Milford chronicle., 1895-04-26
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.



b Handy and Fenimore appointed the Seuat'
+, committee. The Honse adopted the resolu.
ton and appointed MessTs. Pyle, Mustard
. and Morgan.
: The much talked Of medical bill wa.
{ passed by the Senate this morning aud Sen
ators Pyle and Alrichs have covered them
selves with glory over the victory.
The bill was this morning reported favor
I ably by the committee without the amend
e meut of Senator Handy offered on the day
] before.
The House coucurred in the Senate Joint
resolution to appoint a committee to con-
= slider the ACCESSIBILITY Of erecting new state
/ library building and appointed as COM
uittee Messrs. Jolls, KilleH and Brown
The Senate committee is Messrs Alrichs
and Pyle.
FRIDAY-APRIL 70.
In the House this morning Mr. Burton
moved to reconsider the vote by which the
bill to make Saturdays half holidays for
banking and trust company purposes in the
city Of Wilmington was killed yesterday.
The vote was reconsidered and the bill
placed on its final passage.
Mr. Mustard, who voted against the bill
Thursday, said that he had been convinced
that the bill was a fair and square measure
and he should now vote for it. The bill was
passed and sent to the Senate.
A joint resolution offered in the House
this morning in regard to settlement with
the Hon N B. Smithers, late secretary of
state, was adopted. The resolution was
offered by Mr.. Pyle and provided that the
same committee which is to settle with ex-
Secretary Of State John D. Hawkins shall
also settle with Mr.. Smithers
sATURDAY-APRIL 20,
In the House this morning the bill to
change the time of holding the election in
the town of Rehoboth came up for fual ac-
ton
Mr. Moore offered an amendment to allow
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors in the town
Under its present charter liquor can be sold |
there. There was general discussion over
amendment Mr. Pyle presented petition
from a number of people interested in Re |
hoboth asking that the sale of liqHor be al |
lowed there, and also several letters asking /
the General Assembly to allow the law to |
remain as it was. Both sides were inter
ested in Rehoboth, and Mr. Pyle desired the
members to understand how the people
stood on the question and gave them both
sides of it. The amendment to allow the
sale of liquCr was adopted by vote of IS
to o.
MoNDAY-APRIL 20.
Mr. Pyle, this morning asked the status
of the bill known as the high license bill
It was ordered that the committee on Ways
and Means be discharged from further con.
sideratiou.
Mr.. Moore asked if the bill had been
printed He was told that it had not. Mr..
Moore continuing said that the General AS
sembly ought to go slow on this matter and {
he moved that the bill be laid over until J
Thursday, which was done.
Mr.. Robbins called up the bill to amend !
he charter Of the town of Rehoboth to re- $
peal the clause which exempts improve {
nents from taxation for ten years by pro
,iding that all property shall be taxed after
January I, 1896 Property already built
lnder the law remains exempt for ten years
In the House this afternoon Mr.. Fleming
Introduced the bill to incorporate the Har-
ingtou, Frederick and Denton Railway Z
company The company will run an cleo
ric railway between the points named 81
he capitol stock is 500, 900 with power to a
-crease to $500 The eorporators in ii
Jude Robert W, Reynolds, Representative 7
Ezekiel Fleming, Senator Hezekiah Har- al
iugton, State Auditor B l. Lewis and m
theirs. III
TUEsDAY-APRIL2 g. II
The House passed the Senate bill to allow IN
lie people of Glendale in Sussex county to -
uild a new schoolhouse. The present :,
uilding was minded to accommodate fifty pu- y, ~
is, and there is now an average attend Z
ice of over eighty. n
The people of Seaford are after some form 81
insurance which will come cheaper than du
hat they now have The people of that
wn have recenely been compelled to pay pr
eh high rates by the foreign companies do N.
g business there that many Of them could as
Il afford to insure their property. They til;
we now decided to organize company of do
cir own aud the House this morning passed In
e bill to incorporate the Kent and Sussex ma
Htual Fire aud Marine Insurance Company. -.
Guided in the corporators are Governor =.
m. T. Watson, Representative Thomas A. ,''
atson and George H. Hall It is probable en-
It the Senate will pass the bill in a few let
rs. rus
Governor Watson to-day appointed Viii Wo
N Deakyne of New Castle to be a notary wO
PIG to succeed, Frank E. Herbert, de the
sed. No other appointments were made L..
wEDNEsDAY-APR1L a. r'e'
he House passed the House bill provid e','
for the protection aud promotion of the VINE
ticultural interests of the State. brol
he House passed the House bill enabl- -.
the Mayor and Council of Wilmington to wy
row $50, 600 for the purchase of park lands, Get
making the park commissions annual brar
reputation $4,000.
be House passed the House bill enabling
road com n1issioners of Brandywine hud
70 borrow $1,000 also, the House bill RI
bling property owners at Georgetown to bIoo
at town elections one vote for each dollar -,
* paid JOINT
he House to-day unanimously adopted and
following joint resolution which was Of Sarsi
d BY Representative Mustard r;ch,
sSOiyed That the committee on elections
nd they are hereby instructed and di- 'zes
d to have prepared aud presented to rheu
House for its action, bill making It a
" punishable by fine and cost ir1prison Ho
!, aisiran ehlssment and disqualification assist
On to offer in any manner to
base vote at any general or special
ion in the State. D.
Tbav wore r. r,;,,a point
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