Evening journal., 1897-02-19
THE LOAN AMENDMENT
Provides That the Loan Be
Temporary, Not Permanent.
THAT AMENDED BOILER BILL
IT'S FATE is NOW IN DOUBT
OTHER IMPORTANT MEASURES
BEFORE THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE

SENATE
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER. Feb 19.-The present
amendment to the bill authorizing the
Levy Court Of New Castle county TO
make a temporary lean Of $50 900 IS as
follows
Provided that nothing contained In
this act shall be construed to authorize
the said Levy Court OF New Castle
county 10 make a permanent loan, but
only to borrow temporarily thesaid sum
of $4,000, and further provided that
the sum authorized to be borrowed by
the said Levy Court under this act
shall be paid out OF the delinquent tax
now due and payable to the said Levy
Court; and further provided, that 1t
shall not be lawful for the said Levy
Court to exceed by its expenditure
and allowances for any year the
amount of tax levied by the said Levy
Court for said year
QUEEN ANNE's WANTS.
Representative Dukes introduced the
amendments to the charter OF the
Queen Anne Railroad Company. They
permit the directors 10 change the
name of the corporation at any time
they please, allow the extension Of the
road from I-ewes TO Rehoboth, the
building of piers. hotels and pavllions.
and the occupying Of state. county or
municipal lands along the beach with
the consent OF the authorities and upon
giving reasonable compensation there
for II also extends for one year the
time for the completion of the con-
struction OF the road.
LIMITING WITNESSES.
Senator Fenlmore made q favorable
report on the House bill to amend sec
tion ~. chapter 1873. OF the Revised
Code II is a bill which strikes out the
clause which enables prisoner or his
counsel TO summon any number Of Wit
nosses to prove a specific thing This
will cOnfne the matter to the law OF
1881. and save the county much ex-
pense. IL was some time before the
senators could be made to fully under
J stand IL, but when they did they voted
fer Il.
NEW CASTLES PETIT JURORS.
Senator Handy introduced the bill in
! relation to petit juries in New Castle
r county. Ii is as follows.
Section l. That from and after the
passage OF this act the pr0thonOtary
. and clerk of the peace In and for New
|, Castle county. shall at least twenty
" DAYS before tho commencement Of each
y term oi the Superior Court and Court
: Of General Sessions Of the Peace and
y Jail Delivery in and for said county. in
n the manner and at the place prescribed
n by section OF chapter 109 of the Re
" vised Code Of the State OF Delaware, as
n amended and published in A. d.. 1893,
draw from the boxes marked Petit
Jurors thirty names of persons placed
therein as now required by law, and
the persons so drawn shall constitute
and be denominated the panel OF petit
Y jurors who shall If summoned, attend
n and serve as petit jurors at and
through the then next term of the said
Superior Court and the said Court of
n General Sessions of the Peace and Jail
q, | Delivery.
e Section 2. The jurors drawn as pre-
= scribed in the preceding section shall
be summoned, returned and paid, and
d shall serve In like manner as is now
Is prescribed by law, and shall be subject
s.; to all the provisions of law respecting
" petit jurors that are not inconsistent
)t with the provisions OF this act
4 Section 3. The jurors drawn In ac-
cordance with the provisions Of this
5: act shall not be deemed and taken to
e. be as an increase in the number of
IN petit jurors for said courts, but shall
J. be deemed and held to be the jurors
who are to constitute the regular panel
G. Of petit jurors for said courts at the
ne terms thereof next ensuing any such
IS drawing
Section A. That special juries shall
be allowed. drawn, struck, summoned
5. and shall serve as now provided by law
a. Section g. That all acts or parts OF
MS acts inconsistent with the provisions OF
et this act be and the same are hereby re.
be pealed.
It was read and referred under sus.
in pension of rules. tn.I
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL
o., Senator Pierce has in hand for notice
- | and introduction an act TO incorporate
~ the Rehobcth Heat Light and Powe.
Company Elihu J. Morris, Willard
Truitt, George w. Mccall and A. B
Gillespie are the incorpOrators. Th'
capital stock is $4,000, with power q
increase to 100000. It has power L
TO supply light. heat and power in am
la part Of Sussex county, but is designed
to apply principally TO Rehobo.h ans
H. Lewes.
nd RECOGNIZANCE BILL PASSED.
ed The Senate passed the House bill Il
amend chaper 476. volume H. Laws o
la Delaware. II permits the payment int
the Orphans Court CT recognizance
no which are refused by recalcitrant heirs
VS. LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The Senate passed the House bill
Of giving the Elsmere and WilmingtO
at Electric Railway Company six NOR
"a. months in which to construct the road
Representative L. s. Hopkins CAV
- notice of an act to amend chapter Isl
~ volume 20, Laws of Delaware. II re
duces from $40 to $40 the cost of eel
oN tilted copy of a divorce act.
M. THAT CONVENTION REPEALER.
by 1t was not believed that Represent.
eet tive Donaldson would introduce IN
bill repeating the act calling the Cor
- stitutional Convention, but he did s
NV vnste-dav and tn-daY il Weni TO con