Smyrna times., 1895-05-08
LegislatiVes Notes.

DOINGs OF A WEEK AT THE CAPITAL.
Mr.. J. Edward Addicks is largely in
evidence at this session of the General
Assembly. Besides the figure he daily
cuts in the Senatorial ballots, he is also
interested in gas legislation, and Fri
day bill was introduced by Senator
Pyle to charter new gas company, of
which Addicks is the head and front.
1t is to be called the Brandywine Gas
Company of the State of Delaware,
with J. Edward Addicks, Jas. G. Shaw,
John H. Bateman, State Senator RObt.
]. Handy and ]. Frank Alice as cor
porators. The capital stock is set at
$4,000, with power to increase the
same to an unlimited amount.
Another Addicks gas measure, also
introduced by Senator Pyle, is an act
to re-incorporate and amend the char
ter of the Oxy-Hydrogen Company,
which was passed over twenty years
ago, and which Mr.. Addicks recently
obtained possession of, and started his
Wilmington gas works in accordance
with its powers. It lapsed two years
ago.
The House bill to repeal the delin-
quent tax laws of Kent aud Sussex
Counties was reported to tie Senate
without recommendation.
Representative w ilson offered bill
providing that when a Road Commits
sioner moves out of his Hundred his
Office shall be vacant, and that a resi-
of the Hundred shall succeed him.
In the Senate Friday the bill to re-
peal the delinquent tax law of Kent
and Sussex Counties was defeated by q
party vote of to a. Senators Alrichs
and Handy, Republicans, spoke in favor
of the bill.
The Senate also killed, by tie vote
the Oleomargarine bill. Senator AL.
richs spoke In its favor, and Senators
Pyle and Handy against it.
The Senate passed the House bill
making Margaret Hall Wilson and
Rusalie Edwarda Wilson children and
heir-at-law of ]. Edward Addicks
Also the House bills incorporating tbs
Harrington, Frederica & Denton Elec
trio Railway Company.
The House, by vote of IA to z, con
CURED in the Senate amendment TO the
House bill authorizing the sale o
liquor at Rehoboth. As passed by th,
House the bill was to take effect OF
| November /. The amendment author
ICES the resident Judge Of the Genera
Sessions Court TO issue fractiona
licenses for the sale of liquor at Re
hoboth during the coming summer
The House passed the bill to divid,
Mill Greek Hundred into three elec
tion districts,
Senator Handy introduced an act I,
incorporate the Wilmington & Clay
mont Electric Railway Company ais,
an act to regulate appointment ant
election to office. The latter is identi
cal with bill killed few days ago b,
the House.
The opinions of the Chancellor an,
, Superior Court Judges upon the ques
, tion OF the right of the Legislature, II
providing for the Constitutional Con
, vention, TO allow New Castle County
! greater representation than either X en-
} or Sussex, were received at the Stat
. Department Friday, As Governo
Watson, to whom they were addressed
was absent they were not opened, an,
4 their contents are not known
Mr.. Mustard is hard at work to plac
a State tax on merry-go rounds an,
like money-mAking arrangements. II
, claims that the owners of the merry
i go-rounds are largely nonresident
! They come into this State in summe
i time and take away hundreds of dol
+ lars. They receive the protection q
, the State while they are here and d
not pay a cent of tax.
|, The Elsmere electric railway bill ha
i been reported favorably with a
amendment which cuts off all of Oh
!, line within the city of Wilmington
: This makes II conform TO the othe
railway charters 30 far granted thi
: session. The bill was passed
n In the House Mr. Davis Introduce
Il Till to amend the town of Clayton s
y that meetings Of the town commission
2 ers shall be public aud also requirin
4 that the commissioners shall hav
J. printed the annual statement of th
II town expenses. The rules we're SUI
o pended and the bill referred in orde
a 10 save time.
n The Senate passed the House bi
e making all Saturdays half-holidays 70
0 banking and trust company purpose
h In Wilmington. The bill is now a Law
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