, and shall
not be eligible for reelection upon his
election.
Section 2 That term of Office Of the
present City Judge shall terminate on
the first day of July 1875, A D.
Section 8. An acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby re
pealed
Judge Ball must have known that the
bill was coming for be was ia Dover as
soon as the bill was It is not thought
that u will ever pass the Senate.
One Little Bill in Blue.
Several weeks after Senator Handy had
given notice Of 1t he yesterday introduced
the bill to incorporate the Wilmington
and West Chester Electric Railway
Company. 1t Is bound in light blue
paper which will be several shades darker
before the Senate Committee on Private
Corporations makes a report favorable
to all Of its provisions.
The incorporators are Isaac N Grubb
William Bright, Patrick Fahey. Walter
h. Hayes, Hubert Cassidy, MAYNARD
Way, Thomas McHugh, Charles nj
Townsend, William II. Burnett. F Har
vey Day, Thomas Weldin' and John T.
Dickey, The capital stock shall be
500, goo with power to increase it to
5000, 600
The route is laid dSwn from Whining
ton to West Chester, by way of Concord
turnpike, and the company NAV trans
port both passengers and freight. There
Is no provision against grade crossings.
II satisfactory arrangements cannot be
made with the Wilmington City Railway
Company for hauling its cars into the
city, II may lay tracks as far as Fourth
and French streets.
Senator Pyle gave notice of acts TO
regulate conditional sales and to prevent
che sale Of stolen goods He has not yet
received them
Anything and Everything.
An act to incorporate the South Wl
mington Real Estate Company has been
handed to Senator Pyle for Introduction.
George g. Lobdell, Jr, William w
Lobdell and Alexander ]. Hart are the
incorporators They want to be authorized
to do such acts and things as msy be
proper and necessary in the conduct of
The business Of pu chasing, selling. hold
ing, improving and managing real estate
and securities in all its various branches
may erect, build, purchase or make for
itself or under contract, houses, buildings
factories or other works, public or private
and lease, hold, manage, operate and
dispose Of such or any of its property. and
may purchase, sell, take. hold and dispose
Of the stocks, bonds or other securities Of
other incorporated companies under
contract, and may make or furnish labor.
material, implements, chatteis, fixtures
and other property whatsoever on such
terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon with persons contracting with IL
The capital stock is placed at $50 600
with power to increase. The principal
office shall be In Wilmington.
1.-TWO of the Fortunates.
House bills dlvorcing Mary ]. and
William ]. Daniels. and allowing the
town commissioners of Newark to estab
lish sinking fund, passed the Senate
yesterday afternoon. The town has a
loan Of $37. 600 outstanding and is not
prepared to meet it.
Wants of the Diamond State.
Senator Pyle introduced an act to
amend the charter of the Diamond State
Iron Company. It's provisions are that
in addition to the powers and authority
heretofore conferred on the Diamond
state Iron Company 1t shall have the
further powers and authority and the
same is hereby conferred TO work In.