Evening journal., 1895-04-17
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did In
Dover Yesterday.
THE WORK OF HOUSE AND SENATE

Friends of tho State Horticultural Bill
Anticipate Its Favorable Reception In
the House rO-day-wOrk-houssB BiI Not
Yet Taken Up for Final Consideration.
Matters to Interest Electric Railway
Peopie-NOtes of The Session,
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, April II The House bill To
protect and promote the horticul ural
interests of the state will probably pass
the House to day Professor Wesley
Webb and Joseph E. Carter, OF the
Peninsula Horticultural Society, we're
In Dover In its interest yesterday. They
saw Representative Ball, who has the
bill in charge, and he assured them that
10 would be called up to day, and that IL
bad sufficient friends in the House to
pass 1t.
The bill creates State Board of
horticulture, consisting Of DR.. John ].
Black, Of New Castle county; s H.
Derby, Of Kent county, and Charles
Wright, Of Sussex county, vice.
presidents Of the Peninsula Horticult-
ursl Society, and provides that thew
shall serve without compensation
Within thirty days after the passage Of
the ecs the governor shall appoint a
commissioner Of horticulture. BE shall
with the approval of the board. adopt
and carry out the plans necessary for
the eradication OF the peach yellows, and
to prevent the Importation and raw.
ages OF that insect pest known
as San Jose scsle Diseased trees and
their fruit are declared common
nuisance and the commission shall order
them destroyed, mo damages to be paid 10
the owner on account of such destruction
The commissioner or his deputies must
make searching examination at least
once year. The com missioner NAV
appoint as many deputies as be finds
necessary Any owner refusing 10
destroy infected trees or fruit shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor and subisct to a
hue of not less than $40 nor more than
500 Appeals may be taken to a
committee OF three experts whose
decision shall be final A person selling
any tree from an infected nursery shall
be liable to the same fue as specified
above The expense Of the ersdieation :
to be borne by the state The commits
sioners are to be paid So a day for the ir
services.
For the Work-house Bill.
The House bill TO establish the Della
ware Stats Work. house Is stil in tha
hands Of the Senate committee and has
not yet been taken up for fnal consider
alton. Judge Ball, one of it's most earnest
advocates, was down yesterday and spent
the day canvassing the Senate for votes
DE found the New Castle members
favored 1t, but that the Kent and Sussex
members were not so favorably i'm
pressed. Chief Justice Lore also stepped
in for few minutes and saw several
members in the interest of The measure.
Compensation Left Blank.
Representative Pyle has no desira to
throw Edmund Mitchell, Jr and Enoene
NJ. Ssyers into q spell of sickness ana A.
was not for that purpose that he yester
day introduced his bill in relati IN to the
assessors and collectors of the cltv Of
Wilmington 1t provides that hereafter
each assessment district of Wilmington
shEll have an assessor and a collector
Instead OF combining the offices In one
man. The matter OF compensation was
left blank
Hubert Cassidy's Claim.
Representative Jolls offered a ioint
resolution for the relief OF Hubert Cas-
sidy, OF Wilmington, the contractor who
built the state building at the Worlds
Fair. He claims $7lS OF for extra work
done under orders from the State Board
Of Worlds Fair Managers aud he wants
the state to pay 1t The managers say
tney do not owe it
Henry @ Conrad was in Dover last
evening BE had with him picture of
the state building, q Delaware day satin
badge and the $l,700 note for the
payment Of which the state recently
made an appropriation They were
framed In small oak frame and will be
presented to Robert w Reynolds. Of
FredericH, treasurer of the board.
We Are the Peoples.
Henry White, James f. White John
III Peoples, Alfred d Peoples, Henry @.
White and William f smalley, Jr., want
to speculate In Gods acre. Representa-
tive Walker intr duced in the House
bill incorporating them under the name
OF the Slverbrook Oemstery Company.
The capital shall not be less than $60. 900
nor more than $1OO, 600 and $50 600 shall
be paid In before business is begun. The
principal Office shall be in Wi ming.
ton.
A bipartisan Commission.
Some time ago Representa- We Pyle
introduced in the House bill appointing
Mayor Shortlidge, ex City solicitor
Charles NJ. Curtis and Peter L Cooper.
Jr commission 20 consider the govern.
mental needs Of Wilmington and to make
It's report on the new charter to the next
General Assembly. Knowing that the
names suggested would not be accepta-
Bile to the Democratic Senate, he and
Senator Pyle conferred. They decided
that the only way TO get a business IKE
and acceptable charter would be TO make
the commission bipartisan in character
and decided upon the following men. two
Democrats and two Republicans. to
constitute it.: John s Rossell William
d Mullen. Daniel w. Taylor and Alfred
d. Warner. he introduced the bill In
the Senate yesterday afternoon.
Another Bottling Company. .s-----
Senator Pyle introduced a bill to incor.
porate the Foord Bottling Company. The
incorporators are Williau O. Foord