Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-09

ana OU per CGHL LNOIbDl AiuSt bp PAiA A.
before the shareholders may elect not
less than three nor more than nine
directors, to serve until the next annual
election, or until their successors shall
have been duly elected and qualified
The stock may be in the whole com
mon or in part preferred stock, as the
company may determine. 1t may be
issued in payment of any debt or lla'
bility incurred in the purchase OF any
property, with the consent OF the credl-
| tor, or it may be sold or disposed OF on
such terms and conditions and for such
property as the company may agree
upon with any party or parties, com
pany or companies. The president is to
be elected from among those who con-
stitute the board of directors and other
officers are to be elected from among
their number or otherwise. A 10 days
notice, published in two Delaware news.
papers, must he given Of the annual
election. The board of directors, i'm
mediately upon tue organization OF the
company, may change the name OF the
corporation, but the company shall not
thereafter have the power to alter or
change its name.
THE COTTON co.
The incorporators of the Empire
Cotton and Cordage Manufacturing Co.
are Robert J. Handy, John Pyle, Charles
L. Moore, Joseph L. Cahall, James g.
Shaw, Daniel F. Stewart and Horace X.
Mustard. Its capital stock is to be
100000, with power to increase to an
unlimited amount. II snail elect not
less than three nor more than 10 direc-
tors. Where the words "wool, woolen
fibre, wooden yarn and woolen fabrics"
are used in the preceding bill the words
''cotton, cotton fibre, cotton yarn and
cotton fabrics" are used in this bill. In
other respects the two bills are identical.
The Senate passed Senate substitute
for the House bill relating TO bonds
undertakings and other obligations with
surety or sureties, TO the acceptance as
surety or guarantor thereupon OF com
panies qualified to act as such, and TO
provide uniform system OF procedure
. by and standard of qualifications fol
such cnmpanies. The substitute strikes
} out all of section Z Of the House bill
5 and inserts in lieu thereof section re
; quiring surety companies to deposi
: $4,000 each with the State treasurer
Q and authorizes them to charge at the rate
t of one.half of per cent.
a DOVER, May 3.--There was not sus
9 picion of break in the Republican
: lines when the l30th ballot for United
$ States Senator was taken by the l1egis
e lature at noon to-day, before lobb,
: about half-full of idly interested specta
Y tors. The vote resulted as follows
!, THE BALLOT IN DETAIL.
For Higgins-Senator Alrichs an
| Ipll RnUhnlI
!, Walker and Wilson--6.
=, For Addicks-Senatcr Handy an
. Representatives Ball, Brown, Money
Il Moore and Robbins-6
y For Massey-Senators Moore an
:, Pierce, Speaker McMullen, Ind Repre-
Il sentatives Burton, Fleming and Town
N send-6.
i For Pennewill-Representative MOI
10 gan--1.
~ - Ft,r-,IIdward -Ridgely--Speaker Pr
Ii Tenn Records, Senators Fenimore, Ha
l. rington and Pyle and Represe ntativt
lie DAILY, Davis, Killen, Sypherd and Wa
n. son-0.
" For Ebe w. Tunnel-RepresentatiN
or Mustard.
or Absent-Speaker Watson-1.
ar On motion of Senator Pyle the tw
Sc houses separated until noon to-morro'
"a. DOVER. May 3.-Aiost of to-days egisl
he tive business was of Il routine nature.
~, Fifteen bills were passed, eight by Il
~ House and seven by the Senate.
nc The Senate passed, amended, the Hou
lis bill to extend the limits of the Seven
ward of Wilmington. The first amen
ment strikes out all Of section after d
uo word wiz" in the third line, and insel
lle in lieu thereof the following; That t
Of 10 ~ Df WiininpiI
IN, shall be further extended so as to incu
ID. the territory bounded and described
Its follows: Beginning at the intersection
ith the easterly side of Greenhill avenue wi
ed the southerly side of Twelfth street G
~, tended. thence nOrthwesterly to t
ao' nnrtherly side of the kennett turnpil
Or thence along the northerly side of I
yer kennett turnpike TO the intersection wi
ter the easterly side of the Rising S
or line, in Christiana hundred, thet
do, northeriy along the casterly side
,rl, Rising Sun lane, continued in
- straight line, to the middle Of the Branc
", W wine creek, thence along the middle
US, Brandywine creek, by the several cour
1X- thereof, to n point where the said line
ect tersects the present city line, which eros
for Brandywine creek at or near the mouth
lch crooked Run; thence along the prest
X city line to the place of beginning"
~ ton is amended as follows: Tho r
InNhIlOIl
son the period of five years ensuing the y
)W- sage OF this act one-fourth the rate Of tn
be ton OH city property generally, and
ads the ensuing live years one-half the rate
lall city property generally, and thereafter
the full rate.
'n1 The bills passed by the House inclut
VI the following: House bill to incorpor
Oh the Acetylne Light CO.; House bill to
lien vide School district No. 35, Sussex conn
5 of into two election districts; House bill to
iso- corporate the Fleming Canning Co.; ho
mr. bill in relation to Lebanon public scho
nv Those passed by the Senate included
- House bill in relation TO the assessm
'uh l duplicates furnished th3 State auditor
tlc the clerks of the peace and the House
ple- to incorporate the Marvil-Horsey Co.
,ted Representative Jolls called up the Ho
i is substitute for the House bill respect
alcs the registration of voters.
and Representative Sypherd-lt is wise
Lped jus; bill, but the originals better than
iled substitute.
iAe9 .i Representative Walker-The origi
aiu does not give what is desired 1t does
anu enable the court to make an order for
less, recting the registration lists. y
,r as Representative Sypherd-.The court &C
@ or order the board to reconvene any tim
! mo nut names on the lists. The substi
snch authorizes the issuing OF certificates
tSn thousands Of bogus certificates coulG
W Wy issued.
and Representative Walker-The substi
ais- was drawn by good attorney,
y be Representative Moore-l see no re,
rites why the original bill should not be +
lorse There seems to be VIDE aiterehc
onds opinion.
,;nNs The original was read.
'ion9 Representative Daly--The original i;
anu better. 1t would make trouble to 4