Evening journal., 1895-01-31
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
What the Law Makers Did in
Dover Yesterday.
NIB. HANDY AND THE CIGARETTE.
He WIN Introduce a Measure That win
Drive the Cigarette out of tho State.
Want the Game Law Amended-The
Needs of New Castle--A Republican
MaRistrAte Secured.

Magistrate Secured.
staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Jan. 31.-Senator Handy, in
whose eyes the deadly cigarette is an
abomination, has In hand bill which is
well-nigh prohibitory in It's chsrac er
II is entitled. IAN act making 1t unlaw
full for any person or persons to buy, sell,
give away or manufacture cigarettes.
cigarette paper, and providing the pun.
ishment tor the violation thereof" Its
provisions are as follows:
Section That 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons whomso
ever, to manufacture, buy, sell, give or
urnish to anyone cigarettes, cigarette
paper or cigarette wrappers
"Section 2 That whoever manufact
ures, buys, sells, gives or furnishes to
any person or persons cigarettes, cigar
cite paper or cigarette wrappers, shall be
deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fintd for
each offense not more than $500, or be
imprisoned In jail not exceeding six
months, or both, at the discretion Of the
court.
Section 8 This act shall be literally
construed to the end that its object
shall be enforced
Section AL laws, or parts Of laws,
In conflict with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed"
The devotees OF the cigarette must
bestir themselves or their weapons will
be taken away from them by legislative
enactment.
Move for Better Sport.
Speaker Watson has memorial from
residents of Milford and Cedar Creek
hundreds relative to amendments to the
game law. They want the season for
quail and rabbits to open on December
aud close on February The season at
present opens and closes one month
earlier.
The reasons assigned for the proposed
changes are that the birds and rabbits
are not sufficiently developed by Novem
ber l to make good sport, good eating or to
defend themselves against the hawks,
foxes and dogs after the parent birds are
killed A bill will follow the memorial
This Wants Of New Castle.
Speaker McMullen has placed In the
hands of Representative Jolls three bills
amendator3 TO the charter Of the city of
New Castle.
0ne renews the act establishing the
/ Board OF Education.
Another il an act to amend section 1S,
Of chapter 1872 volume 10, Of the Laws OF
Delaware, by adding to the section the
/ following words; Upon all city and
school taxes $50 to be collected) paid
before September l. there shall be an
abatement Of per cent on all paid
after September / and before December
A 1 Ill 4.
January 1, and paid before February 1,
! per cent shall be added thereto; on
all taxes not paid on February 1, and psid
before March /, per cent shall be
added; on all taxes uupRid on March [,
and paid before April /. per cent shall
be added; on all taxes unpaid on April
/ and paid before May /, per cent
shall be added, and on all tax unpaid
on May per cent shall be added, and
an additional / per ceut. for each and
every month thereafter that said tar
shall remain unpaid shall be added
thereto. This act shall not apply to ths
city and school taxes laid for the yeaI
| 1894"
The third amendment strikes out this
following ending Of section 26. Of chapter
1872 vol 10: 'And the Council Of New
Castle shall annually, on or before thG
first day Of November in each year. pay
or cause TO be paid to the road commits.
sioDers of New Castle hundred the sun
of $500. which sum shall be applied BY
the said commissioners in the same man
ner AS other taxes collected by them,
and inserts IN lieu thereof the following
THAT hereafter no person shall b.
elected to the Office of road commissions
of New Castle hundred, nor shall an,
person be eligible to said Office who shal
reside within the limits of the city o
New Castle; provided that this act shal
not apply to any of she present incu o.
bents of said office during their presen
terms Of office It shall also be unlawful
for any person residing within the limit
OF the said city to vote or offer TO vot
for road commissioners Of said hundred
DO Not Want to Alternate.
The people Of South Murderkill hun
dred want the act dividing the hundre
into two election districts amended b.
striking out the following clause: "An
be il further provided that in the eleetio
Of assessor the districts shall be repre-
sented alternately" A bill to that effeo
will be introduced by Rspresentativ
Fleming.
A Republican Magistrate.
! Senator Handy Is happy. He hs
secured the passage through the Senst
, | OF the bill authorizing Governor Mary
to appoint an additional Justice Of th
! peace for Brandywine hundred. The ne
/ officers judicial functions will be oenhne
to the eastern end Of the hundred. Tn
. means Republican magistrate.
They Had It In the Lobby.
Rev A. d. Davis. editor Of the SUISSE
n Republican. of Georgetown, came
a Dover yesterday to bring some printe
5 matter to the House and size up I'll
a senatorial situation for future editoriI
3 use. he and Representative Moore, Il
d House leader of the Addicks forces, ra
o afoul of one another In the lobt
I at noon and the Representative
. paid bis profound respects
/" the aged journalist, calling him "a lon
cared - -" and saying th
a nothing but his years saved him fro
}. more material reprissls. The preache
| politician took the attack with Chris
}, like resignation, and, sfter Mr.. Moo
It had departed, explained that the alterc
}. ticn was the outgrowth of Mug
Letter" in the Sussex Republican.