Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-03-27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did IN
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE


Bm introduced The Delaware Deeds.
both Want the Chud-To Exempt From
Taxation-Notes Of the Assembly.
STAFF Correspondence Evening journal.
DOVER, March % The Senate yester
day passed tn. bill extending until
February IS. 1897, the time In which The
Chester and Wilmington Electric Ball
way Company shall complete the road
The bill to. incorp ,rate the Thatcher
Improvement Company also passed the
Senate.
Same Books to BE Used.
The Senate passed Sub stitute for the
House bill regulating the pureha se Of
text books for the public schools. The
purport OF the substitute is that the
text books now used be continued, but
authorizes the State Board Of Education
to supplement the list at the request Of
the school commissioners Of any partic
ular district, the increase to apply only
to the district requesting it The time
for the annual meeting of the State
Board Of Education is changed from the
second Tuesday In August to the second
Tuesday in July.
Rebate System on Liens.
The Senate passed two House bills
drawn at the instance OF the Street and
Sewer Directors Of Wilmington One
gives them Judicial powers in tho matter
of cRncelling sewer paving and curb liens
The other provides a rebate system of
paying curb and paving liens; five por
cent off II paid witain sixty days, face Of
the bill II paid between sixty and ninety
days and six per cent. on all bills not
paid before ninety days after presenta-
tion
Cleanliness Next TO Godiiness.
Senator Pyle introduced TO day an act
to incorporate the Delaware Street
Sweeping Machine Company The
| incorporators are Edwin Geu Fanigen,
John w Causey William Walker. Robert
L Holiday. Frederick Foster, Dr.
Ralph Walsh, Conrad F Olothier, Jr
| William B Matthews. Wilbur Il Bur
mite, Ezekiel I Cooper J Willard
Morgan, james r Austin. w r. John
son, James P Pyle, Albert Wieder and
George w Sias The object Of the
corporation is to manufacture, SELL and
rent street sweeping machines, and the
entering into Of all kinds of contrscta
for the cleaning of streets, rosds OF
highways within Della ware or other
arss The capital stock is stated at
$500 600, with the privilege Of increasing
1t TO any amount.
Heald s 90. Charter.
A bill to incorporate the Elsmere and
| Wilmington Electric Railway Company
was introduced by Representative Pyle
The inc0rpoFat0rs named are Edwin FL
Ga ley, Wilmer J Ellison, William B
johnson, Frank D. LackeY and Daniel w
Taylor. Capital stock $1,000 with
power TO increase it to any amount The
principal Office shall be in Wilmington
The route proposed is from Elsmsrs to
Second and Market streets, Wilmington,
by way OF Second street. provided tbs
city authorities are willing. The track
may be either single or double, and tbs
motive power horses, electricity or cable
There shall be no grade crossings The
work Of construction shall be begun
within nine months and completed within
two years
An Important School Bill.
Representative Pyle introduced biz
general school law 1t is an important
measure, the text Of which is IS follows
Section There shall be- appropriated
annually hereafter from the public
treasury OF this state for the benefit o.
the public schools of this state, the sun
of $3.50 GOO, which sum, or as mucl
thereof ss shall be found necessary
shall be distributed and paid In tbs man
ner hereinafter provided
Section 2-For the purposes Of thil
act, commencing with the frst day o
January, A D.. 1895, the school yea
shall commence on the first day o
January and end on the thirty frst day o.
December in each year. It shall be tn
duty of the school commissioners of eacl
district IN this Late, and the presidents
OF each board Of public education lncor
purated under the laws Of this state, &
make quarterly statements for thl
quarters of the school year ending on th
last days Of March, June, September ant
December in each year, which shall
contain the number of pupils attending
school at each school for the quarter
the names OF the teachers employed
aud the number of days service per
formed by each teacher for the quartz
for which the statement Is made tn
statement shall include each school Il
ths school district, or where there ar
boards OF education each school unde
, the jurisdiction or meueEbmenb OF sue
board and the name Of the treasurer 0
the school district, board Of education 0
! ! school for colored childre as the cas-
may be In the case of school district
, the statement shall be sworn or affirme
to by majority of the school commis
sioners for such districts. and In the cas-
Of boards of education, the statement
2 shall be signed aud the sifidavlts mad
By the presidents of such boards lWner
there are schools for colored children no
/ under the supervision Of school con
S missioners or boards OF education. th
statement must be signed and sworn c
: affirmed to by the county snperintend
. ents Of public schools for the county /
which such school for colored childre
& snail be located. The affidavit shall
in effect that the matters containe
L in the statement are truly set fortl
+ The statements herein required shall
; forwarded TO the state auditor With
ten days after the end Of each quartei
/ Il shall be the duty Of the state auditC
on receiving such statement to ascertai
q the smount due such school distric
a board of education and school for colore
i children in the manner hereinafter. pr
e scribed and TO certify to the correctne