Milford chronicle., 1895-05-03

or Senator Handy said that he had read owe
number Of bills but this one went ahead q
cd them all The bill is very good, but there i
is always way to let the cat out There ar
d a already enough laws on the statute books {
no prevent fraud if the laws were enforced
as Every election they make il a little harde
10 vote. Enforce what laws you have got
= He never knew party beaten unless it erie,
lie fraud, but no prosecutions are ever made.
m. The yeas and nays were called and the bill
:, passed by vote Of S to 3. Messrs Handy
" Pierce and Moore voted no. The bill wal
sent to the House
FRIDAY, APRIL &c.
Mr.. Sypherd this morning called up the
bill to allow the trustees Of the Delaware
W Stale Hospital at Farnhurst to erect add
tioual buildings at that place. The bin now
provides fol an Issue of bonds to the amount
a. Of SIS, ooo at 50 per eentum interest per an
n mum
A. The bill was passed with a few dissenting
voices and sent to the Senate.
- The Senate this morning passed the bill to
allow the sale ofliquor at Rehoboth As it
Z. was House bill j. is now a law The pass
age of the bill was opposed by Senator Al
richs.
II The House passed the House bill to allow
e the town Of Lewes to borrow $1,000 for the
4 purpose of providing FIRE protection for the
town,
The House passed the bill giving Sussex
e county an exemption law so as to conform
e with Kent aud New Castle counties.
The bill to incorporate the Heulopeu Elec-
trio Light and Railway Company was passed
=. by the House this afternoon. The bill was
n amended so that the company can only light
, towns on the line between Lewes and Reho-
both instead Of anywhere in Sussex county.
Things are not all that they seem This
was shown by bill introduced in the House
this afternoon by Mr.. Walker The title was
to improve a road in New Castle county but
the bill was to allow the sale Of damaged |
goods or goods of persons who had assigned
shall take out special license. tits intended
to put further check on bogus sales and is |
a very strict law.
sATURDAY-APRIL p.
The House passed two unimportant acts.
Mr. Reynolds bill 10 abolish corporal pun
ishment except for burglary, which had
/ been reported unfavorably, by the commit
tee on Crimes and Puuishmeuts, was on the
request of Mr.. Reybold recomuiitted so that
it could be amended 1t is Intended to
amended the bill so that the punishment in
all three counties shall be equal In New
Castle county the sheriff whips prisoners
with a cat-o-nine tails, while in Kent county !
they are WHIPPED with rawhide, and in
Sussex county at times with hicory switch s
The bill will be amended so that the sherifs Y
in all three ofthe counties will be required Il
to use the plain rawhide.
The House passed the Senate bill to make !
it misdemeauor to assist or harbor a girl T
who has escaped from the Delaware Indus Il
trsal School for Girls n
The House passed the bill to require quail N
flied assistants in drug stores to pass an ex- p
animation regardless of their experience in y
drug stores
Mr. Burton said that some of the drug Fl
store owners should be examined for some p,
Of them do not know enough to tell salt is
from sugar al
The House passed the bill to allow the y y
town of Frederick TO extend its limits The ~
.own will take in about twenty acres of land In
On which are thirty-two dwellings There es
vas some opposition, but it was in such
minority that the bill was reported favorable wi
md passed. ST.
TUEsDAY-APRIL so ire
The House this morning passed the bill La
o allow each party to appoint its own voters III
ssistanfs cal
The House passed the bill to allow the inf
lembers ofthe Department of Elections to Up
ppoint the election officers of their own Law
oliical party instead Of allowing the major uu v
y to appoint all of them. use
Mr. Pyle this morning called up his high to
cence bill in the House The bill made the sne
cence fee in Wilmington $50; towns of '-'
nder Io 900 down to 1000 fee $500, and
uder that $500.
The bill then went on its final passage and A
as passed. reti
WEDNESDAY
The Senate adopted, by vote Of s to 2 AGO
resolution offted by Senator Pyle, in pro
rncting the committee on judiciary to asser- pee
in the feasibility of compelling railroad Pbv
mpanies to pay county tax to reimburse plsr
e counties for the trouble and expeuce they heal
E put to protect railroad property from y 5ls,
mps IN .
Walker introduced an act W
storing the law allowing two years for the aiIoi
Of properly sold for the uou-pay- reoi,
mt OF taxes. trutl
Also, an act allowing the husband Of a our
man who dies interstate to share equally sev e.
h each child the persona property Of the err
,eased. diam
Wilson's bill Regulating the made
E of liquor was reported to the House "a
h an amendment requiring that an appli- Broal
ION for license to sell liquor be signed by Lake
fourth instead Of one half to voters OF ing. $
district in which the applicant resides made
bill was recommiued. but Ii
he House passed the House bill 10 make has a
gare. Hall Wilson aud Rosalie Edwarda .;. ~
sou heirs-at-law Of John Edward Ad- saw:
IS. ing a
representative Ball called for yea and occur
vote on this bill Representative Jolis o nSai;
sdlto be excused from voting. saying the the s
might be just one, but he did not know which
hing about its merits. must
- Dlii lessissu 10 votes. Representa- to dec
3 Joll, Pyle, Reybold and Walker were ers.
-sed from voting and Representative come
herd was absent. men 5l-i r. !
r. Addicks, who had been present dur things
he greater part Of the morning, left the most {
Sc soon afler the MASSAGE of the hill The
person
when
Deafness Cannor na c,nred that 81
dents,
zeal applications, as they cannot reach gcatioi